On Vine Street: Early Songs Of Randy Newman / Var On Vine Street: Early Songs Of Randy Newman / Var CD

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.

1. The Biggest Night of Her Life - Harpers Bizarre 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