The Isley Brothers Twist & Shout (1962)

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Raw, raucous R&B gem! The Isley Brothers are one of the most enduring and influential acts in... more

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The Isley Brothers: Twist & Shout (1962)

Raw, raucous R&B gem!

The Isley Brothers are one of the most enduring and influential acts in American music, building a prodigious body of innovative, infectious work that's broadened rhythm and blues' creative boundaries while keeping the combo at the forefront for more than half a century. For many listeners, though, there's no beating the Isleys' raw, raucous early work, which combined gospel fervor and roadhouse grit to create rousing, transcendent music. The Isley Brothers' 1962 hit "Twist & Shout" marked a crucial breakthrough for the legendary trio. Recorded with producer/songwriter Bert Berns for Scepter Records' Wand subsidiary, the song became a major pop/R&B crossover hit. It also became a cultural anthem whose influence extended across the Atlantic and caught the ear of the Beatles, whose version of the song also became a transatlantic smash.

The Isley Brothers LP bearing "Twist & Shout" is a killer encapsulation of the group's early brilliance. In addition to the title track, the album features a passel of tunes in the same wild vein, with the brothers' wailing vocals driving such infectious numbers as "I Say Love," "Right Now," "Hold on Baby" and "The Snake." This timeless '60s masterpiece has been sourced from the original stereo tapes, pressed on vinyl and decked out with complete original cover art.

Article properties: The Isley Brothers: Twist & Shout (1962)

Interpret: The Isley Brothers
Album titlle: Twist & Shout (1962)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label SUNDAZED
Preiscode VLP2
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Artikelart LP
EAN: 0090771542410
weight in Kg 0.25

Isley Brothers, The - Twist & Shout (1962) LP 1
01	Twist & Shout	The Isley Brothers
02	I Say Love	The Isley Brothers
03	Right Now	The Isley Brothers
04	Hold On Baby	The Isley Brothers
05	Rubber Leg Twist	The Isley Brothers
06	The Snake	The Isley Brothers
07	You Better Come Home	The Isley Brothers
08	Never Leave Me Baby	The Isley Brothers
09	Spanish Twist	The Isley Brothers
10	Time After Time	The Isley Brothers
11	Let's Twist Again	The Isley Brothers
12	Don't You Feel	The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers Rudolph (born on April 1, 1939), Ronald (May 21, 1941) and O'Kelly (Dec.... more

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"The Isley Brothers"

The Isley Brothers

Rudolph (born on April 1, 1939), Ronald (May 21, 1941) and O'Kelly (Dec. 25, 1937) survived twenty years of musical changes, scoring definitive hits in each era along the way, to emerge as one of the most innova-tive black groups of the Seventies. Raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, the brothers moved to New York in 1957 where they recorded mediocre doo-wop /rock'n'roll sides for Teenage, and George Goldner's Cindy, Mark X, and Gone labels be-fore signing with RCA.

Produced by Hugo and Luigi, their driving gospel style enlivened a weak selection of pop materi-al, but was best displayed by 'Shout' (1959), an exciting adap-tation of the climax to their wild stage act which has since become a rock classic. They next worked with writer/ producers Leiber and Stoller (Atlantic, 1961-62) and Bert Berns (Wand, 1962-63; UA, 1963-64) who tried unsuccessfully to fit their raw sound into a commercial package, although it was Berns who gave them 'Twist And Shout' (1962), a one-take, end-of-session dance riff that became their first Top Twenty pop hit, later immortalized by the Beatles. Forming their own production company, T-Neck, in 1964-65 they cut several memorable sides (including the rousing 'Testify' and dramatic ballad 'The Last Girl') fea-turing their young guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, before joining Tamla the following year.

After hitting with some typically slick corporation pro-duct (the Top Twenty 'This Old Heart Of Mine' and 'I Guess I'll Always Love You', for example, in 1966) the trio were relegated to second-rate material and quit to revive T-Neck in 1969. From their first release, the million-selling 'It's Your Thing', they projected a new heavy image and soon began using two younger brothers (Ernie, on guitar, and Marvin, on bass) and Chris Jasper (keyboards) to create 'progressive' hits that anticipated modern trends in black music and brought them to the attention of wider audiences.

By the early Seventies they were interpreting songs by Steve Stills (the Top Twenty hit 'Love The One You're With', 1971) and Dylan May Lady Lay', 1971) and including Hendrix's trau-matic 'Machine Gun' in their act. In 1973, they crystallized all their influences and ideas in the highly acclaimed 3+3 album, which included the million-selling 'That Lady'. Subsequent releases in a similar style (Live It Up, The Heat Is On) have kept them in the forefront of black music.

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