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Emitt Rhodes - The Emitt Rhodes Recordings (1969-1973) (1973)

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Mother Earth 2:30
  2. Pardon Me 2:46
  3. Textile Factory 3:04
  4. Someone Died 2:04
  5. Come Ride, Come Ride 2:53
  6. Let's All Sing 2:44
  7. Holly Park 2:59
  8. Saturday Night 2:01
  9. You're A Very Lovely Woman 2:53
  10. Mary Will You Take My Hand 2:21
  11. The Man He Was 2:58
  12. In The Days Of The Old 2:13
  13. 'Til The Day After 2:41
  14. With My Face On The Floor 3:08
  15. Somebody Made For Me 2:26
  16. She's Such A Beauty 2:23
  17. Long Time No See 3:18
  18. Lullabye 1:05
  19. Fresh As A Daisy 2:54
  20. Live Till You Die 2:47
  21. Promises I've Made 3:24
  22. You Take The Dark Out Of The Night 2:58
  23. You Should Be Ashamed 2:41
  24. Ever Find Yourself Running 2:37
  25. You Must Have 2:10
Volume 2
  1. Birthday Lady 2:50
  2. Better Side Of Life 2:37
  3. My Love Is Strong 2:39
  4. Side We Seldom Show 2:29
  5. Mirror 2:48
  6. Really Wanted You 2:42
  7. Medley: Bubble Gum The Blues - I'm A Cruiser 4:43
  8. Love Will Stone You 3:23
  9. Golden Child Of God 2:43
  10. Take You Far Away 3:06
  11. Warm Self-Sacrifice 3:46
  12. See No Evil 3:48
  13. Drawn To You 3:16
  14. Blue Horizon 2:21
  15. Shoot The Moon 3:36
  16. Only Lovers Decide 3:06
  17. Trust One More 2:40
  18. Nights Are Lonely 2:35
  19. Bad Man 2:53
  20. In Desperate Need 3:18
  21. Those That Die (From 'Tame The Lion') 1:42
  22. Farewell To Paradise 3:59
  23. Tame The Lion 2:53

Notes

Emitt Lynn Rhodes is an American singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer born February 25, 1950 in Decatur, Illinois. When he was five his family moved to Hawthorne, California. Considered by many as "the one man Beatles," his recordings show a clear Paul McCartney influence in both vocals and musicianship. Rhodes began his career in musical ensembles The Palace Guard (as the group's drummer) and The Merry-Go-Round (multi-instrumentalist), leaving the drums to the expertise of Joel Larson.

The Merry-Go-Round had a recording contract with A&M Records when they disbanded in 1969. Rhodes recorded songs at A&M for a solo album to be entitled The American Dream, but A&M decided to not release it at the time. Rhodes then decided to go out on his own and bought equipment to make a recording studio in his parents' garage. Rhodes recorded his first album (Emitt Rhodes) in that home studio. He got a recording contract with ABC/Dunhill Records, who released his album, as well as the next two albums he recorded (Mirror and Farewell to Paradise). Rhodes got a $5,000 advance for Emitt Rhodes, which he spent on recording equipment. His first album was a critical success Billboard called Rhodes "one of the finest artists on the music scene today" and later called his first album one of the "best albums of the decade". The album reached number 29 on the Billboard charts. The single "Fresh as a Daisy" reached number 54 on the pop chart. Meanwhile, shortly after Mirror was released in 1971 by Dunhill, A&M decided to release their old recordings of The American Dream, which confused record buyers. Mirror did reach the top 200 on Billboard's album chart. In 1973 Dunhill released Rhodes' final album, Farewell to Paradise.

Rhodes wrote all of the songs on his albums. On Emitt Rhodes, Mirror, and Farewell to Paradise, he played all of the instruments and sang all of the vocals while recording himself in his home recording studio. He used a four-track recorder for the instruments for Emitt Rhodes and transferred those to an eight-track recorder to add the vocals. He used an eight-track recorder for Mirror, and Farewell to Paradise. The mixdown engineer on Farewell to Paradise was none other than Curt Boettcher.


Disc 1, tracks 01-13: THE AMERICAN DREAM (A&M SP-4254, 1971; Recorded 1969)
Disc 1, tracks 14-25: EMITT RHODES (ABC/Dunhill DS-50089, 1970)
Disc 2, tracks 01-10: MIRROR (ABC/Dunhill DSX-50111, 1971)
Disc 2, tracks 11-22: FAREWELL TO PARADISE (ABC/Dunhill DSX-50122, 1973)
Disc 2, track 23: Non-LP single (ABC/Dunhill 4315, 1972)
1. Tame The Lion