It's always a seldom and special moment when I discover a musical gem in the endless pile of musical history. A few weeks ago I had this moment with Emitt Rhodes . Emitt Rhodes is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer. He was member and multi-instrumentalist of The Merry-Go-Round at A&M Records until they disbanded in 1969. To fulfil that contract at A&M Records, he continued writing song, but they weren't released. "Emitt Rhodes" Cover Art For his first solo record (" Emitt Rhodes ") he decided to move from A&M to ABC/Dunhill Records. Maybe because the album reached number 29 on the Billboard charts, A&M decided to release the old songs. " The American Dream " confused record buyers. " Mirror " was released in 1971 and "Farewell to Paradise" in 1973 - both with disappointing sales. Rhodes ' contract with Dunhill forced him to put out a new record every six ...