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Various: The Songs Of Leon Russell (CD)

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For fans of Ace Records’ popular Songwriters series, 2021 looks like being a particularly good year. We kicked off in January with a compilation of songs from the pen of Kris Kristofferson, and keep the ball rolling this month with a volume spotlighting the work of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Leon Russell.

The name Leon Russell should evoke welcome memories for anyone old enough to remember that time in the late 60s-early 70s when rock and soul seemed to be sprouting wings and flying in all directions, with no boundaries to contain the flow of mad, wide-eyed creativity. With his flowing grey mane, stovepipe hat and stellar piano playing, Russell cut an imposing presence leading Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs & Englishmen circus as its charismatic ringmaster and musical director, before stepping out on a solo career that went supernova as it rampaged through the first half of the 70s, directed from atop his Shelter empire.

The collection comprises almost entirely songs from the period 1966 to 1979 and is packaged with a booklet featuring a 6,500-word essay by Kris Needs. The earliest selections – ‘Before You Go’ by Bobby Vee and ‘The Loser (With A Broken Heart)’ by Gary Lewis & the Playboys, both from Leon’s time as producer Snuff Garrett’s right-hand man, ‘Raspberry Rug’ by Bobby Whitlock and the Beatles-flavoured ‘Land Of Oz’ by Le Cirque – were all released before his name became well known to the public, although he was already established as a leading session musician on the Los Angeles recording scene. His first major success came in 1969 with Joe Cocker’s recording of ‘Delta Lady’, included here along with definitive versions of ‘A Song For You’, ‘Groupie (Superstar)’ and ‘This Masquerade’ by Donny Hathaway, Delaney & Bonnie and George Benson respectively.

The one exception to the ’69-’76 timeframe is ‘If It Wasn’t For Bad’ from “The Union”, the 2010 album Leon recorded in collaboration with Elton John, to whom he was an idol, mentor and inspiration. As Kris Needs writes in the booklet, “Elton deserves much credit for reminding the modern world what a major talent had once stalked among us. Hopefully, this collection will help to keep Leon Russell’s flame burning, maybe even send a few rifling through the man’s colossal catalogue, like the first nuggets at the entrance to a goldmine.”

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Interpret: Various
Album titlle: The Songs Of Leon Russell (CD)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label Ace Records
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0029667101424
weight in Kg 0.1

Various - The Songs Of Leon Russell (CD) CD 1
01	Elton John / Leon Russell	If It Wasn't For Bad
02	Joe Cocker	Delta Lady
03	Delaney & Bonnie & Friends featuring Eric Clapton	Groupie (Superstar)
04	Donny Hathaway	A Song For You
05	José Feliciano	Me And Baby Jane
06	Randy Crawford	Time For Love
07	Le Cirque	Land Of Oz
08	Bobby Vee	Before You Go
09	Bobby Whitlock	Raspberry Rug
10	Willie Nelson	You Look Like The Devil
11	Janis Siegel	Back To The Islands
12	Al Jarreau	Rainbow In Your Eyes
13	Rumer	My Cricket
14	Maria Muldaur	Make Love To The Music
15	Wornell Jones	Something Good Is Gonna Happen To You
16	Freddie King	I'd Rather Be Blind
17	Nazareth	Alcatraz
18	Gary Lewis & The Playboys	The Loser (With A Broken Heart)
19	Earl Scruggs & The Earl Scruggs Revue	Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
20	California	Love's Supposed To Be That Way
21	George Benson	This Masquerade

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