Ry Cooder – Bop Till You Drop (LP)

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Ry Cooder – Bop Till You Drop (LP)

High Quality 180g Vinyl!
Laquers Cut At Alchemy in London by Matt Colton – Mastering Engineer of the Year 2013!

Bop Till You Drop Includes The Classic Cover Of Elvis’s “Little Sister” and “Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing” Featuring Chaka Khan!

1979’s Bob Till You Drop marks Ry Cooder’s return to R&B and R&R classics. The album includes “Little Sister” and “I Can’t Win” featuring Bobby King on lead vocal.

Ranked #8 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2003 list of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and #31 on the publications same list in 2011. A 2010 ranking by Gibson placed him at #32.

“Ry Cooder is a virtuoso on fretted instruments – slide guitar, mandolin, Mexican tiple, banjo, Middle Eastern saz – who crossbreeds his own sense of syncopation with vernacular musics. As a fan/musicologist, he has sought out local styles such as calypso, Hawaiian slack-key guitar, Tex-Mex, gospel, country, vaudeville “coon songs,” and most recently, with the Buena Vista Social Club, prerevolutionary Cuban music. He records with L.A. session players and various “ethnic” musicians in and out of their own contexts.” – Rolling Stone

“Following his conceptual 1978 release, Jazz, Ry Cooder returned the next year with the R&B/soul-based Bop Till You Drop… Bop is worthwhile given Cooder’s penchant for choosing great tunes, as well as the tight performances, brilliant guitar work, and a handful of great guest vocalists (including Chaka Khan). A few of the highlights include his arrangement of the early-’60s Elvis hit “Little Sister,” the soulful “The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor),” an instrumental take on Ike & Tina Turner’s “I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine,” and “I Can’t Win,” featuring Cooder’s longtime cohort Bobby King on lead vocal.” – allmusic.com

Features:
• 180g HQ Rhino Vinyl
• Laquers Cut At Alchemy in London by Matt Colton – Mastering Engineer of the Year 2013 – MPG Awards
• Laquers cut using the 96k transfers of original digital tape masters

Musicians:
Ry Cooder, guitar, madolin, vocals
Jim Keltner, drums
Tim Drummond, bass
David Lindley, guitar
Herman Johnson, background vocals
Bobby King, background vocals
Randy Lorenzo, background vocals
Milt Holland, percussion, drums
Cliff Givins, background vocals
Pico Payne, background vocals
Jimmy Adams, background vocals
Greg Prestopino, background vocals
Ronnie Barron, organ, guitar
Chaka Khan, vocals
George “Biggie” McFadden, background vocals
Herman Johnson, background vocals

Track List:

Side One:
1. Little Sister
2. Go Home, Girl
3. The Very thing That Makes You Rich
4. I Think It’s Going To Work Out Fine

Side Two:
1. Down In Hollywood
2. Look At Granny Run Run
3. Trouble, You Can’t Fool Me
4. Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing
5. I Can’t Win

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