Best of Linda Lewis

1. (Remember The Days Of) Th

2. It's In His Kiss

3. This Time I'll Be Sweeter

4. Rock 'N' Roller Coaster

5. Not A Little Girl Anymore

6. I Do My Best To Impress

7. Baby I'm Yours

8. May You Never

9. Shining

10. You Came

11. Come Back And Finish What

12. Light Years Away

13. My Love Is Here To Stay

14. My Friend The Sun

15. So Many Mysteries To Find

16. All Comes Back To Love

17. Flipped Over Your Love

18. Never Been Done Before

19. Can't We Just Sit Down An

20. Winter Wonderland

Best of Linda Lewis,Linda Lewis,Camden,Soul/R & B

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Average customer rating: I love this artist! Early seventies music from under-rated singer At last! At Last !!!

Reach for the Truth: Best of Reprise Years 1971-74 Linda Lewis Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Legend ASIN: B000067UCS Release Date: 2002-09-16

Tracks:

1. Red Light Ladies
2. Old Smokey
3. Donkeys Years
4. I Dunno
5. Gladly Give You My Hand
6. Spring Song
7. Reach For The Truth
8. Sideway Shuffle
9. On The Stage
10. Fathoms Deep
11. Guffer
12. Waterbaby
13. Wise Eyes
14. Im In Love Again
15. Goodbye Joanna
16. Hampstead Way
17. Feeeling Feeling
18. Funky Kitchen
19. Rock A Doodle Do
20. What Are You Asking Me For
21. We Can Win
22. Moles
23. Red Light Ladies (Alternate Acoustic Demo)

Album Description

Full title - Reach For The Truth (Best of the Reprise Years 1971-1974). 2002 compilation for British vocalist who had a consistent presence in the entertainment industry since the age of ten, when she was an extra in A Hard Day's Night. During her teens, she played with John Lee Hooker, eventually graduating to session work in the early '70s. She sang on records by Elton John, David Bowie & Frank Zappa. 23 tracks.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered 23 Track Collection featuring the Best of Linda Lewis' Four Albums for the Reprise Label. She Once Opened on Tour for Cat Stevens, Exposing her to a Readymade Mass Audience. Her Signature Style of Folk, Jazz, Blues N Funk Predates India.arie By a Few Decades.

Customer Reviews:

I love this artist!.......2004-07-29

I recently received this disc from a young relative who I swear was born in the 60's listening to Mowtown with her mom and me instead of the 80's during the disco phase!
She assured me I would like this disc and compared her to a British Minnie Ripperton. I concur. And I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. I'm online buying another copy to give as a birthday gift.

Early seventies music from under-rated singer.......2003-03-10

Linda has a very distinctive voice - although she likens her own voice to Minnie Riperton, you wouldn't confuse the two after hearing them both. This compilation covers her Reprise years from 1971 to 1974. The most famous of these tracks is Rock a doodle do. For her covers of It's in his kiss and Baby I'm yours, there is a separate compilation of her Arista music of the late seventies, which I've already reviewed.

Linda wrote all the Reprise tracks on this compilation, usually by herself, although a couple were co-writes. When she moved to Arista, she did not get to record many of her own songs. Partly for that reason, Linda likes her Reprise music better than her Arista music, although that was more commercially successful.

During Linda's period on Reprise, she cut three original albums, plus two other tracks that appeared on a compilation. Rock a doodle doo, one of these tracks, became her biggest hit on Reprise. Linda provides notes about each song - on this one she says she wanted to prove she could write a hit song. It is not typical of the album, which is influenced as much by Joni Mitchell as it is by soul music. Therein lay Linda's problem - she did not fit any stereotype. Her music was, and remains, distinctive.

Curiously, Linda is hugely popular in Japan, though she remains comparatively unknown in Britain and America. The Japanese clearly know a good singer when they hear one.

At last!.......2002-10-12

This is a wonderful, long overdue compilation. Linda Lewis is a British singer/songwriter with lots of diverse elements and sounds - folk, soul, funk, and more. Her sound is unique. Reach For The Truth has lots of the great material she made in the early seventies, superb packaging and liner notes from Linda herself. The sound is faultless. Linda's music is sometimes immediately cathy, at other times it sinks in over repeated listens. Recommended.

At Last !!!.......2002-10-03

Finally this underated and overlooked singer/songwriter gets her day on CD! While her Reprise masterpiece "Lark" is available on CD as an import title (for big $$), "Fathoms Deep" and "Heartstrings", released by the same label, have not been (except for a short while as Japanese imports on Banzai CD.) Sadly, any kind of widespread recognition of Linda Lewis and her music escaped the general public in the U.S. Unable to fit Lewis into a comfortable category, the pop world simply ignored her. While lesser artists became household names, Linda Lewis remained virtually unknown - except to music world insiders such as Cat Stevens and Rod Stewart. To say that her music was ahead of it's time would be an understatement. While some of the lyrics from these early 70's recordings may sound a little dated, the music sounds as fresh today as it did when it was first released. Fusing folk, soul, pop, jazz and reggae together in a mix, Lewis, with her unmistakable voice, was immediately recognizable. Listen to such gems as "Waterbaby", "Fathoms Deep", "Reach For The Truth" and the lovely "We Can Win" to witness what this artist was all about. The fact that Warner/Reprise has chosen to release a CD compilation of it's four Lewis recordings proves that the company realizes the importance of the recordings and the groundwork they put down for the future of black women (and black men for that matter) as serious folk singer/songwriters. Not only are these recordings a treat for those of us who were fans from the beginning, but they also offer the opportunity for a whole new generation to explore the wonderful musical world of Linda Lewis. And for anyone that thinks she has vanished from the music scene - well she hasn't. She released three wonderful CDs on the Turpin label in the 90s -the most recent being "Kiss Of Life." And, she sounds the same on these new recordings as she did some twenty years ago. I, for one, hope to be hearing from her again real soon! P.S. My only regret on this compilation is that the wonderful song "Lark" is missing, as is the fantastic "Little Indians". Since I own a copy of "Lark", I can't complain, but they're also great songs that are to be sought out. (If you can afford it, get a copy of "Lark"!) Enjoy!

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The Best of Linda Lewis Linda Lewis Manufacturer: Camden/Wave ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000AZKEZ Release Date: 2004-05-04

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Reach for the Truth-Best of ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006JLJX Release Date: 2002-01-01

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The Best of Linda Lewis Linda Lewis Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DEN6N Release Date: 2000-03-28

Average customer rating: Late seventies music from British pop/R+B singer Clear As A Bell

Best of Linda Lewis Manufacturer: Camden ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000803P Release Date: 1995-10-04

Tracks:

1. (Remember The Days Of) Th
2. It's In His Kiss
3. This Time I'll Be Sweeter
4. Rock 'N' Roller Coaster
5. Not A Little Girl Anymore
6. I Do My Best To Impress
7. Baby I'm Yours
8. May You Never
9. Shining
10. You Came
11. Come Back And Finish What
12. Light Years Away
13. My Love Is Here To Stay
14. My Friend The Sun
15. So Many Mysteries To Find
16. All Comes Back To Love
17. Flipped Over Your Love
18. Never Been Done Before
19. Can't We Just Sit Down An
20. Winter Wonderland

Customer Reviews:

Late seventies music from British pop/R+B singer.......2002-09-14

Linda Lewis, a singer with a high soprano voice, had her greatest commercial successes during the late seventies (although she still makes new albums occasionally) and it is from that period, during which she spent a lot of time in America, that this collection is compiled. Fans looking for Rock-a-doodle doo can find it on the Reprise collection covering her music of the early seventies.

Linda is best remembered in Britain for her stunning cover of It's in his kiss, which was her only top ten hit there. She also did an amazing cover of Winter wonderland (it's my favorite version of this song), which closes this collection so that you you stop the CD early if you don't want to hear it in the summer.

Other covers include Baby I'm yours (Barbara Lewis, no relation as far as I know), Remember the days of the old school yard (Cat Stevens), Come back and finish what you started (Gladys Knight) and This time I'll be sweeter. Linda's distinctive voice ensures that her versions are always distinctive.

Linda sometimes wrote her own songs, several of which are featured on this collection. Despite their quality, none of them are famous. If you enjoy seventies pop/R+B music, you will enjoy the music of Linda Lewis.

Clear As A Bell.......2000-08-17

I am listening to this album as I write this. Very Seventies, Very Soulful, Very Very Good! Crystal clear voice, catchy songs. My only gripe is that the classic Rock-A-Doodle-Doo is not on here. Otherwise excellent.

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Sweet Love (Mystic Music) Paul Young , Wilson Phillips , Dream Academy , Howard Jones , The Bangles , Fleetwood Mac , Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville , Huey Lewis and The News , Belinda Carlisle , and Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians Manufacturer: Mystic Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000N71JVY

Product Description

MYSTIC MUSIC Presents SWEET LOVE, a 2 CD set w/ 36 of the best romantic pop hits from the 80s and early 90s. AS SEEN ON T.V. Disc 1 01. EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY PAUL YOUNG 4:25 02. RELEASE ME WILSON PHILLIPS 3:49 03. LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN DREAM ACADEMY 4:16 04. SEASONS CHANGE EXPOSE 4:53 05. EVERLASTING LOVE HOWARD JONES 4:17 06. TOGETHER FOREVER RICK ASTLEY 3:24 07. NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 3:03 08. KYRIE MR. MISTER 4:15 09. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU FOREIGNER 3:55 10. DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE JANE CHILD 4:04 11. IN YOUR ROOM THE BANGLES 3:28 12. ALWAYS ATLANTIC STAR 4:46 13. LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC 3:36 14. RHYTHM OF LOVE YES 4:43 15. I LIKE THE WAY (THE KISSING GAME) HI-FIVE 3:54 16. REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU GARY WRIGHT 4:15 17. MAD ABOUT YOU BELINDA CARLISLE 3:35 18. WHEN I'M WITH YOU SHERIFF 3:50 Disc 2 01. AT THIS MOMENT BILLY VERA AND THE BEATERS 4:14 02. Medley: BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY / FREE BIRD (FREE BABY) WILL TO POWER 4:07 03. STUCK WITH YOU HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS 4:20 04. ALL MY LIFE LINDA RONSTADT AND AARON NEVILLE 3:26 05. WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART TAYLOR DAYNE 4:22 06. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW JESUS JONES 3:08 07. ALL AROUND THE WORLD LISA STANSFIELD 4:27 08. SLOW HAND THE POINTER SISTERS 3:51 09. ANGEL EYES JEFF HEALEY 4:22 10. I DON'T HAVE THE HEART JAMES INGRAM 4:13 11. I'LL BE YOUR EVERYTHING TOMMY PAGE 4:07 12. DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY BOBBY MCFERRIN 3:49 13. (IT'S JUST) THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME PAULA ABDUL 4:00 14. SEND ME AN ANGEL REAL LIFE 3:55 15. WHAT I AM EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS 4:55 16. BECAUSE I LOVE YOU STEVIE B 3:45 17. IF WISHES CAME TRUE SWEET SENSATION 5:12 18. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD LOUIS ARMSTRONG 2:17

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Reach for the Truth-Best of Linda Lewis ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A2Q2DW Release Date: 2002-11-26

Album Description

Full title - Reach For The Truth (Best of the Reprise Years 1971-1974). 2002 compilation for British vocalist who had a consistent presence in the entertainment industry since the age of ten, when she was an extra in A Hard Day's Night. During her teens, she played with John Lee Hooker, eventually graduating to session work in the early '70s. She sang on records by Elton John, David Bowie & Frank Zappa. 23 tracks.

Meditation Music:

1. Blaze Away!
2. Bright Light
3. Cakewalk: original soundtrack for the film American Mod
4. Candy [CD-single] [Import]
5. Crashing Into Your Room
6. Diggin on You [CD-single] [Import]
7. Elenore (+8 Bonus Tracks) [Import]
8. "Eleven"
9. Everlasting Love
10. Flashdance [Soundtrack]

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

Prelude to the Milennium [Import]

Purple Black & Blues

Poulenc: Organ & 2-Pianos Concertos; Sextet for Piano & Wind Quintet

Music: Dragstrip Riot

Mond Club Selection [Import]

Nu Jazz V.2 [Import]

ONE

Scenes One Through Thirteen

Real 60's the Psychedelic Hits

Out of the Night - Part: Magnificat; Tavener: Threnos, etc

On the Spur of the Moment [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Onda Nueva

Nace Una Estrella

Best Loved Christmas Carols

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