CAPITOL COUNTRY FESTIVAL VOL 5 various artists LP 14 trk one up series issue (ou

EMI-Capitol Special Markets

Recorded between February 23, 1951 and April 13, 1967. Includes liner notes by RJ Smith.Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California.This is part of Capitol Records' Ultra-Lounge series.If you've been following the Ultra-Lounge series this far, you know what to expect: a mixture of stars (Les Baxter, Nelson Riddle) and no-names from the Capitol vaults, playing space age pop/cocktail music of all hues in the 1950s and 1960s. Yet this has an edge over most of the previous titles in the series: there's more of a sense of swing, groove, even (dare we say) danger on much of this, albeit danger of a very safe sort. Hints of rock'n'roll and spy music even creep in from time to time, with James Bond-type reverb guitar decorating cuts like Al Caiola's "Underwater Chase, " and top rock & roll session drummer Earl Palmer getting into the bongo/lounge vibe on "Binga Banga Bongo/Percolator." Another highlight is the highly sought-after theme song to Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film Lol

Bacchus Archives

Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California.Includes liner notes by RJ Smith.This is part of Capitol Records' Ultra-Lounge series.The organ has a respected slot in the space age pop/lounge lineup, and Organs in Orbit gives the Hammond its due by featuring 18 cuts in the style, originally recorded for Capitol in the 1950s and 1960s. It's a long way from here to Jimmy Smith, and you should check any hopes for funkiness at the door. If you've got a yen for the inimitable vibrant qualities of the instrument in some of its less critically respected contexts, however, it's a solid sampling of vintage recordings, even if it sometimes sounds like organs in search of a roller rink. Often these artists revamped standards like "Patricia, " "The Third Man Theme, " "Perfidia, " and "Fever, " but the Forbidden Five's "Enchanted Farm" (a "Quiet Village" satire?) pushes the envelope by inserting sound effects of roosters crowing. Besides organ outings by well-known space age popsters M

No better way to start this series of Pre-Elvis country/R&B hybrids than with the old guard - crazy cats who had been at it for years, gleefully confusing both racial boundaries and radio programmers and influencing everything that was to become Rockabilly! Everyone from Bill Haley to Elvis to Marc Bolan (who outrageously nicked 'Hayride Boogie' lock stock and barrel for his 'I Love To Boogie'!) has their roots in these songs. The rise of the Hillbilly Cat Supreme (Yeah, Elvis!) has overshadowed the role of these pioneers but here, in spectacular sound and beautiful packaging, is absolute Boogie heaven! An amazing country truckload of prime hillbilly boogie. Beautifully remastered and packaged with tons of memorabilia and detailed notes laid on by the king of the rockers, Dave Penny. A must for all lovers of Americana, country music, Western Swing, and Rockabilly. 32 tracks. Rev-ola. 2005.

Bear Family (Germany) ( June 22, 2004 ), Genre: Oldies

Sony BMG Latin

(6-CD LP-sized boxed set with 120-page hardcover book) Merle Haggard was a groundbreaking artist in many ways. He was one of the first country artists to see the LP as more than one hit and some filler songs. After his initial success, he devoted a lot of time and creative energy to 'concepts' that interested him, including live albums, tribute albums, gospel albums, and The Strangers' instrumental albums. The third and final box set in Bear Family's documentation of Merle Haggard's Capitol recordings includes all of these 'concepts.' This is some of the finest music from Merle Haggard's 45 year career. Fans and critics agree on that. The box includes the Jimmie Rodgers tribute double album from 1968 and the Bob Wills tribute album from 1970 for which Haggard reunited many of Wills' original Texas Playboys. There are three exciting live albums, including one of the best selling country albums of all time, Okie From Muskogee - Live In Muskogee, Oklahoma. There is the ambitious Land Of Many Churches gospel project, for which Haggard recorded revival-style gospel music in backwoods Baptist churches, San Quentin, a Nashville rescue mission and a California Pentecostal church. The set also includes the complete Strangers instrumental output...all of the songs from their five 'solo' albums plus many unreleased surprises, featuring knockout playing from Roy Nichols on guitar and Norm Hamlet on steel guitar.This set captures an artist using his success to take his art in new directions. This is the real Merle Haggard: traditionalist, iconoclast, but above all musician.

Victory Records (USA)

No better way to start this series of Pre-Elvis country/R&B hybrids than with the old guard - crazy cats who had been at it for years, gleefully confusing both racial boundaries and radio programmers and influencing everything that was to become Rockabilly! Everyone from Bill Haley to Elvis to Marc Bolan (who outrageously nicked 'Hayride Boogie' lock stock and barrel for his 'I Love To Boogie'!) has their roots in these songs. The rise of the Hillbilly Cat Supreme (Yeah, Elvis!) has overshadowed the role of these pioneers but here, in spectacular sound and beautiful packaging, is absolute Boogie heaven! An amazing country truckload of prime hillbilly boogie. Beautifully remastered and packaged with tons of memorabilia and detailed notes laid on by the king of the rockers, Dave Penny. A must for all lovers of Americana, country music, Western Swing, and Rockabilly. 32 tracks. Rev-ola. 2005.