The Untouchable

The debut Alvin Stardust album is as pure a piece of outrageous self-willed stardom as one could imagine from Alvin and Peter Shelley, the producer who created the concept and original single “My Coo Ca Choo” and then wanted someone else to be the public face when it started up the charts. Both that and the even bigger followup “Jealous Mind” were defining glam rock hits, pure late 50s/early 60s rock and roll hysteria revamped for a new time, and both feature on The Untouchable, the cover art of him above a sea of outstretched hands saying it all.