VA • Stax Revueː Live in '65!

 

The Mar-Keys • Do the pop-eye

Review by Richie Unterberger

The Mar-Keys' second album was much like their first, Last Night! (issued earlier in 1962): functional, simple early-'60s soul-rock instrumentals, prominently featuring sax and organ and easy to dance to. And like Last Night!, it was unimaginative and dull to listen to altogether, with the disadvantage of lacking a single as good as the classic "Last Night," though it was a little funkier in its song selection and execution. The bouncy "Pop-Eye Stroll" had been a very small hit (making number 94), and probably for that reason there were a couple of knockoffs elsewhere on the LP, "Pop-Eye Rider" and "Too Pooped to Pop-Eye." Historically this is an important record, only because three of the musicians to play in Booker T. & the MG's -- Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, and Duck Dunn -- play on it (Cropper and Jones also wrote a bit of the material). You can hear antecedents to the Booker T. & the MG's' sound on some of the better cuts, like "Straight From the Can" and "Sit Still," which has some stinging Cropper licks; Rufus Thomas wrote one of the other tracks, "'Cause I Love You."

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Revisión por Richie Unterberger

El segundo álbum de Mar-Keys fue muy parecido a su primer disco, Last Night! (emitido a principios de 1962): instrumentales funcionales, simples de soul-rock de principios de los años 60, con prominentes funciones de saxo y órgano y fáciles de bailar. Y al igual que Last Night !, fue poco imaginativo y aburrido escucharlo en conjunto, con la desventaja de carecer de uno tan bueno como el clásico "Last Night", aunque fue un poco más divertido en su selección y ejecución de canciones. El hinchable "Pop-Eye Stroll" había sido un éxito muy pequeño (número 94), y probablemente por esa razón hubo un par de imitaciones en otros lugares del LP, "Pop-Eye Rider" y "Too Pooped to Pop-Eye . " Históricamente, este es un registro importante, solo porque tres de los músicos que tocaron en Booker T. & the MG's - Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones y Duck Dunn - tocaron en él (Cropper y Jones también escribieron un poco de material). Puede escuchar los antecedentes del sonido de Booker T. & the MG 'en algunos de los mejores cortes, como "Straight From the Can" y "Sit Still", que tiene algunos lazos picantes de Cropper; Rufus Thomas escribió una de las otras canciones, "Cause I Love You".

VA • Backbeat Of Rock 'n' Roll Vol 3 of 3

 

 

 

The Mar-Keys • Last Night!

 

VA • Mod Soul Jazz

 

Bill Doggett, Shirley Scott, Booker T. & The MG's, Mel Torme, The Mar-Keys, Les McCann, Jackie Ivory, Eddie Harris, Brother Jack McDuff, King Curtis, Mose Allison, Sonny Stitt, Jimmy Smith, Clarence Wheeler …

 

 

VA • The Funky 60's

 

Freddie King, Ella Fitzgerald, Eddie Harris, The Mar-Keys, King Curtis, Herbie Hancock, Nat Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, funky, Commodores, Solomon Burke, funk, Booker T. & The MG's ...

The Mar-Keys • Damifiknow!

The Mar-Keys:
Steve Cropper, Raymond Jackson, Robert Johnson, Harold Beane, Teenie Hodges (guitar), Andrew Love (tenor saxophone),Wayne Jackson (trumpet), Sidney Kirk (piano), Booker T. Jones (keyboards), Donald "Duck" Dunn, Roland Robinson (bass), Al Jackson, Jr., Jerry Norris (drums).

VA • Rock Instrumental Classics - Vol.4 - Soul

 

 

Rock Instrumental Classics, Vols. 1-5 Review by Heather Phares
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vols. 1-5 collects all the volumes of Rhino's Rock Instrumental Classics series into a five-disc box set. Each volume individually and as a set lives up to the title; Santo & Johnny's "Sleepwalk," Bill Justis' "Raunchy," the Champs' "Tequila," and Link Wray's "Rumble" are just a few of the standout tracks from the first disc, which chronicles the rise of instrumental rock in the '50s. The Ventures' "Walk, Don't Run," the Tornados' "Telstar," the T-Bones' "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)," and Mason Williams' "Classical Gas" are among the '60s instrumental hits from the second volume, while Hot Butter's "Popcorn," Billy Preston's "Outa-Space," Van McCoy's "The Hustle," and the Edgar Winter Group's "Frankenstein" are some of the late-'60s and early-'70s classics featured on the third and fourth discs. The final disc is dedicated to surf, the king of instrumental rock genres, and features such twangy singles as the Belairs' "Mr. Moto," Dick Dale's "Miserlou," the Crossfires' "Fiberglass Jungle," and Jack Nitzsche's "The Lonely Surfer." Rock Instrumental Classics, Vols. 1-5 is a wonderfully comprehensive and entertaining retrospective of instrumental rock's golden years, and a must for any fan of the genre.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-instrumental-classics-vols-1-5-mw0000175139

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Clásicos instrumentales del rock, Vols. 1-5 Reseña de Heather Phares
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vols. 1-5 recopila todos los volúmenes de la serie Rock Instrumental Classics de Rhino en una caja de cinco discos. Cada volumen por separado y como conjunto hace honor al título; "Sleepwalk" de Santo & Johnny, "Raunchy" de Bill Justis, "Tequila" de los Champs y "Rumble" de Link Wray son sólo algunos de los temas destacados del primer disco, que narra el auge del rock instrumental en los años 50. Walk, Don't Run" de los Ventures, "Telstar" de los Tornados, "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" de los T-Bones y "Classical Gas" de Mason Williams son algunos de los éxitos instrumentales de los 60 del segundo volumen, mientras que "Popcorn" de Hot Butter, "Outa-Space" de Billy Preston, "The Hustle" de Van McCoy y "Frankenstein" del Edgar Winter Group son algunos de los clásicos de finales de los 60 y principios de los 70 incluidos en el tercer y cuarto disco. El último disco está dedicado al surf, el rey de los géneros instrumentales del rock, y presenta singles tan enérgicos como "Mr. Moto" de los Belair, "Miserlou" de Dick Dale, "Fiberglass Jungle" de los Crossfires y "The Lonely Surfer" de Jack Nitzsche. Rock Instrumental Classics, Vols. 1-5 es una retrospectiva maravillosamente completa y entretenida de los años dorados del rock instrumental, imprescindible para cualquier fan del género.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-instrumental-classics-vols-1-5-mw0000175139