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The Everly Brothers The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 Disc 1 (2001)
The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 - Disc 1 of 2\n2001 Varese Sarabande Records, Inc.\n\nOriginally Released April 3, 2001\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Strictly speaking, the title of this two-CD, 47-song collection is not accurate. This does have every recording the Everly Brothers released while they were on the Cadence label in 1957-1960, and does also include at least one version (always the more familiar one, in case only one is used) of every song the pair recorded for the label. However, it does not include most of the alternate versions that were released on the Rhino collection All They Had to Do Was Dream. That technicality out of the way, this is a very good collection for those who want more early Everly Brothers than a Cadence best-of disc, but may not want to have every last thing (and you can always pick up All They Had to Do Was Dream as a supplement), though it does have everything from their Cadence singles and LPs. Serious fans and collectors, however, are going to be tempted to fork out for this even if they have all that stuff already, since this has four previously unreleased demos, all Phil Everly songs, none dated, but almost certainly recorded in the late '50s. These are just okay, not great, and sound like Phil Everly solo acoustic numbers rather than full duo performances, but they're certainly worth having if you love your Everlys. Also of value are a couple of demos of Don Everly originals, "Give Me a Future" and "Life Ain't Worth Living," that aren't that easy to come by either, although they've been previously released on Bear Family's Classic Everly Brothers box set; "Give Me a Future" uses, according to Varese Sarabande, an improved source from the one used on the Bear Family collection. -- Richie Unterberger \n \nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nThe Everly Brothers were rock & roll's first true genre hoppers, applying the shuffle of R&B to the streamlined Tin Pan Alley-via-Nashville tunes of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, sung by two inimitable Appalachian high, lonesome voices that conveyed an emotional depth rare in teenage boys. For once, all the sides recorded during the first three years of the Everlys' career are presented on one thoroughly annotated collection, along with a handful of alternate takes and demos. The duo's most popular chart-topping hits from that era are included, but the true gems of the disc are the album tracks. Often accompanied by little more than an acoustic guitar, Don and Phil range from traditional murder ballads to early rock & roll classics to country hits to precious, self-penned love songs, laying down a foundation that the Beatles, among others, built upon. --Kelly Minnis \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nEssential collection of seminal rock 'n' roll harmonies, May 2, 2001 \nReviewer: redtunictroll (Earth, USA) \nUnlike some of the artists who helped birth rock 'n' roll, the Everly Brothers are fairly well represented on CD. In addition to numerous single-disc greatest hits collections, Rhino's 4-CD box set, "Heartaches and Harmonies," provides a stellar overview of their entire career, spanning pre-Cadence, Cadence, Warner Brothers and post-WB recordings. Warner Archive's 2-CD "Walk Right Back" provides a good overview of their decade on Warner Brothers, and Bear Family's "Classic Everly Brothers" covers the pre-Cadence and Cadence years with the German label's typical thoroughness, including alternate takes and radio broadcasts.\n\nVarese's latest collection fits in a small niche between the Rhino and Bear Family boxes, and serves as an essential complement to the Warner Archives set. Though not as complete as the Bear Family issue, the missing rarities are primarily the province of completists, and the domestic price-tag makes this an affordable part of a library of Everly's essentials. As a more complete rendering of the Everly's seminal years, this serves as either an augmentation of the Rhino box (which has half as many Cadence-era tracks) or a complement to the Warner set. The only thing missing from this release is the sort of track-by-track discussion one would expect from a box set. The essay from Andrew Sandoval, featuring interviews with both Everlys, give a sense of the Cadence years, but fails to provide detailed background on all the tracks. And given that many were not hits, the background would be interesting.\n\nThat piffling complaint aside, what's here is truly magnificent. Varese's compiled all of the officially issued Cadence sides (both singles and LPs), along with several demo and alternate takes (some collected originally on the Bear Family box, some previously unreleased). From their first hit ("Bye Bye Love") through their final sides for Cadence (Phil's "When Will I Be Loved" and Boudleaux Bryant's "Like Strangers"), the Everly's never fail to deliver the goods. Their incredible string of hits, album tracks and excursions into traditional folk tunes (the entire "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us" LP is included), simultaneously redefined the family harmony act, and invented a significant part of rock 'n' roll.\n\nIt's almost hard to imagine so many great songs being recorded by a single act in just a three-year span. The sessions themselves often produced multiple hits in a single day (e.g., "All I Have to is Dream" and "Claudette," "Bird Dog" and "Devoted to You," "Take a Message to Mary" and "Poor Jenny," "When Will I Be Loved" and "Like Strangers"), resulting in tremendous chart dominance. Beyond the hits (which sound especially good in the company of the entire Cadence output), these discs are filled with gems from B-sides, albums and the occasional single that didn't top the charts.\n\nThe Everly's own pens produced several hits (including "('Til) I Kissed You" and "When Will I Be Loved"), but they also wrote heart-wrenching close-harmony ballads such as "I Wonder if I Care as Much" and "Maybe Tomorrow," and the love-lost classic "Since You Broke My Heart." Additional demos from Phil Everly feature his familiar guitar and voice, but clearly miss the brotherly harmony.\n\nIn addition to the hits penned by Felice & Boudleaux Bryant ("Bye Bye Love," "Wake Up Little Susie," "All I Have to do is Dream," "Bird Dog," "Devoted to You," "Problems," "Take a Message to Mary," "Poor Jenny" presented here in both US and UK single versions, and "Like Strangers"), the pair also provided numerous other tunes (such as "Brand New Heartache" and "Oh True Love"), all of which are included.\n\nCovers of Little Richard's "Keep A-Knockin'" and Ray Charles "Leave My Woman Alone," show just how easily the Everlys could make a song their own. The piano and guitar breaks of "Keep A-Knockin'," though not as manic as Richard's own, display the sort of easy abandon that marked the best early rock 'n' roll. The Charles cover shows how easily the Everlys could stretch their country roots in a bluesy direction.\n\nFrom their first hit in '57 through their last in '60, the Everly's gave Cadence their very best. Though they'd continue to record great hits for several more years (and essential LPs for the rest of the decade) on Warner Brothers, their seminal work on Cadence glows with a youthful energy and sense of discovery that have rarely been matched. For all but the die-hard Everly's completist, this is the set to get. \n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nCompilation producers: Cary E. Mansfield, Andrew Sandoval.\n\nRecorded between 1957 & 1962. \nIncludes liner notes by Andrew Sandoval.\nDigitally remastered by Dan Hersch (Digiprep, Hollywood, California).\n\nA superb set from the classiest of the '50s rock acts, a duo whose bluegrass-derived harmonies and inventive guitar tunings had a profound influence on scores of rockers and folkies in their wake (the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Byrds, Bob Dylan, the Eagles, and that's just scratching the surface). All the Everly Brothers' early hits are here, from R&B-tinged rockabilly (a cover of Ray Charles' "This Little Girl of Mine") to tremolo-guitar-drenched ballads ("All I Have to Do Is Dream") to wry '50s teen-angst sagas ("Wake Up Little Suzy").Even better, these are fleshed out with astonishingly varied tracks from the duo's four '50s albums, which find them in traditional folk and country modes ("Barbara Allen", "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine"), along with fascinating, previously unreleased bonus tracks including several of Phil Everly's solo demos. An absolute must for fans.
This rock cd contains 23 tracks and runs 48min 10sec.
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  1. The Everly Brothers - Give Me A Future (Previously Unissued Demo) (01:45)
  2. The Everly Brothers - Life Ain't Worth Living (Demo) (01:22)
  3. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (02:24)
  4. The Everly Brothers - I Wonder If I Care As Much (02:17)
  5. The Everly Brothers - Should We Tell Him (Rhino Issue) (01:45)
  6. The Everly Brothers - Hey, Doll Baby (02:07)
  7. The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (02:06)
  8. The Everly Brothers - Maybe Tomorrow (02:09)
  9. The Everly Brothers - Brand New Heartache (02:16)
  10. The Everly Brothers - Should We Tell Him (02:07)
  11. The Everly Brothers - Keep A-Rockin' (02:18)
  12. The Everly Brothers - Leave My Woman Alone (02:37)
  13. The Everly Brothers - Rip It Up (02:16)
  14. The Everly Brothers - This Little Girl Of Mine (02:17)
  15. The Everly Brothers - Be Bop A-Lula (02:19)
  16. The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream (02:21)
  17. The Everly Brothers - Claudette (02:13)
  18. The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog (02:17)
  19. The Everly Brothers - Devoted To You (02:25)
  20. The Everly Brothers - Sally Sunshine (Previously Unissued Demo) (01:51)
  21. The Everly Brothers - You Can Bet (Previously Unissued Demo) (01:29)
  22. The Everly Brothers - I Can't Recall (Previously Unissued Demo Version) (01:14)
  23. The Everly Brothers - Wishing Won't Make It So (Previously Unissued Demo) (02:02)


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