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| 1. Elusive Butterfly | |||
| 2. Mr. Zero | |||
| 3. You Should Have Seen It | |||
| 4. Counting | |||
| 5. Drifter's Sunrise | |||
| 6. Unlock the Door | |||
| 7. Truly Julie's Blues (I'll Be There) | |||
| 8. Dale Anne | |||
| 9. The World Is Just a B-Movie | |||
| 10. Cheryl's Goin' Home | |||
| 11. It Wasn't Just the Morning | |||
| 12. I Can't Walk Roads Of Anger | |||
| 13. Go Ask Your Man | |||
| 14. Oh Babe Take Me Home | |||
| 15. West Virginia Summer's Child | |||
| 16. Eleanor | |||
| 17. San Francisco Woman | |||
| 18. The World Is Just a B-Movie Meets Reno, Funtown, USA | |||
| 19. A Nameless Request | |||
| 20. Remember the Rain | |||
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* A first ever UK CD release for the material on which this critically admired 60s singer-songwriter's reputation was founded - including the original versions of such classics as `Mr Zero' (Keith Relf), `Cheryl's Goin' Home' (Adam Faith/The Cascades) and the eternally popular `Elusive Butterfly' (Bob himself and, er, Val Doonican...)
* Arranged and produced by none other than Ace favourite Jack Nitzsche, this set consists of Bob's two original World Pacific albums, plus the added bonus of some previously unissued vocal and guitar demos from Mr Nitzsche's personal acetate archive.
* Remastered from the original World Pacific album tapes, and with notes that tell Bob's story in his own words, this is a set that no lover of 60s singer songwriters will want to pass up.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some great songs here - well worth a listen,
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This review is from: Elusive Butterfly: the Complete 1966 Jack Nitzsche Sessions (Audio CD)
In terms of the UK charts Bob Lind's flowering was brief but memorable. "Elusive Butterfly" is a great song and Lind's best-known chart appearance stands out as one of the highlights of 1966, with its soaring strings and poignant delivery. Alas its success was diluted by a cover from Val Doonican, but both made the UK top five. The follow-up "Remember the Rain" was a lesser hit, and the only other UK single I recall from the time was "San Francisco Woman" before Lind seemed to disappear.
His brief commercial success as a recording artist was due to a great extent to his partnership with producer Jack Nitzsche, whose influence comes through on every track here. The orchestrations, based on strings, strumming guitars and gentle percussion, never overpower the songs - Spector this isn't - and complement the vocals perfectly. The thing that stands out here from the singing is the absolute clarity of diction so that every word can be heard and the listener can fully appreciate the imagery of the songs. This CD contains both Lind's LPs (which include all the singles) plus three bonus tracks - two demos and an unedited version of one track. There are two types of songs - the gentle poetic ones and those which are more social comment or 'stories'. Some are a little bland and a few sound rather dated, but the best are great and stand up well today - in addition to "Elusive Butterfly" several others will be known through their cover versions, including "Mr Zero" (Keith Relf) and "Cheryl's Goin' Home" (Adam Faith and Cher). This is a welcome release, well worth a listen.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
welcome back,
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This review is from: Elusive Butterfly: the Complete 1966 Jack Nitzsche Sessions (Audio CD)
When I was working as News Editor of Record Mirror, a lady called Vivienne Holgate sent me both the vinyl albums (now combined onto this CD) to review for the music paper. Liberty Records were in London's Albermarle Street then and they had big plans for Bob Lind, seeing him as a rival to Dylan. Sadly it wasnt to be - and listening to this CD it's hard to see why Bob Lind didnt get more hits.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The definitive Bob Lind collection - and with Ace's sound quality!,
By James B. Spink "Jim" (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Elusive Butterfly: the Complete 1966 Jack Nitzsche Sessions (Audio CD)
If you are a Bob Lind fan you may well already own the 1993 CD "Best of" compilation which covered much of the same material as this CD from Ace. I have owned the earlier CD for many years so rather disregarded this one, on release, because of the similarity of material included - it wasn't until I actually heard this CD recently that I realised I needed it too!
Both CDs contain Bob's two albums plus three bonus tracks - it is only the bonus tracks that differ across the discs. The 1993 "Best of" featured a longer, unedited version of the track I Can't Walk Roads of Anger which was mixed by Ron Furmanek especially for that CD release. Ace have chosen to use the original, edited, album version of the track in its correct sequence - but have included the longer version as a bonus track. Ace also include two rare demo tracks, taken from acetates, to complete their release - the 1993 bonus tracks were a single from 1967 and two previously unreleased tracks. Ace have only included material in which Jack Nitzsche was involved. It is the sound quality that gives the Ace release the edge over the earlier one, which is not to say the earlier CD sounded bad - it didn't - it's just that this one from Ace is as good as the material is ever going to sound! Tony Rounce explains in the notes that Ace was able to locate the original, first generation master-tape for the album "Don't Be Concerned", but not for "Photographs of Feeling". The master for that album deteriorated by shedding oxide and a back-up was made in 1972 - it is that second generation tape that has been used here, but still sounds really good. I am pleased to have both CDs in my collection, but will probably only ever play this one from Ace in the future. If you are a Bob Lind fan with the earlier CD already you would still be pleased to own this one too; if you don't have any Bob Lind CDs then get this one - it meets Ace's very high standards.
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