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For most listeners, the history of the Righteous Brothers begins in 1964 with the release of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and their accompanying move into the more elaborate arrangements favored by Phil Spector (which they later adapted). In point of fact, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield had been performing since the start of the 1960s in a variety of group settings, and had been cutting (and charting) singles for two years as the Righteous Brothers before their link with Spector. This CD assembles 28 sides that they recorded for the Moonglow label between late 1962 and mid-1964, and there's not a bad track in the bunch. It also doesn't sound a lot like their subsequent records for Spector's Philles label or the work that followed their split with the producer; there's a lot less polish to the musicianship and the arrangements and it's all played lean and fast, with guitar, bass, and drum accompaniment, and ranges freely between blues, gospel, rock & roll, and R&B, the two singers pulling out all of the stops in terms of putting over the songs. Amid the excellent covers of standards such as "My Prayer," "Let the Good Times Roll," "Georgia on My Mind" (naturally), and a handful of Willie Dixon- and Jimmy Reed-authored classics are a surprisingly large number of originals which hold up well. The producers utilized excellent sources, including undubbed studio masters and original session tapes, and the resulting sound was state of the art at the time and remains impressive even a decade after the release of this CD.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leonard Lee, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Bob Hatfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - S. Hubbard, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Bob Hatfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bob Hatfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Bob Hatfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Bob Hatfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Jimmy Kennedy, ComposerLyricist - Georges Boulanger, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Felice Bryant, ComposerLyricist - Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Boudleaux Bryant, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Bob Hatfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Ray Charles, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Jimmy Reed, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Michael Patterson, Conductor - Bob Hatfield, ComposerLyricist - Bill Baker, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leroy Kirkland, ComposerLyricist - Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Pearl Woods, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Bob Hatfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Morris Levy, ComposerLyricist - Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Buster Brown, ComposerLyricist - Clarence L. Lewis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Lo Tempio, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Edward Townsend, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Tony Allan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - William Cook, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Bob Hatfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Jack Nitzsche, ComposerLyricist - Jackie DeShannon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Don F. Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Ewart G. Abner, ComposerLyricist - John C. Moore Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Gorrell, Author
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
For most listeners, the history of the Righteous Brothers begins in 1964 with the release of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and their accompanying move into the more elaborate arrangements favored by Phil Spector (which they later adapted). In point of fact, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield had been performing since the start of the 1960s in a variety of group settings, and had been cutting (and charting) singles for two years as the Righteous Brothers before their link with Spector. This CD assembles 28 sides that they recorded for the Moonglow label between late 1962 and mid-1964, and there's not a bad track in the bunch. It also doesn't sound a lot like their subsequent records for Spector's Philles label or the work that followed their split with the producer; there's a lot less polish to the musicianship and the arrangements and it's all played lean and fast, with guitar, bass, and drum accompaniment, and ranges freely between blues, gospel, rock & roll, and R&B, the two singers pulling out all of the stops in terms of putting over the songs. Amid the excellent covers of standards such as "My Prayer," "Let the Good Times Roll," "Georgia on My Mind" (naturally), and a handful of Willie Dixon- and Jimmy Reed-authored classics are a surprisingly large number of originals which hold up well. The producers utilized excellent sources, including undubbed studio masters and original session tapes, and the resulting sound was state of the art at the time and remains impressive even a decade after the release of this CD.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:31
- Main artists: The Righteous Brothers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1991 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1991 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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