Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Randy Newman - Guilty, 30 Years Of Randy Newman [1998] (4 x CD's)




RANDY NEWMAN

Randy Newman - Guilty, 30 Years Of Randy Newman [1998] (4 x CD's)

Well, first, Randy Newman is unbelievably talented. He is a song writer, a singer, and last but not least, a film composer. And what a composer he is! This multi talent has a family name, which can be a real pain in the ars. But Randy doesn't seem to be bothered by it at all. He wrote some of the most beautiful scores of the 80's and 90's. His music for Pleasantville should have won him an Oscar. But remember The Natural, Toy Story, Awakenings, just to name a few. This really nice compilation and anthology gives Newman the treatment he has long deserved. I love the title: Guilty: 30 years of Randy Newman. This man does not seem to take himself seriously. Yet his art is pretty serious, and he is aware of it very much. Randy Newman is there in the world of music, yet he is not there. You have to listen to this man to get to know him, and once you meet him, you do not want to part from him, he will be a friend of yours forever. Randy Newman is right by the side of the greatest composers, such as Williams, Goldsmith, Bernstein or his late uncle Alfred Newman. Buy this anthology and get to know this musical giant.

Randy Newman's three-decades-plus career proves at least one thing: an articulate, bespectacled fellow seated at a piano--a Southern Californian, no less!--can be damn dangerous. In a civil sort of way. This four-disc overview of Newman's fitful but ultimately brilliant career offers a portal into Newman the solo artist, the film composer, and the for-hire songwriter. Discs 1 and 2 (for old fans, the least rewarding of the lot) serve as a greatest hits package--greatest hits being a relative term ("Short People," "I Love L.A.," "Mama Told Me Not to Come," and a few others qualify as commercial successes). Newman's trademark style--mouthing the skewed views of twisted protagonists (including God and Satan)--surfaces in songs old and new. The guardian of an obese boy who puts his charge to work as a freak narrates "Davy the Fat Boy." "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield," "Suzanne," and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" explore perversion; "Rednecks" and "Sail Away" deal with bigotry; "Real Emotional Girl" and "I Want You to Hurt Like I Do" explore wanton cruelty. Disc 3 is littered with fascinating flotsam, beginning with 1962's bewilderingly boyish "Golden Gridiron Boy" (coproduced by Pat Boone!) and tailing into a slew of brooding but truly extraordinary solo demos. Despite his sardonic nature, the Newman of "Gainesville," "Feels Like Home," and "My Name Is James" summons true pathos. Disc 4 samples nine Newman soundtracks, including the orchestral scores to Ragtime, The Natural ("heromuzik," opines the composer), and Toy Story. Guilty is an appreciation of an artist who defies admiration. Here, however, the evidence is overwhelming. (Amazon)

BONUS - Also included is a very early compilation I put together.
Randy Newman - My Life in 15 Songs (A Butterboy Compilation)

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Track lists


CD1

  1. Love Storm (You And Me)
  2. Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
  3. Cowboy
  4. The Beehive State
  5. I Think It's Going To Rain Today
  6. Davy The Fat Boy
  7. Have You Seen My Baby
  8. Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
  9. Mama Told Me Not To Come
  10. Suzanne
  11. Old Kentucky Home
  12. Sail Away
  13. Lonely At The Top
  14. Last Night I Had A Dream
  15. Political Science
  16. Burn On
  17. MemoTo My Son
  18. You Can Leave Your Hat On
  19. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
  20. Rednecks
  21. Birmingham
  22. Marie
  23. Guilty
  24. Louisiana 1927
  25. Kingfish
  26. Baltimore
  27. Rider In The Rain

CD2

  1. Short People
  2. Little Criminals
  3. In Germany Before The War
  4. I'll Be Home
  5. It's Money That I Love
  6. Ghosts
  7. The Girls In My Life (Part I)
  8. William Brown
  9. I Love L.A.
  10. Mikey's
  11. My Life Is Good
  12. Miami
  13. Real Emotional Girl
  14. Take Me Back
  15. Song For The Dead
  16. Dixie Flyer
  17. New Orleans Wins The War
  18. Four Eyes
  19. It's Money That Matters
  20. I Want You To Hurt Like I Do
  21. Can't Keep A Good Man Down
  22. Bleeding All Over The Place (Alternate Mix)
  23. Happy Ending

CD3

  1. Golden Gridiron Boy
  2. Vine Street (Demo)
  3. Love Is Blind (Demo)
  4. Don't Ruin Our Happy Home (Demo)
  5. The Goat
  6. Gone Dead Train
  7. Tickle Me (Live)
  8. Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong (Live)
  9. Yellow Man (Live)
  10. Magic In The Moonlight (Live)
  11. Beat Me Baby (Live)
  12. Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
  13. Let Me Go
  14. Jesus In The Summertime (Demo)
  15. Going Home (1918) (Demo)
  16. Interiors (Demo)
  17. Pretty Boy
  18. Something To Sing About (Demo)
  19. The Ballad Of The Three Amingos (Demo)
  20. My Little Buttercup (Demo)
  21. Blue Shadows On The Trail (Demo)
  22. Happy (Demo)
  23. The Longest Night (Demo)
  24. Days Of Heaven (Demo)
  25. What Have You Done To Me (Demo)
  26. Masteman And Baby (Demo)
  27. Lines In The Sand
  28. Gainsville (Demo)
  29. Feels Like Home (Live)
  30. My Name Is James (Demo)
  31. Laugh And Be Happy (Demo)

CD4

  1. Rev Running
  2. Change Your Way
  3. Clef Club No.1
  4. Clef Club No.2
  5. Ragtime
  6. Prologue 1915-1923
  7. The Natural
  8. Introduction/I Love To See You Smile
  9. Kevin's Party (Cowboy Gil)
  10. 1914
  11. End Titles
  12. Leonard
  13. Dexter's Tune
  14. Clocks
  15. Make Up Your Mind
  16. Opening
  17. Tartime De Merde
  18. You've Got A Friend In Me
  19. Woody And Buzz
  20. I Will Go Sailing No More
  21. Heaven Is My Home
  22. Main Title
  23. Clouds
  24. Good News

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11 comments:

  1. Hi BB, thanks for the Newman.
    In San Francisco in the '70s, he was
    live a few times on the underground FM station KSAN.
    Hope all is well = Cheers!!

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    1. Hi Coffee Messiah,
      I always enjoyed Randy Newman's earlier material, but he has so much wonderful later material too.

      Cheers.

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  2. Hi Butterboy,
    thanks for this Newman comp!
    Regards

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    1. Hi Il Commendatore,
      Great to see you pick this one up. I like Randy Newman's output and hope you do as well.

      Cheers.

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  3. Good Afternoon,
    Thank you very much for this compilation, and all of your others, it's very much appreciated. Is anyone else missing tracks 2-9 on disk 2 or is the omission more likely on my end? Thank you again.

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    1. Hi koenig-feurio

      Oops! I am GUILTY as charged. Thanks for letting me know. Don't know why this happened yet.
      I will re-post CD2 Shortly.

      Cheers

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    2. Thanks again koenig-feurio,
      The link has be replaced, all tracks should be there.

      Cheers.

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  4. Worked my way through some parts of your blog today. Man what a goldmine of shares you produced. THANK YOU!

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    1. Hi muddyw123,
      Thank you for your kind words. Appreciated.
      Hope you fined some treasures here.

      Cheers

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  5. Hi BB. File does not exist. Well, rats.

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    1. Hi ronzoni,
      New links established, tested and working.
      Cheers.

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