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This release highlights one of the most noted keyboard influences in pop music -- Floyd Cramer. His laid-back and non-threatening demeanor garnered him a reputation as an MOR artist, although the influence he had on rock & roll is also duly noted. This 16-track career retrospective presents many of Cramer's best-loved and remembered pieces in the highest sonic quality available on a domestic CD release. However, the collection does seem a bit less definitive considering that under half of the compact disc's maximum playing time -- 80 minutes -- is utilized on this package. Before Cramer became a solo artist, he spent his formative years as a session pianist performing first on the Louisiana Hayride radio program, accompanying the likes of Webb Pierce, Jim Reeves, and even a fledgling Elvis Presley. After signing with RCA Records in Nashville, Tennessee, the sides he cut for the label in the mid- to late '50s and early '60s became international hits synonymous with the full-bodied timbre and laid-back style known as "the Nashville sound." Every track on this compilation reveals Cramer's ability to take the piano -- which was becoming increasingly replaced by the electric guitar in pop music -- to a new strata as a lead instrument. His abilities range from jazzy pop music standards such as "Stormy Weather" to the chicken shack rockabilly of "Flip Flop Bop" to the haunting cover of "Rhythm of the Rain" (which includes an effective false ending). Cramer's influence spread to wherever there was a turntable. The effect that songs such as "Stormy Weather" and "Tricky" would have on the burgeoning West Coast "Bakersfield sound" is evident. What lies just below the surface, however, is the persuasion that this music would admittedly have on artists such as Keith Emerson and Elton John -- both of whom cite Cramer's sound as paramount among their inspirations.
© Lindsay Planer /TiVo
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Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Floyd Cramer, Composer - Floyd Cramer, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Producer
(P) Originally released prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Koffman, Composer - Koffman, Lyricist - Roberts, Composer - Roberts, Lyricist - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - Jacobson, Composer - Jacobson, Lyricist
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Floyd Cramer, Composer - Floyd Cramer, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Producer
Originally recorded 1960 . All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Bob Wills, Composer - Bob Wills, Lyricist - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - Bill Porter, Engineer
(P) Originally released prior to 1972. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ted Koehler, Composer - Ted Koehler, Lyricist - Harold Arlen, Composer - Harold Arlen, Lyricist - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Chips Noman, Producer - Floyd Cramer, Performer - John Gumoe, Composer - John Gumoe, Lyricist
(P) 1977 BMG Music
Floyd Cramer, Performer - H.B. Johnson, Arranger - Freddy Friday, Composer - Freddy Friday, Lyricist - Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Alvin Tyler, Composer - Alvin Tyler, Lyricist - Bill Justis, Arranger - Chet Atkins, Producer - Bill Porter, Engineer - Allen Toussaint, Composer - Allen Toussaint, Lyricist
(P) Originally released prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Anita Kerr, Arranger - Henry Glover, Composer - Henry Glover, Lyricist - Tommy Strong, Engineer - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer
(P) Originally released prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Bob Russell, Composer - Bob Russell, Lyricist - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - Duke Ellington, Composer - Duke Ellington, Lyricist
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Boudleaux Bryant, Composer - Boudleaux Bryant, Lyricist - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Composer - Chet Atkins, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Producer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Dennis Ferrante, Mixing Engineer - Felton Jarvis, Producer - Gerry Teifer, Composer - Gerry Teifer, Lyricist - Al Gorgoni, Composer - Al Gorgoni, Lyricist - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - Jim Malloy, Engineer
(P) Originally released prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Bill McElhiney, Arranger - Jerrold Immel, Composer - Jerrold Immel, Lyricist - Floyd Cramer, Producer - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Jerry Bradley, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Nathaniel Shilkret, Composer - Nathaniel Shilkret, Lyricist - Gene Austin, Composer - Gene Austin, Lyricist - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - Otto Harbach, Composer - Otto Harbach, Lyricist - Jerome Kern, Composer - Jerome Kern, Lyricist
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Gus Jenkins, Composer - Gus Jenkins, Lyricist - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Joe Bishop, Composer - Joe Bishop, Lyricist - Floyd Cramer, Performer - Chet Atkins, Producer - W. Herman, Composer - W. Herman, Lyricist
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Album review
This release highlights one of the most noted keyboard influences in pop music -- Floyd Cramer. His laid-back and non-threatening demeanor garnered him a reputation as an MOR artist, although the influence he had on rock & roll is also duly noted. This 16-track career retrospective presents many of Cramer's best-loved and remembered pieces in the highest sonic quality available on a domestic CD release. However, the collection does seem a bit less definitive considering that under half of the compact disc's maximum playing time -- 80 minutes -- is utilized on this package. Before Cramer became a solo artist, he spent his formative years as a session pianist performing first on the Louisiana Hayride radio program, accompanying the likes of Webb Pierce, Jim Reeves, and even a fledgling Elvis Presley. After signing with RCA Records in Nashville, Tennessee, the sides he cut for the label in the mid- to late '50s and early '60s became international hits synonymous with the full-bodied timbre and laid-back style known as "the Nashville sound." Every track on this compilation reveals Cramer's ability to take the piano -- which was becoming increasingly replaced by the electric guitar in pop music -- to a new strata as a lead instrument. His abilities range from jazzy pop music standards such as "Stormy Weather" to the chicken shack rockabilly of "Flip Flop Bop" to the haunting cover of "Rhythm of the Rain" (which includes an effective false ending). Cramer's influence spread to wherever there was a turntable. The effect that songs such as "Stormy Weather" and "Tricky" would have on the burgeoning West Coast "Bakersfield sound" is evident. What lies just below the surface, however, is the persuasion that this music would admittedly have on artists such as Keith Emerson and Elton John -- both of whom cite Cramer's sound as paramount among their inspirations.
© Lindsay Planer /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:56
- Main artists: Floyd Cramer
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Buddha Records
- Genre: Country
(P) 2001 Buddha Records
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