The album "Ivory Joe Hunter" was originally released in 1957 as Atlantic 8008. "The Old And The New" was originally released in 1958 as Atlantic 8015.
Released: July 27, 1999
Originally Released: 1999
Label: Collectables Records
Description by OLDIES.com:
Ivory Joe Hunter was a great pianist and singer with immense songwriting abilities. Many recording artists enjoyed great success with works from his catalogue of thousands of songs. Hunter himself was no stranger to the charts, scoring major R&B and Pop hits throughout the '50s. Two great LPs (from '57 and '58) on one compact disc give you 26 original Hunter classics.
Tracks:
1.Since I Met You Baby
2.I Need You By My Side
3.I Want Somebody
4.I Got To Learn To Do The Mambo
5.I'll Never Leave You Baby
6.That's Why I Dream
7.A Tear Fell
8.Heaven Came Down To Earth
9.I Need You
10.That's Why
11.You Mean Everything To Me
12.You Can't Stop This Rocking And Rolling
13.It's A Doggone Crying Shane
14.It May Sound Silly
15.Where Are You
16.I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
17.I Could Fall In Love With You
18.One More Memory
19.I'll By Faithful
20.Worried Mind
21.All My Life
22.Moonlight & Hoses
23.There Goes My Heart
24.To Lose You
25.Someone
26.I Didn't Mean To Be Mean To You
Product Description:
2 LPs on 1 CD: IVORY JOE HUNTER (1957)/THE OLD & THE NEW (1958)
Originally released on Atlantic (8008) and Atlantic (8015). Includes liner notes by Mark Marymont.
Don't let the 28 tracks fool you; Collectables doesn't attempt a thorough overview of Ivory Joe Hunter's five-decade recording career, which spanned from the '30s to the '70s. These 28 tracks chronicle the Texas-born purveyor of West Coast blues' '50s stint with Atlantic Records. For some artists it can be done, but trying to cover Hunter's output in less than 30 songs is as impossible as covering a king-size mattress with a twin-size sheet. Hunter preceded dinosaurs like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, the Andrews Sisters, Vic Damone, and the Isley Brothers. This disc features Hunter's two late-'50s Atlantic albums, the period of "Since I Lost My Baby (I Almost Lost My Mind)," the hit that made Hunter the oldest performer on the rock circuit. He matches that velvety offering with other smoothies. Ivory Joe Hunter was a stylish blues crooner who influenced countless singers with his low-key approach. ~ Andrew Hamilton
