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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0075678231124 Label: Atlantic / Wea Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea MPN: 82311 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Atlantic / Wea Release Date: October 01, 1991 Studio: Atlantic / Wea Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Simply put, LaVern Baker, one of the greatest vocalists in Atlantic Records' history, could sing anything, as she proved again and again during a seven-year run of chart hits that began with 1955's "Tweedle Dee" and culminated in 1963's "See See Rider." Her material, supplied by many of the era's greatest songwriters (Leiber-Stoller, Pomus-Shuman, and many others), encouraged her to draw on her gospel and big band backgrounds in exploring the emotional subtext of serious ruminations on life such as "Saved" and the powerful "Soul on Fire." The latter was her first Atlantic single, and on it she used virtually every vocal technique at her command to bring out the slow-burning sensuality of the Ahmet Ertegun-penned gem of erotic longing. Thus was notice served, and, in the glorious years that followed, Baker cut a swath wide enough that her name and label-mate Ruth Brown's were spoken in the same reverent terms, sotto voce. The 20 tracks here remain as vital today as they were indispensable to the music's evolution in her own time. --David McGee Average Rating:
 Rating:  - SUBLIME VOCALSLAVERN BAKER WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SELLING ARTISTS OF THE 1950'S WITH PLENTY OF HITS ON THE CHARTS. SHE HAD A BEAUTIFUL VOICE, WITH GREAT PHRASING AND INTONATION. THIS IS A GREAT CD COMPILATION OF MOST OF HER HITS. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO A GREAT VOICE FROM THE PAST, THIS IS A GOOD CD TO LISTEN TO. Rating:  - Care: sound is awfulI actually wonder if people praising this collection below did listen to it. I hope the new Platinum Collection that was remastered last year by Rhino (as for Ruth Brown) has a better sound. Both LaVern collections are the same 20 tracks. Here, and despite my love of this music, I consider that the sound of this CD (released in 1991) is a shame. So I thought I had to prevent people who want to discover LaVern Baker: don't buy this. Look for the best sounding collection in the first place (I don't ... Read More Rating: - Oh, what a voice!!I remember hearing "Jim Dandy" on an oldies radio station, and getting instant recall to hearing it as a child in the fifties from the back seat of my dad's 1953 Plymouth. I also recalled hearing "I Cried a Tear" and "See See Rider" a few years later. LaVern Baker's rich, urgent vocals always stuck with me, and I had to find her CD. What a windfall it was to get all of those great songs on one CD. I enjoy every track, and I'm sure that you will too. This is a great CD from a great artist. Rating: - A R&R/R&B LegendOne of the great advantages to having become a teenager in the early 1950s is the fact that, by having lived through the birth of R&R, you can look back and give an honest, unbiased opinion as to who constituted the wheat and who made up the chaff. Let's face it, the early days of R&R were male dominated, and when you get right down to it, only three women were able to consistently hold their own on the charts in those days with the likes of Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Elvis, ... Read More Rating: - Beautiful LaVernNot only was she great in every way these other reviews say, she was a very beautiful lady on the outside and inside. The only place I had to hear her when I was a teenager was at a mainly "blacks" cafe on the "down" end of the town I grew up in. There were no "black" radio stations then in my hometown. My closest friend and I could sometimes get a far off radio station that played this kind of music, but we'd slip off and go to this cafe (Miles' Cafe) after high school let out. I can't remember what ... Read More |
