Some True Garage and the Usual Eclectic Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin; check out the links at your leisure.
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Artist:
Jimi Hendrix [Billed as 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience']
Song:
Rock Me Baby [LIVE - Originally by B.B. King, April 1964]
[Original local single:] • (All-American, April 1967)
Comment:
Ed King, later in Lynyrd Skynyrd, was guitarist and bass player in this group from 1967 to 1971 //* - after it was picked up by Uni Records, May 1967 // Fun Fact: Group members didn't like for the song lyrics, so the lead vocals were sung by a friend of the band, Greg Munford, who was attending the recording session as a visitor. /// Click on the Link above, to view the original local single
... It was on Stevens' debut album "Matthew and Son", released after the Tremeloes version, in March 1967. / * - they were called "Brian Poole & The Tremeloes" befdore Poole left.
Pete Townshend had been initially contacted by Ronnie Lane to produce his next album, the project instead turning into a full-blown collaboration between them.
Robby Krieger stated to "Guitar World" that the song's musical idea came from a lick taken from Danny Kalb {Kalb died Nov 19th, at age 80).
Ray Manzarek played a harpsichord, not a clavichord as often thougfht.
Following the death of Jim Morrison and their break-up, the surviving members of the Doors set several of Morrison's spoken word recordings to music. // When this was originally released, Doors' producer Paul A. Rothchild labeled the album a "rape of Jim Morrison." He claimed that he had heard all of the reels of master tapes from both the 1969 and the 1970 poetry sessions, insisting that the three remaining Doors failed to realize Morrison's original intent for an audio presentation of the poetry.
Extensive Googling failed to reveal a _single_ concrete fact about the year or label this was originally released, or, well, ANYTHING about this recording - LsA
He also recorded as: 1) . Tom Ashley 2) . Tom Ashley And Gwin Foster 3) . Walter Davis 4) . Ashley And Greene 5) . Ashley And Foster / Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original shellac record.
* - released before 'Revolver', on June 15, 1966. The "Revolver" album was released in the US on Aug 5, 1966, omitting this song. This deluxe version used Artificial Intelligence to isolate vocals and instrumentation to expand the possibilities for remixing. This release also features many alternate versions never heard before. // This album was ranked F I R S T in the 1998 and 2000 editions of Colin Larkin's book "All Time Top 1000 Albums" and T H I R D in the 2003 and 2012 editions of Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
Formed by Little Charlie Baty, Rick Estrin in 1976, they were recording and touring until Baty's semi-retirement in 2008. The remaining members now operate as "Rick Estrin And The Nightcats".
The trumpet player, 'Rico' {Rico Rodriques} was on both this record and the original version (JB 273) by Dandy Livingstone, in 1967 / In 2013, NME ranked ithis album at # 260 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time"
These are his "Contractual Obligation" recordings to get out of his contract with Bert Burns. They have been repackaged many times. / Some versions may even be authorized.
* - Full title of CD: 'The Lost Tapes • Volume 2 (The Bang Masters And Previously Unreleased Takes)' / These are his "Contractual Obligation" recordings to get out of his contract with Bert Burns. They have been repackaged many times.
Recorded February 21, 1930, Memphis, TN / * - FULL title of LP: '1929-1934 Recordings In Chronological Order, Volume 1 -- 18 June 1929 To 29 May 1930' // Click on the Link above, to view the original shellac record.
From Mankato, Minnesota - 90 miles south/southwest of Minneapolis. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the single, and then SCROLL DOWN to the bottom, read the Comments, quite fascinating ...
Garage rock band formed in Louisville, KY; they rose from the ashes of Soul, Inc. in the late 60's. / * - HOW could they have not listed the recording dates?!?!?!? / Click on the Link above, left, to read an AllMusic review of this release
