The Gentrys - Keep On Dancing (1965) torrent

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in September 2008.


The Gentrys - Keep On Dancing (1965)

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Includes:
Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor (www.poikosoft.com)
Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail).
All artwork in jpgs at 300 d.p.i. Rotated and cropped losslessly using jpegcrop. (Includes 8 page booklet.)
AMG Bio.txt
AMG Review.txt
Notes.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent)

Biography from All Music:

The Gentrys got their start in Memphis, TN, in 1963. The original group was made up of seven members: vocalist Bruce Bowles, saxophonist Bobby Fisher, vocalist Jimmy Hart, trumpet player Jimmy Johnson, bassist Pat Neal, vocalist Larry Raspberry, and drummer Larry Wall. Their debut album, Keep on Dancing, climbed into the Top 100 due to the success of the title track. The group enjoyed minor success until 1966, when the band broke up. Originally, member Jimmy Hart decided to resurrect the band in 1969, now featuring himself on lead vocals. The band still had some minor success, but did not last long. Raspberry would go on to start several more garage and soul groups, while Hart became a popular wrestling character, the "Mouth of the South," and would write music for both the WWF and WCW wrestling organizations.

Taken from: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?sql=11:39fexqy5ldfe~T1

All Music Album Review:

The Gentrys didn't take the prize when they competed on The Ted Mack Amateur Hour, but the resulting exposure led to the group's signing with the local Youngstown label. The evergreen "Keep on Dancing," their second single, hit the Top Five in 1965 after MGM picked it up for national distribution. The song was a cover of a 1963 recording by the Avantis and, in the Gentrys' hands, exemplified the stripped-down, three-chord rock & roll of the garage band revolution. Keep on Dancing is a reissue of the group's MGM album of the same name, the first of two long-players they recorded for the label and the only one to chart. The album contains the their big hit, one side of their first Youngtown single ("Sometimes"), and an assortment of ballads and garage band standards such as "Hang on Sloopy," most of which are based on the same basic chord progression. The influence of the British Invasion -- particularly early Beatles -- is apparent, as are flashes of soft pop vocal harmonies and Byrds-y arpeggiated guitars. Two bonus tracks round up the group's remaining Top 100 hits for MGM: the unvarnished rock & roll of "Spread It on Thick" and a cover of Arthur Alexander's more nuanced "Everyday I Have to Cry."

Taken from: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dvfuxql5ldde

Reviews and for sale here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000008Y2

Track List:

01. Keep On Dancing
02. Everybody To Their Own Kick
03. Sometimes
04. Hang On Sloopy
05. Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
06. Brown Paper Sack
07. Do You Love Me
08. Hand Jive
09. So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
10. Don't Send Me No Flowers
11. Little Girl Next Door
12. Make Up Your Mind

13. Spread It On Thick
14. Everyday I Have To Cry