Darlene Love - So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958-1998 '2008

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 It’s incredible to think that, in 2008, the unique and wonderful
Darlene Love is celebrating her 50th anniversary as a recording artist. Since
1958, the extraordinarily talented Ms Love has provided the voice behind some of
the most enduring songs ever to grace the AM radio band, and has been the
featured vocalist on more than a few of rock’n’roll’s
defining moments – most notably, as far as many would be concerned,
‘Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)’ and her other seminal
selections on Phil Spector’s “A Christmas Gift For You”
album. Sadly, and although she’s also been a Crystal, a Blossom, a
Rebelette, a Wildcat, a Young Cougar, a Pelican, a Blue Jean, a K-C-Ette and
many other things to varying degrees of success, Darlene has never scored the
kind of solo hit that an artist of her magnitude always deserves. But here at
Ace we ‘Love’ Darlene to pieces, and we feel that it would be wrong
to let half a century’s worth of contributions to the annals of
rock’n’roll go by without a justified and deserved salute to such
an important contributor.

“So Much Love” virtually spans Darlene’s entire recording
career, from her first solo lead vocal on the Blossoms’ ‘No Other
Love’ to a fairly recent rendition of ‘A Change Is Gonna
Come’. In between, you’ll hear examples of her sessioneering in
many of the previously mentioned ‘groups’, choice cuts from her
lengthy career as, first, one fourth and then one third of the Blossoms, several
of the many selections that she has recorded for soundtracks to hit films like
Home Alone and Dick Tracy and – most excitingly for long time devotees
– a previously unissued and, until very recently, virtually unheard
example of her work as a demo singer, via her stunning performance of Jack
Nitzsche and Jackie DeShannon’s ‘Let Him Walk Away’ –
one of three tracks featured that have never been released until now, another
being the drop dead gorgeous rendition of Goffin & King’s title track
from the Blossoms’ Bill Medley produced sessions of the late 1960s.

Asssembled by Mick Patrick and myself with the approval and endorsement of Ms
Love, it’s a tribute that no Darlene fan will be disappointed with. It
was hard for Mick and me to settle on these 24 tracks, but we are sure that all
fans will be as pleased with it as she is.

By Tony Rounce
:: TRACKLIST ::

1. The Blossoms – Thats When The Tears Start (02:24)
2. Darlene Love – Too Late To Say Youre Sorry (02:22)
3. The Blossoms – So Much Love (03:03)
4. The Blossoms – The Gospel Truth (02:23)
5. Dick Dale & The Del Tones – King Of The Surf Guitar (02:05)
6. The Blossoms & Eddie Beals Orchestra – No Other Love (02:27)
7. Hal Blaine & The Young Cougars – The Drummer Plays For Me (02:25)
8. The Blossoms – Good, Good Lovin (02:44)
9. Duane Eddy & The Rebelettes – Boss Guitar (02:26)
10. The Blossoms – The Search Is Over (02:26)
11. The Wildcats – 3625 Groovy Street (02:19)
12. Darlene Love – Ooh-Wee Baby (03:11)
13. Moose & The Pelicans – Hes A Rebel (02:25)
14. Al Casey & The K-C-Ettes – What Are We Gonna Do In 64? (01:59)
15. The Blossoms – Lover Boy (02:21)
16. Barney Kessel – TV Commercials (02:18)
17. Darlene Love – Let Him Walk Away (02:19)
18. The Blossoms – I Gotta Tell It (02:20)
19. The Blossoms – Something So Wrong (02:38)
20. The Blossoms – Touchdown (02:11)
21. Darlene Love – Mr. Fix-It (03:13)
22. The Blossoms – Cherish What Is Dear To You (While Its Near To You)
(02:34)
23. Darlene Love – All Alone On Christmas (03:39)
24. Darlene Love – A Change Is Gonna Come (04:34)

Tracks 3, 4 and 17 are previously unissued. All tracks in mono, except 5, 8, 12
and 20-24 are in stereo.

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