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More of Eddie Cochran's
United Kingdom CD's
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UK
CD I ~ UK
CD II ~ UK
CD III ~ Portrait Of A
Legend ~ Guitar
Picker ~ Live
Performances / I'm Ready ~ Rockstar
Records
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7243 595770 2 9 - UK, 2004 |
| Somethin'
Else |
| 32
Of His Classic Recordings |
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| Best
collection around with linernotes by Darrel Higham |
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| Tracklisting |
| Somethin'
Else |
| Am
I Blue |
| Weekend |
| Twenty
Flight Rock |
| Rock
'n' Roll Blues |
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Pretty Girl |
| Blue
Suede Shoes |
| Pink
Pegged Slacks |
| Summertime
Blues |
| Cut
Across Shorty |
| Have
I Told You Lately That I Love You |
| My
Way |
| Teenage
Cutie |
| Never |
| Eddie's
blues |
| C'mon
Everybody |
| Mean
When I'm Mad |
| Long
Tall Sally |
| Cherished
Memories |
| Little
Lou |
| Nervous
Breakdown |
| Teenage
Heaven |
| Sweetie
Pie |
| Three
Steps To Heaven |
| Sittin'
In The Balcony |
| Teresa |
| Hallelujah,
I Love Her So |
| Milk
Cow Blues |
| Three
Stars |
| Jeannie,
Jeannie, Jeannie |
| Completely
Sweet |
| I
Remember |
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| ROCKSTAR RSRCD
026
- 2005 |
| Portrait
of A Legend |
| Eddie
Cochran |
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| The
'Stereo' Recordings & The 'Mono' Recordings |
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| The
'Stereo' Recordings |
| Pretty
Girl - alternate vocal overdub & guitar |
| Weekend
- take 13A |
| Jeannie,
Jeannie, Jeannie - minus overdub |
| Ah,
Pretty Girl - take 32 |
| I've
Waited So Long - take 11 |
| Hallelujah!
I Love Her So - master (strings overdub) |
| Little
Angel - chorus overdub |
| Pretty
Girl - alternate vocal overdub & guitar |
| Cherished
Memories - overdub take 6 |
| Three
Steps To Heaven - take 5 |
| Cut
Across Shorty - take 11 |
| Cherished
Memories - vocal overdub take 14 |
| The
'Mono' Recordings |
| Jam-Sand-Witch
- instrumental |
| I
Almost Lost My Mind - overdubbed version (Snuffy Garrett) |
| That's
My Desire - overdubbed version (Snuffy Garrett) |
| Skinny
Jim - overdubbed version (Snuffy Garrett) |
| Lonely
- with guitar overdubs (Snuffy Garrett) |
| Summertime
Blues - UK single version |
| Love
Again - overdubbed version (Snuffy Garrett) |
| Think
Of Me - with female chorus |
| Somethin'
Else - extended version (no fade out) |
| Boll
Weevil Song - master correct speed |
| Cut
Across Shorty - master correct speed |
| Teenage
Heaven - take 7 (January 1957 version) |
| My
Way - backing track |
| My
Way - master |
| Hallelujah!
I Love Her So - without string overdub |
| C'mon
Everybody - minus acoustic overdub / correct speed |
| Nervous
Breakdown- minus overdubs |
| Blue
Suede Shoes - master (undubbed) |
| Long
Tall Sally
- master (undubbed) |
| Teenage
Cutie - take 1-4 |
| Cotton
Picker - master |
| Rock
'n' Roll Blues - backing track / no fade |
| Pretty
Girl - UK single version (clipped intro) |
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This review
of the Rockstar CD 'Portrait Of A Legend' was published first in the
Eddie Cochran magazine 'The Cochran Connection' and is used here with
kind permission of Phil Davies.
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Whilst
EMI continue their policy of endless Very Best of Eddie type albums (ala
1970) the Batman and Robin of the
Cochran world (aka the Rockstar “Brothers” Derek and Tony)continue
to offer up well thought out and tempting albums like this latest gem.
Easily slotting into my top 5 albums of 2005 and indeed any other year.
The dream team have sensibly got the UK’s finest writer ,nowadays a
Nashville resident, Stu Colman to pen the detailed notes and also a
special nod to the superlative sound obtained by knob twiddler
Adam Skeaping who does Eddie proud sonically, the digital
mastering is extremely impressive the best of the recordings sound as
fresh and crisp as a mint Liberty/London 45.
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The
original Rockstar 25th Anniversary Portrait lp from 1985 was
a personal fav, especially as I recall winning it in a Now Dig This
competition. There are of course 19 (count `em!!) bonus tracks on this
long awaited cd issue and that’s not including the four stabs at the
epic Teenage Cutie where we can study Eddie’s style and technique for
over 250 seconds of bliss, just one of the magnificent seven previously
unreleased cuts on this shiny gem including two backing tracks for you
to singalonga in your bestest Darrel style ;-)).
Of course it also includes the mighty eight gems, which were
brand new to the old vinyl version of this album)
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Rockstar
RSR-LP 1008 (1985)
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Some of
the blander ballads never did it for me the first time I heard them and
time has not been kinder to them, I put it down to Liberty’s pop
leanings, but that’s just personal taste talking. However the stereo
Weekend, 3 Steps, Shorty, Jeannie, Ah, Pretty Girl and Pretty Girl
really cut the mustard. Amongst the Mono sides I Almost Lost My Mind`s
hypnotic piano riff and Eddie’s Elvis styled vocals still
appeals, the dubbed piano on a blistering Skinny Jim gets a nod from
this lifelong Lewisophile. Summertime Blues is the UK London issued
versions sans fade and reverb. Stu’s spot on description of Somethin’
Else’s “macho swagger” sums it up in a nutshell, likewise My Way (roll
over Francis Albert as it were!!), both songs prompted the hard driving
power chords of later UK bands like The Who etc
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Rockstar
CD RSRCD 026 (2005)
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After a
count, in we zip into C’Mon Everybody without Ed’s final overdubbed
acoustic. Nervous Breakdown is raw and minus the later familiar
handclaps and drums and stands as a fine showcase of the vocal and
guitar technique of our hero. The whole package works as a brilliant
testament as to why we’re still listening to a very young American
music and film star, who blazed briefly across the starry skies, but
who’s musical legacy has stood the test of time and not vanished from
our hearts and minds. Eddie would be proud of this album, nuff said.
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Phil
Davies
Ps
Rockstar have also reissued their fine Vincent album of alternate takes
and rarities, Important Words, well worth checking out as well
especially as there’s a host of extras on the cd. There’s a
great pic of the two chums on the epic 60 tour in a mock hoodlum
stand off (ala those evocative 50s pulp fiction paperbacks) in the new
Eddie cd, the colour pic on the cover is
a cracker too.
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Phil Davies would appreciate any feedback on his reviews. You can
contact
Phil via:
philip.davies87@ntlworld.com. |
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More of Eddie Cochran's
United Kingdom CD's
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UK
CD I ~ UK
CD II ~ UK
CD III ~ Portrait Of A
Legend ~ Guitar
Picker ~ Live
Performances / I'm Ready ~ Rockstar
Records
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Updates
~ US
CD
~ UK CD
~ France
CD
~ Japan
CD
~
Session Man
~ Tributes
~
Bootlegs
~
DVD |
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updated 10 April 2006
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Antoon
van Olderen - Amsterdam
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Remember
Eddie Cochran since 25 June 2003
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