Lloyd Price - Lloyd Price, Vol. 2: Heavy Dreams '2021
Artist | Lloyd Price Related artists |
Album name | Lloyd Price, Vol. 2: Heavy Dreams |
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Date | 2021 |
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Play time | 56:15 |
Format / Bitrate | Stereo 1420 Kbps
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Media | CD |
Size | 186 MB |
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Tracklist: 01. Chee-koo Baby 02. Oo-Ee Baby 03. Oooh-Oooh-Oooh 04. Restless Heart 05. Tell Me Pretty Baby 06. They Say 07. Im Too Young 08. Aint It A Shame? 09. Jimmie Lee 10. Baby, Dont Turn Your Back On Me 11. Old Echo Song 12. Too Late For Tears 13. Carry Me Home 14. Little Bea 15. Night And Day 16. Oh, Love 17. Woe Ho Ho 18. Breaking My Heart (All Over Again) 19. I Yi Yi Gomen-a-sai (Im Sorry) 20. Country Boy Rock 21. Heavy Dream 22. Why 23. Im Goin Back  Read MoreAt his very first Specialty date in 1952, Price sang his classic eight-bar blues Lawdy Miss Clawdy (its rolling piano intro courtesy of a moonlighting Fats Domino). It topped the R&B charts for an extended period, making Price a legitimate star before he was old enough to vote. Four more Specialty smashes followed -- Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Restless Heart, Tell Me Pretty Baby, Aint It a Shame -- before Price was drafted into the Army and deposited unhappily in Korea. When he finally managed to break free of the military, Price formed his own label, KRC Records, with partners Harold Logan and Bill Boskent and got back down to business. Just Because, a plaintive ballad Price first cut for KRC, held enough promise to merit national release on ABC-Paramount in 1957 (his ex-valet, Larry Williams, covered it on Prices former label, Specialty). Stagger Lee, Prices adaptation of the old Crescent City lament Stack-A-Lee, topped both the R&B and pop lists in 1958. By now, his sound was taking on more of a cosmopolitan bent, with massive horn sections and prominent pop background singers. Dick Clark insisted on toning down the violence inherent to the songs story line for the squeaky-clean American Bandstand audience, accounting for the two different versions of the song youre likely to encounter on various reissues. After Price hit with another solid rocker, Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)? in 1959, the heavy brass-and-choir sound became his trademark at ABC-Paramount. Personality, Im Gonna Get Married, and Come Into My Heart all shot up the pop and R&B lists in 1959, and Lady Luck and Question followed suit in 1960. Always a canny businessman, Price left ABC-Paramount in 1962 to form another firm of his own with Logan. Double L Records debuted Wilson Pickett as a solo artist and broke Prices Vegas lounge-like reading of Misty in 1963. Later, he ran yet another label, Turntable Records (its 45s bore his photo, whether on his own sizable 1969 hit Bad Conditions or when the single was by Howard Tate!), and operated a glitzy New York nightspot by the same name. But the music business turned sour for Price when his partner, Logan, was murdered in 1969. He got as far away from it all as he possibly could, moving to Africa and investing in nonmusical pursuits. Perfect example: He linked up with electric-haired Don King to promote Muhammad Ali bouts in Zaire (against George Foreman) and Manila (against Joe Frazier). He indulged in a few select oldies gigs (including an appearance on NBC-TVs Midnight Special), but overall, little was seen of Price during the 1970s. Returning to America in the early 80s, he largely resisted performing until a 1993 European tour with Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Gary U.S. Bonds convinced him there was still a market for his bouncy, upbeat oldies. Prices profile went on the upswing since -- he guested on a PBS-TV special with Huey Lewis & the News, and regularly turned up to headline the Jazz & Heritage Festival in his old hometown. ~ Bill Dahl
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