Joe Cocker – Mad Dogs & Englishmen: Original Soundtrack (2LP Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
A&M Records (1971)
$65.00
Actual 1971 Japanese First Pressing Still In Very Nice Condition! Elaborate Double Gatefold Cover Opens To Large Artwork, Labels Are Clean. Recorded & Filmed On March 27-28, 1970 At Fillmore East, New York. Cocker At His Best, With Leon Russell & Friends!
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Actual 1971 Japanese First Pressing Still In Very Nice Condition! Elaborate Double Gatefold Cover Opens To Large Artwork, Labels Are Clean.
Recorded & Filmed On March 27-28, 1970 At Fillmore East, New York, ‘Mad Dogs & Englishmen’ Soundtrack Captures Joe Cocker At His Best, With Leon Russell & Friends ~ Live In Concert!
The large band included Rita Coolidge, Carl Radle, Don Preston, Jim Price, Jim Horn, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Chris Stainton, Denny Cordel, Claudia Lennear, along with a three-piece horn section and a choir!
Joe Cocker was a veteran, gravel-voiced vocalist whose animated live shows made him a legend. His remarkable performance at Woodstock had Cocker acclaimed as the finest soul singer Britain ever produced.
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT! Light ring wear / shelf wear. Great for a record that is over 50 years old!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Top condition Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Introduction
Honky Tonk Women
Introduction
Sticks And Stones
Cry Me A River
Bird On The Wire
Side 2:
Feelin’ Alright
Superstar
Introduction
Let’s Go Get Stoned
Side 3:
Blue Medley
I’ll Drown In My Own Tears
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
Introduction
Girl From The North Country
Give Peace A Chance
Side 4:
Introduction
She Came In Thru The Bathroom Window
Space Captain
The Letter
Delta Lady
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Scarce 1978 Japanese First Pressing ~ Vinyl Still In Top Condition! Embossed Gold Print On Textured Cover Has 3 Inner Sleeves, 12-Page Colour Booklet & 4-Page Insert With Lyrics.
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The album offers a seriously good sound, whether it’s just Joe Cocker and a pianist and organist in the opening of “Bird on a Wire,” or the entire band going full-tilt on “Cry Me a River” Mad Dogs & Englishmen brings back a lot of memories. A live recording done in tandem with a killer documentary film of the same U.S. tour, it was recorded at the Fillmore East, where the movie was a cross-country affair, and the two were, thus, completely separate entities — also, as people couldn’t “buy” the film in those days, the double LP has lingered longer in the memory, by virtue of its being on shelves, and also being taken off those shelves to be played. Unlike a lot of other “coffee table”-type rock releases of the era, such as Woodstock and The Concert for Bangladesh, people actually listened to Mad Dogs & Englishmen — most of its content was exciting, and its sound, a veritable definition of big-band rock with three dozen players working behind the singer, was unique. The album offers a seriously good sound, whether it’s just Joe Cocker and a pianist and organist in the opening of “Bird on a Wire,” or the entire band going full-tilt on “Cry Me a River”; you can appreciate the presence of the multiple drummers, and the legion of guitarists and singers, plus the multiple keyboard players. The lead guitar and solo piano on “Feelin’ Alright,” for example, come through, but so do the 34 other players and singers behind the lead. This record was also just as much a showcase for Leon Russell as it was for Joe Cocker, which A&M probably didn’t mind a bit, as Russell was selling millions of records at the time. As is now known, and it’s recounted in the new notes, the tour from which this album was drawn all but wiped out Joe Cocker — on a psychic level — because the music was presented on such a vast scale (and there is a moment in the movie where he mentions breaking up his former backing group, the Grease Band, with a hint of regret in his voice) and his own contribution was so muted by Russell’s work as arranger and bandleader. He may well have been the “victim” of a “hijacking” of sorts, but the musical results are difficult to argue about upon hearing this record anew, decades after the fact — it’s almost all bracing and beautiful.
Geoff –
An extraordinary record… alongside ‘Woodstock’ and ‘The Last Waltz’ in defining the spirit of a generation. In the pantheon of classic live albums, Joe Cocker’s ‘Mad Dogs & Englishmen’ is near the top, alongside ‘Woodstock’ and ‘The Last Waltz’ in defining the spirit of a generation. It was the craziest, loudest, longest rock ‘n’ roll circus to have ever hit America, featuring guests such as Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, and Don Preston. The 2LP set includes legendary performances of “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window,” “The Letter,” “Delta Lady,” “Bird on a Wire,” “Cry Me a River,” “Feelin’ Alright,” “Let’s Go Get Stoned”, “Space Captain” and more. When ‘Mad Dogs & Englishmen’ album was released in September 1970, it reached #2 in the U.S. album charts, selling over a million copies, besides riding high in Britain, Europe and Australia. A&M Records loved it and not just because it had been a hit. As co-founder Jerry Moss would later say “It’s an extraordinary record — one of the greatest records we’ve ever put out, and we’ve had some nice live albums.” Over forty years on, it remains an extraordinary record.