Dance to the Hits of The Beatles Jack Nitzsche
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Album-Release:
1964
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10.08.2012
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- 1 I Want To Hold Your Hand 02:20
- 2 She Loves You 02:28
- 3 Chains 02:34
- 4 My Bonnie 02:03
- 5 I Saw Her Standing There 02:54
- 6 Ringo 02:06
- 7 Please, Please Me 02:04
- 8 From Me To You 01:57
- 9 All My Loving 02:13
- 10 Twist And Shout 02:25
- 11 It Won't Be Long 02:08
- 12 Beatle-Mania 02:10
Info for Dance to the Hits of The Beatles
The British Invasion, served up by 60s LA – as the hits of Lennon & McCartney are recast as groovy instrumentals through the studio talents of Jack Nitzsche! The cover promises 'The Greatest Hits Of All Times – Arranged For The Greatest Dancing Of All Time' – and while we can't promise that these tunes are dance floor material for everyone, they still come out sounding pretty darn great – more in a rocking American way, with lots of double-timed rhythms, honking sax bits, and strutting guitars that are a good deal fiercer than the jangle pop of the originals. Titles include 'Chains', 'She Loves You', 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', 'From Me To You', 'Please Please Me', 'All My Loving', and 'It Won't Be Long' – plus the Nitzsche originals 'Ringo' and 'Beatle-Mania'.
Jack Nitzsche's fame as a composer stems from his frequent collaborations with rock and rollers, so it comes as no surprise that his takes on early Beatles classics capture some of the buoyancy of the originals in orchestral form. At times hilarious, at times sonically adventurous, DANCE TO THE BEATLES is not just a period piece, but an argument for populist symphony and a precursor to George Martin and Paul McCartney's own orchestral obsessions. Nitzsche even adds his own originals to the mix: aptly titled 'Ringo' and 'Beatle-mania.'
'In 1964, the Beatles were the single most unavoidable presence in popular music, and nearly every record label on the face of the Earth was looking for a way to cash in on the success of the Fab Four. Since only a tiny handful of companies had access to bona fide Beatles tracks, a dizzying variety of Mop Tops knock-offs flooded the market, and even Jack Nitzsche, the brilliant producer and arranger who would work with some of the biggest names in pop through the '60s and '70s, got into the act at the behest of Reprise Records. Dance to the Hits of the Beatles features a horn-led band under Nitzsche's direction playing seven early Lennon and McCartney tunes, three covers the Beatles had also recorded (including 'Twist and Shout' and the Tony Sheridan-era indiscretion 'My Bonnie'), and two Nitzsche originals which lift Beatles riffs with no audible shame. Anyone looking for a work of lost genius is best off searching elsewhere; while the performances are peppy and were doubtless the work of some first-call session pros, most of the time this sounds a trifle rote, and this is one of those rare occasions where Nitzsche really couldn't improve on the originals (hey, they were the Beatles). Dance to the Hits of the Beatles is an inoffensive curio from the year the Beatles took over, but all these years later, it doesn't have much to offer besides nostalgia and curiosity value.' (Mark Deming, All Music Guide
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