Although the Stray Cats received most of the credit and marquee attention for the late-'70s rockabilly revival, hep cat Robert Gordon was just as responsible for its short but potent comeback. These two albums, now conveniently combined into a single 23-track CD, were the only two of his four for RCA to feature guitarist Chris Spedding, who took over Link Wray's spot after Gordon's first few releases. Producer Richard Gottehrer, who worked on all four albums, kept the sound stripped down, but added subtle backing vocalists, piano, pedal steel, and even fiddle to augment Gordon's husky Elvis-styled vocals. Bad Boy even shifts into country and blues along with its diet of '50s twang rocking. His voice is impressive throughout, but really shines on the ballads, as on RBB's take on Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe," one of the many Gordon covers that give the original a run for its money, and Donnie Owens' oldie "Need You." Newly-penned liner notes for this edition provide essential and interesting information, and only the lack of any rare or live tracks prevents this from being the final word on this particular period in the singer's all too short album career. New fans might be better off with one of the many hits collections available, but for those wanting to dig deeper, this is a handy and economical way to get two of Robert Gordon's best and most fully realized discs for the price of one. --Hal Horowitz, AllMusic
trax "Rock Billy Boogie" - 1979:
01. Rock Billy Boogie 02. Love My Baby 03. I Just Found Out 04. All By Myself 05. Black Slacks 06. The Catman 07. It's Only Make Believe 08. Wheel Of Fortune 09. Am I Blue 10. Walk On By 11. I Just Met A Memory 12. Blue Christmas
trax "Bad Boy" - 1980:
13. Sweet Love On My Mind 14. The Worrying Kind 15. Bad Boy 16. A Picture Of You 17. Torture 18. Crazy Man Crazy 19. Born to Lose 20. Nervous 21. Uptown 22. Is It Wrong (For Loving You) 23. Need You
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13 comments:
Robert Gordon "Rock Billy Boogie + Bad Boy"
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gitit! Password for all files = TXX
Download links:
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Partial artwork in JPG are included inside the rars for both Mp3 and FLAC.
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Many thanks for this .. and the choice of flac files very welcome.
Thanks for those great Robert Gordon albums ! He clearly deserved better...
Thank you so much! Anybody has the OST for THE LOVELESS ?
Robert Gordon gives Conway Twitty a run? In what universe? Sheesh...
thanks to Toxxy and RYP for this great music
Growing up with Conway Twitty and 'It's Only Make Believe" makes listening to Robert Gordon fun because I love covers of songs that I am familiar with. But clearly Hal Horowitz of AllMusic never heard this song on the radio of my '58 Chevy. To compare Gordon's version to Twitty's is sacrilege to these ears.
Siempre grande Robert Gordon. Magnífico. Saludos desde España.
DEAR FRIEND MY NAME IS TITO FROM LIMA-PERU.PLEASE WANTED PASSWORD OF ROBERT GORDON 2 ON ONE CD--THANKS FOR YOUR HELP TITO
Dear Tito: It is clearly written in the post above that...
Password for all files = TXX
...and please, no need to use capitol letters!
"TXX" doesn't seem to work ...
Oh yes Andy Liverant, the password works 100%. I have a feeling you are on a Mac computer, if that is the case try and unrar with SimplyRAR or UnRarX, I am told those apps. have no problems with PC made passwords.
Great stuff!
THE HUMBLER with Danny Gatton is a legendary live album of Robert's (who still performs around NYC!)
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