Two for the Price of One [Import, Original recording remastered]

Williams/Watson, Larry Williams | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 12, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B001UJSTSU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,059 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Two For The Price Of One

2. Keep On Lovin' You

3. Ask Me

4. Ain't Gonna Move

5. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

6. Too Late

7. Love Is Such A Funny Thing

8. Takin' No Chances

9. I'd Rather Fight Than Swich

10. A Quitter Never Wins

11. Nobody

12. Find Yourself Someone To Love

13. Fever

14. Coke

15. Unchained My Heart

16. Comin' Home Baby

17. Skate Key

18. Summertime

19. Makin' Whoopee

20. Ain't Misbehavin'

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this legendary 1967 collaboration from Rock 'N' Roll and R&B pioneer Larry Williams and Johnny Guitar Watson, who took his R&B roots into pimp-friendly Funk in the '70s. The album is a Northern Soul classic with three bonafide stompers in the title track, the legendary 'Too Late' and 'A Quitter Never Wins'. Also features the even rarer 45 'Nobody', which the duo recorded with US Psychedelic outfit Kaleidoscope. The package is expanded even more with six tracks from Watson's OKeh album The Fantastic Piano And Guitar of Johnny Watson - BAD! and two tracks from the OKeh album In A Fats Bag - The Johnny Guitar Watson Trio Plays Fats Waller. Righteous. 2009.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Larry and Johnny: Junkyard Angels, November 4, 1998

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This review is from: Two for the Price of One (Audio CD)

I first found this album on vinyl in a junk shop in Birmingham, UK, in 1975. It was a perfect match for the times because like many other kids at the time I'd grown tired of over-produced mainstream soul and I wanted something with a raw edge to it. It has energy and honesty and is one of the best examples of sixties soul ever to be pressed. I've still got the vinyl copy but I'm taking the cd - it would grace any collection of essential soul classics.

5.0 out of 5 stars soul classic, July 25, 2011

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This review is from: Two for the Price of One (Audio CD)

If you couldn't tell from the cover of the album, listen to the music inside: these two guys obviously had a great time recording together. Fun, frisky, joyful, funky: this album has it all. Johnny Watson later became well known as Johnny "Guitar" Watson, but this album recorded with Larry Williams in 1967, remains one of the best things he ever did. The CD version of this album contains eight bonus tracks. The first six songs are red-hot instrumentals, culled from Watson's album for the Okeh label, "The Fantastic Piano and Guitar of Johnny Watson." The final two tracks, which include vocals from Watson, were originally on the album "In a Fats Bag: the Johnny Guitar Watson Trio Plays Fats Waller." More icing on an already delicious cake. Any fans of Northern Soul, or even 70s soul and funk, should get this one. Not a weak song to be found.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you really want this CD,, October 7, 2011

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This review is from: Two for the Price of One (Audio CD)

you can buy it very cheaply as part of the box set Perfect Blues Collection. I wasn't very impressed by it, but at the price it was an interesting side trip.