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A&M's double-disc Anthology may be too much for casual fans that just want the hits, but anyone else will find this exhaustive 37-track chronicle of Joe Cocker's prime years definitive. The first disc concentrates on his first three albums, buttressed by a rare 1964 single of the Beatles' "I'll Cry Instead" and his 1970 non-LP single "The Letter"/"Space Captain." Disc two features highlights of all the albums he recorded between 1972 and 1982, selecting not only hits, but key album tracks. The end result is a collection that is concise and definitive. It may be missing such latter day hits as "When the Night Comes" and doesn't cover as much ground as the box set Long Voyage Home, but anyone looking for a comprehensive collection of Cocker's classic recordings will be satisfied by Anthology.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Mike Leander, Producer - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Page, Guitar - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - The Ivy League, BackgroundVocalist - Big Jim Sullivan, Guitar
℗ 1964 Decca Music Group Limited
Chris Stainton, Piano, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Albert Lee, Guitar - Jimmy Page, Guitar - Tony Visconti, MixingEngineer - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Rattigan, ComposerLyricist - Frank Miles, ComposerLyricist - Clem Cattini, DrumKit
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Stainton, Organ, Piano, BassGuitar - Rosetta Hightower, BackgroundVocalist - Mort Dixon, Lyricist - Ray Henderson, Composer - Jimmy Page, Guitar - Tony Visconti, Guitar, MixingEngineer - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Madeline Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Clem Cattini, DrumKit - Sunny Wheetman, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Stainton, BassGuitar - Bob Dylan, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Fisher, Organ - Jimmy Page, Guitar - Tony Visconti, MixingEngineer - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Tommy Eyre, Piano - B.J. Wilson, DrumKit
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mason, ComposerLyricist - Merry Clayton, BackgroundVocalist - Artie Butler, Piano - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Tony Visconti, MixingEngineer - David Cohen, Guitar - Patrice Holloway, BackgroundVocalist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Brenda Holloway, BackgroundVocalist - Paul Humphries, DrumKit - Laudir, Percussion
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Stainton, BassGuitar - Steve Winwood, Organ - Tony Visconti, MixingEngineer - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Madeline Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Dello, ComposerLyricist - Mike Kellie, DrumKit - Henry McCullough, Guitar - Sunny Wheetman, BackgroundVocalist - Su Wheetman, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gloria Caldwell, ComposerLyricist - Chris Stainton, BassGuitar - Tony Visconti, MixingEngineer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Tommy Eyre, Piano - Henry McCullough, Guitar - Kenny Slade, DrumKit
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Stainton, BassGuitar - Rosetta Hightower, BackgroundVocalist - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Page, Guitar - Tony Visconti, MixingEngineer - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Tommy Eyre, Organ - Madeline Bell, BackgroundVocalist - B.J. Wilson, DrumKit - Sunny Wheetman, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bonnie Bramlett, BackgroundVocalist - Chris Stainton, Guitar, Organ, Piano, RecordingArranger - Merry Clayton, BackgroundVocalist - Leon Russell, Producer, ComposerLyricist, RecordingArranger - Henry Lewy, Engineer - Rita Coolidge, BackgroundVocalist - Bruce Rowland, DrumKit - GLYN JOHNS, RemixingEngineer - Shirley Matthews, BackgroundVocalist - Patrice Holloway, BackgroundVocalist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Alan Spenner, BassGuitar - Henry McCullough, Guitar - The Grease Band, RecordingArranger - Brian Ingoldsby, Engineer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Stainton, Guitar, Organ, Piano, RecordingArranger - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Leon Russell, Producer, RecordingArranger - Henry Lewy, Engineer - Bruce Rowland, DrumKit - GLYN JOHNS, RemixingEngineer - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Alan Spenner, BassGuitar - Henry McCullough, Guitar - The Grease Band, RecordingArranger - Brian Ingoldsby, Engineer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Stainton, Guitar, Organ, Piano, RecordingArranger - Donald Dunn, ComposerLyricist - Leon Russell, Producer, RecordingArranger - Henry Lewy, Engineer - Tony McCashen, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Rowland, DrumKit - GLYN JOHNS, RemixingEngineer - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Alan Spenner, BassGuitar - Henry McCullough, Guitar - The Grease Band, RecordingArranger - Brian Ingoldsby, Engineer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Stainton, Guitar, Organ, Piano, RecordingArranger - Leon Russell, Producer, RecordingArranger - GEORGE HARRISON, ComposerLyricist - Henry Lewy, Engineer - Bruce Rowland, DrumKit - GLYN JOHNS, RemixingEngineer - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Alan Spenner, BassGuitar - Henry McCullough, Guitar - The Grease Band, RecordingArranger - Brian Ingoldsby, Engineer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Stainton, Guitar, Organ, Piano, RecordingArranger - Bob Dylan, ComposerLyricist - Leon Russell, Producer, RecordingArranger - Henry Lewy, Engineer - Bruce Rowland, DrumKit - GLYN JOHNS, RemixingEngineer - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Alan Spenner, BassGuitar - Henry McCullough, Guitar - The Grease Band, RecordingArranger - Brian Ingoldsby, Engineer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bonnie Bramlett, BackgroundVocalist - Chris Stainton, Guitar, Organ, Piano, RecordingArranger - Merry Clayton, BackgroundVocalist - Leon Russell, Producer, RecordingArranger - John Sebastian, ComposerLyricist - Henry Lewy, Engineer - Rita Coolidge, BackgroundVocalist - Bruce Rowland, DrumKit - GLYN JOHNS, RemixingEngineer - Shirley Matthews, BackgroundVocalist - Patrice Holloway, BackgroundVocalist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Alan Spenner, BassGuitar - Henry McCullough, Guitar - The Grease Band, RecordingArranger - Brian Ingoldsby, Engineer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wayne Carson Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Chris Stainton, Organ, Piano - Daniel Moore, BackgroundVocalist - Jim Keltner, DrumKit - JIM GORDON, DrumKit - Leon Russell, Guitar, Piano - Jim Price, Trumpet - Don Preston, Guitar - Rita Coolidge, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Keys, TenorSaxophone - Carl Radle, BassGuitar - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Chuck Blackwell, Percussion, DrumKit - Donna T. Weiss, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Jones, BackgroundVocalist - Matthew Moore, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Torres, Congas - Pamela Polland, BackgroundVocalist - Donna Washburn, BackgroundVocalist - Sandy Konikoff, Percussion - Nicole Barclay, BackgroundVocalist - Claudia Linnear, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Stainton, Organ, Piano - Daniel Moore, BackgroundVocalist - Jim Keltner, DrumKit - JIM GORDON, DrumKit - Leon Russell, Guitar, Piano - Jim Price, Trumpet - Don Preston, Guitar - Rita Coolidge, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Keys, TenorSaxophone - Carl Radle, BassGuitar - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Chuck Blackwell, Percussion, DrumKit - Donna T. Weiss, BackgroundVocalist - Matthew L. Moore, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Jones, BackgroundVocalist - Matthew Moore, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Torres, Congas - Pamela Polland, BackgroundVocalist - Donna Washburn, BackgroundVocalist - Sandy Konikoff, Percussion - Nicole Barclay, BackgroundVocalist - Claudia Linnear, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Stainton, Piano, RecordingArranger - Daniel Moore, BackgroundVocalist - Jim Keltner, DrumKit - JIM GORDON, DrumKit - Leon Russell, Producer, Guitar, RecordingArranger - Jim Price, Trumpet - KEITH RICHARDS, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, ComposerLyricist - Don Preston, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Rita Coolidge, BackgroundVocalist - GLYN JOHNS, MixingEngineer - Bobby Keys, TenorSaxophone - Carl Radle, BassGuitar - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Chuck Blackwell, Percussion, DrumKit - Donna T. Weiss, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Jones, BackgroundVocalist - Matthew Moore, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Torres, Congas - Pamela Polland, BackgroundVocalist - Edwin H. Kramer, Engineer - Donna Washburn, BackgroundVocalist - Sandy Konikoff, Percussion - Nicole Barclay, BackgroundVocalist - Claudia Linnear, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1970 A&M Records
Chris Stainton, Organ, RecordingArranger - Daniel Moore, BackgroundVocalist - Jim Keltner, DrumKit - JIM GORDON, DrumKit - Leon Russell, Producer, Piano, RecordingArranger - Jim Price, Trumpet - Don Preston, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Arthur Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Rita Coolidge, BackgroundVocalist - GLYN JOHNS, MixingEngineer - Bobby Keys, TenorSaxophone - Carl Radle, BassGuitar - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Chuck Blackwell, Percussion, DrumKit - Donna T. Weiss, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Jones, BackgroundVocalist - Matthew Moore, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Torres, Congas - Pamela Polland, BackgroundVocalist - Edwin H. Kramer, Engineer - Donna Washburn, BackgroundVocalist - Sandy Konikoff, Percussion - Nicole Barclay, BackgroundVocalist - Claudia Linnear, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1970 A&M Records
Chris Stainton, Piano, RecordingArranger - Daniel Moore, BackgroundVocalist - Jim Keltner, DrumKit - JIM GORDON, DrumKit - Leon Russell, Producer, Guitar, RecordingArranger - Jim Price, Trumpet - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Kramer, Engineer - Don Preston, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Rita Coolidge, BackgroundVocalist - GLYN JOHNS, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bobby Keys, TenorSaxophone - Carl Radle, BassGuitar - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - JOSEPHINE ARMSTEAD, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Blackwell, Percussion, DrumKit - Donna T. Weiss, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Jones, BackgroundVocalist - Matthew Moore, BackgroundVocalist - Bobby Torres, Congas - Pamela Polland, BackgroundVocalist - Edwin H. Kramer, Engineer - Donna Washburn, BackgroundVocalist - Sandy Konikoff, Percussion - Nicole Barclay, BackgroundVocalist - Claudia Linnear, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1970 A&M Records
DISC 2
Chris Stainton, Organ, Piano, ComposerLyricist - Jim Keltner, DrumKit - Neil Hubbard, Guitar - Gloria Jones, BackgroundVocalist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alan Spenner, BassGuitar - Viola Wills, BackgroundVocalist - Virginia Ayers, BackgroundVocalist - Beverly Gardner, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1972 A&M Records
Chris Stainton, Organ, Piano, ComposerLyricist - Jim Keltner, DrumKit - Alan White, DrumKit - Neil Hubbard, Guitar - Gloria Jones, BackgroundVocalist - Felix Falcon, Percussion - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Nigel Thomas, Producer - Alan Spenner, BassGuitar - Viola Wills, BackgroundVocalist - Rick Alphonso, Trumpet - Milton Sloane, Saxophone - Fred Scerbo, Saxophone - Virginia Ayers, BackgroundVocalist - Beverly Gardner, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1972 A&M Records
Chris Stainton, Organ, Piano, ComposerLyricist - Jim Keltner, DrumKit - Neil Hubbard, Guitar - Gloria Jones, BackgroundVocalist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alan Spenner, BassGuitar - Viola Wills, BackgroundVocalist - Virginia Ayers, BackgroundVocalist - Beverly Gardner, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1972 A&M Records
Chris Stainton, Organ, Piano - Jim Keltner, DrumKit - Neil Hubbard, Guitar - Gloria Jones, BackgroundVocalist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alan Spenner, BassGuitar - Peter Nichols, ComposerLyricist - Viola Wills, BackgroundVocalist - Virginia Ayers, BackgroundVocalist - Beverly Gardner, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1972 A&M Records
Ray Parker, Guitar - Daniel Moore, Vocalist - DAVID PAICH, Piano - Jim Price, Producer, Trombone, RecordingArranger - Steve Madaio, Trumpet - Jim Horn, AltoSaxophone - Ollie Brown, DrumKit - Trevor Lawrence, TenorSaxophone - Rob Fraboni, Engineer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Daniel Joseph Moore, ComposerLyricist - Stu Blumberg, Trumpet - Dave McDaniel, BassGuitar - Mayo Tiana, Trombone - Ralph Hammer, Guitar
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jeff Porcaro, DrumKit - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Merry Clayton, Vocalist - Jim Price, Producer, ComposerLyricist, RecordingArranger - JAY GRAYDON, Guitar - Venetta Fields, Vocalist - Sherlie Matthews, Vocalist - Clydie King, Vocalist - Rob Fraboni, Engineer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Dave McDaniel, BassGuitar - Henry McCullough, Guitar
℗ 1974 A&M Records
Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Jim Price, Producer, RecordingArranger - Billy Preston, ComposerLyricist - Rob Fraboni, Engineer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Bruce Carleton Fisher, ComposerLyricist - Dave McDaniel, BassGuitar
℗ 1974 A&M Records
Daniel Moore, Vocalist - Randy Newman, ComposerLyricist - Peggy Sandvig, Piano, Other - Jim Price, Producer, Horn, Vocalist, RecordingArranger - Ben Benay, Guitar - Joe Correro, DrumKit - Rob Fraboni, Engineer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Dan Sawyer, Guitar - Matthew Moore, Vocalist - Dave McDaniel, BassGuitar - Sid Sharp & Co., Strings
℗ 1975 A&M Records
Jackson Browne, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Rainey, BassGuitar - Daniel Moore, Vocalist - Bernard Purdie, DrumKit - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Richard Tee, Organ, Piano - Jim Price, Producer, Vocalist - Jim Horn, AltoSaxophone - Rob Fraboni, Engineer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Matthew Moore, Vocalist
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Gale, Guitar - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Gordon Edwards, BassGuitar - Richard Tee, AssociateProducer, Keyboard, RecordingArranger - Steve Gadd, Percussion, DrumKit - Bobby Charles, ComposerLyricist - Sam Rivers, SopranoSaxophone - Neil Case, Engineer - Rob Fraboni, Producer, Engineer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Baker Bigsby, Engineer - Flaco, Congas - Mark Aglietti, AssociateProducer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jacques Levy, ComposerLyricist - Eric Gale, Guitar, RecordingArranger - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Gordon Edwards, BassGuitar - Richard Tee, AssociateProducer, Keyboard, RecordingArranger - Bob Dylan, ComposerLyricist - Steve Gadd, Percussion, DrumKit - Neil Case, Engineer - Rob Fraboni, Producer, Engineer, RecordingArranger - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Baker Bigsby, Engineer - Rob Fabroni, Producer - Mark Aglietti, AssociateProducer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Gale, Guitar - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Gordon Edwards, BassGuitar - Richard Tee, AssociateProducer, Keyboard, RecordingArranger - Leon Russell, ComposerLyricist - Steve Gadd, Percussion, DrumKit - Neil Case, Engineer - Rob Fraboni, Producer, Engineer - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Baker Bigsby, Engineer - Rob Fabroni, Producer - Mark Aglietti, AssociateProducer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stix Hooper, Producer, DrumKit - WILTON FELDER, Producer, Saxophone - JOE SAMPLE, Producer, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Will Jennings, ComposerLyricist - Joe Cocker, FeaturedArtist - The Crusaders, MainArtist - Wilton Lewis Felder, Producer
℗ 1981 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Sly Dunbar, DrumKit - Andrew Fraser, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Cliff, Vocalist - Adrian Belew, Guitar - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboard - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar - Robbie Shakespeare, Vocalist, BassGuitar - Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson, Percussion - Barry Reynolds, Guitar - Benji Armbrister, Engineer, RecordingEngineer
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alex Sadkin, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Sly Dunbar, DrumKit - Jimmy Cliff, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboard - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar - Robbie Shakespeare, BassGuitar - Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson, Percussion - Barry Reynolds, Guitar - Benji Armbrister, RecordingEngineer
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alex Sadkin, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Steve Winwood, ComposerLyricist - Sly Dunbar, DrumKit - Will Jennings, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wally Badarou, Keyboard - Joe Cocker, MainArtist - Mikey Chung, Guitar - Robbie Shakespeare, BassGuitar - Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson, Percussion - Barry Reynolds, Guitar - Benji Armbrister, RecordingEngineer
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Robbie Buchanan, Keyboard - Louis Shelton, Guitar - Jack Nitzsche, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Lyle, Keyboard - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - Will Jennings, ComposerLyricist - Buffy Sainte-Marie, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Warnes, Vocalist, MainArtist, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Cocker, Vocalist, MainArtist - Ndugo, DrumKit - Abraham Laborier, BassGuitar
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
A&M's double-disc Anthology may be too much for casual fans that just want the hits, but anyone else will find this exhaustive 37-track chronicle of Joe Cocker's prime years definitive. The first disc concentrates on his first three albums, buttressed by a rare 1964 single of the Beatles' "I'll Cry Instead" and his 1970 non-LP single "The Letter"/"Space Captain." Disc two features highlights of all the albums he recorded between 1972 and 1982, selecting not only hits, but key album tracks. The end result is a collection that is concise and definitive. It may be missing such latter day hits as "When the Night Comes" and doesn't cover as much ground as the box set Long Voyage Home, but anyone looking for a comprehensive collection of Cocker's classic recordings will be satisfied by Anthology.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 37 track(s)
- Total length: 02:33:46
- Main artists: Joe Cocker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1999 A&M Records This Compilation ℗ 1999 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
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