Mose Allison is the ultimate hipster: his laconic yet never lazy delivery as smooth as a sunny summer afternoon breeze, his songs wry and sardonic set pieces filled with just the right amount of irony and wit, the music surrounding them uncluttered and casual. This double CD set of his "best" material gives casual buyers a superb overview of the man's fifty years in the biz. It starts with early cuts for Riverside in the fifties and winds on down through his Atlantic years (thanks to keenly biting songs like "Your Mind Is On Vacation" and "Your Molecular Structure") and ends up in the late eighties and mid nineties for Blue Note. Especially cool is hearing a grand cut like "Ever Since The World Ended", a post-Apocalypse blues that's genuinely funny and heart-warming at the same time (it's taken from the album of the same name on Blue Note, a totally recommended yet sadly deleted disc should the reader come across it). Here's the amazing thing: whether you listen to a classic like "Parchman's Farm" or his most recent material, Mose Allison sounds like he hasn't aged. Or maybe it's just that then and now, he was/is always just that much more ahead of us. We are not worthy! But we'll gladly enjoy this great anthology! (Jazz Times)
Tippo, Mississippi's Mose Allison is a natural treasure, a "jazz sage" (as one of his best '60s albums on Atlantic aptly crowned him) whose laconic drawl, worldly perceptions, and drolly hip piano jazz have spawned their own imitators. Had he never opened his mouth, Allison's piquant mix of tart blues and pre-rock pop impressionism could have fueled a solid career as a pianist working through post-bop and cool jazz stratagems. But his deep feeling for classic blues and R&B, a poker-faced vocal mien gifted with razor-sharp timing, and an often mordant world-view translated to a long string of classic jazz vocal performances that mix humor, rue, and introspection to unique effect. This terrific 2 CD anthology culls definitive studio performances and smart live performances that canvass his "cotton sack" vignettes (including his own sophisticated variants on Delta blues and shrewd investigations of Percy Mayfield and Willie Dixon), shaggy dog stories, and secular sermons. --Sam Sutherland
trax disc 1:
01 Back Country Suite - Blues (A.K.A. 'Young Man's Blues') 02 Lost Mind 03 Parchman Farm 04 If You Live 05 The Seventh Son 06 Eyesight To The Blind 07 Baby Please Don't Go 08 Fools Paradise 09 V-8 Ford Blues 10 Ask Me Nice 11 Hey, Good Lookin' 12 Back On The Corner 13 Your Mind Is On Vacation 14 Meet Me At No Special Place 15 I Don't Worry About A Thing 16 I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues 17 Swingin' Machine 18 Stop This World 19 I'm Not Talking 20 I'm The Wild Man 21 Your Red Wagon 22 Foolkiller 23 Wild Man On The Loose 24 You Can Count On Me To Do My Part 25 Smashed (Live) 26 I Love The Life I Live (Live) 27 Thats Alright (Live) 28 Fools Paradise (Live)
trax disc 2:
01 If You're Goin' To The City 02 Everybody Cryin' Mercy 03 Feel So Good 04 Molecular Structure 05 Monsters Of The Id 06 Hello There, Universe 07 I Don't Want Much 08 How Much Truth 09 Western Man 10 I'm Just A Lucky So-and-So 11 The Tennesee Waltz 12 Ever Since The World Ended 13 Top Forty 14 Josephine 15 Gettin' There 16 Ever Since I Stole The Blues 17 You Call It Joggin' 18 Big Brother 19 The Gettin' Paid Waltz
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MOSE ALLISON "Allison Wonderland"
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CD1
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CD2
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THE BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (1967)
UK ORIGINAL MONO
"You've never really heard 'Sgt Pepper' until you've heard it in mono." - GEORGE MARTIN
"Released on 1st June, 1967, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the band's eighth album, became the soundtrack to the summer of love, but its appeal is timeless. Work had begun on the recording in late 1966. In Great Britain the album hit number #1, and between June, 1967 and February, 1968 spent a total of 27 weeks at the top during an initial chart run of 148 weeks. All of this, in spite of a BBC ban on 'A Day In The Life'. In the US, the album was released in exactly the same way as in Britain... well almost. The high-pitched tone and the garbled speech embedded in the UK run-out groove did not appear on the American release. The album enjoyed a fifteen-week stay at the top of the US Top 200 albums during its initial chart run of 88 weeks." (from thebeatles.com)
01. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
02. With A Little Help From My Friends
03. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
04. Getting Better
05. Fixing A Hole
06. She's Leaving Home
07. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
08. Within You Without You
09. When I'm Sixty-Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life
Total running time: 39:27
Vinyl transfer and restoration by MaCannon.
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HI-RESOLUTION AUDIOPHILE VERSION
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VA - Celestial Doo-Wops @ 320kbps
Here is a much cleaner rip of "Celestial Doo-Wops" which was posted Jan 18. The file is a bit too large for Zippy so pardon my use of Sendspace.
VACD-W.rar
207.73MB
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Enjoy this great music !!
Chi-Town
BONUS 4 OF 6
SUMMERHILL - Summerhill '69 @320
"SUMMERHILL - SUMMERHILL" (PSYCHEDELIC US 1969)
Summerhill were formed in Los Angeles in 1968 by "Doug Burger" (keyboards), "Larry Hickman" (bass guitar), "Alan Parker" (vocals, lead guitar) and "Del Ramos" (drums, percussion).
Produced by "David Briggs" and recoreded at "Wally Heider Studio" in San Francisco during 1969, their eponymous album "Summerhill" ("Bill Cosby"'s record label Tetragrammaton T-114) features ten original compositions, all four members contributed material giving the album a diverse, but occasionally unfocused feel. Summerhill's only and underrated album possibly failed to find an audience because it never settles on any particular style, plus I assume that Tetragrammaton Records were pretty underground, despite having "Deep Purple"'s "The Book Of Taliesyn" on their catalogue. The set certainly sported a late-1960s West Coast vibe, bouncing all over the musical spectrum, including Hendrix-Rock style ("Bring Me Around"), Sunshine Pop ("Soft Voice"), "Curt Boettcher"-influenced Psychedelic Folk-Rock ("Follow Us"), a touch of Jazz ("What Can I Say"), and brushes with more experimental moves (check out the aural meltdown on side two's "The Bird"). Elsewhere Summerhill's album was interesting for showing the band as an early exponent of Country-Rock.
"Alan Parker"'s pretty Country-flavored ballad "The Last Day" was every bit as good as anything being released by "The Byrds", "The Buffalo Springfield", or Poco (who's "Rusty Young" provided pedal steel guitar.
"Alan Parker"'s Fuzz guitar propelled "My Way (Hard for You)" would have sounded right at home on one of Byrds' Preflyte album.
"Friday Morning's Paper", which is a magically psychedelic concoction of staggering drums, veiled vocals, drugged strings and Raga guitars belonging on any compilation of this sort. Even better was the Fuzz guitar and feedback drenched in the killer guitar Pop song "It's Gonna Rain". A great slice of harmony rich, lysergic soaked Rock.
Tetragrammaton also tapped the album for a single in the form of "The Last Day" b/w "Soft Voice" (Tetragrammaton catalog number 1528 US 1969).
It's apparently fairly rare as was included in thew last of "Hans Pokora"'s "Record Collector Dreams" books.
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INFO
http://psychedelic-rocknroll.blogspot.com/2010/07/summerhill-1969-parker-burger-hickman.html
BONUS 5 OF 6
JOHN LENNON - Double Fantasy ’80 (Mini LP PT-SHM Universal Japan 2014) @320
The most distinctive thing about Double Fantasy, the last album John Lennon released during his lifetime, is the very thing that keeps it from being a graceful return to form from the singer/songwriter, returning to active duty after five years of self-imposed exile. As legend has it, Lennon spent those years in domestic bliss, being a husband, raising a baby, and, of course, baking bread. Double Fantasy was designed as a window into that bliss and, to that extent, he decided to make it a joint album with Yoko Ono, to illustrate how complete their union was. For her part, Ono decided to take a stab at pop and while these are relatively tuneful for her, they nevertheless disrupt the feel and flow of Lennon's material, which has a consistent tone and theme. He's surprisingly sentimental, not just when he's expressing love for his wife ("Dear Yoko," "Woman") and child ("Beautiful Boy [Darling Boy]"), but when he's coming to terms with his quiet years ("Watching the Wheels," "Cleanup Time") and his return to creative life. These are really nice tunes, and what's special about them is their niceness -- it's a sweet acceptance of middle age, which, of course, makes his assassination all the sadder. For that alone, Double Fantasy is noteworthy, yet it's hard not to think that it's a bit of a missed opportunity -- primarily because its themes would be stronger without the Ono songs, but also because the production is just a little bit too slick and constrained, sounding very much of its time. Ultimately, these complaints fall by the wayside because Lennon's best songs here cement the last part of his legend, capturing him at peace and in love. According to some reports, that perception was a bit of a fantasy, but sometimes the fantasy means more than the reality, and that's certainly the case here. (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)
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INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/double-fantasy-mw0000110669
BONUS 6 OF 6
THE BEACH BOYS - Pet Sounds ’66 (Mini LP PT-SHM Universal Japan 2014) @320
The best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group here reached a whole new level in terms of both composition and production, layering tracks upon tracks of vocals and instruments to create a richly symphonic sound. Conventional keyboards and guitars were combined with exotic touches of orchestrated strings, bicycle bells, buzzing organs, harpsichords, flutes, Theremin, Hawaiian-sounding string instruments, Coca-Cola cans, barking dogs, and more. It wouldn't have been a classic without great songs, and this has some of the group's most stunning melodies, as well as lyrical themes which evoke both the intensity of newly born love affairs and the disappointment of failed romance (add in some general statements about loss of innocence and modern-day confusion as well). The spiritual quality of the material is enhanced by some of the most gorgeous upper-register male vocals (especially by Brian and Carl Wilson) ever heard on a rock record. "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows," "Caroline No," and "Sloop John B" (the last of which wasn't originally intended to go on the album) are the well-known hits, but equally worthy are such cuts as "You Still Believe in Me," "Don't Talk," "I Know There's an Answer," and "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times." It's often said that this is more of a Brian Wilson album than a Beach Boys recording (session musicians played most of the parts), but it should be noted that the harmonies are pure Beach Boys (and some of their best). Massively influential upon its release (although it was a relatively low seller compared to their previous LPs), it immediately vaulted the band into the top level of rock innovators among the intelligentsia, especially in Britain, where it was a much bigger hit.
(Richie Unterberger, Allmusic)
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INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/pet-sounds-mw0000398074
Thanks for the Japanese Mini LP Beach Boys "Pet Sounds". Sounds wOnDeRfUl!!! :)
Thanks for the great Mose Allison comp. Another post with top notch bonus material as well!
Thanks for the Lennon and Beach Boys posted recently, both are great and the Beach Boys are so over-anthologized I've stayed away from them. Having 'original' material makes it easier (for me)to get into them.
If any of you fine people are holding 'Mose Alive!, an excellent live album from his time on Atlantic (which I had on an Edsel reissue way back in the day) I would be gobsmacked with gratitude if you shared it!
Mose
I want to share The Cool Sound of Albert Collins @320 as a companion to The Complete Imperial Recordings. This contains Albert's original 45's and shouldn't be confused with the MCA comp of the same name. This is early Albert at his best!
http://www40.zippyshare.com/v/8QluESRf/file.html
GYRO, love the Mose! Thanks!
Steve626, thanks for the great Albert Collins add!
Thanks Pepper & Pet Sounds, bliss.
Gee, I have to disagree with the Allmusic review of "Double Fantasy".....when it came out, it was the Yoko songs we loved (we as in I and the people I knew at the time)....and we were really disappointed in John's stuff, which sounded corny! It was only after the sickening tragedy that every song all of a sudden took on all this extra meaning....at the time it was "oh man, John's still hung up over this Yoko! We get it! You love Yoko!"
Also funny how the reviewer mentions the production being "slick". That's exactly what Lennon was going for, he wanted to make an album for people his age (40)....and sure enough, John was ahead of his time because each and every one of his contemporaries started making these slickly produced, very 80s-sounding records throughout the decade! (Steve Winwood, Peter Gabriel, McCartney, Townshend, even Dylan!).
"Walking On Thin Ice", on the other hand, sounds more like the cutting edge stuff that was going on in the late 70s/early 80s, his guitar playing is monster, and I have a feeling had he lived, it wouldn't ALL be "Double Fantasy" slickness. Just a thought!
Thanks RYP
Thanks Gyro
Thanks Steve
LittleJack
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