Looking Good: Mod Club Classics is a 20-song compilation that attempts to recapture the feeling of a night out at a mod club at the height of the mod scene in the late '60s. The music is a mix of soul (Northern, Southern, and uptown), R&B, soul-jazz, and funky blues that is sure to get feet tapping and fingers snapping. The disc flows very smoothly from track to track and contains some stellar songs from big-time artists like B.B. King (the down-and-dirty "I've Got Papers on You Baby"), Ike & Tina Turner (the dead funky "I Can't Believe What You Say"), and Junior Wells (the rocking "Checking on My Baby"). Other highlights include Young-Holt Trio's groovy "Wack Wack," the original "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry, the heartbreaking "I Keep Forgetting" by the amazing Chuck Jackson, Lowell Fulson's razor sharp "Tramp," and Sugar Pie DeSanto's peppy "Do the Whoo Pee." Mod scholars could argue the inclusion of some of the tracks and wonder where some of their favorites are, but the fact remains that this is one darn good dance party disc. So leave any objections at the door, roll back the carpet, and experience (as the disc labels itself on the back cover) "a symphony in midnight blue mohair." ~ Tim Sendra, Allmusic
INFO: http://acerecords.co.uk/looking-good-mod-club-classics-1
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1. Do The Whoo Pee - Sugar Pie DeSanto 2. Who's Been Warming My Oven? - James Carr 3. She's Looking Good - Rodger Collins 4. Wack Wack - Young-Holt Trio 5. I Can't Believe What You Say - Ike & Tina Turner 6. Lay This Burden Down - Mary Love 7. Keep My Woman Home - Danny White 8. Checking On My Baby - Junior Wells 9. Wade In The Water - Little Sonny 10. I Got A Woman - Billy Hawks 11. Have Love Will Travel - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs 12. Don't Bother Me No More - Mongo Santamaría 13. I Keep Forgetting - Chuck Jackson 14. Make Me Yours - Bettye Swann 15. Tramp - Lowell Fulson 16. Louie Louie - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs 17. Mama Julie - Terry & Jerry 18. I've Got Papers On You Baby - B.B. King 19. Parchman Farm - Mose Allison 20. Hole In The Wall - George Stone
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BONUS 1 OF 3
RONNIE LANE & SLIM CHANCE - Ooh La La: An Island Harvest @320
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Despite being one of rock & roll's best songwriters, and playing foundational roles in the Small Faces and the Faces, Ronnie Lane has been rather ill-served by the official music biz. After leaving the Faces in 1973, he moved to Fishpool farm, near Hyssington on the Welsh-English border. There, while living the country life, he assembled Slim Chance, an evolving band that wove together a loose, spirited, good-timey amalgam of blues, rural folk, skiffle, country, roots rock, and even some early jazz and vaudeville in both originals and well-chosen covers. They released three albums between 1974 and 1976: Anymore for Anymore, Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, and One for the Road. They scored one hit single with "How Come," and nearly had another with "The Poacher." Edsel reissued the albums in the U.K. in the 1990s, and the Lane family's Just for a Moment from 2006 touched on the Slim Chance material. Ooh La La: An Island Harvest addresses that absence. Over two discs and 37 tunes, it compiles material from the two latter albums, unreleased alternate versions of classic Lane tunes, and eight cuts from the BBC in Concert broadcast of 1974. Unfortunately, Anymore for Anymore is not represented by studio material, but there still isn't a duff cut here. The fourth-take alternate of "Ooh La La" features a woolier alto sax solo creating a wilder, more celebratory feel, while the drunken first take of Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" contains false starts, but finds its teetering groove and look out. The midtempo "Steppin' and Reelin'" blends acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins, and rickety snare in a priceless roots rock barroom shuffle. The alternate take of "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)" touches on vaudeville by way of 1940s jazz-blues and it's looser than the album version. The second-take of "The Poacher" uses more cello, less violin. The swelling organ underscores the baroque pop melody, making it sound brighter. When you contrast it with the choppy R&B of "Street Gang," the raw acoustic blues of "Nobody's Listenin'," and the breezy back-porch waltz of "Country Boy," you understand what this band was capable of--even when they weren't trying that hard. Thankfully, the tracks from the BBC in Concert gig are placed together at the end of disc two, and reproduced in solid quality. They include a kinetic version of "How Come" and a soulful country-rock reading of "I Believe in You." Most importantly, it includes a devastatingly beautiful, wonderfully ragged "Debris," followed by a raucous reading of the title cut to close. Ooh La La: An Island Harvest makes for absolutely essential listening for anyone interested in Lane and mid-'70s rock & roll. That said, it creates real longing for official reissues of all three RLSC albums and whatever else remains in the can. (Thom Jurek, Allmusic)
INFO
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BONUS 2 OF 3
DR. FEELGOOD - Stupidity 1976 (SHM 2014) @320
Limited edition Japanese pressing SHM-CD in a papersleeve. Parlophone.
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The best live record ever: and it reached No1! Just a few years into the 1970s, rock had become self-indulgent, and pompous, and singles were increasingly cheesy. But on the pub-rock live circuit Dr Feelgood were building a reputation for their sweaty, speedy, choppy, Canvey Island-bred rhythm and blues. The ace in their hole was their mop-topped, black-clad, bug-eyed guitarist, Wilko Johnson, who careered around the stage like a madman with a machine gun, chopping out funky riffs in a totally unique style. This 1975 live set (released in 1976) was fresh, unrelentingly exciting and inescapably danceable.
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Comprised of recordings taken from 1975 tours, the live Stupidity finally captures the relentless, hard-driving energy of Dr. Feelgood at their peak. All the music on Stupidity is presented raw and without overdubs, making it clear that the dynamic friction between guitarist Wilko Johnson and vocalist Lee Brilleaux could propel the band toward greatness. While many of the versions here don't differ in form from the original studio versions, these unvarnished performances are considerably more exciting, revealing the Johnson originals "She Does It Right" and "All Through the City" as minor rock & roll classics.
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic
1. Talking About You - 1:59
2. Twenty Yards Behind - 2:06
3. Stupidity (Solomon Burke) - 2:20
4. All Through The City - 2:54
5. I'm A Man (Ellis McDaniels) - 5:10
6. Walking The Dog (Rufus Thomas) - 2:58
7. She Does It Right - 3:05
8. Going Back Home (Wilko Johnson, Mick Green) - 3:47
9. I Don't Mind - 2:13
10.Back In The Night - 3:09
11.I'm A Hog For You Baby (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:17
12.Checking Up On My Baby (Sonny Boy Williamson) - 3:17
13.Roxette - 3:04
14.Keep It Out Of Sight - 2:59
15.Riot In Cell Block No. 9 (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:48
16.Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry) - 4:02
17.All Through The City (Stereo Version) - 3:04
18.Roxette - 2:23
19.Boom Boom (Johnny Lee Hooker) - 2:44
20.Rock Me Baby (B.B. King, Lil' Son Jackson) - 4:57
21.All Through The City (Stereo Version) - 3:13
22.Oyeh ! (Stereo Version) (Michael Robert "Mick" Green) - 2:31
23.I'm A Hog For You Baby (Stereo Version) (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:05
24.Stupidity (Stereo Version) (Solomon Burke) - 2:08
All songs by Wilko Johnson except whete noted
Tracks 1-7 Live at Sheffield City Hall, 23rd May 1975
Tracks 8-15 Live at Southend Kursaal, 8th November 1975
Track 16 Live at Friar's Aylesbury, May 17th 1975
Tracks 18-20 Live at Cardiff Top Rank, June 19th 1974
Dr Feelgood
*Lee Brilleaux - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Slide Guitar
*Wilko Johnson - Guitar, Backing Vocals
*John B. Sparks - Bass Guitar
*The Big Figure - Drums, Backing Vocals
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/stupidity-mw0000050965
BONUS 3 OF 3
LOU ANN BARTON - The Best! (1981-2011) @320
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Not that most folks outside of Texas necessarily remember this, but Lou Ann Barton was a founding member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and was that band's lead singer before she left for a solo career. This set isn't a typical "best-of," although it does cover all the stages of her recording and performing career, with signature album tracks as well as five previously unreleased tracks from her early time with the Thunderbirds, tracks from her cooperative release with fellow Texas blues women Marcia Ball and Angela Strehli, Dreams Come True, from 1990, and other captivating odds and ends, all of which adds up to a nice introduction to this fine singer. (Steve Leggett, Allmusic)
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best!-mw0002620522
Isn't the Lou Ann info wrong? Wasn't she the Double Trouble singer instead? Wrong Vaughan brother?
Thank you,appreciated.
Info is correct - she was an early member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Those Austin roots music bar bands all knew each other and played with each other at some point.
Lou Ann Barton is the best! And the sound quality is superb. Thanks.
You could be right, Unknown. I saw the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1977 and I don't remember a girl singer. However a couple of the songs on this comp credited with the Thunderbirds appear on Lou Ann's 1982 album "Old Enough" but that album was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios so the Thunderbirds may or may not have been there. However I have to believe Gyro and Allmusic because, after all, I know nothing when compared to them.
Always the best.
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Gyro's information on Lou Ann Barton is correct. And his insight into the Austin bar bands scene is also on target. Between sittin' in, filling in, and left one band to join or form another, there is a wealth of Texas blues rock that has yet to come to the surface - and most of it is thirty years old or older.
A promoter team working out of Boston pitched Texas band known as The Fabulous Cobras for me to bring into my venue, and sent an LP (yes, that long ago). They had a smokin' guitarist, and I wanted them. Like their New England counterparts, Roomful of Blues, they were a larger band with an ever-changing lineup, and I simply couldn't get them at a price I could cover, so I let go of the chance to be the first one to bring SRV into Rhode Island.
About half of the band has since gone on to successful careers after The Cobras, and you all have seen their CDs and shows without knowing where they'd been.
Ronnie Lane & Lou Ann - some of the Best there ever was! Thx!
Recently watched the excellent Dr. Feelgood documentary, Oil City Confidential. I'm really looking forward to hearing their music now. Thanks for this and the Mod comp!
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I love checking in on your blog, always lots of fun and interesting music. Thanks
Wonderful stuff, as always! I'm happy to note that, in addition to her time with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lou Ann did indeed appear (and record) with Stevie Ray in one configuration during the era. I'm sorry that O.B. Dan wasn't able to bring The Fabulous Cobras in to New England at the time. As it was, I had to wait a few years to see Stevie Ray & Double Trouble live in Boston MA.
Thanks for the story, O.B. Dan. Too bad you couldn't bring The Fabulous Cobras up there at that time.
I've never had the chance to hear the album "stupidity", it will be made this night... Thanks Gyro!
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