05/04/2022

Kokomo "To Be Cool - The Rehearsal Sessions" (2021) -Blue-Eyed Soul-



Label : Another Planet Music Limited


Royaume-Uni DISC ONE

01 - Friend Of Mine (Bill Withers)
02 - I Ain't Cool (To Be Cool No More) (Frank Collins)
03 - A Mother's Prayer (Joe Tex)
04 - Freedom For The Stallion (Allen Toussaint)
05 - New Morning (Bob Dylan)
06 - Chamaleon (Herbie Hancock, Billie Maupin, Paul Jackson & Harvey Mason)
07 - Anytime (Neil Hubbard)
08 - Yes, We Can Can (Allen Toussaint)
09 - Angel (Carolyn Franklin & William Sanders)
10 - I Can Understand It (Bobby Womack)
11 - The First Snow In Kokomo (Reprise) (Aretha Franklin)

DISC TWO

01 - Lonely Town, Lonely Street (Demo) (Bill Withers)
02 - Somebody's Watching You (Demo) (Sylvester Stewart)
03 - Sweet Home Chicago (Demo) (Robert Johnson)
04 - Angel (Demo) (Carolyn Franklin & Sonny Sanders)
05 - Gonna Drown This Feeling (Demo) (Frank Collins)

Bonus

06 - Looking For Something Real (Frank Collins)
07 - Half Of What I Am (Frank Collins)


DISC ONE Original Recordings Coordination by David Coleman
DISC TWO Original Recordings Courtesy by Paul Phillips, Frank Collins
Album Sound Remastering by Simon Murphy for Another Planet Music Limited


DISC ONE

01 - Friend Of Mine
02 - I Ain't Cool (To Be Cool No More)
03 - A Mother's Prayer
04 - Freedom For The Stallion
05 - New Morning
06 - Chamaleon
07 - Anytime
08 - Yes, We Can Can
09 - Angel
10 - I Can Understand It
11 - The First Snow In Kokomo (Reprise)

Live Rehearsal Sessions Recorded during 1974
Produced by Kokomo

DISC TWO

01 - Lonely Town, Lonely Street
02 - Somebody's Watching You
03 - Sweet Home Chicago
04 - Angel
05 - Gonna Drown This Feeling

Demos Recorded at Apple Studios
January 1974
Produced by Paul Phillips

Kokomo Musicians :
Dyan Birch : Vocals
Frank Collins : Vocals
Mel Collins : Sax / Flutes
Neil Hubbard : Guitar
Jody Linscott : Percussion
Paddie McHugh : Vocals
Tony O'Malley : Keyboards / Vocals
Jim Mullen : Guitar
Alan Spenner : Bass / Vocals
Terry Stannard : Drums

06 - Looking For Something Real
07 - Half Of What I Am

Demos Recorded 1984/1985
Produced by Frank Collins / Paddie McHugh / Dyan Birch

Kokomo Vocals :
Dyan Birch, Frank Collins, Paddie McHugh 
(Plus Guitar : Alan Darby)