To most casual listeners, Del Shannon was a one-hit (or, at best, two-hit) wonder. This two-CD anthology goes a long way toward correcting that inaccurate perception, covering virtually every high point in a career that, admittedly with some ups and downs, yielded some great and popular music across nearly 30 years. Every phase of the late singer/composer/guitarist's career is represented, and though "Runaway is usually the only song associated with Shannon, this collection reveals many other sides to his work and sound, from the romantic Shannon original "Jody" to the defiant Pomus-Shuman song "Ginny in the Mirror."
The really good part about this set is that a lot of the songs appear here in their rare stereo mixes. With most classic rock & roll, that would not necessarily be a virtue, stereo being superfluous as well as harmful to its impact, but in Shannon's case it is -- his records usually featured very busy, complex instrumental parts (an attribute that he shared in common with the Beatles and a lot of other British invasion acts) that can be discerned much more easily in the stereo versions. All of the bases are covered right up through his work in the late '60s with Andrew "Loog" Oldham and into the 1970s and 1980s obscurities. His version of the Zombies' hit "Tell Her No" (cut for Island Records in the mid-'70s) and the Dave Edmunds-produced "And the Music Plays On" are represented, along with the results of his collaboration with Tom Petty and his comeback with the early-'80s NBC television series Crime Story (which returned "Runaway," used as the show's title theme, to the charts). As is usual with Raven Records, the annotation is extremely thorough and the mastering is impeccable. (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)
trax disc 1:
01 Runaway 02 Hats Off To Larry 03 So Long Baby 04 Hey Little Girl 05 Cry Myself To Sleep 06 You Never Talked About Me 07 Jody 08 The Swiss Maid 09 Ginny In The Mirror 10 Little Town Flirt 11 Two Kinds Of Teardrops 12 From Me To You 13 Two Silhouettes 14 Sue's Gotta Be Mine 15 That's The Way Love Is 16 Handy Man 17 Mary Jane 18 Keep Searchin' (Follow the Sun) 19 Stranger In Town 20 Break Up 21 Why Don't You Tell Him 22 Move It On Over 23 I Go To Pieces 24 Under My Thumb 25 Show Me 26 The Letter 27 Runaway '67 28 Cut And Come Again 29 Friendly With You 30 Led Along 31 Mind Over Matter 32 Thinkin' It Over
trax disc 2:
01 Gemini 02 Sister Isabelle 03 Kelly (Live) 04 Distant Ghost 05 Deadly Game 06 Help Me 07 Oh How Happy 08 And The Music Plays On 09 Tell Her No 10 Cry Baby Cry 11 Restless 12 Sea Of Love 13 Drop Down And Get Me 14 To Love Someone 15 Cheap Love 16 Broken Down Angel 17 Something To Believe In 18 Hot Love 19 Walk Away 20 Calling Out My Name 21 Who Left Who? 22 Runaway (Crime Story Version) 23 Crying 24 Do You Wanna Dance 25 Pepsi Spot
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DEL SHANNON "A Complete Career Anthology"
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CD1
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CD2
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ART & SCANS
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Thanks!
V.A. Troubadours of Folk Vol. 2
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V.A. Troubadours of Folk Vol. 3
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W A N T E D this tracks:
The Coal Porters - Horn Of Plenty
Shirley Abicair - Happy Trails
Doug Dillard - Sitting On Top Of The World
Peter Anders - She's All Heart
Cheers
Jose
This era [Loog's prod's/B Nichols tunes]
28 Cut And Come Again 29 Friendly With You 30 Led Along 31 Mind Over Matter
I treasure especially
Del was such a great singer-writer!
Him & Nilsson & Lennon & Clark oughta've made supergroup, perhaps they harmonize up in heaven
Great artist, and great to hear the stereo mixes. Thanks very much.
I am away today. I will return tomorrow with more bonus music. Happy Holidays.
Here are a few I've been listening to again, lately.
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes- I Don't Want To Go Home (1976) Vinyl
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When Bruce Springsteen first rose to fame in the mid-'70s, more than a few critics were bemused by the prospect of a rock star from Asbury Park, NJ, one of the Garden State's less scenic locales, but when Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes dropped their classic debut album I Don't Want to Go Home the same year as Born to Run, for a moment it seemed as if the Jersey Shore could be the secret center of the rock & roll universe. At its best, I Don't Want to Go Home sounds like the work of the greatest bar band in the history of the world; pumping out superb covers of lesser-known R&B classics (with Lee Dorsey and Ronnie Spector on hand to contribute guest vocals) as well as like-minded originals; the Jukes are admirably tough but versatile on this record, adding the right touch of swagger on "How Come You Treat Me So Bad" and "Broke Down Piece of Man" while sounding suitably heartbroken on the title cut and generally proving they can play anything they set their minds to and make it cook. While Springsteen fans were initially attracted to this album by the presence of two otherwise unavailable tunes by the Boss, "The Fever" and "You Mean So Much to Me," his bandmate, Steve Van Zandt, turned out to be the secret weapon on this album, producing the sessions and writing three of the album's best songs, and Southside Johnny Lyon's vocals are powerful and fully confident on every track, even while trading verses with legends like Dorsey and Spector. If I Don't Want to Go Home didn't quite capture the sweat and physical power of a live Southside Johnny gig, it got the band's heart and soul on tape with tremendous accuracy, and it's a masterful set of hard-boiled blue-eyed soul.- Mark Deming
http://www.discogs.com/Southside-Johnny-The-Asbury-Jukes-I-Dont-Want-To-Go-Home/release/1763739
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes- This Time It's For Real (1977) Vinyl
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Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes' second album suffers a bit in comparison to their debut, I Don't Want to Go Home; while the first album boasted a number of songs that would become staples of the band's killer live show for years to come (such as "The Fever," "Broke Down Piece of Man," and "I Don't Want to Go Home"), This Time It's for Real kicks off with a powerhouse, roof-raising anthem (the title cut) and never comes up with another song that hits quite as hard. Most of This Time It's for Real finds Southside and the Jukes (and their behind-the-scenes mastermind, Miami Steve Van Zandt) in a soulful mood, with vintage R&B groups the Coasters, the Drifters, and the Five Satins lending vocals to three tunes. While much of the album stays in a mid-tempo R&B groove, the band is in superb form throughout (especially the truly mighty Miami Horns), and Southside Johnny more than holds his own as a soul belter, no mean feat with some of the great men of R&B on hand as guests. A stack of fine songs from Van Zandt (and his old buddy Bruce Springsteen) adds the icing to the cake; while purists might wish it rocked harder, This Time It's for Real proves that Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes were one of the finest R&B-based show bands of the 1970s. And as a bonus, read the liner notes for the inside scoop on what the string players ordered for lunch!- Mark Deming
http://www.discogs.com/Southside-Johnny-And-The-Asbury-Jukes-This-Time-Its-For-Real/release/1625014
The Pretenders- Learning To Crawl (1984) CD
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"I'm not the kind I used to be/I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three" is certainly a quotable quote, and whether rock-and-rolling her baby or growling at fat cats Chrissie Hynde backs it up. It's as if two deaths in the family plus her fruitful union with Ray Davies have convinced her beyond any lingering adolescent doubt that other people are there; Chrissie the fuck-off queen always had these humanistic attitudes in her, and it's good to hear her make the thin line between love and hate explicit. Unfortunately, they're still only attitudes, which is to say that like her mate she hasn't thought them through all that much, and as a result the impressive songcraft here doesn't bear hard scrutiny. But since unlike her mate she keeps her nostalgia under control, she gets her comeback anyway.- Robert Christgau
http://www.allmusic.com/album/learning-to-crawl-mw0000191360
Pretenders- Loos Screw (2002) CD
http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/RerIgZMD/file.html
Of course Chrissie Hynde's not "back." She never went away, and if this record proves anything it's that she never will--as long as she gets a production budget. Figure she got into a spiky mood after 1999's Viva El Amor failed to impress radio or her U.S. label of 20 years. Where that album demonstrated the emotional utility of a comfortable tune, here the Steinberg-Kelly plush is down to two tracks and doesn't quite go with material that finds its spirit in the persistence of punk and its soul in reggae basslines. For a 51-year-old who refuses to act her age, pretty convincing. Stick her on one of those diva specials and watch her snarl.- Robert Christgau
http://www.allmusic.com/album/loose-screw-mw0000227330
Happy Sunday and/or Easter & Passover, y'all!
Thank you Ryp & jose
Thanks Ryp
The Southside Johnny album has a real funky feel to it.
Nice share
Regards
Rhod
Thanks so much! I believe Del's version of "From Me To You" was the 1st Beatles written song available in the US, although it obviously didn't fare to well on the charts.
Thank you very much for Del, great double CD!
Thank you very much for Del, great double CD!
Thank you for Del. Somehow I managed to miss all these tunes with exception of "Runaway". Good stuff!
Listen to Del's "Stranger In Town" and know why Dave Marsh called him rock's greatest paranoid.
The Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes albums first turned me on to the startlingly good songwriter Steve Van Zandt. I've had the opportunity to see the Jukes a couple of times, and it was One Good Time on the stage.
Thanks for all!
Thanks Clash for the first albums of Southside Johnny.
LittleJack
Thanks for this great double set! Del Shannon is still very underrated even today. His contribution to Rock 'n' Roll was brilliant! One of the greatest voices of the 50's and 60's! Sadly missed. Died just as he was starting to make a bit of a comeback just like Roy Orbison. Two of the golden greats.
Thanks. My Mammy is delighted I'm listening to all this stuff!
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