Wild Horses Rock Steady [Import, Original recording remastered]

Johnny "hammond" Smith & Willis Jackson, Johnny Hammond | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: King Japan
• ASIN: B000M5BA6G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,250 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rock Steady

2. Who Is Sylvia?

3. Peace Train

4. I Don't Know How to Love Him

5. It's Impossible

6. Wild Horses

Editorial Reviews

Japanese exclusive 24-bit remastered reissue of the soul-jazz organist's '1971 album for Kudu. AKA Johnny 'Hammond' Smith. Six tracks including, 'Rock Steady' (Aretha Franklin), 'Peace Train' (Cat Stevens) & 'Wild Horses' (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards). Featuring Grover Washington Jr., George Benson, Eric Gale, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham. 2001. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars not totally terrible, November 13, 2011

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Warren Rhodesia "armchair ethnomusiconcologist" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Horses/Rock Steady (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition) (Audio CD)

"Arranged by Bob James" is usually a death sentence to a record. This one, due to its stellar line-up and some red-hot playing from Grover Washington, Jr. (a quality I rarely associate with him) occasionally gets past the "lame James" arrangements. (Only Bob James would arrange the Stones' "Wild Horses" as third-rate spaghetti-western theme music. (Morricone he ain't.) The best tune on the album, and an awful rendition. Cobham playing like an overactive young kid who can't get it off fast enough. Eesh.) Weirdly, corny tunes like "I Don't Know Ho To Lo-ove Him" and "It's Impossible" fare better with fewer gimmicks and hotter playing. Bob James probably "understood" that stuff much better than the Stones' music, so felt less of a need to goof it up. A weird mix of tunes, but some good playing makes for some decent listening. Then again, you can easily pass on this and not be missing anything. Bob James, in case you're listening: next time you're asked to produce a record, unless it's for a fellow lame-o like Kenny G or Klugh, tell 'em you're busy. Please. Thank you.

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5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT, November 2, 2008

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Peter Csihas (Stocholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Horses Rock Steady (Audio CD)

This HOW all reissues should look (and
sound) like.
Just an exact replica of the original
LP - same cover everything.
Nothing else.
I guess you have to buy Japanese
pressings to get this.
Peter