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Dennie
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Good Idea Botch, I think I'll join you.....
Talking Book -- CD
Stevie Wonder
1972 Tamla/Motown Records
Released in 1972, Talking Book is Stevie Wonder's fifteenth album and the second of five consecutive albums issued in the span referred to as his "classic period." Arguably his greatest and most influential album, it displays the perfect blend of funk, rock, soft-rock, soul, gospel and smooth jazz. It also finds Wonder making the personal political, as his songwriting addresses social ills, heartbreak, political malaise, and empowerment in staggeringly emotional fashion.
Due to its crossover success with audiences of all types, the popular appeal of the record helped destroy the myth that R&B artists were incapable of creating music that could be appreciated by rock audiences. Jeff Beck, Buzzy Feton, and Ray Parker Jr. are among the first-rate guests that appear. Not that Wonder, who makes the complex sound simple throughout, needed much help.
Talking Book finds Stevie Wonder in complete control by writing, producing, and performing most of the memorable emotion-packed music himself. Not surprisingly, Wonder won three Grammy Awards for this pop standard: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," and both Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song for "Superstition."
1. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
2. Maybe Your Baby
3. You and I (We Can Conquer the World)
4. Tuesday Heartbreak
5. You've Got It Bad Girl
6. Superstition
7. Big Brother
8. Blame It on the Sun
9. Lookin' for Another Pure Love
10. I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
Talking Book -- CD
Stevie Wonder
1972 Tamla/Motown Records
Released in 1972, Talking Book is Stevie Wonder's fifteenth album and the second of five consecutive albums issued in the span referred to as his "classic period." Arguably his greatest and most influential album, it displays the perfect blend of funk, rock, soft-rock, soul, gospel and smooth jazz. It also finds Wonder making the personal political, as his songwriting addresses social ills, heartbreak, political malaise, and empowerment in staggeringly emotional fashion.
Due to its crossover success with audiences of all types, the popular appeal of the record helped destroy the myth that R&B artists were incapable of creating music that could be appreciated by rock audiences. Jeff Beck, Buzzy Feton, and Ray Parker Jr. are among the first-rate guests that appear. Not that Wonder, who makes the complex sound simple throughout, needed much help.
Talking Book finds Stevie Wonder in complete control by writing, producing, and performing most of the memorable emotion-packed music himself. Not surprisingly, Wonder won three Grammy Awards for this pop standard: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," and both Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song for "Superstition."
1. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
2. Maybe Your Baby
3. You and I (We Can Conquer the World)
4. Tuesday Heartbreak
5. You've Got It Bad Girl
6. Superstition
7. Big Brother
8. Blame It on the Sun
9. Lookin' for Another Pure Love
10. I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
Dennie
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Earth Step -- CD
Sadao Watanabe
1993 Verve Records
The Best Album of Sadao, September 7, 2004
By
C. HEE "Alexandra" (Korea) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Earth Step (Audio CD)
This is stellar.
I can't even describe the "magnificancy" of this album.
The first track "Love will make things right" just makes me
feel high. I think it might've been better than to do drugs.
What I mean is, This album will just give you boundless happiness.
I can assure that.
1 Love Will Make It Right Watanabe 5:59
2 Earth Step Mounsey, Watanabe 5:14
3 We'll Never Know Wittenmyer, Watanabe 5:03
4 Sangoma Mounsey 4:51
5 One Night in a Dream Bigham, Watanabe, Buskin 5:01
6 So Do I Watanabe 4:14
7 Love Song for Africa Watanabe 5:16
8 Windfall Watanabe 5:21
9 Lover's Walk Watanabe 4:31
10 What Do You Say Mounsey, Watanabe 5:30
11 Till We Meet Again Watanabe 4:49
Dennie
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Oops! I forgot to post this one, it was played after "Stevie"........
You're My Thrill CD
Shirley Horn
2000 Verve Records
Shirley Horn is the quintessential jazz balladeer, often called the finest singing pianist since Nat "King" Cole. On You’re My Thrill, Shirley Horn reunites with the celebrated producer/arranger/composer Johnny Mandel – who produced and orchestrated her landmark, best-selling 1992 recording, Here’s to Life.
Johnny Mandel has again enveloped Horn’s elegant trio performances in translucent orchestral arrangements that allow every facet of her interpretive genius to glow. Horn plies her smoldering alto in these six slow-burning ballads with incomparable intimacy and nuance. You’re My Thrill is also notable for five swinging mid-tempo trio outings which further emphasize Horn’s luscious way with a lyric, her firm footing in the blues, and a magical ability to spin a story in song.
1. You`re My Thrill
2. Best Is Yet to Come, The
3. Solitary Moon
4. Sharing the Night With the Blues
5. I Got Lost in His Arms
6. Rules of the Road, The
7. My Heart Stood Still
8. You`d Better Love Me (While You May)
9. Very Thought of You, The
10. Why Don`t You Do Right?
11. All Night Long
You're My Thrill CD
Shirley Horn
2000 Verve Records
Shirley Horn is the quintessential jazz balladeer, often called the finest singing pianist since Nat "King" Cole. On You’re My Thrill, Shirley Horn reunites with the celebrated producer/arranger/composer Johnny Mandel – who produced and orchestrated her landmark, best-selling 1992 recording, Here’s to Life.
Johnny Mandel has again enveloped Horn’s elegant trio performances in translucent orchestral arrangements that allow every facet of her interpretive genius to glow. Horn plies her smoldering alto in these six slow-burning ballads with incomparable intimacy and nuance. You’re My Thrill is also notable for five swinging mid-tempo trio outings which further emphasize Horn’s luscious way with a lyric, her firm footing in the blues, and a magical ability to spin a story in song.
1. You`re My Thrill
2. Best Is Yet to Come, The
3. Solitary Moon
4. Sharing the Night With the Blues
5. I Got Lost in His Arms
6. Rules of the Road, The
7. My Heart Stood Still
8. You`d Better Love Me (While You May)
9. Very Thought of You, The
10. Why Don`t You Do Right?
11. All Night Long
Dennie
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True Love -- CD
Jessy J
2009 Peak Records
True Love. With these two perfectly chosen words, Jessy J has, in unveiling the title of her second Peak Records release, captured the blazing emotions of her legions of fans across the U.S. and Latin America who made her the breakout genre star of 2008.
Produced by mega contemporary and urban jazz hit maker, musician/guitarist and label mate Paul Brown, (who also produced Tequila Moon), one of the most remarkable aspects of True Love is Jessy's ongoing commitment to her development as an artist and composer on her own terms. Backed on most tracks by Brown, keyboardist Gregg Karukas, bassist Roberto Vally, drummer Sergio Gonzalez and percussionist Richie Gajate Garcia, she puts her unique, multi-cultural stamp on a 10 track mix of vocals and instrumentals that draws from her rich Latin heritage and love for both traditional and contemporary jazz.
"After the success of Tequila Moon, it was inevitable that many fans would ask me, ok, so what's next? Where do you go from #1?" says Jessy. "But I never really worried about that pressure because I knew my approach would be to simply dig deeper into my essence as a person, songwriter and musician. My goal was to convey my True Love by putting 100 percent of my heart and soul into every note, every session and every song. As the journey of this new album unfolded, I discovered something amazing, a little secret I will now share: after all this romantic searching, I realize now that my True Love is actually my lifelong passion for music. It's a joy and an honor to have the opportunity to share more and more of this with the world as the years unfold."
The music was beautiful under the Tequila Moon. Stay there a while and like Jessy, you may just discover your True Love!
1. "Tropical Rain" (Gregg Karukas, Paul Brown, Jessy J) - 4:15
2. "Forever" (Paul Brown, Jessy J, Thomas Klemperer) - 4:08
3. "True Love" (Jessy J) - 3:48
4. "Mr. Prince" (Jessy J, Paul Brown) - 3:58
5. "Morning of the Carnival" from Black Orpheus (Manha Dee Carnaval) (Louiz Bonfa, Antonio Maria) - 3:58
6. "Somewhere In A Dream" (Jessy J, Paul Brown) - 4:15
7. "Jessy's Blues" (Jessy J, Paul Brown" - 3:39
8. "Llegaste Tu" (Pablo Aguirre, Paulina Aguirre, Jessy J) - 3:40
9. "Brazilian Dance" (Sergio Aranda) - 3:51
10. "Baila!" (Jessy J, Paul Brown) - 3:47
Bonus Picture.....
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Today's work truck music (I'm expecting a long day)......
Decade -- 2 CD Box Set
Neil Young
1970/1990 Reprise Records
Amazon.com
The first stop for anybody new to Neil Young's music, this 34-song set (originally released in 1977) traces his growth from Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Crazy Horse to his Harvest band, the Stray Gators. The album defined Young to rock radio the way Hot Rocks determined which Rolling Stones songs would become classics, but this is more than a quickie greatest-hits collection. Rarities and hits--Springfield's "Mr. Soul," CSNY's "Ohio," and Young's "Cinnamon Girl," "Heart of Gold," and the closing "Long May You Run"--develop in thematic and chronological patterns. --Steve Knopper
All songs written by Neil Young.
Side one
1. "Down to the Wire" – 2:25
* previously unreleased; performed with Buffalo Springfield members Stephen Stills and Richie Furay along with Dr. John
2. "Burned" – 2:14
* performed by Buffalo Springfield; appears on the album Buffalo Springfield
3. "Mr. Soul" – 2:41
* performed by Buffalo Springfield; recorded live in the studio in New York City, with guitar overdubs added subsequently; appears on the album Buffalo Springfield Again
4. "Broken Arrow" – 6:13
* performed by Buffalo Springfield; appears on the album Buffalo Springfield Again
5. "Expecting to Fly" – 3:44
* appears on the album Buffalo Springfield Again but no band member other than Neil Young appears on the track
6. "Sugar Mountain" – 5:43
* recorded live in concert on November 10, 1968 at the Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan; released as a single, 1968
Side two
1. "I Am a Child" – 2:17
* appears on the Buffalo Springfield album Last Time Around but features no members of the band other than Neil Young and drummer Dewey Martin
2. "The Loner" – 3:50
* appears on the album Neil Young
3. "The Old Laughing Lady" – 5:59
* appears on the album Neil Young
4. "Cinnamon Girl" – 2:59
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
5. "Down by the River" – 9:16
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Side three
1. "Cowgirl in the Sand" – 10:01
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2. "I Believe in You" – 3:27
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album After the Gold Rush
3. "After the Gold Rush" – 3:45
* appears on the album After the Gold Rush
4. "Southern Man" – 5:31
* appears on the album After the Gold Rush
5. "Helpless" – 3:34
* performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; appears on the album Déjà Vu
Side four
1. "Ohio" – 2:56
* performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; released as a single, 1970
2. "Soldier" – 2:28
* edited from the album Journey Through the Past
3. "Old Man" – 3:21
* appears on the album Harvest
4. "A Man Needs a Maid" – 3:58
* appears on the album Harvest
5. "Harvest" – 3:08
* appears on the album Harvest
6. "Heart of Gold" – 3:06
* appears on the album Harvest
7. "Star of Bethlehem" – 2:46
* appears on the album American Stars 'n Bars
Side five
1. "The Needle and the Damage Done" – 2:02
* recorded live in concert on January 30, 1971 at Royce Hall, Westwood, California; appears on the album Harvest
2. "Tonight's the Night, Part 1" – 4:41
* appears on the album Tonight's the Night
3. "Tired Eyes" – 4:33
* appears on the album Tonight's the Night
4. "Walk On" – 2:40
* appears on the album On the Beach
5. "For the Turnstiles" – 3:01
* appears on the album On the Beach
6. "Winterlong" – 3:05
* previously unreleased; appeared on certain acetate pressings of Tonight's The Night
7. "Deep Forbidden Lake" – 3:39
* previously unreleased
Side six
1. "Like a Hurricane" — 8:16
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; previously unreleased; different lead vocal dub than version on American Stars 'n Bars
2. "Love is a Rose" — 2:16
* previously unreleased
3. "Cortez the Killer" — 7:29
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album Zuma
4. "Campaigner" — 3:30
* previously unreleased
5. "Long May You Run" — 3:48
* performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; previously unreleased; original mix (without Crosby or Nash) appears on the Stills-Young Band album Long May You Run
The CD release combined sides 1-3 onto disc one, and sides 4-6 on disc two.
Decade -- 2 CD Box Set
Neil Young
1970/1990 Reprise Records
Amazon.com
The first stop for anybody new to Neil Young's music, this 34-song set (originally released in 1977) traces his growth from Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Crazy Horse to his Harvest band, the Stray Gators. The album defined Young to rock radio the way Hot Rocks determined which Rolling Stones songs would become classics, but this is more than a quickie greatest-hits collection. Rarities and hits--Springfield's "Mr. Soul," CSNY's "Ohio," and Young's "Cinnamon Girl," "Heart of Gold," and the closing "Long May You Run"--develop in thematic and chronological patterns. --Steve Knopper
All songs written by Neil Young.
Side one
1. "Down to the Wire" – 2:25
* previously unreleased; performed with Buffalo Springfield members Stephen Stills and Richie Furay along with Dr. John
2. "Burned" – 2:14
* performed by Buffalo Springfield; appears on the album Buffalo Springfield
3. "Mr. Soul" – 2:41
* performed by Buffalo Springfield; recorded live in the studio in New York City, with guitar overdubs added subsequently; appears on the album Buffalo Springfield Again
4. "Broken Arrow" – 6:13
* performed by Buffalo Springfield; appears on the album Buffalo Springfield Again
5. "Expecting to Fly" – 3:44
* appears on the album Buffalo Springfield Again but no band member other than Neil Young appears on the track
6. "Sugar Mountain" – 5:43
* recorded live in concert on November 10, 1968 at the Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan; released as a single, 1968
Side two
1. "I Am a Child" – 2:17
* appears on the Buffalo Springfield album Last Time Around but features no members of the band other than Neil Young and drummer Dewey Martin
2. "The Loner" – 3:50
* appears on the album Neil Young
3. "The Old Laughing Lady" – 5:59
* appears on the album Neil Young
4. "Cinnamon Girl" – 2:59
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
5. "Down by the River" – 9:16
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Side three
1. "Cowgirl in the Sand" – 10:01
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2. "I Believe in You" – 3:27
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album After the Gold Rush
3. "After the Gold Rush" – 3:45
* appears on the album After the Gold Rush
4. "Southern Man" – 5:31
* appears on the album After the Gold Rush
5. "Helpless" – 3:34
* performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; appears on the album Déjà Vu
Side four
1. "Ohio" – 2:56
* performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; released as a single, 1970
2. "Soldier" – 2:28
* edited from the album Journey Through the Past
3. "Old Man" – 3:21
* appears on the album Harvest
4. "A Man Needs a Maid" – 3:58
* appears on the album Harvest
5. "Harvest" – 3:08
* appears on the album Harvest
6. "Heart of Gold" – 3:06
* appears on the album Harvest
7. "Star of Bethlehem" – 2:46
* appears on the album American Stars 'n Bars
Side five
1. "The Needle and the Damage Done" – 2:02
* recorded live in concert on January 30, 1971 at Royce Hall, Westwood, California; appears on the album Harvest
2. "Tonight's the Night, Part 1" – 4:41
* appears on the album Tonight's the Night
3. "Tired Eyes" – 4:33
* appears on the album Tonight's the Night
4. "Walk On" – 2:40
* appears on the album On the Beach
5. "For the Turnstiles" – 3:01
* appears on the album On the Beach
6. "Winterlong" – 3:05
* previously unreleased; appeared on certain acetate pressings of Tonight's The Night
7. "Deep Forbidden Lake" – 3:39
* previously unreleased
Side six
1. "Like a Hurricane" — 8:16
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; previously unreleased; different lead vocal dub than version on American Stars 'n Bars
2. "Love is a Rose" — 2:16
* previously unreleased
3. "Cortez the Killer" — 7:29
* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album Zuma
4. "Campaigner" — 3:30
* previously unreleased
5. "Long May You Run" — 3:48
* performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; previously unreleased; original mix (without Crosby or Nash) appears on the Stills-Young Band album Long May You Run
The CD release combined sides 1-3 onto disc one, and sides 4-6 on disc two.
***Botch said:
Picked this up used at Amazon, and I just realized it's signed by the band. :banana-dance: :happy-smileygiantred:
I did a little reading up on this one. I'd nerver heard of Mingo Fishtrap
~ would like to hear your thoughts/opinion
(yeah, I see the dancin' banana ... * :text-nocomment:
I did a thread on the band here: http://www.theaudioannex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=950 , a buddy of mine posted the video on Farcebook.
I like them. Love the lead singer's voice, songs are good, horn section cooks. The riddim section isn't quite as funky as ToP, but then who is? I'm also listening to their "Private Bag" CD in the truck, and I found a used copy of a concert DVD that I haven't received yet.
You don't like my dancing banana??? :angry-tappingfoot: :teasing-neener:
I like them. Love the lead singer's voice, songs are good, horn section cooks. The riddim section isn't quite as funky as ToP, but then who is? I'm also listening to their "Private Bag" CD in the truck, and I found a used copy of a concert DVD that I haven't received yet.
You don't like my dancing banana??? :angry-tappingfoot: :teasing-neener:
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Daylight Again -- CD
Crosby, Stills & Nash
1982 Atlantic Records
Amazon.com
In 1982, there were few groups as out of phase as CSN. Their supergroup status once lionized in the late '60s and early '70s had turned into liability. Viewed as fossils by the emerging MTV generation, they steadfastly stood with their heartfelt idealistic politics on their sleeve. Produced by El Lay producer extraordinaire Craig Doerge (known mostly for adding synthesizer to the work of Jackson Browne among others) and Stanley Johnson, Daylight Again features several noteworthy songs. "Wasted on the Way," "Southern Cross," and "Into the Darkness" are among the more substantial contributions from these musicians struggling to find their place in a world clearly getting away from them. --Rob O'Connor
1. "Turn Your Back On Love" (Stills, Nash, Michael Stergis) – 4:51
2. "Wasted on the Way" (Nash) – 2:52
3. "Southern Cross" (Stills, Richard Curtis, Michael Curtis) – 4:41
4. "Into The Darkness" (Nash) – 3:23
5. "Delta" (Crosby) – 4:15
6. "Since I Met You" (Stills, Stergis) – 3:12
7. "Too Much Love To Hide" (Stills, Gerry Tolman) – 3:58
8. "Song For Susan" (Nash) – 3:08
9. "You Are Alive" (Stills, Stergis) – 3:04
10. "Might As Well Have A Good Time" (Lyrics by Judy Henske, Music by Craig Doerge) – 4:28
11. "Daylight Again: (a) Daylight Again (b) Find The Cost Of Freedom" (Stills) – 2:36
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Botch said:I played the fiddle solo from "Wasted on the Way" with a couple of bands. I need to dig this one out! :handgestures-thumbup:Dennie said:
Daylight Again -- CD
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Sweet! That's a great song. I have to tell you, that 1982 CD sounded great. Solid Bass, clear and clean Mids and Highs and great dynamics! :handgestures-thumbup:
Dennie
Dennie
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Always good to see you Batman! 
bscene-drinkingcheers:
Shangri - La -- CD + DVD :text-bravo: :text-bravo:
Mark Knopfler
2004 Reprise Records
Amazon.com
Mark Knopfler isn't afraid to drop names. The heavyweight Cassius Clay laid low, the man who made burgers and fries into big business, the kings of rock & roll and skiffle are among the motley assortment who pass through Knopfler's fourth solo album. Recorded in Malibu with a tight crew of steadfast Knopfler sidemen, Shangri-La (the title comes from the studio where the entire set was recorded) chronicles the foibles of the acclaimed and the adrift, all delivered with the nonchalant grace that has marked Knopfler's music since Dire Straits emerged in the late '70s. Seven of album's 14 originals clock in at between five and seven minutes. That's Knopfler in a nutshell--don't rush things, but don't loose the thread, either. As a songwriter, Knopfler has a storyteller's eye for minutiae, which he delivers with practiced nuance. He overreaches here and there ("Song for Sonny Liston" fails to capture the pathos of the menacing fighter), but also pulls off a few career highlights (the understated crime-drama opener "5.15 a.m."). --Steve Stolder
1. "5.15 A.M." – 5:54
2. "Boom, Like That" – 5:49
3. "Sucker Row" – 4:56
4. "The Trawlerman's Song" – 5:02
5. "Back to Tupelo" – 4:31
6. "Our Shangri-La" – 5:41
7. "Everybody Pays" – 5:24
8. "Song for Sonny Liston" – 5:06
9. "Whoop De Doo" – 3:53
10. "Postcards from Paraguay" – 4:07
11. "All That Matters" – 3:08
12. "Stand Up Guy" – 4:32
13. "Donegan's Gone" – 3:05
14. "Don't Crash the Ambulance" – 5:06
bscene-drinkingcheers:
Shangri - La -- CD + DVD :text-bravo: :text-bravo:
Mark Knopfler
2004 Reprise Records
Amazon.com
Mark Knopfler isn't afraid to drop names. The heavyweight Cassius Clay laid low, the man who made burgers and fries into big business, the kings of rock & roll and skiffle are among the motley assortment who pass through Knopfler's fourth solo album. Recorded in Malibu with a tight crew of steadfast Knopfler sidemen, Shangri-La (the title comes from the studio where the entire set was recorded) chronicles the foibles of the acclaimed and the adrift, all delivered with the nonchalant grace that has marked Knopfler's music since Dire Straits emerged in the late '70s. Seven of album's 14 originals clock in at between five and seven minutes. That's Knopfler in a nutshell--don't rush things, but don't loose the thread, either. As a songwriter, Knopfler has a storyteller's eye for minutiae, which he delivers with practiced nuance. He overreaches here and there ("Song for Sonny Liston" fails to capture the pathos of the menacing fighter), but also pulls off a few career highlights (the understated crime-drama opener "5.15 a.m."). --Steve Stolder
1. "5.15 A.M." – 5:54
2. "Boom, Like That" – 5:49
3. "Sucker Row" – 4:56
4. "The Trawlerman's Song" – 5:02
5. "Back to Tupelo" – 4:31
6. "Our Shangri-La" – 5:41
7. "Everybody Pays" – 5:24
8. "Song for Sonny Liston" – 5:06
9. "Whoop De Doo" – 3:53
10. "Postcards from Paraguay" – 4:07
11. "All That Matters" – 3:08
12. "Stand Up Guy" – 4:32
13. "Donegan's Gone" – 3:05
14. "Don't Crash the Ambulance" – 5:06
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Today's work truck music.....
Bring It On Home......The Soul Classics -- CD
Aaron Neville
2004 Burgundy Records
Amazon.com
Approach Aaron Neville's Bring it on Home ... the Soul Classics with anything but an open heart and you've missed the point. This is a serious CD, at once mournful, humble, and joyous, with no shortage of moments that recall the terribleness of Hurricane Katrina. One way of processing it is as a cataloging of classic songs that helped Neville's fellow New Orleanians soldier through: opener "Rainy Night in Georgia" with jazzman Chris Botti wrings beauty from soaking-wet despair, "Stand By Me" turns its heel on pleading in favor of promise-making, and "People Get Ready," with David Sanborn and brother Art, is a chill-sending reminder of how unity and perseverance can trump tragedy. Viewed from another lens, Soul Classics is Neville's attempt at climbing aboard the late-career, classic-covers bandwagon while weaving his bayou-soul heritage into the picture. The trouble with that theory, though, is that it feels like so much more. His voice flutters alongside Mavis Staple's on "Respect Yourself" with completely uncontrived tenderness, and Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" becomes a meditation on stillness and ease that befits a boulder-sized lump in the throat. A tossed-together concept album this is not; a reflection of a soul man gifted with the ability to spin epic, unyielding sorrow into grace is more like it. --Tammy La Gorce
1 Rainy Night in Georgia (featuring Chris Botti) 4:40
2 Ain't No Sunshine 3:40
3 (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay 4:28
4 Stand By Me 3:52
5 You Send Me 4:14
6 Respect Yourself (featuring Mavis Staples) 4:06
7 When a Man Loves a Woman 3:24
8 Let's Stay Together (featuing Chaka Khan) 4:03
9 It's All Right 3:34
10 People Get Ready (featuring David Sanborn & Art Neville) 4:07
11 My Girl 3:58
12 Ain't That Peculiar 3:43
13 A Change Is Gonna Come 4:10
Bring It On Home......The Soul Classics -- CD
Aaron Neville
2004 Burgundy Records
Amazon.com
Approach Aaron Neville's Bring it on Home ... the Soul Classics with anything but an open heart and you've missed the point. This is a serious CD, at once mournful, humble, and joyous, with no shortage of moments that recall the terribleness of Hurricane Katrina. One way of processing it is as a cataloging of classic songs that helped Neville's fellow New Orleanians soldier through: opener "Rainy Night in Georgia" with jazzman Chris Botti wrings beauty from soaking-wet despair, "Stand By Me" turns its heel on pleading in favor of promise-making, and "People Get Ready," with David Sanborn and brother Art, is a chill-sending reminder of how unity and perseverance can trump tragedy. Viewed from another lens, Soul Classics is Neville's attempt at climbing aboard the late-career, classic-covers bandwagon while weaving his bayou-soul heritage into the picture. The trouble with that theory, though, is that it feels like so much more. His voice flutters alongside Mavis Staple's on "Respect Yourself" with completely uncontrived tenderness, and Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" becomes a meditation on stillness and ease that befits a boulder-sized lump in the throat. A tossed-together concept album this is not; a reflection of a soul man gifted with the ability to spin epic, unyielding sorrow into grace is more like it. --Tammy La Gorce
1 Rainy Night in Georgia (featuring Chris Botti) 4:40
2 Ain't No Sunshine 3:40
3 (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay 4:28
4 Stand By Me 3:52
5 You Send Me 4:14
6 Respect Yourself (featuring Mavis Staples) 4:06
7 When a Man Loves a Woman 3:24
8 Let's Stay Together (featuing Chaka Khan) 4:03
9 It's All Right 3:34
10 People Get Ready (featuring David Sanborn & Art Neville) 4:07
11 My Girl 3:58
12 Ain't That Peculiar 3:43
13 A Change Is Gonna Come 4:10
***
(released 1996)
** a REVIEW of "Come On In This House"
that I think is rather long, but accurate . . . . .
"Come On in This House, recorded by Junior Wells in 1996 is just plain fun - it's sitting out on the porch steps sipping lemonade on a hot summer day, it's laughing and joking with friends, and most of all it's good times and good music. Take a cd packed with songs, fourteen in all, make most of them classic blues, take a veteran bluesmen with impeccable timing, an awesome understated blues voice and add some of the best slide guitarist in the business, oh say about six and you have the makings of a great blues cd. Make it one of the last recordings of the great Junior Wells and it's unforgettable and a necessary component for the serious blues collector.
But please don't think this is music only for the serious blues listener, this is music that is wonderful and accessible to anyone. It is honest understated music, with depth and soul. There's no flash here, nothing strained or pretentious - no this is music of integrity that is fun to listen to.
Junior Wells, born Amos Blackmore in 1934 in Memphis Tennessee, teamed up with some of the best blues guitarist to record Come on In This House for Telarc. On this cd are Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Sonny Landreth, Bob Margolin, John Mooney and Derek Trucks. Each of these gentleman have a career of some repute in the blues genre, but if you haven't heard of them this cd is a perfect opportunity to get to know them.
Standards recorded for this cd include songs by Tampa Red, Sonny Boy Williamson, Arthur Crudup, Robert Nighthawk, Junior Parker and Little Walter as well as Junior Wells originals. The one new song Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman is worth the price of the cd. The interplay between Well's vocals and Landreth's National Steel Guitar are perfect.
It is little wonder that Come On In This House won the W.C. Handy award for best Traditional Blues Album in 1997, because every song is marvelous. It starts swinging it with That's All Right with young Derek Trucks, 16 on guitar and John Cleary on piano backing up Junior. It's all right now momma, yes indeed!- tasty guitar licks and the smoothest most mellow vocals by Junior Wells.
From the upbeat to the skeptical, melancholy blues of Why People Like that. Sonny Landreth and Derek Trucks exchange fire power on guitar while Junior continues his wonderful harmonica playing and sings:
They take your house and your home
They take the flesh from your bone
They take the shirt off your back
Why people like that.
Other songs of note include Tampa Red's She Wants to Sell My Monkey, Mystery Train, I'm Gonna Move to Kansas City and the title song an original by Junior Wells and brought out of retirement for this cd. It is a worthy addition, with Wells singing:
If I had a million dollars
I'd give you every dime
To hear you call me daddy
One more time.
I was lucky enough to see Junior Wells in person a few years before his death and remember his dynamism, swaggering confidence and extraordinary understated way of delivering a song. He made it seem so easy. This cd is a great reminder of what a wonderful performer he was. I think it is also a good introduction to traditional acoustic blues and will provide the listener with the opportunity to get to know some great blues players and some outstanding traditional blues songs."
(released 1996)
** a REVIEW of "Come On In This House"
that I think is rather long, but accurate . . . . .
"Come On in This House, recorded by Junior Wells in 1996 is just plain fun - it's sitting out on the porch steps sipping lemonade on a hot summer day, it's laughing and joking with friends, and most of all it's good times and good music. Take a cd packed with songs, fourteen in all, make most of them classic blues, take a veteran bluesmen with impeccable timing, an awesome understated blues voice and add some of the best slide guitarist in the business, oh say about six and you have the makings of a great blues cd. Make it one of the last recordings of the great Junior Wells and it's unforgettable and a necessary component for the serious blues collector.
But please don't think this is music only for the serious blues listener, this is music that is wonderful and accessible to anyone. It is honest understated music, with depth and soul. There's no flash here, nothing strained or pretentious - no this is music of integrity that is fun to listen to.
Junior Wells, born Amos Blackmore in 1934 in Memphis Tennessee, teamed up with some of the best blues guitarist to record Come on In This House for Telarc. On this cd are Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Sonny Landreth, Bob Margolin, John Mooney and Derek Trucks. Each of these gentleman have a career of some repute in the blues genre, but if you haven't heard of them this cd is a perfect opportunity to get to know them.
Standards recorded for this cd include songs by Tampa Red, Sonny Boy Williamson, Arthur Crudup, Robert Nighthawk, Junior Parker and Little Walter as well as Junior Wells originals. The one new song Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman is worth the price of the cd. The interplay between Well's vocals and Landreth's National Steel Guitar are perfect.
It is little wonder that Come On In This House won the W.C. Handy award for best Traditional Blues Album in 1997, because every song is marvelous. It starts swinging it with That's All Right with young Derek Trucks, 16 on guitar and John Cleary on piano backing up Junior. It's all right now momma, yes indeed!- tasty guitar licks and the smoothest most mellow vocals by Junior Wells.
From the upbeat to the skeptical, melancholy blues of Why People Like that. Sonny Landreth and Derek Trucks exchange fire power on guitar while Junior continues his wonderful harmonica playing and sings:
They take your house and your home
They take the flesh from your bone
They take the shirt off your back
Why people like that.
Other songs of note include Tampa Red's She Wants to Sell My Monkey, Mystery Train, I'm Gonna Move to Kansas City and the title song an original by Junior Wells and brought out of retirement for this cd. It is a worthy addition, with Wells singing:
If I had a million dollars
I'd give you every dime
To hear you call me daddy
One more time.
I was lucky enough to see Junior Wells in person a few years before his death and remember his dynamism, swaggering confidence and extraordinary understated way of delivering a song. He made it seem so easy. This cd is a great reminder of what a wonderful performer he was. I think it is also a good introduction to traditional acoustic blues and will provide the listener with the opportunity to get to know some great blues players and some outstanding traditional blues songs."
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Fragile -- CD
Yes
1972/1990 Atlantic Records
Fragile is the fourth album by the British progressive rock band Yes, released on Atlantic Records, catalogue 7211. It was the band's first album with keyboardist Rick Wakeman after the departure of Tony Kaye, and the first to feature cover art by Roger Dean, his work emblematic of both the band and progressive rock as a whole. Fragile was issued in the UK in November 1971, but was held back in North America for two months because of the chart momentum of The Yes Album. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 during a stay of 46 weeks, and as Atlantic 2401 019 reached #7 in the UK album chart.
1. "Roundabout" (Anderson/Howe) – 8:30
2. "Cans and Brahms (Extracts from Brahms' 4th Symphony in E Minor, Third Movement)" (Brahms, arranged Wakeman) – 1:38
3. "We Have Heaven" (Anderson) – 1:40
4. "South Side of the Sky" (Anderson/Squire) – 8:02
Side two
1. "Five Per Cent for Nothing" (Bruford) – 0:35
2. "Long Distance Runaround" (Anderson) – 3:30
3. "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (Squire) – 2:39
4. "Mood for a Day" (Howe) – 3:00
5. "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson/Squire/Bruford) – 11:27
* Jon Anderson - vocals
* Steve Howe - electric guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar, backing vocals
* Chris Squire - bass, backing vocals
* Rick Wakeman - Hammond organ, piano, RMI 368 Electra-Piano and Harpsichord, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer
* Bill Bruford - drums, percussion