Name: The Capitol Years
Brand: Collectables
SKU: 412832
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The Capitol Years

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Album: The Capitol Years
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Willie and the Hand Jive
2)	Good Golly
3)	Crazy Country Hop
4)	Can't You Hear Me Calling
5)	Castin' My Spell
6)	Willie Did the Cha Cha
7)	Telephone Baby
8)	Livin' in Misery
9)	Three Girls Named Molly, Doin' the Hully Gully
10)	We Meet Again
11)	Hey Baby, Don't You Know
12)	Hum Ding a Ling
13)	Baby Just You
14)	Ring-A-Ling
15)	Let the Sunshine in My Life (Once More)
16)	Well, Well, Well
17)	Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)
18)	Cold Turkey
19)	I Wonder
20)	I'm With You - (Take 19)
21)	Little Angel
22)	Why Don't You Do Right?
23)	Voodoo Woman
24)	Vine Street Swing

Album: The Capitol Years
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Willie and the Hand Jive
2)	Good Golly
3)	Crazy Country Hop
4)	Can't You Hear Me Calling
5)	Castin' My Spell
6)	Willie Did the Cha Cha
7)	Telephone Baby
8)	Livin' in Misery
9)	Three Girls Named Molly, Doin' the Hully Gully
10)	We Meet Again
11)	Hey Baby, Don't You Know
12)	Hum Ding a Ling
13)	Baby Just You
14)	Ring-A-Ling
15)	Let the Sunshine in My Life (Once More)
16)	Well, Well, Well
17)	Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)
18)	Cold Turkey
19)	I Wonder
20)	I'm With You - (Take 19)
21)	Little Angel
22)	Why Don't You Do Right?
23)	Voodoo Woman
24)	Vine Street Swing

Performer Notes

2 LPs on 1 CD.
Compilation producers: Ben Vaughn, Johnny Otis.
Personnel: Johnny Otis (vocals, piano); Marie Adams, Mel Williams,
Marci Lee (vocals); Jimmy Nolan (guitar); Jack Kelso (alto, tenor & baritone
saxophones); Fred Harmon (tenor & baritone saxophones); Don Johnson, Paul Lopez (trumpet); Ernie Freeman (piano); Curtis Counce (bass); Earl Palmer (drums).
Producer: Tom Morgan.
Compilation producers: Ben Vaughn.
Includes liner notes by Ben Vaughn.
Personnel: Johnny Otis (vocals, piano, vibraphone, drums); Marcia Lee, Marie Adams, Mel Williams (vocals); Jackie Kelso (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Fred Harmon (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Paul Lopez (trumpet); George Washington (trombone).
Liner Note Author: Ben Vaughn.
In addition to his achievements as a producer, nightclub owner, TV-show host, and talent scout (responsible for discovering Big Mama Thornton, Jackie Wilson, and Etta James, among others), Johnny Otis also led his own band. Raw, bluesy, and infectiously catchy, Otis's music chugs along on that delicious 1950s middle ground between R&B and rock & roll. THE CAPITOL YEARS collects 24 classic Otis tracks, including "Willie and the Hand Jive." With its Bo Diddley beat and infamous accompanying dance, the tune is Otis's most enduring contribution to rock & roll history
Though Otis scored most of his chart hits before his tenure with Capitol, the rest of the tracks here are up to the quality of "Willie and the Hand Jive." Rumbling beats, twangy guitars, and wailing sax solos of "Can't You Hear Me Callin'," "Castin' My Spell," and "Hum-Ding-a-Ling," for example, push all the right rock & roll buttons. The vocal help Otis gets from Marie Adams, Mel Williams, and Marci Lee, and the contributions by his cadre of fine backing musicians, lend sparkle to this set of rollicking good-time music.

Professional Reviews

Goldmine - Recommended