Rita Coolidge - The Lady`s Not for Sale/Fall into Spring [4/6]

Artist:

Coolidge, Rita

UPC:

612657031520

See Also:

Buffett, Jimmy Cocker, Joe Eagles Kristofferson, Kris Walker, Jerry Jeff

Description:

Personnel: Dean Parks (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, dobro, mandolin); Jerry McGee (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica); Fred Tackett (guitar); Al Perkins (pedal steel guitar); Herb Pedersen (banjo); Gib Guilbeau (fiddle); Nick De Caro (accordion); Mike Utley (keyboards); Milt Holland (vibraphone, marimba); Sammy Creason (drums); Bobbye Hall (percussion); Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Petsye Powell, Brooks Hunnicutt, Jennifer Warnes, Venetta Fields (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Ian McFarlane.
It its usual elegant manner, Australia`s Raven Records presents three of Rita Coolidge`s early recordings in a deluxe package with beautifully remastered sound. The three albums -- The Lady`s Not for Sale, Fall into Spring, and It`s Only Love (on two discs) -- were originally released in 1972, 1974, and 1975, respectively. None of them charted as high as her 1977 breakthrough album Anytime...Anywhere or 1978`s Love Me Again (issued by Raven in a previous two-fer in 2008). They are, arguably, better records artistically. They offer portraits of Coolidge displaying all of her many interpretive gifts as a singer and, more importantly, as a stylist. The Lady`s Not for Sale reached the Top 50 on the Billboard chart, and three singles were chosen: her amazingly brazen interpretation of the standard "Fever" and "Whiskey Whiskey" both made the pop chart, and "My Crew" hit the country Top 50. While "Fever" is the clear standout, there are two other tracks that deserve mention, her stellar, soulful reading of Leonard Cohen`s "Bird on a Wire," which evokes her gospel roots in a sleight-of-hand way, and Bob Dylan`s "I`ll Be Your Baby, Tonight," whose meaning is changed because of her deeper soul phrasing and delivery. The title track written by Kris Kristofferson is a defiant, emotive anthem. Fall into Spring contains amazing readings of "Love Has No Pride" (that`s less immediate but equally as powerful as Bonnie Raitt`s version), Bobby Charles "Cowboys and Indians," a burning reading of Guy Clark`s "Desperados Waiting for the Train," and a little-known but amazing version of Charlie Rich`s "I Feel Like Goin` Home," that fearlessly brings out the full gospel expression in the tune, long before Rich recorded it himself. The final album in the set is the biggest surprise with the use of Rhodes pianos, and walks a perfect line between soft rock and country throughout. It was the least successful of these albums but nonetheless, like them, is utterly consistent and contains stellar tracks such as Robert E` Morrison`s "Born to Love Me," "It`s Only Love, " the funky blues of Kristofferson`s "Late Again," and the jazz standard "Mean to Me." The historical liner essay by Ian McFarlane is, as usual, authoritative and engagingly informative. ~ Thom Jurek

Track Listing:

DISC 1: THE LADY`S NOT FOR SALE/FALL INTO SPRING:

1. My Crew
2. Fever
3. Bird on the Wire
4. I`ll Be Your Baby Tonight
5. Woman Left Lonely, A
6. Whiskey Whiskey
7. Everybody Loves a Winner
8. Donut Man
9. Inside of Me
10. Lady`s Not for Sale, The
11. Love Has No Pride
12. That`s What Friends Are For
13. Cowboys and Indians
14. Hold an Old Friend`s Hand
15. We Had It All
16. Mama Lou

DISC 2: FALL INTO SPRING/IT`S ONLY LOVE:

1. Heaven`s Dream
2. Desperados Waiting for the Train
3. Nickel for the Fiddler, A
4. Burden of Freedom, The
5. Now Your Baby Is a Lady
6. I Feel Like Going Home
7. Born to Love Me
8. I Wanted It All
9. Keep the Candle Burning
10. Don`t Let Love Pass You By
11. It`s Only Love
12. Star
13. Late Again
14. My Rock and Roll Man
15. Mean to Me
16. Am I Blue

Album Information

Release Date:

04/06/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Country Rock

Label:

Raven Records

Catalog Number:

RVCD 315

Original Release Year:

2010

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

126 : 6

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