LONG JOHN BALDRY
''THE PYE ANTHOLOGY, DISC TWO''
1998
133:52
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DISC ONE (61:20)
1 Let The Heartaches Begin 03:12
2 Annabelle (Who Flies To Me When She's Lonely) 03:04
3 Long And Lonely Nights (No Friend Of Mine) 03:10
4 Stay With Me Baby 03:26
5 Every Time We Say Goodbye 02:33
6 For All We Know 02:59
7 Better By Far 02:41
8 Wise To The Ways Of The World 03:22
9 Since I Lost You Baby 03:20
10 Smile 02:43
11 We're Together 02:46
12 I Can't Stop Loving You 02:49
13 Hold Back To The Daybreak 03:35
14 When The Sun Comes Shining Thru' 03:28
15 Mexico (Underneath The Sun In) 02:34
16 Son Of Hickory Hollers Tramp 03:51
17 Goin' Out Of My Head 02:31
18 I Never Shall Merry 02:54
19 I Wish You Love 03:12
20 What Now My Love 03:01
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DISC TWO (72:32)
1 It's Too Late Now 03:55
2 Wait For Me 03:38
3 Don't Pity Me 03:50
4 Sunshine Of Your Love 03:01
5 Spanish Harlem 03:39
6 Henry Hannah’s 42nd Street Parking Lot 04:06
7 Man Without A Dream 03:05
8 Cry Like A Baby 02:29
9 River Deep, Mountain High 03:33
10 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) 02:28
11 MacArthur Park 04:01
12 When Brigadier McKenzie Comes To Town 02:59
13 Lights Of Cincinatti 03:05
14 Spinning Wheel 03:16
15 Well I Did 03:59
16 Setting Fire To The Tail Of A Fox 02:54
17 When The War Is Over 03:49
18 Where Are My Eyes ? 02:49
19 Mexico (Spanish Version) 02:56
20 Bad Times 02:38
21 Ciao Baby 02:49
22 Lord You Made The Night Too Long 03:22
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Richie Unterberger
Like Cliff Richard, Chris Farlowe, Slade, Blur, and eel pie, Long John Baldry is one of those peculiarly British phenomena that doggedly resists American translation. As a historical figure, he has undeniable importance. When he began singing as a teenager in the 1950s, he was one of the first British vocalists to perform folk and blues music. In the early '60s, he sang in the band of British blues godfather Alexis Korner, Blues Incorporated, which also served as a starting point for future rock stars Mick Jagger, Jack Bruce, and others. As a member of Blues Incorporated, he contributed to the first British blues album, R&B at the Marquee (1962). He then joined the Cyril Davies R&B All Stars, taking over the group (renamed Long John Baldry and His Hoochie Coochie Men) after Davies' death in early 1964. This band featured Rod Stewart as a second vocalist, and also employed Geoff Bradford (who had been in an embryonic version of the Rolling Stones) on guitar.
In the mid-'60s, he helped form Steampacket, a proto-supergroup that also featured Stewart, Julie Driscoll, and Brian Auger. When Steampacket broke up, he fronted Bluesology, the band that gave keyboardist Reg Dwight -- soon to become Elton John -- his first prestigious gig. He was a well-liked figure on the London club circuit, and in fact the Beatles took him on as a guest on one of their 1964 British TV specials, at a time when the Fab Four could have been no bigger, and Baldry was virtually unknown.
Ironically, his greatest commercial success came not with blues, but orchestrated pop ballads that echoed Engelbert Humperdinck. The 1967 single "Let the Heartaches Begin" reached number one in Britain, and Baldry had several other small British hits in the late '60s, the biggest of which was "Mexico" (1968). (None of these made an impression in the U.S.)
The commercial success of his ballads led Baldry to forsake the blues on record for a few years. He returned to blues and rock in 1971 on It Ain't Easy, for which Rod Stewart and Elton John shared the production duties. The album contained a tiny American chart item, "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock'n'Roll," and Stewart and John split the production once again on the 1972 follow-up, Everything Stops for Tea. Baldry never caught on as an international figure, though, and by 1980 had become a Canadian citizen. He continued to record, and did commercial voice-overs as well as the voice of Doctor Robotnik in children's cartoons. After battling a severe chest infection for several months, Long John Baldry passed away on July 21, 2005, while hospitalized in Vancouver.
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''THE PYE ANTHOLOGY, DISC TWO''
1998
133:52
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DISC ONE (61:20)
1 Let The Heartaches Begin 03:12
2 Annabelle (Who Flies To Me When She's Lonely) 03:04
3 Long And Lonely Nights (No Friend Of Mine) 03:10
4 Stay With Me Baby 03:26
5 Every Time We Say Goodbye 02:33
6 For All We Know 02:59
7 Better By Far 02:41
8 Wise To The Ways Of The World 03:22
9 Since I Lost You Baby 03:20
10 Smile 02:43
11 We're Together 02:46
12 I Can't Stop Loving You 02:49
13 Hold Back To The Daybreak 03:35
14 When The Sun Comes Shining Thru' 03:28
15 Mexico (Underneath The Sun In) 02:34
16 Son Of Hickory Hollers Tramp 03:51
17 Goin' Out Of My Head 02:31
18 I Never Shall Merry 02:54
19 I Wish You Love 03:12
20 What Now My Love 03:01
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DISC TWO (72:32)
1 It's Too Late Now 03:55
2 Wait For Me 03:38
3 Don't Pity Me 03:50
4 Sunshine Of Your Love 03:01
5 Spanish Harlem 03:39
6 Henry Hannah’s 42nd Street Parking Lot 04:06
7 Man Without A Dream 03:05
8 Cry Like A Baby 02:29
9 River Deep, Mountain High 03:33
10 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) 02:28
11 MacArthur Park 04:01
12 When Brigadier McKenzie Comes To Town 02:59
13 Lights Of Cincinatti 03:05
14 Spinning Wheel 03:16
15 Well I Did 03:59
16 Setting Fire To The Tail Of A Fox 02:54
17 When The War Is Over 03:49
18 Where Are My Eyes ? 02:49
19 Mexico (Spanish Version) 02:56
20 Bad Times 02:38
21 Ciao Baby 02:49
22 Lord You Made The Night Too Long 03:22
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Richie Unterberger
Like Cliff Richard, Chris Farlowe, Slade, Blur, and eel pie, Long John Baldry is one of those peculiarly British phenomena that doggedly resists American translation. As a historical figure, he has undeniable importance. When he began singing as a teenager in the 1950s, he was one of the first British vocalists to perform folk and blues music. In the early '60s, he sang in the band of British blues godfather Alexis Korner, Blues Incorporated, which also served as a starting point for future rock stars Mick Jagger, Jack Bruce, and others. As a member of Blues Incorporated, he contributed to the first British blues album, R&B at the Marquee (1962). He then joined the Cyril Davies R&B All Stars, taking over the group (renamed Long John Baldry and His Hoochie Coochie Men) after Davies' death in early 1964. This band featured Rod Stewart as a second vocalist, and also employed Geoff Bradford (who had been in an embryonic version of the Rolling Stones) on guitar.
In the mid-'60s, he helped form Steampacket, a proto-supergroup that also featured Stewart, Julie Driscoll, and Brian Auger. When Steampacket broke up, he fronted Bluesology, the band that gave keyboardist Reg Dwight -- soon to become Elton John -- his first prestigious gig. He was a well-liked figure on the London club circuit, and in fact the Beatles took him on as a guest on one of their 1964 British TV specials, at a time when the Fab Four could have been no bigger, and Baldry was virtually unknown.
Ironically, his greatest commercial success came not with blues, but orchestrated pop ballads that echoed Engelbert Humperdinck. The 1967 single "Let the Heartaches Begin" reached number one in Britain, and Baldry had several other small British hits in the late '60s, the biggest of which was "Mexico" (1968). (None of these made an impression in the U.S.)
The commercial success of his ballads led Baldry to forsake the blues on record for a few years. He returned to blues and rock in 1971 on It Ain't Easy, for which Rod Stewart and Elton John shared the production duties. The album contained a tiny American chart item, "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock'n'Roll," and Stewart and John split the production once again on the 1972 follow-up, Everything Stops for Tea. Baldry never caught on as an international figure, though, and by 1980 had become a Canadian citizen. He continued to record, and did commercial voice-overs as well as the voice of Doctor Robotnik in children's cartoons. After battling a severe chest infection for several months, Long John Baldry passed away on July 21, 2005, while hospitalized in Vancouver.
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