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| From | Mark Smith <markmsmith@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Emmitt Rhodes / The Merry Go Round |
| Date | Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:34:06 +0100 |
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Not only is it a MGR version of Good Vibrations, it's got Herb Alpert on
trumpet! I love Emitt so to find another 29 songs of his that for the most
part I had never heard before is fantastic.
It's made up of the first MGR album, the American Dreamer album which is
Emitt and some session musicians and some misc singles that the band
recorded after the first album.
If I had to recommend a comp for someone who had never heard his stuff
before I would look for "Daisy Fresh from Hawthorne, California" which
contains the whole of his first solo record and a selection of tracks from
his other two. Those other two Mirror Mirror and Farewell To Paradise aren't
available on CD. Oddly enough I picked up the vinyl for both of them on
seperate trips to Denmark. Which was surprising.
Mark
On 9/14/05, Craig Leve <CraigL@ori.org> wrote:
>
> They're actually rather different compilations, though there is some
> overlap:
>
> Listen, Listen on Varese: An Emitt best-of including 5 Merry-Go-Round
> tracks, with the rest drawn from across Emitt's solo albums
>
> Listen, Listen, recent UK: Truly a retrospective of all Merry-Go-Round
> tracks - I believe there are 6 (+/-) tracks that overlap with the Varese
> comp. If you're a fan at all, you'll want to pick this up. I think this
> includes material from the "American Dreamer" album. As well, I'm
> listening right now...there's a Emitt version of the Beach Boys
> "California Girls" hidden amongst the other treasures. Really good
> listening.
>
> -craig
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf
> Of Joe Field
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:59 AM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Emmitt Rhodes / The Merry Go Round
>
>
> mkropp@comcast.net wrote:
> > I just finished reading a glowing review in MOJO of a "Listen Listen:
> > The Definitive Collection" by The Merry Go Round (as well as a nice >
> side-bar with Emmitt Rhodes).... so if anyone can > point me in the
> right direction with regards to his records > (recommendation-wise),
> I'd appreciate it.
>
> Tghe "Listen, Listen" comp was released in the States on Varese several
> years ago. I'm not sure if there are significant track differences
> between the just-released UK version and the older one.
>
> Emitt Rhodes is high up in my pop pantheon. One of the great,
> less-discovered talents in the history of pop music. If you believe,
> like I do, that Macca's early self-produced work and the Zombies'
> "Odessey & Oracle" are essential late '60s/early '70s pop, then you will
>
> love Emitt Rhodes' work. Run right now to get that Merry Go Round comp.
>
> Love that stuff!
>
> Joe Field
> http://FlyingColorsComics.com
>
>
>
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