From the fine folks behind the great "West Coast Guitar Killers" series (El Segundo 1001, 1002, 1004B - $16.98 each) comes the first in what promises to be an equally great series featuring guitarists from the other sides of the country. This disc is devoted primarily to the work of two guitarist - Jimmy Spruill and Bobby Parker. Spruill's guitar stylings with his stratospheric treble work are familiar to blues guitar fans and this collection features some of his lesser known work including his playing on the big hit Happy Organ by Dave "Baby" Cortez as well as great accompaniments to Tarheel Slim & Little Ann, Noble "Thin Man" Watts, Wilbert Harrison (he goes so far up the neck on Drafted that only dogs might be able to hear some of the notes!), Bobby Long (the great and little known Jersey City) and others. Bobby Parker is best known for his 1961 hit Watch Your Step which with it's distinctive bass guitar riff was picked by many 60s rock groups and inspired the Beatles hit I Feel Fine. Parker was a fine singer and a spectacular guitar player. His earliest sides here are from 1956 as a sideman and vocalist with The Paul Williams Orchestra including the superb Once Upon A Time with memorable guitar work and a rare post war song about the sinking of the Titanic. In 1957 he recorded the original version of You Got What It Takes which was a hit three years later for Marv Johnson. Other superb performances by Parker include the tough blues Blues Get Off My Shoulder and Steal Your Heart AWay and the powerful soul song It's Too Late Darling. Throughout, Parker's guitar playing is soulful and imaginative. By the mid 60s he had stopped recording and returned to playing clubs around Washington, DC where he was rediscovered in the 1990s and cut a couple of albums for Black Top. But wait, there's more, two tracks by the Cootie Williams Orch. from 1957 with superb guitar work from Larry Dale and the set is rounded out by the amazing Ever Lovin' Baby by the mysterious Little Luther with some amazing sounding guitar which is probably playing through a Leslie speaker. A fabulous collection with excellent soun - no notes but full discographical details. I'm ready for Volume 2! (FS) (Roots & Rhythm)
trax:
1. Watch Your Step - Bobby Parker 2. Once Upon A Time, Long Ago, Last Night - Paul Williams Orch. W/ Bobby Parker [Gtr/Vcl] 3. Security - Tarheel Slim & Little Ann (Wild Jimmy Spruill, Gtr) 4. Suggie Duggie Boogie Baby - Paul Williams Orch. W/ Bobby Parker [Gtr/Vcl] 5. Happy Organ - Dave Baby Cortez (Wild Jimmy Spruill, Gtr) 6. Up Up Up - Paul Williams Orch. W/ Bobby Parker [Gtr] 7. You Got What It Takes - Bobby Parker 8. Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker 9. Steal Your Heart Away - Bobby Parker 10. Hot Tamales Noble - "Thin Man" Watts (Jimmy Spruill, Gtr) 11. Drafted - Wilbert Harrison (Wild Jimmy Spruill, Gtr) 12. Rockin' WIth B. - B. Brown & His Rockin' McVouts (Wild Jimmy Spruill, Gtr) 13. Boomerang - Cootie Williams Orch. (Larry Dale, Gtr) 14. Jersey City - Bobby Long (Jimmy Spruill, Gtr) 15. Titanic - Paul Williams Orch. W/ Bobby Parker [Gtr/Vcl] 16. It's Too Late Darling - Bobby Parker 17. Get Right - Bobby Parker 18. SInce My Baby Hit The Numbers - Guitar Crusher (Jimmy Spruill Orch.) 19. Don't Drive Me Away - Bobby Parker 20. Rinky Dink - Cootie Williams Orch. (Larry Dale/Kenny Burrell, Gtr) 21. Mashed Potatoes - Noble "Thin Man" Watts (Jimmy Spruill, Gtr) 22. The Frog Hop - Noble "Thin Man" Watts (Jimmy Spruill, Gtr) 23. Gimme A LIttle Lovin' - Bobby Parker 24. Ever Lovin' Baby - Little Luther 25. Original Boogie Woogie - Noble "Thin Man" Watts (Jimmy Spruill, Gtr)
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"East Coast Guitar Killers" Vol. 1
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gitit! no pw
http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/UIpLYwFo/file.html
Thanks Gyro (and RYP) for this amazing stuff! Cheers Daniel, from Spain...
if missed the first time around:
Graham Parker And The Shot – Steady Nerves (1985) Vinyl @320
http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/nh9WdW2j/file.html
http://www.discogs.com/Graham-Parker-And-The-Shot-Steady-Nerves/release/2886940
The Del-Lords – Based On A True Story (1988) Vinyl @320
http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/p9NYSMG9/file.html
http://www.discogs.com/Del-Lords-The-Based-On-A-True-Story/release/2139560
Various Artists – Okeh Rhythm & Blues (1982) (2LP Vinyl) @320
side 1&2
http://www57.zippyshare.com/v/UF5qAC20/file.html
side 3&4
http://www57.zippyshare.com/v/suzvijvu/file.html
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Okeh-Rhythm-Blues/release/4496480
John Coltrane – Settin' The Pace (1964) Vinyl @320
http://www71.zippyshare.com/v/XJwi9mch/file.html
http://www.discogs.com/John-Coltrane-Settin-The-Pace/release/2812513
King Curtis – Soul Serenade (1964) Vinyl @320
http://www71.zippyshare.com/v/RVFQ7UHW/file.html
http://www.discogs.com/King-Curtis-Soul-Serenade/release/2181493
Ryp/gyro' big thanks for that ! Wild Jimmy Spruill is a fantastic guitar player ( I think he influenced Lonnie Mack, wilko Johnson and many others) and his recordings with Noble Watts are not easy to find.
Xmas everyday in the zone !
BONUS 1 OF 8
Rod Stewart - Faces- Coast To Coast Overture And Beginners '75 @320
For a band that thrived onstage, and whose live performances are legendary, it’s a shame that the only official concert document of the Faces is the less-than-stellar ‘Live – Coast to Coast Overture and Beginners.’ Released on Jan. 10, 1974, as the group was about ready to call it quits, the album captured the Faces in ramshackle form during a pair of California shows from late 1973.
By the time the album was recorded, original bassist Ronnie Lane (the band’s heart and soul) had split. “Nobody thought he was serious at first,” recalled Rod Stewart in his book ‘Rod:The Autobiography.’ “‘I’m leaving the band’ was a group catchphrase — the stock Faces response to any disappointment or setback. But this time, Ronnie meant it.” The group replaced him with Tetsu Yamauchi, from the recently disbanded Free. But something was missing.
The album — which was credited to ‘Rod Stewart / Faces’ (and resulted in two different labels releasing the record) — is a mixed bag of live performances that relies too heavily on cover songs and Stewart solo material rather than prime Faces tracks. The opening, energetic one-two punch of ‘It’s All Over Now’ and ‘Cut Across Shortly’ sets the stage, but the album never recovers from the raw ‘Too Bad’ and loose ‘Every Picture Tells a Story’ medley that follows.
Even with raving guitar work by Ronnie Wood and great piano pounding by Ian McLagan, the band sounds fatally unhinged. Stewart and drummer Kenney Jones are nothing less than professional, but their performances come off as weak and bland. Bootlegs have shown that the Faces were one of the best-ever live groups, which makes this sloppy LP even more of a disappointment. Covers of Jimi Hendrix‘s ‘Angel,’ John Lennon‘s ‘Jealous Guy’ and the Temptations’ ‘I Wish It Would Rain’ seem like afterthoughts, and the Faces’ most popular song, ‘Stay With Me,’ is delivered halfheartedly at best.
‘Live – Coast to Coast Overture and Beginners’ was released on Stewart’s 29th birthday. Within a year, his solo career would draw him to a new life in the States, while Wood would become a full-time member of the Rolling Stones. Both changes proved too much to keep the splintering band together. The Faces officially broke up at the end of 1975. “The record company were at it again, saying, “You must be mad, this is over, get yourself a band, do the solo career, do what you want, it’s time,’” Stewart recalled. “And eventually I conceded that it was.”
Read More: 41 Years Ago: Faces Release Final Album, 'Live - Coast to Coast Overture and Beginners' | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/faces-live-coast-to-coast-overture-and-beginners/?trackback=tsmclip
http://www43.zippyshare.com/v/EX7dC4oJ/file.html
INFO
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/faces-live-coast-to-coast-overture-and-beginners/
BONUS 2 OF 8
James Cotton - Mighty Long Time '91 @320
Although the titles are all familiar , Cotton and his all-star cohorts (guitarists Jimmie Vaughan, Matt Murphy, Luther Tucker, Hubert Sumlin, and Wayne Bennett, with the omnipresent Perkins on keys) pull the whole thing off beautifully. Cotton's cover of Wolf's "Moanin' at Midnight" is remarkably eerie in its own right, and he romps through Muddy Waters' "Blow Wind Blow" and "Sugar Sweet" with joyous alacrity. (Bill Dahl, Allmusic)
http://www51.zippyshare.com/v/nScocfl8/file.html
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/mighty-long-time-mw0000674352
BONUS 3 OF 8
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969, Audio Fidelity 2015) @320
Joe Cocker's debut album holds up extraordinarily well across four decades, the singer's performance bolstered by some very sharp playing, not only by his established sideman/collaborator Chris Stainton, but also some top-notch session musicians, among them drummer Clem Cattini, Steve Winwood on organ, and guitarists Jimmy Page and Albert Lee, all sitting in. It's Cocker's voice, a soulful rasp of an instrument backed up by Madeline Bell, Sunny Weetman and Rossetta Hightower that carries this album and makes "Change in Louise," "Feeling Alright," "Just Like a Woman," "I Shall Be Released," and even "Bye Bye Blackbird" into profound listening experiences. But the surprises in the arrangements, tempo, and approaches taken help make this an exceptional album. Tracks like "Just Like a Woman," with its soaring gospel organ above a lean textured acoustic and light electric accompaniment, and the guitar-dominated rendition of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" -- the formal debut of the Grease Band on record -- all help make this an exceptional listening experience. The 1999 A&M reissue not only includes new notes and audiophile-quality sound, but also a pair of bonus tracks, the previously unanthologized B-sides "The New Age of Lily" and "Something Coming On," deserved better than the obscurity in which they previously dwelt. (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)
http://www57.zippyshare.com/v/l8kLnyIS/file.html
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/with-a-little-help-from-my-friends-mw0000189534
BONUS 4 OF 8
Kitty & The Haywoods - Excuse Me, I’ve Got A Life To Catch (1981) @320
The Chicago-based all-female trio - and then quartet - Kitty & The Haywoods (sisters Kitty, Vivian and Mary Ann at first - joined in 1976 by Vivian’s daughter Cynthia) - began their career singing commercial jingles in the area before hooking up with Mercury Records. There they released their first single, produced by Charles Stepney, then a keyboardist with the large psychedelic rock group The New Rotary Connection for which Kitty had briefly been a vocalist, but in 1975 neither side of the trio’s Loving You Is Mellow Part 1 b/w Part 2 as Mercury 73669 made any impact on either the national R&B or Billboard Pop Hot 100.
Two years later, with the addition of Cynthia, they were selected to sing background for Curtis Mayfield’s 1977 LP “Never Say You Can't Survive” (Curtom 5013), and from that point on they fell under the tutelage of the Dayton, Ohio large and successful Funk band, The Ohio Players, who produced and collectively wrote their material, starting with the album “Love Shock” (Mercury LP SRM-1-1171) containing: A1. Love Shock (6:50); A2. Take Me (6:27); A3. Grandma's Cookin' (4:14); B1. How Great Love Is (3:58); B2. Everything Is Allright (4:24); B3. You Can Be (What You Want To Be) (4:21); B4. Makin' Love (6:26).
Out of the album came the abridged Love Shock (3:04) which, in Aug-Sept 1977 reached the lower levels of the R &B charts at # 84 b/w a 3:30 version of Makin’ Love as Mercury 73931. That would their only production at Mercury, resurfacing at Capitol Records where they released their only single there, Disco Fairyland (3:12) b/w Rock Me Baby (3:57) as Capitol 4665 in late 1978, followed in 1981 by the Ohio Players-produced album “Excuse Me, I’ve Got A Life To Catch” (Capitol ST-12149) containing: A1. Excuse Me, I've Got A Life To Catch (4:05); A2. Mystic Stranger (4:22); A3. Someone To Somebody (4:23); A4. Sweet Taste Of Honey (3:39); A5. You Are The Reason (4:25); B1. Can't Wait For Your Love (3:29); B2. It's Real (4:56); B3. You Can't Say I Didn't Try (4:24); B4. Holy One (5:14).
On this they were backed by: alto saxophonist Satch Satchell, tenor saxophonist Alan Porth, trumpeters Merv Pierce, Pee Wee Middlebrooks and Jack Kramer, bassists Clarence Willis, Tyrone Crum and Sugarfoor Bonner (also lead & rhythm guitar), lead/rhythm guitarists Chet Willis and Ralph Aikens, electric pianists Jim Diamond, Keith Harrison and Billy Beck (also grand piano), drummers Roger Parker and Jim Diamond (also percussionist), and percussionist Robert Jones. (Soul Grooves)
(Many Thanks to The Northern Madman for the share)
http://www2.zippyshare.com/v/GFXP5hVm/file.html
INFO
http://www.amazon.com/Excuse-Life-Catch-Sleeve-Imports/dp/B00YZ7E91A
@ clash
Various Artists – Okeh Rhythm & Blues (1982) (2LP Vinyl) @320
side 3&4
http://www57.zippyshare.com/v/suzvijvu/file.html
link is for cosimo matassa vol.2
Thank you
Manos
Hi Clash,
Okeh Rhythm & Blues (1982) side 3&4
http://www57.zippyshare.com/v/suzvijvu/file.html
comes up as GumboYaYA4 on zippy. Can you help?
As always, thanks to the many wise and generous music fans here.
Thanks to RYP and Gyro.
Manos- That's not what happens when I open it. You might want to check again. Is anyone else having that same problem?
I just realized my error. So Sorry. Here is the correct link for Okeh Rhythm & Blues sides 3&4.
http://www57.zippyshare.com/v/6aDymLQH/file.html
Yes, Clash. 'Gumbo Yaya 4' is the file attached. Thanks for your postings. The music's much appreciated.
Is there anychance the Northern Madman classic steppers volumes will be posted on here?
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clash, thanks so much for the King Curtis. He was a great player and virtually wrote the book on Soul & Funk. His solo on Aretha's Respect is a masterpiece of excitement and economy-not a wasted note. He usually managed to say/play more in 12 bars than most players in their entire musical careers.
Just a comment about those "legendary" Faces performances. I saw Rod and the boys in Denver in 1972 or thereabouts. The Grease Band opened and were terrific. The Street Corner Talkin' version of Savoy Brown followed and delivered a fine performance. Rod and the boys were visible behind amps throughout the opening acts, drinking heavily from large brandy snifters. When they came on they were so smashed they could barely stand, and were booed off the stage in about 20 minutes. Legendary, perhaps, but profoundly disappointing.
Tanx for the Killers & Faces!
Thanks Ryp
The wild guitar album is a great listen. Terrific share
Regards
Rhod
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