House That Jack Built: The Complete 60's Sessions

House That Jack Built: The Complete 60's Sessions Artist: Alan Price
Label: Castle Music UK
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2
EAN: 5050749410986
ASIN: B0007LXHEI


Release Date: 2005-04-21

House That Jack Built: The Complete 60's Sessions


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Tracks:

  1. Any Day Now (My Wild, Beautiful Bird)
  2. Never Be Sick on Sunday
  3. I Put a Spell on You
  4. Iechyd-Da
  5. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
  6. Take Me Home
  7. Willow Weep for Me
  8. Yours Until Tomorrow
  9. Barefootin'/Let's Go Baby/Land of 1,000 Dances
  10. Just Once in My Life
  11. Goin' Down Slow
  12. Getting Mighty Crowded
  13. Honky Tonk
  14. Move on Drifter
  15. Mercy, Mercy
  16. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
  17. Ain't That Peculiar
  18. I Can't Turn You Loose
  19. Critic's Choice
  20. Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear
  21. Tickle Me
  22. House That Jack Built
  23. Who Cares
  24. She's Got Another Pair of Shoes
  25. Come and Dance With Me
  26. On This Side of Goodbye

Tracks:

  1. So Long Dad
  2. No One Ever Hurt So Bad
  3. Don't Do That Again
  4. Grim Fairy Tale
  5. Living Without You
  6. Happy Land
  7. To Ramona
  8. Biggest Night of Her Life
  9. Shame
  10. Don't Stop the Carnival
  11. Time Has Come
  12. When I Was a Cowboy
  13. Tappy Tortoise
  14. Love Story
  15. My Old Kentucky Home
  16. Trimdon Grange Explosion
  17. Falling in Love Again
  18. Walk [#]
  19. Baby Workout [#]
  20. When a Man Loves a Woman [#]
  21. Shake [#]
  22. Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody [#]
  23. Going Out of My Head [#]
  24. Knock on Wood [#]
  25. Don't le Me Be Misunderstood [#]
  26. Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me [#]
  27. I Was Made to Love Her [#]

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Album Description

Revisit the house that Alan Price built after his shock departure from the Animals in 1965 on this definitive compilation. It brings together all his Decca recordings from the 60s, from his early R&B covers through his reading of Randy Newman tunes to his triumphant debuts as a songwriter. Ten previously unreleased tracks from the BBC Session, 'The Walk ', 'Baby Workout', 'When A Man Loves A Woman', 'Shake', 'Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody', 'Going Out Of My Head', Knock On Wood', 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood', 'Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me', & 'Was Made To Love Her' all round out an epic anthology. Castle Music. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars This is NOT complete.......2007-01-13

Alan Price is one of the most interesting UK artists during the 1960's. Uninfluenced by the scene around him, he proceeded to make his own music....R&B influenced with a big band sound. He discovered Randy Newman really early on and featured Newman's songs on his second LP (included here in its entirety). He also discovered his song writing voice during that second LP, and his own songs ("The House That Jack Built" and "Grim Fairy Tale") are especially fine.

Here's my beef; the single "Falling In Love Again" was issued in the UK with "Trimdon Grange Explosion" on the B side (it's here). What ISN'T included is the B side on US Cotillion...."SLY SADIE", a really terrific fast tune with plenty of phasing. It's one of my favorite songs he did and it's NEVER been reissued anywhere in the whole wide world.

Frustrating.....for everyone else, get this essential CD.

5 out of 5 stars Pure 60s Pop and More .......2005-09-09

This album was a real discovery -- I knew many tracks on it beforehand, but the "minor" stuff, mostly straight instrumentals, covers, and BBC live recordings, reveal the superb musicianship of this band that Alan Price put together after leaving the Animals. It's an incredibly tight and focused ensemble, and even though Alan Price was known as a brilliant organist/pianist he went for arrangements that allowed his bandmates to shine equally well -- no long show-offy solos, just loads of swinging group work. His singing is especially rich and soulful and thrilling -- no doubt he was bent on proving that in the Animals he should have shared vocals with Eric Burdon all along (the track of "Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood" is all you need hear to know that Price was Burdon's equal). Considering the dreck that the Animals put out after Price left, I think this album proves who the real talent in the band was. Even if it isn't as blue-purist as the Animals started out to be -- well, the Animals got off track themselves along the way, and there's no rule that says you can't have a horn section without betraying the r&b spirit. The Alan Price Set also sounds a good deal more jazzy than the Animals ever did, which was part of Price's original concept for the Newcastle band that later morphed into the Animals. A lot of this music is just irresistible, and I'm sorry that more of it didn't get played in the US at the time -- our loss. No excuse for missing it any more, with this 2-disc set available.

5 out of 5 stars After leaving the Animals.......2005-09-08

Only Alan Price knows exactly why he quit the Animals (it seems that he needed a break), but this compilation shows that Alan was a successful recording artist without them. Alan took a much-needed break after leaving the Animals but eventually formed the Alan Price Set. Here you can find all of Alan's recordings with the Alan Price Set including several major UK hits as well as some BBC recordings.

While the Animals were an R+B group, Alan broadened his musical base after he left them. The R+B sounds have largely (but not entirely) been replaced by mainstream pop sounds. The group's first single (Any day now) was a great mainstream pop song but failed to chart. Perhaps the public still wanted Alan to do R+B as the follow-up single (I put a spell on you) made the UK top ten - it was the kind of song that Alan could have recorded with the Animals. Actually, the Animals (without Alan) recorded it at around the same time, their version first appearing on their album, Animalisms.

After making the UK top ten, Alan moved away from R+B. The next single (Hi-lili hi-lo) just missed the UK top ten but another old standard (Willow weep for me) missed the charts. The group's debut album (The price to play) consisted entirely of covers, mixing R+B songs with mainstream pop songs. In keeping with the habits of the sixties, no singles were released from the album. The current practice of using singles to promote albums only began in the seventies.

Around this time, Alan discovered Randy Newman, a hugely talented singer-songwriter. Alan recorded many of Randy's songs, thus helping to establish Randy's reputation. The Alan Price Set released a single (Simon Smith and his amazing dancing bear) that made the UK top five, both sides being written by Randy Newman.

Inspired by Randy Newman, Alan got into songwriting seriously. He wrote the group's next single (The house that Jack built) that also made the UK top five. The group's second album (A price on his head) also contained several Randy Newman songs as well as some of Alan's own compositions. Next came a minor UK hit (Shame) and a UK top twenty hit (Don't stop the carnival). After the group's next intended single (When I was a cowboy) didn't get a UK release, the group disbanded. This compilation also includes Alan's first solo single (Trimdon Grange explosion), which failed to chart.

The final ten tracks are from BBC recordings. In those days, it was common practice for the BBC to make their own recordings of pop singers and groups because (I think) of performance rights issues. Such recordings were invariably covers of songs that didn't appear on singles or albums by the artists involved. Sometimes (as here) they featured spoken introductions by the artists concerned.

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