Oct 26, 2007

Into the groove (2)

Hello, going 50 years back in time, the start of popular music rock N roll, rhythm and blues ' wild' dancing, well good fun. Second post Marvin Gaye, the men torn between two very different worlds..the bedroom and the bible, in the end latter became the fatal one as his father-a priest- shot and killed him during an argument.(gun control who needs it ) Anyway a stunning live album, recorded 30 years ago at the London Palladium.

***** ***** ***** ***** *****

VA - The Cruising Collection ( ^ 295mb)

The fifties was a watershed period for popular musi, the early half of the decade had been dominated by ballad singers and big bands, but in 54 The babyboom teenagers Bill Haley released Shake Ratte and roll and Rock around the clock and the whole musical picture transformed. the babyboom teens got their own singers and groups to follow,people that represented their dreams , ambitions and frustrations. you may not have heard of some of these names but they all made solid contributions to this new music scene. Some have became international stars, there's a stack of goodies here and plenty to dance to. It certainly got plenty of spins, so when i came across this cd version of the original double album i didn't hesitate and bought it, did i say all these tracks are ACE sound quality. And should you not like it (cant imagine) you can always burn a disk and surprise your old folks.



01 - Link Wray and His Ray Men - Rumble
02 - Link Wray and His Ray Men - Batman (Theme)
03 - Frankie Ford - Sea cruise
04 - Jimmy Clanton - Go Jimmy Go
05 - Jesse Belvin - Goodnight my love, pleasant dreams
06 - Dorsey Burnette - Great Shakin' Fever
07 - Huey 'Piano' Smith - High blood pressure
08 - Huey 'Piano' Smith - Don't you just know it
09 - Etta James - Good rockin' daddy
10 - Etta James - Dance with me Henry
11 - Alvin 'Red' Tyler - Snake Eyes
12 - The Everly Brothers - Leave my woman alone
13 - The Everly Brothers - When will I be loved
14 - Teen Queens - Eddie my love
15 - Bobby Lewis - Tossin' & Turnin'
16 - The Chordettes - Mr Sandman
17 - Lowell Fulsom - Tramp
18 - Johnny Tillotson - Poetry in motion
19 - Dion and The Belmonts - A teenager in love
20 - Young Jesse - Mary Lou
21 - The Cadets - Stranded in the jungle
22 - George Jones - White Lightning
23 - Dion - The Wanderer
24 - Dion - Runaround Sue

***** ***** ***** ***** *****

Marvin Gaye - Live At The London Palladium (77 * 498mb)

Marvin Gaye's real name was Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.. He was born on April 2nd, 1939, & died on Arpril 1st, 1984. This man was a master of soul but with a very troubled background. After starting his recording career as a drummer at Motown, he changed his name from Marvin Gay to Marvin Gaye, adding the 'e' to separate himself from his father's name, to stop gossiping about his sexuality and also did it in earnest of his idol, Sam Cooke, who also added an 'e' to his last name. Gaye quickly became Motown's top solo male artist and scored numerous hits during the 1960s. With his successful 1971 album What's Going On and subsequent releases including Trouble Man and Let's Get It On, Gaye, who was a part-time songwriter for Motown artists during his early years with the label, proved that he could write and produce his own singles without having to rely on the Motown system. He released several other notable albums, including Let's Get It On and I Want You, and had hits with singles such as "Let's Get It On", "Got to Give It Up", and, in the early 1980s, "Sexual Healing".

Throughout his life he was torn between the Bible and the bedroom. Heavily into drugs, involved in a failing marriage and so Gaye's career took a dive in the late 70's but then in 1982 he had a smash hit with Sexual Healing. That year, he returned to live with his parents until that fateful day, when he was shot by his father (a preacher) after a heated argument on a Sunday morning. A truly great soul singer.



01 - Intro Theme (2:36)
02 - All The Way 'Round (3:47)
03 - Since I Had You (4:47)
04 - Come Get To This (2:34)
05 - Let's Get It On (6:43)
06 - You're All I Need To Get By / Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing / Your Precious Love / It Takes Two / Ain't No Mountain High Enough (11:41)
07 - Distant Lover (6:38)
08 - Closing Theme / I Want You (2:47)
09 - Trouble Man (5:17)
10 - Ain't That Peculiar / You're A Wonderful One / Stubborn Kind Of Fellow / Pride And Joy / Little Darling (I Need You) / I Heard It Through The Grapevine / Hitch Hike / You / Too Busy Thinking About My Baby / How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (9:40)
11 - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) / God Is Love / What's Going On / Save The Children (9:31)
12 - Got To Give It Up (11:48)

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
All downloads are in * ogg-7 (224k) or ^ ogg-9(320k), artwork is included , if in need get the nifty ogg encoder/decoder here !

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Please re-up Cruising COllection when possible, Rho. Is this the closest I'm going to get to 50's beats here?