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ROD STEWART |
GILBERT O'SULLIVAN |
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TOM
PETTY Highway Companion (American) There are good Tom Petty albums then there are great Tom Petty albums. Clearly, Pettys 2006 CD on American, Highway Companion is one of his great albums. With a memorable batch of tunes and ready to rock, Tom links up with long time guitarist Mike Campbell and long time Traveling Wilburys cohort Jeff Lynne. Between the three of them, they turn L.A. pop to gold on a dozen tracks that glisten like silver cacti on a desert highway. Clearly Petty and Lynne had George Harrison, and to some extent Dylan and Orbison, in mind with much reverence when they cut these tracks as Harrisons spirit as both a singer and guitarist, lingers here like a fog upon L.A., echoing those timeless Wilburys spirits. www.tompetty.com
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ROD
STEWART Still The Same (J) Assisted
by a range of top players including guitarists John Shanks (who
also produced), Greg Leisz, Dean Parks and Tim Pierce,
Rod Stewart returns with his first roots rock covers album. Featuring
stately Stewart versions of classics by renowned songwriters John Fogerty,
Pete Ham, Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, Bonnie Tyler, Elvin Bishop, Bob
Dylan, The Eagles and more, Still The Same: Great Rock Classics
Of Our Time rocks steady. On this 13 track pop covers CD, Stewart
comes across like he was meant to reinterpret these rock evergreens.
www.rodstewart.com
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GILBERT O'SULLIVAN A Scruff At Heart (By Gum) Few musicians can captivate an audience with just a piano accompaniment. In the spirit of keyboard rockers like Elton John and Paul McCartney, Gilbert OSullivan reemerges in fine form with the 2006 CD release of A Scruff At Heart. If you can find it on Ebay, check out the gorgeous Japanese pressing with superb gatefold cover art and lyrics booklet. For the 2006 release of A Scruff At Heart Gilbert has penned batch or memorable rockers that sound great with spare yet tasteful backing from strings, woodwinds and brass. The first track Take Your Foot Off My Toe is a toe tapping intro to an album that sounds better spin after spin. www.bygumrecords.com
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LOS
STRAITJACKETS Twist Party (YepRoc) Renowned for their rockabilly style surf to outer space instro and beyond, Los Straitjackets team with the world famous Pontini Sisters and vocalist Kaiser George for a sound best described as David Byrne meets Booker T. & The MGs. The CD half of this 2006 CD/DVD set features the band with George while the DVD features dance instruction videos from the slightly twisted and scantily clad sisters. Stuff like this was coming out left and right 25 years ago. Theres a great instro (with Munsters style sound effects) called Mad Scientwist while a set closing cover of Peppermint Twist sounds like a cut from a Joey Dee & The Starlighters meets The Raybeats Lp that never happened. www.straitjackets.com
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