Eric Bentley - Sings the Queen of 42nd Street and Other Songs - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Way before he became a Texas Tornado, even before he sang Before the Next Teardrop Falls, Freddie Fender was a Garage Rocker, singing American Rock 'n' Roll (Ain't That a Shame!) and his own rockin' compositions in a style that moved some to tag him a Mexican Elvis! Here are 24 of those irrepressible recordings cut for Ideal Records in the early '60s. Album Tracks 1. How Bad 2. There's Something on Your Mind 3. Holy One 4. Since I Met You Baby 5. Ain't That a Shame 6. Devil in Disguise 7. Oh Lonely Me 8. The Band Is Drunk 9. Tell Me 10. Beloved Dove 11. My Destiny Was to Love You 12. My Indian Girl 13. I Hear You Knocking 14. Corina, Corina 15. Like a Wanderer 16. Acapulco Rock 17. The Cherries 18. Black Shirt 19. The Old Lady 20. Old Friends 21. Pancho Pechos 22. Mean Woman 23. It's Not Here 24. The Magic of Love

While recording in the South in the early 1960s, producer, writer, and music historian Samuel Charters was inspired not only by the sound of Furry Lewis's guitar, but by the patterns of movement in his hands and fingers as he played. Thus Charters decided to make a film that would document aspects of the blues that couldn't be put on a phonograph record. In the sweltering summer of 1962, Charters journeyed through St. Louis, Memphis, Louisiana, and South Carolina to shoot the film the Blues and record this soundtrack. Artists featured in addition to Lewis are J.D. Short, Baby Tate, and Sleepy John Estes. Liner notes include details of the making of the film and biographies of the artists. Album Tracks 1. Introduction - Alone in the Evening Hours 2. Slidin' Delta 3. Old Cotton Fields of Home 4. John Henry 5. Bad Blues 6. Sitting Here Thinking 7. Lonesome Ground 8. If I Could Holler Like a Mountain Jack 9. When I First Started Hoboing 10. Weeping Willow Blues

Austrian-born Hanns Eisler was well known in the United States during the 1930s as a composer of Communist military and political songs. His left-leaning tendencies caused quite a controversy both in the U.S. and abroad, earning him a spot on the United States House Committee on Un-American Activities' blacklist. In this 1964 recording singer and playwright Eric Bentley performs poetry by Bertolt Brecht set to Hanns Eisler's music. Liner notes include biographical information for Eisler and Bentley, complete song lyrics, and notes on where else each song or poem can be found. Album Tracks 1. Viennese Song 2. Und Endlich Stirbt 3. The Love Market 4. Failure in Loving 5. There's Nothing Quite Like Money 6. Change the World 7. Supply and Demand 8. On the Sprinkling of Gardens 9. On Suicide 10. The Wise Woman and the Soldier 11. Song of the Moldau 12. And What Did She Get? 13. Solidarit?Tslied 14. On the Worlds Kindness 15. Berlin 1919 16. Das Lied Vom Trockenbrot 17. Tree and the Branches 18. Easter 1935 19. Ballad of Marie Sanders 20. January 7, 1937 21. To the Little Radio 22. A German Soldier at Stalingrad 23. German Miserere 24. Song of a German Mother 25. Homecoming 1944 26. The Poplar on Karlsplatz 27. Keiner Oder Alle! 28. Peace Song