HOOKED ON A BEATLES TRIBUTE - DR. FINK AND MYSTERY BAND - 1992

This album, which apparently first came out in '92, features 6 long medleys of Beatles songs (not performed by the Beatles, of course). The medleys include 5 songs each, except for the last one, which has 6 songs.

The medleys are performed by a group who I've never heard (or seen) tell of anywhere else --- "Dr. Fink And The Mystery Band." This group is (was?) apparently a trio, made up of guys who are also otherwise unfamiliar to me: the vocals are by Damian Paul, the guitars are by James Behringer, and whoever "Dr. Fink" was (or is) plays bass, keyboards and drums.

Someone named Hiram Titus is credited for "additional keyboards on 'The End.'" (I'm not sure if that refers to just the song "The End," or to the entire final medley, which also has that name.) Dr. Fink is also credited with the production of the album. I don't know if this was (or is) a "real" band, or just one that got together to do this album or perhaps was "put together" by someone else to do it. Whatever may be the case, I think this is really a good album.

All of the medleys are over 7 minutes long; 3 of them are about 7-and-a-half minutes, and the others are even at least a little longer (the last one is is about 8-and-a-half minutes!). (I'm going by the timings given with the CD; I don't know if they're exact.).

All but one of the songs "covered" are Lennon/McCartney compositions; the one oddball is George Harrison's "Taxman." The album is apparently more a tribute to the songs of Lennon/McCartney, than really a tribute to the Beatles. In fact, this is as good as admitted on the back cover of the CD --- it says, "1992 begins the fourth decade of music by Lennon and McCartney... We the musicians and vocalists [wasn't there just ONE vocalist?] who created this album have done so with a deep desire to keep their music alive forever.

This is our tribute..." I don't have a problem with a Lennon/McCartney tribute, but I can't figure out why they tossed in one single NON-Lennon/McCartney song. One of the "covers" here strikes me as particularly interesting: "Eleanor Rigby," which closes the third medley, is performed instrumentally (the only cover that is performed that way), and is, I think, the longest cover on the album. I love it; I think it sounds great!.

I have also noticed that, although the songs in the medleys don't appear in the exact order that the original Beatles recordings were released, most of them don't seem too "out of place" around the songs that appear next to them. 

Most of the earlier songs (from '62-'64) are in the 1st medley; most of the "middle" ones (from '65-'66) in the 2nd and 3rd (though the 3rd one opens with "Lady Madonna"); the ones from '67 in the 4th; and most of the latest ones in the 5th. The last medley seems to be mostly a ballad-oriented medley, with songs from almost every period.

I'd say that overall, this CD isn't really great, but I still find it to be pretty cool. Whoever the guys in this "mysterious" band were (or are), I think they did a good job!

Fonte: www.amazon.com (dec.2014)

in this post we present the album entitled "Hooked A Tribute Beatles", which was released in 1992 in Brazil by CID record - Industrial Company disks and the USA by the record company KTEL.

TRACKS DETAIL:

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1. Please Me 

Please Please Me / All My Loving / Eight Days A Week / A Hard Day's Night / Can't Buy Me Love

2. Help Me

Help! / Ticket To Ride / Day Tripper / Paperback Writer / Got To Get You Into My Life

3. Drive Me

Lady Madonna / Drive My Car / Nowhere Man / Taxman / Eleanor Rigby

4. The Tribute

Sgt Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band / Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds / Magical Mystery Tour / I Am The Walrus / Strawberry Fields Forever

5. The Window

Ob La Di Ob La Da / Get Back / Back In The USSR / Polythene Pam / She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

6. The End

If I Fell / Michelle / Yesterday / Blackbird / Hey Jude / The End

Performed by: Dr. Fink and The Mystery Band

Producer: Dr. Fink

Executive Producer: Owen R. Husney

Vocals: Damian Paul

Bass, keyboards and drums: Dr. Fink

Guitars: James Behringer

Additional keyboards on The End: Hiran Titus

Links:

HOOKED ON A BEATLES TRIBUTE

DR. FINK AND MYSTERY BAND

CID BRASIL / KTEL USA - 1992

MODERN GUSTIN TRIO - THE BEATLES GO JAZZ - 1995

O álbum desta postagem, é um daqueles discos que sempre tenho no meu carro para ouvir. Das diversas releituras das músicas dos Beatles, essa é uma das minhas preferidas. 

Trata-se do disco do Modern Gustin Trio, intitulado "The Beatles Go Jazz", lançado na Europa, em 1995,  pela Long Island Music. 

Infelizmente, não tenho mais informações detalhadas sobre esse grupo. A única informação que tenho é a constante na contracapa do disco. Nela é informada que o grupo é formado pelos membros: Gérard Gustin (piano), B. Rousselet (baixo) e P. Riou (bateria). 

As músicas que compõem a seleção do disco são as seguintes:

1. Michele;

2. Let it be;

3. Something;

4. I wanna hold your hand;

5. With a little help;

6. Can't buy me love;

7. Yesterday;

8. Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da;

9. A hard day's night;

10. Girl;

11. Hey Jude;

12. Yellow submarine;

13. Ticket to ride;

14. I feel fine;

15. Penny Lane;

16. Get back;

17. Remember John.

Links:

MODERN GUSTIN TRIO

THE BEATLES GO JAZZ

THE LONG ISLAND MUSIC - 1995

BOB BELDEN PRESENTS - STRAWBERRY FIELDS - 1997

Nesta postagem, apresentamos um excelente álbum, intitulado "Bob Belden Presents - Strawberry Fields", em tributo aos Beatles, lançado no Brasil em 1997, pela gravadora EMI, pelo selo (label) Blue Note, famoso em lançar artistas de Jazz. 

O disco se destaca pelas releituras, instrumental e grandes interpretações, principalmente da cantora Dianne Reeves, que aprecio muito. Tenho certeza que também gostará após ouví-los. A seleção musical é composta das seguintes canções:

1. Come together - Cassandra Wilson & Dianne Reeves;

2. Strawberrry fields - Cassandra Wilson;

3. Tomorrow never knows - Dianne Reeves;

4. I'm only sleepeing - Holly Cole;

5. Get back - Jahisa / Junko Onishi;

6. The fool on the hill - Dianne Reeves / Javon Jackson;

7. I've just seen a face - Holly Cole;

8. Hey Jude - Jahlisa / Greg Osby;

9. Lady Madonna - Penny Ford;

10. Let it be - Sylvia Shemwell.

Links:

BOB BELDEN PRESENTS

STRAWBERRY FIELDS

EMI BRASIL / BLUE NOTE - 1997

MUSICA NEW AGE - VOLUME 1 - CON LOS EXITOS DE LOS BEATLES - 2000

Nesta postagem apresentamos um tributo instrumental no estilo New Age. Trata-se do álbum "Música New Age - Para Sientirse Bien - Volume 1 - Con Los Exitos de Los Beatles", interpretado pelo argentino Eddie Mathini. Infelizmente, não encontrei na internet nada a respeito desse artista.

Esse disco foi lançado no Brasil em 2000, pela gravadora Inter CD Records e distribuído pela Eldorado Fonografica. Em minha opinião, como fã dos Beatles, vale a pena ouvir suas canções sob ótica do New Age. Ficou legal.

As músicas que compõem a seleção são as seguintes:

1. Eleanor rigby;

2. You won't see me;

3. Norwegian wood;

4. Something;

5. With a little help of my friend;

6. Hey Jude;

7. Let it be;

8. A hard day's night;

9. Help;

10. All my loving.

Links:

MÚSICA NEW AGE

PARA SENTIRSE BIEN - VOLUME 1

CON EXITOS DE LOS BEATLES