Vinyl Album - Ray Stevens - Gitarzan - Monument

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Ray Stevens
Title:	Gitarzan
Label:	Monument
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	SLP 18115
Date:	May 1969
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	7 Own, 2 Want
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Ray Stevens	Yakety Yak	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	Rate
A2	Ray Stevens	Little Egypt	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	Rate
A3	Ray Stevens	Mr. Custer	F. Darian, A. Delory, J. VanWinkle	Rate
A4	Ray Stevens	Freddie Feel Good (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band)	Ray Stevens	Rate
A5	Ray Stevens	Sir Thanks-A-Lot	Ray Stevens	Rate
A6	Ray Stevens	Gitarzan	Ray Stevens, Bill Everette	Rate
B1	Ray Stevens	Along Came Jones	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	Rate
B2	Ray Stevens	Alley Oop	Dallas Frazier	Rate
B3	Ray Stevens	Harry The Hairy Ape	Ray Stevens	Rate
B4	Ray Stevens	Bagpipes - That's My Bag	Ray Stevens	Rate
B5	Ray Stevens	Ahab The Arab	Ray Stevens	Rate

Notes

Producers Fred Foster, Ray Stevens and Jim Malloy

CB May 31, 1969 review
BB Jun 7, 1969 New Album Releases

Images

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Comments and Reviews


edlongus SUBS 23rd Jun 2022		Respectfully George Slv, I have 2 disagree about this being a 'live' album. I pulled my copy and listened again (with headphones), and this sounds like studio recordings with fake crowd cheering and laughing overdubbed onto it. The give-away 2 me are the tracks where Ray does multiple vocal overdubs, singing along with himself like "Gitarzan", "Along Came Jones" and especially "Bagpipes - That's My Bag" and "Freedie Feelgood". I don't think Ray was seriously trying 2 pass this off as a live album, the effects were added just 4 entertainment purposes (just like on his hit "The Streak"). Lastly, the 'audience' background noise is different on the album and 45 rpm mixes of "Gitarzan". The single version starts with a quiet background, the album version has cheering. Also, the single version has just cheering dubbed in, the album version has cheering AND laughter dubbed in.



George Slv 20th Jun 2022		Review This is entirely a live album from some club. Renditions are good, enough to be released as hit singles for some. Being on the Monument label they could not reuse his Mercury hits. Ahab The Arab is the short version, expanded here by audience and band sounds. This is the version where he shouts "my soul's American". Sir Thanks-A-Lot and Bagpipes are great new songs. A fine album. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



edlongus SUBS 3rd Nov 2019		Label scans added. Liner notes by Merv Griffin.

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Linked Releases

France - Monument

Germany - Monument - 1969