Heart & Soul

Nice clean vinyl with a good cover showing minor shelf wear.

One of the outstanding attractions of Joe  Brown's Country and Western Stage Shows at the beginning of the seventies was  Maori ballad singer Eddie Low, billed as the "voice in a million". He not  only possessed vocal talents, but was master of an impressive variety of musical  instruments, including piano, trumpet, flute, most of the brass instruments,  guitar, string bass, violin and piano accordion, making him one of New Zealand's  most versatile entertainers. This is an even more creditable achievement  considering Eddie is only partially sighted.

Eddie Low was born totally blind on  May 14th, 1945, and spent much of his childhood at the Blind Institute in  Auckland. While there he developed his musical talent, becoming a member of the  Institute Band and winning a number of talent quests. When Eddie was 12 he  underwent a series of operations which gained him partial sight in his left eye.

For a brief time in the early sixties Eddie  joined the Sundowners. He was also  a member of the Truetones before  moving on to become a member of the Quin Tikis showband. The showband  toured as part of the annual Miss New Zealand extravaganza and also with Joe  Brown's Country and Western Stage Show. Pacific Films made a New Zealand musical  comedy called "Don't Let It Get You", with Howard Morrison topping the  bill. The Quin Tikis were also part of the movie in 1966, along with the Keil Isles.

During all this period of touring, he had  plenty of time to be really noticed by Joe Brown, and when Eddie decided to go  solo, Joe signed him up to his record label. Eddie continued to tour with the  show, which now included the likes of Howard Morrison, John Hore, Paul Walden and Peter Posa.

In 1970 it was time to start releasing songs  that he had been singing very successfully on tour. During that year  he released two singles, "You Better Sit Down Kids"/"I Want To Be Free" and "It  Don't Hurt Anymore"/"Save The Last Dance For Me". This was followed by an EP  called "Eddie Low - On A Mini Record - The Voice In A Million" and an album  called "The Voice In A Million".