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RY COODER Ry Cooder (1995 German Warner Archives Series 11-track CD issue of his 1970 debut album picture sleeve)
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As there is only one other review of this masterpiece I just had to lend a hand into leading other people into the music of good old Ryland. A magnificent guitar player and an o.k. singer, the two disciplines seem to gel with each other to produce music which at first seems too easy and lazy but once you get hooked you'll move on to the two later masterpieces "Into the Purple Valley" and the seminal "Boomer's Story". "Ry Cooder" his first commercial album is filled with Woody Guthrie style mid west folk and blues and finishes with three blues tracks, my favourite being Sleepy John Estes "Goin' to Brownsville". The other stand out tracks on the album are "How can a poor man stand such times and live", "Alimony" and "Do Re Mi" but really you will just have to buy the C.D. and get into the groove and listen to Ry's fingerwork and slide playing which at times is awesome. I liked this period of his music the best, as I am not into Texmex or his later Cuban styles, so if want to hear the early Ry at work with his excellent band of musicians, including Van Dyke Parks on piano, get this C.D. as your starting point. You will not be disappointed.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
You can trust me on this one - I have been listening to this record/CD since it first came out way back in 1970! It's a stayer - not something you have continuously on your player, but songs you come back to, time and again.
They're all covers, apart from his own excellent instrumental 'Available space' - but there's some real crackers here, with fantastic guitar playing and Cooder's trademark melancholy/wistfulness/whatever. Top numbers are really all of them, with the exception of 'One meat ball' - too much over the top dripping-with-pathos (or bathos). On Alimony you even get backing vocals by Gloria Jones & co, who also sang with Neil Young and Little Feat (and T Rex, of course). Chris Ethridge and Roy Estrada play bass on some numbers; Van Dyke Parks on piano.
I still like some of his later work, especially the one with Ali Farka Toure, but his first two albums - this one and 'Through the Purple Valley' - are still among my favourites, 40 years on!
They're all covers, apart from his own excellent instrumental 'Available space' - but there's some real crackers here, with fantastic guitar playing and Cooder's trademark melancholy/wistfulness/whatever. Top numbers are really all of them, with the exception of 'One meat ball' - too much over the top dripping-with-pathos (or bathos). On Alimony you even get backing vocals by Gloria Jones & co, who also sang with Neil Young and Little Feat (and T Rex, of course). Chris Ethridge and Roy Estrada play bass on some numbers; Van Dyke Parks on piano.
I still like some of his later work, especially the one with Ali Farka Toure, but his first two albums - this one and 'Through the Purple Valley' - are still among my favourites, 40 years on!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By R. Morgan
Format:Audio CD
Anything Ry does is alright by me - he never disappoints. He must be a very special guitar player to play with Beefheart at 19.
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Unsanitized Folk Blues
If you have heard a lot of Ry Cooder, and like his stuff - you will like this. It's generally authentic folk/blues with some occasional of the wall arrangements added to give some... Read more
Published 26 days ago by S. J. Blackwood
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Ry Cooder: Ry Cooder - California blue
This 1970 self titled recording is the debut from Californian guitarist/singer/songwriter Ry Cooder. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Victor
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Cooder dismay
It was always going to be difficult to choose the best of Ry Cooder without guidance, he is so prolific but I wouldn't get this one again.
Published 3 months ago by Holly Chester
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The Great Cooder
Ry Cooders first solo outing from 1970, after The Rising Sons and Captain Beefheart he was on his way with what has become a truly great cd (LP), with songs like Alimony, Do Re Mi,... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. D. J. Arnold
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Short
At just over half-an-hour in length Ry Cooder's self-titled debut of 1970 - which looks to fuse blues, folk, pop and rock - is on the short side. Read more
Published 15 months ago by S. Bailey
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Ry Cooder
Why did I not buy this album 41 years ago?! Bought later releases, but I should have started here and just worked forward.
Published 18 months ago by Chazley
3.0 out of 5 stars
Folk/Blues Album From Ry Cooder.
This 1970 album is mostly of short songs which don't really hit the spot for me, although I like How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live.
Love the front cover though!
Love the front cover though!
Published on 24 Nov 2010 by J. Thompson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Missleading?
Excellent early Ry Cooder content. Last track is simply stunning with dynamics to die for. However be warned this is NOT SUPPLIED AS VINYL - its a CD and Amazon have not corrected... Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2009 by Mr. P. Wilkinson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant!
This is a brilliant complilation by Ry Cooder and includes a superb version of Blind Willie Johnson's timeless classic, "Dark Is The Night." Sheer class!
Published on 30 Jun 2007 by Rob Dylan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent cover versions of some great songs.
Worth buying just to hear what he does with the Woody Guthry song "do-re-mi".
Published on 12 Aug 2000 by Paul Hague
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