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[Dennie]

Love's Been Rough On Me -- CD

Etta James

1997 Private Music

Love's Been Rough on Me is a terrific latter-day album from Etta James, capturing her at the peak of her powers. James' voice has diminished only slightly over the course of her career, and she knows how to make such warhorses as "I've Been Loving You Too Long" sound fresh. She also invests contemporary music, including John Berry's contemporary country hit "If I Had Any Pride Left at All," with real soul. The result is a record that delivers the real goods with grace and style. ~ Leo Stanley

Track Listing
1. Rock, The
2. Cry Like a Rainy Day
3. Love's Been Rough on Me
4. Love It or Leave It Alone
5. Don't Touch Me
6. Hold Me (Just a Little Longer Tonight)
7. If I Had Any Pride Left at All
8. I Can Give You Everything
9. I've Been Loving You Too Long
10. Done in the Dark

 

[Dennie]

The album won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. :eusa-clap:

Blues On The Bayou -- CD

B.B. King

1998 MCA Records

Terrific blues for a sunday afternoon, August 13, 2000 Dennie's EDIT: Or a Saturday Morning..... :handgestures-thumbup:
By O. Buxton "Olly Buxton" (Highgate, UK) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Blues on the Bayou (Audio CD)

B.B. King has been playing the blues for six hundred or so years and has released six million or so albums. The battle for listeners who are trying to introduce themselves to his work is to decide upon which album to make a first acquaintance. "Blues on the Bayou" may not be the greatest, most earth-turning disc the King of the Blues has ever cut, but it sure sounds the best and, after all, if you expect a six-hundred year old dog to teach you some new tricks, it's your problem, not his.

On the other hand, if your love of the blues extends to a couple of Gary Moore compilations and a Jeff Healey live album, "Blues on the Bayou" ought to be some sort of conversion on the road to Damascus for you (if it isn't, you're missing something: most likely, the point).

It is 1998, the King is in his dotage, but he's got a crack band behind him, a seriously funky cat on a soupy, soupy hammond and a production budget to die for, so everything is tight as a drum and crystal clear. His famous Gibson, Lucille, sounds the money, too - but then, she ALWAYS sounds the money. Even in his prime B.B. never cut up the stage with the guitar heroics of some of his contemporaries, always being much happier to float a high E up there, or honk around a bit further down the fretboard all in the most conversational kind of way. It's an avuncular style which hasn't changed, and it suits him more and more as he gets on - he gives his band plenty of room to set up a nice groove.

His chatty vocals set the whole thing off. Just like his guitar playing, B.B. singing is of the blues, but he never sounds unhappy, as if just having a bunch of the guys kicking up a righteous shuffle is enough to chase them ol' blues away. After listening to 45 minutes of this, it's hard to argue with that.

"Blues Boys Tune" - 3:25 (B.B. King)
"Bad Case of Love" - 5:28 (B.B. King)
"I'll Survive" - 4:53 (B.B. King and Sam Ling)
"Mean Ole' World" - 4:29 (B.B. King)
"Blues Man" - 5:20 (B.B. King)
"Broken Promise" - 3:34 (B.B. King and Sam Ling)
"Darlin' What Happened" - 5:26 (B.B. King and Sam Ling)
"Shake It Up and Go" - 3:10 (B.B. King and J. Taub)
"Blues We Like" - 5:08 (B.B. King ?)
"Good Man Gone Bad" - 3:20 (B.B. King, J. Taub, and F. Walsh)
"If I Lost You" - 4:57 (B.B. KIng and J. Taub)
"Tell Me Baby" - 3:26 (B.B. King and Sam Ling)
"I Got Some Outside Help I Don't Need" - 4:37 (B.B. KIng and D. Clark)
"Blues in G" - 3:28 (B.B. King)
"If That Ain't It I Quit" - 3:20 (B.B. King)

 

[PaulyT]

I have that, that's a good one!

 

[Dennie]

I have that, that's a good one!

Yes it is! :text-+1:



Dennie

 

[Dennie]

The 6:39 minutes of "I Cover The Waterfront" with "Van The Man" is worth the price of admission alone...... :happy-partydance:

Mr. Lucky -- CD

John Lee Hooker

1991 Virgin Records U.S.

All Star Cast, June 12, 2001
By Russell Diederich (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)
This review is from: Mr Lucky (Audio CD)

When one of the most revered blues guitarists asks for help on his album, there is no shortage of great talent to show up. The likes of Santana, Ry Cooder, Albert Collins, Johnny Winter, John Hammond, and Robert Cray (to name just a few) come out in support of "Mr. Lucky", the follow up guest album to "The Healing". But, John Lee Hooker doesn't need all of this talent to put out a great blues album.

Robert Cray shows up on the title cut of this album providing some great leads to Hooker's rhythm. A tune that makes Hooker "... feel a little better". Albert Collins steps in for "Backstabbers" providing a powerful presence that only he was capable of. All you have to hear is one note of Collins to know it's him. "I Cover the Waterfront" is a haunting tune with Van Morrison taking over the guitar work and Booker T. Jones on organ. Morrison's voice complements the low-boom of Hooker's. Another highlight is Santana's work on "Stripped Me Naked".

Hooker's Delta Blues sound is hypnotizing, and his deep voice is lazy and sweet. There are very few that have shaped the sound of music, especially the blues, as he has. This album, a tribute of sorts, is a must for blues lovers. To hear so much talent gathered in one place playing with a legend like Hooker gives me the chills.

Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by John Lee Hooker.

"I Want to Hug You" (Hooker, Al Smith) – 2:52
"Mr. Lucky" (Hooker, Al Smith) – 4:38
"Back Stabbers" (Hooker, Smith) – 5:01
"This Is Hip" – 3:23
"I Cover the Waterfront" – 6:39
"Highway 13" – 6:32
"Stripped Me Naked" (Hooker, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) – 4:18
"Susie" – 4:23
"Crawlin' King Snake" (Tony Hollins, Bernard Besman, Hooker) – 3:20
"Father Was a Jockey" – 4:58

Performance Personnel:

Kenny Baker – saxophone
Gaylord Birch – drums
Bowen Brown – drums
Albert Collins – guitar
Tom Compton – drums
Ry Cooder – guitar
Richard Cousins – bass
Robert Cray – guitar, vocals
Maurice Cridlin – bass
Steve Ehrmann – bass
Terry Evans – vocals
Jeff Ganz – bass
William "Bill" Greene – vocals
Jim Guyet – bass
John Hammond, Jr. – harmonica, slide guitar
Kevin Hayes – drums
John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
Johnnie Johnson – piano
Booker T. Jones – organ
Deacon Jones – organ
Tim Kaihatsu – guitar
Jim Keltner – drums
Bobby King – vocals
Nick Lowe – bass
Scott Mathews – drums
Van Morrison – guitar, vocals
Michael Osborn – guitar
Karl Perazzo – timbales
Jimmy Pugh – organ
Raul Rekow – conga
Keith Richards – guitar
Benny Rietveld – bass
Carlos Santana – guitar
Larry Taylor – bass
Chester Thompson – keyboards
Johnny Winter – guitar

 

[heeman]

Started this one also last night..............watching Disc 1 right now!!

 

[Dennie]

Started this one also last night..............watching Disc 1 right now!!

You have good tastes, my friend! :eusa-clap:




Dennie

 

[Dennie]

If I were too buy just one JT album, this would be it! :text-bravo:

James Taylor (LIVE) - 2 CD Box Set

James Taylor

1993 Columbia Records

The Best of Old and New, June 11, 2000
By Steph (Glassboro, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: James Taylor (Live) (Audio CD)

This album helped me to learn about newer songs that I had never heard before and fall in love again with the old. I love the way JT performs his songs in concert because of the way he adlibs. No matter what he does to his song, it never detracts, only enhances. "Country Road" is one of my favorites on this album because of the way it is performed. You can't help but to get caught up with the song, no matter what you are in the middle of. You feel that you are at the concert itself! "Sun on the Moon" was a great find to me. YOU MUST add this to your collection of JT albums! He demonstrates why he was selected for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Disc one
No. Title Length
1. "Sweet Baby James" 4:13
2. "Traffic Jam" 2:10
3. "Handy Man" (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones) 3:31
4. "Your Smiling Face" 3:03
5. "Secret O' Life" 3:45
6. "Shed a Little Light" 4:32
7. "Everybody Has the Blues" 2:33
8. "Steamroller Blues" 5:30
9. "Mexico" 3:32
10. "Millworker" 4:25
11. "Country Road" 5:44
12. "Fire and Rain" 4:44
13. "Shower the People" 4:43
14. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) 7:29
15. "New Hymn" (Reynolds Price, J. Taylor) 3:00

Disc two
No. Title Length
1. "Walking Man" 4:35
2. "Riding on a Railroad" 2:41
3. "Something in the Way She Moves" 3:59
4. "Sun on the Moon" 3:54
5. "Up on the Roof" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 4:10
6. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" 3:37
7. "She Thinks I Still Care" (Dickey Lee) 3:28
8. "Copperline" (R. Price, J. Taylor) 4:43
9. "Slap Leather" 2:11
10. "Only One" 4:41
11. "You Make It Easy" 5:05
12. "Carolina in My Mind" 5:04
13. "I Will Follow" 4:14
14. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) 5:09
15. "That Lonesome Road" (Don Grolnick, J. Taylor) 2:46

 

[nats]

Started this one also last night..............watching Disc 1 right now!!

I have all the crossroad festivals,But i think that one is the best. Maybey part of it is the great sound quality.

 

[nats]

If I were too buy just one JT album, this would be it! :text-bravo:

James Taylor (LIVE) - 2 CD Box Set

James Taylor

1993 Columbia Records

The Best of Old and New, June 11, 2000
By Steph (Glassboro, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: James Taylor (Live) (Audio CD)

This album helped me to learn about newer songs that I had never heard before and fall in love again with the old. I love the way JT performs his songs in concert because of the way he adlibs. No matter what he does to his song, it never detracts, only enhances. "Country Road" is one of my favorites on this album because of the way it is performed. You can't help but to get caught up with the song, no matter what you are in the middle of. You feel that you are at the concert itself! "Sun on the Moon" was a great find to me. YOU MUST add this to your collection of JT albums! He demonstrates why he was selected for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Disc one
No. Title Length
1. "Sweet Baby James" 4:13
2. "Traffic Jam" 2:10
3. "Handy Man" (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones) 3:31
4. "Your Smiling Face" 3:03
5. "Secret O' Life" 3:45
6. "Shed a Little Light" 4:32
7. "Everybody Has the Blues" 2:33
8. "Steamroller Blues" 5:30
9. "Mexico" 3:32
10. "Millworker" 4:25
11. "Country Road" 5:44
12. "Fire and Rain" 4:44
13. "Shower the People" 4:43
14. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) 7:29
15. "New Hymn" (Reynolds Price, J. Taylor) 3:00

Disc two
No. Title Length
1. "Walking Man" 4:35
2. "Riding on a Railroad" 2:41
3. "Something in the Way She Moves" 3:59
4. "Sun on the Moon" 3:54
5. "Up on the Roof" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 4:10
6. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" 3:37
7. "She Thinks I Still Care" (Dickey Lee) 3:28
8. "Copperline" (R. Price, J. Taylor) 4:43
9. "Slap Leather" 2:11
10. "Only One" 4:41
11. "You Make It Easy" 5:05
12. "Carolina in My Mind" 5:04
13. "I Will Follow" 4:14
14. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) 5:09
15. "That Lonesome Road" (Don Grolnick, J. Taylor) 2:46

dennie,have you seen the james taylor and carol king concert from last year? its not only very good but james humor is a lot of fun on that one

 

[Dennie]

If I were too buy just one JT album, this would be it! :text-bravo:

James Taylor (LIVE) - 2 CD Box Set

James Taylor

1993 Columbia Records

The Best of Old and New, June 11, 2000
By Steph (Glassboro, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: James Taylor (Live) (Audio CD)

This album helped me to learn about newer songs that I had never heard before and fall in love again with the old. I love the way JT performs his songs in concert because of the way he adlibs. No matter what he does to his song, it never detracts, only enhances. "Country Road" is one of my favorites on this album because of the way it is performed. You can't help but to get caught up with the song, no matter what you are in the middle of. You feel that you are at the concert itself! "Sun on the Moon" was a great find to me. YOU MUST add this to your collection of JT albums! He demonstrates why he was selected for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Disc one
No. Title Length
1. "Sweet Baby James" 4:13
2. "Traffic Jam" 2:10
3. "Handy Man" (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones) 3:31
4. "Your Smiling Face" 3:03
5. "Secret O' Life" 3:45
6. "Shed a Little Light" 4:32
7. "Everybody Has the Blues" 2:33
8. "Steamroller Blues" 5:30
9. "Mexico" 3:32
10. "Millworker" 4:25
11. "Country Road" 5:44
12. "Fire and Rain" 4:44
13. "Shower the People" 4:43
14. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) 7:29
15. "New Hymn" (Reynolds Price, J. Taylor) 3:00

Disc two
No. Title Length
1. "Walking Man" 4:35
2. "Riding on a Railroad" 2:41
3. "Something in the Way She Moves" 3:59
4. "Sun on the Moon" 3:54
5. "Up on the Roof" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 4:10
6. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" 3:37
7. "She Thinks I Still Care" (Dickey Lee) 3:28
8. "Copperline" (R. Price, J. Taylor) 4:43
9. "Slap Leather" 2:11
10. "Only One" 4:41
11. "You Make It Easy" 5:05
12. "Carolina in My Mind" 5:04
13. "I Will Follow" 4:14
14. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) 5:09
15. "That Lonesome Road" (Don Grolnick, J. Taylor) 2:46

dennie,have you seen the james taylor and carol king concert from last year? its not only very good but james humor is a lot of fun on that one

Hey Nats, Yes, I caught part of it last year on PBS and really enjoyed it. I have my "used music dealer" looking for a copy for me. They are great together!

Dennie

 

[Dennie]

When My Heart Finds Christmas -- CD

Harry Connick, Jr.

1993 Columbia Records

Amazon.com

New Orleans pianist, singer, and songwriter Harry Connick Jr. has done what many makers of Christmas records strive for but seldom achieve: he's made a Christmas record that sounds convincingly like a '40s period piece and rigorously like a cool, contemporary jazz disc. His powerful, self-written Christmas songs sound like polished standards, and he delivers the whole package with a sassy, vocal economy (with the occasional New Orleans accent) and an orchestral richness that is never indulgent or overwhelming. When My Heart Finds Christmas is a true classic that no lover of big-band jazz and singing (in the Sinatra style)--and Christmas music--should be without. There are so many great moments here that singling any one out would be at the expense of the others. Still, the reverential, solo-piano intro to "Ave Maria," Connick's own "(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus," (a rousing, second-line swing tune), and his triumphant "I Pray on Christmas" (a get-happy-now gospel song) deserve mention if only because they'll earn Connick extra credit in heaven and on Earth. --Martin Keller

"Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 3:44
"When My Heart Finds Christmas" (Harry Connick, Jr.) – 4:32
"(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus" (Connick) – 4:39
"The Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day" (Connick) – 4:40
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:34
"The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) – 3:41
"Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert, Sir Walter Scott) – 4:35
"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" (Ballard Macdonald, Leon Jessel) – 3:27
"What Child Is This?" (William Dix, 16th Century English melody) – 3:11
"Christmas Dreaming" (Irving Gordon, Lester Lee) – 2:40
"I Pray On Christmas" (Connick) – 3:48
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:31
"O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau) – 6:45
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 4:49

 

[Botch]

 

[Rope]

Rope

 

[Dennie]

El Tigre

Barney Kessel - Harold Land

(Charlie) Parker Records PLP 832-S. Stereo

There is no mystery surrounding the identities of the seven players listed here. All are justifiably famous in jazz circles. The mystery is why this LP, featuring an all-star lineup and produced by a well-known jazz label about 1963, has seemingly escaped the attention of those who author jazz price guides. Condoli is bodacious on “Body and Soul,” Rowles shows his pianistic prowess on “Cheeta’s for Two,” and Land plays lovely enough to charm any snake on “The Cobra.” This is a consistently fine LP throughout.

Side One:

Lullaby of Birdland; Tea For Two; All For You; Body & Soul; El Tigre

Side Two:

Cheeta's For Two; The Cobra; East of the Sun; The Blues; Perdido

Personnel: Barney Kessel, guitar; Harold Land, tenor sax; Jimmy Rowles, piano; Pete Condoli, trumpet; Red Mitchell, bass; Larry Bunker, vibes; Mel Lewis, drums.

 

[Dennie]

Yakety Revisited

Boots Randolph

1969 Monument Records

1 The Battle of New Orleans
2 Am I That Easy to Forget
3 Big Daddy
4 Born to Lose
5 Down Yonder
6 Games People Play
7 Little Band of Gold
8 Release Me
9 Tragedy
10 Walking on New Grass
11 Wichita Lineman
12 Yesterday When I Was Young

 

[Dennie]

Day Dreams

Doris Day

1955 Columbia Records

"You're My Thrill" (Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare)
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
"Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
"I've Only Myself to Blame" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann)
"I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds)
"Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
"You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Rodgers, Hart)
"If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" (James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer)
"Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange)
"When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan)
"That Old Feeling" (Sammy Fain, Lew Brown)

 

[Botch]

 

[Dennie]

A Gatlin Family Christmas

Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band

1982 CBS Records

Track Listing

1. Silent Night, Holy Night

2. Sweet Baby Jesus

3. Medley: Hark! The Harold Angels Sing / What Child Is This? / O Come, All Ye Faithful

4. Steps

5. Alleluia

6. O Holy Night

7. Away In A Manger

8. Medley: The First Noel / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Angels We Have Heard On High

9. Messiah: I Know My Redeemer Liveth

10. Messiah: Alleluia Chorus

 

[Dennie]

So, who's this "Gal" singing with Barney Kessel..........?

:bow-blue:

Julie Is Her Name 2 180g 45rpm Lp's

Julie London

1955/2009 Liberty/BoxStar Records #0226

Julie Is Her Name was the first LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records in December, 1955, under catalog numbers LRP-3006, in monaural form. It was subsequently reprocessed to produce a stereophonic album, and this stereophonic version was released on May 25, 1960 as catalog number LST-7037. The album featured Barney Kessel on guitar and Ray Leatherwood on bass.

1 "Cry Me a River" Arthur Hamilton 2:36
2 "I Should Care" Paul Weston/Axel Stordahl/Sammy Cahn 2:35
3 "I'm in the Mood for Love" Jimmy McHugh/Dorothy Fields 2:28
4 "I'm Glad There Is You" Paul Madeira/Jimmy Dorsey 2:34
5 "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II 3:08
6 "I Love You" Cole Porter 1:58
7 "Say It Isn't So" Irving Berlin 2:00
8 "It Never Entered My Mind" Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart 2:25
9 "Easy Street" Alan Rankin Jones/Carlton 3:12
10 "'S Wonderful" George and Ira Gershwin 1:33
11 "No Moon at All" Redd Evans/Dave Mann 1:53
12 "Laura" Johnny Mercer/David Raksin 1:37
13 "Gone with the Wind" Allie Wrubel/Herbert Magidson 2:05