Red Hot 1977-1981

by Robert Gordon

Overview

Robert Gordon's first-ever CD compilation seemed like a gift from heaven when it first showed up from Germany's Bear Family Records in 1989, and little has changed in the 20 years since. Those with a fondness for the original LP configurations can go to the various Rave, One Way, and Collectables reissues, which have their virtues, but the truth is that, apart from making his second Private Stock album a tribute to Elvis Presley and his last RCA long-player a more mature and countrified effort, there wasn't much of a profound "concept" behind these albums -- just jumping rockabilly interspersed with a good ballad or two. So the songs all work reshuffled this way, and with the usual Bear Family attention to quality, there's certainly no complaint about the sound. And with notes by Colin Escott, purchasers are getting more than their money's worth in the word department as well. This CD covers a lot of the highlights -- though one hesitates to label it as the "best" per se -- of Gordon's 1977-1978 Private Stock recordings, all with Link Wray, plus a big chunk of his RCA work through 1981, with Chris Spedding and Danny Gatton. Some onlookers may wonder why live versions of "Red Hot" and "Fire" are included, but one should never argue with the inclusion of a live version of anything, unless there is something grotesquely wrong with the performance or the band (as if that was gonna happen with Gordon!). Pair this up with Bear Family's Black Slacks, which showed up five years later, and you've got all you need on Gordon's early work. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	04/08/1994
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127154460
Rank:	54665

Tracks

1. Red Hot
2. The Fool
3. I Sure Miss You
4. Flyin' Saucer Rock & Roll
5. The Way I Walk
6. Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)
7. I Want to Be Free
8. Rock Billy Boogie
9. All by Myself
10. The Catman
11. Wheel of Fortune
12. Love My Baby
13. It's Only Make Believe
14. Crazy Man Crazy
15. The Worrying Kind
16. Nervous
17. Sweet Love on My Mind
18. Need You
19. Someday, Someway
20. Look Who's Blue
21. Drivin' Wheel
22. Something's Gonna Happen
23. Black Slacks
24. Fire
25. Red Hot

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Robert Gordon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Danny Gatton   Guest Artist,Guitar
Chris Spedding   Guest Artist,Guitar
Link Wray   Guest Artist,Guitar
Rob Stoner   Bass,Piano,Guitar (Bass),Fender Jazz Bass
Lance Quinn   Guitar
Shannon Ford   Drums
Howie Wyeth   Drums
Jeff Bova   Keyboards
Richard Gottehrer   Piano,Farfisa Organ
Wendy Suits   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Joe Babcock   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
The Nashville Edition   Choir/Chorus
Dolores Edgin   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Buddy Spicher   Fiddle
Paul Shaffer   Keyboards
Artie Kaplan   Saxophone
Allan Schwartzberg   Drums
Tony Garnier   Bass,Guitar (Bass),Bass (Acoustic)
Paul Evans   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Andy Stein   Fiddle
Marty Nelson   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Bobby Black   Guitar,Guitar (Steel)
Bobby Chouinard   Drums
The Jordanaires   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Anton Fig   Drums
Sal DiTroia   Guitar (Acoustic)
Chrissy Faith   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Dennis Cooley   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Scotty Turner   Guitar (Rhythm)
The Three R's   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Kathy Ingraham   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Jan Magruder   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Charles Magruder   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Jonathan Gerber   Saxophone
Chris Robison   Farfisa Organ
The Bellomo Sisters   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Garry Lee Wayne   Bass
Robin Grean   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Charlie Messing   Guitar
Terry Vernon   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Billy Cross   Guitar
Dick Hyman   Piano
Hilda Harris   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Jay Leonhart   Bass (Acoustic)
Lloyd Green   Guitar,Guitar (Steel)

Technical Credits

Jack Nance   Composer
Lance Quinn   Composer,Producer
Fats Domino   Composer
Joe Bennett   Composer
Bennie Benjamin   Composer
Don Oriolo   Composer
Joe Melson   Composer
Don Gibson   Composer
Scott   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Jimmy Denton   Composer
Marshall "Rock" Jones   Composer
Ralph Middlebrooks   Composer
Ray Scott   Composer
Huey "Piano" Smith   Composer
Richard Gottehrer   Producer
Richard Weize   Photography
Roy Orbison   Composer
Marshall Crenshaw   Composer
Marvin Pierce   Composer
Junior Parker   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Milton Subotsky   Composer
Bruce Springsteen   Composer
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
George David Weiss   Composer
George Hawkins   Composer
Glen Moore   Composer
Henry Jerome   Composer
T-Bone Burnett   Composer
Bill Emerson   Composer
Billy Edd Wheeler   Composer
Billy Swan   Composer
Colin Escott   Text,Liner Notes
Jack Scott   Composer
Conway Twitty   Composer
Clarence "Satch" Satchell   Composer
Carl Perkins   Composer
Emerson   Composer
Joerh Siemer   Mastering
John Lee Hooker   Composer
James Williams   Composer
Bill Haley   Composer
Danny Gatton   Composer
William Beck   Composer
Stefan Kohne   Photography
Scotty Turner   Composer
Sam Phillips   Composer
Trevor Cajiao   Reissue Producer
David Booth   Interviewer
Marquette Tarver   Composer
D. Gibson   Composer
Mark Johnson   Composer
Dorsey Burnette   Composer
Walker   Composer
M. Johnson   Composer
M. Crenshaw   Composer
Howard Griffin   Composer
John Lodge   Composer
Lee Hazlewood   Composer
Johnny Burnette   Composer
Wheeler   Composer
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner   Composer
Wayne Walker   Composer
Diane Lampert   Composer
Scott Litt   Producer
Robert Gordon   Composer,Producer