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IT AIN'T EASY -
PRODUCED BY ELTON JOHN & ROD STEWART
1.Conditional Discharge
2. Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King
of Rock n' Roll 3.Black
Girl 4.MP3-
It
Ain't Easy 5.Morning,
Morning
6.I'm Ready 7.Let's
Burn Down the Cornfield 8.Mr
Rubin 9.Rock Me When
He's Gone 10.Flying
*11.Going
Down Slow *12.Cornbread,
Meat and Molasses
*13.Black Girl (alt)
*14.It Ain't Easy (alt) *15.I'm
Ready (alt) *16.Love
in Vain
(unreleased) *17.Midnight
Hour Blues (unreleased) *18.Radio
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Jimmy Horowitz:Exe.Producer,
Mike Bobak:engineer, Elton John:piano,
Rod Stewart:vocals, Long John Baldry:vocals,
12
string, Maggie Bell:vocals Roger Pope:drums,
Caleb Quaye:guitar, Ray Jackson:mandolin,
Sam Mitchell:guitars,
Ian Armitt:keyboards,
Ian Duck:vocals/harp, Dave Glover:bass, Ron Wood:guitar
Al Skidmore: sax |
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JOURNEY HOME/PAUL
BURKE 05/17/06 -
I remember my older sister’s favorite album with the baby faced
Elton John and Rod Stewart on the back cover, and Ron Wood in
the credits. "Hey you would like this," she said one day handing
it off to me nonchalantly. I took care of my records and she new
I was playing the daylights out of the Allman Brothers
"Beginnings". “Hey who's this
Leadbelly guy?” What do you
want from a 14 year old? Well in one listen back in 1974 I have
never, ever heard a better rendition or scarcely a better song
than Flying. "Since we all know the lyrics can we lower the
lights" Ka-Boom – right between the eyes man you have to
believe, and then the magic appears. If John did nothing else in
his entire life the album "It Ain't Easy" is a gem, a milestone,
a scorching rock n’ blues album for all time. You won't see it
on Rolling Stone's Top 100 list.
That is why I am long over due in posting something about it.
Through my decade on the air it was a special show when I
cautiously pulled it from its paper sleeve and spun any one of
the original ten tracks - including "Conditional Discharge into
Don’t Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock n’ Roll”
They were all favorites "Let's Burn Down The Cornfield" indeed.
How about “let's melt down the mixing board” or “lets scorch up
the turn table” or “lets fire up the air ways.” It was my secret
weapon my hurricane of musical righteousness when I wanted to
jolt the Phil Collins Wham decade out of their pop slumber and
serve up something real! This album combines everything I love
about music - passion – smart lyrics - story telling - hammering
blues - gritty playing - soul and inspiration.
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Paul Burke/author/media artist
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