Ricky Nelson - The Last Time Around 1970-1982 [2010] (7 x CD's)

RICKY NELSON

Ricky Nelson - The Last Time Around 1970-1982 [2010] (7 x CD's)

At the dawn of the 70's, Rick Nelson was in the wilderness. He hadn’t placed a single in the Top 40 since 1964 but he didn’t disappear, he worked steadily on the outskirts of L.A., creating a hybrid of country and rock not too far removed from the nascent Cosmic American Music the Byrds were playing at the same time. Nelson didn’t do this in the spotlight, so when he debuted his new sound in public it caused some shock and rejection -- a situation he detailed on his 1972 comeback single “Garden Party,” a loping country-rocker with the hard-learned moral that “you can’t please everyone, so you’ve got to please yourself.” Nelson followed that credo during the 12 years documented on Bear Family’s 2010 box set The Last Time Around 1970-1982 -- a seven-disc set that’s the last of their three exhaustive boxes covering Nelson’s career -- sometimes smoothing the edges down so he could possibly slide onto soft rock radio but never straying from country or rock & roll, even smartly polishing his rockabilly roots for a new wave makeover at the end of the 70's. Nelson might have covered Graham Parker’s “Back to Schooldays,” a song that sounded tailor-made for him, but it didn’t generate a hit or lend him a second-hand hipness, so he never quite got the credit he was due. Then again, as The Last Time Around proves, Rick Nelson in the last act of his career was the kind of troubadour who was dependable, not flashy, and that’s never the kind of artist who is a prime candidate for a revival. Yet that very dependability is what is so impressive when Nelson’s music is heard in retrospect. Apart from a couple of aimless flirtations with disco and polyester soft rock in the late 70's, the music of The Last Time Around is remarkably consistent, Nelson locking into a nice sun-bleached country-rock groove and never straying. He was a subtle yet strong interpreter, always delivering good versions of Dylan and funkifying the Rolling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women,” and the inclusion of a live set from 1974 illustrates that his talent was hardly limited to the studio; on-stage, he delivered with the same easy authority. Certainly, some of this music feels distinctly of its time -- there are enough mellow vibes, spacious echoes, and slightly out-of-phase guitars to suggest this is all colored in muted paisleys -- yet it is so sturdy, so deeply rooted and expertly executed, that it endures, perhaps even sounding better with the passage of time than it did when it was made. At the very least, this exceptional box set proves that, many years after his commercial heyday, Rick Nelson still delivered fresh, entertaining music, which is something few of his rock & roll peers could claim. (AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Rick Nelson - We've Got Such a Long Way to Go 3:58

02 Rick Nelson - California 3:04

03 Rick Nelson - How Long 2:59

04 Rick Nelson - Sweet Mary 3:27

05 Rick Nelson - Down Along the Bayou Country 2:11

06 Rick Nelson - My Woman 4:00

07 Rick Nelson - Anytime 4:28

08 Rick Nelson - Mr. Dolphin 3:42

09 Rick Nelson - Look at Mary 3:08

10 Rick Nelson - (Can't You See) The Reason Why 4:21

11 Rick Nelson - Life 3:00

12 Rick Nelson - Just Like a Woman 4:39

13 Rick Nelson - The Last Time Around 4:26

14 Rick Nelson - Gypsy Pilot 4:09

15 Rick Nelson - Honky Tonk Women 4:13

16 Rick Nelson - Sing Me a Song 3:24

17 Rick Nelson - Love Minus Zero / No Limit 2:58

18 Rick Nelson - Thank You Lord [Long Version] 4:02

19 Rick Nelson - This Train 2:37

20 Rick Nelson - Song for Kristin 1:19

21 Rick Nelson - Song for Kristin (Reprise) 1:19

22 Rick Nelson - Feel So Good 3:01

CD2

01 Rick Nelson - Palace Guard [Long Version] 5:16

02 Rick Nelson - So Long Mama 3:30

03 Rick Nelson - I'm Talking About You [Version 2] 4:01

04 Rick Nelson - Garden Party 3:50

05 Rick Nelson - Don't Let Your Goodbye Stand 3:23

06 Rick Nelson - I Wanna Be with You 2:24

07 Rick Nelson - A Flower Opens Gently By 3:14

08 Rick Nelson - Let It Bring You Along 4:21

09 Rick Nelson - Are You Really Real 3:26

10 Rick Nelson - Nightime Lady 3:11

11 Rick Nelson - Legacy 3:18

12 Rick Nelson - Evil Woman Child 3:47

13 Rick Nelson - Don't Leave Me Here 2:46

14 Rick Nelson - Someone to Love 4:00

15 Rick Nelson - Wild Nights in Tulsa 3:37

16 Rick Nelson - Lifestream 2:43

17 Rick Nelson - How Many Times 4:44

18 Rick Nelson - Windfall 3:00

19 Rick Nelson - One Night Stand 3:19

20 Rick Nelson - I Don't Want to Be Lonely Tonight 3:15

CD3

01 Rick Nelson - Introduction 1:16

02 Rick Nelson - I Don't Want to Be Lonely Tonight 2:58

03 Rick Nelson - Hello Mary Lou 3:08

04 Rick Nelson - She Belongs to Me 3:54

05 Rick Nelson - My Babe 5:29

06 Rick Nelson - The Last Time Around 5:32

07 Rick Nelson - One Night Stand 4:11

08 Rick Nelson - Windfall 3:27

09 Rick Nelson - Louisiana Man 3:52

10 Rick Nelson - Someone to Love 5:21

11 Rick Nelson - Garden Party 4:19

12 Rick Nelson - Honky Tonk Women 4:18

13 Rick Nelson - Gypsy Pilot 4:37

14 Rick Nelson - Traveling Man 2:54

15 Rick Nelson - Easy to Be Free 3:15

16 Rick Nelson - My Babe (Reprise) 3:52

CD4

01 Rick Nelson - Life [Single Version] 3:01

02 Rick Nelson - Try (Try To Fall in Love) [Single Version] 3:09

03 Rick Nelson - Louisiana Belle [Single Version] 3:41

04 Rick Nelson - Rock and Roll Lady [Single Version] 3:08

05 Rick Nelson - Fadeaway [Single Version] 3:40

06 Rick Nelson - Palace Guard [Short Promo Single Version] 4:16

07 Rick Nelson - Thank You Lord [Promo Single Version] 3:11

08 Rick Nelson - Song for Kristin [Demo Take] 0:53

09 Rick Nelson - California Free [Early Take] 2:38

10 Rick Nelson - Try (Try to Fall in Love) [Long Version] 3:46

11 Rick Nelson - Louisiana Belle [Different Mix] 3:38

12 Rick Nelson - Mystery Train 4:00

13 Rick Nelson - Rock and Roll Lady [Unedited Version] 4:08

14 Rick Nelson - California Free 2:39

15 Rick Nelson - Rudy the Fifth Radio Spot 1:01

16 Rick Nelson - Heart Association Radio Spot 0:26

17 Rick Nelson - Garden Party Radio Spot 1:05

18 Rick Nelson - Windfall Radio Spot 1:14

CD5

01 Rick Nelson - You Can't Dance 3:02

02 Rick Nelson - (Love Is) Something You Can't Buy 2:50

03 Rick Nelson - I Wanna Move with You 3:32

04 Rick Nelson - Five Minutes More 2:48

05 Rick Nelson - Gimme Little Sign 3:07

06 Rick Nelson - Stay Young 3:36

07 Rick Nelson - Wings 3:15

08 Rick Nelson - It's Another Day 3:15

09 Rick Nelson - One by One 3:38

10 Rick Nelson - Change Your Mind 2:39

11 Rick Nelson - Everyday I Have to Cry Some 4:21

12 Rick Nelson - Love You So 5:46

13 Rick Nelson - Chump Change Romeo 3:23

14 Rick Nelson - What Is Success 4:30

15 Rick Nelson - Carl of the Jungle 4:06

16 Rick Nelson - No Words of Love 4:20

17 Rick Nelson - New Delhi Freight Train 4:54

18 Rick Nelson - Mama, You've Been on My Mind 2:52

19 Rick Nelson - Getting It On 2:50

20 Rick Nelson - Conversation 3:32

CD6

01 Rick Nelson - Dream Lover 3:17

02 Rick Nelson - That's Alright Mama 2:23

03 Rick Nelson - It's All Over Now 3:18

04 Rick Nelson - In My Heart 3:14

05 Rick Nelson - Send Me Somebody to Love 2:58

06 Rick Nelson - Stuck in the Middle 3:35

07 Rick Nelson - It Shall Remain 2:57

08 Rick Nelson - True Love Ways 2:00

09 Rick Nelson - That Ain't the Way Love's Suppose to Be 3:13

10 Rick Nelson - Sleep Tight Good Night Man 3:27

11 Rick Nelson - Rave On 2:53

12 Rick Nelson - Lay Back in the Arms of Someone 3:04

13 Rick Nelson - Almost Saturday Night 2:40

14 Rick Nelson - Dream Lover [Single Version] 3:15

15 Rick Nelson - Send Me Somebody to Love [Alternate Mix] 3:08

16 Rick Nelson - Lay Back in the Arms of Someone [Alt. Version] 4:01

17 Rick Nelson - Almost Saturday Night [Alternate Mix] 3:05

18 Rick Nelson - Rave On [Alternate Version] 2:53

19 Rick Nelson - Lay Back in the Arms of Someone [EP Version] 2:54

20 Rick Nelson - Almost Saturday Night [EP Version] 2:57

21 Rick Nelson - Rave On [EP Version] 2:45

CD7

01 Rick Nelson - Tired of Toeing the Line 3:35

02 Rick Nelson - I Can't Take It No More 3:47

03 Rick Nelson - Don't Look at Me 3:00

04 Rick Nelson - It Hasn't Happened Yet 3:35

05 Rick Nelson - Almost Saturday Night 2:37

06 Rick Nelson - Radio Girl 3:07

07 Rick Nelson - Little Miss American Dream 4:05

08 Rick Nelson - Rave On 3:01

09 Rick Nelson - Do the Best You Can [aka The Tattler] 4:13

10 Rick Nelson - Believe What You Say 3:00

11 Rick Nelson - Back to Schooldays 2:47

12 Rick Nelson - The Loser Babe Is You 3:47

13 Rick Nelson - Call It What You Want 3:08

14 Rick Nelson - Believe What You Say [Single Version] 3:00

15 Rick Nelson - Doll Hospital 4:07

16 Rick Nelson - No Fair Falling in Love [Single Version] 3:13

17 Rick Nelson - Give 'Em My Number [Single Version] 3:48

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