Randy Newman has been arranging and recording his own wonderful compositions for almost 40 years. For the best part of a decade before that, he was busy building his reputation as one of the greatest songwriters of his and future generations. On Vine Street is a lovingly compiled overview of what Randy Newman wrote for others in the days before he found his own voice. Concentrating on songs that Randy wrote between 1962-69, this 24-track set acquaints the listener with the original or early versions of songs that have passed into the realms of standards ('I Think It's Going to Rain Today', 'Mama Told Me Not to Come)' and more. On Vine Street also features many recordings of songs from Randy's early days as a staff writer at Metric Music that have never been reissued before in any format. Several of these appear here in stereo for the first time, too. Ace. 2008.
2 Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear - the Alan Price Set
3 Mama Told Me Not to Come - Eric Burdon & the Animals
4 Have You Seen My Baby - Fats Domino
5 Old Kentucky Home - the Beau Brummels
6 So Long Dad - Nilsson
7 Love Story - Rick Nelson
8 Vine Street (Intro: Black Jack David) - Van Dyke Parks
9 I'll Be Home - Lorraine Ellison
10 I Think It's Going to Rain Today - Dusty Springfield
11 I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore - Scott Walker (First Issued As By the Walker Brothers)
12 I've Been Wrong Before - Cilla Black
13 Take Me Away - Jackie Deshannon
14 Happy New Year - Beverley
15 Baby, Don't Look Down - Billy Storm
16 Friday Night - the O'Jays
17 Big Brother - Calvin Grayson
18 Nobody Needs Your Love - Gene Pitney
19 Just One Smile - the Tokens
20 I Can't Remember Ever Loving You - Tammy Grimes
21 While the City Sleeps - Irma Thomas
22 Take Her - Frankie Laine
23 Love Is Blind - Erma Franklin
24 Somebody's Waiting - Gene McDaniels
25 Looking for Me - Vic Dana
26 They Tell Me It's Summer - the Fleetwoods
Randy Newman has been arranging and recording his own wonderful compositions for almost 40 years. For the best part of a decade before that, he was busy building his reputation as one of the greatest songwriters of his and future generations. On Vine Street is a lovingly compiled overview of what Randy Newman wrote for others in the days before he found his own voice. Concentrating on songs that Randy wrote between 1962-69, this 24-track set acquaints the listener with the original or early versions of songs that have passed into the realms of standards ('I Think It's Going to Rain Today', 'Mama Told Me Not to Come)' and more. On Vine Street also features many recordings of songs from Randy's early days as a staff writer at Metric Music that have never been reissued before in any format. Several of these appear here in stereo for the first time, too. Ace. 2008.