DARIEN BROCKINGTON - SOMEBODY TO LOVE
Darien Brockington "Somebody to Love" Album Review
Best R&B cd ever
Darien CD makes me reminisce about my first love in the summer time. Kinda like the feeling you got when you first heard the song "Summer Rain" by Carl Thomas but every track gives you that feel. Man I love this cd. REMEMBER THE NAME "DARIEN BROCKINGTON" AND BUY THE CD. Support great R&B.
Video Darien Brockington - Next To You
Darien Brockington "Somebody To Love" out now !!!
WILSON PICKETT - THE DEFINITIVE WILSON PICKETT
Wilson Pickett "The Definitive Wilson Pickett" Album Review
Not Definitive
When Wilson Pickett died last year, it seemed his classic Atlantic catalog
- long overdue for a domestic upgrade - just might get the TLC it deserves. Death can either stimulate interest in a neglected legend's work (Ray Charles and Johnny Cash for two recent examples), or not if tragedy is compounded by indifference, and for Pickett fans there just isn't much available in the marketplace. The soul great recorded his most rewarding music for Atlantic from 1962 until 1973, and yet aside from some substandard (sonically and in terms of packaging) titles reissued by Collectables, all we get are the same old repackagings. A decade ago Rhino released two superp expanded editions of Pickett gems, "I'm In Love" (1968) and "In Philadelphia" (1970), both long out of print.
Now Pickett is victim of the "Definitive Soul Collection" treatment. This double CD set collects a mere 30 tracks, 15 per disc, and the selection is deeply obvious. For those who want a solid overview, Rhino's "A Man And A Half," released back in 1992, features 44 tracks including some rarities such as a pair of blistering live performances as well as a decent essay, annotation, a discography, and more. It remains the best Pickett compilation that is fairly easy to find. Of course there is much, much more, and I hope somebody sees that Pickett gets the posthumous respect he so deserved during the last decades of his life.
In short, this "Definitive" collection, designed for the casual buyer I suppose, is another travesty in the recent series, and should be avoided.
Video Wilson Pickett CD Ad (UK 2006)
"The Definitive Wilson Pickett" Compilation CD ad. Spot me spinning, somersaulting and canoodling. http://alexliangwebsite.tripod.com
No comments:
Post a Comment