God Bless – TINY TIM**

Welcome To My Dream/Tiptoe Through The Tulips With Me/Livin’ In The Sunlight Lovin’ In The Moonlight/On The Old Front Porch/The Viper/Stay Down Here Where You Belong/Then I’d Be Satisfied With Life/Strawberry Tea/The Other Side/Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me/Daddy Daddy What Is Heaven Like/The Coming Home Party/Fill Your Heart/I Got You Babe/This Is All I Ask

American novelty singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim enjoyed his only hit album with God Bless. Includes a revival of the 1929 song Tiptoe Through The Tulips With Me, a US No. 17 hit single. His idiosyncratic falsetto vocals are today likely to appeal only to a small minority. (US:7)

"Tiny Tim's debut is one of the strangest records of the 60s, although descending directly from the pure vaudevillian tradition, adding period country-folk, sweet psychedelia and Hollywood soundtrack movies - it is a magical, eccentric and genuine artefact, released in the stupendous year of 1968. Why strange? Because it's so difficult to show such genuine happiness and optimistic way-of-life like Tiny Tim did. And this type of thing always brought some tears to my eyes."

"This is the original first production by Tiny Tim after he was discovered and became a national personality in the 60s. It features many tunes from the 1920s, and earlier, and was extremely well produced and recorded considering the time period."

"There are good songs here, of course, some of his best, but jumping back and forth between ukulele-and-quavering-falsetto ditties and tunes with his normal voice and lush orchestration, not to mention acted-out skits in between, stop being eclectic and end up being just messy. The whole is less than the sum of its parts."

"A mixture of contemporary covers and renditions of early 20th century compositions, this album demonstrates Tim's varied musical tastes. It also shows off his skill as a performer, giving him plenty of opportunities to use both his trademark quivering falsetto and rumbling baritone."

"No one nowadays has the courage to sing in falsetto. This is the album that made him famous. It has some of the most happy music out there. Calling it a novelty is about the farthest thing from the truth possible. He was a joyful man who wanted to share that with his audience. He even thanks us at the end for joining in his dream."