V/A - UNCOVERED

[method77]

Part musical education, part expose and part really quite nice album, 'Uncovered' reveals 40 original tracks that many people are unaware are cover versions.

It is a deliberately varied and genre busting track list, revealing the lesser-known versions of tracks made famous by the likes of The Beatles, The Temptations, Kylie and Robbie Williams.

There is the first ever Motown single (Barrett Strong / 'Money (That's What I Want)' covered by The Beatles (and also The Flying Lizards), Jorge Ben's Taj Mahal (ripped off by Rod Stewart for 'Do You Think I'm Sexy?' and settled in court as a result) and World Party's 'She's The One' (for which Karl Wallinger is no doubt very grateful to Robbie Williams).

A heavy dose of Soul is included with tracks from Judy Street (Soft Cell's 'What'), The Supremes' Nathan Jones (Bananarama), The Miracles' 'Love Machine' (Wham) and The Delphonics' 'Ready Or Not' (The Fugees) plus some classic Reggae from John Holt

1. BARRET STRONG: MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT)

2. PAT KELLY: ANGEL

3. BILL WITHERS: USE ME

4. SHUGGIE OTIS: STRAWBERRY LETTER 23

5. JJ CALE: COCAINE

6. UNDISPUTED TRUTH: PAPA WAS A ROLLIN STONE

7. ISLEY BROTHERS: WORK TO DO

8. BARBARA ACKLIN: AM I THE SAME GIRL

9. JORGE BEN: TAJ MAHAL

10. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME

11. SUPREMES: NATHAN JONES

12. BOB & EARL: HARLEM SHUFFLE

13. TOM SCOTT: GOTCHA

14. BARRY WHITE: YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH ME

15. GUNTER KALLMANN CHOIR: DAYDREAM

16. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH

17. NANCY & FRANK SINATRA: SOMETHING STUPID

18. NINA SIMONE: FEELING GOOD

19. CAT STEVENS: WILD WORLD

20. WORLD PARTY: SHE'S THE ONE

21. ROTARY CONNECTION: I AM THE BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN

22. OHIO PLAYERS: LOVE ROLLER COASTER

23. CHER: TAKE ME HOME

24. MIRACLES: LOVE MACHINE

25. DELFONICS: READY OR NOT HERE I COME

26. FIFTH DIMENSION: CALIFORNIA SOUL

27. MARVIN GAYE: WHEN DID YOU STOP LOVING ME

28. DAN HARTMAN: RELIGHT MY FIRE

29. SPENCER DAVIS GROUP: GIMME SOME LOVIN

30. GLORIA JONES: TAINTED LOVE

31. SMOKEY ROBINSON: THE TEARS OF A CLOWN

32. ISLEY BROTHERS: TWIST & SHOUT

33. JOHN HOLT: THE TIDE IS HIGH

34. JORGE BEN: MAS QUE NADA

35. TITO PUENTE: OYO COMO VA

36. ANDY WILLIAMS: CANT GET USED TO LOSING YOU

37. WILLIAM DEVAUGHN: BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE GOT

38. MINNIE RIPPERTON: LES FLEUR

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5. JJ CALE: COCAINE

7. ISLEY BROTHERS: WORK TO DO

13. TOM SCOTT: GOTCHA

19. CAT STEVENS: WILD WORLD

27. MARVIN GAYE: WHEN DID YOU STOP LOVING ME

28. DAN HARTMAN: RELIGHT MY FIRE

29. SPENCER DAVIS GROUP: GIMME SOME LOVIN

31. SMOKEY ROBINSON: THE TEARS OF A CLOWN

32. ISLEY BROTHERS: TWIST & SHOUT

36. ANDY WILLIAMS: CANT GET USED TO LOSING YOU

What an interesting compilation.

5. JJ CALE: COCAINE

I'm a BIG JJCale fan. Clapton memorialized several of his cuts. Check him out.

7. ISLEY BROTHERS: WORK TO DO

Did the Average White Band do a version of this?

13. TOM SCOTT: GOTCHA

Tom Scott was the goto Sax session man in the seventies and early eighties. He was doing the Tonite Show for a while too

19. CAT STEVENS: WILD WORLD

This was a big hit in its day. Who else did a version?

27. MARVIN GAYE: WHEN DID YOU STOP LOVING ME

No one can do a cover of Marving Gaye.

28. DAN HARTMAN: RELIGHT MY FIRE

This guy used to play with Johnny and Edgar Winters. Played in my home town when he was a teen.

29. SPENCER DAVIS GROUP: GIMME SOME LOVIN

Another big hit and the best version.

31. SMOKEY ROBINSON: THE TEARS OF A CLOWN

Another big hit.

32. ISLEY BROTHERS: TWIST & SHOUT

A minor hit until the Beatles memorialized it.

36. ANDY WILLIAMS: CANT GET USED TO LOSING YOU

Now this is a surprise to me

Nice post, M77

:P

[method77]

that would make a great birthday gift for you dude but... it was yesterday. Maybe next year