Take Me Back to New Orleans [Import]

Gary US Bonds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 13, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B0000009J2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,647 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Take Me Back To New Orleans

2. Send Her To Me

3. Shine On Lover's Moon

4. Please Forgive Me

5. Workin' For My Baby

6. Give Me One More Chance

7. My Little Room

8. What A Dream

9. Don't Go To Strangers

10. Food Of Love

11. The Girl Next Door

12. What A Crazy World

13. I'm That Kind Of Guy

14. Call Me For Christmas

15. Guida's Romeo & Juliet

16. One Million Tears

17. Time Ole Story

18. My Sweet Ruby Rose

19. I Know Why Dreamers Cry

20. I Walk The Line

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One for the Collector, November 18, 2004

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Laurence Upton (Wilts, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take Me Back to New Orleans (Audio CD)

More one for the collector, this collects 6 later A-sides, 9 B-sides, 3 tracks from Gary US Bonds first album, and 5 previously unreleased works, and provides "a chance to experience the other side of Gary Anderson's unique vocal talent - the soulful ballads, R&B belters and some delightful doo wop", as the notes proclaim. There is much to enjoy, such as the Christmas novelty Call Me For Christmas and the singles What A Dream (an exuberant love song with a reference to the Mona Lisa), My Sweet Ruby Rose, and Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! from 1964, credited to Gary US Bonds and the Stompers and meeting the British invasion head on with a Kinks-like guitar figure and "Mersey" sound.

However it is the unreleased numbers that fascinate the most - a totally reworked version of Johnny Cash's I Walk The Line, an update of the Hoagy Carmichael standard The Nearness Of You and a duet with his wife, Laurie Cedeno Anderson, formerly of the Love Notes.

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for Bonds' fans, July 4, 2009

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W. Hutchinson "whutchin2" (Perth, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take Me Back to New Orleans (Audio CD)

This CD contains many tracks unavailable on this medium before. There are some really good songs here like the title track, and also "What a Dream", "I'm not that kind of guy", "My sweet ruby rose", "Food of love", and "I don't wanna wait" - all good rockers in the Bonds' style. They are from the early to mid-60s at a time when Bonds' popularity was waning - only to be revived in the 80's. The tracks are not as famous as "Quarter to three" or "New Orleans" but probably have more variety than previous releases of his 60's stuff.
I was surprised at the other reviewer gave 3 stars when really the comments given were really good. I think it well deserves 5 stars.