Is This What You Want [Import]

Jackie Lomax | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 31, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000008HTI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #293,515 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Speak To Me

2. Is This What You Want?

3. How Can You Say Goodbye

4. Sunset

5. Sour Milk Sea

6. Fall Inside Your Eyes

7. Little Yellow Pills

8. Take My Word

9. Eagle Laughs At You

10. Baby You're A Lover

11. You've Got Me Thinking

12. I Just Don't Know

13. New Day

14. Won't You Come Back

15. Going Back To Liverpool

16. Thumbin' A Ride

17. How The Web Was Woven

Editorial Reviews

IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? (1968) by Jackie Lomax
Yes! This is a cracking album of powerful late-Sixties rock and blue-eyed soul originals by Liverpool vocalist Jackie Lomax. Among the many highlights is the one cover, George Harrison's otherwise unavailable 'White Album'-era song 'Sour Milk Sea', given to Jackie and featuring guest players including George, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Keith Richards and Eric Clapton.

This Remastered CD includes six Bonus Tracks, three of which are previously unreleased:
• ‘New Day’ / Jackie’s second single for Apple, from 1969
• ‘Thumbin’ A Ride’ / cover of the Coasters song, produced by Paul McCartney and the B-side to ‘How The Web Was Woven’ in 1970
• ‘How The Web Was Woven’ / Jackie’s last single for Apple, produced by George Harrison
• ‘You’ve Got To Be Strong’ / previously unreleased by Jackie Lomax; also covered by Doris Troy on her Apple album
• ‘You Make It With Me’ / previously unreleased; one of the last tracks Jackie recorded for Apple
• ‘Can You Hear Me’ / previously unreleased; one of the last tracks Jackie recorded for Apple in the summer of 1969 --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT!, May 1, 2004

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Alistair Hepburn (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Is This What You Want (Audio CD)

Jackie Lomax is a long-lost/never found gem. One of the best white R&Bsoul voices to have come out of the sixties and seventies, he was unappreciated at the time and unheard of today and what a shame that is for lovers of great blues/soul/pop music. After spending the mid-60s in the Undertakers and Lomax Alliance, he was the first solo act signed to the Beatles' Apple label and his first single, SOUR MILK SEA, was written by George Harrison. It was one of the first four Apple singles and featured Jackie, George Harrison, and Eric Clapton on guitars, Paul McCartney on bass, Ringo Starr on drums, and Nicky Hopkins on piano - and Jackie's voice is equal to the high quality of the musicianship. In spite of this superstar line-up, the single failed to chart but an LP of Jackie's own songs was recorded, again produced by George Harrison and with the same line-up on some of the tracks. Other tracks came out of sessions Jackie and George recorded with the cream of LA session players: Hall Blaine on drums, Larry Knechtel on keyboards and Joe Osborn on bass. The LP, entitled IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT?, was released in March 1969 but there was no concerted effort to promote the album or to highlight the incredible group of musicians involved and it didn't sell enough to enter the charts in Britain or America. Two singles later he was lost in the black hole at Apple Records created by the break-up of the Beatles, and he had to move on to other things on other labels. This CD has all the tracks he recorded for Apple, and there's not a bad one amongst them. There's SOUR MILK SEA with Eric Clapton and George Harrison on double lead guitars, the beautiful FALL INSIDE YOUR EYES, the hit-that-never-was HOW THE WEB WAS WOVEN and - as they say - many, many more. Great songs, great playing, great singing... it's been one of my favourite albums for 35 years and it will be one of your favourites as well - to know it is to love it. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jackie Lomax Rocks Out With George, Paul and Ringo in 1969., November 26, 2003

By 

Fred Wemyss (Actual Name) (Huntington, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Is This What You Want (Audio CD)

This album was released in 1969 on the Beatles-created Apple label. I ordered a vinyl copy and was very pleased that it had never been opened. It had the Apple label and on the sleeve, George Harrison was credited as the producer. Among the listed musicians were George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Richard Starkey.
According to a marvelous resource book called THE BEATLES UNDERCOVER, George, Paul and Ringo are featured on the song "Sour Milk Sea." George wrote the song (and the album credits him as the writer as well.) It was a single in Britain. It's never been too well known in the United States. Also on the song and on a few other songs on the album are Eric Clapton and Nicky Hopkins.
Jackie Lomaz sings very well indeed. He wrote all of the songs except "Sour Milk Sea." It's got an R&B feel and, at the same time, has the driven quality of THE WHITE ALBUM and some of the Beatles hits from around 1968 and 1969. The reason for this is clear. Nicky Hopkins, the keyboardist on the Beatles loud version of "Revolution" and Eric Clapton, whose guitar is the lead on the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," play on many of these songs. George's guitar-work is prominent. Ringo's drumming is officially only on "Sour Milk Sea"--and the drumming on that song is very reminiscent of his drumming on "Sgt Pepper (Reprise)--but I have a feeling he's on about three of the other songs. Paul's bass work is great on "Sour Milk Sea."
While not a Beatles record, given that so many people who worked with the Beatles are on this and that the engineer was Glyn Johns (don't hold me to that, but I'm pretty sure I read this in BEATLES UNDERCOVER--perhaps it was another Beatles engineer, Geoff Emerick; or both of them) this gives a real insight into how the Beatles recorded.
Think of the Beatles' song "Old Brown Shoe." Think of Lady Madonna." Think of songs like "Savoy Truffle. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT has the tone of those songs.
Also, the title song is a parody of "I Am The Walrus."
Many people tout a record as sounding like the Beatles. Well, this is as close to a Beatles record as a non-Beatles record can get, and three of the Beatles are on it. One of them is on every song.
It also rocks and Jackie Lomax is an excellent singer. He started in Liverpool. What a musical city!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT!, May 1, 2004

By 

Alistair Hepburn (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Is This What You Want (Audio CD)

Jackie Lomax is a long-lost/never found gem. One of the best white R&B/soul voices to have come out of the sixties and seventies, he was unappreciated at the time and unheard of today and what a shame that is for lovers of great blues/soul/pop music. After spending the mid-60s in the Undertakers and Lomax Alliance, he was the first solo act signed to the Beatles' Apple label and his first single, SOUR MILK SEA, was written by George Harrison. It was one of the first four Apple singles and featured Jackie, George Harrison, and Eric Clapton on guitars, Paul McCartney on bass, Ringo Starr on drums, and Nicky Hopkins on piano - and Jackie's voice is equal to the high quality of the musicianship. In spite of this superstar line-up, the single failed to chart but an LP of Jackie's own songs was recorded, again produced by George Harrison and with the same line-up on some of the tracks. Other tracks came out of sessions Jackie and George recorded with the cream of LA session players: Hall Blaine on drums, Larry Knechtel on keyboards and Joe Osborn on bass. The LP, entitled IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT?, was released in March 1969 but there was no concerted effort to promote the album or to highlight the incredible group of musicians involved and it didn't sell enough to enter the charts in Britain or America. Two singles later he was lost in the black hole at Apple Records created by the break-up of the Beatles, and he had to move onto to other things on other labels like Warner Brothers and Capitol. This CD has all the tracks he recorded for Apple, and there's not a bad one amongst them. There's SOUR MILK SEA with Eric Clapton and George Harrison on double lead guitars, the beautiful FALL INSIDE YOUR EYES, the hit-that-never-was HOW THE WEB WAS WOVEN and - as they say - many, many more. Great songs, great playing, great singing... it's been one of my favourite albums for 35 years and it will be one of your favourites as well - to know it is to love it. This re-release will stop people having to pay up to $150 for the CD on Ebay. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT!