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Mungo Jerry: Best of the Polydor Years

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Label: Cherry Red
Released: 2003.01.13
Time:
 75:53
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *****..... (5/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.mungojerry.com
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Purchase date: 2010.04.27
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] Hello Nadine (R.Dorset) - 3:31
[2] Never Mind I've Still Got My Rock N Roll (R.Dorset) - 1:42
[3] Impala Saga (R.Dorset) - 4:43
[4] Quiet Man (R.Dorset) - 3:57
[5] Don't Let Go (R.Dorset) - 2:56
[6] Can't Get Over Loving You (R.Dorset) - 3:26
[7] It's a Secret (R.Dorset) - 3:17
[8] All That a Woman Should Be (R.Dorset) - 3:24
[9] Lovin' in the Alleys and Fightin' in the Streets (R.Dorset) - 3:16
[10] Heavy Foot Stomp (R.Dorset) - 2:59
[11] Gone to Malaya (R.Dorset) - 4:45
[12] Just Can't Say Goodbye (R.Dorset) - 4:21
[13] Sur le Pont d'Avignon (R.Dorset) - 2:24
[14] Feels Like I'm in Love (R.Dorset) - 3:21
[15] Lana (R.Dorset) - 3:41
[16] Sugar Mama (R.Dorset) - 4:25
[17] Hello It's You Again (R.Dorset) - 6:29
[18] Goodtime Goodtime (R.Dorset) - 3:01
[19] Baby Ride My Train (R.Dorset) - 3:24
[20] We're OK (R.Dorset) - 3:13
[21] Rocking on the Road (R.Dorset) - 3:28

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Ray Dorset - Guitar, Harp, Kazoo, Vocals, Instrumentation
Colin Earl - Piano
Joe Rush - Percussion, Washboard
Gary Gazelli - Drums
Tim Green - Guitar
Dick Middleton - Guitar
Eddie Quinn - Bass
Chris Warnes - Bass
Boris Bransby Williams - Drums

Doug Ferguson - Bass
Larry Anderson - Bass

Alan Blakley - Producer
Cliff Richard - Producer
Trevor Spencer - Producer
Alan Tarney - Producer
Pip Williams - Producer
Mark Brennan - Liner Notes, Compilation
John VanDerKiste - Liner Notes
Tim Smith - Design

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2003 CD 7T's GLAMCD-18
2004 CD 7T's 18

2008 compilation, the first-ever round up of the '70s Glam legends' time with Polydor Records. Best known for the early '70s hit 'In The Summertime', Mungo Jerry continued to release charting UK hit singles throughout the rest of the decade and were virtually ignored outside of Europe. These tracks are from the latter part of the decade and most cuts are appearing here for the first time on CD. 21 tracks.



Mungo Jerry's stay on Polydor Records, from 1975 through 1980, wasn't marked by a lot of chart hits, but they did make some great records, as this CD reminds listeners. Ray Dorset led an ever-changing lineup that included Tim Green and Dick Middleton on guitars, Chris Warnes, Larry Anderson, Eddie Quinn, and Doug Ferguson on bass, and Colin Earl at the piano. Whoever was on any specific record, the songwriting was solid and the execution was superb, whether on laid-back rocking numbers like "Hey Nadine"; roots rock-style pieces like "Never Mind I've Still Got My Rock & Roll"; or screaming, high-wattage blow-outs like "Impala Saga." This 21-song CD distills down the best of the group's work across three LPs, nine singles, and four EPs -- the best moments still recalled their early sound, either stylistically or lyrically, or, as in the case of "Don't Let Go," both -- it sounds like a very self-conscious reprise of "In the Summer Time." But they also employed a much harder and more mainstream sound on their debut single for the label, the nostalgic "I Can't Get Over Loving You," with its full electric sound, engaging lead and rhythm guitar hooks, and a wonderfully catchy chorus. It hit number four in Denmark and should have done well throughout the English-speaking world, as well, in a pop culture being swept by a craze for American Graffiti and Happy Days. At one point, as on "Sur le Pont d'Avignon," they sound an awful lot like the late-'60s Tremeloes, which isn't a surprise since, at various points, the latter group's Alan Blakeley was producing Mungo Jerry; they also step successfully into Elvis Presley territory with "Feels Like I'm in Love," an original written with the "King of Rock & Roll" in mind, just a little too late to get to him, which comes out pretty compelling in the band's own hands (and was later a huge European hit for Kelly Marie); and on "Sugar Mama" they plunge back into roots rock, come out somewhere midway between Creedence Clearwater Revival and Eggs Over Easy, layers of rippling lead and slide guitars clashing and slashing over a great beat. The sound is excellent throughout, and the annotation is reasonably thorough, including a history of each song.

Bruce Eder - All Music Guide
 

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