Santo & Johnny soon issued their self-titled debut LP, also notching a hit with their follow-up single "Teardrops"; however, the duo's popularity quickly slid, although they issued five more albums for Canadian-American -- among them 1960's Encore and 1963's Offshore -- before the company dissolved in 1965. Two years later the siblings signed to Imperial to release The Brilliant Guitar Sounds of Santo & Johnny; three other efforts followed before Imperial, too, closed in 1968. More popular internationally than at home, Santo & Johnny continued to record well into the following decade, typically landing on little-known Italian labels; the duo finally disbanded in 1976, with Santo continuing on as a solo act. (Allmusic)
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01 Sleep Walk 02 Caravan 03 All Night Diner 04 Blue Moon 05 School Day 06 Slave Girl 07 Raunchy 08 Alabama Bound 09 Theme From A Summer Place 10 Hop Scotch 11 Poor People Of Paris 12 Lady Of Spain 13 Istanbul 14 Cairo 15 Midnight In Moscow 16 Brazil 17 Cherry 18 The Loco-Motion 19 Save The Last Dance For Me 20 Tear Drop 21 Road Block 22 In The Still Of The Night 23 Dream Lover 24 Tequlia 25 Silhoutte 26 Shake Rattle And Roll 27 Crying In The Chapel 28 I Want To Hold Your Hand 29 She Loves You 30 All My Loving
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SANTO & JOHNNY "Sleep Walk"
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Dap-Dippin' With... Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings (2002) @320
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It's hard to believe that Sharon Jones' debut LP is a product of the year 2002, for several reasons. Given the excellent singles she recorded for Desco beginning in the late '90s, it seems like she would have gotten the opportunity for a full-length sooner; plus, her brand of raw, heavy, hard-driving funk is such a throwback to the '70s, and she pulls it off so well, that you wonder how she could have escaped that decade without at least a few rare, classic 45s (in the vein of labelmate Lee Fields). It's not hard to believe she once made her living as a prison guard, based on the tough-as-nails, no-nonsense performances she belts out on Dap Dippin' With Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, the first full-length release on Desco's descendant, Dap-Tone. Backed by the Dap-Tone house band (a conglomeration of studio pros with connections reaching back to the Desco orbit), Jones delivers a storming set of tunes that would have sounded perfectly at home on the James Brown's Original Funky Divas compilation. The style and quality are pretty consistent all the way through, but it's hard not to single out the nearly unrecognizable cover of Janet Jackson's "What Have You Done for Me Lately," which is transformed into a churning blast of funk full of biting guitars (and nary a synth or drum machine in sight). Other highlights include the chunky leadoff track, "Got a Thing on My Mind," the would-be dance-craze "The Dap Dip," the slow-burning "Make It Good to Me," and the trials-and-tribulations tale "Ain't It Hard." Plus, label head Gabriel Roth throws in his usual "authentic" trappings -- the fake live introduction running down Jones' "hits," the intentionally dated copy on the back cover -- that make the whole package even more fun. All in all, a terrific debut. (Allmusic)
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Naturally (2005) @320
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Following up her excellent 2002 debut, Sharon Jones stays true to the formula she laid down on her early releases and Dap Dippin' by presenting another session of full-force funk that pays homage to the genre's glory years without coming off as contrived. The deep funk revival continues with Jones belting out commanding vocal performances that are uncompromisingly forceful yet full of rich, soulful emotion. It's a session worthy of being found in any beat-miner's record collection and any funk enthusiast's basket of obscurities and rarities. Her cover of "This Land Is Your Land" is equally as impressive, as she somehow takes the song from being an American folk standard and turns it into a full-on sonic explosion. Fans of her earlier work will no doubt find great joy in this follow-up, and those seeking Jones out for the first time certainly will not be disappointed in what they find. (Allmusic)
Thanks RYP, I dig this music!
Mose
Thanks for Sharon
Sleep Walk. A great sound. It sounded great in 1959 and it still does.
1959 was a great year for the quality of the music, for this other-wordly, hypnotic Neptune twilight - 'Sleep Walk' - 'I Only Have Eyes For You' - 'Sea Of Love' - 'Where Or When' - 'Tragedy' - 'There Goes My Baby' - after this you could believe the music could go anywhere, you could go anywhere.
As ever, thanks for all your great work.
many tanx! Sleep Walk is a great post. 1959 was a great year. 'Sea Of Love' was a fantastic tune.
Santo & Johnny had a lot of great tracks. Two that I remember that are not on this album are Bullseye and Twisting Bells (Christmas).
Thank you so much.
Great site…Do you have any Little Steven - Looking for 'Voice of America' … or any Gary U.S. Bonds - hard to find stuff
re anon above: Perfect soundtracks for Kenneth Anger films they are
Thank you especially for the bonus material.
Thanks for the Sharon Jones!
This sounds interesting. Thank you
Thanks for everything...
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