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Original Sinner: the Very Best of the MGM Recordings

~ Lou Christie

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Audio CD (6 Oct 2008)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Rpm
ASIN: B0002W1B18

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars LIGHTNIN' STRIKES !, 17 Oct 2004

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First-ever Lou Christie MGM retrospective from the Original Master Tapes.

Authoritative liner notes, detailed track annotation as well as
vintage, previously unseen photos.

Starring in highly Original audio-movies, Lou Christie played the roles of Sinner and Saviour with equal gusto.

Hitting #1 in Billboard the week ending 19 February 1966 (Lou Christie's 23rd birthday), 'Lightnin' Strikes ruled the #1 position in virtually every US market. 'Lightnin' Strikes' earned a Gold Record from the Record Industry Association of America and a BMI Award commemorating one million radio plays.

The follow-up, 'Rhapsody In The Rain', had the honour of being BANNED. Why? Because as TIME magazine put it, 'There was no question about what the lyrics and the beat implied - sexual intercourse in a car, making love to the rhythm of the windshield wipers'. The lyrics only said 'We were making out in the rain' and 'Our love went much too far'.

Nevertheless, after indignant objections from radio stations and church groups, Lou changed the supposedly 'dirty' lines to 'We fell in love in the rain' and 'Our love came like a falling star'. This CD includes both versions of 'Rhapsody In The Rain'.

LOU CHRISTIE
ORIGINAL SINNER:
THE VERY BEST OF THE MGM RECORDINGS
(RPM 284)

Stereo except 07 - 08 & 19 - 22 Mono

01. Lightnin' Strikes
Billboard #1, Cash Box #1,
Record World #1
02. Baby, We Got To Run Away
03. Cryin' In The Streets
04. Trapeze
05. Diary
06. Jungle
07. Rhapsody In The Rain
Uncensored (BANNED) Version
08. Rhapsody In The Rain
Censored Version
Billboard #16, Cash Box #20, Record World #20
09. You've Got Your Troubles
10. Since I Don't Have You
Cash Box Looking Ahead #1, Billboard #102
11. Painter
Record World #73, Cash Box #77, Billboard #81
12. Lita
13. Lita - Previously Unreleased Alt Mix
14. Indian Summer
15. Hollywood's My Stop
16. Du Ronda
17. Back Track
18. Summer Snow
19. Watch Your Heart After Dark
20. If My Car Could Only Talk
Billboard #118
21. Wild Life's In Season
22. Song Of Lita

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wild Life's in Season Again, 21 Jan 2005

By	D. Stewart "duglas" (Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

One singer/sonwriter who is due a major scale rediscovery by hard core serious pop fans is Lou Christie. He made records that combined the polar opposites of bubblegum pop and a Scott Walker-esque grandeur. I can't think of anyone else in 1965(not even Brian Wilson or the Beatles) who made a single that was so ahead of the game, was so inventive and packed so much into just 3 minutes as Lou did with the jaw droppingly brilliant Lightnin' Strikes. Lou Christie cast himself in the dual roles of saviour and sinner. This is a complex artist with a soaring multi-octave vocal talent. Wild Life's in Season is another Christie masterwork full of mysticism and twists & turns. Painter and Rhaspody in the Rain are so full of longing and passion you'll think Lou's heart is about burst out the speakers.
This is an excellent introduction to the weird and very wonderful pop world of Lou Christie and let's hope the revival starts here.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Listen -try to understand, 20 Nov 2006

By	Richard "Alice Collector" (Blackpool England) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

The MGM recordings by Lou Christie began after his demob and the first single "Lightning Strikes" made No 1 his biggest hit to date in America.
His falsetto trademark went even further than Jimmy Jones or Del Shannon and at times gelled with the girl backing singers who included members of the Toys and Diane Renay who'd just signed with the same label.
The followups both managed to get banned for different reasons-Rhapsody In The Rain was supposedly about a line in the song which had to be altered after complaints from radio stations but then what planet are these people from-it was the same story which happenned when the Stones sang "let's spend the night together"-you're not supposed to be so upfront about it.
However Christie's own personal life was nowhere near that of the Stones so there were no songs about drugs.
His 2nd ban was because of objections from the estate of Italian opera composer Puccini because of "unauthorixed use of a melody from Madame Butterfly"-as a result Painter was never issued in England.
This sort of thing must have disappeared at the time of Andrew Lloyd Weber who used the same melody for a song called "Memories" which I think was from "Evita".
Whatever Christie rode out his contract with MGM-or had it dropped-and signed with Columbia for 2 singles then Buddah where his next No 1 came from and an album called Painter of Hits. After that long silences until the CD Age and Cherry Red who now restore everything as it should have been.
There's been countless reissues of hits through the years but these Cherry Red sets are the way to go

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