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Louis Jordan: Somebody Up There Digs Me (LP, 10inch, Ltd.)

BEAR FAMILY Vinyl Club Exclusive - limitierte Sammleredition
1-LP 25cm (limitiert auf 500 Exemplare)
    • 10inch LP (limited edition - yellow vinyl)
    • 12 Tracks. Unique 10inch in our 11000 collectors series
    • Reissues of the very rare British 10inch LP Mercury MPT 7521!
    • Reproduction of the rare original album cover
    • Painstakingly remastered for highest fidelity and pressed on high quality vinyl!
    • Limited to 500 copies pressed on color vinyl

    Louis Jordan (* Juli 8, 1908 in Brinkley, Arkansas; † February 4, 1975 in Los Angeles)
    After his sucessful stint at Decca records since 1938 as "King of the Jukebox" and a strong string of hits, Jordan's star began to sink with the beginning of the 1950s. Producer Milt Gable, who was also the man for Louis Armstrong's and Billie Holiday's careers, didn't prolong the partnership with Jordan, because a new thing was coming: Mister Haley and Rock and Roll.
    Louis recorded the next years for Aladdin, Vik and X, but without smashes for him. In 1956 he signed with Mercury Records in Chicago. The plan was a mashup of his old hits but with the new sound, hard-driving, fast and furious. The right man was responsible for the production, the still young Quincy Jones. He got together a team of very skillful Jazz and Blues musicians (Mickey Baker, Jimmy Cleveland, Sam 'The Man' Taylor, Ernie Royal, Charlie Persip ...), and the recordings became classics in their own right, as they were completely different from the 1940s originals. Mercury (US) released a longplayer ... and failed. In Great Britain, oddly enough, PYE issued the same LP in full length as a 10inch LP, for whatever reason. Hard-to-find today, this British issue from 1957 gives a great look on the "Grandfather of Rock and Roll" in a new bloom. A "must have".

    A-Side:Caldonia
    Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma Baby
    Run Joe
    Early In The Morning
    Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
    Knock Me A Kiss

    B-Side:
    Let The Goog Times Roll
    Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
    Beware Brother Beware
    I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
    Salt Pork West Virginia
    Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens 

    Article properties:Louis Jordan: Somebody Up There Digs Me (LP, 10inch, Ltd.)

    • Interpret: Louis Jordan

    • Album titlle: Somebody Up There Digs Me (LP, 10inch, Ltd.)

    • Genre Rock'n'Roll

    • Label Bear Family Records

    • Preiscode BAF
    • Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
    • Record Grading Mint (M)
    • Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
    • Edition 2 Limited Edition
    • Vinyl record size LP (10 inch)
    • Artikelart LP

    • EAN: 5397102110054

    • weight in Kg 0.16
    Jordan, Louis - Somebody Up There Digs Me (LP, 10inch, Ltd.) LP 1
    01CaldoniaLouis Jordan
    02Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My BabyLouis Jordan
    03Run JoeLouis Jordan
    04Early In The MorningLouis Jordan
    05Choo Choo Ch'BoogieLouis Jordan
    06Knock Me A KissLouis Jordan
    07Let The Good Times RollLouis Jordan
    08Don't Let The Sun Catch You CryingLouis Jordan
    09Beware Brother BewareLouis Jordan
    10I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of TownLouis Jordan
    11Salt Pork West VirginiaLouis Jordan
    12Ain't Nobody Here But Us ChickensLouis Jordan
    Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five Kein anderer Künstler hatte eine solch bahnbrechende... more
    "Louis Jordan"

    Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

    Kein anderer Künstler hatte eine solch bahnbrechende Bedeutung in der Entwicklung des R&B und letztendlich des Rock'n'Roll wie der jumpende, jivende Altsaxofonist Louis Jordan und seine unfehlbar swingenden Tympany Five. Sie waren der populärste R&B-Act ihrer Ära mit einer ungebrochenen Reihe von Hits für Decca von 1942-1951; Jordan und seine kompakte Crew schafften es sogar, in noch nie zuvor da gewesener Weise auch in die Pop-Hitparade zu gelangen. Mit seinem Naturtalent für Komik und Humor trat Jordan in mehreren Low-Budget-Musikfilmen für ein schwarzes Publikum auf und erwies sich als Haupteinfluss für Bill Haley & His Comets, die von Jordans früherem A&R-Mann bei Decca, Milt Gabler, produziert wurden.

    Am 8. Juli 1908 in Brinkley, Arkansas, geboren, wurde Jordans musikalisches Talent auf natürliche Weise gefördert: sein Vater war ein Bandleader. Louis war Anfang der 30er-Jahre auf seinem Instrument versiert genug, um in New York Arbeit zu finden, wo er als Begleitmusiker von Louis Armstrong und Clarence Williams Aufnahmen machte, bevor er 1936 Mitglied des Orchesters des Schlagzeugers Chick Webb wurde (und auf dessen Aufnahme Rusty Hingemitwirkte). Louis verließ Chicks Band 1938, bereit die erste Ausgabe seiner Tympany Five zu leiten. Zu dieser Zeit spielte er sowohl Klarinette als auch Altsax.

    Die Hits begannen Ende 1942 mit I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town und ließen ein ganzes Jahrzehnt lang nicht nach. Jordan sprach mit seinem Ration Blues und G.I. Jive die Soldaten an und hielt zu Hause die Jitterbug-Tänzer mit Caldonia und Choo Choo Ch'Boogie bei Laune. Wie neun seiner Decca-78erzuvor, stürmte Ain't That Just Like A Woman in die 'Race'-Hitparade [Bez. für die 'Billboard'-Charts für schwarze Musik von 1945 bis Juni 1949, als sie in Rhythm & Blues Records umbenannt wurden, Anm. d. Übers.]. Geschrieben von Claude De Metruis (die angebliche Co-Autorin Fleecie Moore war Jordans Ehefrau, von der er sich bald scheiden ließ, nachdem sie ihn mit einem Messer angegriffen hatte, was ihn eine Menge Komponistentantiemen kostete, da er eine Reihe seiner Titel in ihrem Namen angemeldet hatte) und aufgenommen am 23. Januar 1946 in New York, wurde Louis' Band für den humorvollen Fetzer durch die Hinzunahme des Gitarristen Carl Hogan auf sechs Musiker erweitert.

    Der Pianist Wild Bill Davis treibt den Song an, aber Hogans flüssige Boogie-Untermauerung bringt die witzige Nummer zum Rocken. Chuck Berry hat schon vor langer Zeit Hogan als einen seiner Haupteinflüsse genannt und fast zwei Jahrzehnte später seine eigene Version des Songs eingespielt; weitere überzeugende Interpretationen stammen von Fats Domino und Lloyd Price. Leider konnte Jordan wie viele seiner R&B-Kollegen nicht mit der Rock'n'Roll-Revolution mithalten, die er selbst mit initiiert hatte. Doch er war bis kurz vor seinem Tod am 4. Februar 1975 weiter aktiv.

    Bill Dahl
    Chicago, Illinois

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    Grandioser Sound!!! Genau so muss Vinyl klingen!!

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    Vom Meister des sanften R&B-Sax zum modernen Blues- und Soulsänger! Was für ein Schritt. und vior allem: erstmals mit groovender Bluescombo und Mickey Baker an der Gitarre. Hübsche kleine bunte 25cm-Scheibe.

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    Louis Jordan - 10 inch LP

    Excellent product, great issue from an outstanding label.

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    Louis Jordan - 10 Inch LP

    Excellent LP in nice yellow vinyl. Well engineered, per Bear Family's known quality expectations. I wonder how I order the black vinyl however so I can have both.

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    Tracklist
    Jordan, Louis - Somebody Up There Digs Me (LP, 10inch, Ltd.) LP 1
    01 Caldonia
    02 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
    03 Run Joe
    04 Early In The Morning
    05 Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
    06 Knock Me A Kiss
    07 Let The Good Times Roll
    08 Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
    09 Beware Brother Beware
    10 I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
    11 Salt Pork West Virginia
    12 Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens