The Kinks - Preservation Act 2 - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP repressing of this collaborative album between to of Jazz's greatest starts. The evening before Louis Armstrong recorded this album, both he and Miss Fitzgerald were appearing in an all-star concert also featuring Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson that was recorded for an album entitled Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1956). The following day the two singers, along with the Oscar Peterson Trio, were in a Los Angeles studio to record this gem of an album. With no time for rehearsals the songs were all set in Louis' key to make it easier, but this in no way inhibits Ella's performance. Another challenge for Pops was the fact that the material was not his normal repertoire, meaning he had to learn things on the fly in the studio. Again there's no hint of any issues, which all goes to highlight Armstrong's innate musical ability.

After a couple of failed singles in the UK, the Kinks unleashed their trademark sound on the classic 'You Really Got Me' and helped launch thousands of garage bands across the country in the mid-sixties. With the success of You Really Got Me', the Kinks were rushed into the studio to record this, their first full length album from 1964. As such, fewer than half of the songs are Ray Davies originals. But among those is the classic 'Stop Your Sobbing'. The covers are typical of other r'n'b-influenced groups of the period like the Rolling Stones. The Kinks work through respectable versions of Chuck Berry's 'Too Much Monkey Business' and 'Beautiful Delilah', as well as bluesman Slim Harpo's 'Got Love if you Want it'.

Mu - Mu [VINYL LP] date 12/20/2024