Search - Scott Walker :: Humble Beginnings: The Scott Engel Sessions

Ifyou're only familiar with Scott Walker's brooding post-1967 solowork, when the enigmatic crooner gained renown as a leadingEnglish interpreter of Jacques Brel and the writer of his own darklyinsightful pieces sung in a sophisticated style well removed fromhis mid-`60s pop hits as lead singer of the Walker Brothers ("TheSun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore," "Make It Easy On Yourself") theearly recordings on this collection may come as something of asurprise.During the late 1950s, the teenaged singer was still doingbusiness under his real name of Scott Engel, his initial outputrangingfrom unabashed rock and roll to tried-and-true popstandardsas his voice deepened and matured with every release.With an exquisitely pomaded pompadour that Elvis Presley himselfmight have envied, these sides prove he had the voice to match.This is where it all began for the former Scott Engel. These earlysides in no way anticipated future musical directions, but there wasclearly an abundance of talent already in place.