Sweet Inspirations - Songs of Faith & Inspiration/What the World Needs Now Is Love CD

Songs of Faith & Inspiration/What the World Needs Now Is Love songs A surprise best-seller when it was first released, this mostly improvised pairing of singer/keyboardist/producer Al Kooper with two major guitar heroes of the day sounds fascinating all these years later precisely because of the distance of time--nobody makes records like this any more. The material runs the gamut from folk pop (covers of Donovan and Dylan), to blues ("Albert's Shuffle," "You Don't Love Me"), to heady jams ("His Holy Modal Majesty"), to big-band jazz ("Harvey's Tune"). All the tunes make effective templates for the kind off-the-cuff music-making that in less capable hands might have resulted in simple noodling. In fact, although Bloomfield and Stills don't play together on any of the cuts (Bloomfield played on one side of the original LP, Stills on the other), all three principals get off lots of good licks and producer Kooper has some interesting tricks up his sleeve, as in the over-the-top phasing he lavishes on "You Don't Love Me." The only real disappointment here is that Stills, a far better singer than Kooper, never opens his mouth. Those familiar with the Live Adventures album these two recorded at the Fillmore West know how brilliant they could be on stage, and here's another gem, recorded at the Fillmore East this time and featuring 'One Way Out,' 'It's My Own Fault' (with Bloomfield trading licks with Johnny Winter...Johnny was signed to Columbia after this gig!). Newly remastered & now with 4 bonus tracks, 'Albert's Shuffle' (2002 Remix w/o Horns), 'Season of the Witch.' (2002 Remix w/o Horns), 'Blues For Nothing' (Studio Outtake) & 'Fat Grey Cloud' Previously Unreleased Live Track). Features 12-page booklet with unpublished photos from the recording session, new liner notes by Al Kooper & the Rolling Stone Hall Of Fame review by David Fricke. 60 scintillating minutes! 13 tracks. Colunbia/Legacy. 2003. Includes liner notes by Al Kooper, Michael Thomas. Includes liner notes by Michael Thomas. Full performer name: Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper/Steve Stills. Personnel: Mike Bloomfield (electric guitar); Al Kooper (vocals, 12-string & electric guitars, piano, organ, ondioline); Steve Stills (electric guitar); Barry Goldberg (electric piano); Harvey Brooks (bass); Eddie Hoh (drums). Personnel: Mike Bloomfield (electric guitar); Al Kooper (piano, organ, ondioline, vocals, 12-string & electric guitars); Steve Stills (electric guitar); Barry Goldberg (electric piano); Harvey Brooks (bass); Eddie Hoh (drums). Reissue producer: Bob Irwin.

Songs of Faith & Inspiration/What the World Needs Now Is Love CD music Track Listing of songs: Touch the Hem of His Garment; Lovable; You Send Me; Only Sixteen; ; Just for You; Win Your Love; Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha; I'll Come Running Back to You; You Were Made for Me; Sad Mood; Cupid; Wonderful World; Chain Gang; Summertime; Little Red Rooster; Bring It on Home to Me; Nothing Can Change This Love; Sugar Dumpling; ; Meet Me at Mary's Place; Twistin' the Night Away; Shake; Tennessee Waltz; Another Saturday Night; Good Times; Having a Party; That's Where It's At; Change Is Gonna Come, A; Jesus Gave Me Water; [Untitled Hidden Track];

Songs of Faith & Inspiration/What the World Needs Now Is Love buy CD music Track Listing of songs: Butterfly; Fabulous; Race for Time; Sing Sing Sing; You're the Greatest; Over the Weekend; Night Time; Memory Lane; Silhouettes; Daddy Cool; Back to School Again; Class, The; Bad Motorcycle; Shake a Hand; Dinner with Drac, Pt. 1; Mexican Hat Rock; Nine More Miles (The "Faster-Faster" Song); Bird's 'N' Bees; Two Weeks with Pay; Rocka-Conga; Kissin' Time; We Got Love; Twist, The; Wild One; Swingin' School; Pony Time; Teach Me to Twist; Let's Twist Again; Bristol Stomp; Wah-Watusi, The; Merry Christmas; DISC 2: Slow Twistin'; Mashed Potato Time; Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes); Don't Hang Up; Ride!; Do the New Continental; Popeye Waddle, The; Limbo Rock; Cha-Cha-Cha, The; Volare; Sweet Georgia Brown; One More Time Back to School; (I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain; Rowdy; Forget Him; Mother Please!; Come on and Dance with Me; Groovy Baby; Jam, Pt. 1, The; You Can't Sit Down; South Street; Everybody South Street; Do the Bird; Not Me; Crossfire!; (Everybody Do) The Swim, Pt. 1; 81, The; Daydreamin' of You; Boy with the Beatle Hair, The; Jingle Bell Rock; DISC 3: So Much in Love; Wonderful! Wonderful!; I'll Be True; When We Get Married; Somewhere; Hey Good Lookin'; Just One Chance; You'll Never Walk Alone; Danny Boy; Cast Your Fate to the Wind; It Only Took a Minute; Long Tall Sally; Boys; You Still Want Me; Funny How Love Can Be; Tossing & Turning; She's Fallen in Love with the Monster Man; Wild Thing; Little White House; Fool, Fool, Fool; Girl from New York City; Society Girl; Soldier Baby of Mine; S.O.S. (Heart in Distress); Because of My Heart; Heartaches Away My Boy; Got to Run; My Boy; White Christmas (3 O'Clock Weather Report); DISC 4: Angel of the Morning; Love of a Boy, The; This Can't Be True; World of Fantasy; Come Back; Am I a Loser (From the Start); Danger! She's a Stranger; Meet Me in Church; You've Been Untrue; Get a Hold of Yourself; He Don't Really Love You; Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven, The; Grass, The (Will Sing for You); I (Who Have Nothing); Beg, Borrow and Steal; 96 Tears; I Need Somebody; East Side Story; Can't Get Enough of You, Baby; Respect; Shake Your Tambourine; Let the Good Times Roll & Feel So Good; Heavy Music, Pt. 1; Lovey Dovey/You're So Fine; Sock It to Me Santa;

Songs of Faith & Inspiration/What the World Needs Now Is Love album for sale After leaving Scepter, Dionne Warwick released 1975's Track of the Cat, which included songs like "Love Me One More Time" and "Jealousy." ~ Ron Wynn Dionne's classic 1975 Warner Brothers album, produced by Thom Bell, with many tracks written by Bell & Linda Creed. First time on CD ever. 24-bit digitally remastered, liner notes by R&B expert David Nathan. Tracks, 'Track Of The Cat', 'His House & Me', 'Ronnie Lee', 'World Of My Dreams', 'Jealousy', 'This Is Love', 'Love Me One More Time' & 'Once You Hit The Road'. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Dionne Warwick (vocals); Dionne Warwick; Charles Collins (drums). Liner Note Author: David Nathan. Recording information: Kaye Smith Studios, Seattle, WA (08/02/1975-08/02/1975); Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA (08/02/1975-08/02/1975). Arranger: Thom Bell.

Songs of Faith & Inspiration/What the World Needs Now Is Love CD music It may be that after her 2005 album I'VE GOT MY OWN HELL TO RAISE garnered considerable critical attention Bettye Lavette's early work will finally get the recognition it deserves. The CD reissue of this collection of tracks Lavette cut in Memphis during 1969 and '70 is certainly a step in the right direction. Nothing lacks on TAKE ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE OF MY HEART, from the choice of material (title song included), to the Dixie Flyers' punchy back-up, to Lavette's own impassioned performances. Her two duets with Hank Ballard are stand-outs, but this is Lavette's show from start to finish, and this superb collection amounts to nothing less than a genuine R&B classic. Recording information: Sounds Of Memphis Studios. Personnel: Bettye LaVette (vocals); Hank Ballard (vocals). Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.

Songs of Faith & Inspiration/What the World Needs Now Is Love buy CD music Tommy Tate wasn't exactly a Stax artist, even though much of his 1970s product benefited from Stax distribution. Still, since the Ko Ko label for which he recorded from 1971-1977 was distributed by Stax for much of that time and run by a guy (Johnny Baylor) who wielded a lot of power at Stax in that label's final years, it's not a surprise that his output from this period had a pretty Stax-ish sound. All of his Ko Ko recordings are on this 20-track CD, including singles (among them his number 22 1972 R&B hit "School of Life") and additional material that only came out belatedly on a 1996 Japanese CD, along with the three early-'70s cuts for which he sang lead on actual Stax releases by the Nightingales. There's enough professionalism to the production and talented passion to the singing to put this a little, though not much, above the journeyman/generic level. A lot of it has an earthy spin on that early-'70s Stax mix of Southern and sweet-pop soul, and Tate's a gritty singer, if not one with a particularly indelible footprint. Occasional wah-wah guitars and sitar simulation (on "School of Life") add to the period feel. But Tate, who's credited as a co-writer on nearly everything here, never came up with anything that had undeniable hit appeal. The version of the Nightingales' "You're Movin' Much Too Fast" on this CD, incidentally, is a previously unissued unedited one. ~ Richie Unterberger Tommy Tate has never been prolific in his recorded output, but almost everything he's ever recorded is highly rated in Soul circles. This CD brings together everything that Tate recorded for Ko Ko records between 1971 and 1977, and adds three tracks that he cut for Stax just prior to the earliest of his Ko Ko sessions, as lead singer of the Nightingales. The only previous issue of the Ko Ko material on CD came more than 10 years ago, via a Japanese limited edition that sold out almost as soon as it was pressed. Demand for these tracks has increased considerably through that limited run, and the exposure that 'If You've Got To Love Somebody', in particular, has received via both the Northern and Modern Soul scenes. Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.