Artist: Karla Bonoff
Genre: Singer-Songwriter
Karla Bonoff is an American singer-songwriter whose compositions have been recorded by numerous prominent artists. Her songs, including 'Someone to Lay Down Beside Me,' 'Home,' and 'Personally,' achieved success through covers by Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, and others. Bonoff's own recordings showcased her warm voice and intimate songwriting style. Her work fit into the 1970s California singer-songwriter tradition, combining introspective lyrics with accessible melodies. Though perhaps better known as a songwriter than performer, Bonoff's solo albums earned critical respect. Her influence on the singer-songwriter genre, through both her own recordings and her compositions for others, demonstrates her importance to American popular music.
Karla Bonoff vinyl records (6)
KARLA BONOFF Karla Bonoff (Very scarce test pressing for the 1977 10-track vinyl LP with plain white labels & hand scratched UK catalogue number & matrices in the run-outs and housed in a plain card sleeve with stickered artist name. Only a select handful of these would have been produced for sound testing purposes only & were never sold to the public
£28.00 used
KARLA BONOFF Karla Bonoff Live (1979 UK 4-track promotional-only 12 sampler featuring tracks taken from her Karla Bonoff & Restless Nights albums recorded live at a special concert housed in a custom printed glossy black & white picture sleeve.The sleeve appears Near Mint & the vinyl is Excellent with just very minor evidence of play SXPR1203) Track Listing: Side A: 1
£23.00 used
KARLA BONOFF Please Be The One (1982 Japanese wide centred promotional sample vinyl 7 for the single issued to radio stations and reviewers ahead of the actual release date also includes Personally [both are special short versions exclusivefor radio play] housed in a glossy picture sleeve with a double-sided Japanese text / lyric insert 07SP-577) Track Listing: 1
£17.00 used
KARLA BONOFF Somebodys Eyes (1984 Japanese promo sample vinyl 7 for the single also including Just Walk Away - both taken from the Footloose movie soundtrack with a unique picture insert printed with the lyrics on the reverse. The insert hadone been taped to the record company die-cut paper sleeve and has a small amount of vintage tape residue on the front but displays only light wear or signs of age and the vinyl shows little signs of play 07SP826)
£14.00 used
KARLA BONOFF Trouble Again (1979 Japanese promo sample vinyl 7 for the single also including Someone To Lay Down Beside Me with a unique picture insert printed with the lyrics on the reverse. The insert had one been taped to the record company die-cut paper sleeve and has a small amount of vintage tape residue on the front but displays only light wear or signs of age and the vinyl shows little signs of play 06SP421)
£14.00 used
KARLA BONOFF Wild Heart of The Young (Scarce 1982 second Japanese pressing Master Sound issue of her 9-track vinyl LP including Please Be The One Even If and It Just Takes One. The gatefold picture sleeve shows comes with the credit inner [which has seam splits to the edges] the Master Sound fold-out discography and Japanese lyric inserts plus wide series obi-strip while the vinyl itself appears in stunning barely played condition
£34.00 used