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* Aretha Franklin ... Dusty Springfield ... the Hollies ... Walter Jackson ...Evie Sands ... Peggy Lee ... These are just some of the great artists included on "Wild Thing: The Songs Of Chip Taylor", the latest addition to our prestigious songwriter series. When performers of that calibre record your compositions, it's a sign you're doing something right.
* A frequent visitor to the UK, these days Chip belongs to the alt-country genre. Those who have heard the "King Rock'n'Roll" CD (CDCHD 975) will know that he began his career in the late 1950s as teenage rocker Wes Voight, his real name. But in the 1960s, in addition to a low profile recording career of his own, he very much specialised in writing songs for others.
* As with Ace's other writer-based collections, in addition to well-known songs ('I Can't Let Go', 'Angel Of The Morning', 'Picture Me Gone', etc) they have included some equally good but less famous numbers.
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1-Wild ThingsTROGGS 2-I Can't Let GoSANDS, Evie 3-I Can Make It With YouPOZO-SECO SINGERS 4-Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)ELLISON, Lorraine 5-Angel Of The MorningRUSH, Merilee 6-Sneakin' Up On YouLEE, Peggy 7-Country Girl - City ManVERA, Billy & Judy Clay 8-Welcome HomeJACKSON, Walter 9-Is That YouARTHUR & MARY 10-Picture Me GoneBELL, Madeline 11-I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's FaceFRANKLIN, Aretha 12-Any Way That You Want MeMASON, Tina 13-A Most Unusual BoyAUSTIN, Patti 14-His True Love For YouMcCARTHER, Al 15-Make Me Belong To YouLEWIS, Barbara 16-My Johnny Doesn't Come Around AnymoreROLLINS, Debbie 17-TommyREPARATA & THE DELRONS 18-Don't Say It BabySPRINGFIELD, Dusty 19-Wake Up JohnLITTLE EVA 20-Storybook ChildrenVERA, Billy & NOna Hendryx 21-Run Home To Your MamaSANDS, Evie 22-I'll Give My Heart To YouMcCORD, Kathy 23-Son Of A Rotten GamblerHOLLIES 24-Blackbird (Hold YOur Head High)EDWARDS, Stoney 25-(I Want) The Real ThingTAYLOR, Chip (2009/ACE) 25 tracks 1965-75 with 24 page booklet
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Chip Taylor (aka Wes Voight, brother of the actor Jon) is best known in the UK for writing The Troggs' yokel-rocker 'Wild Thing' (Andover's sole contribution to rock history), but this is in many ways an anomaly. His real forte was in supplying songs for New York's 60s soul scene, and in this he probably had the edge over better-known contemporaries such as Mann & Weil, Goffin & King or Barry & Greenwich. The much-covered 'Angel of the Morning' (here in its US hit version by Merilee Rush) is the best known of these but soul fans will find plenty of other equally fantastic gems here. The only wrong notes for me are the last two tracks, which date from Taylor's unlikely 70s career (for a New Yorker) as a country artist in Nashville, but I guess they illustrate his versatility at least. Ace have released many great thematic compilations over the years but their 'Songwriter' series is one of the best, and 'The Songs of Chip Taylor' is the best volume so far. Buy it.
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Chip Taylor is one of the not so well known Brill Building songwriters. His typical work is mid-tempo soul with a country tinge. This CD is well put together by the excellent Ace Records, with Chip's own reflections and anecdotes. There are good vocal performances from the likes of Lorraine Ellison, Madeline Bell, Barbara Lewis, Reparata & the Delrons, and even Peggy Lee. Dusty Springfield is up to her usual standard, though Aretha Franklin, of all people, isn't. Licensing hassles meant that they couldn't get hold of the best recordings of Chip's favorite singer, Evie Sands, except for her great original version of the Hollies' UK No 1, I Can't Let Go. The Hollies make up for it with an unexpectedly good country number. But some of the best here are by largely unknown singers - check out tracks by Walter Jackson, Kathy McCord, Arthur & Mary, Debbie Rollins (like Ronnie Spector at her best), and Tina Mason (Any Way That You Want Me) - and Chip himself shows he can sing, despite the limited voice you hear on his YouTube clips.
The obvious songs are here, starting with The Troggs' Wild Thing. And of course the seminal Angel of the Morning - though sadly I've yet to hear a version that really nails this song. I rate Billie Davis's the best vocal, but with a too clever string arrangement, though omitting Chip's over-long ending - "...through the tears of the day...", a classic example of a songwriter not knowing when to stop writing. That mistake sadly isn't avoided by the version here, the merely-OK Merrilee Rush hit, complete with the fluffed line "I see no reason to take me home". (It's '..no need..', or you spoil the metre, and she does!)
But I'm nitpicking. This collection grows on you. You won't regret buying it.
The obvious songs are here, starting with The Troggs' Wild Thing. And of course the seminal Angel of the Morning - though sadly I've yet to hear a version that really nails this song. I rate Billie Davis's the best vocal, but with a too clever string arrangement, though omitting Chip's over-long ending - "...through the tears of the day...", a classic example of a songwriter not knowing when to stop writing. That mistake sadly isn't avoided by the version here, the merely-OK Merrilee Rush hit, complete with the fluffed line "I see no reason to take me home". (It's '..no need..', or you spoil the metre, and she does!)
But I'm nitpicking. This collection grows on you. You won't regret buying it.
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