The Swinging Blue Jeans - At Abbey Road 1963 to 1967 (1998)

2012-11-01T21:55:27Z

The Swinging Blue Jeans - At Abbey Road 1963 to 1967 (1998)


01. Ol' Man Mose (Commercial Test) (Armstrong/Randolh, 1963*) - 2:56
02. It's Too Late Now (Ennis, 1963) - 1:49
03. Hippy Hippy Shake (Romero, 1963) - 1:43
04. Good Golly Miss Molly (Marascalgo/Martinez/Blackwell, 1964) - 2:34
05. Shakin' Feeling (Ennis/Ellis/Braid/Kuhlke, 1964) - 2:05
06. Shakin' All Over (Heath/Kidd, 1964) - 2:03
07. Shake Rattle And Roll (Calhoun, 1964) - 2:34
08. You're No Good (Ballard Jnr., 1964) - 2:14
09. Don't You Worry About Me (Ellis, 1964) - 2:07
10. Promise You'll Tell Her (Ennis/Ellis/Braid/Kuhlke, 1964) - 2:07
11. It's So Right (Ennis/Ellis/Braid/Kuhlke, 1964) - 1:57
12. Tutti Frutti (La Bostrie/Penniman/Lubin, 1964) - 1:58
13. It Isn't There (Ballard Jnr., 1964) - 2:14
14. Make Me Know You're Mine (Schroeder/Hill, 1965) - 2:27
15. Crazy 'Bout My Baby	(Mosley, 1965) - 2:44
16. Good Lovin'	(Clark/Resnick, 1965) -	2:22
17. Don't Make Me Over (Bacharach/David, 1965) - 2:50
18. What Can I Do Today	(Fletcher/Whitworth, 1965) - 2:16
19. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)	(Joe Thomas/Howard Biggs, 1966) - 1:51
20. Sandy (Wilkin/Cason, 1966) - 2:28
21. I'm Gonna Have You (The Blue Jeans, 1966) -	2:20
22. You Don't Love Me (Willie Cobbs, 1966*) - 2:32
23. Do You Believe In Magic (Sebastian, 1966*) - 2:11
24. This Boy (Lennon/McCartney, 1966*) - 2:31
25. It's In Her Kiss (Rudi Clark, 1966*) - 2:24
26. Rumours, Gossip, Words Untrue (Fuller, 1966) - 2:31
27. Tremblin' (A.Resnick/Levine/C.Resnick, 1967) - 2:09
28. Don't Go Out Into The Rain (You're Gonna Melt) (Kenny Young, 1967) - 2:38

Personnel:
* Ray Ennis (Raymond Vincent Ennis) - Vocal / Guitar
* Ralph Ellis - Guitar (1958-64)
* Les Braid (William Leslie Braid) - Bass / Keyboard / Vocal 
* Norman Kuhlke - Guitar (1958-67) 
* Terry Sylvester - Singer, Guitar (1964-67)  (ex-The Escorts, pre-The Hollies)
* Colin Manley - Guitarist (ex-guitarist with The Remo Four)
* John Ryan - Drummer (ex-drummer with Liverpool Express)
* Bruce McCaskill - Guitar (-1962)
* Mike (Michael) Gregory - Bass / Vocal (1964-67) (ex-bassist with The Escorts)
* Mick McCann - Drummer 
* Jim (James) Rodford - Bass
* Hedley Vick - Guitar
* Tommy Hughes - Banjo (-1962)
* John Carter - Guitar (-1962)
* Paul Moss - Guitar (-1962)

Unavailable in the U.S.! Abbey Road Studios was one of the busiest recording studios in England during the British Invasion boom of the early to mid '60s. The studio was constantly booked and magic was created within the studio's walls, with many charting hits having been taped there. The Beatles even named an album after the place! This 28 track compilation features cuts recorded at the legendary studio 1963-65. Artists include Cilla Black, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Manfred Mann, The Hollies, Swinging Blue Jeans, The Fourmost, Freddie & The Dreamers, Rod Stewart, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas and many others. EMI.

As a collection of mid-'60s EMI British beat tracks, this 28-song CD is above average, touching on several superb tracks that have been ignored by similar Rhino and See For Miles releases. Naturally, there are no Beatles cuts on here, but the disc opens conservatively enough with a Cilla Black version of an orphaned Lennon/McCartney song, "Love of the Loved," and then steps into slightly less familiar territory with the Fourmost's rendition of the pair's "I'm in Love." From there, it gets a lot more interesting. The Dakotas (sans Billy J. Kramer) show themselves to be a first-rate, hard-rocking instrumental outfit on "The Cruel Sea," which showcases original lead guitarist Mike Maxfield. Jimmy Page's lead guitar is the focal point of a killer cover of "Roll Over Beethoven" by Birmingham's Pat Wayne & the Beachcombers, who eventually evolved into Keith Powell & the Valets, who left behind the sweetly sung ballad "The Answer Is No" (also featured here). Among the other fair-to-middling finds here is the Toggery Five's "I'd Much Rather Be With the Boys," a surprisingly lyrical piece of pop fluff by Andrew Loog Oldham and Keith Richards. Manfred Mann's seldom-heard "Tired of Trying, Bored With Lying, Scared of Dying" is one of the fiercer rock & roll numbers left behind by this most musically articulate of British beat bands, with a raucous performance all around (especially by soon-to-depart guitarist Mike Vickers). Beryl Marsden represents the fairer sex on this compilation with a lung-searing performance of "Break-A-Way" that's one of the most exciting records of its period. Her future Shotgun Express stablemate Rod Stewart closes this jewel of a disc with "The Day Will Come," an oddball 1965 single whose majestic orchestral backing suggests that evidently someone was thinking of Stewart as a potential rival to Tom Jones. ---Bruce Eder, allmusic.com

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The Swinging Blue Jeans - Blue Jeans A' Swinging (1964)

2012-10-25T16:47:20Z

The Swinging Blue Jeans - Blue Jeans A' Swinging (1964/1997)


01. Ol' Man Mose (Armstrong/Rudolph) - 3:07
02. Save The Last Dance For Me (Pomus/Shuman) - 2:53
03. That's The Way It Goes (Welch/Marvin) - 2:38
04. Around And Around (Berry) - 2:09
05. It's All Over Now (Whyton) - 2:00
06. Long Tall Sally (Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell) - 1:45
07. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Price) - 1:42
08. Some Sweet Day (Bryant/Bryant) - 2:07
09. It's So Right (Ennis/Ellis/Kuhlke/Braid) - 1:58
10. Don't It Make You Feel Good (Marvin/Welch) - 1:42
11. All I Want Is You (Chilton/Ireland) - 2:11
12. Tutti Frutti (La Bostrie/Penniman/Lubin) - 1:59

- Ray Ennis (Raymond Vincent Ennis) - vocals, rhythm guitar
- Ralph Ellis - lead guitar
- Les Braid (William Leslie Braid) - bass, keyboards
- Norman Kuhlke – drums

The Swinging Blue Jeans were near the top of Liverpool's rock & roll bands, although Americans who've only heard their pile-driver-textured Top 30 version of "Hippy Hippy Shake" (utterly unrepresentative of their sound or range) might wonder at that statement. This album provides the evidence -- ironically, with a little better choice of material, it would rate very close behind the With the Beatles LP as a fresh and brilliant piece of music-making, and even as it stands, it's not too far behind. In order to fully appreciate Blue Jeans a' Swinging, you have to put yourself back in 1964. Liverpool and the rest of the north are filled with acts that can thump away hard, or harmonize pleasingly, but only a handful that can do both, and even fewer that can do both well, and most of those, apart from the Beatles, can't decide if they want to be the Everly Brothers or Chuck Berry. the Beatles knew that with a little care, they could be both -- and based on the evidence on this album, The Swinging Blue Jeans were of the same mind and had the talent to pull it off. Blue Jeans a' Swinging features punchy, crunchy rhythm guitar, jangling lead guitar, some pretty raw singing by all four bandmembers alternating with decent harmonizing. There are also a few offbeat song choices, starting with the opening track, "Ol' Man Mose." Their cover of "Save the Last Dance for Me" is a credible rendition of a contemporary Drifters hit, and their versions of "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Long Tall Sally" are solid pieces of rock & roll. Their Buddy Holly-like versions of the Hank Marvin-Bruce Welch songs "That's the Way It Goes" and "Don't It Make You Feel Good" have enough hooks that either could've been a single and a hit; the ballad "All I Want Is You," dominated by the quartet's harmony vocals, sounding even more like Holly. The band reaches back further than the Shadows, covering, "It's All Over Now," an offbeat lament written by Wally Whyton of the Vipers Skiffle Group-this is their "Ringo Starr number, " slightly goofy, with a vague country-ish tint. Even the one original here, a group composition called "It So Right," is a good rock & roll number with acceptably clever wordplay. Only their version of the Boudleaux Bryant "Some Sweet Day" seems flaccid and second-rate. That flaw aside, this is one of the best rock & roll albums of its era to come out of Liverpool. ---Bruce Eder, allmusic.com

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