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    Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After the Rain: The Collection (2010) 2CDs

    Posted By: Designol
    Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After the Rain: The Collection (2010) 2CDs

    Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After the Rain: The Collection (2010) 2CD
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 822 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 336 Mb | Scans ~ 40 Mb | 02:26:30
    Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Blues Rock, Blues, Soul | Label: Spectrum/UMC | # SPEXX2031

    This double CD is the most comprehensive collection of Elkie's music yet released. The first CD is similar to previous compilations, focusing on hits and covers of other songs. Some covers (Nights in white satin (Moody Blues), Don't Stop (Fleetwood Mac)) show that Elkie can take famous songs and keep them interesting. Others (such as Lilac wine) she plucked from obscurity and made her own. This CD contains much great music, most if not all previously released on CD.

    The second CD showcases Elkie's blues roots. It also includes covers, but of bluesy songs such as Hello stranger (Barbara Lewis), The way you do the things you do (Temptations), Rescue me (Fontella Bass), He's a rebel (Crystals) and Do right woman do right man. The first 13 tracks on this CD pre-dates Elkie's commercial breakthrough and some may be making their CD debut. I am particularly pleased to have this CD, as it gives an insight into Elkie's early recordings that I knew of but had not heard. The trio of tracks that end the CD are particularly interesting covers, being Black coffee (originally by Peggy Lee, a great blues singer when she chose to be), I'd rather go blind (previously covered by Chicken Shack, whose lead singer later joined Fleetwood Mac and sang lead on their version of Don't stop) and Roadhouse blues (Doors).

    I suppose most people will play CD 1 more often than CD 2, but the collection is great from start to finish.

    Review by Peter Durward Harris

    British pop-jazz-blues crooner Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder) dominated U.K. radio in the late '70s with a series of hit singles that established her as "the biggest-selling female album artist in the history of the British pop charts." The Manchester native, who grew up in an extremely musical family, left school at the age of 15 to join a dance band in London. She eventually mad the jump to radio, as well as numerous appearances with legendary jazz bandleader Humphrey Lyttelton, before embarking on a career in pop music. The early '60s saw the budding young singer releasing singles for Decca and EMI, as well as opening for everyone from Carl Perkins to the Beatles, but commercial success remained elusive. She joined the blues-rock band Dada in 1970, which would eventually find success through a name change (Vinegar Joe) and the arrival of a new vocalist, Robert Palmer. The popular group released three beloved records before disbanding in 1974, and after a brief stint with U.S. Southern rock band Wet Willie, Brooks decided to take another crack at a solo career. The resulting Rich Man's Woman, Two Days Away, Shooting Star, Live & Learn, Pearls, and Pearls II, as well as frequent sold-out tours and numerous silver, gold, and platinum recordings, would go on to cement her reputation well into the 21st century.

    James Christopher Monger, Allmusic.com

    Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After the Rain: The Collection (2010) 2CDs



    Tracklist:

    CD1:

    01. Pearl's A Singer (03:41)
    02. Sunshine After The Rain (03:23)
    03. Lilac Wine (03:55)
    04. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (03:07)
    05. Don't Cry Out Loud (03:45)
    06. The Runaway (04:26)
    07. Fool If You Think It's Over (04:56)
    08. Our Love (03:49)
    09. Nights In White Satin (04:40)
    10. Gasoline Alley (03:37)
    11. No More The Fool (04:56)
    12. He Could Have Been An Army (04:32)
    13. If You Leave Me Now (03:48)
    14. Dance Away (03:59)
    15. Superstar (03:27)
    16. Money (04:47)
    17. Don't Stop (03:15)
    18. Love Potion No.9 (03:43)
    19. Cry Me A River (03:02)
    20. 'Round Midnight (02:57)

    CD2:

    01. Something's Got A Hold On Me (02:42)
    02. Hello Stranger (02:42)
    03. Nothing Left To Do But Cry (02:13)
    04. Strange Tho' It Seems (02:59)
    05. The Way You Do The Things You Do (02:40)
    06. Blue Tonight (02:05)
    07. Vinegar Joe / Proud To Be (A Honky Woman) (04:31)
    08. Vinegar Joe / Lady Of The Rain (03:53)
    09. Rescue Me (03:20)
    10. Vinegar Joe / Speed Queen Of Ventura (04:09)
    11. He's A Rebel (02:49)
    12. Try A Little Love (03:52)
    13. Where Do We Go From Here (03:42)
    14. Do Right Woman Do Right Man (03:27)
    15. As (04:11)
    16. Dreamdealer (04:04)
    17. I've Been In Love Before (03:18)
    18. Black Coffee (02:59)
    19. I'd Rather Go Blind (02:44)
    20. Roadhouse Blue (04:54)


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    Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After the Rain: The Collection (2010) 2CDs

    Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After the Rain: The Collection (2010) 2CDs

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