Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings 1971-73 [Limited Edition]

Jack Nitzsche | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD (November 4, 2003)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000DJZ8Y
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,987 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Rare Collection of Prime Jack Nitzsche!, September 5, 2007

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I can't stand something I own not having a review or info under it. For those looking, this CD is made up of three things - the complete "St. Giles Cripplegate" album, the assembled but unreleased album "Jack Nitzsche", and a few demos. This was printed by Rhino Handmade in a limited run of 3000 copies and is now out of print.
Now, if you're getting into Jack Nitzsche, you're either working from his 60's production stuff on forward, or you've heard what he's done with Neil Young and are working backward. If you're a Neil Young fan, this disc will be immediately accessible because the "St. Giles" material directly recalls the work Jack did on Neil's "Harvest" album.
Now, the "St. Giles Cripplegate" album is one thing everyone should own, whether on this disc, or on it's own release (which it does have now). An achingly beautiful album. It's no suprise Jack got into movie scoring. The creeping paranoia of "#6", the almost triumphant drumbeat emerging in the middle of "#2". This is orchestral music that doesn't quite fit in with any mold, but is all the more great to listen to for that. Jack really was a unique guy to be bouncing through the 60's and 70's.
I don't know why the "Jack Nitzsche" album was shelved at the time. It seems like something people would've bought in the mid-70s. Maybe the record company thought the mixture of rollicking piano blues with orchestral ballads was too much. I don't know. There are lovely songs here: "Sleeping Daughter" and "I'm the Loneliest Fool" in particular. Jack's vocal technique might not be stellar, but I think it suffices (c'mon, he wasn't the only deadpan singer in the 70's).
The last 4 demo songs sound great and fit in with the rest of the CD pretty well. Jack was really a visionary. He made a link in his music between the emotional ache of an orchestra with the pedal-steel-and-piano loneliness of rock and roll.