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Jump Jive & Wail: the Very Best of Bill Wyman's Bootleg Kings songs This debut has surprisingly endured, whereas all their following 18,000 albums with the same title (other than a number change) have little or no credibility in the public's memory. This album can be interchanged with the second and third Blood Sweat And Tears album; all represent the very best of late 60s American jazz/rock. The band changed their name soon afterwards as they ploughed a successful path into smooth AOR. Lengthy tracks such as "South California Purples" and their excellent cover version of Spencer Davis Group's "I'm A Man" prove beyond doubt that these chaps can really play. Maybe they were smarter than most in seeing the limitations of jazz/rock and moving on to play Russian roulette. International exclusive reissue of Chicago's 1969 debut album packaged in a limited edition LP sleeve (12'' X 12''). WEA. 2004.

Jump Jive & Wail: the Very Best of Bill Wyman's Bootleg Kings buy CD music CHICAGO II remains a classic album, encapsulating its time (1969) in all its tumult and glory. The Vietnam War (and the civil unrest it inspired) was still raging, the counterculture dream had not yet crashed and burned, and rock music could be taken seriously as an "art form" while still generating radio hits. Chicago, with their then-new fusion of jazz, rock, and pop, rose high on the charts, while taken seriously both in and beyond the rock-critic establishment. (Some jazz listeners respected and enjoyed Chicago as well.) Their approach had a freshness and vibrancy--"25 Or 6 To 4" was surging, dramatic, and slightly ominous; "Fancy Colours" and "Make Me Smile" were full of soulful optimism; a four-movement suite showed the band had ambition beyond the three- or four-minute pop song. To paraphrase one of Chicago's song titles, it was only the beginning. Peter Cetera (vocals, bass); Walter Parazaider (winds, background vocals); Lee Loughnane (trumpet, background vocals); James Pankow (trombone); Daniel Seraphine (drums). All tracks have been digitally remastered. 2nd Rel. 1970 Remastered W/ 2 Bonus Tracks Recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, New York; Columbia Studios, Hollywood, California in August 1969. Originally released on Columbia (KGP-24). Includes liner notes by David Wild. Personnel: Terry Kath (vocals, guitar); Walter Parazaider (vocals, woodwinds); Lee Loughnane (vocals, trumpet); Robert Lamm (vocals, keyboards); Peter Cetera (vocals); James Pankow (trombone); Daniel Seraphine (drums). Audio Remasterer: David Donnelly. Liner Note Author: David Wild. Recording information: Columbia Recording Studios, New York, NY (08/1969). Photographers: Herbert Greene; Hugh Brown . Chicago: Terry Kath (vocals, guitar); Robert Lamm (vocals, keyboards);

Jump Jive & Wail: the Very Best of Bill Wyman's Bootleg Kings album for sale Around the time of his 71st birthday, rock-&-roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis unveiled LAST MAN STANDING, a celebratory outing that features a stunning cast of guest musicians, ranging from B.B. King and Little Richard to Merle Haggard and Neil Young. Among the many highlights of this album are Lewis's lively collaboration with guitarist Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin's "Rock N' Roll," a rendition that wonderfully plays up the tune's 1950s leanings, and the Killer's honky-tonk spin on Hank Williams's "Lost Highway," which points to his often-overlooked country recordings and features Delaney Bramlett's searing six-string work. Like the latter-day recordings of his old Sun labelmate Johnny Cash, this Lewis collection points to a remarkable legacy, while also displaying his still-formidable talents, resulting in a musical testament to aging impressively well. Personnel: Jerry Lee Lewis (vocals, piano); Keith Richards, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Buddy Guy (vocals, guitar); Delaney Bramlett, Don Henley, George Jones, John Fogerty, Kid Rock, Little Richard, Merle Haggard, Mick Jagger, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Toby Keith, Bruce Springsteen (vocals); Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Rip, Kenny Lovelace, Robbie Robertson (guitar); Ron Wood (pedal steel guitar); Ivan Neville (organ); Butch Hutchinson (bass guitar); Jim Keltner (drums).

Jump Jive & Wail: the Very Best of Bill Wyman's Bootleg Kings CD music Once known as hard-core blues/R&B traditionalists, the Stones plunged deeper into the waters of original songwriting on BETWEEN THE BUTTONS, leading to a golden age of classic albums including LET IT BLEED, BEGGAR'S BANQUET, and EXILE ON MAIN STREET. In addition to scoring a double-sided smash-hit single in "Let's Spend The Night Together" backed with the baroque-pop "Ruby Tuesday," BUTTONS was also the last album produced by then-manager/svengali Andrew Loog Oldham. More importantly, the obscure songs on this tight package show the Stones coming into their own as composers. Between the ornate orchestrations of the aforementioned "Ruby Tuesday" and Mick Jagger's Dylanesque inflections on "She Smiled Sweetly," BUTTONS found the Stones in a strata far beyond covering Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. Although none of these developments ranks with the Beatles' contemporaneous sonic experiments, the fabs' bad-boy counterparts showed differing degrees of whimsy and sass. Examples are Ian Stewart's barrelhouse piano and Brian Jones' kazoo playing on "Cool, Calm & Collected," or the Dixieland-flavored "Something Happened To Me Yesterday." Remastered reissue of 1967 album, suitable for standard & 'Super Audio' CD players. Digipak. Recorded in 1966. The Rolling Stones: Keith Richards (vocals, guitar); Mick Jagger (vocals); Brian Jones (guitar); Bill Wyman (bass); Charlie Watts (drums).

Jump Jive & Wail: the Very Best of Bill Wyman's Bootleg Kings buy CD music Track Listing of songs: Sing a Mean Tune Kid; Loneliness Is Just a Word; What Else Can I Say; I Don't Want Your Money; Flight 602; Motorboat to Mars; Free; Free Country; At the Sunrise; Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home; Mother; Low Down; Hard Rising Morning Without Breakfast, A; Off to Work; Fallin' Out; Dreamin' Home; Morning Blues Again; When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow; Canon; Once Upon a Time...; Progress?; Approaching Storm, The; Man vs. Man: The End;

Jump Jive & Wail: the Very Best of Bill Wyman's Bootleg Kings songs For THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON, a 2006 documentary about the American government's monitoring of the former Beatle after he became a vocal anti-war activist, the filmmakers lovingly assembled a collection of the rock icon's most politically and socially conscious solo songs. In addition to previously unreleased versions of "Attica State" and "How Do You Sleep," the compilation features classic Lennon tunes such as "Nobody Told Me," "Imagine," and the fierce "Gimme Some Truth," resulting in a well-focused anthology of his post-Beatles career. Audio Mixer: Rob Stevens. Audio Remasterer: Rob Stevens. Liner Note Author: Yoko Ono. Recording information: John Sinclair Freedom Rally, Ann Arbor, MI (1969-1974). Photographers: Frank Barratt; Ruud Hoff; Bob Gruen; Barrie Wentzell; Yoko Ono.