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laviolet 20th Feb 2024		CD Album Petula Clark - Living For Today (2017)	"The Rainbow" is actually a new song written by Petula and Tony Hatch, who wrote most of her hits from the 1960s. It's easily confused with "Look to the Rainbow," from the 1968 film Finian's Rainbow. [YouTube Video] Petula redid "Look to the Rainbow" in 1998. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 18th Feb 2024		CD Album Petula Clark - Natural Love: The Scotti Brothers Recordings (2016)	Tracks 10 and 11 previously unreleased in the US. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 16th Feb 2024		CD Album Petula Clark - Living For Today (2017)	Here's "Living for Today." These will probably be Petula's final recordings in a career that spanned more than 60 years. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 23rd Dec 2023		CD Album Petula Clark - Lost In You (2013)	Here's "Cut Copy Me" [YouTube Video]
laviolet 29th Sep 2023		CD Album Petula Clark - Color My World / Who Am I (2023)	Tracks 1-12 from 1967 LP released in US as Warner Bros. WS 1673. Writers and other information: 1. Roger Miller 2. Terry Kirkman 3. Tony Hatch, Petula Clark, Hubert Ballay 4. Jackie Trent 5. Tony Hatch, Petula Clark, Georges Aber 6. Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent (1966 single) 7. Geoff Stephens 8. Guy Magenta, Tony Hatch, Petula Clark, Pierre Delanoë 9. Edward Holland, Jr., Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland 10. Petula Clark, Frank Owens 11. John Lennon, Paul McCartney 12. Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent (1966 single) 13. Charles Chaplin (1967) 14. Petula Clark (1967, UK B side of "This Is My Song") 15. Roger Christian, Brian Wilson, André Salvet, Claude Carrére (1964, cover of the Beach Boys' "No-Go Showboat" with French lyrics) 16. Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent (1967) 17. Burt Bacharach, Hal David (1964, UK B side of "True Love Never Runs Smooth") 18. Lee Hazelwood, Billy Strange (1967, US B side of "This Is My Song") 19. Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon (1967, B side of "The Cat in the Window") 20. Petula Clark, Jackie Trent (1967, B side of "Don't Sleep in the Subway"
laviolet 2nd Feb 2023		CD Album Various Artists - Jazzy Funky New Orleans (1999)	The James Booker tracks are covers from the Duke-Peacock catalog. "Hold My Hand" was recorded as "Just to Hold My Hand" by Clyde McPhatter in 1957. "Next Time You See Me" is a Junior Parker track, also from 1957. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 24th Dec 2022		CD Album Various Artists - Jazzy Funky New Orleans (1999)	Collection of tracks by New Orleans artists drawn mostly from Great Southern, Hep'Me, and associated labels. The James Booker tracks appear to be unreleased Peacock recordings. "Ray J" is not the well-known singer of that same name. "Candy Phillips" is actually Chris Kenner; "Timber" is from Atlantic 2240. Cover and rear photos are of Porgy Jones. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 11th Aug 2022		CD Album Fats Domino - The Very Best Of Fats Domino 1963-1965 (2004)	Track sources ABC-Paramount single 10444: 1, 2 ABC-Paramount single 10475: 3 ABC-Paramount single 10484: 5 ABC-Paramount single 10455: 6 ABC-Paramount single 10512: 7, 8 ABC-Paramount single 10531: 9 ABC-Paramount single 10567: 11, 13 ABC-Paramount single 10584: 14 ABC-Paramount single 10596: 15 ABC-Paramount single 10631: 16 ABC-Paramount LP 455 Here Comes Fats Domino: 1-6, 8 ABC-Paramount LP 479 Fats on Fire: 10-12 ABC-Paramount LP 510 Getaway with Fats Domino: 15-18
laviolet 29th Dec 2021		CD Album Dr. John - The Atco / Atlantic Singles 1968-1974 (2015)	This CD collects the tracks released as singles, promos, and EPs during Dr. John's tenure with Atco Records from 1968 to 1974. If you have the albums from that period, then you have all but a few of the tracks. The rarities appearing here for the first time on digital are: Mono version of "The Patriotic Flag-Waiver" (misspelled as "Flag Waver" in CD listing) Mono two-part version of "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" (misspelled as "Gilded" in CD listing) Single edit of "Iko Iko" "Wang Dang Doodle," a 1972 single-only release "A Man of Many Words," a Buddy Guy track (Dr. John plays piano) Rear cover lists "The Patriotic Flag Waver" as the short version but the booklet lists the long version, which is how it appears on the disc. "Big Chief," credited in the notes to "Quezerque Gaines," was written by Earl KIng. Worth having if you're looking to complete your collection of Dr. John's formative period. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 26th Aug 2020		CD Album John Fred And The Playboys - The History Of John Fred And The Playboys (1991)	Best John Fred collection ever and worth searching for. Track sources: Montel single #1002 (1958): 9 N-Joy single #1005 (1964): 6 Paula LP 2191 "John Fred & His Playboys" (1966): 7, 15, 20, 21, 23 Paula LP 2193 "34:40 of John Fred & His Playboys" (1967): 8, 12, 13, 14, 24 Paula LP 2197 "Agnes English" (1967): 1-5, 11, 19, 22, 26 Paula single #259 (1967): 25 Paula LP 2201 "Permanently Stated" (1968): 17, 18 Uni single #55135 (1969): 16 Uni LP 73077 "Love My Soul" (1970): 10 The entire "Agnes English" album is available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.
laviolet 18th Feb 2018		CD Album The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed [50th Anniversary Edition] (2017)	Here's the video clip. On the DVD, the host's intro and outro are removed. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 2nd Sep 2016		CD Album The Mamas And The Papas - The Complete Singles 50th Anniversary Collection (2016)	Detailed review coming soon. Short version: essential!
laviolet 28th May 2016		CD Album Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care / Take A Look (2006)	Both albums now available for purchase as MP3's.
laviolet 22nd Dec 2015		CD Album Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya (1991)	Detailed review coming soon; for now, if you come across one of these, grab it.
laviolet 28th Oct 2015		CD Album Petula Clark - Blue Lady: The Nashville Sessions (1995)	Tracks 11-13 were released on ABC-Dunhill singles in 1974 with production by Phil Gernhard and Tony Scotti. The rest, produced by Chips Moman, were planned for the cancelled album Blue Lady. The LP had been assigned catalog number ABCD 949 and scheduled for a mid-1976 release.
laviolet 21st Oct 2015		CD Album Aaron Neville - For The Good Times: The Allen Toussaint Sessions (2014)	Thanks for the info, Hideki, but tracks 8, 9, and 22 did not appear on the listed 45's. "Mojo Hannah" and "Hercules" are the alternate mixes from nearly every Neville compilation, while "Over You" is a re-recording.
laviolet 19th Sep 2015		CD Album Allen Toussaint - The Lost Sessions (2011)	I don't have this CD, but "Hercules" and "Fairchild" are likely not the originally released versions. The original single mix of "Fairchild" has never been reissued, while the original 45 mix of "Hercules" is found only on the compiliations Aaron Neville Gold and Treacherous. All other compilations, to my knowledge, contain an alternate mix.
laviolet 28th Aug 2015		CD Album Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1989)	Atlantic released three singles from the 1949 sessions on 78 RPM only, and "Tipitina" / "In the Night" on both 78 and 45 in 1954. All are posted here and on 45cat. The other titles remained in the can until 1972.
laviolet 9th Dec 2014		CD Album Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (1995)	Expanded version of the 1972 vinyl compilation. CD was never released in the US or included in the 2009 Apple reissues, so several of Hopkin's single tracks are not currently available commercially.
laviolet 5th Dec 2014		CD Album Irma Thomas - Something Good: The Muscle Shoals Sessions (1990)	Six titles were originally released on Chess singles (see discography on 45cat); others were first issued on a 1984 Japanese LP Down at Muscle Shoals. CD is now out of print. If you want one, prepare to dig deep.
laviolet 16th Nov 2014		CD Album Irma Thomas - Full Time Woman (2014)	PhilMH, Irma agrees. As far as she's concerned, the "lost" album should have stayed lost. She didn't even know about the disc until asked about it at a record store. Atlantic was trying to make her sound like Diana Ross. Big mistake. The first three tracks, produced by Wardell Quezergue, are by far the best on the disc. See more on Irma's reaction here.
laviolet 8th Nov 2014		CD Album Irma Thomas - Soul Queen Of New Orleans (2011)	Charly CD's often get knocked for sound quality, but somehow they find photographs I've never seen before. This CD is a case in point.
laviolet 7th Oct 2014		CD Album Aaron Neville - For The Good Times: The Allen Toussaint Sessions (2014)	Content was apparently changed at last minute. Bill Dahl's notes reference two tracks not on CD; front blurb says "25 Classic Tracks" but disc actually contains 22. Lineup on back is correct. Record on cover is either photoshopped or bootlegged since "Hercules" never appeared on Sansu. Tracks 1-14 are both sides of all Neville singles released between 1968 and 1977; see discography on 45cat. "Hercules" and "Mojo Hannah" appear in the now common alternate versions with different mixes from the original singles. "Tell It Like It Is" is a 1976 re-recording in the style of which Neville typically performs the song.
laviolet 6th Oct 2014		CD Album Various Artists - The Deesu Records Story (2014)	The name "Deesu" comes from the French "dix sous," meaning "ten cents." Warren Lee's "Star Revue" appears with an extended ending. Instead of fading out at 2:20 like the original single, it continues to 2:58. Sound quality on most tracks is as on previous releases; that is, often murky since masters are long lost. Notes by Bill Dahl are good, but booklet contains no release dates or composer information; see entries for individual singles on 45cat. Eldridge Holmes tracks "Now That I've Lost You," "Where Is Love," and "A Love Problem" are Toussaint-Sehorn productions released on Decca.