23-06-2020 FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1961-1966

23-06-2020  FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1961-1966  >>Fats Domino, John Lee Hooker, The Tornadoes, THE BEATLES, Dick Dale and His Del-Tones, THE BEATLES, Muddy Waters, The Who, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Love<<

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1961-1966

A giant figure of R&B and rock & roll, the New Orleans singer and pianist contributed scores of beloved classics to pop history. 

Fats Domino 

I Hear You Knocking (Bartholomew, Domino, King) 1:57

I Miss You So (Scott, Henderson, Robin) 2:19

Ain't That Just Like A Woman (Demetrius, Moore) 2:42

from I Miss You So 1961

The most popular exponent of the classic New Orleans R&B sound, Fats Domino sold more records than any other black rock & roll star of the 1950s. His relaxed, lolling boogie-woogie piano style and easygoing, warm vocals anchored a long series of national hits from the mid-'50s to the early '60s. Through it all, his basic approach rarely changed. He may not have been one of early rock's most charismatic, innovative, or threatening figures, but he was certainly one of its most consistent.

Domino's first single, "The Fat Man" (1949), is one of the dozens of tracks that have been consistently singled out as a candidate for the first rock & roll record. As far as Fats was concerned, he was just playing what he'd already been doing in New Orleans for years, and would continue to play and sing in pretty much the same fashion even after his music was dubbed "rock & roll."...

The most elemental of the electric blues giants, one of few to both inspire and draw from rock & roll idols. He was beloved worldwide as the king of the endless boogie, a genuine blues superstar whose droning, hypnotic one-chord grooves were at once both ultra-primitive and timeless. But John Lee Hooker recorded in a great many more styles than that over a career that stretched across more than half a century.

John Lee Hooker 

A New Leaf (David Arnold / John Lee Hooker) 2:30

Blues Before Sunrise (Leroy Carr / John Lee Hooker) 3:49

Let's Make It (John Lee Hooker) 2:27

from Burnin' 1962

From the vaults of Vee Jay Records comes an abundance of classic John Lee Hooker reissues, featuring original art work, running orders, and budget prices from the Collectables label. With the amount of Hooker material available on the market, some of it is of dubious quality, but you can't go wrong with these reissues. Burnin' was released in 1962 and combines 12 tracks of electric material performed by Hooker backed by a band... All of the Hooker Vee Jay reissues are recommended.

The Tornados were an English instrumental group mostly active in the 1960s.

The Tornadoes 
Telstar (Meek)
Swinging Beefeater (Meek)
Love And Fury (Duke)
from Telstar 1962
The house band for pioneering record producer Joe Meek. Their original and classic line-up comprised Alan Caddy (guitar), Clem Cattini (drums), Heinz Burt (bass), George Bellamy (rhythm guitar) and Roger LaVern (keyboards). Their instrumental material was composed and produced by Meek, and frequently had a futuristic sound which reflected Meek's interest in electronics and sound manipulation. Although their first single "Love And Fury" bombed, the follow-up "Telstar" caught the public imagination and was a number one hit in both the UK and USA (they were the first British group ever to top the US Hot Hundred).

The most popular and influential rock act of all time, a band that blazed several new trails for popular music.
The Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There  (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
Misery  (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
Anna (Go to Him) (Arthur Alexander)
Chains (Gerry Goffin / Carole King)
from Please Please Me 1963
Once "Please Please Me" rocketed to number one, the Beatles rushed to deliver a debut album, bashing out Please Please Me in a day. Decades after its release, the album still sounds fresh, precisely because of its intense origins. As the songs rush past, it's easy to get wrapped up in the sound of the record itself without realizing how the album effectively summarizes the band's eclectic influences. Naturally, the influences shine through their covers, all of which are unconventional and illustrate the group's superior taste... "I Saw Here Standing There" is one of their best rockers, yet it has surprising harmonies and melodic progressions... The Beatles may have played notoriously rough dives in Hamburg, but the only way you could tell that on their first album was how the constant gigging turned the group into a tight, professional band that could run through their set list at the drop of a hat with boundless energy...

05-20-2020 FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1959-1962

05-20-2020  FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1959-1962  >>Herbie Mann, THE BEATLES, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Joe Meek & the Blue Men, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Bo Diddley, Lorez Alexandria, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, John Lee Hooker<<

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1959-1962

Prolific and widely known flutist, beloved in jazz circles, has covered many world music styles. Herbie Mann played a wide variety of music throughout his career. He became quite popular in the 1960s, but in the '70s became so immersed in pop and various types of world music that he seemed lost to jazz. However, Mann never lost his ability to improvise creatively as his later recordings attest.

Herbie Mann 

Old Honkie Tonk Piano Roll Blues 4:45
Minor Groove 7:36

from The Complete Recordings: 1958-1962

Starting his career as a practitioner of cool jazz and bop, Herbie Mann was one of the first musicians to embrace world influences into his sound. Incorporating the rhythms and melodies of Cuba, Africa, and South America, as well as the Middle and Far East, into his work, Mann was also known for his high-profile collaborations, appearing alongside the likes of Art Blakey, Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan and numerous others...

...Hamburg was the Beatles' baptism by fire. Playing grueling sessions for hours on end in one of the most notorious red-light districts in the world, the group was forced to expand its repertoire, tighten up its chops, and invest its show with enough manic energy to keep the rowdy crowds satisfied. When they returned to Liverpool at the end of 1960, the band -- formerly also-rans on the exploding Liverpudlian "beat" scene -- were suddenly the most exciting act on the local circuit. They consolidated their following in 1961 with constant gigging in the Merseyside area, most often at the legendary Cavern Club, the incubator of the Merseybeat sound...

The Beatles

Ain't She Sweet [U.S. Version] 2:15

Cry for a Shadow (George Harrison / John Lennon) 2:23

from The Beatles with Tony Sheridan: First Recordings

The Beatles entered a recording studio for the first time 50 years ago, in 1961. It wasn’t actually the group’s gig, since they were essentially the backing band for singer Tony Sheridan, but the way recording was done at the session and at a second session in 1962, with instrumental parts laid down first and vocals added later, it’s possible to catch a faint, nascent glimpse of the international pop phenomenon the Beatles would become a couple years down the road. Orchestral big-band leader Bert Kaempfert had discovered the group playing in a German nightclub, signed them to a recording contract, paired them with Sheridan in the studio, and then released the songs through Polydor Records in Germany in 1961 and 1962. These early tracks have been released multiple times over the years in both mono and stereo mixes (with reverb added), and this set from Time Life Music includes both versions. Everything’s here, really, kind of frozen in time, since the original tapes were lost in a fire at Kaempfert's warehouse in the early '70s. Sheridan handles almost all of the vocals, and there are only two tracks without him, a version of John Lennon singing “Ain’t She Sweet” and an early George Harrison instrumental called “Cry for a Shadow,” both of which are featured here in mono, stereo, and medley versions.... Everything has a beginning. This two-disc set collects the earliest recordings of perhaps the most important recording act in pop music history. That’s the story, and the rest is history.

Rock & roll's prime innovator, thanks to his detailed songwriting, dazzling lyrics, and clear, economical guitar licks.

Chuck Berry 

I'm Talking About You (Chuck Berry) 1:48

Thirteen Question Method (Chuck Berry) 2:13

from New Juke Box Hits 1961

Chuck Berry's fifth Chess Records album, New Juke Box Hits, was recorded and released in the midst of the legal difficulties that would put him in jail the following year. That distraction seems to have kept him from composing top-flight material, while the attendant publicity adversely affected his record sales, such that the album contained no hits. The included single was "I'm Talking About You," later successfully recorded by the Rolling Stones, and the album also contained "The Thirteen Question Method" and "Don't You Lie to Me," worthy minor entries in the Berry canon. Elsewhere, Berry filled out the record covering others' hits -- Nat "King" Cole's "Route 66," B.B. King's "Sweet Sixteen," Little Richard's "Rip It Up." The result is a good rock & roll set, but not in the same league with Berry's earlier albums.