Long and Lonely Nights (No Friend of Mine) - Long John Baldry, Macaulay, Tony
Stay With Me Baby - Long John Baldry, Peverett, Lonesome
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye [From Seven Lively Arts] - Long John Baldry, Porter, Cole
For All We Know - Long John Baldry, Coots, J. Fred
Better by Far - Long John Baldry, Macaulay, Tony
Let the Heartaches Begin - Long John Baldry, Macaulay, Tony
Wise to the Ways of the World - Long John Baldry, Macaulay, Tony
Since I Lost You Baby - Long John Baldry, Macaulay, Tony
Smile - Long John Baldry, Chaplin
Annabella (Who Files to Me When She's Lonely) - Long John Baldry, Giocatelli
We're Together - Long John Baldry, Hatch
I Can't Stop Loving You - Long John Baldry, Gibson, Don
Hold Back the Daybreak - Long John Baldry, Macaulay, Tony
When the Sun Comes Shining Thru' [#] - Long John Baldry, D'Abo
Mexico (Underneath the Sun In) - Long John Baldry, Macaulay
Son of Hickory Hollers Tramp [#] - Long John Baldry, Frazier
Goin' Out of My Head [#] - Long John Baldry, Randazzo, Teddy
I Never Shall Marry [#] - Long John Baldry, Traditional
I Wish You Love [#] - Long John Baldry, Beach, Albert
What Now My Love [#] - Long John Baldry, Becaud
Track Listings (22) - Disc #2
It's Too Late Now... - Long John Baldry, Coots, J. Fred
Wait for Me... - Long John Baldry, Hatch
Don't Pity Me... - Long John Baldry, Jacobson
Sunshine of Your Love... - Long John Baldry, Brown
Spanish Harlem... - Long John Baldry, Leiber, Jerry
Henry Hannah's 42nd Street Parking Lot... - Long John Baldry, Hatch
Man Without a Dream - Long John Baldry, Goffin
Cry Like a Baby... - Long John Baldry, Oldham
River Deep, Mountain High - Long John Baldry, Barry
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ... - Long John Baldry, Dozier
MacArthur Park... - Long John Baldry, Webb, Jimmy [1]
When Brigadier McKenzie Comes to Town... - Long John Baldry, Macaulay, Tony
Lights of Cincinnati - Long John Baldry, Macaulay, Tony
Spinning Wheel... - Long John Baldry, Clayton-Thomas
Well I Did... - Long John Baldry, Reed
Setting Fire to the Tail of a Fox... - Long John Baldry, Badlry, Long John
When the War Is Over... - Long John Baldry, Billsberry
Where Are My Eyes?... - Long John Baldry, Baldry, Long John
Mexico ... [Spanish Version] - Long John Baldry, Bryant, Boudleaux
Bad Times... [#] - Long John Baldry,
Ciao Baby... [#] - Long John Baldry, English
Lord You Made the Night Too Long... [#] - Long John Baldry,
42 track digitally remastered retrospective of the legendaryBritish blues vocalist's years on Pye in the late '60s. Contains the entire albums 'Let The Heartaches Begin' & 'Wait For Me', plus stray singles, B-sides &am... more »p; 10 previously unissued songs from his abandoned second LP 'Let There Be Long John'. Double slimline jewel case. 1998 Sequel release. The full title is 'Let The Heartaches Begin'.« less
42 track digitally remastered retrospective of the legendaryBritish blues vocalist's years on Pye in the late '60s. Contains the entire albums 'Let The Heartaches Begin' & 'Wait For Me', plus stray singles, B-sides & 10 previously unissued songs from his abandoned second LP 'Let There Be Long John'. Double slimline jewel case. 1998 Sequel release. The full title is 'Let The Heartaches Begin'.
CD Reviews
Father of British blues discovered Elton and Rod
Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 03/14/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Some people acclaim Long John Baldry as the father of British blues, a title he certainly has strong claims to, but although he has spent most of his life singing the blues, this compilation covers his brief period as a pop singer in the late sixties. It is likely that John could have been much more successful as a pop singer, had he committed himself, but it wasn't really his type of music. Nevertheless, the pop music he recorded is of the highest quality, as this set proves.
Long John Baldry had a number one hit (Let the heartaches begin) and a top twenty hit (Mexico - the UK TV theme song for the 1968 Olympics). His only other two hits (When the sun comes shining thru, It's too late now) made the top thirty. Hold back the daybreak, a superb ballad, was twice released as a single but missed the charts both times.
Apart from those singles, this collection contains plenty of covers, all sounding great with John's bluesy voice. Spinning wheel (Blood sweat and tears), Spanish Harlem (Ben E King), River deep mountain high (Ike and Tina Turner), What now my love (Sirley Bassey), Cry like a baby (Box tops), Lights of Cincinatti (Scott Walker), Sunshine of your love (Cream), Stay with me baby (Lorraine Ellison), Son of Hickory Holler's tramp (O C Smith), MacArthur Park (Richard Harris), How sweet it is (Marvin Gaye), I can't stop loving you (a Don Gibson song best remembered via the Ray Charles cover) and Every time we say goodbye (the Cole Porter classic) are among the classic songs that show how great John was.
Despite his brilliance - even recording pop music when he preferred the blues - John will be remembered as the man who plucked Elton John and Rod Stewart from obscurity.
This collection reminds us that Long John Baldry was an excellent pop singer."
Track Listings (20) - Disc #1