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Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time (The Immediate Anthology) Disc 2 (1969)

Track listing:
  1. We're Doing Fine (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 2:38
  2. Life Is But Nothing (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 4:06
  3. Paint It Black (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 3:00
  4. Cuttin' In (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 2:59
  5. Open The Door To Your Heart (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 2:34
  6. North South East West (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 3:55
  7. You're So Good For Me (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 2:15
  8. It Was Easier To Hurt Her (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 3:08
  9. I'm Free (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 2:23
  10. I've Been Loving You Too Long (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 2:57
  11. Reach Out I'll Be There (From Immediate Lp The Art Of Chris Farlowe) ( 11-1966) 3:15
  12. My Way Of Giving (A Side Immediate Im 041) (1-1967) 2:34
  13. Yesterday's Papers (A Side Immediate Im 049) (1-1967) 5 2:38
  14. Moanin' (A Side Immediate Im 056) (6-1967) 2:33
  15. What Have I Been Doing (B Side Immediate Im 056) (6-1967) 3:53
  16. Handbags And Gladrags (A Side Immediate Im 065) (11-1967) 3:58
  17. Everyone Makes A Mistake (B Side Immediate Im 065) (11-1967) 2:03
  18. The Last Goodbye (A Side Immediate Im 066) (4-1968) 2:52
  19. Paperman Fly In The Sky (B Side Immediate Im 066) (4-1968) 2:47
  20. I Just Need Your Lovin' (B Side Immediate Im 071) (7-1968) 3:13
  21. Dawn (A Side Immediate Im 074) (11-1968) 3:49
  22. April Was The Month (B Side Immediate Im 074) (11-1968) 3:54
  23. Moanin' (Without Sitar) (1967) 2:30
  24. Paint It Black (Slower Mono Single Version) (1966) 3:35

Notes

In his own time on Immediate Records, British soul shouter Chris Farlowe's output was sliced and diced and re-compiled so many times that no one even remembers the names of his original albums for the label (not that those were any better or more coherent -- Immediate founder Andrew Oldham was always so busy trying to exploit Farlowe any way he could, as one of the two or three best-selling talents on his label). Out of Time, subtitled "The Immediate Anthology," is the solution, its 49 songs drawn equally from Farlowe's singles, B-sides, EPs, and LP tracks, with the quality of the performances the only real deciding factor. The first half-dozen songs here could sell even the skeptics on Farlowe's talent, his renditions of "In the Midnight Hour," "Mr. Pitiful" and "Treat Her Right" are among the most convincing white soul you're ever likely to hear from either side of the Atlantic, and they also explain precisely how Farlowe was able to share a stage with Otis Redding (the equivalent of visiting royalty) on Ready, Steady Go (when Farlowe covered his first Stones' song, "Satisfaction," he used an arrangement that made it sound more like Otis than like the Stones). The only disadvantage is that the hits are, of necessity, spread out to two platters, but if it were solely the hits one were concerned with, then one would be getting one of those compilations, instead of this jewel, the next-best thing to a Chris Farlowe box set. The sound is never less than excellent -- and good and loud -- and the annotation is very thorough. This set makes the perfect companion to Rock 'n' Roll Soldier: Anthology 1970-2004.