Joe Cocker ? Mad Dogs & Englishmen ? Rare A&M Records Dbl Vinyl LP Foldout Cover
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Mad Dogs & Englishmen Live album by Joe Cocker Released August 1970 Recorded 27–28 March 1970 Venue Fillmore East, New York City Genre Rock Length 78:44136:30 (2005 Deluxe Edition) Label A&M Producer Denny Cordell, Leon Russell Joe Cocker chronology Joe Cocker!
(1969) Mad Dogs & Englishmen
(1970) Joe Cocker
(1972)
Mad Dogs & Englishmen is a live album by Joe Cocker, released in 1970. The album's title is drawn from the 1931 Noël Coward song of the same name. Only four songs of the 16 on the original album were drawn from his first two studio albums. Besides the contributions of bandmate and musical director Leon Russell, it draws equally from rock (the Rolling Stones, Traffic, Bob Dylan, the Beatles) and soul (Ray Charles, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding). Accompanying Cocker is a choir, a three-piece horn section and several drummers.
The single "The Letter"/"Space Captain", recorded during rehearsals was released to coincide with the tour. The album yielded the single "Cry Me a River"/"Give Peace a Chance." "Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen"/"Let It Be" was a non-album single from the movie soundtrack that featured Leon Russell and Claudia Lennear.
In 2005, Mad Dogs & Englishmen was released as a two-disc deluxe edition set through Universal Records to commemorate the album's 35th anniversary.
In 2006, Mad Dogs & Englishmen was released as a six-disc box set under the title The Complete Fillmore East Concerts by Hip-O Select. Both early and late shows from March 27 and 28, 1970, were released in their entirety.
Background
According to the liner notes, Cocker needed to put together a band quickly for a U.S. tour that his management had organized. He was informed only on 12 March 1970 about the tour which would start on 20 March. Russell recruited the musicians, many from his prior association with Delaney and Bonnie (Rita Coolidge, Carl Radle, Jim Price, Jim Horn, Jim Keltner and Jim Gordon). Chris Stainton was held over from Cocker's Grease Band and Cocker's producer Denny Cordell was part of the backing vocalists.
A decision was also made to film the tour resulting in the theatrically-released concert film of the same name.
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Robert Christgau B+ Rolling StonePete Nartez's review in Rolling Stone was generally negative, assessing that the album was "formed on a few days' notice to meet contractual obligations, and sounds like, well, like a group that was formed on a few days' notice to meet contractual obligations." He praised the tracks "Feelin' Alright," "Give Peace a Chance" and "Delta Lady," but criticized the majority of the arrangements and said the album lacks stylistic variety.[6] A more recent review of the box set in the magazine was more positive, calling the band "a pickup orchestra with saloon-soul swagger."
In a retrospective review for Allmusic, Bruce Eder praised the album for the unique sound created by the unconventionally large rock band. He noted that Cocker's creative presence on the album was drowned out by that of Russell, but held that this was not a bad thing.[3] Kevin Perry, writing Cocker's obituary in the NME,[7] described the album as a classic and one of two things (the other his cover of ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’) that first brought Cocker his fame.
Track listing
Disc one
Side one- "Introduction" – 0:44
- "Honky Tonk Women" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:47
- "Introduction" – 0:17
- "Sticks and Stones" (Titus Turner, Henry Glover) – 2:37
- "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 4:00
- "Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 6:37
- "Feelin' Alright" (Dave Mason) – 5:47
- "Superstar" (Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett) – 5:02 (lead vocal by Rita Coolidge)
- "Introduction" – 0:16
- "Let's Go Get Stoned" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Josephine Armstead) – 7:30
Disc two
Side three- "Blue Medley" – 12:46
- a. "I'll Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
- b. "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) (co-lead vocal by Bobby Jones)
- c. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" (Otis Redding, Jerry Butler)
- "Introduction" – 0:21
- "Girl from the North Country" (Bob Dylan) – 2:32 (lead vocals Joe Cocker and Leon Russell)
- "Give Peace a Chance" (Russell, Bramlett) – 4:14
- "Introduction" – 0:41
- "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:01
- "Space Captain" (Matthew Moore) – 5:15
- "The Letter" (Wayne Carson Thompson) – 4:46
- "Delta Lady" (Russell) – 5:40
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