“Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)” is an adequate assimilation of some of the Stones' greatest tunes before their music entered a very dark, antisocial phase during the peak of the Vietnam War. At the start, you have their trademark song “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”, in between are the pensive “As Tears Go By” and the reflective blues number “Good Times, Bad Times”. Also present are the favorites “19th Nervous Breakdown” and what many consider to be the Stones' proclamation of supreme status as the greatest rock band ever in “Get Off of My Cloud”. At the very end is the soft yet ominous “Play with Fire”, which, with its unique arrangement of harpsichord, acoustic guitar and tambourine, commanded that the Stones, whether in hard rock or soft rock mode, could show attitude and get a message across. It is a very strong compilation. The only objection one might have is the organ intro version of “Time Is On My Side”, which seems to gel with the other tunes quite well, as opposed to the guitar one that is in the other well known version included on the Vol. 1 of the compilation I posted before. “Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass)” was released on Apr 1, 1966 in the US. The American record company execs had tampered with the original UK design of most of the Stones albums up to this time, often releasing inferior American versions. On this one they reversed the trend and the UK design, which was released Nov 4, 1966, did not include “Paint It, Black”. The UK version substituted “Mother's Little Helper” and added 3 additional tracks (“Take It Or Leave It”, “Out Of Time”, and “What To Do”). There is an interesting story about the cover art. The photo was originally done for an album to be called “Could You Walk On The Water?”, but the concept was so controversial at that time that the photo of the Band walking on the water of a California reservoir was dropped and the photo of them standing on the bank was used. The album was renamed “Aftermath” (although the American version dropped the hyphen) and that originally intended artwork was then used for this greatest hits album.
01- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 02- Last Time 03- As Tears Go By 04- Time Is on My Side 05- It's All Over Now 06- Tell Me 07- 19th Nervous Breakdow 08- Heart of Stone 09- Get Off of My Cloud 10- Not Fade Away 11- Good Times, Bad Times 12- Play with Fire
Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina (Úbeda, Spain, 12 February 1949), known artistically as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums. In 1975 he wnt to live in London using a fake passport under the name Mariano Zugasti, to avoid persecution from Francisco Franco's government after throwing a Molotov Cocktail into a government building. That same year, his own father received an order to arrest Joaquin Sabina due to his anti-Franco ideals. In 1975, Sabina started writing songs and singing at local bars. In a local bar called "Mexicano-Taverna" Sabina performed in the presence of George Harrison, who was celebrating his birthday. The ex-Beatle then gave Sabina a five-pound note as tip, which Sabina still preserves to this day. When Franco's dictatorship ended in 1975, Sabina returned to Spain and was forced to join the military service but, feeling imprisoned, he got married in order to be able to sleep outside the barracks. Sabina's first album, Inventario (Inventory) was released in 1978 by a small label called Movieplay, but the album largely went unnoticed. Afterwards, he moved to the powerful CBS (today Sony) and released Malas compañías (Bad Companies). This album gave Sabina his first number-one hit single "Pongamos que hablo de Madrid" (Let's say I´m talking about Madrid), and the artist attained wide recognition. He released a live album called La mandrágora (The Mandrake), sharing the spotlight with bandmates Javier Krahe and Alberto Pérez. The trio enjoyed much popularity due to their participation in a TV program. La Mandrágora created much controversy due to the racy content of the lyrics. Sabina released his third soloist album called Ruleta Rusa (Russian Roulette) in 1983 and two years later, Juez y parte (Judge and Side). His political views led him to take part in the anti-NATO movement. He later released Joaquín Sabina y Viceversa en directo, his first live album, recorded in the Salamanca theatre in Madrid. In this album, the singer collaborates with other singers such as Javier Krahe, Javier Gurruchaga, and Luis Eduardo Aute. In 1987 he released Hotel, dulce hotel (Hotel, Sweet Hotel), which sold a large number of records in Spain. That success followed with his next album El hombre del traje gris (The Man in The Gray Suit), and followed with a successful tour of South America. This was followed by the released Mentiras piadosas (White Lies) in 1990, and two years later Física y química (Chemistry and Physics), which led to another successful tour of the Americas. His later albums Esta boca es mía (This Mouth is Mine), Yo, mi, me contigo (I, my, myself... with you) and 19 días y 500 noches (19 Days and 500 Nights), won him more recognition and multiple platinum albums, being the last probably his best work at date. After recovering from a stroke, he returned to the stage in 2002 with Dímelo en la calle (Dare to Say That Outside). He later released a double album called Diario de un peatón (A Pedestrian's Diary), which included both his previous album and 12 new songs, along with a book illustrated by him. In 2005 Sabina's released a new record Alivio de luto (Mourning Relief). The album release was accompanied by a DVD that includes interviews, music videos, acoustic versions of the songs, and home-made recordings. In 2007, he made a tour with Joan Manuel Serrat, called Dos Pájaros de un Tiro (Two birds with one stone) and they recorded a CD of this tour, which includes the DVD of the concert and a documentary. The album featured here includes out-takes, demos, collaborations, and unreleased material of any kind, hope you enjoy it.
01- Palabras Como Cuerpos 02- Cómo Decirte... 03- La Torre de Babel 04- Blues Tanguero 05- Cerrado por Derribo (versión argentina) 06- La Biblia y el Calefón 07- La Bien Pagá 08- Camellos 09- Feliz 10- No Puedo Enamorarme 11- Yolanda 12- Cualquier Noche Puede Salir el Sol 13- Cruz de Navajas 14- El Gorila 15- Las Manos en la Masa 16- Tango a Valdano 17- No Hago Otra Cosa que Pensar en Ti 18- Corazón de Neón 19- Fumar (?) 20- Despedida
On January 10, Presley made his first recordings for RCA in Nashville, Tennessee. The session produced "Heartbreak Hotel/I Was The One" which was released on January 27. The public reaction to "Heartbreak Hotel" prompted RCA to release it as a single in its own right (February 11). By April it had hit number one in the U.S. charts, selling in excess of one million copies.To increase the singer's exposure, Parker finally brought Presley to national television (In March 1955, Presley had failed an audition for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts). He booked six appearances on CBS-TV's Stage Show in New York, beginning January 28, 1956. Presley was introduced on the first by Cleveland DJ Bill Randle. He stayed in town and on January 30, he and the band headed for the RCA's New York Studio. The sessions yielded eight songs, including "My Baby Left Me" and "Blue Suede Shoes". The latter was the only hit single from the collection, but the recordings marked the point at which Presley started moving away from the raw, pure Sun sound to the more commercial and mainstream sound RCA had envisioned for him. On March 23, RCA Victor released Elvis Presley, his first album. Like the Sun recordings, the majority of the tracks were country songs. The album went on to top the pop album chart for 10 weeks.
01- Blue Suede Shoes 02- I'm Counting On You 03- I Got A Woman 04- One Sided Love Affair 05- I Love You Because 06- Just Because 07- Tutti Frutti 08- Tryin' To Get To You 09- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) 10- I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') 11- Blue Moon 12- Money Honey
Bonus Tracks:
13- Heartbreak Hotel 14- I Was The One 15- Lawdy Miss Clawdy 16- Shake, Rattle and Roll 17- My Baby Left Me 18- I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
These three CDs explore the genesis of the music of The Beatles, by taking a look back at some of the early rock and roll music which influenced Lennon, Mc Cartney, Harrison and Starr. These were the artists that were their idols, and these are the songs that they covered on stage in Hamburg and at the Cavern, on the BBC, and on their early albums. In a word, these are the records the Beatles listened to the way we listen to Beatles records…
01- Some Other Guy - Ritchie Barret 02- Anna [Go To Him] - Arthur Alexander 03- Chains - The Cookies 04- Boys - The Shirelles 05- Baby It's You - The Shirelles 06- A Taste Of Honey - Lenny Welch 07- Twist & Shout - The Isley Brothers 08- Till There Was You - Peggy Lee 09- Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes 10- Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry 11- You Really Got a Hold on Me - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 12- Devil in His Heart - The Donays 13- Money [That's What I Want] - Barret Strong 14- Long Tall Sally - Little Richard 15- Slow Down - Larry Williams 16- Matchbox - Carl Perkins 17- Rock & Roll Music - Chuck Berry 18- Mr. Moonlight - Dr. Feelgood & The Interns 19- Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey - Little Richard 20- Words of Love - Buddy Holly 21- Honey Don't - Carl Perkins 22- Everybody's Trying to Be my Baby - Carl Perkins 23- Leave My Kitten Alone - Little Willie John 24- Act Naturally - Buck Owens 25- Dizzy Miss Lizzy - Larry Williams 26- Bad Boy - Larry Williams 27- Shout - The Isley Brothers
Aníbal Troilo (July 11, 1914 - May 18, 1975) was an Argentinetango musician. Anibal Troilo is widely thought of by tango listeners as the defining bandoneon player of his generation. His orquesta tipica was among the most preferred by social dancers during the golden age of tango (1940-1955), but he shifted to a concert sound by the late 1950s. Troilo's orchestra is best known for its instrumentals but it also recorded with many vocalists, such as Francisco Fiorentino, Alberto Marino, Floreal Ruiz, Roberto Goyeneche, Raul Beron, and Edmundo Rivero. As a composer, he wrote songs like "Te Aconsejo", "En Esta Tarde Gris" or "La Última Curda". The rhythmic instrumentals and the recordings with vocalist Francisco Fiorentino from 1940-41 are the favorite recordings for social dancing in contemporary tango salons (milongas), and featured here...
01- Milongueando en el '40 02- Toda Mi Vida 03- Cachirulo 04- Te Aconsejo Que Me Olvides 05- Tabernero 06- Pájaro Ciego 07- El Bulín de la Calle Ayacucho 08- Yo Soy el Tango 09- Guapeando 10- Una Carta 11- En Esta Tarde Gris 12- Cordón de Oro 13- Total... ¿Pa' Qué Sirvo? 14- El Cuarteador 15- Maragata 16- Cautivo 17- Tinta Roja 18- No le Digas Que la Quiero
Joan Manuel Serrat is a SpanishCatalansinger-songwriter. He is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages. Serrat became involved with music at the age of 17, when he got his first guitar, to which he dedicates one of his earliest songs: "Una guitarra." In the early 60's, the young artist participated in a pop band, playing along with classmates at Barcelona's Agronomy School and performing mainly Beatles songs and Italian 'pop-of-the-era' songs translated to Spanish. In 1965, while singing in a radio show called Radioscope, host Salvador Escamilla helped him secure a record deal with local label EDIGSA, where he recorded his first LP, as well as joining as the member number thirteen the group of Catalan songwriters called “Els Setze Jutges” (The Sixteen Judges). Joan Manuel Serrat's first live stage performance in 1967 at the Palau de la Música Catalana, served to establish him as one of the most important artists inside the Nova cançó movement in Catalonia. The following year, Spain entered Serrat in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 to sing "La, La, La" (She Gives Me Love), but he asked to sing it in Catalan, to which the Spanish authorities would not agree. This would be the first time he would come into conflict with the language politics of Francoist Spain, because of his decision to sing in his native Catalan language, repressed by dictator Francisco Franco. Defiantly, Serrat refused to sing the Spanish-language version, and was hurriedly substituted by Massiel, who went on to win the contest with her Spanish-language interpretation. As a result, Serrat's songs were banned and his records burned in the streets. He then traveled to South America and participated in the Rio de Janeiro's World Music Festival, where he took first place with the song "Penélope." In 1969, Serrat released an album containing songs with texts of Antonio Machado, a well known Spanish republican poet of late 19th-early 20th century. This album brought him immediate fame in all Spain and Latin America though, in spite of this, his decision to sing as well in Spanish was still criticized in some nationalistic Catalan circles. Regarding this and other times when his choice of language (sometimes Spanish, sometimes Catalan) raised controversy on either side of the political sphere, he once explained: "Look, I sing better in the language they forbid me." The release of the Mediterráneo LP in 1971 consolidated the artist's reputation worldwide. In late 1974, Serrat was exiled in Mexico due to his condemnation of arbitrary executions under Franco's regime. It wasn't until Franco's death November 20, 1975 that Serrat was able to return to his homeland. In 1976, Joan Manuel Serrat was acclaimed for the first time in the U.S.A., while performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. In January 1995, the Spanish government awarded him a medal for his contribution to Hispanic culture. On November 28, 1998, Serrat performed the Cant del Barça during the FC Barcelona Centenary festival at the Camp Nou. In 2000, the Spanish Association of Authors and Editors (SGAE) awarded him with one of ten Medals of the Century. Serrat revealed in October 2004 that he had been undergoing treatment for cancer of the urinary bladder and in November that year he had to cancel a tour of Latin America and the U.S. in order to undergo surgery in Barcelona, where he still lives. His recovery was satisfactory, and in 2005 he went on tour again ("Serrat 100 X 100") around Spain and Latin America with his lifelong producer and arranger, Ricard Miralles. Serrat also recorded an album featuring symphonic versions of his songs, which was performed in several different countries and always using local symphony orchestras. In 2006 Serrat released Mô, his first album completely in Catalan in 17 years. The album title refers to the city of Mahón, capital of the Spanish island of Menorca, where he likes to get away from it all during long touring seasons.
01- Una Guitarra 02- Ara Que Tinc Vint Anys 03- Cançó de Matinada 04- Paraules d’Amor 05- La Tieta 06- Com Ho Fa el Vent 07- Marta 08- Saps 09- De Mica en Mica 10- Bon Dia 11- El Meu Carrer 12- Conillet de Vellut 13- Pare 14- Helena 15- Res No es Mesquí 16- Temps Era Temps 17- Es Quan Dormo Que Hi Veig Clar 18- Plany al Mar 19- La Consciencia 20- Seria Fantàstic 21- Barcelona i Jo 22- La Rosa de L’adéu 23- Plou al Cor
The bonus material on disc 2 leans equally heavily on covers, but also contains its share of signposts to the future Who, including a rare alternate version of “Anyhow, Anyway, Anywhere” (a true collector's item) accompanied with more loads of tracks for the first-time in stereo. In fact, 28 out of the total 30 tracks on this double CD album are in stereo! Disc 2 also contains previously unreleased, full-length versions of “The Good's Gone” and “I Don't Mind”, an unreleased instrumental version of “My Generation” and the aforementioned and unspeakably rare, French EP-only alternate version of “Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere”. Enjoy!
01- Leaving Here (Alternate) 02- Lubie [Come Back Home] 03- Shout And Shimmy 04- [Love is Like a] Heat Wave 05- Motoring 06- Anytime You Want Me 07- Anyhow, Anywhere, Anyway (alternate) 08- Instant Party Mixture 09- I Don't Mind (full length unedited version) 10- The Good's Gone (full length unedited version) 11- My Generation (backing track) 12- Anytime You Want Me (a Cappella version) 13- A Legal Matter 14- My Generation 15- Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (1965 mono original single mix)
