Louie & the Lovers - The Complete Recordings (CD)

The definite Louie and The Lovers anthology, includes the mythical, but never before released second album. This CD contains all non-album single tracks plus previously unreleased outtakes. The album was compiled with co-operation from Louie Ortega himself. Comprehensive liner notes, luxury Digipak lavishly illustrated with previously unpublished photos. Produced by Doug Sahm (plus Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Glen Kolotkin) - A tex-mex/chicano-rock masterpiece! In 1970, Louie and The Lovers released the album 'Rise'. It didn't sell at the time, but has been treasured among music lovers ever since. Produced by legendary Texan roots rocker Doug Sahm, the young band (every member was yet to turn twenty) came across like a Salinas Valley Boy version of Creedence Clearwater Revival infused with a pinch of tex-mex Big Star. Album opener 'Rise' is blistering power-pop dressed up in heavenly vocal harmonies and guitar hooks galore while I've Always Got You On My Mind and I Just Met You are soulful ballads, endlessly and timelessly beautiful. Royal Oakie is rough, lose happy-go-lucky roots rock. Why the 45rpm single Driver Go Slow didn't chart is now hard to understand. No wonder Peter Buck (of R. E. M. -fame) is a huge fan of Louie and The Lovers. This CD expands the original 'Rise' with non-album single tracks, session outtakes and most sensational; an entire, previously unreleased second Louie and The Lovers album! This Bear Family anthology was produced with assistance from our main man himself. In the comprehensive CD-booklet Louie Ortega reveals the full story of his band. Deep inside the singer's private wardrobe we detected scrap book pictures documenting Louie and The Lovers in full force during a recording session

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Rise
2. I've Always Got You on My Mind
3. Sittin' By Your River
4. Driver Go Slow
5. I Know You Know
6. Royal Oakie
7. I Don't Want to Be Seen with You
8. I Just Met You
9. Rock Me Baby
10. If the Night
11. It's the Morning
12. Four-Time Loser
13. Little Georgie Baker
14. Tomorrow Just Might Change
15. Out of Jail (Steve's Tune)
16. My Belief in You
17. Caribbean
18. We Don't Have to Change
19. Spread Some Love Around
20. Forgive Me This Time
21. Ya No Ilores
22. Please Wake Up
23. Down Around Salinas
24. La Paloma
25. If You Ever Say You Love Me
26. El Paso
27. Never Be a Saint