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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Ricky Nelson - The Last Time Around 1970-1982 [2010] CD1+CD2

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Ricky Nelson - The Last Time Around 1970-1982 [2010] CD3+CD4

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Ricky Nelson - The Last Time Around 1970-1982 [2010] CD5+CD6+CD7

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Track lists

CD1

  01. We've Got Such A Long Way To Go
  02. California
  03. How Long
  04. Sweet Mary
  05. Down Along The Bayou Country
  06. My Woman
  07. Anytime
  08. Mr. Dolphin
  09. Look At Mary
  10. (Can't You See) The Reason Why
  11. Life
  12. Just Like A Woman
  13. The Last Time Around
  14. Gypsy Pilot
  15. Honky Tonk Women
  16. Sing Me A Song
  17. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
  18. Thank You Lord [long version]
  19. This Train
  20. Song For Kristin
  21. Song For Kristin [Reprise]
  22. Feel So Good

CD2

  01. Palace Guard [long version]
  02. So Long Mama
  03. I'm Talking About You [version 2]
  04. Garden Party
  05. Don't Let Your Goodbye Stand
  06. I Wanna Be With You
  07. A Flower Opens Gently By
  08. Let It Bring You Along
  09. Are You Really Real
  10. Nightime Lady
  11. Legacy
  12. Evil Woman Child
  13. Don't Leave Me Here
  14. Someone To Love
  15. Wild Nights In Tulsa
  16. Lifestream
  17. How Many Times
  18. Windfall
  19. One Night Stand
  20. I Don't Want To Be Lonely Tonight

CD3

  01. Introduction
  02. I Don't Want To Be Lonely Tonight
  03. Hello Mary Lou
  04. She Belongs To Me
  05. My Babe
  06. The Last Time Around
  07. One Night Stand
  08. Windfall
  09. Louisiana Man
  10. Someone To Love
  11. Garden Party
  12. Honky Tonk Woman
  13. Gypsy Pilot
  14. Traveling Man
  15. Easy To Be Free
  16. My Babe [Reprise]

CD4

  01. Life [single version]
  02. Try (Try To Fall In Love)
  03. Louisiana Belle
  04. Rock And Roll Lady [edited version]
  05. Fadeaway
  06. Palace Guard [short version]
  07. Thank You Lord [short version]
  08. Song For Kristin [Reprise alt.]
  09. California Free [early take]
  10. Try (Try To Fall In Love) [long version]
  11. Louisiana Belle [alternate mix]
  12. Mystery Train
  13. Rock And Roll Lady
  14. California Free
  15. Truck Drivin' Man
  16. Rudy The Fifth Radio Spot
  17. Heart Fund commercial 1974
  18. Garden Party Radio Spot
  19. Windfall Radio Spot

CD5

  01. You Can't Dance
  02. (Love Is) Something You Can't Buy
  03. I Wanna Move With You
  04. Five Minutes More
  05. Gimme Little Sign
  06. Stay Young
  07. Wings
  08. It's Another Day
  09. One By One
  10. Change Your Mind
  11. Everyday I Have To Cry Some
  12. Love You So
  13. Chump Change Romeo
  14. What Is Success
  15. Carl Of The Jungle
  16. No Words Of Love
  17. New Delhi Freight Train
  18. Mama, You've Been On My Mind
  19. Getting' It On
  20. Conversation

CD6

  01. Dream Lover
  02. That's Alright Mama
  03. It's All Over Now
  04. In My Heart
  05. Send Me Somebody To Love
  06. Stuck In The Middle
  07. It Shall Remain
  08. True Love Ways
  09. That Ain't The Way Love's Supposed To Be
  10. Sleep Tight Good Night Man
  11. Rave On
  12. Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone
  13. Almost Saturday Night
  14. Dream Lover
  15. Send Me Somebody To Love [alternate mix]
  16. Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone [alt.]
  17. Almost Saturday Night [alt.]
  18. Rave On [alternate version]
  19. Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone [EP version]
  20. Almost Saturday Night [EP version]
  21. Rave On [EP version]

CD7

  01. Tired Of Toeing The Line
  02. I Can't Take It No More
  03. Don't Look At Me
  04. It Hasn't Happened Yet
  05. Almost Saturday Night
  06. Radio Girl
  07. Little Miss American Dream
  08. Rave On
  09. Do The Best You Can
  10. Believe What You Say
  11. Back To Schooldays
  12. The Loser Babe Is You
  13. Call It What You Want
  14. Believe What You Say [single version]
  15. Doll Hospital
  16. No Fair Falling In Love
  17. Give 'em My Number

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