The Everly Brothers - Down In The Bottom: Country Rock Sessions 1966-1968 (CD)

Details: Three CDs. With an Americana music pedigree born of their Appalachia roots, The Everly Brothers ably crossed over from the pop charts to the country music charts during their hit-making heyday. During the mid sixties however they suffered a lean spell for commercial success all the while trying to update their sound. RPM focusses on the following period from November 1966 - November 1968 when the Everlys recorded mostly in Los Angeles rather than Nashville with the duo searching for a musical direction. Disc One presents the The Hit Sound album, recorded from December 1966 onwards, with contemporary rock 'n' roll and pop covered in Everlys harmony style updated with the cream of the LA session crew including Glen Campbell, Larry Knechtel, Ray Pohlman, Hal Blaine. Includes bonus tracks. Disc Two presents the Sing album, the Everlys and their label Warner's response to the prevailing 'youthquake' band sound straddling the transatlantic. On the album are songs by The Buckinghams, Patrick Campbell Lyons, Procul Harum. Includes bonus tracks. Disc Three presents the Roots album, pieced together from the LA sessions at studios like Goldstar, conducted by Lenny Waronker during April-September 1968, again with the Wrecking Crew aided by Van Dyke Parks and James Burton. The Everlys took the chance to pay homage to their country roots with songs by contemporary country writers Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell, George Jones as well as more from their own pen. In addition, amongst the bonus tracks here, from the November 1968 sessions held after Roots, are Neil Young's 'Mr. Soul' and Dolly Parton's 'In The Good Old Days'. Waronker had produced Newman in pre-Harpers Bizarre band The Tikis, and with Van Dyke Parkes the subsequent solo album by Newman.

Tracklist:

1. Blueberry Hill
2. Movin' on
3. Devil's Child
4. Trains and Boats and Planes
5. Sea of Heartbreak
6. Oh Boy!
7. (I'd Be a) Legend in My Time
8. Let's Go Get Stoned
9. Sticks and Stones
10. The House of the Rising Sun
11. She Never Smiles Anymore
12. Good Golly Miss Molly
13. Even If I Hold It in My Hand (Hard Luck Story) (Take 2)
14. When Eddie Comes Home
15. Nothing But the Best
16. A Little Bit of Crazy
17. Bowling Green (Demo)
18. Bowling Green
19. A Voice Within
20. I Don't Want to Love You
21. It's All Over
22. Deliver Me
23. Talking to the Flowers
24. Mary Jane
25. I'm Finding It Rough
26. Do You
27. Somebody Help Me
28. A Whiter Shade of Pale
29. Mercy Mercy Mercy
30. Love of the Common People
31. You're Just What I Was Looking for Today
32. My Elusive Dreams
33. Lord of the Manor
34. Love with Your Heart
35. Love with Your Heart (VSN 2)
36. It's My Time
37. Empty Boxes
38. Milk Train
39. The Everly Family (1952)
40. Mama Tried
41. Less of Me
42. T for Texas
43. I Wonder If I Care As Much
44. Ventura Boulevard
45. Shady Grove
46. Illinois
47. Living Too Close to the Ground
48. You Done Me Wrong
49. Turn Around
50. Sing Me Back Home
51. Montage: The Everly Family (1952)/Shady Grove/Kentucky
52. Lady Anne (VSN 2)
53. Shop Girl
54. Human Race (Mix 1)
55. Omaha
56. Mr Soul (Mix 1)
57. Down in the Bottom
58. (Aka Meet Me in the Bottom) (Mix 1)
59. In the Good Old Days (Mix 1)