7/28/2012

RONNIE SPECTOR - Siren

RONNIE SPECTOR Siren lp 1980
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow / Darlin' / Any Way That You Want Me / Tonight / Boys Will Be Boys / Hell Of A Nerve / Settin' The Woods On Fire / Let Your Feelings Show / Dynamite / Happy Birthday Rock'N' Roll.
Produced by Genya Ravan.
Musicians: Ronnie Spector: vocals / T. Price (Mink Deville Band) : drums / B. Rath (Heartbreakers), J. Vasta JR. (Mink Deville Band) : bass / C. Chrome (Dead Boys), L. Lepore (Cherry Vanilla Band), L. Hanson & C. Taylor (Genya Ravan Band): guitar / G. Ravan: backing vocals & percussion / R. Stackman: clavinet / G. Gerson: flute / T. Graves: keyboards / B. Blain, K. Margolis: piano / C. Freida, K. Curry: saxophone.
There are many extraordinary things about Ronnie Spector's Siren album. It was conceived and produced by the legendary Genya Ravan (aka Goldie Zelcowicz) of one of the first all-girl bands, Goldie & the Gingerbreads. It has a street feel much like Ronnie Spector's solo concerts over the years. And it has pretty much a cast of thousands. Well, if not thousands, more session people scattered over one album than Phil Spector would put on one song.
It is an important piece of Ronnie's musical legacy which bridges the gap between The Ronettes Sing Their Greatest Hits to the 1995 collection of her '70s/'80s material on Sony, the "Dangerous" re-release on Australia's Raven Records. One of the Ramones biggest selling albums, if not their biggest, was the one produced by Phil Spector. Genya Ravan's choice of the Ramones song "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" is brilliant. They may have been headbangers, but they were Ronnie Spector fans.

Members of Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, the Dead Boys, and Mink DeVille must have been honored to appear on this, and the musical integrity and heart is there, for sure. Here's the classic '60s voice which ruled on Top 40 for five hit records in 1963 and 1964 rocking out with the best of them on songs like "Settin' the Woods on Fire" with backing by the Diamond Dupree Band, or singing to the reggae beat of the Bahama Mama Band on Roger Cook's "Let Your Feelings Show."
This is a dynamic and diverse album with even Janis Joplin/Merrilee Rush/Troggs songwriter Chip Taylor weighing in on "Any Way That You Want Me." If Phil Spector overproduced to good effect, Genya Ravan purposely underproduced, choosing instead to let flavors of different musicians paint the fabric behind Ronnie Spector. In her book 'Be My Baby' on page 248, Ronnie says "Genya was a strong producer who knew what she wanted, just like Phil." High praise indeed! Allmusic
Buy the LP HERE or the CD HERE !
This post is dedicated to Mihaleez & The White Trash Soul Blog!

12 commentaires:

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

RONNIE SPECTOR: "Siren" lp 1980

Anonyme a dit…

juste
BRAVO

MERCI Mr MR !!!!!

Mihaleez a dit…

Many Thanks Mr. Rambler and officially! Ronnie's a goddess and that's a forgotten masterpiece with some of the best sons of the New York City's punk & roll scene contributing! Did I thanked you enuff? Sure no!

Anonyme a dit…

thank you so much for this!

jeffen a dit…

Cool, I didn't know about this at all!

Anonyme a dit…

Hmmm . . . This is rather a large file -- almost 400 mb. Is this a FLAC file, instead of an mp3 file?

Roy Pearl a dit…

Bought this on vinyl back in the day, but really appreciate the digital copy. Thanks!

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

Flac

dani b a dit…

Fantastic record, thanks!

DEE DEE a dit…

Un grand merci! Je dois dire qu'à l'époque la pochette m'avait un peu fait flipper... Je vais l'emmener en vacances.

Anonyme a dit…

BONNES VACANCES à DEE DEE

feder a dit…

please re-upload this master piece !!! thanks