Everly Brothers Down In The Bottom: Country Rock Sessions 1966-68 CD

Three CDs. With an Americana music pedigree born of their Appalachia roots, The Everly Brothers ably crossed over from the pop charts to the country music charts during their hit-making heyday. During the mid sixties however they suffered a lean spell for commercial success all the while trying to update their sound. RPM focusses on the following period from November 1966 - November 1968 when the Everlys recorded mostly in Los Angeles rather than Nashville with the duo searching for a musical direction. Disc One presents the The Hit Sound album, recorded from December 1966 onwards, with contemporary rock 'n' roll and pop covered in Everlys harmony style updated with the cream of the LA session crew including Glen Campbell, Larry Knechtel, Ray Pohlman, Hal Blaine. Includes bonus tracks. Disc Two presents the Sing album, the Everlys and their label Warner's response to the prevailing 'youthquake' band sound straddling the transatlantic. On the album are songs by The Buckinghams, Patrick Campbell Lyons, Procul Harum. Includes bonus tracks. Disc Three presents the Roots album, pieced together from the LA sessions at studios like Goldstar, conducted by Lenny Waronker during April-September 1968, again with the Wrecking Crew aided by Van Dyke Parks and James Burton. The Everlys took the chance to pay homage to their country roots with songs by contemporary country writers Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell, George Jones as well as more from their own pen. In addition, amongst the bonus tracks here, from the November 1968 sessions held after Roots, are Neil Young's 'Mr. Soul' and Dolly Parton's 'In The Good Old Days'. Waronker had produced Newman in pre-Harpers Bizarre band The Tikis, and with Van Dyke Parkes the subsequent solo album by Newman.

1. Blueberry Hill 2. Movin' on 3. Devil's Child 4. Trains and Boats and Planes 5. Sea of Heartbreak 6. Oh, Boy! 7. (I'd Be a) Legend in My Time 8. Let's Go Get Stoned 9. Sticks and Stones 10. The House of the Rising Sun 11. She Never Smiles Anymore 12. Good Golly, Miss Molly 13. Even If I Hold It in My Hand (Hard Luck Story) (Take 2) 14. When Eddie Comes Home 15. Nothing But the Best 16. A Little Bit of Crazy 17. Bowling Green (Demo) 18. Bowling Green 19. A Voice Within 20. I Don't Want to Love You 21. It's All Over 22. Deliver Me 23. Talking to the Flowers 24. Mary Jane 25. I'm Finding It Rough 26. Do You 27. Somebody Help Me 28. A Whiter Shade of Pale 29. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy 30. Love of the Common People 31. You're Just What I Was Looking for Today 32. My Elusive Dreams 33. Lord of the Manor 34. Love with Your Heart 35. Love with Your Heart (VSN 2) 36. It's My Time 37. Empty Boxes 38. Milk Train 39. The Everly Family (1952) 40. Mama Tried 41. Less of Me 42. T for Texas 43. I Wonder If I Care As Much 44. Ventura Boulevard 45. Shady Grove 46. Illinois 47. Living Too Close to the Ground 48. You Done Me Wrong 49. Turn Around 50. Sing Me Back Home 51. Montage: The Everly Family (1952)/Shady Grove/Kentucky 52. Lady Anne (VSN 2) 53. Shop Girl 54. Human Race (Mix 1) 55. Omaha 56. Mr Soul (Mix 1) 57. Down in the Bottom 58. (Aka Meet Me in the Bottom) (Mix 1) 59. In the Good Old Days (Mix 1)