Poppa Willie: The Hi Years, 1962-1974 [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
Digitally Remastered Double CD Collection of 33 Tracks from the Psychedelic Pop Harmony Group. Includes their UK #1 Hit 'hyacinth Threads' as Well as all Ten Sides from their Five Singles for Columbia, Eight Tracks that were Previously Issued Solely on Vinyland 15 Previously Unreleased Songs. Packaged by Legendary Sleeve Designer Phil Smee with Liner Notes from David Wells (A Regular Contributor to Record Collector Magazine.)

Poppa Willie: The Hi Years, 1962-1974,Willie Mitchell,Hi Records UK,Memphis Soul,Pop,R&B/Soul,Rock,Soul,Soul/R & B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

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Average customer rating: Memphis Soul Makes my Mercedes dance

Poppa Willie: The Hi Years, 1962-1974 Willie Mitchell Manufacturer: Hi Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Memphis Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Patchwork/Fancy ASIN: B00005M9CT Release Date: 2001-08-14

Tracks:

1. The Champion, Part 1
2. Everything's Gonna Be All Right
3. 30-60-90
4. The Crawl, Part 1
5. Percolatin'
6. Buster Browne
7. That Driving Beat
8. Bad Eye
9. Wiggle Rock
10. Pin Head
11. Poppin'
12. Bum Daddy
13. Up Hard
14. Toddlin'
15. Willie Wam
16. 20-75
17. Chilly, Chilly
18. Young People
19. Six To Go
20. Tails Out
21. On The Other Side
22. Teenie's Dream
23. Kitten Korner
24. Mercy
25. The Champion, Part 2

Tracks:

1. Intro From 'It's Dance Time'
2. Woodchopper's Ball
3. Soul Serenade
4. Have You Ever Had The Blues?
5. You Can't Sit Down
6. San-Ho-Zay
7. In The Mood
8. Ram-Bunk-Shush
9. Last Night
10. Hot Cha
11. Honky Tonk
12. Pearl Time
13. Groovin'
14. Watermelon Man
15. Hideaway
16. Since I Met You Baby
17. One Mint Julep
18. Grazing In The Grass
19. Sticks And Stones
20. Cleo's Mood
21. Turn Back The Hands Of Time
22. My Babe
23. Robbin's Nest
24. Take Five
25. Wade In The Water
26. Last Tango In Paris

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Double CD Collection of 33 Tracks from the Psychedelic Pop Harmony Group. Includes their UK #1 Hit 'hyacinth Threads' as Well as all Ten Sides from their Five Singles for Columbia, Eight Tracks that were Previously Issued Solely on Vinyland 15 Previously Unreleased Songs. Packaged by Legendary Sleeve Designer Phil Smee with Liner Notes from David Wells (A Regular Contributor to Record Collector Magazine.)

Customer Reviews:

Memphis Soul.......2003-06-27

What can be said or written about Willie Mitchell that hasn't already been said or written? If you love Memphis Soul music, you came to the right place. His work with Al Green, Syl Johnson, Otis Clay, Ann Peebles, O.V. Wright, and the Hi Rhythm Section is some of the best soul music ever. This CD includes his solo material, Sounds a bit like another Memphis Soul band, the Mar-Keys (Booker T and the MG's with the Memphis Horns), which is about as good as it gets. I really loved Disc #2, which is cover versions of some soul classics. If you like this kind of music, then get anything recorded by Hi, Stax, Backbeat, or Goldwax records.....Another analogy I would make is that Willie Mitchell was the "Quincy Jones" of Memphis.

Makes my Mercedes dance.......2002-12-20

I've bought a Mercedes, a large, luxurious one. It's not really me, but I just couldn't resist it. I love cruisin' in it, but it also made me feel kind of awkward - like I was some middle-aged-tasteless-bore with too much money to spend (and surely with Celine Dion in the stereo..?). So I thought: How do I soften this peace of German high-tech-money-rolling lofty crone of a vehicle, and turn her into a classy, sexy lady? The answer, as it turned out, was Willie Mitchell, and this excellent selection from the Hi years. I've rode my Mercedes for a couple of months now, with Willie moisturing the steel with all these shaky, groovy, sultry and elegant pieces from past parties (with assistance now and then from the Joe Tex collections from Connaisseur and Jimmy McGriff's funky "The Worm") . And I imagine people seeing this music-vehicle-combination, thinking: "Wow - this middle-aged-money-wasting-bore is on to something: German high tech body and American party soul - ain't that a match made in heaven."
Of course they don't think that for real. But the music works for me. And honestly: You don't need the Mercedes. You'll do just fine with Wille. It's quite a collection. If you have a taste for easy-going, kitschy, party poppers with an edge - this is your obvious choice. You've heard lots of the tunes before, even if you're not into Willie Mitchell - but you've not heard them quite like this: He added to everything he did, a charming, playful, and extremely talented touch, that disarms any objections one might have to "disrespectful treatment of untouchable, legendary music".
I turn on the ignition, turn up the volume, and feel my Mercedes' hips delightfully slide into gear, while the highway slowly transforms into a dance hall for all misinterpreted vehicles and their misunderstood owners.

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