More Than Pye In The Sky

構成数 : 8枚
合計収録時間 : 09:57:57
Personnel: Lonnie Donegan (vocals, whistling, guitar, banjo); Denny Wright (vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano); Les Bennetts, Jim Currie, Richard Bishop (vocals, guitar); Monty Sunshine (vocals, clarinet); Malcom Higgins (vocals, trumpet); Patrick Halcox (vocals, cornet, piano); Cliff Hall (vocals, piano, organ); Pete Appleby, Nick Nichols (vocals, drums, bongos, tambourine, percussion); Bob Watson, Griff , Carter-Lewis, Pete Oakman, Fionna Duncan, Ken Colyer, Ottilie Patterson, Ray C. Walker, The Kestrels , Max Miller , Neal Matthews, Hoyt Hawkins (vocals); George Barnes (guitar, banjo); Jerry Glenn Kennedy, Ken Sykora, Allen Hanlon, Harold Bradley (guitar); Pete Drake (steel guitar); Joe Brown (banjo, ukulele); Pete Sayers, Jim Bray (banjo); Chris Barber (harmonica, trombone); John Cole (harmonica); Bruce Turner (alto saxophone); King Curtis (tenor saxophone); Leon Cohen (baritone saxophone); Taft Jordan (trumpet); Floyd Cramer, Mike Stoller, Tony Hatch (piano); Phil Kraus (xylophone, percussion); Mark Goodwin (drums, tambourine); Ron Bowden, Gary Chester , Robert Shannon (drums); Brian Simmons, Beryl Bryden (washboard). Liner Note Authors: John Griffith; Mike Pointon; Paul Pelletier. Recording information: BBC Broadcasting House, London, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Elstree Film Studios, Boreham Wood, Herfordshire (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Great Yarmouth (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Hotel Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); IBC Studios, London, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); London, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Marquee Studios, London, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Nashville, TN (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); New York, NY (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Pinewood Film Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, Eng (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Pye Studios, London, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Queen's Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Regal ABC Theatre, Hull, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Royal Albert Hall (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Royal Aquarium (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Royal Festival Hall, London, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Scottish Television Studios, Glasgow, Scotland (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Walton-On-Thames Film Studios, Surrey, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957); Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, England (07/13/1954-02/02/1957). Director: Tony Hatch . Illustrators: R.A. Andreas; Johnny Beecher. Photographers: Jem Wilyman; John Cowling; R.A. Andreas; Johnny Beecher; Brian Smith ; Paul Pelletier; Carl Jones. Arrangers: Jimmie Driftwood; Mike Stoller; Stan Applebaum. Eight CDs, and nearly 10 hours of music may seem like overkill to most onlookers, but this is a boxed set that truly justifies itself, once you've listened to it. What is here is amazing--this set presents Lonnie Donegan as the prodigious musical talent he actually was, a white bluesman extraordinaire and a country, rockabilly, and gospel singer of no small merit as well. No, he didn't have Elvis Presley's voice, or his way with the girls, but Donegan had musical talent by the ton--his blues stylings on songs like the previously unreleased alternate take of Lonnie Johnson's "I've Got Rocks In My Bed" or Leroy Carr's "Hoe Long How Long Blues" will astonish anyone who thinks that British blues began with the Rolling Stones or even with Alexis Korner (who had never been anywhere near a recording studio when Donegan cut some of this stuff); his covers of numbers by Cole Porter (in a blues style, no less) and Bob Dylan (from Donegan's final Pye album) will amaze anyone who never got past "Rock Island Line." And the unedited live set from Conway Hall in 1957 will delight anyone who likes great, exciting concert recordings. And most of the rest is of as high quality as these rarities. The only drawback is the $180 price-tag, but that's the cost of quality. T to be continued...
録音 : モノラル／ステレオ (Studio)