Allison Wonderland Anthology
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Allison Wonderland Anthology is a two disc compilation album by the jazz pianist and songwriter Mose Allison
, released in 1994. Rhino sequenced the selected songs (which span over 40 years, from 1957 to 1989), and include all of his best-known songs chronologically. It's considered an excellent introduction to Mose Allison
compositions.
Mose Allison
Mose John Allison, Jr. is an American jazz blues pianist and singer.-Biography:...
, released in 1994. Rhino sequenced the selected songs (which span over 40 years, from 1957 to 1989), and include all of his best-known songs chronologically. It's considered an excellent introduction to Mose Allison
Mose Allison
Mose John Allison, Jr. is an American jazz blues pianist and singer.-Biography:...
compositions.
Disc One
- "Back Country Suite: Blues [A.K.A. 'Young Man's Blues']" (Mose Allison)
- "Lost Mind"
- "Parchman FarmParchman Farm (song)"Parchman Farm" is the title of a number of songs about Mississippi State Penitentiary, known as Parchman Farm, a hard time prison because of the Trusty system which was later outlawed....
" (Mose Allison) - "If You Live" (Mose Allison)
- "The Seventh Son" (Willie DixonWillie DixonWilliam James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
) - "Eyesight To The BlindEyesight to the Blind"Eyesight to the Blind" is a 12-bar blues originally written and recorded in 1951 by Sonny Boy Williamson II , and subsequently recorded by many other musicians including The Who as part of the rock opera Tommy....
" - "Baby, Please Don't GoBaby, Please Don't Go"Baby, Please Don't Go" is a blues song first recorded by Big Joe Williams in 1935. It is related to a group of early 20th century blues and work songs that include "I'm Alabama Bound", "Another Man Done Gone", and "Don't Leave Me Here", and "Turn Your Lamp Down Low".It has become a blues and rock...
" - "Fool's Paradise"
- "V-8 Ford Blues"
- "Ask Me Nice" (Mose Allison)
- "Hey, Good Lookin'"
- "Back On The Corner" (Mose Allison)
- "Your Mind Is On Vacation" (Mose Allison- Audre Mae)
- "Meet Me At No Special Place"
- "I Don't Worry About A Thing" (Mose Allison)
- "I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues"
- "Swingin' Machine" (Mose Allison)
- "Stop This World" (Mose Allison)
- "I'm Not Talking" (Mose Allison)
- "I'm The Wild Man" (Stanley Willis, Don Barksdale)
- "Your Red Wagon"
- "Foolkiller" (Mose Allison)
- "Wild Man On The Loose" (Mose Allison)
- "You Can Count On Me To Do My Part" (Mose Allison)
- "Smashed (Live)" (Mose Allison)
- "I Love The Life I Live (Live)"
- "That's Alright (Live)"
- "Fool's Paradise (Live)"
Disc Two
- "If You're Goin' To The City" (Mose Allison)
- "Everybody Cryin' Mercy" (Mose Allison)
- "Feel So Good" (Mose Allison)
- "Molecular Structure" (Mose Allison)
- "Monsters Of The Id" (Mose Allison)
- "Hello There, Universe" (Mose Allison)
- "I Don't Want Much" (Mose Allison)
- "How Much Truth" (Mose Allison)
- "Western Man" (Mose Allison)
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-SoI'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" is a 1945 song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Mack David.-Notable recordings:*Billy Eckstine & Quincy Jones 1959...
" (Duke EllingtonDuke EllingtonEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
, lyrics-Mack David) - "The Tennessee Waltz"
- "Ever Since The World Ended" (Mose Allison)
- "Top Forty" (Mose Allison)
- "Josephine"
- "Gettin' There" (Mose Allison)
- "Ever Since I Stole The Blues" (Mose Allison)
- "You Call It Joggin'"
- "Big Brother" (Mose Allison)
- "The Gettin' Paid Waltz" (Mose Allison)