ACCORDION POP, VOL. 1
(Gulcher 419)
Come on in. Sit down and have a cup o' sweet with Angel. This is uncut stuff circa mid-80s--nothin' but accordion, no vocals, a little reverb, and I heard some whitegurl finger-poppin' on "Beast Of Burden." Yes, the Stones song. There's another one too: "As Tears Go By." But don't cry, even though this disc's mostly sad/happy in that special way Ms. Corpus Christi does so well. She also angel-kisses the soft white melodic underbelly of the Monkees ("I'm A Believer"), the Velvets ("Femme Fatale"), the Beatles together (only version of "Hey Jude" you ever need to hear) and apart ("Imagine" as part of a medley with yet another Stones tune, "You Can't Always Get What You Want").
Yes, it does sound good. Where else can you hear Santo & Johnny's "Sleep Walk," Roger Miller's "King Of The Road," and the Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl" done to perfection as solo-accordion pop instrumentals?
Plus: "To Know Him Is To Love Him" (Phil "We-Love-Him- No-Matter-What" Spector's Teddy Bears), "Love Me Tender" (do I have to say Elvis?), "Jennifer Juniper" (Donovan), "Downtown" (Pet Clark), "Singin' The Blues" (I'd like to dream thatAngel's version was based on Black Oak's version of the Guy Mitchell/Marty Robbins hit), and more more more!!
This Gulcher CD of ACCORDION POP is a reissue of the 1985 cassette originally released by Stim Records. Angel has been making records for the past 20+ years her most recent album of new material, DIVINE HEALER, was released by Gulcher in 2003. But you already know all that, right? Okay then, I'm gonna take a nap while I listen again to Angel pump away at "Denise" by Randy & The Rainbows (never mind Blondie's version). -- Eddie Flowers, slippytown.com
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.angelcorpuschristi.comTrack List:
1. Sleep Walk
2. Beast of Burden
3. As Tears Go By
4. I Love How You Love Me/To Know Him is to Love Him
5. Imagine/You Can't Always Get What You Want
6. Love Me tender
7. Greenfields
8. King of the Road
9. Singin' the Blues
10. Donna
11. Denise
12. Jennifer Juniper
13. I'm a Believer/Downtown/Silhouettes
14. Femme Fatale
15. Little Surfer Girl
16. Hey Jude
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