Carolina County Ball

Carolina County Ball

Track Listings

1. Carolina County Ball

2. L.A.59

3. Ain't It All Amusing

4. Happy

5. Annie New Orleans

6. Rocking Chair Rock 'N' Roll Blues

7. Rainbow

8. Do the Same Thing

9. Blanche

Carolina County Ball,Elf,Line,Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,Pop,Rock

Average customer rating:

Another great album from Elf.

Elf's finest hour

Excellent choice to experience a different side of Dio.

Carolina County Ball
Elf
Manufacturer: Line
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music
General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000002RIJ
Release Date: 1994-07-29

Tracks:

Carolina County Ball
L.A.59
Ain't It All Amusing
Happy
Annie New Orleans
Rocking Chair Rock 'N' Roll Blues
Rainbow
Do the Same Thing
Blanche

Customer Reviews:

Another great album from Elf........2005-11-05

This Elf's follow up to there classic debut album. I must warn you that this is not the same heavy metal style that Dio did later on but this is still an excellent album with amazing vocals.

1.Carolina County Ball- 8.5/10 A good slow song with a great piano solo. Ronnie's vocals are excellent too. Steve Edwards throws in a great bluesy solo too. Ronnie James dio uses a bluesy style of singing and his voice is very appealing on this song. The last part of the song sounds a little too much like late 50's-early 60's rock to me. The second guitar solo is excellent though in the faster part of the song.

2.L.A.59- 10/10 A great classic rock song here with an excellent piano solo again. Another good bluesy guitar solo from Steve Edwards. Ronnie's vocals are very appealing on this track too.

3.Ain't It All Amusing- 10/10 An awesome classic rock track again. Some cheesy lyrics in this but the song is awesome and has some excellent drum work. This song has another excellent guitar solo from Steve Edwards. Ronnie's vocals are excellent on this song too.

4.Happy- 8.5/10 Amazing soft vocals from Ronnie. Another excellent guitar solo and some outstanding piano work from Mickey Lee Soule.

5.Annie New Orleans- 10/10 An excellent hard rock song. This is one of the best tracks on the album. Steve Edwards guitar solo is great and the riff is excellent too. More outstanding piano work too. Ronnie's vocals are powerful and appealing. Gary Driscoll's drumming is excellent too.

6.Rocking Chair Rock 'N' Roll Blues- 10/10 Excellent high pitched soft vocals from Ronnie James Dio whose singing fits this song perfect. When Ronnie sings in a deeper key the song sounds even better. Ronnie's performance is breathtaking and Steve Edwards guitar solo is very soulful. The song turns into a hard rock song shortly after the solo. Ronnie's soulful vocals are excellent in that section of the song too. Steve Edwards second guitar solo is excellent too.

7.Rainbow- 10/10 An excellent song. A real classic song. An excellent song with a lot of southern influences in it. Ronnie's vocals are very powerful and appealing and Mickey Lee Soule's piano work is excellent.

8.Do the Same Thing- 10/10 A great classic rock song. Ronnie's vocals are excellent and the riff is great too. Mickey Lee Soule provides some excellent piano work again. Steve Edward's guitar solo is great too as it reminds me of early Tony Iommi. This song has a great fast upbeat feel to it.

9.Blanche- 4/10 A terrible song. This goes nowhere and the backround music isn't anything special. The only thing that gave this song the 4/10 is that Ronnie sings on it. This is a filler for sure.

This is a great album although I wouldn't call it a metal album. It's like a mix between classic rock mixed with bluesy southern rock and a little bit of early metal thrown in. I think any fan of rock n roll should get this unless you are only interested in very heavy stuff. The whole band is excellent and the songs are fun. The band is

Ronnie Dio- Vocals
Steve Edwards- Guitar
Gary Driscoll- Drums
Craig Gruber- Bass
Mickey Lee Soule- Piano

Elf's finest hour.......2005-02-11

Carolina County Ball AKA L.A. 59 (1974.) Elf's second album.

Although Elf's debut album didn't get them any major recognition, it did catch the eye of Deep Purple's Ritche Blackmore and Roger Glover (Glover produced it and all three Elf albums.) Because it had caught the eye of these musicians, the band began touring with Deep Purple as an opening act, which caused them to gain some slightly increased popularity. The group's second album featured the inclusion of a new, separate bass player (Dio played bass and did vocals on the first album), as well as the replacement of Dio's cousin, guitarist David Feinstein. The group released their second album circa 1974. In America the album was called L.A. 59, in other countries it was called Carolina County Ball. Read on for my review.

This is, by far, Elf's best album. The band serves up more of the same blues rock that was on their debut, but this time around, the band's sound is considerably more polished. The second album improves on the formula of its predecessor in practically every way imaginable. Every song on this album is a blues rock classic, even if the songs never really got any recognition. If you liked the first album, I'll bet anything you're going to like this one even more. There isn't a single weak track on here. Most bands go their entire career trying to find their sound and fail terribly every time, but Elf found it on their second album, which is remarkable (sadly, they'd only release one more album after this.) This is a tough album to review, so I'll make it short and to the point - if you only buy one Elf album, make it this one. No other release captures the band in their prime the way this one does.

Fortunately, there's an imported solition for this difficult-to-find album, and it's a twofer! There is now an import CD that has this album combined with its follow-up release, Trying To Burn The Sun. Rather obviously, you should buy that version of the album, rather than buy the CDs separately (I'm not even sure TTBTS got released on CD outside the twofer.)

I think I'm starting to ramble, so I'm going to cut the review off here. This is the best Elf album by far, and it's the one I recommend to any potential listener. Just make sure you get the twofer release - it's a much better deal than getting the albums separately.

Excellent choice to experience a different side of Dio........1998-11-11

I happened to stumble across this album a while back and was glad I did. If you are looking to experience a different side of Ronnie James Dio than you are probably used to, check out Elf. This album, and the beefier "Trying to burn the Sun," both have good blues/rock influences and are very interesting listening. Ronnie Dio is indeed a man of many talents.

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