Re: Frankie Laine

Date: 6 Jun 2003 07:14:24 -0700
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Dink <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 19:45:35 +0100, "Michael Fanner"
> <email-address-deleted> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 17:53:27 -0400, Sue wrote:
> >
> >> So? what brought this on?
> >
> >I was searching the storage areas (attic) for a couple of Johnny Cash
> >albums (LPs) that I'd promised I'd make a stab at putting on CD for a
> >friend when I stumbled across Frankie Laine's album 'Hell Bent for
> >Leather' It struck a chord somewhere deep within.
> >
> >I can't be sure if this was the first album I ever bought. I bought it,
> >'Beatles for Sale' and 'Freewheelin' all right at the start of my record
> >buying career but I'm not sure in which order but for sure 'Hell bent..'
> >is the oldest being recorded in 1961 - I bought it in about 64.
> >
> >Considering it was played rather a lot on a second hand Dansette with a
> >tone arm that weighed half a ton, it plays beautifully. Most of the albums
> >I've tried to put on CD won't recognise the track splits because of the
> >'noise' between tracks but this one split into 12 tracks clean. Neat.
> >
> >I guess that it's because it's mono (remember mono?) with grooves the size
> >of the Marianas Trench that it survives so well.
> >
> >> Mule train.....and that's all I remember.
> >
> >Last track on side two. My least liked track. 'Wanted Man' (the lyric I
> >posted) is track one, side one.
> >
> >Mick.
>
> The Girl in the Wood
> Cry of the Wild Goose
> Jezebel
> Jealousy
> That Lucky Old Sun
> Champion the Wonder Horse
> Moonlight Gambler
> Rose, Rose I Love You
>
> Duet with Doris Day - Sugarbush
> Duet with Jo Stafford - Hey, Good Lookin'
>
> any others?
>
> Dink
You bet there are! A complete discography can be found at
http://www.markalson.com/lainefan/link1.html
Some of my favorite FL songs are:
I BELIEVE
THAT LUCKY OLD SUN
I'M JUST A POOR BACHELOR
TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME
JALOUSIE
THE GIRL IN THE WOODS
SWAMP GIRL
HUMMINGBIRD
WHERE THE WIND BLOWS
GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY
OLD SHOES
SWAN SONG
SONG OF INDIA
TOO SOON OLD, TOO LATE SMART
THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA
ON A MONDAY
CARELESS LOVE
AND DOESN'T SHE ROLL
ROCKS AND GRAVEL
DRILL YE TARRIERS
ROCKIN' CHAIR
BOWIE KNIFE (my favorite from the great HELL BENT FOR LEATHER album)
HIGH NOON
BLOWING WILD
THE KID'S LAST FIGHT
WALKING THE NIGHT AWAY
THE HARD WAY
WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN
HAWK-EYE
HEY JOE!
ONE FOR MY BABY
LOVE IS SUCH A CHEAT
SERENADE
SNOW IN LOVER'S LANE
RAMBLIN' MAN
I LET HER GO
CAMPTOWN RACES
CRY OF THE WILD GOOSE
AIN'T THAT JUST LIKE A WOMAN
A BRAND NEW DAY
MY GOD AND I
TALK ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES
UNTIL NOW
THE LITTLE BOY AND THE OLD MAN (with Jimmy Boyd)
and just about every cut on the gospel album he recorded with The Four
Lads (RAIN, RAIN, RAIN was the big hit off of that one).
Frankie Laine released a new album last year called THE STORY OF OLD
MAN JAZZ AND HIS LOVES, that's got a lot of great tracks on it as
well. It's a collection of Jack Segal ("WHEN JOANNA LOVED ME") songs
and is available on Laine's website at http://frankielaine.com/
- M. Scarlotti, FL fan.