samedi 12 juin 2010

Ben E. King - Anthology

En cet hiver 1961, Benjamin Nelson maudit certainement la tempête de neige qui sévit sur New-York, empêchant les autres membres des Drifters d'arriver au studio, ce qui va l'obliger à enregistrer seul un premier single sous le nom de Ben E. King: 'First Taste Of Love', et surtout sa face B, 'Spanish Harlem', qui va exploser au Billboard... La suite de l'histoire, on la connaît... Sale temps, effectivement, pour les Drifters, qui n'avaient jamais réussi à garder un chanteur et qui, pour ce coup-là, ne s'en remettront pas, mais bénie soit la météo pourrie pour Benjamin Nelson!

We were doing things with a hundred
per cent feeling. It wasn't programmed.
It wasn't asked for. It wasn't structured.
It was just there. It was very raw.

Ben E. King

12 commentaires:

Dr Faustroll a dit…

http://rapidshare.com/files/397699493/BEN_I_01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/397889341/BEN_I_02.rar

And complete booklet art found in outer space (thanks to anonymous scanner):

http://rapidshare.com/files/397699498/BEN_I_Art.rar

Comments are very welcome...

Disc 1

01. There Goes My Baby
02. Dance With Me
03. This Magic Moment
04. Lonely Winds
05. Save The Last Dance For Me
06. I Count The Tears
07. Brace Yourself
08. Show Me The Way
09. Spanish Harlem
10. First Taste Of Love
11. Young Boys Blues
12. Stand By Me
13. On The Horizon
14. Here Comes The Night
15. Amor
16. Ecstasy
17. Yes
18. Walking In The Footsteps Of A Fool
19. Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
20. How Can I Forget
21. Gypsy
22. I (Who Have Nothing)
23. What Now My Love
24. Groovin'
25. That's When It Hurts
26. Let The Water Run Down
27. It's All Over

Disc 2

01. River Of Tears
02. Seven Letters
03. The Record (Baby I Love You)
04. She's Gone Again
05. Cry No More
06. Goodnight My Love
07. So Much Love
08. I Swear By Stars Above
09. What Is Soul
10. A Man Without A Dream
11. Tears Tears Tears
12. We Got A Thing Going On
13. Don't Take Your Love From Me
14. It's Amazing
15. Til I Can't Take It Anymore
16. It Ain't Fair
17. Hey Little One
18. Supernatural Thing - Part I
19. Do It In The Name Of Love
20. I Had A Love
21. Get It Up For Love
22. A Star In The Ghetto
23. Music Trance

Bill a dit…

A big gap in my collection is now filled. Many thanks!

wilfofhove a dit…

Magnificent Ben E. comp.
Thanks so much for sharing

Anonyme a dit…

Thanks so much!

Anonyme a dit…

Thanks, Doctor -this is a great overview of a great singer

Censusloss

Anonyme a dit…

Essential addition for any serious collection.

Brilliance on display via Ben's rich, gorgeous voice, Lieber & Stoller's historic, ground-breaking production, and state of the art, Brill Building songwriting.

This is as joyous as it gets.

The booklet is a true bonus as well. Special thanks for this one.

Jeff McKee Richmond, Va

Dan_invader a dit…

Merci Boucup, you're one of the best blogs around: I appreciate your work and teate very much. Un saludo macanudo from Spain!

Baxter Parp a dit…

Cheers! Great blog.

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

Dès les premières notes de la contrebasse un frisson parcourt l'échine ! Stand By Me...
J'ai une grande affection pour Willy Deville: il reprenait la chanson avec passion mais Ben E. King...
La première fois que j'ai entendu "Don't play that song", c'était dans la version de Johnny mais il a fallu attendre quelques années avant d'être projeté "ailleurs" par cette voix!
Drifters, Coasters, A. Alexander, Pickett, Cooke, Redding, Meyer !!! On est dans le domaine de l'intouchable, de l'émotion immédiate, de l'absolu et de l'éternité !!!
Et je n'échangerai pas un baril de cette musique (j'ose plus dire r'n'b)contre cent de ce garage rock d'aujourd'hui qui se généralise (s'uniformise) un peu trop à mon goût!
Un seul mot : MERCI Dr Faustroll!

Jan a dit…

A nice Compulation, beautiful music.

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