While The Auctioneer contained the highlights of Leroy Van Dyke's '50s hits for Dot, Walk On By concentrates on his early '60s singles for Mercury, including "If A Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone)," "Black Cloud," "Happy to Be Unhappy" and the title track, which spent an extraordinary 19 weeks at the top of the country charts. By and large, the material on Walk On By is stronger than that on The Auctioneer, making it an excellent introduction to this talented singer. (Allmusic)trax:
01 Walk On By 02 If A Woman Answers 03 Black Cloud 04 Happy To Be Unhappy 05 Night People 06 Big Man In A Big House 07 Faded Love 08 Save Me The Moonlight 09 My World Is Caving In 10 Handful Of Friends 11 I Got A Conscience 12 A Broken Promise 13 Dim Dark Corner 14 I Sat Back And Let It Happen 15 Geh' Nicht VorBei (German) 16 Just Before Dawn 17 Now I Lay Me Down 18 Heartaches By The Number 19 Sea Of Heartbreak 20 Love Letters In The Sand 21 Sugartime 22 Don't Forbid Me 23 Honeycomb 24 How Long Must You Keep A Secret 25 Party Doll 26 Conscience I'm Guilty 27 The Day The Preacher Comes 28 Fireball Mail 29 If You Don't, Somebody Else Will 30 Put Your Little Hand In Mine
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LEROY VAN DYKE "Walk On By"
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Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life / Uptight 1966-1968 (2 All Time Great Classic Albums)
When the first wave of CD's were hitting the record racks in 1986,Motown reissued the majority of its 60's and 70's catalog on a series of twofer CD's entitled "2 All Time Great Classic Albums Series". The audio quality of these CD's were nowhere close to what most people would consider remastered by today's standards. But these twofer CD's were not in print forever. And many of them are now highly prized collectors items as a result. One thing about Motown for sure is that their entire approach to music was built around hit singles. In fact these singles,which are now almost beyond iconic, are mini masterpieces in and of themselves. In Motown's case,however their full length albums could be one of two different things. They could either take the standard 1960's approach of being a new way to present hit singles. Or they could be a testing ground for different musical ideas a given artist/producer combination wanted to try. That latter concept was particularly important for Stevie Wonder. As with Michael Jackson years later, Motown was like a musical schooling for Stevie Wonder. The important thing is someone was really onto something with this pairing of albums because they both reflect that spirit perhaps strong than any.
As for the first album presented,Stevie Wonder turned 18 in 1968 and made an abrupt move forward musically. The title track "For Once In My Life" is actually not a bad example-an funky uptown soul stomp of a show tune usually done in an extremely melodramatic fashion was the radio breakout here obviously. Yet its on the heavy,deeply grooving funk of "Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day",the powerfully composed faster funk of "You Met Your Match" and "I Wanna Make You Love Me" as well as the slower,brooding "Don't Know Why" where Stevie hauls forth his clavinet electric piano and begins mapping out the basic pattern for what would be his 70's breakthroughs-still within the fairly traditional Motown context. Some songs showcase that Motown sound of the time with an emphasis on Stevie's burgeoning songwriting. "I'm More Than Happy (I'm Satisfied)" is a superb example on the uptempo end of that. "I'd Be A Fool Right Now" is actually one of my favorites here with its creamy orchestrations and strong song craft-easily could've been a Top 5 pop single in that regard. "Ain't No Lovin'" and the breezy "Do I Love Her" have the same effect. Two covers-in the very Dusty Springfield take on "Sunny" and the big band arrangement of "God Bless The Child" round out this album album with it's strongly funky closer "The House On The Hill".
For the next album,Stevie Wonder was given a new co-writer in Sylvia Moy-whose assignment was to get a hit on Stevie Wonder who,up until than was basically a one hit artist who was about to be dropped by the label. She came up with the classic Motown soul stomp of "Uptight (Everything Is Alright)". Of course "Nothing's Too Good For My Baby" and "Ain't That Asking For Trouble" both tell the story of that song,both musically and lyrically,ongoing. For the most part however this album finds Stevie forging ahead. My favorite here is actually "Love A Go Go" which,in Motown recycling song style,takes the opening horn charts of "Dancing In The Streets" and applies them to a breezy,catchy pop/soul number showcasing Stevie singing in his breathy falsetto we rarely hear from him. "Blowing In The Wind" has this musicality similar to "A Place In The Sun" putting Bob Dylan's rhetorical protest anthem into a rhythm & blues vocal and instrumental context. "Hold Me","I Want My Baby Back" and the poignant "With A Child's Heart" are smooth,creamy numbers again anticipating his funky soul sound of his 70's breakthrough by half a decade. "Teach Me Tonight" and the stomping "Music Talk" are hard edged,funky soul-the latter being one of Stevie's strongest uptempo numbers of the 60's. Only "Contract On Love",recorded before Stevie's voice had changed, represents the "Little Stevie Wonder" sound at all on this album.
The most vital thing about these two albums being paired together on this one CD is that both albums represent the beginning of two vitally important phases in Stevie Wonder's amazing musical career. Up-Tight Everything's Alright showcases the official end of his childhood career-when his fully matured vocals was getting strong emphasized and when he was no longer just a miniature Motown equivalent of Ray Charles. When he was writing songs with more musical imagination and depth and interpreting others that reflected his budding humanitarianism. For Once in My Life is where Stevie Wonder began to actively challenge the Motown pop oriented sound itself. He spent much of this album concentrating on songs with far funkier instrumentation with electric keyboards and clavinets. Not to mention the fact he was composing songs that were much more intricately written then the more singable pop melodies of classic Motown. This particular twofer represents Stevie Wonder not only as the young prodigy, but the young musical innovator who was taking the musical talent he was signed for to levels that even those who gave him his first chance never expected. Therefore its a very important combination for Stevie Wonder admirers such as myself to have and enjoy. -Andre S. Grindle
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BONUS 1 OF 6
Play New Rose For Me '86 @320
What is the best way to celebrate the 100th release of one of the most outstanding record labels of its generation? Simply by asking some of its artists to cover songs by other artists signed to Last Call Records. A compilation featuring Alex Chilton, The Dead Kennedys, Chris Bailey, The Slickee Boys, Sky Saxon, Willie Anderson, Mudboy & the Neutrons, and more!!!
1. Tav Falco & Panther Burns: Oh, How She Dances
2. Mudboy and The Neutrons: Bo Diddley
3. Alex Chilton: With A Girl Like You
4. The Beatnik Flies: Double 6
5. Divine Horsemen: Voodoo Idol
6. Dead Kennedys: I Fought The Law
7. Blood on the Saddle: Rawhide
8. Imitation Life: I Will Dare
9. The Bangsters: Bermuda
10. Sky Saxon: Don't Slander Me
11. Dino Lee: Pushing Too Hard
12. The Count: Radio Heart
13. Dramarama: Hitchhiking
14. Willie Alexander: Don't Give It Now
15. The Fortune Tellers: Bo Diddley Put The Rock In Rock 'N' Roll
16. Mad Daddys: New Kind Of Kicks
17. Reptiles at Dawn: Chinese Rocks
18. Warum Joe: Sex Beat
19. Chris Bailey: Me And My Uncle
20. The Slickee Boys: Misunderstood
21. The Primevals: Diamonds, Furcoat, Champagne
22. Sirens of 7th Avenue: Ultra Violence
23. Charles de Goal: I Wanna Hit You
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INFO
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BONUS 2 OF 6
JAZZ GILLUM - Volume 2 (16th December 1938- 4th July 1941) (Document) Complete Recorded Works @320
Although a minor figure in blues history, Jazz Gillum recorded 100 selections during 1934-49 as a leader plus an album in 1961. Of those 100, the first two seem to be completely lost but the other 98 have all been reissued on four Document CDs. An expressive singer and an effective harmonica player, Gillum, holds his own with his better-known sidemen which on Vol. 2 include guitarist Big Bill Broonzy, pianist Joshua Altheimer, bassist Ransom Knowing, Washboard Sam and (on one session) a so-so tenor-saxophonist. Among the better selections from these performances covering the 1938-41 period are such numbers as "Get Away Old Woman," "Keyhole Blues," "Hard Drivin' Woman," "Key To The Highway" and "Is That A Monkey You Got?" (Scott Yanow, Allmusic)
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INFO
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BONUS 3 OF 6
Arch Hall Jr. & The Archers - Wild Guitar! @320
If you plan on buying "Wild Guitar" as a goof or as a funny novelty record, you are going to be very surprised. Anyone familiar with Arch Hall Jr.'s movie career will be surprised that Arch actually plays a pretty good guitar, and has some decent vocal skills. Mixed in among some great early sixties guitar rock are bits of dialogue from some of Arch's films, which is pretty fun. All of Arch's "hits" are on this disk, from "Konga Joe", "Monkey in my Hatband" and "Guitar Twist". You can tell Arch was influenced by surfer rock bands like "The Ventures", but there are also a couple cool blues tunes on here, as well as some decent ballads. Plus you get the themes and background music from most of Arch's movies. The last half of the disk is Arch and Archers performing before a crowd at a Florida Drive-In. This is gold. Arch jokes with the band, does some decent covers of rock classics like "Hello Mary Lou" and "Susie Q". What really amazed me is that you learn that Arch is only 19 years old at this point! He already had 4 movies under his belt, and was touring the country leading his own band! So however you discovered Arch Hall Jr., through MST3K or just happened to stumble across one of his flicks on late night TV, you owe it to yourself to pick this CD up. It's lots of fun, and will probably stay in your CD player for quite awhile. (Ugly Things)
FINALLY! Gargantuan set heralds the mega-cool collected works 1959-1964 of ARCH HALL, JR.-- star of stage, screen and records! This first time ever soundtrack collection is culled largely from newly found master tapes and features Archís earliest solo recordings plus the Archers live in ë62 at a Pensacola drive in theatre and in '64 at a Pasadena night club! Massive illustrated bio-booklet includes interviews with Arch Jr.and the Amazing Archers, filmmaker Ray Dennis Steckler, movie star Liz Renay, plus various cast and crew from Fairway International Pictures. Arch has long been a film fan favorite with his starring roles in WILD GUITAR, EEGAH, THE SADIST and others, but his musical career has been a total mystery for forty years! Now, the entire story unfolds as the world is takes a frantic foray into the incredible world of Mr. Wild Guitar himself - ARCH HALL, JR!
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INFO
http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Guitar-Arch-Hall-Archers/dp/B00080EVE8
Jillem,thanks for the Stevie Wonder.You can post as much soul, Northern soul and Motown as you want,no complaints from me.
cheers,Tel
Thank you Jillem for SW.
heylee
Many thanks for Leroy & Stevie.
Thanks
Jillem - Thanks for posting the Stevie Wonder in FLAC format.
@Play New Rose For Me '86. Thanks!
I have THE NEW ROSE STORY 4-CDs boxset. Give me a shout if you're interested.
The New Rose Boxset? Yes, please!
-Xtm
Jillem- Yes, please on the New Rose Story!
Yet another very cool stack o'trax...thanks everyone
No finer artist than Stevie Wonder has been produced by the USA. Some are just as good, but none finer.
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