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  mhc (mcrenshaw) 2-Debutant Username: mcrenshaw Post Number: 21 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.161.101.223 |
I bought this 2-CD set a month ago; it's all the records that JL had on a portable jukebox ca. 1966, and I highly recommend it. He had impeccable taste in R&B and Rock and Roll. It contains, among other things, "Gonna Send You Back to Georgia" by Timmy Shaw, and other Detroit masterpieces.. | ||
FrankM (frankm) 2-Debutant Username: frankm Post Number: 24 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.152.61.45 |
It is a good collection and every time I hear I feel fine I hear You better Watch Your Step by Bobby Parker. For some reason or other they did not include Ritchie Barret's version of Some Other Guy and the verson they did include by The Big Three was from a seventies album which could not have been on a Jukebox, Lennon's or anybody else's. Still a great album | ||
David Meikle (david_meikle) 5-Doyen Username: david_meikle Post Number: 375 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 81.130.211.124 |
Soul Music remains a big subject in England after all these years. Quite amazing. | ||
Steve (steve_litos) 3-Pundit Username: steve_litos Post Number: 43 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.100.86.4 |
Here's the track list: Track Listings Disc: 1 1. Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour 2. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me 3. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles The Tracks Of My Tears 4. Otis Redding My Girl 5. Len Barry 1, 2, 3 6. Tommy Tucker - High Heel Sneakers 7. Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk 8. Timmy Shaw - Gonna Send You Back to Georgia 9. Contours - First I Look At The Purse 10. Gary U.S. - Bonds New Orleans 11. Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step 12. Derek Martin - Daddy Rollin' Stone 13. Larry Williams - Short Fat Fannie 14. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 15. Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) 16. Bruce Channel Hey! Baby 17. Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street 18. The Lovin�Spoonful - Daydream 19. Donovan - Turquoise 20. Buddy Holly - Slippin' And Slidin' Disc: 2 1. Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula 2. Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go 3. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Steppin' Out 4. The Lovin� Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic 5. The Big Three - Some Other Guy 6. The Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout 7. Larry Williams -She Said "Yeah" 8. Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man 9. Little Richard - Slippin' And Slidin' 10. Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter To Three 11. Little Richard - Ooh My Soul 12. Gene Vincent - Woman Love 13. The Miracles - Shop Around 14. The Animals - Bring It On Home To Me 15. James Ray with the Hutch Davie Orchestra - If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody 16. The Miracles - What's So Good About Goodbye 17. Larry Williams - Bad Boy 18. Edwin Starr - Agent Double O Soul 19. The Miracles - I've Been Good To You 20. Barrett Strong - Oh I Apologize 21. The Miracles - Who's Lovin' You How on earth John Lennon ever discovered James Ray is beyond me. | ||
Fred (fred) 3-Pundit Username: fred Post Number: 55 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.252.200 |
Steve, I'll bet George Harrison had something to do with Lennon's appreciation of James Ray. Remember that Harrison had a later hit with a remake of Ray's "Got My Mind Set On You." | ||
Bong-Man (bongman) 2-Debutant Username: bongman Post Number: 22 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.148.123.128 |
John Lennon mentioned many times that "Spirit In the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum, was his favorite record of all time. It was released in 1970, thus not on the list. **Just Passin' Thru** | ||
roger (roger) 5-Doyen Username: roger Post Number: 171 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.35.87.17 |
Hello Everyone. There was a T.V. documentary based around the theme of "John Lennon's Jukebox" on British T.V. a few months back, where the program makers visited some of the artists who had their recordings on it, and indicated how some of these artists influenced THE BEATLES music. For example, it seems that the guitar intro of "Watch Your Step" was used as the inspiration for THE BEATLES hit "I Feel Fine". Fred and Steve .. There was a big U.K. hit by FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS around 1963 called "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody", presumably the JAMES RAY song is the original of this? Roger | ||
mhc (mcrenshaw) 2-Debutant Username: mcrenshaw Post Number: 22 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.161.101.223 |
Yes, the James Ray version is the original, and was a big US hit. Also, it was certainly the last, and maybe the only R&B hit that featured not a standup bass or an electric bass, but a tuba for the bottom end. | ||
Steve (steve_litos) 3-Pundit Username: steve_litos Post Number: 44 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.100.86.4 |
Tuba?!? I did not know that. I do have a James Ray cd...I'll have to give it a listen again. MHC - Any idea what area of the country that James Ray recorded? (The moon? Mars?) It's very odd production values for the time period. I'm thinking specifically of the dixieland drums & SCREECHY voices on "I've Got My Mind Set On You". | ||
mhc (mcrenshaw) 2-Debutant Username: mcrenshaw Post Number: 23 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.161.101.223 |
Hi Steve, I think it's New York stuff. If I'm not mistaken, the arranger was Hutch Davie, a New York guy. | ||
Leo B (leo_b) 3-Pundit Username: leo_b Post Number: 54 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.108.65 |
Detroiters, The Lennon jukebox documentary airs this evening on Detroit's WTVS channel 56 !! WTVS listing: http://www.wtvs.org/watch/sche dule.shtml?keywordPBS=lennon&i ncludeOld=on Show site: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/ shows/lennon/index.html | ||
Lynn Bruce (lynn_bruce) 3-Pundit Username: lynn_bruce Post Number: 65 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.107.18 |
Damn Marshall,I'm headed to blockbuster to pick up the cd. Jimmy McCraklin with the Walk is good enough for me. That old shuffle is cooking when they all come in after he says"do the walk" part. | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 4-Laureate Username: chidrummer Post Number: 151 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.15.231.253 |
Thanks Much Leo B, That's Great Performances tonight on WTTW Channel 11 @ 8pm or on Friday morning @ 2:30am. | ||
Larry (larry) 3-Pundit Username: larry Post Number: 54 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.3.132.79 |
Saw the Documentary last night on KCET in Los Angeles. To see some of the original artists and their reactions and thoughts on being on Lennon's playlist was just great, very revealing. Nice to see Props given to these folks and black music in general. Using Sting however... ;) | ||
Gary (gary) 4-Laureate Username: gary Post Number: 161 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.3 |
I caught the John Lennon's Jukebox segment on PBS last night. It was incredible. I've got to look for it to be re-aired so I can tape it next time it's on. | ||
douglasm (douglasm) 4-Laureate Username: douglasm Post Number: 150 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.118.222.193 |
Fasinating. The things that got to me were 1) Gary "U.S." Bonds commenting that he had hits because nobody knew he was black for his first two or three. 2) John Sebastian's comment about how Heatwave inspired Do You Believe In Magic. and c) Sebastian's comment about back when there was "more than one culture per radio station." Juice and I got into a discussion about the definition of Rock and Roll. I maintain that in the '60's, the definition of R&R was "what's played on Rock and Roll radio", and I think John's comment backs me up. That might be worth a thread in itself. All in all, it was a wonderful show. If you get a chance, watch it. doug |
