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Music CD - Junior Walker & the All-Stars: The Ultimate Collection
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Music CD: The Ultimate Collection
Artist: Junior Walker & the All-Stars
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Manufacturer: Motown
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Tracks:
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1. Shotgun
2. Shake And Fingerpop
3. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
4. Cleo's Mood
5. Shoot Your Shot
6. (I'm A) Road Runner
7. Pucker Up Buttercup
8. Do The Boomerang
9. Tune Up
10. Money (That's What I Want)
11. Come See About Me
12. Sweet Soul
13. Cleo's Back
14. Satan's Blues
15. Hip City - Pt. ll
16. Home Cookin'
17. Twist Lackawanna
18. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
19. These Eyes
20. Gotta Hold On To This Feeling
21. Do You See My Love (For You Growing)
22. Take Me Girl, I'm Ready
23. Way Back Home
24. Walk In The Night
25. Last Call
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731453082823
Label: Motown
Manufacturer: Motown
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Motown
Release Date: 1997-10-07
Studio: Motown
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Best music
Comment: Je suis désolé de ne pas avoir ce cd depuis longtemps.C'est une des meilleurs soul musics que vous devrez écouter.
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Summary: Motown's "The Ultimate Collection" Series Among The Best
Comment: Motown has several compilations available under "The Ultimate Collection" banner, some others being The Four Tops, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Gladys Knight & The Pips, and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.
This one covers the career of one Autry DeWalt Walker, better known as Jr., and his band of all-stars, which included guitarist Willie Woods, organist Vic Thomas, and drummer James Graves. From their initial smash hit Shotgun [# 1 R&B/# 4 Billboard Pop Hot 100] in 1965 to their last in 1973, Gimme That Beat Part 1 [# 50 R&B/# 101 Hot 100 "bubble under"], they scored 21 Hot 100 and 24 R&B hit singles and added several best-selling LPs, all for the Soul label, and many of them pure instrumentals.
Walker would later add one additional solo R&B hit in 1976 for Soul (I'm So Glad), and another in 1970 for the Whitfield label (Wishing On A Star). In 1981 he would be the featured sax player on Foreigner's hit Urgent (# 4), and would appear in the 1988 movie Tapeheads.
In this volume you get almost all of his hit singles, with the most notable omissions being his take on the Neil Diamond hit, Holly Holy [# 33 R&B/# 75 Hot 100 in 1971] and its flipside, Carry Your Own Load [# 50 R&B/# 117 Hot 100 "bubble under"]. Non-hits included are at track 9 [the flip of Do The Boomerang], track 12 [the flip of Come See About Me]; and tracks 14, 17, and 25.
A complete discography of the contents is included, along with four pages of liner notes by Allan (Dr. Licks) Slutsky, author of the book Standing In The Shadows Of Motown: The Life And Music Of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson.
Drummer Graves died in a 1967 automobile accident, while Woods passed away at age 60 in 1997. Yet another in a growing list of artists way overdue for induction into the R&R Hall of Fame. This is an important and essential addition to any musical library seeking to capture the essence of the music of the 1960s and 1970s.
Customer Rating:
Summary: GREAT, GREAT
Comment: I one of people who do not have much liking for much of the music of today, I guess you can say I'm into the what they call 'Old School' style
of music.
This CD by Jr. Walker & the All-Stars has so much 'Soul' that it brings back that spirit when artist could sing and they were able to carry
a message in their songs where it made you feel good a time when artist could play instruments. To understand what I'm trying to say go to number 23 on this CD 'Way back home' I don't have
to say much more. If this CD do not move you then you don't have SOUL.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Sweetest Sax this Side of Heaven
Comment: Nobody, I mean nobody, played saxophone like Junior Walker. When he passed away several years ago, the world of Rock and Soul suffered a major loss. This collection provides a rich history of Junior and his legacy as an artist. I challenge anyone to listen to songs like "Home Cookin", the seminal "Shotgun", "How Sweet it Is", and numerous others, and see if you can sit still. I guarantee you'll be moving to the music! But Junior's sax can evoke other moods as well. On "What Does It Take", (a major hit in 1969, and one of my all-time favorite songs), you can feel the despair and desperation in his voice and sax. He also reaches the heighths of happiness and exuberance on songs such as: "Gotta Hold On To This Feeling", "Take Me Girl I'm Ready", and "Do You See My Love".
I was privileged to see Junior Walker and the All Stars live in concert twice. This CD stimulates warm memories for me, and every song is a winner. Junior, I miss you, man.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Junior Walker & the All-Stars
Comment: This C. D. is just what I was looking for, to copy some sounds on the sax....J. W. was really ahead of his time ...
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Editorial Reviews:
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Saxophonist Jr. Walker was the most gutbucket of Motown's consistent '60s hit makers. Even when trying his hardest to conform to label formulas ("What Does It Take [To Win Your Love]," "Gotta Hold On to This Feeling"), he sounded like he'd be just as much at home in the backroom of a barbecue joint. When pursuing his muse in even more minimalist form ("Shotgun," "[I'm a] Road Runner," the smoky "Cleo's Mood"), he sounded like the owner of the place. --Rickey Wright
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