JOE COCKER Mad Dogs & Englishmen SWEET THUNDER Half Speed AUDIOPHILE Rare 2 LP
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JOE COCKER Mad Dogs & Englishmen
NM/NM Used Audiophile Vinyl 2 Record Set
Record label: Sweet Thunder Edition 9
Authentic, ultra-rare SWEET THUNDER audiophile LP. Half Speed mastered from the original analog tapes and custom pressed on Teldec high quality, high density, virgin vinyl.
Cover is like new. Corners are sharp and spine is straight. Gatefold jacket still crackles when you open it. Very slight discoloration on the spine. Vinyl looks like new and plays beautifully.
Side 1
1. Introduction
2. Honky Tonk Woman
3. Introduction
4. Sticks and Stones
5. Cry Me a River
6. Bird on a Wire
Side 2
7. Feelin' Alright
8. Superstar - (featuring Rita Coolidge)
9. Introduction
10. Let's Go Get Stoned
Side 3
11. Blue Medley: I'll Drown in My Own Tears/When Something Is Wrong ...: I'll Drown In My Own Tears / When Something Is Wrong With My Baby / I've Been Loving You Too Long - (previously unreleased, featuring Leon Russell)
12. Introduction
13. Girl from the North Country: I'll Drown In My Own Tears / When Something Is Wrong With My Baby / I've Been Loving You Too Long
14. Give Peace a Chance
Side 4
15. Introduction
16. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
17. Space Captain
18. Letter, The
19. Delta Lady
Review: One of the first classic post-Woodstock albums, MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN was recorded at precisely the moment that Cocker and his bandleader Leon Russell found themselves, however briefly, at the epicenter of the rock & roll universe. The big hits here--the juiced-up version of Traffic's "Feelin' Alright," the Memphis soul revamp of the Box Tops "The Letter"--have been ubiquitous for years, and remain as potent as ever.Some of the less familiar tracks are equally rewarding though, particularly the Cocker/Russell duet on Dylan's "Girl From the North Country" (with the composer in attendance), and the obscure early Ray Charles raver "Sticks and Stones." This one shot ensemble (including veteran British musicians and the cream of then current L.A. sessioneers) was a great band, however unwieldy (twenty-one members!) and we're lucky to have this document of its only tour.
Sweet Thunder was an audiophile label specializing in re-issues of the late seventies, early eighties. Half-Speed Mastered only from First Generation analog masters, Sweet Thunder paid meticulous attention to detail and sonic nuances like few other high end labels of the era. Their releases are characterized by the massively extended dynamic and frequency range, near-compulsive attention paid to the integrity of the pressing and highest quality of the material: only the "virgin" (audiophile-grade) vinyl was used, and most LP albums were pressed at RCA/Victor and/or Warner-Pioneer corporations of Japan... both known for extremely fine sounding records.
