Thursday, 28 November 2013

"HIT THE ROAD JACK" The ABC-PARAMOUNT Story

Featuring 50 classic songs, this 2CD compilation tells the story of ABC Paramount Records.trax disc 1:
1. Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles 2. Diana - Paul Anka 3. Born Too Late - The Poni-Tails 4. Everybody's Body - George Hamilton IV 5. At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors 6. I'm Hungry For Your Lovin' - Danny Dill 7. Living Doll - Cliff Richard 8. I Want You - Jackie Lee Cochran 9. Rhonda Lee - Al Hendrix 10. Goin' Wild - Carole King/Gerry Goffin 11. War Paint - Barry Mann 12. Bertha Lou - Clint Miller 13. Bop Boy - Bill Hayes & Don Costa Orchestra 14. Baby She's Gone - Jack Scott 15. I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells) - The Del-Vikings 16. Class Room - Frankie Sardo 17. Penny Loafers And Bobby Sox - Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones 18. Short Shorts - The Royal Teens 19. Regretting - Sabby Lewis 20. Motorcycle Michael - Jo Ann Campbell 21. Apache - The Shadows 22. All I Can Do Is Cry - Wayne Walker 23. Rock n' Roll Stomp - Steve Gibson & The Red Caps 24. Oh What A Baby - The Tonettes 25. As Time Goes By - Johnny Nash
trax disc 2:
1. Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay - Danny & The Juniors 2. Black Slacks - Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones 3. Shirley Lee - Bobby Lee Trammell 4. Who Put The Bomp - Barry Mann 5. Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles 6. I'll Never Stop Wanting You - Brian Hyland 7. Personality - Lloyd Price 8. Baby Sittin' - Carole King 9. Bring Back Your Heart - The Del-Vikings 10. Please Don't Tease - Cliff Richard 11. If You Don't Know - George Hamilton IV 12. Don't Laugh At Me - The Dubs 13. Sincerely - Evelyn Dell & The Vibra-Tones 14. Two Timin' Woman - Jack Scott 15. Gypsy Woman - The Impressions 16. Cross My Heart - Jay B. Lloyd 17. Crazy Daisy - Jo Ann Campbell 18. Puppy Love - Paul Anka 19. Miss Lazy - Bonnie Toth 20. A Thousand Miles Away - Johnny Nash 21. Linda Jean - The Satellites 22. She Loves To Rock - Cornell Gunter & The Flairs 23. Saturday Dance - The Shadows 24. Open The Door, Forgot My Key - The Royal Teens 25. Darling - The Vibes
...served by Gyro1966...

15 comments:

RYP said...

"HIT THE ROAD JACK"
...served by Gyro1966...
gitit! no pw
CD1
http://www6.zippyshare.com/v/76411369/file.html
CD2
http://www6.zippyshare.com/v/88153560/file.html

Anonymous said...

loving these budget label comps, long may they continue with increase to 70 yrs looming

ajhohensee said...

THANKS!

Gyro1966 said...

BONUS:

Carole King - The Legendary Demos (2012)

http://www29.zippyshare.com/v/620481/file.html

Carole King's influence as a songwriter and as a monolithic force in the history of American pop music is far-reaching and inarguable. In the minds of many, King's story begins with Tapestry, her 1971 solo breakthrough album that went on to sell over 25 million copies worldwide and spawned a stream of FM radio classics for generations to come. What some people don't know about is her tireless work as a songwriter leading up to her own incredible solo work, penning songs that would become huge hits for everyone from the Monkees to James Taylor to the Turtles. The Legendary Demos gathers together for the first time ever the working demonstrational tapes King made of her compositions, the same tapes that these bands would reference when learning and recording their versions of the songs, as well as personal rough drafts of songs that would later appear on Tapestry. Recorded hastily and stored for decades on tiny plastic reels, there's a rawness and urgency to these recordings. Often put to tape in the course of an afternoon, directly after conception with the help of various session musicians, these demos are crackling with a triumphant sense of carefree spontaneity. The intimacy of these tracks is what makes them truly special. Tracks from the Tapestry era like "It's Too Late," "Beautiful," and "You've Got a Friend" capture all the breezy lushness of their studio versions with more Spartan arrangements of piano and vocals way up front. Their softly powerful delivery gives the feeling of an incredibly gifted friend casually practicing in the next room. Earlier demos cut when King was in her teens working as a staff songwriter at Brill Building contemporary Aldon Music give up a haunting rendition of "Crying in the Rain," a spare and focused "Take Good Care of My Baby," and a downright majestic piano and vocal version of "Just Once in My Life," all huge hits for the Everly Brothers, Bobby Vee, and the Righteous Brothers, respectively. The songs are already familiar staples, but King's lilting, almost instinctively brilliant performances shed light on the true spirit of her songs. Her soulful vocals on "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" resound with more verve and yearning than her later Tapestry version and arguably more immediacy and reaching than even Aretha Franklin's legendary version. The Legendary Demos is a fantastic example of a collection of unreleased material that really works rather than some lackluster hodgepodge of archived filler. Even the occasionally marred or crunchy fidelity of some of these songs doesn't detract from their potency. If anything, it adds to the fly-on-the-wall feeling of listening in on a true genius at different phases of her genre-shaping development. (Allmusic)

iggy said...

Really enjoying these "label" collections, primarily for their unknown songs and artists. Even most of the hits were minor ones. This set has a nice "Brill Building Sound" feeling to it, with some cool surprises. Much for which to be thankful.

Iggy

heylee said...

Thank you,

Chi-Town said...

I too am enjoying the "label" series. Many thanks. The bonus CD's are always great too.

richsoul said...

Thanks for providing the extra dressing for an excellent meal. Thank you for some great sounds.

Dan Leo said...

Thanks so much for the Carole King! This is what the digital age is good for...

Tinman said...

The Label Series Are Excellent, Much Appreciated.

lemonflag said...

Thanks

Anonymous said...

Wonderful, thank you!

- d.

Razor Moon said...

Hey GYRO, thanks so much for the Carole King demos! I tried unsuccessfully to get these from somewhere else one time. More than worth the wait; the recordings are a fabulous document of her solitary hard work, all those hours spent in the Brill Building banging away at a piano, all this teenage-genius borne out of almost nothing but imagination and pure heart. It brings a tear to my eye. I really miss those days, when the cynicism of business still rested with the publishers, even if it meant the artists (in this case basically children) willingly submitted to overt exploitation...because their concern was chiefly making ART. Something truly great has been lost. Innocence I guess. Thanks for this. It's beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Thanks guys for all these "label" comps. I'm grabbing a lot of them!
Carole King I already have - terrific but too short!!
What a great varied interesting blog.

Restivo61 said...

Love this type of compilation album! Thanks very much. Any chance of a reup on the Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll 1927-1954 series, please? I did upload them a couple of years ago, but have now lost them due to an external hdd corruption. many thanks in advance.....Steve :)