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Live at PJ'S

Live at PJ'S

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(2000/RPM) 15 tracks - 6 panel color fold-out. -The original Album was released in 1969 and issued in the US only and then quickly withdrawn. This release is remastered and includes 2 other songs recorded during that weekend in April 1969 plus alternate takes recorded on different nights. -The little lady with the big voice is captured here at the legendary PJ's Club in 1969.The original album release on Liberty consisted of only 8 tracks, was issued in the US only, and coupled with some studio material on side two, then quickly withdrawn. RPM present the LIVE half of the album, released for the first time in Europe, and reissued for the first time anywhere, now digitally remastered and enhanced by the reinstatement of the two other songs recorded across that weekend in April '69. Bonus tracks have also been added in the form of alternate takes recorded on different nights, of three of the songs, all recently mixed down from the original 1' mutli-track masters. The sound is very soulful, Timi is backed by a tight Stax sounding house band, and she performs wills her customary passions. ALL TRACKS RECORDED LIVE AT THE PJ'S CLUB, APRIL 1969 BY 1969 TIMI YURO was at a professional crossroads, hitless in over four years and unsure which musical direction to pursue. Furthermore, she was by now also at something of a personal crossroads, shortly about to get married and enter into a period of semi-retirement. And yet with all this as a backdrop she went out and cut one of the most powerful LP's of her career - although ironically, the album was destined to remain unissued for over thirty years (this actually represents its first 'full' release). The previous year, following a three-year spell with Mercury Records which had proved both commercially and artistically disappointing, she'd returned to Liberty Records in a bid to get her recording career back on track. But although they'd been desperately keen to re-sign Timi, Liberty had no more idea what to ...
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Release Date:
2003-10-20
Publication Date:
2003-10-20
Publisher:
Gestrichen (Rough Trade)
Languages:
Original: English
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