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Otis Blackwell   08/09/1979

Club Lorelei, New York, NY
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Notes 54:24 min I posted to Traders Den 2/4/17.
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Otis Blackwell
Club Lorelei, New York, NY
August 9, 1979

Source: WPIX-FM > Cassette Master (Maxell UD XL-II)

Transfer: Sony TC-WE 475 > JVC XL-R2010 CD-RW (44.1)

Editing: Soundforge (tracking) > WAV > TLH [SB's aligned] Flac level 8

Traders Den 2/4/17 - The BR series 134

Transferred & Tracked by kingrue upload 1045 (no pitch correction)
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Otis Blackwell is probably best known for writing a few songs made popular by Elvis Presley.

After Elvis passed away, Otis thought it was the perfect time to try and stake his claim as the new king of rock and roll.

As noted by the title of the first track sung. I'll let you be the judge of that, though I believe he falls short of that accomplishment.

I went on youtube and listened to a bunch of Otis Blackwell 45's, just to get an idea of what he originally sounded like back in the day....

This live recording sounds very different compared to Blackwell's original 45's.. Songs now performed in a very different manner.

Otis and back up singers tend to sing off key from time to time. They definitely needed to practice their harmonies a bit more.

I'm more amazed that there's even a recording of this show. :-) But it's pretty cool for nostalgia's sake.

Oh and let me mention the coolest part that we don't get to hear, Otis was opening for Jerry Lee Lewis !!!!

Otis Blackwell passed away on May 6, 2002 at the age of 71.

I found some articles worth reading:

Advertisement:
http://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/01/ar...music-act.html

Review:
http://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/10/ar...-and-band.html

Thanks goes to BR for taping this off the radio so many years ago.

I've added a scan of the newspaper review inside the torrent.

Enjoy this rarity !!!

01 WPIX Introduction
02 I Wanna Be The King of Rock and Roll
03 All Shook Up
04 Handy Man
05 Return To Sender
06 Funny How Time Slips Away
07 Don't Be Cruel
08 Fever
09 Just Keep It Up
10 I Believe In You (tape flip @ 8:20)
11 WPIX outro

Total Time = 54:24

cheers

George

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Ratings Sound: A-
Owned by George Rue · Last Updated May 23, 2023