A wonderful little album from Jackie Wilson – one that helped him redefine his sound and save his career! Jackie's earlier work for Brunswick was a mish-mash of styles that ranged from raw R&B to smooth supper-club jazz to silly novelty numbers, all of which had gotten pretty stale by the mid 60s. Elsewhere at Brunswick, though, things were really popping during the time – as Carl Davis was turning the label's Chicago offices into a hotbed of soul, forged in the newer hipper styles of the Chisoul scene. Davis got Wilson into the Chicago scene for this album – had him working with arranger Sonny Sanders and director Gerald Sims – to create a wonderful batch of strident soul tunes that perfectly embody the loping Chisoul groove that was Davis' real legacy in soul music during the 60s. The prime example of this is the title cut "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher" – which became a runaway hit that put Wilson back on the map I the soul business. The rest of the album's just as great, though, and includes loads of solid numbers like "Soulville", "I've Lost You", "Those Heartaches", and "I'm The One To Do It". (Dusty Groove)
trax:
01 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher 02 I Don't Need You Around 03 I've Lost You 04 Those Heartaches 05 Soulville 06 Open The Door To Your Heart 07 I'm The One To Do It 08 You Can Count On Me 09 I Need Your Loving 10 Somebody Up There Likes You 11 When Will Our Day Come
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Jackie Wilson "Higher And Higher"
...Many thanks to clash for the share! served by Gyro1966...
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BONUS 1 OF 8 @320
The Velvet Underground - The Complete Matrix Tapes (11-26-69) Set One (2015)
The Complete Matrix Tapes offers over four and a half hours of the Velvet Underground playing well and recorded with unobtrusive clarity, allowing the listener to hear the details of the performances and the ambience of the room as never before, and it's a remarkably exciting listen.
The Velvet Underground are arguably the most important American band of the second half of the '60s, but few seemed to think so at the time. The Velvets flew under the radar of public recognition through most of their career, and no one bothered to professionally record their live shows between 1966 and 1970. There have been plenty of authorized and illicit releases of Velvets live tapes (mostly audience recordings) since the early '70s, but one thing they had in common was compromised fidelity; in terms of audio, "pretty OK" is as good as they get, and for fans, listening for the music through the murk is a frustrating challenge. In November 1969, the Velvet Underground played a two-night stand at the Matrix, a club in San Francisco that had a four-track recording rig wired into its sound system; the four sets the band played were taped, and rough mixes of those shows were featured on the fine collection 1969: Velvet Underground Live, and they ranked with the very best VU live documents despite the hiss that hovered over the music. More than 40 years after that album was released, the original Matrix four-track masters have been remixed and remastered, and the four-disc box set The Complete Matrix Tapes marks the first time this material has been released in full. Though extensive excerpts from the new mixes appeared on the expanded 45th anniversary edition of the VU's self-titled third album, and many of these performances are familiar to folks who know 1969: VU Live well, this set's fidelity is a major selling point, even if you're not an audiophile. The Complete Matrix Tapes offers over four and a half hours of the Velvet Underground playing well and recorded with unobtrusive clarity, allowing the listener to hear the details of the performances and the ambience of the room as never before, and it's a remarkably exciting listen. As four sets appear in full, several songs are repeated (each disc includes takes of "Heroin," "Some Kinda Love," and "We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together"), but each performance has a personality of its own, and hearing how the band reshaped the longer numbers in repeated versions is a delight for fans into the minutia. (Lou Reed also changes up the lyrics on a few numbers here.) And while conventional wisdom has it that the post-John Cale edition of the band was less fiery and inventive, this lineup -- Reed on guitar and vocals, Sterling Morrison on guitar, Doug Yule on bass and organ, and Maureen Tucker on drums -- plays with strength, commitment, and a sense of adventure that ranks with their best and most purely enjoyable work. The bulk and repetition of The Complete Matrix Tapes will scare away a few casual observers, but anyone who wants to know how this band sounded on-stage on two good nights will find this to be a revelation; it's the best and best-sounding VU live release to date. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)
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http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-matrix-tapes-mw0002881531
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The Velvet Underground - The Complete Matrix Tapes (11-26-69) Set Two (2015)
The Velvet Underground were at the height of their musical powers when they played an 18-night residency at San Francisco’s The Family Dog and the Matrix clubs in the winter of 1969.
Now, for the first time in 46 years, recordings from two of those classic performances will be made available to rock n’ roll fans.
Polydor will release The Matrix Tapes, a special 4-disc album of Velvet Underground live tracks culled from the band’s November 26 and November 27, 1969 performances at the Matrix, on November 20. As the San Francisco Chronicle points out, November 26, 1969 marked the day President Richard Nixon signed the deeply unpopular draft lottery bill, and the following day was Thanksgiving.
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/11/18/1969-velvet-underground-s-f-concerts-get-cd-release/
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The Velvet Underground - The Complete Matrix Tapes (11-27-69) Set Three (2015)
Was the Velvet Underground (VU) one of the greatest bands of it's period? These tapes (from two nights of an 18 night West Coast stand) just may help you decide 'yes' if you're on the fence. Unlike the Quine Tapes which were low-fi recordings, this set is taken from clean soundboard sources that will be a revelation to VU fans that have only heard Quine's tapes. If you're reading this chances are you own at least one of the band's reissued editions, including the recent 5 CD set that includes 18 tracks from this Matrix set, so you already know about the sound quality. So you'll have to decide if having the extra music on this new set is worth it money-wise. Suffice to say this is the best sounding VU you'll probably ever hear. The music is a revelation, heard now in good sound. Yes, there's a few songs that are repeated, but largely the performances will make you forget that fact--especially if you're a deep VU fan. The discs slip (tightly) into thick cardboard sleeves with nice graphics on the front and a track list on the back cover. The 23 page booklet has a long essay by David Fricke which is interesting and informative, along with a couple of b&w photos of the band on stage and a track list for each set. (Stuart Jefferson, NPR)
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http://www.amazon.com/The-Matrix-Tapes-4-CD/dp/B014WIZP96
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The Velvet Underground - The Complete Matrix Tapes (11-27-69) Set Four (2015)
There’s been a load of Velvet Underground material floating about of late, but this is probably the most important and the most revealing. Captured in the dimming days of 1969, just months after the group issued its third LP and months before the band, with newest member Doug Yule in the ranks, would return to the studio to record the mighty Loaded LP, this is a band that was equal parts dangerous, demanding, assured, sarcastic, arty, unreal, sincere, tentative, patient, searching, ironic, sincere, unpretentious, formidable, and surprisingly capable of pure entertainment. (PopMatters)
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http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-velvet-underground-the-complete-matrix-tapes-4cd-set/
BONUS 5 OF 6 @320
Brennen Leigh - Sings Lefty Frizzell '15
Nobody needs to tell this to Austin, TX-based throwback country singer Brennen Leigh or the players she assembled to release a Lefty Frizzell tribute record on October 20th. On that same date in 1951, Lefty Frizzell’s song “Always Late (with Your Kisses)” was on an incredible run at the #1 spot on the country charts that started in August of that year, and continued for 13 weeks. The song went on to be covered by George Jones, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, and many more.
But you won’t find that song on Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell, or Lefty’s best-known song, “If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time).” There are some of the better-known Frizzell tunes like “Mom and Dad’s Waltz,” or Lefty’s late-career #1 hit “Saginaw, Michigan.” But this Frizzell tribute is more a revue of some of Lefty’s oft-forgotten classics—some penned by him personally, some just made famous by his voice—and all worthy of being remembered and cherished by a new generation of classic country fans who regularly find themselves looking back instead of forward to find songs and artists that speak to their soul. (Saving Country Music)
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http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/review-brennen-leigh-sings-lefty-frizzell
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BONUS 6 OF 8 @320
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Complete Checker Singles + The Classic LP 'Down And Out Blues'(Remastered) '15
Sonny Boy Williamson was an enigma in the modern blues world of the early 1960s, a real true example of the travelling blues man who rambled and hoboed across America playing music, gambling, womanising and drinking heavily along the way. 26 tracks including all 12 titles from the classic 'Down And Out Blues' albums which reach No. 20 in the UK charts. Herein are gems such as "One Way Out", "Fattening Frogs For Snakes" and as the title of this collection suggests the hit "Don't Start Me Talkin'" which has been covered by The Doobie Brothers, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher and even the New York Dolls. Session musicians include Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon and more.
1. Don't Start Me Talkin'
2. All My Love In Vain
3. Let Me Explain
4. Your Imagination
5. Keep It To Yourself
6. The Key To Your Door
7. Fattening Frogs For Snakes
8. I Don't Know
9. Born Blind
10. Ninety Nine
11. Wake Up Baby
12. Your Funeral, My Trial
13. Cross My Heart
14. Dissatisfied
15. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide
16. Unseeing Eye
17. The Goat
18. Its Sad To Be Alone
19. Temperature 110
20. Lonesome Cabin
21. Trust My Baby
22. Too Close Together
23. Stop Right Now
24. The Hunt
25. One Way Out
26. Nine Below Zero
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http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Start-Talkin-Tell-Everything/dp/B00UZDID88
BONUS 7 OF 8 @320
Inez & Charlie Foxx - Best Of The Sue Years
This brother/sister duo from Greensboro made a little noise on the soul scene in the '60s. They signed with Juggy Murray Jones' Symbol label in 1962. Their biggest hit was "Mockingbird," in 1963, which was a number two R&B and number seven pop smash. Their vocal tradeoffs and arrangement were primarily responsible for its appeal, though Foxx could do some sizzling numbers on her own. They continued with "Ask Me" and "Hurt by Love," then switched to Musicor. Their final moderate hit was "(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days" in 1967 for Dynamo, which reached number 17 on the R&B charts. Inez Foxx had a solid LP on her own for Volt in 1969, At Memphis. But her solo songs for the label didn't generate much interest in the early and mid-'70s. James Taylor and Carly Simon later did a cover of "Mockingbird." ~ (Ron Wynn, Allmusic)
01. Mockingbird (2:37)
02. Searching For My C.C. (2:09)
03. Broken Hearted Fool (2:17)
04. My Momma Told Me (2:46)
05. Don't Do It No More (3:00)
06. I Wanna See My Baby (2:48)
07. If I Need Anyone (Let It Be You) (2:16)
08. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (2:16)
09. Hurt By Love (2:18)
10. Sitting Here (2:38)
11. La De Da I Love You (2:23)
12. I Fancy You (2:48)
13. Down By The Seashore (2:39)
14. Ask Me (2:39)
15. Confusion (2:43)
16. Jaybirds (2:25)
17. The Ball Game (2:54)
18. Tom And Jim (2:51)
19. I See You My Love (2:56)
20. The Angels Got Together (2:39)
21. Love Me Today (2:53)
22. Talk With Me (3:06)
23. Competition (feat. Chuck Johnson) (2:30)
24. He's The One You Love (2:34)
25. Hey Diddle Diddle (2:12)
26. Yankee Doodle Dandy (2:27)
27. I Feel Alright (2:38)
28. I've Come To One Conclusion (2:59)
29. Hummingbird (2:36)
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The Resonars - Bright And Dark '99
The Resonars' Bright and Dark, released on the Get Hip label in 1999, was the second album by this Tucson "group," but actually features only leader Matt Rendon playing all of the instruments on these four-track recordings (made at his Coma Cave home studio). This modern-day cubist rocker snips bits from this genre and that one, pasting them together to create something that sounds like a long-lost artifact from the mid- to late '60s. Rendon's key influences, evidently, are rock bands, folk-rock artists, and British Invasion groups of that halcyon era, including -- but certainly not limited to -- the Byrds, the Easybeats, and especially the Hollies ("Carrie Don't Care" could be a continuation of the Hollies' "Carrie Ann"). The mod-psych influence of early Who (especially Rendon's manic Keith Moon-style drumming) and Rubber Soul to Magical Mystery Tour-era Beatles is also evident here, due in no small part to Rendon's fascination with soaring multiple harmonies, or, as one writer accurately described it at the time: "Picture The Notorious Byrd Brothers combined with Hollies harmonies and "Rain"-era Beatles psychedelic touches." "Goodbye Melanie" has a Middle Eastern flair, and the sped-up cover of "I'll Keep It With Mine" features ringing Byrds-style guitars (quoting liberally from Them's "Here Comes the Night") and octave-leaping vocals. "If He's So Great" is another Byrds-inspired track with ringing 12-string Rickenbackers, while "Under the Blazing Stars" references "Eight Miles High." Most of Rendon's songs are upbeat and buoyant, handsomely crafted and fleshed out with herky-jerky tempo changes, but there are a few exceptions. "Bathyscope," for instance, is a warm psychedelic pop gem awash in wavering layers of vocal effects laden with echo.
(Bryan Thomas, Allmusic)
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http://www.allmusic.com/album/bright-and-dark-mw0000251536
"Thank You" for the Velvets hardly does justice, but it's all I've got. Gyro, of your myriad amazing gifts over the years, this is easily one of the top 2-3. I am so appreciative.
As a 10 year old in 1968 a friends older brother came into the room where we had a Monkees record on the "stereo" and made us listen to the VU. We thought they were shit...OK, we weren't the brightest bulbs on the tree, but we learned. And the Monkees weren't so bad, were they?
Gyro1966 -- Thanks very much for "Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell"!
Gyro, can't thank you enough for the VU Matrix Tapes.
Your generosity never ceases to amaze!
Your welcome all - The Velvet Undergound - "The Complete Matrix Tapes" should not be missed. The sound quality is miles ahead of any other live VU I have ever heard, and the band is on top of their game. A must.
Gyro, I join all other thankers re the VU live collection. One thing, though, and I know politics is not the topic here, but there HAS TO BE a better source of info on this (at least on vol. 2) than that tea party agitprop site Breitbart. In many ways, they are antithetical to everything this blog stands for and even an inadvertent click to view their hate-filled nonsense is saddening. Just my 2 cents.
The Resonars!. Wow. What a find. Thanks guys for all the great music, and especially to Gyro for being the conductor of it all. You all rock. Any sign of Psychlist out there?
Charlie
I've tended to shy away from live recordings, but you talked me into it Gyro. Thanks so much!
Anonymous - I only added the music review here. I do not follow this groups politics. I abhor tea party politics, but I'm just using music reviews and am not aware of any politics on this site - in fact, it's the first I've heard of them.
Thanks for the Brennen Leigh! She also has a fine album of duets with the great Jesse Dayton.
Thanks for "Jackie" and Inez & Charlie foxx.
cheers,ELtel
Gyro thanks 100 times over for the Velvets sets, and more of the Resonars, that i've really come to like thanks to your introduction
I wasn't going to DL the Velvets' set, but how could I refuse the earnest endorsement of someone who was so absolutely correct about the Brennen Leigh CD? Thanks, Gyro...
The old Matrix on Fillmore Street is not too far from where I live and now it's sadly an upscale yuppie wine bar. I've been there a few times with my wife for wine tastings (she works in the business) and all of the people walking around there have NO freakin' idea about the history of that joint...The Doors...The Velvet Underground.... Man, I wish I could build a time machine.
Thanks for the share Gyro!
Thanks as always for the marvelous stuff!
VU Matrix Sets One and Two are not opening for me. (MSG "Can not open file '....' as archive"
I'm using 7-Zip, Sets Three and Four open up no problem, as does everything else. Anyone else having this issue?
Also, the File-Upload.net archives unzip but there are some corrupted songs that won't open properly.
Thankfully yours,
Rockinturkey
pls disregard VU archive problem report, sorted.
PS Anyone have that over-priced Terry Ork set?
What a great bunch of music! Tanx again.
Muchas gracias Gyro
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