mike d'abo did the original version of handbags and gladrags.
mike d'abo did the original version of handbags and gladrags.
who did the original version of handbags and gladrags?
mike d'abo
the demo tape of the original version of the song was discovered in 2004 in a closet belonging to bassist mo foster. it was amongst a collection of studio recordings d'abo had recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s. the collection was eventually released in 2004, on the angel air label, under the title "hidden gems & treasured friends".









































section::::chris farlowe version.
handbags and gladrags
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"handbags and gladrags" is a song written in 1967 by mike d'abo, who was then the lead singer of manfred mann. d'abo describes the song as "saying to a teenage girl that the way to happiness is not through being trendy. there are deeper values."
handbags and gladrags