Anita O'Day and the Three Sounds. The greatest vocal jazz stylist. Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs. A great musician and pianist, an influence on Bill Evans. The most enigmatic and spookiest pop hit of 1963, Sally Go Round the Roses by the Jaynettes. Andy Warhol's favourite tune. Bombora by The Atlantics (Australia), a worldwide surf music hit.
Those early Beatles' albums, most notably the second, with its Robert Freeman-shot iconic cover, are a reminder of just what a great r&b groove the lads had with Ringo's drumming and Paul's bass really locking the band in the pocket - they were kinda funky. That is something the Stone's never had until more recently with Darryl Jones on bass and Steve Jordan drumming. Indeed, one of the few that did groove was the McCoy's 'Hang of Sloopy', and that was because Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie (Aretha, James Brown, Steely Dan, Jeff Beck...) did the drumming. Mind, 'groove' wasn't yet in the white pop music lexicon. But listen to 'Money', 'Mr. Postman' and 'You've Really Got a Hold on Me' and those other r&b tracks the Beatles covered. You might be surprised by just how groovy they were.
Your picks are great from the great year 1963. My 10 favorites (in alphabetical order) : - Beach Boys - Surfer Girl - Beatles - Please Please Me - Chiffons - He's So Fine - Four Seasons - Ain't That A Shame - Gore, Lesley - Sings Of Mixed-Up Hearts - Jan & Dean - Drag City - Kaempfert, Bert - Christmas Wonderland - Maxwell, Robert - Shangri-La - Miracles - The Fabulous Miracles - Winding, Kai - More
Kai Winding recorded the first but semi-instrumental version of Time Is On My Side, but with backup vocals from sisters Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, and Cissy Houston. Irma Thomas only did the first vocal version. It does seem odd to think The Beach Boys and The Miracles each released three albums in 1963.
Cool you going back so far. Beatles, Dylan, Beach Boys in their infancy paving the way for all to come.Being a Beatle fan I'm sure your familiar with the wonderous Live at the BBC release which contains many epic performances from' '63.
I never thought you would go back as early as 1963. John Lennon in fact sang lead on Do You Want To Know A Secret. You stated that The Beach Boys' album contained filler. But that was typical of albums from before the days of the the actual album era which began in 1966. In those days, albums were usually only issued on the back of hit singles, and were sometimes rush recorded. But that Beach Boys' album you mentioned was the second of three albums they had out that year. The follow-up album Little Deuce Coupe actually lifted four tracks from their three previous albums, with only eight new tracks. But two of them were filler, but the other six tracks were great. You spoke about the title track from their Surfer Girl album being great. But the song wasn't as new as people then thought, as there is a double CD Becoming The Beach Boys, containing all of their pre-Capitol recordings for the Candix label 1961-1962, most of them previously unreleased, and that had four earlier takes of Surfer Girl on it. The best CD reissue of that Surfer Girl album was not the one you mentioned, but coupled with their early 1964 album Shut Down Volume 2 (there never was a volume 1), and with bonus tracks. I took a listen to that John Coltrane track, and indeed there was a lot of pre-Eight Miles High on it. But the version i picked up was on his 1961 album Live At The Village Vanguard. Other albums you could have included are; Martha/Vandellas - Heatwave The Miracles - Doin' Mickey's Monkey The Marvelettes - The Marvellous Marvelettes The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe Marvin Gaye - Live On Stage Mary Wells - Live On Stage Freda Payne - After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!!! What about the various artists download only release - Motown Unreleased 1963. Here is a Marvin Gaye track on it which sounded years ahead of it's time. ua-cam.com/video/IFKUsVdB7tQ/v-deo.html The Beatles' track you mentioned, Money, they first recorded in January 1962 during their demo sessions for the Decca label, after which Decca turned them down so they approached EMI Parlophone who signed them. A few of those tracks appeared on their double CD Anthology 1, but the rest have only appeared on bootlegs.
@@JackTheMusicGuy Come to think of it, I think their Surfer Girl album only had one filler track, South Bay Surfer, although I prefer their earlier demo versions of the title track as mentioned above. The rest of the album including the two instrumentals was top drawer. But I could have added the first Martha/Vandellas album Come And Get These Memories on to my list, plus Sam Cooke's Nightbeat, and maybe the various artists Phil Spector produced Christmas album, good albums for 1963, but still a few years ahead of the days of the Monterey Pop Festival.
@@JackTheMusicGuy It is on CD on Sony, and on download, but in mono, although original vinyl was both mono and stereo. Somebody uploaded the tracks on UA-cam in stereo, maybe from clean vinyl as you cannot hear a pop. But they may have had access to original session tapes, but it seems doubtful. ua-cam.com/video/pgw5Ne4Z8ks/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/cRR3tCohdDA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/JPKmcQu7G8s/v-deo.html The stereos of my three favorite tracks here. The rest isn't as good.
Slim pickin's that year! Bruce Johnston, later a Beach Boy, released "Surfin' 'Round the World", Jan & Dean put out Drag City, and the Four Seasons released the deathless "Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others". Such was the state of the music biz, in 1963. The Beatles were only available in the US on those VeeJay, Tollie, and Swan singles. All of them failed to chart.
Some jazz and R&B albums worthy of mention include Sam Cooke's Night Beat,Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come, Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Grant Green's The Latin Bit, Thelonious Monk's Criss-Cross, and Seven Steps to Heaven by Miles Davis, which is an excellent transitional album just before the Second Great Quintet.
Very good picks. Musically transitional year, 1963, but not as transitional as it was about to get. PP&M released Dylan songs and went to #2. A teen in the crowd at the Beatles U.S. arrival tells the press, "Gerry Mulligan is still hipper!" Jazz was probably more popular than it would ever be again. Bossa was ascendent. For a real treat, type in the names Jobim and Mulligan, on YT, a very interesting moment.
My Favorite Albums From 1963: 01 - THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN (Bob Dylan) 02 - LITTLE TOWN FLIRT (Del Shannon) 03 - THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY (Charles Mingus) 04 - WHEN SUN COMES OUT (Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra) 05 - IN DREAMS (Roy Orbison) 06 - JACK THE RIPPER (Link Wray And His Wray Men) 07 - MOON GAS (Dick Hyman And Mary Mayo) 08 - MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER (Albert Ayler) 09 - CRISS-CROSS (Thelonious Monk) 10 - SURFER GIRL (The Beach Boys)
I have a few Jimmy Smith albums, but not Chicken Shack...I'll pick it up. Money is one of those Beatles covers, like Twist and Shout, that have aged well. They're not considered as bluesy as the Stones or Yardbirds, still they gave us some amazing and gritty RB gems from the start. And Lennon's vocals were electrifying.
Santa Claus is coming soon to town so it's impossible to forget "A Christmas gift for you" from Phil Spector also released in 1963, one of the greatests Christmas albums !
Another fun vid to watch and thx. Oh the last Beatles album u showed on tha Veejey label is a cheap unauthorized bootleg copy of the original that for some reason had a very limited press. A local record store owner was telling me that Veejay made so much money releasing that version of theirs that even after being ordered to stop and paying several increased fines they still walked away with barrels of cash lol 😂. That's the reason for the poor quality, I believe it was pressed in India, but not 100 percent sure.
Fantastic records. Wish I could live in that time. The US, Uk and Brazil they were able to produce amazing musical artists
No doubt about it😉
Anita O'Day and the Three Sounds. The greatest vocal jazz stylist.
Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs. A great musician and pianist, an influence on Bill Evans.
The most enigmatic and spookiest pop hit of 1963, Sally Go Round the Roses by the Jaynettes. Andy Warhol's favourite tune.
Bombora by The Atlantics (Australia), a worldwide surf music hit.
Sally Go Round The Roses is spooky. Always thought that the version of Deep Purple by Nino Tempo and April Stevens had a similar vibe.
@@tomrobinson5776 Tim buckley"s version 💥💥💥💕💕💕
Those early Beatles' albums, most notably the second, with its Robert Freeman-shot iconic cover, are a reminder of just what a great r&b groove the lads had with Ringo's drumming and Paul's bass really locking the band in the pocket - they were kinda funky. That is something the Stone's never had until more recently with Darryl Jones on bass and Steve Jordan drumming. Indeed, one of the few that did groove was the McCoy's 'Hang of Sloopy', and that was because Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie (Aretha, James Brown, Steely Dan, Jeff Beck...) did the drumming. Mind, 'groove' wasn't yet in the white pop music lexicon. But listen to 'Money', 'Mr. Postman' and 'You've Really Got a Hold on Me' and those other r&b tracks the Beatles covered. You might be surprised by just how groovy they were.
Your picks are great from the great year 1963. My 10 favorites (in alphabetical order) :
- Beach Boys - Surfer Girl
- Beatles - Please Please Me
- Chiffons - He's So Fine
- Four Seasons - Ain't That A Shame
- Gore, Lesley - Sings Of Mixed-Up Hearts
- Jan & Dean - Drag City
- Kaempfert, Bert - Christmas Wonderland
- Maxwell, Robert - Shangri-La
- Miracles - The Fabulous Miracles
- Winding, Kai - More
Kai Winding recorded the first but semi-instrumental version of Time Is On My Side, but with backup vocals from sisters Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, and Cissy Houston. Irma Thomas only did the first vocal version. It does seem odd to think The Beach Boys and The Miracles each released three albums in 1963.
@@paulgoldstein2569 Artists were very productive back in those days. It takes years for most to crank out a single album in the present.
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman is am amazing vocal jazz album from 63 also one of the best sounding records!
I need to pick that up. It’s on my list. 😉
@@tomrobinson5776 YAY!
Cool you going back so far. Beatles, Dylan, Beach Boys in their infancy paving the way for all to come.Being a Beatle fan I'm sure your familiar with the wonderous Live at the BBC release which contains many epic performances from' '63.
Oh yeah, great release. One of my fave Beatle tunes from ‘63 is Thank You Girl.
What an awesome track.
Another great Video! IMO add Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr. AKA "Slim" I'm A Lonely Wanderer!
Never heard it. I’ll check it out.
I never thought you would go back as early as 1963. John Lennon in fact sang lead on Do You Want To Know A Secret.
You stated that The Beach Boys' album contained filler. But that was typical of albums from before the days of the the actual album era which began in 1966. In those days, albums were usually only issued on the back of hit singles, and were sometimes rush recorded. But that Beach Boys' album you mentioned was the second of three albums they had out that year. The follow-up album Little Deuce Coupe actually lifted four tracks from their three previous albums, with only eight new tracks. But two of them were filler, but the other six tracks were great. You spoke about the title track from their Surfer Girl album being great. But the song wasn't as new as people then thought, as there is a double CD Becoming The Beach Boys, containing all of their pre-Capitol recordings for the Candix label 1961-1962, most of them previously unreleased, and that had four earlier takes of Surfer Girl on it. The best CD reissue of that Surfer Girl album was not the one you mentioned, but coupled with their early 1964 album Shut Down Volume 2 (there never was a volume 1), and with bonus tracks.
I took a listen to that John Coltrane track, and indeed there was a lot of pre-Eight Miles High on it. But the version i picked up was on his 1961 album Live At The Village Vanguard.
Other albums you could have included are;
Martha/Vandellas - Heatwave
The Miracles - Doin' Mickey's Monkey
The Marvelettes - The Marvellous Marvelettes
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe
Marvin Gaye - Live On Stage
Mary Wells - Live On Stage
Freda Payne - After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!!!
What about the various artists download only release - Motown Unreleased 1963. Here is a Marvin Gaye track on it which sounded years ahead of it's time.
ua-cam.com/video/IFKUsVdB7tQ/v-deo.html
The Beatles' track you mentioned, Money, they first recorded in January 1962 during their demo sessions for the Decca label, after which Decca turned them down so they approached EMI Parlophone who signed them. A few of those tracks appeared on their double CD Anthology 1, but the rest have only appeared on bootlegs.
wow you sure know a lot i am a fan of the album "Little deuce coupe"
@@JackTheMusicGuy Come to think of it, I think their Surfer Girl album only had one filler track, South Bay Surfer, although I prefer their earlier demo versions of the title track as mentioned above. The rest of the album including the two instrumentals was top drawer.
But I could have added the first Martha/Vandellas album Come And Get These Memories on to my list, plus Sam Cooke's Nightbeat, and maybe the various artists Phil Spector produced Christmas album, good albums for 1963, but still a few years ahead of the days of the Monterey Pop Festival.
@paulgoldstein2569 yes I just listened to that Christmas album by Phil spector I'm currently trying to get it on CD
@@JackTheMusicGuy It is on CD on Sony, and on download, but in mono, although original vinyl was both mono and stereo. Somebody uploaded the tracks on UA-cam in stereo, maybe from clean vinyl as you cannot hear a pop. But they may have had access to original session tapes, but it seems doubtful.
ua-cam.com/video/pgw5Ne4Z8ks/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/cRR3tCohdDA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/JPKmcQu7G8s/v-deo.html
The stereos of my three favorite tracks here. The rest isn't as good.
@@paulgoldstein2569 Yes those are amazing i also kinda like the deep cuts they are great!
Slim pickin's that year! Bruce Johnston, later a Beach Boy, released "Surfin' 'Round the World", Jan & Dean put out Drag City, and the Four Seasons released the deathless "Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others". Such was the state of the music biz, in 1963. The Beatles were only available in the US on those VeeJay, Tollie, and Swan singles. All of them failed to chart.
I've got that fake VJ, too. I assumed it sounded bad because it was "unofficial" since my VJ 45's sound pretty good.
Some jazz and R&B albums worthy of mention include Sam Cooke's Night Beat,Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come, Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Grant Green's The Latin Bit, Thelonious Monk's Criss-Cross, and Seven Steps to Heaven by Miles Davis, which is an excellent transitional album just before the Second Great Quintet.
Grant Green put out some great records in the mid 60’s. Idle Moments, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Matador, etc..
Very good picks. Musically transitional year, 1963, but not as transitional as it was about to get. PP&M released Dylan songs and went to #2. A teen in the crowd at the Beatles U.S. arrival tells the press, "Gerry Mulligan is still hipper!" Jazz was probably more popular than it would ever be again. Bossa was ascendent. For a real treat, type in the names Jobim and Mulligan, on YT, a very interesting moment.
I’ll check that out. 😉
My Favorite Albums From 1963:
01 - THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN (Bob Dylan)
02 - LITTLE TOWN FLIRT (Del Shannon)
03 - THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY (Charles Mingus)
04 - WHEN SUN COMES OUT (Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra)
05 - IN DREAMS (Roy Orbison)
06 - JACK THE RIPPER (Link Wray And His Wray Men)
07 - MOON GAS (Dick Hyman And Mary Mayo)
08 - MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER (Albert Ayler)
09 - CRISS-CROSS (Thelonious Monk)
10 - SURFER GIRL (The Beach Boys)
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I have a few Jimmy Smith albums, but not Chicken Shack...I'll pick it up. Money is one of those Beatles covers, like Twist and Shout, that have aged well. They're not considered as bluesy as the Stones or Yardbirds, still they gave us some amazing and gritty RB gems from the start. And Lennon's vocals were electrifying.
Indeed!
Santa Claus is coming soon to town so it's impossible to forget "A Christmas gift for you" from Phil Spector also released in 1963, one of the greatests Christmas albums !
I need to pick that up. On the list. 😉
Art Blakey "Caravan "
Another fun vid to watch and thx. Oh the last Beatles album u showed on tha Veejey label is a cheap unauthorized bootleg copy of the original that for some reason had a very limited press. A local record store owner was telling me that Veejay made so much money releasing that version of theirs that even after being ordered to stop and paying several increased fines they still walked away with barrels of cash lol 😂. That's the reason for the poor quality, I believe it was pressed in India, but not 100 percent sure.
Makes sense. I never noticed the poor quality playing it on my Sears portable record player as a child, but playing it now on a decent system… yikes!
@@tomrobinson5776 Hey hold on, are u saying my 68' Viking "all-in-1" portable spkrs and turntable set up is why my albums all sound so good?