THE ROLLING STONES
HOT ROCKS 1964-1971
1971-ABKCO
Produced By ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM, JIMMY MILLER, GLYN JOHNS & THE ROLLING STONES
1. Time Is On My Side
2. Heart Of Stone
3. Play With Fire
4. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
5. As Tears Go By
6. Get Off Of My Cloud
7. Mother's Little Helper
8. 19th Nervous Breakdown
9. Paint It Black
10. Under My Thumb
11. Ruby Tuesday
12. Let's Spend The Night Together
1. Jumpin' Jack Flash
2. Street Fighting Man
3. Sympathy For The Devil
4. Honky Tonk Women
5. Gimme Shelter
6. Midnight Rambler
7. You Can't Always Get What You Want
8. Brown Sugar
9. Wild Horses
In 1970, the Stones left Decca Records and manager Allen Klein, but signed over control of their song copyrights to him. Klein then promptly assembled Hot Rocks, a two record greatest hits package. It has become the best selling of all of the Stones albums. Mostly very well chosen, it's a good overview of the early years of the band, from the start through the middle of the Mick Taylor era. It's a great place to start for the fan of their hits (although the later albums in this period are worth having). It runs chronologically, showing the development of the band. A fine compilation of a band in their prime.
This album was not released in the UK until 1990. A new remastered version was released in 2002. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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LAURA NYRO & LABELLE
GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE
1971-COLUMBIA LEGACY
Produced By GAMBLE & HUFF
1. I Met Him On A Sunday
2. The Bells
3. Monkey Time/Dancing In The Street
4. Desiree
5. You've really Got A Hold On Me
6. Spanish Harlem
7. Jimmy Mack
8. The Wind
9. Nowhere To Run
10. It's Gonna Take A Miracle
Bonus Tracks
11. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
12. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
13. O-O-H Child
14. Up On The Roof
Laura Nyro was known for her original material and her unique style, so when she released this album of R&B covers with the group LaBelle, it was again something different. Like all of Nyro's work, it's set apart from everything else in music...full of raw emotion, and in this case, joy. The voices of the 4 work extremely well together, and the song choices aren't what you'd expect. Shining moments include "Spanish Harlem" and "Jimmy Mack". Again, Nyro isn't for everyone, but this may be her most accessible work.
Her career slowed down after this, waiting 5 years for her next album, the releasing only 3 more before her death in 1997. This is a fine album by one of the brightest voices of the late 60's and early 70's. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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PRETENDERS
THE SINGLES
1987-SIRE
VARIOUS PRODUCERS
1. Stop Your Sobbing
2. Kid
3. Brass In Pocket
4. Talk Of The Town
5. I Go To Sleep
6. Day After Day
7. Message Of Love
8. Back On The Chain Gang
9. Middle Of The Road
10. 2000 Miles
11. Show Me
12. Thin Line Between Love And Hate
13. Don't Get Me Wrong
14. Hymn To Her
15. My Baby
16. I Got You Babe (with UB40)
This compilation covers the Pretenders hit singles in the UK from 1979 through 1986. Although in most cases it's better to have the individual albums, this is a nice starting point. It's not perfect..."My City Was Gone" is absent, but the horrid UB40 collaboration on Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" is here. But it is nice to have all of these great songs in one place. You can never have enough Chrissie Hynde. So it's well worth having.
Pretenders is still alive, although their latest album, Break Up The Concrete, came out in 2008, and they have not played live since 2012. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
THE RIVER
1980-COLUMBIA
Produced By BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, JON LANDAU & STEVE VAN ZANDT
1. The Ties That Bind
2. Sherry Darling
3. Jackson Cage
4. Two Hearts
5. Independance Day
6. Hungry Heart
7. Out In The Street
8. Crush On You
9. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
10. I Wanna Marry You
11. The River
1. Point Blank
2. Cadillac Ranch
3. I'm A Rocker
4. Fade Away
5. Stolen Car
6. Ramrod
7. The Price You Pay
8. Drive All Night
9. Wreck On The Highway
The 5th album from Bruce Springsteen was a two record set. His albums had leaned towrds a specific instrument being in the forefront (Born To Run: sax, Darkness: guitar), and it was the keyboards on this one. It does sound a bit dated in spots, but it's really a great album. "Hungry Heart" the glaring exception. Songs like "Cadillac Ranch", "Ramrod", and "Out In The Street" rock nicely, and the slower songs like "Point Blank", "Fade Away", and especially "The River" are excellent. Springsteen opened the 80's with a bang. And having the title track alone is well worth it.
He followed up with "Nebraska", then "Born In The USA". The River is one of the many Springsteen albums that is a must have. Not quite Darkness, but better than anything he's done since. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE
1962-IMPULSE!
Produced By BOB THIELE
1. In A Sentimental Mood
2. Take The Coltrane
3. Big Nick
4. Stevie
5. My Little Brown Book
6. Angelica
7. The Feeling Of Jazz
Very simply, the coming together of two of the greatest musicians on the planet. Coltrane and Ellington put together this stunning, beautiful album that still shines as much today as it did almost 50 years ago. Only one paragraph for this...it's a masterpiece. If jazz is your thing, you must have this. Period. Ellington on piano, Coltrane on sax, and a great backing band. Jazz doesn't get any sweeter than this. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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WARREN ZANES
MEMORY GIRLS
2003-DUALTONE
Produced By ANGELO & WARREN ZANES
1. Everybody Loves You
2. Sidewalk Sale
3. First On The Moon
4. World Of Concrete
5. Did You Recognize My Love?
6. Where We Began
7. Have You Once Recalled The Days?
8. If You Could Stay
9. Scrapbook
10. Hey Girl
11. Main Street
12. When The World Gets Weak
Warren Zanes was the lead guitarist for the Del Fuegos, and the brother of lead singer Dan Zanes. This solo album is not what you would expect from him. While the Del Fuegos were a gritty, down to earth band, Zanes shows a power pop style that's quite different. And he's a better singer than his brother. "Everybody Loves You" is a great opener, and the album is full of nice little gems. This is a pretty cool, obscure album from Zanes. Again, different from the Fuegos, but it's very good. Too bad there aren't more from him.
Zanes is currently working as the president of education for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and he holds a PhD in visual and cultural arts. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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WARREN ZEVON
I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD
1996-ELEKTRA
VARIOUS PRODUCERS
1. Frank And Jesse James
2. Hasten Down The Wind
3. Poor Poor Pitiful Me
4. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
5. Carmelita
6. Desperados Under The Eaves
7. Johnny Strikes Up The Band
8. Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
9. Excitable Boy
10. Werewolves Of London
11. Accidentally Like A Martyr
12. Lawyers, Guns and Money
13. Frozen Notes
14. Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School
15. Gorilla, You're A Desperado
16. Play It All Night Long
17. Mohammed's Radio (Live)
18. Jeannie Needs A Shooter (Live)
19. The Envoy
20. The Hula Hula Boys
21. Let Nothing Come Between You
22. Looking For The Next Best Thing
1. Sentimental Hygiene
2. Boom Boom Mancini
3. Detox Mansion
4. Bad Karma
5. Reconsider Me (Single Version)
6. Run Straight Down
7. The Long Arm Of The Law
8. Splendid Isolation
9. You Don't Know What Love Is (with Mark Isham)
10. Raspberry Beret (Hindu Love Gods)
11. Suzie Lightning
12. Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
13. Searching For A Heart
14. Mr. Bad Example
15. Roll With The Punches
16. The French Inhaler (Live)
17. The Indifference Of Heaven (Live)
18. If You Won't Leave Me I'll Find Someone Who Will
19. Real Or Not
20. Seminole Bingo
21. Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse
22. Mutineer
2 discs of Warren Zevon heaven. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is a career spanning best of that runs from his self titled masterpiece to Mutineer from 1995. The first disc is titled The Asylum Era, and the second is The Virgin/Giant Era. Disc one is better, with his best known early material up to The Envoy album. It also includes two tracks from his perfect live album, Stand In The Fire, which had never been released on CD, and wasn't until just recently. Disc 2 brings everything up to date, but it's the first one that you'll really wear out.
There are rarities, soundtrack items, and great songs all over this. Unless you have all of the albums already, this is a keeper. There was no one else like Zevon. Ever. This is just another reminder of what a strange genius he really was. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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JOHN LEE HOOKER
ALONE
1976-TOMATO
Produced By KEVIN EGGERS
1. I Miss You So
2. I'm Bad Like Jesse James
3. Dark Room
4. I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive
5. Boogie Chillun
6. When My First Wife Left Me
7. Boom! Boom!
8. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
1. Feel Good
2. Some People
3. T.B. Blues
4. Baby Please Don't Go
5. Momma Killed A Chicken
6. Hobo Blues
7. Tired Of Being Your Doggie
8. All Night Long
9. Crawlin' King Snake
John Lee Hooker had been recording since 1948 when this solo concert took place in New York in 1976. A one man show on electric guitar with some of Hooker's best known songs ("Boom! Boom!", "Boogie Chillun"). It's a strange recording, with lots of what seems like noodling, but it's Hooker's style. It's an interesting look at one of the blues greats. Even though he rarely sings and plays at the same time, it still all comes together for a different kind of show. The album was originally released at seperate times, but it's survived intact.
Hooker was born in 1917, and kept going until his death in 2001. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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