- Audio CD (5 Sep 2011)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: Shout
- ASIN: B000056XX5
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 214,713 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Releaseme | |||
| 2. You Made A New Man Out Of Me | |||
| 3. In A Moment Of Weakness | |||
| 4. I Won't Cry | |||
| 5. I Want To Walk Through This Life With You | |||
| 6. Reconsider Me | |||
| 7. If I Could See You One More Time | |||
| 8. South Side Of Soul Street | |||
| 9. Georgia Morning Dew | |||
| 10. Real Live Livin' Hurtin' Man | |||
| 11. Lonely Man | |||
| 12. Proud Woman | |||
| 13. A Losing Battle | |||
| 14. How Can I Prove I Love You | |||
| 15. You Can Depend On Me | |||
| 16. Let Me Be By Myself | |||
| 17. It's Got To Be Something | |||
| 18. Share Your Love With Me | |||
| 19. Your Love Is All I Need | |||
| 20. Stairway To Heaven | |||
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Product Description
CD Description
"Noted Singer Johnny Adams Passes Away" was the headline of a
press release from the Louisiana Music Archive which told us
that Johnny had died on the morning of Monday September
14th, 1998. in Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, having fought a "losing battle" with cancer. He was
66 years old, and his death deprived the world of arguably one
of the best musical voices of our time, sadly under-recognised
until the eclectic might of Scott Billington"s productions for
Rounder Records took his talents to a wider market during the
last decade of his life.
In the overall scheme of things soulful, the quality and
versatility of Johnny"s voice should have pitched him right in
there with Sam Cooke, Ben E King, Jerry Butler and Jackie
Wilson in the top rank of best-selling R&B singers who went on
to achieve major pop success, but the musical enigma that is
New Orleans, while blessed with great depths of aesthetic and
metaphysical assets, perhaps proved to be the factor which
restrained such a breakthrough; for all the abundance of talent
and recording activity in the Crescent City since the 1950s, it is
surely ironic that only FatsDomino, Irma Thomas and Lee
Dorsey managed to achieve significant lasting success, with the
added irony that this came from links which took their
recording career base away from New Orleans (Fats and Irma
with Imperial in Hollywood, Lee with Bell in New York). Johnny
did join Atlantic, as you will read later, but their "golden soul"
bubble was deflating at the time and the union was not fruitful,
and thus the dependence of the hometown boy on local
resources was to prove a hindrance to his progress.
press release from the Louisiana Music Archive which told us
that Johnny had died on the morning of Monday September
14th, 1998. in Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, having fought a "losing battle" with cancer. He was
66 years old, and his death deprived the world of arguably one
of the best musical voices of our time, sadly under-recognised
until the eclectic might of Scott Billington"s productions for
Rounder Records took his talents to a wider market during the
last decade of his life.
In the overall scheme of things soulful, the quality and
versatility of Johnny"s voice should have pitched him right in
there with Sam Cooke, Ben E King, Jerry Butler and Jackie
Wilson in the top rank of best-selling R&B singers who went on
to achieve major pop success, but the musical enigma that is
New Orleans, while blessed with great depths of aesthetic and
metaphysical assets, perhaps proved to be the factor which
restrained such a breakthrough; for all the abundance of talent
and recording activity in the Crescent City since the 1950s, it is
surely ironic that only FatsDomino, Irma Thomas and Lee
Dorsey managed to achieve significant lasting success, with the
added irony that this came from links which took their
recording career base away from New Orleans (Fats and Irma
with Imperial in Hollywood, Lee with Bell in New York). Johnny
did join Atlantic, as you will read later, but their "golden soul"
bubble was deflating at the time and the union was not fruitful,
and thus the dependence of the hometown boy on local
resources was to prove a hindrance to his progress.
Product Description
1-Release Me 2-You Made A New Man Out Of Me 3-In A Moment Of Weakness 4-I Won't Cry 5-I Want To Walk Through This Life With You 6-Reconsider Me 7-If I Could See You One More Time 8-South Side Of Soul Street 9-Georgia Morning Dew 10-Real Live Livin' Hurtin' Man 11-Lonely Man 12-Proud Woman 13-A Losing Battle 14-How Can I Prove I Love You 15-You Can Depend On Me 16-Let Me Be By Myself 17-It's Got To Be Something 18-Share Your Love With Me 19-Your Love Is All I Need 20-Stairway To Heaven 21-After All To Good Is Gone 22-Chasing Rainbows 23-Love Me Now 24-Hell Yes I Cheated (1968-83)(78:10/24) (1968-83)(78:10/24)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Good compilation of his early work
18 Feb 2002
Format:Audio CD
Obviously a compilation of love -- it sounds like a mix a friend might make you of favorites. These are all his old recordings (also nicely sampled on Reconsider Me, the golden set) - and some of the funky 70s stuff. Nothing from the later Rounder recordings -- a worthwhile exploration into his earlier work for those unfamiliar with it. (And I'm of the opinion that you can't buy a bad Johnny Adams recording.) I like "Hell Yes I Cheated," "You Made a New Man Out of Me," and of course the perennial classic "Reconsider Me." Good stuff! You won't regret the purchase.
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