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Gimme Shelter (Audio CD)

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... With this CD first publication
So you know the name Merry Clayton, you automatically think either of 2 things:
a) the incredibly powerful soul voice, the 'contributed background vocals to the Stonesens, Gimme Shelter.
b) at the far too good for the song woman's voice, 'Yes', from the soundtrack to Dirty Dancing' (their only hit of 1988).

That woman Clayton there during their career - while you wasted her talent mainly as a backing vocalist - but then at least 5 separate discs brought, but very few people know.

The first time launched by Repertoire Records on CD debut was on vinyl one of Soul aficionados coveted disc - mainly because of their version of the Stones song of the title of the donor plate was. Mick stinks compared to from pretty; But he not only - even the musical accompaniment is in Miss Clayton's version unequal groovy - despite rock Appeal - and knows the song by ingenious Bläsersätze and a much more aggressive lead guitar in 2 part, Profitable add.

In the absence of sufficient songwriting talent, the exceptional vocalist then resorted to Fermdmaterial; that makes you but in all cases as to own that one, these songs would keep anyway for her in ignorance of the respective originals.

Even James Taylor, Country Road 'gets a classic early-70s Soul Treatment and shows what is most out of this song. But then a powerful and authentic acting funky Soul Song carve out, Tell al The People of the Doors, stunned but then even more. The significantly involved in this production, wonderful Billy Preston has here all the work (and even better, than on his then current solo albums, That's The Way God Planned It, and, Encouraging ') done and its distinctive Hammond game is available on many of the tracks then the powdered sugar on the cake.

The eh always been a gospel seiender Simon & Garfunkel overheating, Bridge Over Troubled Water 'is then not only final, brought home' but also almost completely exempt from pathos. The phrasing of Merry are never exaggerated or contrived, how to do this from today's vocal wonders like to sonderrn always been spot-on. Feat - this voice has no need to show off technology ...

, Here Comes Those Heartaches Again 'should be mentioned, because here you get a really delicate and it preserves the timbre - a smidgen cheesy Hollywood and moderately arranged - Song from becoming sticky.

Even the not so high-profile tracks are here because of Clayton and the wonderfully dynamic arrangements to experience. The mix of machts - gospel and soul in funky groove, generous but not exaggerated produced.

Anyone who is on good music Soul should be set this disc - as did the simple, Merry Clayton 'titled second album, also now published by repertoire for the first time on CD. Needless to say that the full number of points there no alternative ...

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