Eddie Noack – Ain't The Reaping Ever Done (1962-1976) - New Vinyl Lp 2015 Iron Mountain Compilation - Country
A marginal but respected songwriter in his own lifetime, Eddie Noack has become a Honky-Tonk legend in the decades since his death. Best known today for an obscure 45 he cut in 1968 called ‘Psycho’, Noack was a stellar songwriter and consummate performer who never really got his due. Here, for the first time, are reissued some of Noack’s very rarest recordings – some fine LP cuts (recorded in Nashville 1973) that was only ever issued in the U.K (on a minuscule label) and a multitude of rare ‘60s/’70s 45 only cuts that are rescued from undeserved obscurity. Many of these cuts are the equal of anything in the Noack canon – dark empathic ballads and wry commentaries on the human condition. ‘A Few Good Funerals’ is a sardonic take on small-town mores, ‘Before You Use That Gun’ a desperate plea for mercy and ‘The Memories Are Restless Tonight’ a chilling elegy from a man at the end of his tether. Though schooled in journalism, Noack devoted his life to country music – he went largely unrewarded but left collectors a large body of stunning work. Equally adept at Honky-Tonk weepers, Gospel odes and grim murder ballads, Eddie Noack was always ‘pure country.’
Tracklist
A1 | Barbara Joy | 2:23 |
A2 | Too Hot To Handle | 2:23 |
A3 | When The Bright Lights Grow Dim | 2:51 |
A4 | Have Blues - Will Travel | 2:09 |
A5 | No Blues Is Good News | 2:16 |
A6 | If It Ain't On The Menu | 1:37 |
A7 | These Hands | 3:05 |
A8 | God's Eyes | 2:28 |
B1 | Ain't The Reaping Ever Done | 2:53 |
B2 | Before You Use That Gun | 2:37 |
B3 | A Few Good Funerals | 2:38 |
B4 | For Better Or For Worse | 2:21 |
B5 | Raise The Taxes | 2:35 |
B6 | One Light On In The Neighborhood | 2:24 |
B7 | When I Get To Nashville | 2:12 |
B8 | The Memories Are Restless Tonight | 3:14 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright (c) – The Omni Recording Corporation
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Omni Recording Corporation
- Distributed By – Rocket Distribution
- Manufactured By – Rocket Distribution
- Licensed From – Look Records
- Licensed From – Glad Music
Credits
- Bass – Ernie Newton, Tommy Floyd
- Design – David K. Landis / Shake It Loose Graphics
- Drums – D.J. Fontana, Jim Stewart
- Engineer – Jack Logan
- Fiddle – Tommy Williams
- Guitar – Joe Edwards, Leo Jackson, Wayde Phillips
- Layout – David K. Landis / Shake It Loose Graphics
- Mixed By – Jack Logan
- Piano – Bunky Keels
- Producer – Walter Breeland
- Remastered By – Alvin Lucia
- Steel Guitar – Ben Keith, Jeff Newman, Jim Baker
- Vocals – Bobby Hardin, Icy Berg, Karen Wheeler, Kirk Hansard, Lavera Moore, Lois Johnson, Robbi Hardin, Shirley Michaels, Sudie Callaway
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