The title of Koch's second collection of Johnny Paycheck's Little Darlin' recordings explains it all: this captures the period when Johnny was hitting his stride, when he was On His Way. If the first volume chronicled The Beginning, when Paycheck was finding his identity as he dabbled in Western swing and country staples, this collection -- consisting of material recorded in the mid-'60s (exact dates are nowhere to be found in the liner notes, regrettably) -- finds him settling into his classic honky tonk style, alternating between lively two-steps and heartbreaking ballads. While Paycheck and his producer/songwriting partner Aubrey Mayhew penned only two of the 15 songs here -- the very funny "Help Me Hank, I'm Falling," a plea to Hank Cochran to write another song so Johnny can have another hit as big as he had with Cochran's "A-11," and the lean honky tonk raver "The Meanest Jukebox" -- the songs are uniformly excellent and are delivered so convincingly, it's hard to imagine anybody else singing them. Most of the tunes aren't familiar -- they were released only as 45s, collected later on an independent album, and one, "The Wheels Fell off the Wagon," was previously unreleased prior to this collection -- but they more than hold their own with the two hit singles: the aforementioned "A-11" and the deliriously infectious "The Lovin' Machine," Paycheck's first Top Ten hit and biggest single of the '60s. These two sides bookend On His Way, and in between them lays a series of songs that may not have made the charts at the time, but they stand as one of the strongest sets of pure, straight-ahead country recorded in the '60s, and thanks to Koch, they're finally back in print, which is where they belong. (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)
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01 I'd Rather Be Your Fool 02 A-11 03 Where In The World 04 Heartbreak, TN 05 Help Me Hank 06 I'm Barley Hangin' On 07 Don't Tell My Wife 08 Handcuffed to Love 09 Pride Covered Ears 10 The Wheels Fell off the Wagon 11 He's In A Hurray 12 The Meanest Jukebox 13 If You Should Come Back 14 The Little Folks 15 The Lovin' Machine
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JOHNNY PAYCHECK "On His Way" Little Darlin'
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BONUS 3 OF 6
DALE WATSON - Truckin' Sessions Trilogy '14 @320
CD1
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CD2
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CD3
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Dale Watson is a "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of a guy if there ever were one; Watson's true love is pure, 100-percent honky tonk in the manner of Merle Haggard and Buck Owens, and he's been cutting new records that sound like they could have come out of Bakersfield in the mid-'60s ever since 1995's Cheatin' Heart Attack. There aren't a lot of left turns or creative changeups in Watson's catalog; he sings tough but heartfelt country tunes like he was born to it, and he's always happy to deliver his trademark sound for his loyal fans, just like Merle and Buck. Like lots of folks with a taste for classic honky tonk music, Watson has a major soft spot for songs about trucks (big rigs, not pickups as fetish objects) and the guys who drive them for a living, and he's recorded two full albums devoted entirely to trucking tunes in the manner of Dave Dudley or Red Simpson, 1998's The Truckin' Sessions and 2009's The Truckin' Sessions, Vol. 2. Now Watson has cut a third set of trucking numbers, and has packaged them with the first two albums in a set called The Truckin Sessions Trilogy. Though these tracks were cut over a stretch of 16 years, Watson and his bandmates give these songs a tight, uniform sound that's lively and honors classic style while embracing the energy and excitement of the here and now. Watson's deep, burnished voice is just the right instrument for these songs, and his pickers (especially Don Pawlak on pedal steel and Jason Roberts on fiddle) are just as committed to traditional honky tonk standards as Watson. While Watson likes his records to sound old, he's not afraid of updating his themes; GPS systems and satellite radio have entered the world of his gear jammers, he embraces diversity with a tune celebrating an Asian female trucker named "Kitty Liang," and "Truckin' Queen" is a surprisingly non-judgmental song about a cross-dressing trucker from Oklahoma City. Watson even finds love among the long-haul drivers in "We're Truckin Along," a duet with Amber Digby about a pair of married drivers who juggle relationships, career, and the trials of living in the cab of a semi. Longtime Dale Watson fans will be less than pleased to have to buy the first two albums in the Truckin' Sessions series again so they can have the 14 new tracks on the Truckin Sessions III disc (they might try buying them separately through a digital retailer), but fans of old-school country who love songs about 18-wheelers will eat this up, and if you've heard and enjoyed any of the Truckin' Sessions discs, you'll bust a clutch over this three-volume set. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-truckin-sessions-trilogy-mw0002677619
http://www.amazon.com/Truckin-Sessions-Trilogy-Dale-Watson/dp/B00KE3BA7U
BONUS 4 OF 6
DANIEL MEADE - Keep Right Away '15 @320
Gram Parsons country soul by way of Glasgow. In recent months there seems to have been a country and western revival from a clutch of singer songwriters who have brought back the barrel house honky tonk western swing that was originally made alternatively cool by Gram Parsons in the early 1970s. The most prominent of these torch bearers has been Sturgill Simpson and in his wake we have seen a number of releases from artists of variable quality. Representing the British contingent is Glaswegian Daniel Meade, whose self assured album, ‘Keep Right Away’ mixes just the right amount of tradition with modern sensibilities. Recorded in Tennessee by and with members of Old Crow Medicine Show, as well as some top class session musicians ‘Keep Right Away’ has a great swagger to it. Meade sings about the standard country subjects of booze, cocaine and women but it does not come across forced or contrived and it sure sounds like he is having a good time while doing it. Openers "Long Gone Wrong" and "Trying" will be enough to convince you. (Americana UK)
A country/blues/rocker from Glasgow, Daniel Meade made a huge impression with his debut album, As Good As Bad Can Be in 2013. So much so that Morgan Jahnig of Old Crow Medicine Show, with whom Daniel has been compared, offered to produce this album. There followed a trip to Tennessee where Jahnig corralled guests Diana Jones, Shelly Colvin and OCMS’s Critter Fuqua for a week’s recording.
Jones features on a track included on the album’s first single, ‘Help Me Tonight’, a ballad waltz with lyrics that blend modern and old country. “You don’t have to love me to help me tonight” is the refrain that follows lines about “escaping my head”. The lead track of the single is the album’s opener, ‘Long Gone Wrong’, a stomping country blues that is more typical of Daniel’s style. Actually, that’s not quite true. He doesn’t restrict himself to a single style and lots of these songs could come from the 30s, 40s or 50s, dressed up in bright new clothes – except that Daniel wrote them all himself. ‘Rising River Blues’ should be an old song and ‘Gimme A Draw’ is definitely a bit of 1950s whimsy. But then comes ‘Mexico’ which is absolutely new country.
Daniel’s touring band are The Flying Mules including guitarist Lloyd Reid and Joshua Hedley who features on ‘Sing It Loud’, a barrelhouse piano driven romp. Needless to say this isn’t a record to provoke deep analysis but it’s a hell of a lot of fun. (Folking)
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INFO
http://www.americana-uk.com/index.php/cd-reviews/item/daniel-meade-keep-right-away
http://folking.com/daniel-meade-keep-right-away-from-the-top-records/
BONUS 5 OF 6
The Moons - Fables Of History (2nd Edition) '12 @320
I really like the way The Moons mix Joe Meek with great Bowie-esque chord changes and choruses, then add a psych energy to make out-there sounds that you're still humming two days later. --Nick Power, The Coral
The Moons' 12-track album - produced by Stan Kybert (Oasis, Massive Attack) - is a rhythmically driven, melodically exquisite, and finely orchestrated work glistening with memorable tracks. Lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist Andy Crofts along with members James Bagshaw (guitar), Ben Gordelier (drums), Thomas Van Heel (keyboards), and Thomas Warmsley (bass guitar) deliver their signature sound of sunshine pop carefully crafted in the tradition of classic British songwriting.
The second album by The Moons – the solo project of Paul Weller organist Andy Crofts – is, as you might ascertain from all that information, rooted in garage, soul and psych of a ’60s vintage. Singles ‘Double Vision Love’ and ‘Jennifer (Sits Alone)’ are typical of the two distinct sides on offer in ‘Fables Of History’: the former a fuzz-riff-driven shuffle, the latter acoustic, whimsical Ray Davies dreamer-pop. The quality – of the harmonies, the instrumentation and most importantly the songs – is high, and remains so throughout.
Read more at http://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/13702#4YBHfPVCt7V9fYUw.99
The Moons have opened up to ClashMusic about their idea of the great British pop songs.
The Moons place themselves very deliberately in a certain lineage. Listening to the band, you can hear shades of Pete Townshed, echoes of Ray Davies and screeching feedback from Paul Weller.
New album 'Fables Of History' drops on September 24th, with the band promising another dose of music influenced by the great British pop song. Intrigued, Clash asked Andy Crofts to tell us exactly what the band mean by that.
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In my eyes the great British pop song is all about connecting with the people. I like the idea of the song being heartfelt and and true. I personally look up to the great songwriters such as Ray Davies who mastered the British pop song and wrote lyrics observing the everyday goings on in our country. When Arctic Monkeys arrived, Alex Turner was another one who was observing and connecting with the youth. I like that! The Moons song, English Summer is a song we can all connect to and a social comment that the average British person talks about everyday. Its not just about observing though, its about the sound and feel. It can be any subject.
Songs such as The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset, The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight, Squeeze - Up The Junction, The La's - There She Goes, The Libertines - Time For Heroes are perfect examples of true songwriting to me.
The British Pop song will always be here. It may find it hard to surface through all of the short lived riffs/fame and plastic of today, but a good song is a good song and will always shine. Long live the songwriter!
Andy Crofts
The Moons
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INFO
http://www.amazon.com/Fables-Of-History-The-Moons/dp/B008HAHMOW
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/preview-the-moons-fables-of-history
BONUS 6 OF 6
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story (1971) [2014 Japan Platinum SHM-CD UICY-40024] @320
Without greatly altering his approach, Rod Stewart perfected his blend of hard rock, folk, and blues on his masterpiece, Every Picture Tells a Story. Marginally a harder-rocking album than Gasoline Alley -- the Faces blister on the Temptations cover "(I Know I'm) Losing You," and the acoustic title track goes into hyper-drive with Mick Waller's primitive drumming -- the great triumph of Every Picture Tells a Story lies in its content. Every song on the album, whether it's a cover or original, is a gem, combining to form a romantic, earthy portrait of a young man joyously celebrating his young life. Of course, "Maggie May" -- the ornate, ringing ode about a seduction from an older woman -- is the centerpiece, but each song, whether it's the devilishly witty title track or the unbearably poignant "Mandolin Wind," has the same appeal. And the covers, including definitive readings of Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow Is Such a Long Time" and Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe," as well as a rollicking "That's All Right," are equally terrific, bringing new dimension to the songs. It's a beautiful album, one that has the timeless qualities of the best folk, yet one that rocks harder than most pop music -- few rock albums are quite this powerful or this rich. (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)
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INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/every-picture-tells-a-story-mw0000191890
@Gyro. thanks for all extras but "the invisible hand" screwed up things for you . :)
CD2
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CD3
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These Japanese reissues are so fun. The sound is so great! Clear, vibrant and tight. I am enjoying them immensely. Every Picture Tells a Story is no exception. Wow! A great album that comes even more alive. Whew! Gracias!!!!!! Thanks GYRO!!!!
Nothing like receiving a Paycheck on Friday. Many thanks for this & the Dale Watson.
Bostig - what does this invisible hand mean? I don't understand.
Gyro:
The links for CD 2 and CD3 of the Waton trilogy are the same.
I think he means that the Dale Watson cds #2 and 3 are the same.
Dale Watson - Truckin' Sessions Trilogy
Cd3
http://www30.zippyshare.com/v/db1HIOvJ/file.html
I tried to be funny, i.e somehing happens that you can't Control. the adresses for cd 2 and cd 3 anre the same. No pun intended.
Bistig, I would have corrected it earlier if I understood your sense of humor. With things like this, it's best to be direct.
Thank you for The Moons.
Thanks
Thanks so much, G. Both Johnny and Dale are way up at the top of my list. Made my day.
Iggy
Thanks guys. Can't go wrong with Dale Watson & Johnny Paycheck. And I'll give a try to Daniel Meade.
Ralph11
@Gyro1966.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I really appreciate all your work.
Thanks RYP for johnny Paycheck, this will be the first time that I'll hear him.
Thanks GYRO,as usual you offer us a lot of gems but not only that : these gems are allways in the best quality and there is allways ( it means everyday) the half of the artist that I have never heard about! Thanks also for Rod Stewart : about 10 years ago I've bought a digipack remastered with 4 or 6 albums of his beginnings in solo, and I've been very disapointed with the sound ; I'm happy to hear him again with a good sound.
LittleJack
If I were to be 'direct' on this blog I would be banned....
Thanks for the Paycheck postings. I can remember picking up some Little Darlin records (steel guitar)in a second hand record shop in Edinburgh goodness knows how they ever got there!!!
Doug
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