Levon Helm & Rco Allstars [Import, Original recording remastered]

Levon Helm, Levon Helm And the Rco All-Stars | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 8, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Universal Japan
• ASIN: B000060N9A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #559,316 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Washer Woman

2. The Tie That Binds

3. You Got Me

4. Blues So Bad

5. Sing, Sing, Sing (Let's Make a Better World)

6. Milk Cow Boogie

7. Rain Down Tears

8. A Mood I Was In

9. Havana Moon

10. That's My Home

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT VOCALS, GREAT HARMONICA, GREAT SONGS, October 27, 1998

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Gary C. House "bluzbear" (ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GEORGIA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Levon Helm & Rco All-Stars (Audio CD)

THIS ALBUM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME IT HAS PAUL BUTTERFIELD PLAYING HARMONICA IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STYLE FROM MOST OF HIS BLUES STUFF, BUT IT IS SOME INCREDIBLE PLAYING AND WITH LEVON HELM OF "THE BAND" FAME SINGING AND PLAYING DRUMS AND DOING THE VOCAL WORK , DOCTOR JOHN ON KEYBOARDS,GUITARS & PERCUSSION, THREE OF THE M.G.S BOOKER T,STEVE CROPPER & DONALD "DUCK"DUNN, DEANNA CARTERS' DAD, FRED CARTER, JR. AND SOME BAD TO THE BONE HORN SECTION. THIS ALBUM IS A GOLD MINE OF TALENT AND WAS RECORDED IN 1977 ON ABC RECORDS. IT HAS ALL KINDS OF MUSIC ON IT FROM BLUES TO BOOGIE TO SOUL, TO CHUCK BERRY A-LA HAVANNA MOON. TRY IT YOU'LL LIKE IT.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars HEY AMAZON, WHERE'S THE 2008 RAVEN RECORDS REMASTERED CD?, August 18, 2008

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BOB (LOS ANGELES, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Levon Helm & Rco Allstars (Audio CD)

Australia's Raven Records has carved out a Rhino-like place in the market for great remastered re-issues and compilations.

In 2008, Raven released a remastered "2-fer" of "LH & The RCO All Stars" and "American Son", a fabulous-sounding bargain. However, Amazon doesn't allow the CD to be listed.

I queried Amazon's catalog department, but they refused to reply with a reason. Royalty/license issues, perhaps?

So, instead of paying a lot of money for this older, single-title disc, try to find the Raven version.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great capture of musicianship, January 27, 2008

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Peter Chordas "music lover" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Levon Helm & Rco Allstars (Audio CD)

I owned this on vinyl when it first came out and practically wore the grooves off it. The band includes Booker T. Jones (keyboards/percussion), Paul Butterfield (harmonica), Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass), and a large horn section that later played on John Bulushi and Dan Akroyd (as "Jake & Elwood" Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full of Blues : Lou Marini, Alan Rubin, and Tom "Bones" Malone), as well as Steve Cropper on guitar. And of course, Levon Helm (original member of Robbie Robertson's "The Band") at the helm with vocals and drums. They debuted on Saturday Night Live on March 19, 1977 as Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars.

The music takes on an R&B tone right from the start with "Washer Woman" to the very last song, "That's My Home." Although Levon Helm is not known for his voice, the music fits him and he uses good expression. My favorite songs are: "You Got Me", "Blues So Bad," and Chuck Berry's "Havana Moon" with a calypso groove to it. The other songs are quite listenable too.

In short, this is a great CD with a fabulous band of musicians "creating an atmosphere that people can have a good time with and even dance to"as the liner notes read. It was fresh and unique and lends itself to listening over and over again!