Dave 'Baby' Cortez - Happy Organs, Wild Guitars And Piano Shuffles (1993) [Lossless FLAC]

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in September 2008. Dave "Baby" Cortez - Happy Organs, Wild Guitars And Piano Shuffles (1993) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vWHsDPbYL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Includes: Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor (www.poikosoft.com) Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail). All artwork in jpgs at 300 d.p.i. Rotated and cropped losslessly using jpegcrop. (Includes 12 page booklet.) AMG Bio.txt AMG Review.txt Notes.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent) Bio from All Music: Though hardly a soulful, bluesy master like Jimmy Smith or dashing experimentalist like Larry Young, organist Dave "Baby" Cortez made his mark in the '50s,'60s, and '70s as a capable, often clever soloist and pop instrumentalist. His flair for catchy melodies, riffs, and hooks resulted in a number one pop and number five R&B hit with "The Happy Organ" in 1959. Cortez had another double winner in 1962 with "Rinky Dink," this one peaking at number nine R&B and number ten pop. Before his instrumental success, Cortez recorded for Ember as David Clowney in 1956, and was in the Pearls from 1955 to 1957. He landed one other song on the R&B Top 50, "Someone Has Taken Your Place," in 1973 for All Platinum. His other songs were recorded for Clock and Chess. There has been no domestic reissue of Cortez's songs, but there are import anthologies available. Taken from: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:j9ftxqt5ldse~T1 All Music Album Review: Presented here are 25 songs recorded by Cortez, mostly or entirely, for Clock between 1958 and 1961 -- mostly or entirely because although each track is grouped into a "New York 1958-1961" discography, a couple of them are given the dates 1965 on the CD track listing; the three dated 1993 are presumably unreleased outtakes from the era (although they are not precisely identified as such). The real question is: do you need to hear anything else besides his number one hit (and this album's opener) "The Happy Organ"? For almost everyone, the answer is no. The other songs are average R&B-based rockers, sometimes given a lift above similar generic instrumental fare from the era by Cortez'sorgan and some sharp guitar (much or all of which was probably played by Jimmy Spruill, who did the guitar solo on "The Happy Organ"). The majority is instrumental, with Cortez occasionally adding vocals that are either perfunctory, or that fall within the ordinary, early Black vocal group style (as on "Love Me as I Love You"). Otherwise, this is for instrumental rock fans only, although Cortez deserves credit for popularizing the organ as a rock instrument. The moody reading of "Summertime" isn't bad, and when he and the band get a little less restrained on "Tootsie," it seems possible that he could have influenced the sound of 1960s soul-rockers who used the organ, like Booker T. & the MG's. Cortez's low-charting, soundalike follow-up to "The Happy Organ," "The Whistling Organ," is included, but his only other big hit, "Rinky Dink" (1962), is not, as it was done for Chess. Taken from: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cfqxqqhldje Reviews and for sale here: http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Organs-Guitars-Piano-Shuffles/dp/B000007Y4I Track List: 01. The Happy Organ 02. Piano Shuffle 03. Cat Nip 04. Hey Hey Hey 05. Mardi Gras (The Blues) 06. Fiesta 07. Love Me As I Love You 08. The Whistling Organ 09. Hurricane 10. Deep In The Heart Of Texas 11. Do The Slop 12. You're Just Right 13. Red Sails In The Sunset 14. Calypso Love Song 15. Dave's Special 16. I'm Happy 17. Summertime 18. Tootsie 19. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie 20. The Boogie Piano 21. The Boogie Organ 22. The Shift 23. Organ Bounce 24. The Swinging Piano 25. Riffin'

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