The Emperors — I Want My Woman 2024 (USA, Garage Rock)

Исполнитель: The Emperors
Откуда: USA
Альбом: I Want My Woman
Год выхода: 2024 (recorded in 1964-65)
Жанр: Garage Rock
Формат: MP3 CBR 320
Размер архива: 47.5 МB

 The Emperors were Long Beach, California’s hottest teen combo for a few years in the early- to mid-’60s, and garage rock loyalists know the band from their 1965 single «I Want My Woman,» which has appeared on a number of compilations of classic garage sides. Fans were doubtless aware that wasn’t the only music the group committed to vinyl in their heyday, but not much of it has been in wide circulation. Thankfully, the folks at BeatRocket Records have finally addressed this matter, and the 2024 collection I Want My Woman not only brings together all the material the band released in the 1960s but also throws in four unreleased selections. «I Want My Woman» is the sort of track that garage mavens live for, a chugging R&B-influenced number full of sonic menace and a gruff vocal in which a guy urges everyone in earshot to leave his gal alone. But one of the key factors in the Emperors’ popularity was versatility, and this compilation shows they had many stylistic cards up their sleeves. «A Fool for You I’ve Been» is lively pop number about heartache, «The Breeze and I» is a great surf arrangement of a tune that was a hit for Jimmy Dorsey, «Laughin’ Linda» and «Love Pill» are funny numbers that probably went over big live, «And Then» and «You Make Me Feel Good» are folk-rock with plenty of jangle, and their manic take on Jerry Lee Lewis’ «Great Balls of Fire» is a triumphant frat rock workout. The Emperors were clearly able to do a little bit of everything — or at least everything that was expected from a teenage rock band in California in 1965 — and they did it all with uniform skill and enthusiasm. The audio quality is good, though some of the source materials show their age, and Domenic Priore’s liner notes offer a concise but entertaining look at their history, including a note from drummer Steve Watts’ high school principal giving him permission to get his hair bleached, which fell outside the dress code for boys at the time. Garage rock fans and anyone who digs the teen rock & roll scene of the 1960s will find lots to enjoy in I Want My Woman. [by Mark Deming] 

Tracks:
01. I Want My Woman — 2:30
02. A Fool For You I’ve Been — 2:10
03. Blue Day — 2:22
04. The Breeze And I — 1:45
05. You Make Me Feel So Good — 2:32
06. Great Balls Of Fire — 1:34
07. Laughin’ Linda — 2:05
08. You Make Me Feel Good (Unissued) — 2:03
09. Love Pill — 2:34
10. Searchin’ Around The World — 2:15
11. Please — 2:29
12. And Then — 2:47

Personnel:
Randall Siegers — lead guitar
Bill Hughes — rhythm guitar, harmonica (03)
Brian Cameron — saxophone, harmony vocals
Mike Elam — saxophone (02-04, 06, 07, 10), lead vocals (03)
Stan Foat — bass
Steve Watts — drums, vocals

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