Long John Baldry 1980 Long John Baldry

Genre: Blues
Rate: 160 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:31:36
Size: 36,13 MB





Tracklist:

01 - Savoir Faire 03:23

02 - Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl 03:13

03 - Love Me Two Times 02:49

04 - Work For Me 03:53

05 - Any Day Now 03:20

06 - Morning Dew 03:28

07 - Run Johnny Run 02:55

08 - You're Good With Your Love 02:49

09 - I Want You, I Love You 02:36

10 - Love Is A Killer 03:10





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Long John Baldry 1973 Good To Be Alive

Genre: Blues-Rock
Rate: 179 kbps VBR / 44100
Time: 00:41:18
Size: 42,66 MB



Good To Be Alive - (1973/1975) is probably one of Long John's most unknown records particularly in North America. Arguments can be made that this record is one of LJB's best records and it's a personal favorite of John's. The release of 'Good To Be Alive' in 1973 on GM Records (Gaff Mgt.) in England was the third great record that John had recorded in three years along with It Ain't Easy (1971) and Everything Stops for Tea (1972). This set of 3 recordings definitely marks a peak in Long John Baldry's recording career.

Part of the problem with the record being unknown to North American fans is the fact it wasn't released until 1975 on Casablanca Records. It has always been my contention that if this Folk, Blues, and Roots-Rock recording had been given an international release on a major label in 1973 then John's career would have sky rocketed.

This album was recorded in the spring of 1973 and it features some stunning slide guitar by Sammy Mitchell. John does a wonderful duet with the great session singer Liza Strike on 'She' a song by Graham Parsons. The title track, 'Good To Be Alive' is a great rocker written by Colin Allen and Zoot Money. John does a acoustic version of the traditional folk song 'Rake and A Rambling Boy' which in many ways is semi-autobiographical and Bo Diddley's 'Let Me Pass'. There is a strong interpretation of 'Gasoline Alley' that highlights the first side of the record. Also a rare Baldry written song, 'Maggie Bell' an acoustic tribute to the great Scottish singer of Stone The Crows fame. It would be nice if this record was someday recognized for its greatness by a proper North American CD release. (Jeff Edmunds)



Tracklist:

01 - Gasoline Alley - I Wish I Was A Rock 04:55



02 - High And Low 03:43

03 - Song For Martin Luther King 04:05

04 - Good To Be Alive 04:05



05 - Rake And Ramblin' Boy 03:29

06 - Let Me Pass 03:20

07 - I Wish I Was A Rock 01:01

08 - Brand New Day 03:11

09 - Up In The Trees 02:53

10 - Let's Go 02:41

11 - Maggie Bell 03:08

12 - She 04:47





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Long John Baldry 1976 Welcome To Club Casablanca

Genre: Blues
Rate: 160 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:42:15
Size: 48,31 MB



Biography

Born 12 January 1941, London, England. Beginning his career playing folk and jazz in the late 50s, Baldry toured with Ramblin' Jack Elliott before moving into R&Born His strong, deep voice won him a place in the influential Blues Incorporated, following which he joined Cyril Davies' R&B All Stars. After Davies' death, Long John fronted the Hoochie Coochie Men, which also included future superstar Rod Stewart, who later joined Baldry in Steam Packet (featuring Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll). After a brief period with Bluesology (which boasted a young Elton John on keyboards), Baldry decided to go solo and record straightforward pop. Already well known on the music scene, he nevertheless appeared an unusual pop star in 1967 with his sharp suits and imposing 6 foot 7 inch height. Composer/producer Tony Macaulay and his partner John Macleod presented him with the perfect song in "Let The Heartaches Begin", a despairing ballad which Baldry took to number 1 in the UK in 1967.

His chart career continued with the Olympic Games theme, "Mexico", the following year, which also made the Top 20. By the end of the 60s, however, the hits had ceased and another change of direction was ahead. Furs and a beard replaced the suits and the neat, short haircut, as Long John attempted to establish himself with a new audience. With production assistance from former colleagues Rod Stewart and Elton John, he recorded a strong album, It Ain't Easy, but it failed to sell. After a troubled few years in New York and Los Angeles he emigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where he performed on the club circuit. In the early 90s his voice was used as Robotnik on the Sonic The Hedgehog computer game. After many years a new Baldry album was released in 1993, subtly titled It Still Ain't Easy. Since then from his base in the USA he has continued to perform in blues clubs, recording occasionally. (http://www.music.us)



Tracklist:

01 - This Boy's In Love Again 05:54

02 - Abusive Treatment 03:24

03 - What You Never Had To Lose 05:09

04 - I Keep Forgetting 04:07

05 - I'll See You Again 01:59

06 - Enter 03:37

07 - Easy Evil 03:12

08 - Had Enough 03:41

09 - Ain't No Love (In The Heart Of The City) 05:13

10 - Resign Yourself 02:31

11 - Beautiful To Handle 03:28





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Long John Baldry 1979 Baldry's Out!

Genre: Blues
Rate: 192 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:43:23
Size: 59,62 MB





Tracklist:

01 - Baldry's Out Intro 00:55

02 - Baldry's Out 03:43

03 - Stealer 03:36

04 - Lonely Night 04:18

05 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 05:12

06 - Come And Get Your Love 04:30

07 - Find You 03:25

08 - Like A Dog 03:06

09 - Thrill's A Thrill 05:36

10 - So Sad 04:35

11 - Darlin' 04:27





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Long John Baldry 1991 It Still Ain't Easy

Genre: Blues
Rate: 320 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:54:41
Size: 125,11 MB




It has been 2Ü years since he recorded It Ain't Easy, the Warner Brothers album which introduced him to North American audiences (and for which Rod Stewart produced one side, and Elton John the other). Since then, Long John Baldry has acquired new strengths, and this collection of songs builds on his considerable talents.

For Starters, there are his ears for Spotting good talent, and his well-known willingness to share the stage and the Spotlight with fine musicians; the cast of players on this album is amazing.

Guest guitarists on this record, for instance, include Arnos Garrett, Colin James, Lucky Peterson, Gaye Delorme, David Raven, and "Papa" John King, who's been playing with Baldry for years — a six-string who's-who if ever there was one. On piano is Teddy Borowiecki, who's played with everyone from k.d. lang to the Shumka Dancers and Jane Siberry. Background singers include Bobby King and Terry Evans (best known for their work with Ry Cooder and their two superb solo albums) and the astonishing Kathi McDonald, who has graced the best of Baldry's Canadian-made albums in the past. Tony Coleman and Russell Jackson (the Silent Partners) from B.B. King's Band are here, so are members of Vancouver bands like Skywalk and Powder Blues. Read the rest of the small print; many of the other names will probably be familiar to you.

Baldry has always known how to choose producers, too, and this record indicates that Tom Lavin — founder of the Powder Blues Band and owner of Vancouver's Blue Wave Studios, where this record was made — is every bit the equal of those well-known English artists who produced It Ain't Easy so many years ago. Not only did he handle all the production chores, but he contributed guitar parts, backup vocals, plays the tambourine. and co-wrote (with David Raven) the title song and another reminiscence of Baldry's past, The Busker.

The fourteen songs on this album are primarily blues-based — far more so than on any of his recent records — but there is a wide variety of material; rockers and ballads, folk material like Can't Keep From Crying, basic blues from the likes of old friend Willie Dixon, and a host of original tunes written specifically with John in mind.

But best of all, this record indicates a new maturity in Baldry's work; a gritty reality that's tempered by his sense of humour.



Tracklist:

01 - It Still Ain't Easy 04:18

02 - Midnight In New Orleans 03:33

03 - One Step Ahead 04:24

04 - I Never Loved Nobody 04:35

05 - Get It While The Gettin's Good 04:25

06 - What've I Been Drinking 03:03

07 - Insane Asylum 05:34

08 - You Wanna Dance 04:09

09 - Shake That Thang 03:59

10 - Like You Promised 04:38

11 - Busker 03:22

12 - Can't Keep From Crying 02:15

13 - No More 03:23

14 - Soft And Furry 03:03





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Long John Baldry 1993 On Stage Tonight Baldry's Out

Long John Baldry was one of the early leaders of the British blues-rock scene. His deep, parched voice was ideally suited for the blues, and his penchant for playing with musicians that would one day find fame in the rock world was surpassed in British blues circles only by John Mayall and Alexis Korner.

Legendary British blues cornerstone Long John Baldry has a long history of leading amazing bands and putting on incredible 'live' shows. This is his first 'live' release, captured at the Fabrik Club in Hamburg, Germany, and includes a retrospect of his blues influences, his many hits and that amazing voice. There's a smokin' live version of Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King Of Rock n' Roll, and I'd Rather Go Blind featuring Kathi McDonald. Long John Baldry and his band at their best on a hot night.


Tracklist:

01 - Everyday I Have The Blues

02 - Shake That Thing

03 - Insane Asylum

04 - I'm Ready

05 - I'd Rather Go Blind

06 - Baldry's Out

07 - A Thrill's A Thrill

08 - Backwater Blues

09 - It Ain't Easy

10 - Stormy Monday Blues

11 - Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King Of Rock And Roll

12 - Midnight In New Orleans



Musicians:

Long John Baldry – vocals, guitar
Kathi McDonald – vocals
Papa John King – vocals, guitar
Butch Coulter – harmonica, acoustic guitar, vocals
John Lee Sanders – keyboards, saxophones, vocals
Eric Webster – piano, hammond organ
Tom Knowles – bass
Al Webster – drums


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Long John Baldry (1971/2005) It Ain't Easy

Long John Baldry's amazing musical legacy which if properly notated would fill a few pages in any rock encyclopedia. Long John's forty-five year career is a rich tapestry of recording, performing, great bands, discoverer of talent and actor. Long John is particularly known for his associations with former band members Rod Stewart and Elton John. Looking closely at LJB's musical tree you will discover that virtually every musician who came up in England during the 60's have some connection to LJB. Names like Ginger Baker, Jeff Beck, Brian Jones, Beatles, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones are cemented in LJB's musical history. In fact, Eric Clapton has stated many times that he was inspired to pick up a guitar after seeing Long John Baldry perform in the early 1960s.

Undeniably, Long John was one of the founding 'Fathers of British Blues' in the 60s, and without his presence the scene, particularly the Blues scene, may have been quite different.



Tracklist:

01 - Conditional Discharge (Intro)

02 - Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King Of Rock & Roll

03 - Black Girl

04 - It Ain't Easy

05 - Morning Morning

06 - I'm Ready

07 - Let's Burn Down The Cornfield

08 - Mr. Rubin

09 - Rock Me When He's Gone

10 - Flying

11 - Going Down Slowly

12 - Blues

13 - Love In Vain

14 - Midnight Hour Blues

15 - Black Girl

16 - It Ain't Easy

17 - I'm Ready



It Ain't Easy features a British blues/rock line-up befitting the man behind the Long John Baldry moniker. This album returns Baldry to a decidedly edgier and hipper audience, with a literal cast of all-stars on some of the more adventurous material he had covered to date. This is no doubt due, at least in part, to the involvement of Rock superstars Rod Stewart and Elton John.

Among their contributions to the project, Rod Stewart and Elton John divided the production tasks - each taking a side of this classic album. The backing band on Rod Stewart's side include fellow Small Faces and future Rolling Stone, Ron Wood, on electric guitar and acoustic guitarist Sam Mitchell, who appeared on many of Stewart's early '70s solo albums.


Artists:

Elton John: piano
Rod Stewart: vocals
Long John Baldry: vocals, 12 string
Maggie Bell: vocals
Roger Pope: drums
Caleb Quaye: guitar
Ray Jackson: mandolin
Sam Mitchell: guitars
Ian Armitt: keyboards
Ian Duck: vocals/harp
Dave Glover: bass
Ron Wood: guitar
Al Skidmore: sax




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Long John Baldry 1971 Long John's Blues

John "Long John" William Baldry (12 January 1941 – 21 July 2005) was an English blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s. He enjoyed pop success in the UK where "Let the Heartaches Begin" reached No. 1 in 1967 and in Australia where his duet with Kathi McDonald "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" reached No. 2 in 1980. Baldry lived in Canada from the late 1970s until his death. There he continued to make records and do voiceover work.

Born John William Baldry in England, he grew to 2.01m (6ft 7in) that resulted in the nickname "Long" John. Gifted with a deep, rich voice, he was one of the first British vocalists to sing blues in clubs. (Wikipedia)

Tracklist:

01 - Rock the Joint

02 - Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough

03 - Got My Mojo Working

04 - Everyday I Have the Blues

05 - You're Breaking My Heart

06 - Bring My Baby Back

07 - Up Above My Head

08 - Dimples

09 - Five Long Years

10 - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You

11 - Going Down Slow

12 - Roll 'em Pete




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Long John Baldry Trio 2000 Live

Tracklist:

01 - Good Morning Blues

02 - Who Back Buck

03 - Back Water Blues

04 - Morning Dew

05 - Black Girl

06 - It Ain't Easy

07 - Burn Down The Cornfield

08 - Moon Dance In Tajikistan

09 - Walk On

10 - Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes

11 - Maggie Bell

12 - Blue Valentine

13 - Midnight In New Orleans

14 - Flying




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Long John Baldry 1990 A Touch Of The Blues

Genre: Blues
Rate: 192 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:40:10
Size: 55,11 MB

Biography by Richie Unterberger

Like Cliff Richard, Chris Farlowe, Slade, Blur, and eel pie, Long John Baldry is one of those peculiarly British phenomena that doggedly resists American translation. As a historical figure, he has undeniable importance. When he began singing as a teenager in the 1950s, he was one of the first British vocalists to perform folk and blues music. In the early '60s, he sang in the band of British blues godfather Alexis Korner, Blues Incorporated, which also served as a starting point for future rock stars Mick Jagger, Jack Bruce, and others. As a member of Blues Incorporated, he contributed to the first British blues album, R&B at the Marquee (1962). He then joined the Cyril Davies R&B All Stars, taking over the group (renamed Long John Baldry and His Hoochie Coochie Men) after Davies' death in early 1964. This band featured Rod Stewart as a second vocalist, and also employed Geoff Bradford (who had been in an embryonic version of the Rolling Stones) on guitar.

In the mid-'60s, he helped form Steampacket, a proto-supergroup that also featured Stewart, Julie Driscoll, and Brian Auger. When Steampacket broke up, he fronted Bluesology, the band that gave keyboardist Reg Dwight -- soon to become Elton John -- his first prestigious gig. He was a well-liked figure on the London club circuit, and in fact the Beatles took him on as a guest on one of their 1964 British TV specials, at a time when the Fab Four could have been no bigger, and Baldry was virtually unknown.

Ironically, his greatest commercial success came not with blues, but orchestrated pop ballads that echoed Engelbert Humperdinck. The 1967 single "Let the Heartaches Begin" reached number one in Britain, and Baldry had several other small British hits in the late '60s, the biggest of which was "Mexico" (1968). (None of these made an impression in the U.S.)

The commercial success of his ballads led Baldry to forsake the blues on record for a few years. He returned to blues and rock in 1971 on It Ain't Easy, for which Rod Stewart and Elton John shared the production duties. The album contained a tiny American chart item, "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock'n'Roll," and Stewart and John split the production once again on the 1972 follow-up, Everything Stops for Tea. Baldry never caught on as an international figure, though, and by 1980 had become a Canadian citizen. He continued to record, and did commercial voice-overs as well as the voice of Doctor Robotnik in children's cartoons. After battling a severe chest infection for several months, Long John Baldry passed away on July 21, 2005, while hospitalized in Vancouver.



Tracklist:

01 - Going Down Slow 05:25

02 - Got My Mojo Working 05:27

03 - Spoonful 04:30

04 - Rake & Rambling Boy 03:47

05 - Black Girl 03:41

06 - Good Morning Blues 04:21

07 - Temptation In My Heart 04:38

08 - Beat Street 03:59

09 - Mystery To Me 04:22




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