Z.Z. Hill CD: That's It! The Complete Kent Recordings 1964-1968 (2-CD)

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(Ace Records) 49 Tracks - His complete recordings for the Bihari brothers’ Kent...more

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Z.Z. Hill: That's It! The Complete Kent Recordings 1964-1968 (2-CD)

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His complete recordings for the Bihari brothers’ Kent label, together on one package for the first time, including many making their CD debut.

For two decades Z Z Hill was a go-to guy for anyone who needed a shot of blues-tinged soul music. His catalogue of recordings includes many masterpieces of southern soul, his Texas roots showing through wherever he recorded. After years of critical acclaim, and a late flourish of hits, he was about to take his career to a bigger stage in 1984 when complications from the aftermath of a car crash robbed black American music of one of its finest singers.

20 years earlier Z.Z. scored his first hit with ‘You Were Wrong’ on his brother’s MH label, which led directly to his signing to the Kent subsidiary of long-established Modern Records. For the next four years he recorded prolifically and enjoyed many strong local sellers that all refused to breach the national charts. Hits or no hits, Z.Z. always got great songs and productions, and soul fans who have been enjoying them for many years will thrill to the quantity featured in this month’s 2CD set.

CD1 features all the singles Z.Z released during his time as a Kent artist, 1964 to 1968, in mono and with each tape carefully matched against an original 45 to ensure they are heard just the way they were meant to be heard. CD2 contains the first-ever CD release of his 1968 album “A Whole Lot Of Soul”, in stereo, plus originally unissued material and tracks onto which Kent-Modern’s Joe Bihari added strings after Z.Z. started to score hits for other labels in the early 70s. Few CDs we’ve ever put out live up to their titles quite as conclusively as “That’s It!”.

The CD booklet features a sessionography which reveals hitherto unpublished information about recording locations, producers and engineers for these tracks. For any 60s soul fan, “That’s It!” is all that, and more besides.

Tony Rounce

Article properties:Z.Z. Hill: That's It! The Complete Kent Recordings 1964-1968 (2-CD)

Interpret: Z.Z. Hill
Album titlle: That's It! The Complete Kent Recordings 1964-1968 (2-CD)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label Ace Records
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0029667087629
weight in Kg 0.13

Hill, Z.Z. - That's It! The Complete Kent Recordings 1964-1968 (2-CD) CD 1
01	You Don't Love Me	Z.Z. Hill
02	If I Could Do It All Over	Z.Z. Hill
03	Someone To Love Me	Z.Z. Hill
04	Have Mercy Someone	Z.Z. Hill
05	Hey Little Girl	Z.Z. Hill
06	Oh Darlin'	Z.Z. Hill
07	What More	Z.Z. Hill
08	That's It	Z.Z. Hill
09	Happiness Is All I Need	Z.Z. Hill
10	Everybody Has To Cry	Z.Z. Hill
11	No More Doggin'	Z.Z. Hill
12	The Kind Of Love I Want	Z.Z. Hill
13	I Found Love	Z.Z. Hill
14	You Can't Hide A Heartache	Z.Z. Hill
15	Gimme Gimme	Z.Z. Hill
16	Greatest Love	Z.Z. Hill
17	Where She Att	Z.Z. Hill
18	Baby, I'm Sorry	Z.Z. Hill
19	Everybody Needs Somebody	Z.Z. Hill
20	You Just Cheat And Lie	Z.Z. Hill
21	What Am I Living For	Z.Z. Hill
22	You're Gonna Need My Lovin'	Z.Z. Hill
23	Nothing Can Change The Love I Have For You	Z.Z. Hill
24	Steal Away	Z.Z. Hill
25	You Got What I Need	Z.Z. Hill
26	Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep)	Z.Z. Hill
27	Set Your Sights Higher	Z.Z. Hill

Hill, Z.Z. - That's It! The Complete Kent Recordings 1964-1968 (2-CD) CD 2
01	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby	Z.Z. Hill
02	What Am I Living For	Z.Z. Hill
03	Nothing Takes The Place Of You	Z.Z. Hill
04	Knock On Wood	Z.Z. Hill
05	Steal Away	Z.Z. Hill
06	You Gonna Make Me Cry	Z.Z. Hill
07	You Send Me	Z.Z. Hill
08	Midnight Hour	Z.Z. Hill
09	When A Man Loves A Woman	Z.Z. Hill
10	Make Me Yours	Z.Z. Hill
11	Nothing Can Change The Love I Have For You	Z.Z. Hill
12	Greatest Love	Z.Z. Hill
13	You Won't Hurt No More	Z.Z. Hill
14	You've Got Me Chained To Your Love	Z.Z. Hill
15	I'm Gonna Love You	Z.Z. Hill
16	Please Take Me Back	Z.Z. Hill
17	My Girl Has Gone Away	Z.Z. Hill
18	I Need Someone (To Love Me) (with strings) (aka Someone To Love Me)	Z.Z. Hill
19	You Don't Love Me (with strings)	Z.Z. Hill
20	If I Could Do It All Over (with strings)	Z.Z. Hill
21	You Won't Hurt No More (with strings)	Z.Z. Hill
22	Nothing Can Change This Love (I Have For You) (with strings) (aka Nothing Can Change The Love I Have For You)	Z.Z. Hill

Z.Z.Hill Geboren am 30. September 1935 in Neapel, Ost-Texas - etwa 40 Meilen von der Grenze... more

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"Z.Z. Hill"

Z.Z.Hill

Geboren am 30. September 1935 in Neapel, Ost-Texas - etwa 40 Meilen von der Grenze zwischen Texas, Louisiana und Arkansas entfernt - begann er als Teenager zu singen. Wie viele seiner Zeitgenossen zog es ihn zunächst zur Gospelmusik. Es wurde geschrieben, dass er mit den Gospelstars der Spiritual Five aus der nahe gelegenen Stadt Tyler tourte, aber die Personalfluktuation war schnell und häufig und er scheint nicht lange genug bei ihnen gewesen zu sein, um eine Platte zu machen.

In den späten 50er Jahren hörte er weltliche Musik und zitierte in späteren Jahren Sam Cooke, Bobby Bland und Freddie King als die wichtigsten Einflüsse auf seinen Stil. Er verließ das Leben als Gospelsänger für eine Karriere als Blues-Mann und wanderte nordwestlich nach Dallas aus, wo es eine blühende Clubszene gab, in der er schnell Teil wurde und seinen Namen von Arzell in Z.Z. zu Ehren eines anderen seiner Helden, B.B. King, änderte. Sein älterer Bruder Matt zog Ende der 1950er Jahre nach Kalifornien und lud Z.Z. ein, sich ihm anzuschließen.

1960 nahm er sechs Songs auf, die Matt an Chess verkaufen konnte, obwohl die Firma beschloss, sie nicht herauszugeben. Frustriert über das mangelnde Interesse gründete Matt Ende 1963 seine eigenen Mesa- und M.H.-Labels, mit Z.Z. als Erstunterzeichnung. Seine erste Veröffentlichung,'Five Will Get You Ten' auf Mesa, verkaufte sich lokal gut, während die zweite,'You Were Wrong' auf M.H. (ein Song, den er als'You Was Wrong' bei seiner Session 1960 aufgenommen hatte), im März 1964 eine Woche auf der untersten Stufe von Billboards Hot 100 stand.

Dieser kleine Erfolg verhalf Z.Z. zu einem Vertrag mit Kent-Modern Records, einem der letzten großen R&B-Unternehmer an der Westküste, der immer noch als Vorreiter fungiert. Seine erste Aufnahmesession für die Firma fand am 15. September 1964 bei Western Recorders statt und wurde von Chuck Britz, dem bevorzugten Ingenieur von Beach Boy Brian Wilson, konzipiert....

(Tony Rounce - Auszüge aus den Liner Notes zu CDTOP2-476)

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