Sam Phillips: Martinis and Bikinis (Vinyl LP)
Omnivore Recordings
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Double vinyl LP pressing of this expanded reissue including bonus tracks. With Martinis & Bikinis, Sam Phillips has revitalized the Beatlesque category with some substantial songwriting and a woman's voice, which turns the whole sound upside down. The Beatles hardly exhausted the possibilities of their late-'60s sound, and Phillips has the hooks and aphorisms to give that sound a second lease on life. Phillips has rewritten two old Beatles songs into Strawberry Road and Same Rain; she has even recorded a John Lennon composition, Gimme Some Truth. Phillips's husband, T-Bone Burnett, cowrote two of the songs and produced all 13, and he adds the Lennonesque touches of guitars recorded backward and sweet harmonized vocals pitted against distorted guitars. But none of this would matter if the songs weren't so good. Love And Kisses, Signpost, Same Rain, Baby I Can't Please You, Circle Of Fire, Strawberry Road, When I Fall, Same Changes, Black Sky, Fighting with Fire, I Need Love, Wheel Of The Broken Voice, Gimme Some Truth, I Need Love (With The Section Quartet), Fighting With Fire (Remix), Black Sky (Version 2), Stawberry Road (2012 Version)
Double vinyl LP pressing of this expanded reissue including bonus tracks. With Martinis & Bikinis, Sam Phillips has revitalized the Beatlesque category with some substantial songwriting and a woman's voice, which turns the whole sound upside down. The Beatles hardly exhausted the possibilities of their late-'60s sound, and Phillips has the hooks and aphorisms to give that sound a second lease on life. Phillips has rewritten two old Beatles songs into Strawberry Road and Same Rain; she has even recorded a John Lennon composition, Gimme Some Truth. Phillips's husband, T-Bone Burnett, cowrote two of the songs and produced all 13, and he adds the Lennonesque touches of guitars recorded backward and sweet harmonized vocals pitted against distorted guitars. But none of this would matter if the songs weren't so good. Love And Kisses, Signpost, Same Rain, Baby I Can't Please You, Circle Of Fire, Strawberry Road, When I Fall, Same Changes, Black Sky, Fighting with Fire, I Need Love, Wheel Of The Broken Voice, Gimme Some Truth, I Need Love (With The Section Quartet), Fighting With Fire (Remix), Black Sky (Version 2), Stawberry Road (2012 Version)