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Various Artists - The Capitol Years (1989 Us Capitol 24-96 Needledrop)(Robertaich)

Track listing:
  1. Willie And The Hand Jive - Johnny Otis 2:35
  2. Good Golly - Johnny Otis 1:52
  3. Crazy Country Hop - Johnny Otis 2:43
  4. Can't You Hear Me Callin' - Johnny Otis 2:30
  5. Castin' My Spell (With Marci Lee) - Johnny Otis 2:11
  6. Telephone Baby - Johnny Otis 2:11
  7. Willie Did The Cha Cha - Johnny Otis 2:40
  8. Livin' In Misery - Johnny Otis 2:36
  9. Three Girls Named Molly - Johnny Otis 2:34
  10. Until We Meet Again (Bye Bye Baby) - Johnny Otis 3:00
  11. Hum Ding-A-Ling - Johnny Otis 2:38
  12. Baby Just You - Johnny Otis 2:22
  13. Ring A Ling - Johnny Otis 1:56
  14. Hey Baby Don't You Know - Johnny Otis 2:29
  15. Let The Sun Shine In My Life - Johnny Otis 2:24
  16. Well, Well, Well (With Mel Williams) - Johnny Otis 2:16
  17. Ma (He's Makin' Eyes At Me) With Merle Adams - Johnny Otis 2:29
  18. Cold Turkey (Instrumental) - Johnny Otis 2:09
  19. I Wonder (With Marie Adams) - Johnny Otis 2:09
  20. I'm With You - Johnny Otis 2:27
  21. Little Angel (With Mel Williams) - Johnny Otis 2:20
  22. Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too) Instrumental - Leonard Cohen 2:28
  23. Voodoo Woman - Johnny Otis 2:37
  24. Vine Street Swing (Instrumental) - Johnny Otis 4:20

Notes

Johnny Otis
The Capitol Years
Compilation from 1989

Curated by Ben Vaughn, with liner notes by him.

A1 Willie And The Hand Jive
A2 Good Golly
A3 Crazy Country Hop
A4 Can't You Hear Me Callin'
A5 Castin' My Spell (with Marci Lee)
A6 Telephone Baby

B1Willie Did The Cha Cha
B2 Livin' In Misery
B3 Three GIrls Named Molly
B4 Until We Meet Again (Bye Bye Baby)
B5 Hum Ding-A-Ling
B6 Baby Just You

C1 Ring A Ling
C2 Hey Baby Don't You Know
C3 Let The Sun Shine In My Life
C4 Well Well Well (with Mel Williams)
C5 Ma (He's Makin' Eyes At Me) (with Marie Adams)
C6 Cold Turkey (instrumental)

D1 Wonder (with Marie Adams)
D2 I'm With You (Take 19)
D3 Why Don't You Do RIght ? (Get Me Some Money Too) (instrumental)
D4 Voodoo Woman
D5 Vine Street Swing (instrumental)

The enclosed art work is a combo of a borrowed shot of the cover for your digital player's pleasure. The other shots are iPhone shots that I believe you will find readable, if barely. But they're worth it for Ben Vaughn's liner notes. Opened on my computer, I can read them. I have a combo printer scanner, but the glass isn't large enough for an LP cover.

I think it's a terrific-sounding lp. It's from '89, so did they make a digital master before cutting the LP? Dunno. Vaughn makes reference to it being a vinyl-only release, but I believe a cd version came out eventually.

The Drill:
Washed on a Nitty Gritty 1.5 fi
Linn LP12/Akito/Denon DL-110>Grado PH-1 Phono stage>DH Labs Silver Sonic>McCormack TLC-1 Deluxe>Vampire RCA to mini>MacBook Pro
Audacity @ 24/96, sides broken into tracks and meta data added.

In playing these sides, I thought they sounded fine and was tempted to follow Alfredo's creed of "hey you hear a few ticks and pops, don't worry, enjoy the record" but I went ahead on Click Repair, manual mode at 10 and more stuff came up than I would have guessed. So there you go. Reverse, simple.

Johnny Otis was a swinging' cat. This collection proves it. I have another that covers more of his career. I can't remember if it sounds this lively, but I'll get to it.

Enjoy.

robertaich