John William "Long John" Baldry (12 January 1941 – 21 July 2005) was an English and Canadian blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s. Baldry lived in Canada from the late 1970s until his death; there he continued to make records and do voiceover work. One of his best known roles in voice acting was as Dr Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
In the early 1960s, he sang with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, with whom he recorded the first British blues album in 1962, R&B from the Marquee. At stages, Mick Jagger, Jack Bruce and Charlie Watts were members of this band while Keith Richards and Brian Jones played on stage. Baldry became friendly with Paul McCartney after a show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in the early 1960s, leading to an invitation to sing on one of The Beatles 1964 TV specials.
Rod Stewart was brought on board to produce It Ain't Easy for Warner Brothers. Soon after in 1970, Stewart met his former Bluesology bandmate Elton John at a party and the piano player joined on, too. Stewart and John each produced half of this bluesy album, with John contributing much of the piano work. Stewart brought in mate Ronnie Wood to play guitar, as well as many others who would appear on Stewart's Every Picture Tells a Story, released later in 1971.
Baldry’s fifth studio album, It Ain't Easy became his most popular album and made the top 100 of the US album charts. The album featured "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll" which became his most successful song in the US. The album was reissued in 2005 on CD with seven additional bonus tracks.
Tracklist:
1. "Intro: Conditional Discharge" (Long John Baldry, Ian Armitt)
2. "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll" (Jeff Thomas)
3. "Black Girl" (Traditional, Leadbelly)
4. "It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies)
5. "Morning, Morning" (Tuli Kupferberg)
6. "I'm Ready" (Willie Dixon)
7. "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield" (Randy Newman)
8. "Mr. Rubin" (Lesley Duncan)
9. "Rock Me When He's Gone" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin)
10. "Flying" (Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane)
11. "Goin' Down Slow"
12. "Blues (Corn Bread, Meat, and Molasses)"
13. "Love In Vain"
14. "Midnight Hour Blues"
15. "Black Girl" (alternate take)
16. "It Ain't Easy" (alternate take)
17. "I'm Ready' (alternate take)
Personnel:
• Long John Baldry – vocals, 12-string guitar
• Elton John - organ, piano
• Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
• Lesley Duncan - background vocals
• Tony Hazzard - background vocals
• Sam Mitchell - dobro, guitar, slide guitar
• Doris Troy - background vocals
• Ian Armitt - piano
• Tony Burrows - background vocals
• Kay Garner - background vocals
• Dave Glover - bass
• Roger Pope - drums
• Caleb Quaye - organ, guitar
• Liza Strike - background vocals
Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.97
MPEG-1 layer 3
MUCH Peace n luv to my friends at 1337x and blazinseedboxes
you can listen to tunes like these and more 24/7 on 1337x radio
the ministry of piracy here --- > radiolink
ENJOY!!
**tyvm and all due respect to raremp3 for the source, and all to those who care enough to share
