Uptight [Soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. Johnny, I Love You

2. 'Cleveland Now'

3. Children Don't Get Weary

4. Tank's Lament

5. Blues in the Gutter

6. We've Got Johnny Wells

7. Down at Ralph's Joint

8. Deadwood Dick

9. Run Tank Run

10. Time Is Tight

Uptight,Booker T. & the MG's,Stax,Instrumental Rock,Pop,R&B,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Soundtrack,Southern Soul

Tracks:

Johnny, I Love You
Cleveland Now
Children, Don't Get Weary
Tank's Lament
Blues In The Gutter
We've Got Johnny Wells
Down At Ralph's Joint
Deadwood Dick
Run Tank Run
Time Is Tight

Customer Reviews:

Poor quality.......2005-10-28

I am not particularly happy with the audio quality of this CD. There is a lot of noise that should not be there. The original recording was done in 1969 and it should have a lot less noise than there is.

The stereo separation is extreme, which was often done in those days but could probably have been fixed in the remastering process; the organ and drums are hard right, the guitar and bass hard left. This varies a bit between tracks but is most prominent on Time is Tight; some tracks have instruments center but the bass and drums are always hard panned. Combined with the noise this makes it hard to listen to with headphones.

some amazing stuff.......2002-09-28

Exactly what I meant - "some" amazing stuff. Half of these songs side with the best stuff the band ever did. Some of it might be a bit more fluffy, but don't let the two-star "music fan from Richmond" review steer you wrong: I mean, come on, s/he says that the album pales next to songs like "time is tight," and that song is actually ON the freaking album. So get off the pipe, friend. "Tank's Lament" is one of the more beautiful and poignant tunes ever; "Down at Ralph's Joint" swings like hell, "Run Tank Run" might be Al Jackson Jr.'s finest hour, and yeah, "Time is Tight" just can't be stopped. So at least listen to the samples.

an unusual & excellent collection.......1999-11-26

A remake of the film, "The Informer," the imposed demands of soundtrack music combined with the funky discipline of the band make this an unusual & excellent collection. Besides a couple of versions of "Time is Tight," & turns at the mic by Booker T & Judy Clay, this is perhaps the most musically diverse album BT & the MGs made (McLemore Avenue excepted, but a few other guys wrote those songs). Straight blues, tricky turns of time signature, angular rhythms, even a carousel waltz. The band really stretches. & the late Al Jackson is absolute perfection, bless him.

Bob Rixon, WFMU-FM

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Update it or delete it....
2 Great Albums

For Once in My Life/Uptight
Stevie Wonder
Manufacturer: Motown
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

Update it or delete it...........2007-03-04

Guess "Consumer Advocate Man" doesn't much keep up with the times. Looks like a better buy here to me, plus the sound quality is better.

2 Great Albums.......2004-11-02

You can buy these two albums condensed onto this cd (used) for over a hundred dollars or you could buy each one separately for $11.99. You make the call.

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Dark and twisted rock n' roll from NYC

Uptight
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Manufacturer: In the Red Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

Dark and twisted rock n' roll from NYC.......2000-09-29

Speedball Baby haven't been heard from for a few years, but they've come back in a HUGE way with "Uptight!". Imagine a mutated cross between Tom Waits, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and a hillbilly baptist revival meeting. There are guest appearances from the Blue Explosion's Judah Bauer and Detroit legend Mick Collins. This thing swings in a mighty way!

Uptight Tonight: Ultimate 60's Garage Collection

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Maybe not the ultimate, but damn close!
For Garage Rock, start here!

Uptight Tonight: Ultimate 60's Garage Collection
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ASIN: B00081EMAA
Release Date: 2005-09-12

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1. Action Woman - The Litter
2. He’s Waitin’ - The Sonics
3. I’m In Pittsburgh (And It’s Raining) - The Outcasts
4. Where You Gonna Go? - The Unrelated Segments
5. Liar Liar - The Castaways
6. Hang Up - The Wailers
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8. Foolish Woman - The Oxford Circle
9. 99th Floor - The Moving Sidewalks
10. Suzie Creamcheese - Teddy & His Patches
11. Boy, What’ll You Do Then - Denise & Company
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13. Psychotic Reaction - Count Five
14. We’re Pretty Quick - The Chob
15. Talk Talk - The Music Machine
16. Scarey Business - The Electric Company
17. Jailhouse Rock - Dean Carter
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19. I’ll Be The One - Madd, Inc
20. You Ain’t Tuff - Lindy & The Lavells
21. Pushin ‘Too Hard - The Seeds
22. Wastin’ My Time - The Express
23. Get Out Of My Eye - The Soul Vendors
24. Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice - Mouse & The Traps
25. The Animal In Me - The Orfuns
26. Beaver Patrol - The Wilde Knights

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Maybe not the ultimate, but damn close!.......2006-01-21

Excellent compilation CD of Garage Band Punk/Psychedelia from the mid sixties. Many of the nicely remastered tracks are from northern
California - a hot bed of music activity from 1963- 1968. Well crafted liner notes with band member names, interesting details and numerous PR photos.
Twenty Six tracks with attitude - check out the Yardbirds-like rave on
"Psychotic Reaction" , the female rage on "Boy, What'll You Do Then"
and the undulating bass and drums under feedback looped vocalizations on "Suzy Creamcheese"... very cool.

For Garage Rock, start here!.......2005-10-17

This should be the number one album in the country. This should be on the Trendy Critics Ten best list for the year 2005. And, none of the tracks were recorded later than 1969. Rivals the White Stripes, The Hives, The Donnas, and any other combo you care to name for sheer guitar freakout, great lyrics, and sound. Even though a lot of this was recorded under less than optimal conditions, the Big Beat/Ace sound wizards have worked their usual magic, so the sound is even BETTER than the original listeners could have heard in the 60s. Once you hear this, you will want to start down the path, the path towards Nuggets, Pebbles, Back from the Grave, Teenage Shutdown, and Fuzz, Flaykes and Shakes. Heres hoping VOLUME 2 is equally as killer! Good work Alec Palao!

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Uptight & Outasight
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Uptight
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Tracks:

Johnny, I Love You
Cleveland Now
Children, Don't Get Weary
Tank's Lament
Blues in the Gutter
We've Got Johnny Wells
Down at Ralph's Joint
Deadwood Dick
Run Tank Run
Time Is Tight

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Music for the 1968 film directed by Jules Dassin. 24 bit remastered and packaged in a digipak with original sleeve.

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Uptight
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stevie's musical talent is revived with the "uptight" album
Not so 'Little' anymore
Good Material

Uptight
Stevie Wonder
Manufacturer: Tamla
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Tracks:

Love A Go Go
Hold Me
Blowin' In The Wind
Nothing's Too Good For My Baby
Teach Me Tonight
Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Ain't That Asking For Trouble
I Want My Baby Back
Pretty Little Angel
Music Talk
Contract On Love
With A Child's Heart

Customer Reviews:

stevie's musical talent is revived with the "uptight" album .......2004-11-21

in 1964,the young stevie wonder's career at motown was at serious
crossroads.motown had considered dropping the young musical lad because after his runaway smash(live)hit "fingertips" from 1963
the hits stopped coming and soon his career was in the shambles and in serious crisis.several more singles came and went without a trace and executives at motown wanted 2 tear up stevie's contract.enter the beautiful sylvia moy.she basically influenced the motown staff 2 let her help stevie come out of his musical
funk.inspired by a musical riff by stevie,sylvia sketched out
the lyrics for what was 2 be wonder's biggest hit in 2 years:
"uptight" which was also co-written with henry cosby.the song
was a breath of fresh air 4 the 15 or 16 year old wonder.the
"uptight"album itself even after all these years is still refreshing 2 listen 2.the album opener the upbeat "love a go go" with it's driving rhythm and stevie's voice by this time is
coming of age."love a go go"is just as good or better than
"uptight"-"hold me" is a nice tender ballad of which the young
wonder tells his girl in the song:'why should you be lonely
when i need you so?'/"blowin' in the wind" (which is a duet with his older mentor clarence paul)is stevie's remake of a classic bob dylan song and it was one of stevie's earliest forays into message songs."nothing's too good for my baby"is similar in sound 2 "uptight" while "teach me tonight" is a good vocal duet between stevie and the four tops lead singerlevi stubbs."ain't that asking for trouble" and "i want my baby back" are the first 2 upbeat songs that kicks off the original vinyl of side two."pretty little angel"is perhaps one of the most nicest melodies on this classic 1966 album.the song has romantic lyrics 4 those who r very young:'i can win your love-if you'll just open up your heart-little girl i'm so in love with you'...this song's melody is nice.stevie's powerful drumming which gives "music talk" a solid hard groove has stevie vocalizing that 'music is a language that's understood by people everywhere'...stevie gives the song another solid hard drum solo
midway thru and closes this song with his harmonica heroics.
"contract on love" is the only reason i would give this album
three out of five stars because it's inclusion on this album is
strange.it was recorded in 1962. notice when listening 2 this
album that there is a musical progression from 1962-1966 and the
sounds from 1962 and 1966 is entirely different.simply put the
song "contract on love" does not fit on this album.however,i agree with a previous reviewer who bitterly complained about
the ignored "purple raindrops" which was included on the flipside of the original "uptight"45 but not included in this
album.why would motown do this?this is a crime!"purple raindrops" would surely fit better on the "uptight"album than
"contract on love"/ motown needs 2 rectify this matter because
as the previous reviewer stated that the song"purple raindrops"
does not deserve oblivion.another wonder song that should have been included in this album is the happy rambunctious "kiss me baby"(1965)-this song was co-written by stevie with his older mentor clarence paul.even stevie's fiery live remake of "high heel sneakers"from 1965 would have fit well on this album instead of "contract on love"/the final song on this album is the
tender childlike "with a child's heart" a tender song for the
children.stevie even has his harmonica in a childlike mood.
the song can bring out the inner child from grown adults and
it can be the type of song that can put little children 2 sleep.stevie wonder's 1966 classic album "uptight" was perfect
for it's time and it changed motown's mind when it hit-and it
gave the young genius more time 2 develop his musical craft...
(thanks 2 the very beautiful sylvia moy...)

Not so 'Little' anymore.......2004-02-24

The first six months of 1966 were pretty darn good ones where Motown albums were concerned. In February, the Supremes released the ethereal "I Hear A Symphony," and before June came the Temptations' "Gettin' Ready" which heralded the start of the group's Norman Whitfield era by also carrying `Ain't Too Proud To Beg.' Both the Vandellas & The Marvelettes put out superb greatest hits sets, and in sequential LP numbers on Tamla (266, 267 & 268), came "Moods of Marvin Gaye," the Miracles "Going To A Go-Go" and Stevie's "Uptight." All three carried at least four hit singles (or eventually would.)

"Uptight" was one of those albums that really didn't have a bad cut at all, and you could listen to both sides, all the way through, without your interest waning. The year started with the single of the title song still high in the top ten. Next, came a single whose both sides were equally good: the driving "Nothing's Too Good For My Baby" backed with a hypnotic ballad, just right for Stevie, "With A Child's Heart." Summertime saw a slightly edited version of "Blowing In The Wind" (a near-duet with Clarence Paul) climb high on the pop chart and to No. 1 on the R&B. The LP also reached back to January 1963 to carry the pre-`Fingertips' single, "Contract On Love." The album contained another duet as well: Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops giving Steve an assist on "Teach Me Tonight." Nowhere on the cover was this mentioned - you got the surprise when you played the record. "Hold Me," also, became a strong B-side in 1967 for "I Was Made To Love Her."

One little matter could use rectifying if Motown ever re-packages this one. Those as old as me will remember that the original "Uptight" 45 carried a great B-side - the bluesy, lost-love ballad, "Purple Rain Drops," whose writer-credit was Ted Hull, Stevie's tutor. Not even the mammoth "At The Turn Of A Century" set of Stevie's work remembered to pick up this one and, as far as I know, it's never been revived on a vinyl LP or CD set. It doesn't deserve that oblivion.

Good Material.......2002-05-08

Stevie Wonder was coming into His own with His late 60's material.while some of the material here isn't fully developed like His 70's Material you can hear the Blue Print at what was to come.He was finding His voice&overall Creative powers.the title track alone is a classic jam.

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