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After the dissolution of the Mamas and the Papas, the equally dissolute John Philips released one very odd country-rock solo album, 1970's THE WOLFKING OF L.A., reissued in 2006 by Varese Sarabande. Although Philips continued recording sporadically between 1971 and 1973, while engineering a failed reunion of his former band and producing tracks for the soundtrack of BREWSTER MCCLOUD, no album emerged. JACK OF DIAMONDS is Varese Sarabande's 18-track reconstruction of unreleased songs salvaged from that period. Recorded mostly in New York with musicians including Van Dyke Parks and members of the jazz-fusion studio crew the Crusaders, these songs are a fine example of the grittier end of 1970s soft rock, closer in sound and attitude to Warren Zevon, Tom Waits, and Steely Dan than the sunshine pop that made Philips's name. Highlights include two versions of "Me and My Uncle," a song Philips wrote for the Grateful Dead.
Personnel: John Phillips (guitars); Bill Cleary, Denny Doherty, Michelle Phillips, Terry Melcher, Cass Elliot (vocals); Eric Hord, David T. Walker, Donald Peake, Larry Carlton, Louie Shelton, William A. Richardson (guitars); Orville 'Red' Rhodes (pedal steel guitar); Peter Ivers (harmonica); Jim Horn, Wilton Felder, Bobby Keys (saxophone); Kathleen Vantrease, Joe Sample, Van Dyke Parks (keyboards); James Hughart, Tony Newton, Joe Osborn (bass guitar); Ed Greene, Hal Blaine, Jim Gordon (drums); Alan Estes, Gary Coleman, Bobbye Hall (percussion).
Uncut (p.115) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he extravagant ambition and bountiful imagination triumph over the chemical savages."
No Depression (p.89) - "[A]s a stand-alone confluence of early '70s styles in the hands of a talented songwriter, it's a great discovery." John Phillips Jack Of Diamonds Songs | 1. | Devil's on the Loose - (previously unreleased) |
| 2. | Mister Blue - (previously unreleased) |
| 3. | Black Broadway - (previously unreleased) |
| 4. | Chinatown - (previously unreleased) |
| 5. | Too Bad - (previously unreleased) |
| 6. | Marooned (Double Parked) - (previously unreleased) |
| 7. | Jack of Diamonds (Me and My Uncle) - (previously unreleased) |
| 8. | Revolution on Vacation - (previously unreleased) |
| 9. | Campy California (Aerospace) - (previously unreleased) |
| 10. | Cup of Tea (Skyjacked) - (previously unreleased) |
| 11. | Yesterday I Left the Earth - (previously unreleased) |
| 12. | Stepping To the Stars / Penthouse Of Your Mind - (previously unreleased) |
| 13. | Flawless Space - (previously unreleased, instrumental) |
| 14. | Last of the Unnatural Acts - (Bonus Track) |
| 15. | First and Last Thing You Do - (Bonus Track) |
| 16. | Fantastic Four - (previously unreleased, Bonus Track) |
| 17. | Honeymoon (No Dough) - (previously unreleased, Bonus Track) |
| 18. | Me and My Uncle - (previously unreleased, Bonus Track) |
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Starting in the late 1950s, Buzz Cason had a long and varied career as a both a performer and songwriter. His most famous credits in the latter category include "Everlasting Love," a big soul-pop hit for Robert Knight in 1967; "Sandy," a mid-'60s hit for Ronny & the Daytonas; and "Soldier of Love," recorded by Arthur Alexander and then covered on the BBC by the Beatles. Rockabilly and pre-Beatles style rock & roll seems to be closest to his heart, however, on this 20-song set of material. Nowhere in the eight-page booklet (featuring liner notes by Cason himself) does it say when it was recorded, but it's a fair guess that the tracks are taken from two mid-'80s albums, An American Saturday Night and Rhythm Bound, though it's not spelled out whether this disc is simply a combination of those two releases. Whatever their origins, it's fair revivalist rock & roll with heavy debts to Sun Records, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Gene Vincent. Some covers are included, like Vincent's "Be Bop a Lula," Perkins' "Dixie Fried," Roy Orbison's "Ooby Dooby," and Johnny Cash's "Get Rhythm," ...
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