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Ricky Nelson - The American Dream
[2001 / CD / FLAC / Lossless / Log]
This is one of the more difficult Bear Family sets to take on simply because it is such an intimidating package. Never mind that Nelson is an American myth, having eked his way into that terrain by dying in a plane crash while still in his forties, and despite being managed by Colonel Tom Parker, he still looked fantastic despite the unsubstantiated rumors of drugs, alcoholism, and twisted sex that poured forth from the tabloids after his passing.
But that Ricky (or Rick as he was known then) Nelson doesn't even appear inside this box set. The material documented here begins near the end of the rockabilly era in 1957 and ends before the Beatles came stateside. The 180 tracks contained on this set represent five years in the recording life of Ricky Nelson, who before he even began his recording career was a television star with his real-life family, the Nelsons, parented by Ozzie and Harriet. In fact, Ricky Nelson starred in a number of motion pictures during the era when these recordings were made -- most notably Rio Bravo with John Wayne and Dean Martin and The Wackiest Ship in the Army -- and remained on the TV program until 1966, four years after these sessions leave off in 1962. Ricky Nelson was indeed America's most popular and respectable teen idol.
Of the 180 tracks included here, part of disc five and all of disc six have previously unreleased alternate takes, unheard masters, and unreleased tracks -- impressive by even Bear Family standards. Disc one begins with Nelson's first Verve single, his cover of Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" (that featured Domino's drummer, Earl Palmer, on the session all the way from New Orleans), backed with "My One and Only Love," a syrupy teen anthem that rocketed to the top of the charts. The rest, in a sense, was history, though it didn't run out all over the margins of press and radio like a river. After leaving Verve Nelson went to Imperial, and it is from here and Challenge that the rest of the recordings on this set come -- in complete chronological order, which means track duplication in sequence. For whatever reason, since there are usually only two or three takes, it's not as irritating as it is, say, on the complete Verve Bird sessions when there are sometimes 13 versions of the same tune all in a row.
All of the hits are here, such as "Hello Mary Lou," "Travelin' Man," and the stuff you'd expect to find on the Imperial masters LPs and CD, but those tracks only tell a small part of an amazing musical odyssey. This set proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that Nelson was not gifted with a golden voice, but it was a good one, and he interpreted material well. One such cover is his 1962 version of the Gershwins' "Summertime." This is a version that rivals Janis Mojo (Publisher) (7/02, p.119) - "...He was the real deal....His faultless ability as a ballad singer rivalled that of Roy Orbison....Everything Nelson recorded bewteen 1956 and 1962 is here..."
But that Ricky (or Rick as he was known then) Nelson doesn't even appear inside this box set. The material documented here begins near the end of the rockabilly era in 1957 and ends before the Beatles came stateside. The 180 tracks contained on this set represent five years in the recording life of Ricky Nelson, who before he even began his recording career was a television star with his real-life family, the Nelsons, parented by Ozzie and Harriet. In fact, Ricky Nelson starred in a number of motion pictures during the era when these recordings were made -- most notably Rio Bravo with John Wayne and Dean Martin and The Wackiest Ship in the Army -- and remained on the TV program until 1966, four years after these sessions leave off in 1962. Ricky Nelson was indeed America's most popular and respectable teen idol.
Of the 180 tracks included here, part of disc five and all of disc six have previously unreleased alternate takes, unheard masters, and unreleased tracks -- impressive by even Bear Family standards. Disc one begins with Nelson's first Verve single, his cover of Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" (that featured Domino's drummer, Earl Palmer, on the session all the way from New Orleans), backed with "My One and Only Love," a syrupy teen anthem that rocketed to the top of the charts. The rest, in a sense, was history, though it didn't run out all over the margins of press and radio like a river. After leaving Verve Nelson went to Imperial, and it is from here and Challenge that the rest of the recordings on this set come -- in complete chronological order, which means track duplication in sequence. For whatever reason, since there are usually only two or three takes, it's not as irritating as it is, say, on the complete Verve Bird sessions when there are sometimes 13 versions of the same tune all in a row.
All of the hits are here, such as "Hello Mary Lou," "Travelin' Man," and the stuff you'd expect to find on the Imperial masters LPs and CD, but those tracks only tell a small part of an amazing musical odyssey. This set proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that Nelson was not gifted with a golden voice, but it was a good one, and he interpreted material well. One such cover is his 1962 version of the Gershwins' "Summertime." This is a version that rivals Janis Mojo (Publisher) (7/02, p.119) - "...He was the real deal....His faultless ability as a ballad singer rivalled that of Roy Orbison....Everything Nelson recorded bewteen 1956 and 1962 is here..."
CD-1:
1. I'm Walkin'
2. You're My One And Only Love
3. A Teenager's Romance
4. Be-Bop Baby [single vers.]
5. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
6. If You Can't Rock Me [1st recording][master]
7. Your True Love
8. Honeycomb
9. Boppin' The Blues
10. Baby I'm Sorry
11. I'm Confessin'
12. Be-Bop Baby [LP vers.]
13. Have I Told You Lately That I...[LP vers.]
14. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
15. True Love
16. Am I Blue
17. Teenage Doll
18. If You Can't Rock Me [vers. 2]
19. Stood Up
20. Waitin' In School
21. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
22. Believe What You Say [single vers.]
23. Shirley Lee
24. I'm Feelin' Sorry
25. There's Good Rockin' Tonight
26. Someday [You'll Want Me To Want You]
27. Down The Line
28. Unchained Melody
29. Poor Little Fool
30. My Babe
CD-2:
1. I'm In Love Again
2. There Goes My Baby
3. Believe What You Say [LP vers.][stereo]
4. Don't Leave Me This Way
5. Lonesome Town [vers. 1][stereo]
6. I Got A Feeling [stereo]
7. I'll Walk Alone
8. Restless Kid [stereo]
9. It's All In The Game
10. Lonesome Town
11. Cindy [vers. 3, slow][stereo]
12. It's Late
13. One Of These Mornings [stereo]
14. Old Enough To Love
15. Trying To Get To You [stereo]
16. Gloomy Sunday [stereo]
17. Be True To Me [stereo]
18. Never Be Anyone Else But You [stereo]
19. Just A Little Too Much [vers. 1][stereo]
20. Sweeter Than You [vers. 1][stereo]
21. I've Been Thinkin' [vers. 1]
22. It's Late [stereo]
23. I Can't Help It [stereo]
24. You Tear Me Up
25. Just A Little Too Much [vers. 2][stereo]
26. Sweeter Than You [vers. 2] [stereo]
27. I've Been Thinkin' [vers. 2][stereo]
28. One Minute To One [stereo]
29. So Long [stereo]
30. Blood From A Stone [stereo]
CD-3:
1. You'll Never Know What You're Missing
2. You're So Fine
3. That's All
4. A Long Vacation
5. Hey Pretty Baby
6. Half Breed
7. Don't Leave Me
8. Make Believe [vers. 1]
9. Mighty Good
10. I Wanna Be Loved
11. Again
12. I'd Climb The Highest Mountain [stereo]
13. Young Emotions
14. Make Believe [vers. 2][stereo]
15. Glory Train
16. If You Believe It
17. March With The Band Of The Lord
18. I Bowed My Head In Shame
19. Right By My Side
20. Here I Go Again [stereo]
21. Do You Know What It Means [To Miss New...]
22. When Your Lover Has Gone [stereo]
23. Baby Won't You Please Come Home [stereo]
24. Time After Time [stereo]
25. I'm Not Afraid [stereo]
26. Yes Sir, That's My Baby
27. You Are My Sunshine [stereo]
28. Ain't Nothin' But Love [stereo]
29. Proving My Love [stereo]
30. I'm All Through With You [stereo]
CD-4:
1. You Are The Only One [stereo]
2. Milk Cow Blues
3. Hello Mary Lou
4. Everybody But Me [stereo]
5. Break My Chain [stereo]
6. Travelin' Man [stereo]
7. Oh Yeah, I'm In Love [stereo]
8. Sure Fire Bet [stereo]
9. Stars Fell On Alabama [stereo]
10. Lucky Star [stereo]
11. My One Desire [stereo]
12. I'll Make Believe [stereo]
13. Hello Mary Lou [stereo]
14. That Warm Summer Night [stereo]
15. Everlovin'
16. A Wonder Like You
17. Thank You Darling [stereo]
18. History Of Love [stereo]
19. Today's Teardrops [stereo]
20. Baby, You Don't Know [stereo]
21. There's Not A Minute [stereo]
22. Mad Mad World [stereo]
23. Sweet Little Lovable You [stereo]
24. Stop Sneakin' Around [stereo]
25. Excuse Me Baby [stereo]
26. I Can't Stop Loving You [stereo]
27. Summertime [stereo]
28. Congratulations [stereo]
29. Poor Loser [stereo]
30. Young World
31. I've Got My Eyes On You [vers. 2]
CD-5:
1. Teen Age Idol
2. It's Up To You [stereo]
3. I Need You [double vocal][stereo]
4. Brand New Girl [The Session][stereo]
5. Brand New Girl [stereo]
6. Scratchin' [vers. 2] [The Fleas]
7. Tears [vers. 2] [The Fleas]
8. Doggone It [vers. 2] [The Trophies]
9. Desire [vers. 2] [The Trophies]
10. Cindy [vers. 1-movie vers.] [& W. BRENNAN]
11. My Rifle, My Pony And Me [& DEAN MARTIN]
12. Do You Know What It Means...[movie vers.]
13. RICKY ON THE AIR:
14. I'm Walkin'
15. You Are The Only One
16. Stood Up
17. Trying To Get To You
18. Just Because [& LORRIE COLLINS]
19. Baby I'm Sorry
20. Waitin' In School
21. You Are The Only One [& LORRIE COLLINS]
22. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
23. Never Be Anyone Else But You
24. Cindy [vers.2:fast/key of 'D'] [TV vers.]
25. Sevillanas [guitar duet: V.GOMEZ & R.NELSON]
26. Again
27. Rick Flat-Picking
28. Have I Told You Lately That I..[singl. vers.]
29. Christmas Song
30. Jingle Bells
31. Radio Ad
32. Album Plug
CD-6:
1. You're My One And Only Love [alt]
2. I'm Walkin' [alt]
3. A Teenager's Romance [alt]
4. If You Can't Rock Me [vers. 1]
5. Poor Little Fool
6. Restless Kid [different overdub] [stereo]
7. Believe What You Say
8. Don't Leave Me This Way
9. Lonesome Town [vers. 1, diff. vocal][stereo]
10. If You Can't Rock Me [vers. 1]
11. It's All In The Game [alt]
12. One Of These Mornings [stereo]
13. Be True To Me [alt][stereo]
14. It's Late [false start & alt. stereo mix]
15. Trying To Get To You
16. Cindy [vers. 2:fast/key of 'D'][alt][stereo]
17. Just A Little Too Much [vers. 2][track]
18. Never Be Anyone Else But You [alt-1][stereo]
19. Young Emotions [without strings][stereo]
20. I've Been Thinkin' [track]
21. Never Be Anyone Else But You [alt-2][stereo]
22. Doggone It [vers. 1][The Trophies]
23. Tears [vers. 1][The Fleas][stereo]
24. Scratchin' [vers. 1][The Fleas][stereo]
25. I've Got My Eyes On You [vers. 1]
26. I Need You [singl. vocal][alt][stereo]
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