1977 Original In Custom Inner Sleeve With Timing Strip On Front Jacket. Clean Cut Out Hole. Appears Unplayed. “Jimmy Webb Recorded Three Albums For Reprise Records Between 1970 And 1972, And A Fourth For Asylum In 1974, Without Commercial Impact, Before Subsiding Into The Background Work Of Writing, Producing, And Arranging For Other Artists. But He Came Back To The Forefront In May 1977 With The Release Of El Mirage On Atlantic, His Most Polished Effort Yet As A Performer. The Music Was Produced, Arranged, And Conducted By George Martin, Famed For His Work With The Beatles, The Strongest Outside Figure Webb Had Ever Allowed Into His Recording Sessions, And Those Sessions Also Were Peopled By The Cream Of Los Angeles Musicians, Along With Such Familiar Guests As Members Of Elton John's Backup Band And, For Vocal Support, Kenny Loggins And Billy Davis Of The 5th Dimension (Which Had Scored Hits With Such Webb Compositions As "Up-Up And Away"). These Were Lush Tracks Full Of Tasty Playing And Warm String Charts On Which Webb's Thin Tenor Was Buoyed By Numerous Background Vocalists, The Whole An Excellent Example Of The Style Known As "West Coast Pop." Webb Brought Several Typically Strong Compositions, Beginning With The Time-Spanning Saga "The Highwayman" (Later A Number One Country Song For The Quartet Of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, And Kris Kristofferson, Who Then Took The Group Name The Highwaymen In Its Honor, And A Best Country Song Grammy Winner) And Including The Autobiographical "If You See Me Getting Smaller I'm Leaving" (Released Simultaneously By Jennings), About Life On The Road As A Struggling Performer. Also Featured Was The Sad, Lovely Ballad "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress," Already Recorded By Campbell, Joe Cocker, And Judy Collins.” William Ruhlmann, AMG.