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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Slightly confusing at first but its actually a really good listen. It starts off with Bad Penny Blues from 1956, the record they nicked Lady Madonna off and then theres half a dozen classic skiffle tracks. It follows on with folky blues, a bit of music hall and country and western. The Les Paul track is a revelation as is Ray Charles on My Bonnie. And the lullaby version of Golden Slumbers is quite charming. As another reviewer has pointed out, they should have included Lonnie Donegan's Puttin on the Style, but Donegan's version is actually pretty crappy and I would skip it each time I played the CD if it was included here! If youve never heard Marlene Dietrich singing Falling in Love Again, then you need to buy it just for that one track - gorgeous!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Compilers note: This is the introductory CD in a 5-disc series. It dedicates itself to investigating not just skiffle but all the other music that the Beatles grew up listening to in their teens before rock'n'roll burst on to the scene. It covers jazz, folk blues, music hall, tin pan alley, country, old-time and Broadway tunes. Quarrymen II looks at the band's rock'n'roll influences. The selection of songs has not been taken lightly and there is a very good reason for each inclusion. With reference to the comments from Gille Robert above, he is correct as regards the Donegan influence on track 8, Puttin' On The Style and they probably also heard Donegan's version of track 11, Midnight Special but just how many Donegan tracks can you reasonably put on a single Beatles-oriented CD compilation?
The boys may well have heard Ramblin' Jack Elliott singing San Francisco Bay Blues but the Jesse Fuller version is the original and is an identical arrangement and superior version. Elvis certainly recorded True Love but the version they would all have known first was Bing Crosby's original, a number 4 hit in the UK charts in November 1956.
Tracks 10, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 27 are all popular standards which they would have heard on BBC Radio's `light programme' in versions by numerous different popular artists long before they ever heard of Jerry Lee Lewis, Chet Atkins, Chubby Checker or Joe Brown. Versions have been chosen which reflect the wide ranging tastes of the individual members of the group, e.g. Fats Waller from Paul's Dad, Hank Williams from George's Dad etc. Starting with the Quarrymen Rock'n'Roll CD, the other four CDs in the series spotlight the songs the Beatles added to their live set in chronological order. Carl Perkins' version of Matchbox is on II, Gene Vincent's version of Aint She Sweet is on III. OK, so my attempt at irony re track 28 may have been a little off-the-wall. Forgive me if I give it 5 stars!
The boys may well have heard Ramblin' Jack Elliott singing San Francisco Bay Blues but the Jesse Fuller version is the original and is an identical arrangement and superior version. Elvis certainly recorded True Love but the version they would all have known first was Bing Crosby's original, a number 4 hit in the UK charts in November 1956.
Tracks 10, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 27 are all popular standards which they would have heard on BBC Radio's `light programme' in versions by numerous different popular artists long before they ever heard of Jerry Lee Lewis, Chet Atkins, Chubby Checker or Joe Brown. Versions have been chosen which reflect the wide ranging tastes of the individual members of the group, e.g. Fats Waller from Paul's Dad, Hank Williams from George's Dad etc. Starting with the Quarrymen Rock'n'Roll CD, the other four CDs in the series spotlight the songs the Beatles added to their live set in chronological order. Carl Perkins' version of Matchbox is on II, Gene Vincent's version of Aint She Sweet is on III. OK, so my attempt at irony re track 28 may have been a little off-the-wall. Forgive me if I give it 5 stars!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
All in all this is a very interesting compilation. Even Marlene Dietrich's "Falling In Love Again," they portray, albeit in a more innovative up-tempo arrangement.
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