Entertainment For Lively Minds
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Posted by ireallylovemusic on 19 June 2009 - 11:44am.
so i signed up and added a track to todays spotify playlist.
amongst the usual gubbins, please search out and listen to the lou rawls track, dead end street.
produced by david axelrod, and ended up winning them some rather grand prize in 67 (wiki it for more detail .. )
even after having heard the song literally hundreds of times, the song never fails to provide that chill up the spine moment.
the tension and the release when the orchestration kicks in.
absolute perfection.
right, i'm off to have a dig around.
onwards
mark e
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But no Age Of Chance, eh?
Where do we start the campaign?
ah ha.
hello andrew.
i see my cunning disguise didn't fool you for one minute.
search result : 'do you mean age of cancer'
guess that answers your question.
m.e
and to be honest ..
andrew collins himself has been doing a fine job in that particular area i believe.
[re : magazine article about which vinyl he would keep?]
Like...totally.
I first heard Dead End Street on a Stateside compilation in the 80s. It's one of those rare songs for me where it's power does't deminish with each play. Not that that's a problem at the moment as I still can't get Spotify to bloody well work. I'm so 2007.......a live and slightly different arrangement:
"whats happening $tateside"
thats where it all started for me as well.
i think it was a cheap cross promotional tape that the NME got behind. i fell for it (as indeed i often did/do), and loved it all.
though it has to be said, the lou rawls/axelrod collaborations (recently compiled on a very nice cd) have become a major part of my listening world..
My education:
Tracklisting:
A1 O'Jays, The Working On Your Case (2:40)
A2 Bobby Womack Lookin' For A Love (2:15)
A3 Jimmy Lewis The Girls From Texas (2:40)
A4 Garnet Mimms As Long As I Have You (2:42)
A5 Jimmy Holiday with Clydie King Ready, Willing & Able (2:30)
A6 Lou Rawls Dead End Street (2:19)
A7 Aaron Neville I'm Waitin' At The Station (2:22)
A8 Bettye Swann Tell It Like It Is (2:50)
B1 Ike & Tina Turner Nut Bush City Limits (2:56)
B2 Little Anthony & The Imperials Better Use Your Head (2:49)
B3 Charlie & Inez Foxx* Mockingbird (2:24)
B4 Irma Thomas Wish Someone Would Care (2:20)
B5 Isley Brothers, The Who's That Lady (2:49)
B6 Professor Longhair Mardi Gras In New Orleans (2:45)
B7 Z.Z. Hill Ain't Nothin' You Can Do (2:53)
B8 Homer Banks A Lot Of Love (2:00)
I loved that tape
..and all the other ones like the Pocket Jukebox, Ace Case, etc. Introduced me to a whole new world of R&B and soul.
I've been making an iTunes playlist with all the tracks on each of those cassettes, but can't find "The Girls From Texas" by Jimmy Lewis anywhere. I'm amazed someone like Ace haven't released it on one of their comps. I don't suppose anyone knows where I can get hold of it?
fantastic tapes!
I've been looking for them too - I seem to recall that the $tateside one was issued on vinyl too. I wore my copy of the cassette out in the car and bought another one.
For me, too, they were a great introduction to soul beyond Motown.
Right, I'm off to try to hunt that down!
EDIT : mission accomplished - ripped off cassette.
and it sounds mighty fine