Dion - Presenting Dion & The Belmonts + Runaround Sue (2000) - 2LP on 1CD

Dion - Presenting Dion & The Belmonts + Runaround Sue (2000)
2LP on 1CD | EAC-FLAC+CUE+LOG - 293 MB | Covers | Mp3 CBR 320 Kbps - 160 MB
Pop / Rock & Roll / Doo Wop | TT - 71:34 minutes | Label: Ace Records Ltd. | Cat. # CDCH 966
Ace's two-fer Presenting Dion & the Belmonts / Runaround Sue features two of Dion & The Belmonts' albums from very early '60s. In addition to familiar hits, there are some great covers and album cuts that are worth investigation by hardcore fans...



Presenting Dion & The Belmonts (1959)
Rock & roll albums were something of a novelty, if not a rarity, in 1959 -- apart from Elvis's releases, few of them sold well, and most that were out there by white artists, apart from hits compilations, didn't always reflect well on the music. The debut album by the Bronx-based doo wop group holds up well, however, and is well worth hearing beyond the hits "I Wonder Why," "Where or When," "Don't Pity Me," and "A Teenager in Love." The predominant subject is girls, no surprise as the work of an R&B vocal group in 1959, but there's amazingly little feeling of repetition on these 14 cuts, partly because the producers and the group did vary the sound. There are surprisingly successful attempts at a mild country sound ("You Better Not Do That") as well as pop ("Just You") and an amazing blues ("I Got the Blues") that reveals some of the real depth behind Dion DiMucci even at this early stage of his career -- he may have looked and sounded like a teen idol on some of those records, but he had a musical soul all of his own that transcended the limitations of teen pop; it also goes a long way toward explaining why he was responsible for some of the best white rock & roll to come out of New York during this period. It may not be in a league with Elvis Presley's first three albums as essential listening, but it is all well played as well as beautifully sung, showing off a prodigious array of talent from the group on down to the session players involved.

Runaround Sue (1961)
Dion as a solo artist was initially a kind of hybrid performer, known for his teen idol image but trying for a harder and also a more advanced sound, as revealed on this album. The hits included here, "Runaround Sue," "The Wanderer," and "The Majestic," are so familiar that they tend to eclipse the rest of this 14 song album -- all of the rest, however, is well-sung, -played, and -arranged, ranging from basic hard rock & roll ("Kansas City") to smooth teen pop, which always keeps at least one foot up to the ankle in rock & roll (hence the electric guitar solo on "Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight"). "Little Star" has rated inclusion on several key collections, while "Lonely World" is perhaps the lost single off of this album, with a great beat, killer hooks, and a beautifully shaped performance by the singer and his backup vocalists. What's more, even the covers of familiar material such as "Dream Lover" and "In the Still of the Night" are performed in a style unique to Dion and are worth hearing and owning. The singer was still straddling the gap between teen idol and serious rock & roller, and between late-'50s doo wop and a harder early-'60s sound, although the more serious love songs and the surprisingly articulate guitar solo on "Kansas City" clearly showed that he was winning the musical battle for his own distinct sound. It wasn't a long jump from the repertory here to his distinctive covers of R&B classics like "Ruby Baby."

-- Bruce Eder, allmusic.com


Tracklist

01. I Wonder Why
02. Teen Angel
03. Where Or When
04. You Better Not Do That
05. Just You
06. I Got The Blues
07. Don't Pity Me
08. A Teenager In Love
09. Wonderful Girl
10. A Funny Feeling
11. I've Cried Before
12. That's My Desire
13. No One Knows
14. I Can't Go On (Rosalie)
15. Runaround Sue
16. Somebody Nobody Wants
17. Dream Lover
18. Life Is But A Dream
19. The Wanderer
20. Runaway Girl
21. I'm Gonna Make It Somehow
22. The Majestic
23. Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight
24. Little Star
25. Lovely World
26. (I'll Remember) In The Still Of The Night
27. Kansas City
28. Take Good Care Of My Baby

Transferred from original analogue master tapes.
Mastered by Duncan Cowell at Sound Mastering Ltd.


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