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This is one rocking album, in terms of sound about three parts Gene Vincent to one part Everly Brothers ("Love of My Life") and two parts Elvis Presley ("Mean Woman Blues"). Marty Wilde was one of England's early rock & roll stars, good enough to get him compared with Americans of Gene Vincent's caliber (and appear with Vincent and Eddie Cochran when they toured England), and talented enough to generate a first-rate album in the studio, at a time when relatively few white American rock & rollers were able to do as much. Wilde About Marty consists of covers of some of Wilde's favorite American-spawned numbers, and they're not bad -- with Big Jim Sullivan on lead guitar and, in their pre-Shadows days, Brian "Licorice" Locking on bass and Brian Bennett at the drums, backing up his own band, the Wildcats, the playing is solid, and Wilde was an excellent singer, if a somewhat derivative one. He displays good depth on "Dream Lover" and lightens his voice for the Buddy Holly/Crickets number "You've Got Love," and makes a trio of unfortunate digression (understandable in the time) into teen pop with "I Flipped," "Are You Sincere?," and "Don't Pity Me," but around them cuts loose, by turns raw and almost lewd on "All American Boy" and "High School Confidential," and acquits himself well on "Splish Slash" and Arthur Crudup's "So Glad You're Mine." It's all produced by John Franz, who went on to play a similar role in Dusty Springfield's early career. Reissued on CD in 2003 paired with the singer's second LP, Showcase.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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ROY ORBISON, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Felice Bryant, Composer, Lyricist - Boudleaux Bryant, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Marty Wilde, MainArtist - Roland Janes, Composer, Lyricist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Bill Monroe, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Bobby Darin, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Johnny Wilson, Composer, Lyricist - Norman Petty, Composer, Lyricist - ROY ORBISON, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Marvin Moore, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist - Bob Davie, Composer, Lyricist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Marty Wilde, MainArtist - Bill Parsons, Composer, Lyricist - Orville Lunsford, Composer, Lyricist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Marty Wilde, MainArtist - Claude Demetrius, Composer, Lyricist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Wayne Walker, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Ron Hargrave, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Lee Lewis, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Lou Stallman, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist - Sid Jackson, Composer, Lyricist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Bobby Darin, Composer, Lyricist - Jean Murray, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Arthur Crudup, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Wilde, MainArtist
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
Albumbeschreibung
This is one rocking album, in terms of sound about three parts Gene Vincent to one part Everly Brothers ("Love of My Life") and two parts Elvis Presley ("Mean Woman Blues"). Marty Wilde was one of England's early rock & roll stars, good enough to get him compared with Americans of Gene Vincent's caliber (and appear with Vincent and Eddie Cochran when they toured England), and talented enough to generate a first-rate album in the studio, at a time when relatively few white American rock & rollers were able to do as much. Wilde About Marty consists of covers of some of Wilde's favorite American-spawned numbers, and they're not bad -- with Big Jim Sullivan on lead guitar and, in their pre-Shadows days, Brian "Licorice" Locking on bass and Brian Bennett at the drums, backing up his own band, the Wildcats, the playing is solid, and Wilde was an excellent singer, if a somewhat derivative one. He displays good depth on "Dream Lover" and lightens his voice for the Buddy Holly/Crickets number "You've Got Love," and makes a trio of unfortunate digression (understandable in the time) into teen pop with "I Flipped," "Are You Sincere?," and "Don't Pity Me," but around them cuts loose, by turns raw and almost lewd on "All American Boy" and "High School Confidential," and acquits himself well on "Splish Slash" and Arthur Crudup's "So Glad You're Mine." It's all produced by John Franz, who went on to play a similar role in Dusty Springfield's early career. Reissued on CD in 2003 paired with the singer's second LP, Showcase.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:52
- Main artists: Marty Wilde
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Foggy Milan Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
1959 Foggy Milan Records 1959 Foggy Milan Records
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