Name: Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band [Vinyl]
Brand: Easy Star
SKU: 647244
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Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band [Vinyl]

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Album: Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band [Vinyl]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Feat. Junior Jazz)	More Info...	0:02
2)	With a Little Help from My Friends (Feat. Luciano)	More Info...	0:03
3)	Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (Feat. Frankie Paul)	More Info...	0:04
4)	Getting Better (Feat. The Mighty Diamonds)	More Info...	0:03
5)	Fixing a Hole (Feat. Max Romeo)	More Info...	0:05
6)	She's Leaving Home (Feat. Kirsty Rock)	More Info...	0:03
7)	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Feat. Ranking)	More Info...	0:02
8)	Within You Without You (Feat. Matisyahu)	More Info...	0:05
9)	When I'm Sixty-four (Feat. Sugar Minott)	More Info...	0:05
10)	Lovely Rita (Feat. Bunny Rugs and U Roy)	More Info...	0:04
11)	Good Morning Good Morning (Feat. Steel Pulse)	More Info...	0:03
12)	Sgt. Pepper's (Reprise)	More Info...	0:01
13)	A Day in the Life (Feat. Michael Rose and Menny More)	More Info...	0:06
14)	With a Little Dub from My Friends (Feat. Luciano and U Roy)	More Info...	0:03
15)	Kaleidoscope Dub	More Info...	0:05

Album: Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band [Vinyl]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Feat. Junior Jazz)	More Info...	0:02
2)	With a Little Help from My Friends (Feat. Luciano)	More Info...	0:03
3)	Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (Feat. Frankie Paul)	More Info...	0:04
4)	Getting Better (Feat. The Mighty Diamonds)	More Info...	0:03
5)	Fixing a Hole (Feat. Max Romeo)	More Info...	0:05
6)	She's Leaving Home (Feat. Kirsty Rock)	More Info...	0:03
7)	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Feat. Ranking)	More Info...	0:02
8)	Within You Without You (Feat. Matisyahu)	More Info...	0:05
9)	When I'm Sixty-four (Feat. Sugar Minott)	More Info...	0:05
10)	Lovely Rita (Feat. Bunny Rugs and U Roy)	More Info...	0:04
11)	Good Morning Good Morning (Feat. Steel Pulse)	More Info...	0:03
12)	Sgt. Pepper's (Reprise)	More Info...	0:01
13)	A Day in the Life (Feat. Michael Rose and Menny More)	More Info...	0:06
14)	With a Little Dub from My Friends (Feat. Luciano and U Roy)	More Info...	0:03
15)	Kaleidoscope Dub	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Tributee: The Beatles.
After their full coverage of classic albums from both Radiohead and Pink Floyd, the collective known as the Easy Star All-Stars go way back to the band and the album that pretty much changed everything. The accent, as always, is on the Easy part of the band's name, meaning this easy-skanking tribute to Sgt. Pepper's flows effortlessly, never getting caught up in overly ambitious detours or ridiculously huge arrangements. Tracks like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" with guest vocalist Frankie Paul and "Within You Without You" with natural mystic Matisyahu have slick studio touches, but the heavy lifting is left up to the performances, and both guest vocalists are perfect choices who simply nail it. Having been on the road frequently the previous two years pays off, as the players are suitably loose, creating grooves that feel natural and alive. The ever growing importance of the horn section comes to fruition as they shrink some of the original album's elaborate arrangements into smaller packages, ones that could be imagined in a live setting or -- in the case of Ranking Roger's "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" -- at some wicked ska-fueled pool party. The warm voice of Michael Rose closes the set on a dubby "A Day in the Life," a cover version drenched in reverb with a clever imitation of the locked groove gibberish found at the end of the original Pepper's LP. [Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band was also released with a bonus 7" single feature two dub versions.] ~ David Jeffries

Professional Reviews

Billboard (p.63) - "Among the endless stream of highlights are Frankie Paul's lush take on 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,' Max Romeo's delightful 'Fixing a Hole' and Bunny Rugs' and U Roy's profession of unyielding adoration to 'Lovely Rita Meter Maid.'"

Record Collector (magazine) (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The band builds polished, chunky rhythms and the music is enhanced by star guests..."