Black Slacks

by Robert Gordon

Overview

Dig it -- what could be better than one great Robert Gordon CD compilation? How about a second great Robert Gordon compilation? When Bear Family came out with Robert Gordon Is Red Hot in 1989, it marked the rockabilly king's official debut in the digital domain (assuming one doesn't count New Rose's Live at Lone Star, issued the same year). And it was pretty amazing hearing 25 songs from Gordon's prime early period, on Private Stock and RCA, assembled together in an hourlong riot of rockabilly sounds. But this collection is every bit as good, tying up a few loose ends (the studio rendition of "Fire," etc.) and delving into Gordon's highly successful resurrection of a couple of classics out of U.K. rock & roll ("Picture of You," "Bad Boy"), plus his killer renditions of standards such as "Sea Cruise" and a live version of "Black Slacks." Roy Orbison gets acknowledged here on "Uptown," and listeners get to hear Gordon's more mature, country-oriented sound from late in his RCA period. Whatever the particulars, there's not a wasted note or even a flaccid sound anywhere on this CD, the sound is excellent, and if Colin Escott has a little less to say here, that's mostly because he did such a good job on the notes for the earlier CD. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	06/27/1994
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127154897
Rank:	96117

Tracks

1. Summertime Blues
2. I Just Found Out
3. Boppin' the Blues
4. A Picture of You
5. I Just Met a Memory
6. Am I Blue
7. Walk on By
8. Blue Christmas
9. Fire
10. Twenty Flight Rock
11. But, But
12. Sea Cruise
13. Bad Boy
14. Red Cadillac, and a Black Moustache
15. Uptown
16. Five Days, Five Days
17. Are You Gonna Be the One
18. Standing on the Outside of Her Door
19. Lover Boy
20. Take Me Back
21. Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die
22. Born to Lose
23. Is It Wrong (For Loving You)
24. Torture
25. Black Slacks

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Robert Gordon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jonathan Gerber   Saxophone
Chris Robison   Farfisa Organ
The Bellomo Sisters   Vocals (Background)
Garry Lee Wayne   Bass
Robin Grean   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Charlie Messing   Guitar
Bobby Choinard   Drums
Terry Vernon   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Billy Cross   Guitar
Tish   Choir/Chorus
The Jordanaires   Vocals (Background),Choir/Chorus
Chris Spedding   Guitar
Rob Stoner   Piano,Bass
Lance Quinn   Guitar
Shannon Ford   Drums
Dick Hyman   Piano
Hilda Harris   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Jay Leonhart   Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Link Wray   Guitar
Lloyd Green   Guitar (Steel)
Paul Evans   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Andy Stein   Fiddle
Marty Nelson   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Bobby Black   Guitar (Steel)
Bobby Chouinard   Drums
Howie Wyeth   Drums,Piano
The Nashville Edition   Vocals (Background)
Bruce Springsteen   Piano
Dolores Edgin   Choir/Chorus
Buddy Spicher   Fiddle
Paul Shaffer   Keyboards
Artie Kaplan   Saxophone
Allan Schwartzberg   Drums
Tony Garnier   Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Jeff Bova   Keyboards
Richard Gottehrer   Piano,Farfisa Organ
Wendy Suits   Choir/Chorus
Joe Babcock   Choir/Chorus
Anton Fig   Drums
Chrissy Faith   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Sal DiTroia   Guitar (Acoustic)
Danny Gatton   Guitar
Dennis Cooley   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Scotty Turner   Guitar (Rhythm)
Arthur Kaplan   Saxophone
The Three R's   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Kathy Ingraham   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Jan Magruder   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Charles Magruder   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Grant Clarke   Composer
Bill Hayes   Composer
Mark Johnson   Composer
Jack Rhodes   Composer
Lance Quinn   Composer,Producer
Joe Bennett   Composer
Don Oriolo   Composer
Joe Melson   Composer
M. Johnson   Composer
John D. Loudermilk   Composer
M. Crenshaw   Composer
Jay Johnson   Composer
Howard Griffin   Composer
Warner McPherson   Composer
Johnny Burnette   Composer
Scott Litt   Producer
Robert Gordon   Composer,Producer
Paul Burlison   Composer
Jerry Capehart   Composer
Jimmy Denton   Composer
Marty Wilde   Composer
Bruce Springsteen   Composer
Harry Akst   Composer
Henry Jerome   Composer
Kendall Hayes   Composer
Colin Escott   Liner Notes
Carl Perkins   Composer
Eddie Cochran   Composer
Joerh Siemer   Mastering
Huey "Piano" Smith   Composer
Richard Gottehrer   Producer
Richard Weize   Reissue Producer
Roy Orbison   Composer
Marshall Crenshaw   Composer
Danny Gatton   Composer
Pete Oakman   Composer
Ned Fairchild   Composer
Lilly May   Composer
Johnny Beveridge   Composer
Hoffmann Nienburg   Artwork