Harry Belafonte - Midnight Special

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(Orginally released in 1962)2003 German reissueon 180g vinyl LP= This album provides a wonderful testimony to the Jamaican singer's flexibility. It includes songs such as 'Midnight Special,'A prisoner's nocturnal prayer for freedom, and 'On Top ...
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Release date: 10-07-2003(Orginally released in 1962)
   
2003 German reissueon 180g vinyl LP= This album provides a wonderful testimony to the Jamaican singer's flexibility. It includes songs such as 'Midnight Special,'A prisoner's nocturnal prayer for freedom, and 'On Top Of Old Smokey,' which Belafonte instills with intricate rhythm and Caribbean flair. And the tailor-made arrangements are no less thrilling: whether possessing all the drive of a stomping big band, filled with the intimacy of a smoochy small ensemble (with Bob Dylan on harmonica) or with an earthy, folksy, bluegrass sound - there's all that and plenty more!

Harry Belafonte is equally well known as a Calypso singer and an actor. He had numerous top charting albums in the '50s and '60s on RCA Records. One of those albums was The Midnight Special, which reached # 8 on the Billboard charts in 1962. What makes this album extraordinarily special is the first recorded appearance by Bob Dylan, backing up Mr. Belafonte on harmonica.

Tracks:
A1 Midnight Special
A2 Crawdad Song
A3 Memphis Tennessee
A4 Gotta Travel On
A5 Did You Hear About Jerry?

B1 On Top Of Old Smokey
B2 Muleskinner
B3 Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad
B4 Michael Row The Boat Ashore

Known to rock collectors as being the first album to feature Bob Dylan (he plays harmonica on the title track), The Midnight Special is also a record that best exemplifies Harry Belafonte's uniqueness as a recording artist. Belafonte's main strength as a performer has been his ability to effect unique interpretations of traditional material. Combining blues, big band, gospel, and soul, Belafonte utilizes mainly traditional material on one of his best programmed albums of the sixties. The folk warhorse "On Top of Old Smokey" becomes a bluesy, supercharged six-minute epic which generates excitement as it increases in intensity, only to fade away in its denouement. "Muleskinner" is country music legend Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 8," made all the more exciting by the Belafonte Folk Singers' whistles, shouts, and slaps. Other highlights include "Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad," a prison work song transformed into an after hours blues and the folk standard "Crawdad Song," which becomes a rousing big band stomp. Belafonte's notorious perfectionism in the studio apparently didn't sit well with the 20-year old Dylan, who walked out on the session after recording only one title.


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