Ry Cooder - The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed [2 CD]
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Artist: Ry CooderEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-10-28
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Get Rhythm
- Low-Commotion
- Available Space
- On A Monday
- Do Re Mi
- Which Came First
- The Very Thing That Makes You Rich(Makes Me Poor)
- Down In Hollywood
- Smells Like Money
- Let's Work Together
- I Got Mine
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Jesus On The Mainline
- Tattler
- Teardrops Will Fall
- Maria Elena
- Jesse James
- Paris, Texas
- Theme From Southern Comfort
- Tamp 'Em Up Solid
- Billy The Kid
- Crazy 'Bout An Automobile(Every Woman I Know)
- Drive Like I Never Been Hurt
- Feelin' Bad Blues
- Boomer's Story
- How Can You Keep Moving(Unless You Migrate Too)
- Alimony
- Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai
- Theme From Alamo Bay
- Dark End Of The Street
- Why Don't You Try Me
- Poor Man's Shangri-La
- Going Back To Okinawa
- Little Sister
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Free Music Review: "...Had You Living Like A Rich Man's Daughter...Yes I Did..."
Hit: 5 Stars
I wanted to point out something about this 2CD retro that many seem to be ignoring - or not mentioning at all - the TRULY STUNNING SOUND QUALITY.
Fans of the wonderful Ry Cooder will know that apart from an occasional CD here and there and an 8-album campaign in Japan in 2007 - there have been NO remasters of his huge catalogue anywhere. Nearly 40 years of recording and no decent reissues to speak of (Tom Waits and Prince are 2 others that jump to mind on that front). The Japanese versions are just that - Japan only - and are costly as imports. Which brings me to Rhino/Warner Brothers 812279891-9. This superlative 2008 34-track 2CD reissue covers his entire Warner Brothers and Reprise career - as well as his soundtrack work in the last 3 decades (Disc 1: 63:58 minutes - Disc 2: 70:41 minutes).
The award-winning sound engineer BERNIE GRUNDMAN has mastered "The UFO Has Landed" from the original tapes and he's done a beautiful job - especially given the differing recording dates (the Seventies stuff in particular sounds incredible). The 2nd point is the alignment of the songs themselves; chosen by Ry and his son, they're not in release date order, but mixed up so that one decade seamlessly flows into the next and back again. A nice idea - but in reality hard to get right - and they have. As a listen it really works. It opens with 1987's "Get Rhythm", then tracks from "Ry Cooder" from 1970 - skip to 1979's "Bop Till You Drop" - skips back to 1974's "Paradise And Lunch" on to 1985's "Paris, Texas" and so on. It gives the play list a fresh feel - and as the remaster quality hammers you, it's like hearing his material anew.
Speaking of sound quality - there's one particular example on here I'd recommend. Many fans will know that 1972's "Boomer Story" is one of those album gems few know anything about - but should. It's a criminally forgotten beauty and luckily its featured on here with 4 tracks - "Cherry Ball Blues", "Boomer's Story", the cover of the James Carr hit "Dark End Of The Street" and the truly beautiful instrumental "Maria Elena". If you've never heard this gorgeous Mexican-style soulful instrumental (sounding like it was recorded in 2006 and not 1972), then go to iTunes and download it for 80p - fabulous stuff.
The DDD recording of "Bop Till You Drop" has always been somehow dull and subdued on CD - but here at least it has more subtle muscle - even if you have to crank "The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)" a little too much (lyrics above). There's also that terrible hiss on "Paris, Texas" - but the remaster has also accentuated just how brilliantly menacing the slide guitar work is - it's all 'feel'... very, very cool. Another lovely track is the theme to "Alamo Bay" and the huge slide sound on "Feelin' Bad Blues" from the 1986 "Crossroads" soundtrack. And on it goes...
Niggles - they've called it after the quirky "UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto" track from 1982's "The Slide Area" and haven't included the track, there's soundtrack stuff aplenty on here when there was the much-praised "Music From Ry Cooder" double CD compilation of 1995 for that - and the liner notes in the 40-page booklet by Ry on each track are often short, cryptic and generally useless. Worse - as you can see from the rather lax playing times on both discs above - there was room for plenty more. We could have had goodies like "All Shook Up", "Teardrops Will Fall", "Ditty Wah Ditty", "Fool For A Cigarette/Feelin' Good" and "I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine". The previously unreleased cover of Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together" is good rather than great.
Having said all of that, I've played this double to death - it's brilliant in so many ways. And every time I feature "Maria Elena" in the shop shuffle, it brings a customer to the counter asking after it. They know its Ry Cooder - they just don't know which track it is. I can see it in their faces - making a mental note - forgot how much I loved this guy - I must buy this.
You should too.
Recommended like a shoeshine boy getting rhythm.
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