Bacharach to the Future

Some reflections on a lost album and my early love of music.
by Paul J. Pelkonen

Burt Bacharach. © 1971 A & M Records.

Ever have one of those moments where music makes you travel back in time? That happened to me last night around 1am, when I sat down very late, put up my feet, put on my big headphones and listened to the 1971 record Burt Bacharach, the fourth studio album from the composer and arranger who has been part of this country's musical landscape for an amazing sixty-four years.