GARY U.S. BONDS
''THE BEST OF GARY U.S. BONDS''
JUNE 1996
37:35
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1 Angelyne 04:03 (Bruce Springsteen)
2 Hold On (To What You Got) 03:05 (Bruce Springsteen)
3 Jole Blon 03:25 (Traditional)
4 Love's On The Line 03:39 (Bruce Springsteen)
5 New Orleans (Live) 05:21 (Frank Guida, Joseph Royster)
6 Out Of Work 02:54 (Bruce Springsteen)
7 Quarter To Three (Live) 05:24 (Gary Anderson, Gene Barge, Gary U.S. Bonds, Frank Guida, Joseph Royster)
8 Rendezvous 02:41 (Bruce Springsteen)
9 Soul Deep 03:17 (Wayne Carson)
10 This Little Girl 03:42 (Bruce Springsteen)
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REVIEW/AMG
Richie Unterberger
This ten-track compilation is not really the best of Gary U.S. Bonds; it's the best of the material he recorded during his early-'80s comeback. It has tracks from the Dedication and On the Line albums (including the hits "This Little Girl" and "Out of Work"), as well as previously unreleased live 1981 versions of a couple of his '60s hits ("New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three").
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Cub Koda
After moving to the Norfolk, VA, area in the mid-'50s, young Gary Anderson began plying his vocal wares, first in church, later with a local group called the Turks. When he was not yet 21, he was approached by local record producer Frank Guida to join his tiny Legrand label. Guida changed Anderson's name to U.S. Bonds, hoping the first release would get extra airplay by disc jockeys mistaking it for a public-service announcement. The result was the classic "New Orleans," combining rock-combo raunch with impassioned, scorched soul-singing that set the stage for all that would follow. Guida double- and triple-tracked Bonds' voice and the resulting murky production gave all the hits (including "Quarter to Three," "School Is Out," and "Dear Lady Twist") a party-in-outer-space quality all their own. Though he kept recording, making a couple of excellent solo albums in the early '80s with the help of Bruce Springsteen, Bonds is best seen today dotting the landscape of oldies shows the world over, singing the songs that made him famous.
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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''THE BEST OF GARY U.S. BONDS''
JUNE 1996
37:35
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1 Angelyne 04:03 (Bruce Springsteen)
2 Hold On (To What You Got) 03:05 (Bruce Springsteen)
3 Jole Blon 03:25 (Traditional)
4 Love's On The Line 03:39 (Bruce Springsteen)
5 New Orleans (Live) 05:21 (Frank Guida, Joseph Royster)
6 Out Of Work 02:54 (Bruce Springsteen)
7 Quarter To Three (Live) 05:24 (Gary Anderson, Gene Barge, Gary U.S. Bonds, Frank Guida, Joseph Royster)
8 Rendezvous 02:41 (Bruce Springsteen)
9 Soul Deep 03:17 (Wayne Carson)
10 This Little Girl 03:42 (Bruce Springsteen)
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REVIEW/AMG
Richie Unterberger
This ten-track compilation is not really the best of Gary U.S. Bonds; it's the best of the material he recorded during his early-'80s comeback. It has tracks from the Dedication and On the Line albums (including the hits "This Little Girl" and "Out of Work"), as well as previously unreleased live 1981 versions of a couple of his '60s hits ("New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three").
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Cub Koda
After moving to the Norfolk, VA, area in the mid-'50s, young Gary Anderson began plying his vocal wares, first in church, later with a local group called the Turks. When he was not yet 21, he was approached by local record producer Frank Guida to join his tiny Legrand label. Guida changed Anderson's name to U.S. Bonds, hoping the first release would get extra airplay by disc jockeys mistaking it for a public-service announcement. The result was the classic "New Orleans," combining rock-combo raunch with impassioned, scorched soul-singing that set the stage for all that would follow. Guida double- and triple-tracked Bonds' voice and the resulting murky production gave all the hits (including "Quarter to Three," "School Is Out," and "Dear Lady Twist") a party-in-outer-space quality all their own. Though he kept recording, making a couple of excellent solo albums in the early '80s with the help of Bruce Springsteen, Bonds is best seen today dotting the landscape of oldies shows the world over, singing the songs that made him famous.
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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