Emitt Rhodes - The Emitt Rhodes Recordings (1969-1973) [Digipak] *

Artist:

Rhodes, Emmit

UPC:

602527042732

See Also:

Belle & Sebastian Shins (The) Merry-Go-Round (The) Lekman, Jens McCartney, Paul Danielson Famile

Description:

Personnel: Emitt Rhodes (vocals, various instruments); Emil Radocchia, James Leitch, Gary Kato, Dom Peak, Chuck Berghoffer, Bill Rheinhart, David Cohen, Don Randi, Drake Levin, Hal Blaine, Joel Larson, Jim Gordon , Joe Porcaro, John Guerin, Larry Knechtel, Lyle Ritz, Pete Jolly, Tom Reynolds, Michael Rice.
Audio Mixer: Keith Olsen .
Liner Note Authors: Lance Freed; Scott Schinder.
Author: Emitt Rhodes.
Photographers: Jim McCrary; Ed Caraeff; Andrew Sackheim.
Arrangers: Emitt Rhodes; Ian Freebairn-Smith; Bob Thompson ; Larry Marks; Perry Botkin, Jr.; Bob Thompson .
THE EMITT RHODES RECORDINGS 1969-1973 collects all four albums the singer/songwriter/musical wiz recorded over that period of time and adds one extra track (the 1973 single "Tame the Lion"). The set starts off with the album Rhodes recorded after his band, the Merry-Go-Round, broke up in 1969. The songs are a mix of newly written ones and Merry-Go-Round leftovers recorded with studio pros filling in for the band. But it is his actual debut, 1970`s EMMITT RHODES, that is the best of the bunch; in fact, it is one of the best pop records of the `70s, and sounds like what would have happened had Paul McCartney saved up his most emotionally powerful and melodically rich post-Beatles` songs and recorded them with Badfinger as his backing band. Each song sounds like it should have been a hit single, from the heart-breakingly direct "Long Time No See" or the deceptively jubilant breakup song "With My Face on the Floor," to the anthemic George Harrison-esque "Live Till You Die" or the rollicking "Fresh as a Daisy." The pacing, sound, and feel of the record are as near perfect as you could hope, and the most impressive feat is that Rhodes did everything on the record himself.
His next album, 1971`s MIRROR, repeats the same basic formula as EMITT RHODES but has fewer knockout songs, and there are some hard rock (on the title track) and blues (on "I`m a Cruiser") influences creeping in around the edges and scuffing up the perfect pop. By the time of FAREWELL TO PARADISE, though, the twin factors of pressure from the record company and Rhodes` increasing perfectionism led to his recording a melancholy, downhearted album that has far less pop and far more introspection in its soul. Hearing it in context of his previous work shows just how much Rhodes had begun to change, and it makes it even more of a loss that Rhodes basically walked away from his career at the age of 24. THE EMITT RHODES RECORDINGS 1969-1973 is essential to any fan of late-`60s/early-`70s pop music and hats off to Hip-O Select for giving Rhodes the attention he deserves.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Mother Earth
2. Pardon Me
3. Textile Factory
4. Someone Died
5. Come Ride, Come Ride
6. Let`s All Sing
7. Holly Park
8. Saturday Night
9. You`re a Very Lovely Woman
10. Mary Will You Take My Hand
11. Man He Was, The
12. In the Days of the Old
13. `Til the Day After
14. With My Face on the Floor
15. Somebody Made for Me
16. She`s Such a Beauty
17. Long Time No See
18. Lullabye
19. Fresh as a Daisy
20. Live Till You Die
21. Promises I`ve Made
22. You Take the Dark Out of the Night
23. You Should Be Ashamed
24. Ever Find Yourself Running
25. You Must Have

DISC 2:

1. Birthday Lady
2. Better Side of Life
3. My Love Is Strong
4. Side We Seldom Show
5. Mirror
6. Really Wanted You
7. Medley: Bubble Gum the Blues/I`m a Cruiser
8. Love Will Stone You
9. Golden Child of God
10. Take You Far Away
11. Warm Self-Sacrifice
12. See No Evil
13. Drawn to You
14. Blue Horizon
15. Shoot the Moon
16. Only Lovers Decide
17. Trust One More
18. Nights Are Lonely
19. Bad Man
20. In Desperate Need
21. Those That Die [From Tame the Lion]
22. Farewell to Paradise
23. Tame the Lion

Album Information

Release Date:

01/25/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Singer/Songwriter

Label:

Hip-O Select

Producer:

Harvey Bruce; Peter Pilafian; Emmit Rhodes; Larry Marks; Peter Pilafian; Emmit Rhodes; Harvey Bruce; Larry Marks; Bill Levenson (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

2704273

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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