Charlie Feathers - Rare And Unissued Recordings
Lossless 1411 kbp/s & covers
app 650 MB
Fans of righteous rockabilly music rejoice: Norton Records, America’s premier purveyor of obscure roots music, has just released a three-record collection of rare and previously unheard Charlie Feathers songs. Norton has been championing Feathers for more than a decade, releasing four other compilations of his work over the years, but this latest effort is the whipped cream atop the pie.
For neophytes, Feathers is one of our most underrated rock 'n’ roll innovators. Despite being illiterate and possessing only a third-grade education, his career spanned five decades and produced some of the most unusual, powerful and heartfelt songs in the rockabilly canon. Born in Mississippi in 1932, he started out as a session player at legendary Sun Records before moving on to record memorable singles of his own for Sun, Meteor and King Records. Never a big seller, Feathers stayed on the periphery of rock 'n’ roll history, building his legacy with such stellar cuts as “Jungle Fever,” “I Forgot to Remember to Forget” (which was cut by Elvis himself on an early Sun single) and “Can’t Hardly Stand It” (which the Cramps brought into the punk rock lexicon on their “Bad Music for Bad People” LP).
These new collections are either a great introduction to the work of Feathers or the crowning pieces in one’s existing Charlie Feathers collection. Included are home demos, live recordings, one-off singles and LP cuts that represent the '50s through the early '80s. The three volumes -- “Wild Side of Life,” “Honky Tonk Kind” and “Long Time Ago” -- present a slew of sometimes-fuzzy and lo-fi but always moving recordings, including the brooding “Long Time Ago,” the solitary drinking song “It’s Just That Song” and multiple versions of cuts such as “Folsom Prison Blues” (“I will always be a Charlie Feathers fan,” Johnny Cash once said) and “Mound of Clay.” With his patented hiccup and plaintive, raw voice, Feathers' various stylings, including country, honky-tonk and blues, are given full voice. To sweeten the deal, there are two songs featuring the dueling talents of Feathers and legendary north Mississippi bluesman Junior Kimbrough, plus excerpts from a rare interview session.
Feathers died in 1998, but his impressive legacy lives on, thanks to these lovingly compiled issues. His simple, physical, honest and energetic approach to musicmaking can be summed up by these words from the interview excerpt at the end of “Honky Tonk Kind”: “I’ve said it and I’ll say it again. If you can sing and you know three chords, that’s all you need.”
Norton Records Inc 2008
New York City USA
The first volume in Norton Records' three-volume set of rare and unreleased tracks by rockabilly legend Charlie Feathers, WILD SIDE OF LIFE, contains 17 songs plus a six-minute interview with the man himself. Highlights include the weepy country ballad "Wedding Gown of White," a rollicking take on the traditional "Frankie and Johnny," and the minimalist bass-driven shuffle "Cockroach," which features a quirky, half-moaned and all but unintelligible lead vocal. - "The title track is a beautifully loose live rendition, while 'Release Me', a duet with Junior Kimbrough, is a radical deconstruction."
Wild Side Of Life
Tracks:
Wild Side Of Life
One More Time
We're Getting Closer To Being Apart
Am I That Easy To Forget
Pardon Me Mister
Cockroach
I Want To Love You
Wedding Gown Of White
Dig Myself A Hole
'Cause I Love You
Frankie & Johnny
Mound Of Clay
Why Pretend I Can Win
I Forgot To Remember To Forget
A Man In Love
Folsom Prison Blues
Release Me
Interview Part 1
The second volume in Norton Records' three volume set of rare and unreleased tracks by rockabilly legend Charlie Feathers, HONKY TONK KIND, contains 16 tracks plus a five and a half minute interview. True to the album title, HONKY TONK KIND focuses primarily on Feathers's country material, including beat-heavy covers of Nashville classics like "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" and "Cold Cold Heart."
Honky Tonk Kind
Tracks:
Cold Cold Heart
Dig Myself A Hole
Dinky John
Feel Good Again
Folsom Prison Blues
Give Back The Love That You Gave
Honky Tonk Kind
I Can't Seem To Remember To Forget
I Lose My Mind
I Want To Love You
If You Were Mine To Loose
One Good Gal
Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On
Two To Choose
We' re Gettin' Closer To Being Apart
You Believe Everyone But Me
Interview Part 2
Tracks:
The final volume in Norton Records' three-volume set of rare and unreleased tracks by rockabilly legend Charlie Feathers, LONG TIME AGO, contains 17 tracks plus a seven-minute interview with Feathers. This volume contains two versions of one of Feathers's signature songs, "Jungle Fever," as well as the bluesy "Knoxville Girl" and a cover of Johnny Cash's iconic "Folsom Prison Blues."
Long Time Ago
Tracks:
Jungle Fever
Frankie & Johnny
She's Gone
That's All Right
It's Just That Song
Why Don't You
Knoxville Girl
I Lose My Mind
Jungle Fever
Long Tome Ago
I Want To Love You
Will You Be Satisfied That Way
Folsom Prison Blues
We're Gettin' Closer To Being Apart
South Of Chicago
Mound Of Clay
Lonesome Whistle
Interview Part Three
http://rapidshare.com/files/220044262/CF-RaU1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/220044265/CF-RaU1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/220052459/CF-RaU1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/220052460/CF-RaU2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/220062828/CF-RaU2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/220062830/CF-Rau2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/220079957/CF-Rau3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/220079961/CF-RaU3.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/220082880/CF-RaU3.part3.rar
enjoy and have a nice Easter holiday
Äîáàâëåíî ÷åðåç 2 ÷àñà 46 ìèíóò
Charlie Feathers - Uh Huh Honey (Re-Up)
Release Date
Nov 16, 1993
Label: Norton
1993 CD Norton 225
1996 LP Norton 225
1997 LP Norton 000225
CD rip @ 320 kbp/s & covers
160 MB
An important part of any Charlie Feathers or rockabilly collection, this brings together all of his late-'60s recordings for the Memphis-based Philwood label, along with some fascinating live TV recordings from 1978. Charlie is in rare form on these explosive sides, turning in the best version of "Tear It Up" ever recorded, with its legendary B-side, "Stutterin' Cindy." The television broadcast from Houston finds Charlie in a drummer-less trio format -- as real as rockabilly gets -- running through an inspired set that covers everything from the ballad "We're Getting Closer to Being Apart" to his classic "Get With It." Even if you already have the double set of Feathers classics on Revenant, here's the companion volume.
Tracks:
Cherry Wine
Chicken Plucker
Cold Dark Night
Cootzie Coo
Crazy Heart
Do You Know
Get With It
Gone, Gone, Gone
I Guess I'm Crazy
I'm Movin' On
Long Time Ago
Mama Oh Mama
Rain (Alternate)
Rain
She Knows How To Rock Me
She Set Me Free
Stutterin' Cindy (Alternate)
Stutterin' Cindy
Tear It Up
That Certain Female
There Will Be Three
Tongue Tied Jill
Uh Huh Honey
Walking the Dog
Way In the Night
We're Getting Closer To Being Apart
Wide River
Wild Side Of Life
http://rapidshare.com/files/219767737/CF1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/219767739/CF1.part2.rar
enjoy