Music CD - The Early Sound City Sessions

	Music CD: The Early Sound City Sessions List Price: $12.97 Our Price: $12.97 Your Save: $ ( % ) Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. Manufacturer: Sonic Past Music
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Tracks: 1. Bruce 2. Just One Look 3. The Solitary One 4. Spanish Eyes 5. Everybody's Cheating 6. Looking For The One 7. Cold Feet 8. Brand New Feeling 9. Beautiful Feelings 10. Guenevere 11. Still Got The Magic
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0898590001282 Label: Sonic Past Music Manufacturer: Sonic Past Music Number Of Discs: 11 Publisher: Sonic Past Music Release Date: 2007-11-20 Studio: Sonic Past Music
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Don't judge by it's cover Comment: Clearly, there was some legal precedent for not using a real photo of Rick on this cd. The music inside is decent enough... Must have for Rick fanatics. The rest of the world doesn't really care, I'm fairly certain. Customer Rating: Summary: Finally! Comment: I haven't actually heard this whole album yet, but, I had to write a review because of the song "Bruce" I have been looking for this song for several years because I heard it in the early 1980's on a radio station in Philadelphia that played it. I actually taped the song from the radio station, and I still have it on tape to this very day. The version that was played on the station is not the same version that is on the album, though, it's a bit more rock oriented than this version. I am a big fan of Mr Springfield, having seem him in concert 2 times. Customer Rating: Summary: Rare and good stuff from Springfield Comment: Here is your chance to finally own the CD that helped start a great career. The song BRUCE alone is worth owning this CD but there is so much more great material to be heard. The instrumentation may be a little different from the Beatiful Feelings album but you still get the great sound and songs. Customer Rating: Summary: Anyone could tell by listening to this collection that Rick was heading on to greater pastures Comment: The Good This collection of early Rick Springfield material was originally recorded between 1977-1978. These particular versions have never been released, but most were re-recorded for one of Springfield's major label releases Beautiful Feelings. However, this collection still features one song that has never been released or re-recorded; "Still Got the Magic." This particular track would fit in well with Rick's early material, even though it has a post-disco feel to it. As for the other tracks, "Bruce" is a clever and humorous track about mistaken identity. In the first verse his lady confuses him with another man. In the second verse it's a record executive confusing him with Springsteen. "Just One Look" is recognizable from the various cover versions and commercials it's appeared in. Rick's vocals are heartfelt, breathy, and seductive. This may just explain his ravenous female fan base. "Everybody's Cheating" is a piano ballad that is fairly standard for the seventies, with added guitar to give it that rock edge. It sounds like a long lost Billy Joel song. "Cold Feet" is a guitar riff based rocker with a boogie-woogie feel to it. It's not about failing to make it to the alter as you may expect, but it's about not making it with the neighbor's wife. "Gwenevere" is a sweet sounding ballad, but the lyrics are a little cheesy. The Bad Rick Springfield had no involvement or knowledge that this was going to be released. The Verdict I've never heard the album Beautiful Feelings, so this release was all new to me. I like the early seventies rock sound that Rick was working with at the time. Anyone could tell by listening to this collection that Rick was heading on to greater pastures. Customer Rating: Summary: Early Springfield is still Springfield It's all Good Comment: this CD is of the same songs as "Beautiful Feelings" that was released many years ago except this one uses the musicians and arrangements that Rick intended to be on the album not the bogus ones used on the Beautiful Feelings one. The song "Bruce" is worth the whole album for the sheer fun factor. Any true Springfield fan knows how irritating it is for people to mistake Rick for Bruce whats his name? The whole album is a nice piece of work and can show people who only know Jessie's Girl that there is more to Rick Springfield than that. It also includes a track not on any other album which is always a bonus. A must for any true Rick Springfield fan and a nice easy to enjoy album for anyone else. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Rick Springfield's 1978 release that never made it out with these musicians and even a never before heard track.This album has songs previously heard on earlier releases but never with this cast of musicians and production. Rick Springfield: The Early Sound City Sessions, captures the then teen-idol, at the very beginning of his rise to the top of the American charts. From 1975 through 1982, Springfield was signed to managers Tom Skeeter and Jonas Gottfried, and their Carman Productions imprint, to produce and deliver his albums for distribution When Rick signed with Carman he was re-launching a career that had already enjoyed a #1 Hit at home in Australia.This album, Rick Springfield: The Early Sound City Sessions was the next album to be recorded in 1977 and 78 under the Carman banner. The songs and the performances showcased Rick s yet unfulfilled promise and has remained in the vaults until now. This album has never been released on CD although several of the songs were re-recorded for his Beautiful Feelings album. But, check this out, Rick Springfield: The Early Sound City Sessions includes a bonus track, Still Got the Magic, which has never been released commercially before.