Muzikland

(46) The Essential Janis Joplin﹕1943年出生的搖滾女樂手﹐也擅長演唱藍調﹐60年代崛起﹐可惜一生與毒品﹑性及酒精結下不解緣。1970吸食過量海洛英 (heroin) 而意外身亡。

Disc 1:
Down On Me / Coo Coo / Women Is Losers / Bye, Bye Baby / Ball And Chain (Live) / Roadblock / Piece Of My Heart / Misery'n / I Need A Man To Love / Summertime / Flower In The Sun (Live) / Farewell Song (Live) / Raise Your Hand (Live) / To Love Somebody (Live) / Kozmic Blues (Live) /

Disc 2:
Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) / Maybe / One Good Man / Little Girl Blue / Work Me, Lord / Tell Mama (Live) / Move Over / Cry Baby / A Woman Left Lonely / Half Moon / My Baby / Me And Bobby McGee / Mercedes Benz / Trust Me / Get It While You Can

**********

(47) The Essential Jefferson Airplane ﹕1965年於三藩市組成﹐可惜經過8年時間﹐於1973年解散。樂團代表著三藩市的搖滾聲音。

Disc 1:
Blues From An Airplane / It's No Secret / Come Up The Years / She Has Funny Cars / Somebody To Love / Comin' Back to Me / Embryonic Journey / White Rabbit / The Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil / Martha (Single Version) / The Last Wall Of The Castle / Watch Her Ride / Lather / Crown Of Creation / Greasy Heart / Share A Little Joke (Single Version)

Disc 2:
3/5 Of A Mile In Ten Seconds / Plastic Fantastic Lover / We Can Be Together / Good Shepherd / Wooden Ships / Eskimo Bllue Day / Volunteers / Have You Seen The Saucers (Single Version) / Mexico (Single Version) / When The Earth Moves Again / Pretty As You Feel / Third Week In Chelsea / Long John Silver / Twilight Double Leader / Feel So Good / Milk Train

**********

(48) The Essential Jimmie Vaughan: 1951年出生﹐原是 Fabulous Thunderbirds的成員﹐音樂風格帶有 Blues的味道﹐深受Albert King及 BB King的影響。

Extra Jimmies / Tuff Enuff / DFW / Good Texan / Boom Bapa Boom / Don't Cha Know / Hey Yeah / Tilt A Whirl / Six Strings Down / Dengue Woman Blues / Cool Lookin' Woman / Like A King / The Ironic Twist / Out There / I Like It Like That (Live) / Dirty Girl

**********

(49) The Essential Joe Diffie﹕原名Joe Logan Diffie﹐1958出生。1990年簽約Epic出版首張專輯﹐歌曲風格屬鄉謠類。

Home / If You Want Me To / If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) / Is It Cold In Here / Not To Much To Ask / Ships That Don't Come In / Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) / Honky Tonk Attitude / John Deere Green / Pickup Man / Third Rock From The Sun / So Help Me Girl / Bigger Than The Beatles / This Is Your Brain

**********

(50) The Essential Johnny Cash﹕Johnny Cash (1932-2003)﹐另一個美國鄉謠巨人﹐ 12歲時已開始寫歌﹐1955年簽約 Sam Philips的Sun唱片。Sun規模雖小﹐但是卻發掘了Elvis Presley ﹑Jerry Lee Lewis及 Roy Orbison。此2CD收錄的歌曲從1955年Sun唱片﹑Columbia時期到1993年的歌曲﹐可說是接觸 Johnny Cash的入門。

Disc 1:
Hey Porter / Cry, Cry, Cry / I Walk The Line / Get Rhythm / There You Go / Ballad Of A Teenage Queen / Big River / Guess Things Happen That Way / All Over Again / Don't Take Your Guns To Town / Five Feet High And Rising / The Rebel-Johnny Yuma / Tennessee Flat-Top Box / I Still Miss Someone / Ring Of Fire / The Ballad Of Ira Hayes / Orange Blossom Special / Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) /

Disc 2:
It Ain't Me, Babe (with June Carter Cash) / The One On The Right Is On The Left / Jackson (with June Carter Cash) / Folsom Prison Blues (Live) / Daddy Sang Bass / Girl From The North Country (with Bob Dylan) / A Boy Named Sue (Live) / If I Were A Carpenter / Sunday Morning Coming Down / Flesh And Blood / Man In Black / Ragged Old Flag / One Piece At A Time / (Ghost) Riders In The Sky / Song Of The Patriot (with Marty Robbins) / Highwayman (with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson) / The Night Hank Williams Came To Town (with Waylon Jennings) / The Wanderer (with U2)

**********

(51) The Essential Johnny Mathis﹕1935年出生﹐崛起於50年代﹐主唱的歌曲多屬浪漫派的 Standard。名曲多不勝數﹐包括 The Twelfth Of Never﹑Misty 及 1976年的When A Child Is Born等。

Disc 1:
In Other Words (Fly Me To The Moon) / When Sunny Gets Blue / It's Not For Me To Say / Wonderful Wonderful / Chances Are / No Love (But Your Love) / The Twelfth Of Never / Wild Is The Wind / Teacher, Teacher / A Certain Smile / Sleigh Ride / My Funny Valentine / Misty / Small World / Maria / Dancing On The Ceiling / Stairway To The Stars / Gina / What Will My Mary Say / The Sweetheart Tree / On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) / The Look Of Love / A Time For Us /

Disc 2:
I'm Coming Home / Life Is A Song Worth Singing / 99 Miles From L. A. / What I Did For Love / When A Child Is Born / Too Much, Too Little, Too Late / Begin The Beguine / Memory / Friends In Love / Brazil (Aquarela De Brazil) / Prelude To A Kiss / What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life / Let Your Heart Remember / Unbreak My Heart / Because You Loved Me / Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries / On Broadway

**********

(52) The Essential Kenny Loggins﹕1948年出生﹐是一位創作歌手﹐早期與Poco樂團成員Jim Messina組成 Loggins & Messina組合﹐名曲就有 Danny’s Song。80年代電影Footloose的同名插曲與 Top Gun 的插曲 Danger Zone 充份表演出他搖滾的一面﹐此2CD可算是他一張很全面的精選。

Disc 1:
Your Mama Don't Dance / Vahevala / Danny's Song / House At Pooh Corner / A Love Song / Watching The River Run / Angry Eyes (Single Version) / Celebrate Me Home /
I Believe In Love / Wait A Little While / Whenever I Call You "Friend" / This Is It / Keep The Fire / Now And Then / I'm Alright (Theme from Caddyshack) / Heartlight / Heart to Heart / I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man) / Don't Fight It /

Disc 2﹕
Footloose / No Lookin' Back / Forever / Danger Zone / Vox Humana / Meet Me Half Way / Nobody's Fool (Theme From Caddyshack II) / All The Pretty Little Ponies / Leap Of Faith / The Real Thing / For The First Time / Conviction of the Heart / Your Heart Will Lead You Home / Return To Pooh Corner / The Unimaginable Life / What A Fool Believes (Live)

**********

(53) The Essential Kris Kristofferson ﹕1936年出生﹐乃鄉謠創作歌手。筆者特別喜愛Help Me Make It Through The Night。

Disc 1:
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down / To Beat The Devil / Just The Other Side Of Nowhere / Me And Bobby McGee / The Best Of All Possible Worlds / Casey's Last Ride / Help Me Make It Through The Night / Darby's Castle / Jody And The Kid / Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) / For The Good Times / Come Sundown / From The Bottle To The Bottom / Billy Dee / Breakdown (A Long Way From Home) / The Silver Tongued Devil And I / The Taker / The Pilgrim: Chapter 33 (Live)

Disc 2:
Border Lord / The Sabre And The Rose / Broken Freedom Song / Jesus Was A Capricorn (Owed To John Prine) / Shandy (The Perfect Disguise) / Sugar Man / The Last Time / Nobody Wins / I'd Rather Be Sorry (Rita Coolidge) / Highwayman / Don't Cuss The Fiddle / The Bigger The Fool, The Harder The Fall / Stranger / If You Don't Like Hank Williams / Here Comes The Rainbow Again / Once More With Feeling / How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around (Willie Nelson) / Why Me / Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends

**********

(54) The Essential Louis Armstrong ﹕1901年出生﹐卒於1970年﹐可說是美國的另一個標誌。擅於演奏 Trumpet ﹐音樂種類包括Dixieland﹑New Orleans﹑Jazz 及Swing等。50年代與Ella Fitzgerald的合作﹐更是Jazz界的另一驚喜。一生作品甚多﹐此2CD收錄了早期Brunswick及Decca時期的作品﹐算是認識Louis的一個入門。

Disc 1:
Sugar Foot Stomp / Cake Walking Babies (From Home) / Pickin' On Your Baby / Heedie Jeebies / Willie The Weeper / Potato Head Blues / West End Blues / Basin Street Blues / Beau Koo Jack / St. James Infirmary / Tight Like This / I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Ain't Misbehavin' / Black And Blue / That Rhythm Man / St. Louis Blues / Bessie Couldn't Help It / I'm Confessin'

Disc: 2
Memories Of You / Shine / Walkin' My Baby Back Home / Blue Again / You Rascal You / When It's Sleepytime Down South / Lazy River / Star Dust / Georgia On My Mind / Shadrack / On The Sunny Side Of The Street / When The Saints Go Marching In / Rockin' Chair / Blueberry HIll / Mack The Knife / Aunt Hagar's Blues / Honeysuckle Rose / A Fine Romance / What A Wonderful World

**********
(55) The Essential Luther Vandross ﹕Luther Vandross (1951-2005) ﹐音樂屬R&B類﹐為80年代一名相當成功的創作歌手。

Disc 1:
Any Love / So Amazing / Wait For Love / For You To Love / I (Who Have Nothing) (Duet With Martha Wash) / Anyone Who Had A Heart / A House Is Not A Home / Never Too Much / Since I Lost My Baby / Stop To Love / It's Over Now / Your Secret Love / Superstar / Here And Now /

Disc 2:
Knocks Me Off My Feet / Goin' Out Of My Head / If Only For One Night / Creepin' / She's So Good to Me / Give Me The Reason / She Loves Me Back / The Night I Fell In Love / If This World Were Mine (Single Version) (with Cheryl Lynn) / Don't Want To Be A Fool / There's Nothing Better Than Love (with Gregory Hines) / How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (with Dionne Warwick) / Love The One You're With / Endless Love (with Mariah Carey) / I Want The Night To Stay

**********

(56) The Essential Mahalia Jackson ﹕Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) ﹐20-60年代一位著名福音歌手。

Disc 1:
How I Got Over (Mono) (Live) / Trouble OF The World (Mono) / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (Live) / Walk In Jerusalem / Were You There? (Live) / Walk On By Faith / His Eye Is On The Sparrow / I Found The Answer / Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Mono) / Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho / The Lord's Prayer (Live) / Walk Over God's Heaven (Mono) / My God Is Real / Just A Little While To Stay Here / There Is A Balm In Gilead (Live) / When The Saints Go Marching In (Live) / Let The Church Roll On (Mono) / You'll Never Walk Alone (Live)

Disc 2:
In The Upper Room / Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen / Calvary (Live) / Didn't It Rain (Live) / If I Can Help Somebody / I'm On My Way (Live) / I Can Put My Trust In Jesus / It Don't Cost Very Much / Part IV (Aka Come Sunday) / Down By The Riverside (Mono) / Dig A Little Deeper / Come On Children, Let's Sing / I've Been Buked / I Will Move On Up A Little Higher (Part I) / I Will Move On Up A Little Higher (Part 2) / Great Gettin' Up Morning / I'm Goin' To Live the Life I Sing About In My Song (Live) / The Treasure Of Love (Mono) / Elijah Rock (Live)

**********

(57) The Essential Marty Robbins ﹕Marty Robbins (1925-1982) ﹐鄉謠歌手﹐事業橫跨50-80年代﹐大部份的歌曲都屬 Columbia。

Disc 1:
I'll Go On Alone / I Couldn't Keep From Crying / That's All Right / I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) / Singing The Blues / Mister Teardrop / Knee Deep In The Blues / A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) / The Story Of My Life / She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More) / Just Married / Stairway Of Love / Ain't I The Lucky One / The Hanging Tree / El Paso / Big Iron / Ballad Of The Alamo / Don't Worry / Devil Woman / Ruby Ann

Disc 2:
Cigarettes And Coffee Blues / Begging To You / Ribbon Of Darkness / The Cowboy In The Continental Suit / Faleena (From El Paso) / Tonight Carmen / The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / I Walk Alone / You Gave Me A Mountain / My Woman, My Woman, My Wife / This Much A Man / Walking Piece Of Heaven / Love Me / El Paso City / Among My Souvenirs / I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) / Don't Let Me Touch You / Return To Me / Some Memories Just Won't Die / Honkytonk Man

**********
(58) Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter ﹕生於1958年﹐能寫能唱﹐音樂屬鄉謠類。

Stones In The Road / The Long Way Home / Shut Up And Kiss Me / I Take My Chances / I Feel Lucky / Almost Home / Halley Came To Jackson / I Am A Town / Quittin' Time / Down At The Twist And Shout / He Thinks He'll Keep Her / Only A Dream / Late For Your Life / The Hard Way / Passionate Kisses / 10,000 Miles

**********

(59) The Essential Men at Work ﹕來自澳洲的樂團﹐組成於1979年﹐可惜於1985年解散。樂隊最受歡迎的專輯是1982年的Business As Usual ﹐大熱單曲包括Who Can It Be Now及 Down Under。

Down Under / Who Can It Be Now? / It's A Mistake / Be Good Johnny / High Wire / Underground / Blue For You / Maria / Man With Two Hearts / I Can See It In Your Eyes / Overkill / Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive / Still Life / Everything I Need

**********

(60) The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years: 1937年出生﹐他可算是自Hank Williams後﹐另一位十分成功的鄉謠Singer-Songwriter。1965年出道﹐這裡收錄的歌曲屬80年代Epic時期的歌曲。

Big City / Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver) / Someday When Things Are Good / Yesterday's Wine / Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star / Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room / I Always Get Lucky With You / That's The Way Love Goes / Going Where The Lonely Go / A Place To Fall Apart / I Had A Beautiful Time / My Favorite Memory / Pancho And Lefty / The Okie From Muskogee's Comin' Home



筆者相關文章介紹﹕
Sony BMG Essential Series 1
Sony BMG Essential Series 2
Sony BMG Essential Series 3