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On Vine Street: the Early Songs of Randy Newman

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Audio CD (31 Mar 2008)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Ace
ASIN: B0013NBBGK

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Track Listings

1. The Biggest Night Of Her Life - HARPERS BIZARRE
2. Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear - THE ALAN PRICE SET
3. Mama Told Me Not To Come - ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS
4. Have You Seen My Baby - FATS DOMINO
5. Old Kentucky Home - THE BEAU BRUMMELS
6. So Long Dad - NILSSON
7. Love Story - RICK NELSON
8. Vine Street (Intro: Black Jack David) - VAN DYKE PARKS
9. I'll Be Home - LORRAINE ELLISON
10. I Think It's Going To Rain Today - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
11. I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore - SCOTT WALKER (first issued as by The Walker Brothers)
12. I've Been Wrong Before - CILLA BLACK
13. Take Me Away - JACKIE DESHANNON
14. Happy New Year - BEVERLEY
15. Baby, Don't Look Down - BILLY STORM
16. Friday Night - THE O'JAYS
17. Big Brother - CALVIN GRAYSON
18. Nobody Needs Your Love - GENE PITNEY
19. Just One Smile - THE TOKENS
20. I Can't Remember Ever Loving You - TAMMY GRIMES
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Album Description
* Randy Newman has been arranging and recording his own wonderful compositions for almost 40 years. For the best part of a decade before that, he was busy building his reputation as one of the greatest songwriters of his and future generations. "On Vine Street" is a lovingly compiled overview of what Randy Newman wrote for others in the days before he found his own voice.

* Concentrating on songs that Randy wrote between 1962-1969, this 24-track set acquaints the listener with the original or early versions of songs that have passed into the realms of standards (`I Think It's Going To Rain Today', `Mama Told Me (Not to Come)' and more.

* "On Vine Street" also features many recordings of songs from Randy's early days as a staff writer at Metric Music that have never been reissued before in any format. Several of these appear here in stereo for the first time, too.

* Randy Newman's reputation as a songwriter was firmly established long before he ever had a hit record of his own. A look at the artist roster will demonstrate the quality of the talent that lined up to record Randy's songs, and a listen to any one of the two dozen tracks will confirm why they did so.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of early Randy!, 20 Feb 2008

By	Gary L. Norris (Seattle) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am impressed! I tried for years to get a collection like this released. Good for you ACE! I would have included Joe Brown's great version of Davy The Fat Boy, but you did good. These are important recordings, and reflect Randy's early influence on music in the UK at that time, which to my mind was a tad hipper about recognizing American song writers like Randy early on. Alan Price did wonders with some of Randy's early songs, much like Harry Nilsson did here in America. That being said, I would also have included more Brit artist doing Randy songs, but maybe that can happen in a second volume, please? But don't get me wrong, this is a very good collection of some hard to find singles and such. Again, great job!
You could have asked Randy to include some of his demos of these songs, as they are also excellent, but who am I to say. This collection is a great start! On now to Volume Two we can hope! Gary Norris - Randy Newman Archivist in Exile, Seattle

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5.0 out of 5 stars I Do Want To Hear It Loads More, 24 April 2008

By	Tony Floyd "Travis Pickle" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Randy Newman is one of those highly regarded artists who lurks on the perimeters of my musical awareness, silently rebuking me for not having devoted enough time to exploring his records. To be upfront about it the only CD of his I have is Lonely At The Top, i.e. the token Best Of collection. I like it but it hasn't grabbed me sufficiently to make that total commitment, at least not just yet. I also knew that he had been a songwriter before he became a performer and every now and then had spotted his name in the credits of various songs. Often they proved to some of the best songs on whatever album it was. As I always check out out Ace records monthly release schedule, I was therefore intrigued by the announcement of this CD, and knew that the guarantee of quality would be pretty watertight, and so it has proved.

All this is to say that if you are a fan of Newman this is going to be a compulsory purchase, but if you know as little about him as I do but just want an outstanding collection of classy 1960s pop then you should get in on the act too. Presumably if you're reading this you'll recognise at least some of the tracks here. But I have to say the majority were unfamilar to me though many have quickly established themselves as favourites. The whole album is really just a showcase of great songs, performances and arrangements. (I'm actually taking a longer route into work just so I can listen to a few more tracks of a morning). The chronologically earlier tracks, which are mainly sequenced at the end of the CD, are in the Brill Building style, with heart on sleeve, straightforward sappy lyrics. Mind you, I love that stuff, so I have no quibbles there. However I realise that for his fans, Newman's appeal is not just in his brilliant melodies but also in is his sardonic and amused take on American life. That side of his work is represented here too. Whatever the approach, these are songs that are poignant and moving and funny, with some wonderful tunes and hooks. There are some historically signifcant tracks here too. The last track is They Tell Me It's Summer, a B-side by The "pillow soft" Fleetwoods which was the first ever release of a Newman song, as well as Happy New Year by Beverley which was the first single on Deram records.

The lowpoints are few and far between, and of course will be a matter of personal taste. The title track for one, here by Van Dyke Parks, is just beyond me. Perhaps it's because I'm no fan of his contributions to Mr Wilson's Smile (I'll give you "columnated ruins domino" young man!). On Vine Street is some kind of American Tin Pan Alley pastiche-y thing that just lurches about all over the place. The other track that grates is Lorraine Ellison's I'll Be Home. Again, I probably have a predisposition not to like it as I'm no fan of the `deep soul classic' Stay With Me Baby. Here the problem is not the song, which is great, but the arrangement which allows a high pitched wailing counterpoint to intrude at several points. It's not unlike the sort of thing that reduces Elvis to uncontrollable giggles on his renowned laughing version of Are You Lonseome Tonight. It's a shame because the song otherwise is a cracker, and again it's just one of those particular vocal devices that leaves me cold. These two tracks fortunately run together, so it's easy to skip them. But, these are quibbles, and to complain any further would be churlish in the extreme. It goes without saying that there is the usual superb accompanying booklet with fascinating notes on each of the songs and illustrations galore. Anyway this CD just makes me greedy for more, so I urge you to buy it so that Ace are compelled into producing a follow up collection pretty soon

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Curiosity With Some Good Songs, 9 May 2008

By	A.N. Other "A Nice Cup Of Tea" (London, Britain) - See all my reviews

This is not technically a Randy Newman album. Many of the songs here sound like bog-standard 60s fare of little musical significance other than they were written by Newman (when he was still learning his craft).

Other tracks, for my money, are not as good as the subsequent Newman versions as they are missing his sense of wry wit and weariness which he conveys so well himself.
He is expert at respecting and delivering his own lyrics.

Still, I'm glad I bought it, but I won't be listening to it half as much as I did his first and best solo album 'Randy Newman (Creates something new under the sun)'. That album was truly ahead of its time.

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