VA - You Heard Them Here First: Rock's Icons Before They Were Famous (2009)
VA - You Heard Them Here First: Rock's Icons Before They Were Famous (2009)
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Rock''Roll | Label: Ace - CDCHD 1219 | FSe/MU/HF
Everyone has to start somewhere, even famous rock stars. Not many of them achieved stardom with their first record. That’s the theme of “You Heard Them Here First”, a collection of two-dozen cuts by big name acts, all recorded before anyone knew them from Adam.
Take Arthur Lee, wigged-out lynchpin of the band Love, who in his early dues-paying days briefly fronted an obscure instrumental combo. The MGs were a big noise in Memphis, but few folk in Los Angeles got to hear the L.A.G.s. Now’s your chance. Or Marty Balin, who, long before Jefferson Airplane took off, tried his hand at teen idol-dom, seemingly unaware the world already had a Gene Pitney, a Ricky Nelson and a Bobby Vee. Who knew?
Everyone knows the Righteous Brothers, but not many are familiar with Bill Medley’s previous group the Paramours, blue-eyed Coasters clones extraordinaire. Motown kyboshed the Mynah Byrds’ chances of stardom by cancelling the release of their single; no one knew who Neil Young and Rick James were at the time. Young’s later back-up band Crazy Horse recorded in earlier guises too, amongst them the Rockets, while the Beefeaters osmosed into the Byrds, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal started out in an unknown group named the Rising Sons and Gram Parsons cut his teeth in the International Submarine Band. Bob Dylan knew a good thing when he heard it and he heard it in Levon & the Hawks, who teamed up with him and changed their name to the Band. The Pigeons found few takers until they slowed things down and re-launched themselves as Vanilla Fudge. Hear all these bands here.
Danny Lee, anyone? We know him now as genius songwriter Dan Penn. What about Link Cromwell? Where would Patti Smith be without Lenny Kaye? How does Mark Robinson grab you? Just a quick listen is all it takes to identify the unmistakeable bass voice of Lee Hazlewood. Nilsson’s first chart record dates from 1969, but he’d been scratching around in the music biz for years by then, writing songs for the Ronettes, singing demos for Little Richard and recording singles under pseudonyms like Bo Pete.
Collectors will tell you it’s invariably the records made by well-known artists before they were famous that are the hardest to find and the most expensive to buy. Expect to fork out over £500 for an original copy of ‘Liza Jane’ by Davie Jones with the King Bees, the fabled first single released by the lad who grew up to David Bowie, for example. By purchasing this CD, you save yourself a small fortune and get pre-fame recordings by Lou Reed, Joe Cocker, Cher, Mike Nesmith, Peter Frampton, J.J. Cale, Warren Zevon and P.F. Sloan thrown in for good measure.
BY MICK PATRICK @ Ace Records
Track listing
1. Liza Jane - Davie Jones And The King Bees
2. Your Love - Lewis Reed
3. I'll Cry Instead - Joe Cocker
4. It's My Time - The Mynah Birds
5. Dream Baby - Cherilyn
6. Stop Calling Me Baby - Danny Lee
7. The Stones I Throw -Levon And The Hawks
8. Please Let Me Love You - The Beefeaters
9. The New Recruit - Michael Blessing
10. I Can Fly - The Herd
11. In The Midnight Hour - The Pigeons
12. Outside Lookin' In - J.J. Cale
13. Prison Break - The Paramours
14. You Made Me Fall - Marty Balin
15. Rumble Stilts Skins - Arthur Lee And The Lag's
16. Follow Me - Lyme & Cybelle
17. Crazy Like A Fox - Link Cromwell
18. Groovy Little Susie - Bo Pete
19. Can't Let Her See Me Cry - Mark Robinson
20. Little Girl In The Cabin - Flip Sloan
21. Truck Driving Man - The International Submarine Band
22. Hole In My Pocket - The Rockets
23. Candy Man - The Rising Sons
24. Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air - Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men
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