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Mos' Scocious: Anthology [Box set]

~ Dr. John
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  • Audio CD (14 Feb 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Rhino
  • ASIN: B00000333B
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 113,848 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Bad Neighborhood
2. Morgus The Magnificent
3. Storm Warning
4. Sahara
5. Down The Road
6. Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
7. Mama Roux
8. Jump Sturdy
9. I Walk On Guilded Splinters
10. Black Widow Spider
11. Lop Garoo
12. Wash Mama Wash
13. Mardi Gras Day
14. Familiar Reality
15. Opening
16. Zu Zu Mamou
17. Mess Around
18. Somebody Changed The Lock
19. Iko Iko
20. Junko Partner
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Amazon.co.uk Review

New Orleans' burgeoning 1950s R&B scene was the crucible for Mac Rebennack, an in-demand session guitarist in his teens, but he was sidelined by a gunshot wound to his left hand. He learned organ, then blossomed as a gifted pianist in a city renowned for brilliant, idiosyncratic players, and Mac soaked up the tradition. A move to Los Angeles and a trippy side project under the nom du disque of Dr John, the Night Tripper, clinched his fate, giving American music one of its most ebullient, reliably musical originals. It's his gravelly, juicy voice that has earned him instant recognition, but Dr John remains a student and evangelizer of his hometown's funky, fertile blues, R&B, and jazz canon. This superb two-disc survey serves both him and his origins well, ranging from early forays with Ronnie & The Delinquents and Morgus & The 3 Ghouls to the swampy brilliance of his solo career. His theatrical gris-gris remains deliciously spooky, but it's his later work that shines, from the brilliant R&B history lesson that yielded his classic Gumbo album, through his biggest single hit, "Right Place, Wrong Time" and his 1980s forays into jazz and standards. --Sam Sutherland


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This two-disc set spans over 30 years of music by New Orleans' own Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John. The earliest songs date from the '50s, when, as a teenager, he'd already made a name for himself as a guitarist. Studio work gave him insideglimpses of the working methods of Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint, Dave Bartholomew, and others. Drawing on the rich heritage of his hometown, he was already penning songs before he turned 20. Professor Longhair's influence can be heard in Rebennack's piano playing, as well as in his own contemporary's, James Booker. Rebennack had more than a dozen years of experience under his belt when he first successfully "emerged"as Dr. John in the late '60s. His colourfully festooned stage shows carried him well into the '70s, after which he turned out some stellar solo piano works (DR. JOHN PLAYS MAC REBENNACK, THE BRIGHTEST SMILE IN TOWN), fine New Orleans funk (TELEVISION) and even some standards (IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD). All of the above are well represented on this essential collection.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is what anthologies should be., 11 May 2004
This is quite simply the most played pair of CDs I posess. The two discs have their own character and sound, but they play back to back just as well, and for the diversity of the tracks, the whole flows with a remarkable smoothness that has to be heard to be believed.

Also with my copy there is a 32 page insert book with photos, a brief bio, Dr John's comments on the tracks and a list of album sources, this latter being an important feature annoyingly missing from many collections.

I haven't said much about the tracks yet, and in truth nothing could do them justice. There are 39 of them, following the artist's career, and all are excelent. Every track tells a story, and you never think you are listening to a "space filler".

A tattered copy of this compilation was my introduction to Dr John, and I've never looked back.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Start here!, 10 Sep 2006
By S J Buck (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a great collection to get, especially if you don't have many of Dr John's solo CD's already. On 2 CD's you get 39 tracks covering his career from the recordings with Ronnie Barron (tracks 1 & 2) all the way up to 1989.

Dr John is one the most important New Orleans musicians alive and this collection covers the many varied styles of his career. Naturally the sound quality of the earliest recordings, which date from 1959 are a little rough, that may be the age or it may be what was intended.

Stylistically there's huge variety here:
The Voodoo sound (Gris Gris etc)
Prof Longhair (Tipitina, Memories of Prof Longhair)
Early 70's New Orleans Funk (Right Place Wrong Time, Life)
Rock n Roll (I Wanna Rock)
Solo Boogie Woogie Piano (Honey Dripper)
Big Band influenced Jazz (Makin' Whoopie, Accentuate The Positive, More Than You Know)

And that's without discussing the very early tracks which are a very eclectic bunch. Look at the credits for example on Storm Warning (1959). Allen Toussaint - Piano, Alvin Tyler - Sax, Melvin Lastie - Trumpet. This is already a core of very important New Orleans musicians, so you shouldn't be put off by the early tracks!

The CD's come with an excellent booklet, which gives you biographical information, as well as much background information on the recordings themselves. By the way track 15 'Opening' is not in the collection (hence no sample).

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