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Bobby Vee is rarely counted among the premier vocalists of the Brill Building era, but in truth he made some very memorable if hopelessly slight pop records, marshaling the enormous talents of the composing team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King to ring up a series of hits in the months prior to the explosion of Beatlemania. Of the 22 tracks compiled on Take Good Care of My Baby, the title cut remains Vee's high watermark. His sole chart-topper, this Goffin/King effort remains a perfect distillation of period-puppy-love innocence with its absurdly milquetoasty lyric and sappy melody. "Punish Her" and the Gene Pitney-inspired "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" are almost as good, while the minor 1963 hit "Be True to Yourself" documents an early collaboration by the songwriting team of Hal David and Burt Bacharach. Vee's commercial fortunes fell precipitously after 1963, although he returned to the Top Five with 1967's aptly titled "Come Back When You Grow Up." The set concludes with an ill-considered medley of the Temptations' "My Girl" and Goffin/King's "Hey Girl." Whatever Vee's talents, singing R&B was clearly not among them. ~ Jason Ankeny
Two of Bobby Vee's 1962 LPs, Take Good Care of My Baby and A Bobby Vee Recording Session, were reissued by Beat Goes On for this 1999 collection. Albums from this early era can be quite interesting from a historical perspective, and though there are some inherent weaknesses -- from today's perspective -- in the formula that Vee was following, these two releases make a fascinating pairing, showing off two slightly different approaches for grafting rock & roll to teen idol-style pop. The albums are somewhat similar, but also just different enough from each other so that there's a fair amount of variety to the music. The songs from Take Good Care of My Baby have a little more muscle to them, while those from A Bobby Vee Recording Session are more polished and elaborate in their production, with less of the preceding album's occasional emphasis on electric guitar. The shadow of Buddy Holly also fell across both records, directly or indirectly, not just through the presence of one of his songs plus guitarist Tommy Alsup (on Take Good Care of My Baby) and Vee's covering of songs by the Crickets, but to some extent also in style at various moments. The 1998-vintage remastering is state of the art and captures every nuance of the vocals and accompaniment, and the annotation by Snuff Garrett is an added enhancement to the CD. ~ Bruce Eder & Jenna Woolford
2 LPs on 1 CD.
24 Tracks From 1961-1962Q (7/99, p.148) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Quality songs aplenty..." Take Good Care Of My Baby Music Take Good Care Of My Baby Music Take Good Care Of My Baby Music Review Purchase Take Good Care Of My Baby CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Tony Orlando Bless You And Seventeen Other Great Hits CD (1997)
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Tony Orlando's early years as a teen idol may have yielded only a handful of minor hits, but his later fame with Dawn guaranteed that they would eventually be resurrected. "Bless You" was the biggest of Orlando's early charters, inching into the Top 15 in 1961. That song, as well as his other Epic recordings from 1961-1963, exemplify the teen pop style of the era with sparkling arrangements of pizzicato strings, a sweet vocal chorus, and other sugary treats for the ear. On "Lonely Am I," even words of loneliness seem heavenly when crooned to the angelic tones of a harp. Orlando placed seven of his Epic singles in Billboard's Top 135, and all but one are anthologized on Bless You and Seventeen Other Great Hits. British rocker Billy Fury covered "Halfway to Paradise" and enjoyed a major hit overseas, but Orlando's original didn't fare nearly as well stateside. Nonetheless, Orlando's early recordings are fine specimens of Brill Building pop, with an assortment of Barry Mann and Carole King songs given skillful, sophisticated readings. Even though Orlando flubs the lyrics of Bobby Darin's "Dream Lover," he recovers quickly enough to salvage the take. The anthology's claim of "17 hits" is overstated, but echoes the original title of Orlando's sole Epic album, Bless You and Eleven Other Great Hits. The remaining songs are B-sides and non-hit singles comparable in quality to the hits. Bless You and Seventeen Other Great Hits may be merely ...
| | Wanda Jackson Queen Of Rockabilly CDs (2000)
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Recorded between 1956 and 1963. Includes liner notes by Rob Finnis.
Digitally remastered by Duncan Cowell (Sound Mastering Limited).
Ace Records' Queen of Rockabilly is such a good idea for a Wanda Jackson collection that it's astonishing that it didn't get put together and released until 2000 -- or that Bear Family Records, which is no slouch when it comes to distilling down certain aspects and angles of American country and rock & roll stars, didn't do it first. It should have been out a lot earlier, in the 1970s -- that would have saved hundreds of listeners (maybe thousands, around the world) having to buy, borrow, or steal her old LPs and singles, so we could isolate and distill down her rockabilly and rock & roll tracks onto open-reel tape or audio cassette. Compiler/annotator Rob Finnis allows the songs to jump across seven years, back and forth, pulling together the strands and threads of this side of Jackson's work into a killer collection of 30 songs, clocking in at less than 70 minutes. And running through the rough and raucous rock & roll sounds is the enigma of Wanda Jackson herself -- this CD touches more musical and cultural buttons than even the man who put it together seems aware of, or than Jackson herself will ever admit to. She has said that she was never as consciously committed to rockabilly or rock & roll as her career direction would seem to indicate; she spent years walking a tightrope between traditional country and rock & roll, just trying to carve out a niche for herself and earn a living, and rock & roll was as new to her as it was to most country music fans in 1954-1955. In keeping with the sensibilities of the era, as the daughter of white working-class Texas-born transplants to Oklahoma (and then to California -- around Bakersfield, natch -- and back to ...
| | Skeeter Davis Pop Hits Collection CD (2003)
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Recorded between 1962 & 1967. Includes liner notes by Steve Kolanjian.
Skeeter Davis has had two phases of her career: the first as part of the duo, the Davis Sisters, with Betty Jack Davis (they weren't really sisters, by the way) in the pre-rock & roll era, and the second as a solo Nashville country crossover artist in the 1960s. The Davis Sisters recorded one bona fide classic, "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know," which was a huge hit in 1953, and Skeeter mirrored it with a classic of her own in 1963, the weepy and resigned "The End of the World," which features a perfectly measured vocal from Davis, which manages to overcome the pathos inherent in the lyrics. This collection of solo sides reveals the formula Davis followed pretty clearly, merging plaintive country material with injections of big pop hooks, all sweetened with Nashville strings. Try to pick up a compilation that features a selection of Davis Sisters' songs -- in addition to the solo stuff -- to get a complete picture of this intriguing singer. ~ Steve Leggett
Skeeter's biggest and best "pop" recordings are highlighted in this very special CD. Most tracks appear for the first time since their original release on records! ...
| | Lynn Anderson Pure Country CD (1998)
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Collectables Pure Country is a good budget-priced, ten-track collection containing Lynn Anderson's original hit recordings on Columbia including "Rose Garden," "Cry," and "Top of the World." Please note that this edition includes the exact same track listing as the 1998 Sony release also titled Pure Country. ~ Al Campbell
Sony Special Products' Pure Country is an effective sampler of Lynn Anderson's country-pop work for Columbia Records in the '70s. In fact, it works in many ways as a hits compilation, since every one of the featured songs -- "Rose Garden," "How Can I Unlove You," "Sing About Love," "Cry," "Fool Me," "You're My Man," "Keep Me In Mind," "Top of the World," "What a Man, My Man Is" and "Talkin' to the Wall" -- were Top Ten country hits for Anderson. Because of that, Pure Country ...
| | Connie Smith All American Country CD (2003)
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The ten-track All American Country collection covers Connie Smith's most commercially productive period from the early to mid-'60s, including "The Hurtin's All Over," "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," "Paper Roses," and her first number one single, "Once a Day," ...
| | Dottie West Legend In My Time/Sound Of Country Music CD (2004)
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This two-fer from Collectables features a pair of out of print LPs by Dottie West: The Sound of Country Music and Legend in My Time, both originally issued on RCA Camden in 1967 and 1971, respectively. Highlights among the 19 tracks include several ...
| | Best Of Soulful Dynamics CD (2002) (Import) Germany
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| | Kitchens & Bathrooms Utter A Sound CD (2002)
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| | Mt St Helens You Are A Ghostly Presence CD (2003)
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| | Pickin' On Joss Stone CD (2005)
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| | Ultimate 16: Lite FM 80S CD (2006)
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Track Listing of songs: Kokomo; Gloria; Sailing; Don't Know Much; If You Don't Know Me by Now; ...
| | Dick Johnson Star Dust & Beyond: A Tribute To Artie Shaw CD (2006)
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Although reedman and bandleader Dick Johnson has been around big bands for fifty years, it wasn’t until February of 2006 that he finally embarked on a full big band recording of his own. The result is Johnson’s latest CD release, Star Dust & Beyond: A Tribute to Artie Shaw, and it’s available now. With Star Dust & Beyond, Johnson and this 17-piece band stake their claim to “Big Band Recording of the Year.” Johnson, whose career stretches back to the late 1940s, learned his craft in the bands of Charlie Spivak, Buddy Morrow and Herb Pomeroy. His small groups have recorded for Mercury, Riverside and Concord Jazz. He’s a mainstay of New England jazz, but today he might be best known as the leader of The Artie Shaw Orchestra, a position he’s held since 1983, when Shaw himself picked Dick to lead the reorganized band. The spirit of the recording is embodied in its name. Star Dust & Beyond is Dick’s heartfelt tribute to Shaw, his lifelong musical inspiration. But if you’re thinking that this music will be just another trip down memory lane, you’re in for a pleasant surprise. There are 14 tunes here featuring fresh arrangements by Jay Brandford and Grammy winner Robert Freedman. The selections range from Shaw-era standards (“My Funny Valentine,” “I Concentrate on You,” “Star Dust”) to Johnson originals to a few numbers not often found in a big band’s book, like “Waltz for Debby” and “Fungii Mama.” This might be a tribute recording, but there is no doubt Johnson is his own man and the band has a personality all its own. Dick Johnson’s clarinet is outstanding throughout, and the rest of the band shines as well. It includes Dave Chapman, Sil D’Urbano, Matt Koza, Ed Harlow, and Wendy Macdonald in the reed section; Jay Daly, Trent Austin, Phil Person, and Kerry MacKillop on trumpets; Doug Elliott, Chris ...
| | 1997 Better View Of The Rising Moon CD (2007)
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The cover art on 1997's debut album, which features a house with a smoking chimney surrounded by stars and flowers drawn in child-like style, gives a fair indication of the music made by this Illinois-based indie rock outfit. Romantic, naďve, and powered by the sweet vocal interplay of Kevin Thomas and Kerri Mack, 1997 is knee-deep in emo, but comes across with enough fresh-faced charm to save the band from being written off too easily. Moreover, BETTER VIEW OF THE RISING MOON touts more than a few memorable hooks, giving indie and emo fans further reason to sit up and listen.
Audio Mixer: Cameron Webb.
Recording information: Maple Sound Studio.
Illustrator: Kerri Mack.
Photographer: Matt Wysocki.
Original Soundtrack/1997: Nick Coleman (drums); Kevin Thomas (tambourine); ...
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