Brooks, Elkie


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Genre: p

Rating: 3 stars ***

Title:  R

Company: C

Catalog: C
Year: 19

Country/State: G

Grade (cover/record): VG / VG

Comments: m

Available: 1

GEMM catalog ID: 5

Price: $

 

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(side 2)
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  1. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young) - 3:07
  2. Be Positive (Elkie Brooks) - 3:50
  3. Since You Went Away (Jean Roussel/Jerry Knight) - 3:44
  4. Putting My Heart On The Line (Peter Frampton) - 3:11
  5. Stay With Me (Ron Wood/Rod Stewart) - 3:04
  6. As (Stevie Wonder) - 4:15
  7. Learn To Love (Ned Doheny) - 3:04
  8. Too Precious (Elkie Brooks/Tim Hinkley) - 4:25
  9. Shooting Star (Pete Gage) - 2:50
  10. Just An Excuse (Elkie Brooks) - 3:38

 

Brooks' third album was a departure from her previous work and enjoyed relative success in the UK charts. Taking the place of Leiber & Stoller was renowned producer David Kershenbaum who was to guide Brooks along a more funk orientated sound than on her previous work. Like its predecessor, despite its success, this album is not available on CD.

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Original UK Catalogue Number: AMLH 64695
Originally issued on: LP, cassette
UK Reissues: None

Track listing:

SIDE ONE

01. ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
     (Neil Young)
02. BE POSITIVE
     (Elkie Brooks)
03. SINCE YOU WENT AWAY
     (Jean Roussel/Jerry Knight)
04. PUTTING MY HEART ON THE LINE
     (Peter Frampton)
05. STAY WITH ME
     (Rod Stewart/Ron Wood)

SIDE TWO

01. AS
     (Stevie Wonder)
02. LEARN TO LOVE
     (Ned Doherty)
03. TOO PRECIOUS
     (Elkie Brooks/Tim Hinkley)
04. SHOOTING STAR
     (Pete Gage/Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
05. JUST AN EXCUSE
     (Elkie Brooks)


Producer:  David Kershenbaum

Recorded at:  CBS Studios, London and Producers Workshop, Los Angeles - Spring 1978

Recording Engineers: Mike Ross (CBS Studios), Mark Smith (Producers Workshop)
Assistant Engineers: Andrew Clark (CBS), Ed Schaff (Producers Workshop)

Electric & Acoustic Guitars: Elliott Randall
Keyboards: Jean Roussel
Drums: Andy Newmark
Bass: Jerry Knight

Additional Musicians: 
Pete Gage (Guitar on Tracks 2 and 9)
Simon Morton (Percussion on Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7)

Backing Vocals: Elkie Brooks
Jerry Knight (Tracks 1, 3 and 6)

Arrangements: Jean Roussel and Elliott Randall (except Track 5 - Pete Gage), plus Jerry Knight on Tracks 1 and 6

 

http://www.elkiebrooks.net/index.html

Born Elaine Bookbinder in Salford, Manchester, Elkie Brooks has become one of the most successful and respected singing talents in the UK. Her career has spanned nearly five decades, produced 19 studio albums, and earned her numerous awards and accolades.

As a 15 year old with a passion for the blues, jazz and great artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Elkie left her childhood home to pursue dreams of becoming a singer. Early professional engagements included appearances with the Eric Delaney Band and British Jazz hero Humphrey Lyttelton, a relationship that still thrives today.

On signing to the famous Decca label, Elkie released her first single Something’s Got A Hold On Me in 1964. Several more single releases followed but chart success proved elusive and Elkie spent the next few years appearing on package tours with various artists including The Animals and The Beatles.

In 1970, her career took on a whole new direction after meeting guitarist Pete Gage and together they formed rock fusion band, Dada. The group worked well but changes were brought about with the arrival of another future star by the name of Robert Palmer and Dada transformed into Vinegar Joe. Robert was to prove the perfect foil for Elkie - their raunchy, rocky and outright sexual live performances became legendary and secured them a record deal with the Island label. Despite critical acclaim and huge success on the live circuit the band eventually dissolved in 1974 when their appeal failed to translate into record sales.

Disillusioned, Elkie took off to the States to decide her future. In 1975 she returned to the UK and signed a deal with A&M Records which saw the release of her first solo album, Rich Man’s Woman.

For her second long player, A&M recruited legendary songwriters and producers Leiber and Stoller to create the classic 1977 album Two Days Away. Finally, on her 32nd Birthday, after many years of glowing acclaim but limited chart success, the single Pearl’s A Singer was released, providing Elkie with her first Top 10 hit. The song became an instant anthem, proving so memorable that even today it remains Elkie's most popular and enduring hit.

Further success followed with the hit singles Sunshine After The Rain, Lilac Wine, the evergreen classic Don’t Cry Out Loud and the hit albums Shooting Star (1978) and Live and Learn (1979). During this period Elkie undertook major tours selling out each venue she visited including the Royal Albert Hall and a week-long engagement at the London Palladium.

In 1981, the release of the Pearls album propelled Elkie into the realms of superstardom. This collection of past hits and new recordings shot to number 2 and stayed in the album charts for an incredible 79 weeks. At the time of release it became the biggest selling album by a British female singer in the history of the UK charts, selling over 1.2 million copies.

 



 

British pop-jazz-blues crooner Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder) dominated U.K. radio in the late '70s with a series of hit singles that established her as "the biggest-selling female album artist in the history of the British pop charts." The Manchester native, who grew up in an extremely musical family, left school at the age of 15 to join a dance band in London. She eventually mad the jump to radio, as well as numerous appearances with legendary jazz bandleader Humphrey Lyttelton, before embarking on a career in pop music. The early '60s saw the budding young singer releasing singles for Decca and EMI, as well as opening for everyone from Carl Perkins to the Beatles, but commercial success remained elusive. She joined the blues-rock band Dada in 1970, which would eventually find success through a name change (Vinegar Joe) and the arrival of a new vocalist, Robert Palmer. The popular group released three beloved records before disbanding in 1974, and after a brief stint with U.S. Southern rock band Wet Willie, Brooks decided to take another crack at a solo career. The resulting Rich Man's Woman, Two Days Away, Shooting Star, Live & Learn, Pearls, and Pearls II, as well as frequent sold-out tours and numerous silver, gold, and platinum recordings, would go on to cement her reputation well into the 21st century.

 

 

 

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