Anthony Perkins Pre Psycho - The Teen Idol Years 1956-1958 2CD
Just a couple of years before he found himself destined to be forever typecast as the chilling, psychopathic killer Norman Bates in the controversial Alfred Hitchcock movie Psycho, Anthony Perkins was playing less harrowing movie roles. He had established himself as something of a fledgling Teen Idol figure, playing romantic lead roles, while he also enjoyed a brief, parallel as a singer. In 1956 he cut a trio of well-received singles and an LP, Tony Perkins, for the Epic label. The following year he signed with RCA-Victor, for whom he cut two albums, From My Heart and On A Rainy Afternoon, plus a half-dozen singles, including his sole US Top 40 hit Moonlight Swim. This double disc set anthologises all these releases, comprising everything that Perkins recorded between 1956 and 1958, the first time that this body of work has been assembled together in one package.
