Working in a Coalmine

Lee Dorsey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0000008GF
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,396 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ride Your Pony

2. Working in the Coal Mine

3. Holy Cow

4. Work, Work, Work

5. My Old Car

6. Ya Ya

7. Messed Around (And Fell in Love)

8. The Kitty Cat Song

9. Give Me You

10. Do-Re-Mi

11. Shortnin' Bread

12. Hoodlum Joe

13. Feelin'

14. People Gonna Talk

15. Can You Hear Me

16. Eenie Meenie Mini Mo

17. Mexico

18. A Little Dab a Do Ya

19. You're Breaking Me Up

20. Confusion

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

25 classic Fury and Amy tracks. Includes the hits Ya Ya; Working in a Coal Mine; Get Out of My Life, Woman; Ride Your Pony; Do-Re-Mi; Holy Cow; My Old Car; Everything Is Gonna Be Funky , and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buy the Sundazed Reissues Instead, January 10, 2005

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J P Ryan (Waltham, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Working in a Coalmine (Audio CD)

Collectables, especially earlier in the cd era when this compilation was issued, is known for re-issuing great music and sub-par packaging and sound. This is a compilation of Lee Dorsey's Sansu/Amy label recordings (covering the 1965-70 period) from 1990. In 2001 Sundazed issued Dorsey's two Amy albums, each with original cover art, copious bonus material including numerous rare singles, and excellent annotation by Bill Dahl. The remastering is superb, rendering this item pointless. Spend the extra money and buy the superb "Ride Your Pony" and "The New Lee Dorsey" - you wont be disappointed.

5.0 out of 5 stars WORKING IN A COAL MINE !, June 21, 2006

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J. Hoffman "soul lover" (dover, pa. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Working in a Coalmine (Audio CD)

I've been hummin' this song for years. Never forget the late great Lee Dorsey, along with his follow up hit, "Ride The Pony". He's surely in "soul heaven" with his other fellow late greats : Curtis Mayfield, Jr. Walker, Marvin Gaye, Rick James, Edwin Starr, Marv Johnson, O.C.Smith, Jackie Wilson, Johnny Bristol, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus Thomas, Lou Rawls, Arthur Conley, Hank Ballard, Barry White, Wilson Pickett, Luther Vandross, Billy Preston, McFadden & Whitehead !!

5.0 out of 5 stars Memories from Before AND During the Beatles Reign, December 15, 2004

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Eclectic Revisited "Charlie" (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Working in a Coalmine (Audio CD)

Lee Dorsey never reminded me of anybody but Ernie K-Doe ("Mother in Law") and they both worked with multi-talented music producer Allen Toussaint. I know all of Lee Dorsey's songs and this is representative of his best work. If you don't know his songs but were around when they were played on the radio, you'll recognize a lot more than one or two of them when you play this. I recommend it.