Tags
Language
Tags
April 2024
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
31 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 1 2 3 4

LaVern Baker - La Vern (1956) Expanded Reissue 1997

Posted By: Designol
LaVern Baker - La Vern (1956) Expanded Reissue 1997

LaVern Baker - La Vern (1956) Expanded Reissue 1997
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 150 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 112 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Early R&B, Jump Blues | Label: Sequel/Atlantic | # RSA CD 909 | Time: 00:45:36

A pioneering figure in the fusion of R&B and rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, with a remarkably powerful voice. This 1956 album reissue including five bonus tracks.

LaVern Baker was one of the sexiest divas gracing the mid-'50s rock & roll circuit, boasting a brashly seductive vocal delivery tailor-made for belting the catchy novelties "Tweedlee Dee," "Bop-Ting-a-Ling," and "Tra La La" for Atlantic Records during rock's first wave of prominence.

Born Delores Williams, she was singing at the Club DeLisa on Chicago's south side at age 17, decked out in raggedy attire and billed as "Little Miss Sharecropper" (the same handle that she made her recording debut under for RCA Victor with Eddie "Sugarman" Penigar's band in 1949). She changed her name briefly to Bea Baker when recording for OKeh in 1951 with Maurice King's Wolverines, then settled on the first name of LaVern when she joined Todd Rhodes' band as featured vocalist in 1952 (she fronted Rhodes' aggregation on the impassioned ballad "Trying" for Cincinnati's King Records).

LaVern signed with Atlantic as a solo in 1953, debuting with the incendiary "Soul on Fire." The coy, Latin-tempo "Tweedlee Dee" was a smash in 1955 on both the R&B and pop charts, although her impact on the latter was blunted when squeaky-clean Georgia Gibbs covered it for Mercury. An infuriated Baker filed suit over the whitewashing, but she lost. By that time, though, her star had ascended: Baker's "Bop-Ting-A-Ling," "Play It Fair," "Still," and the rocking "Jim Dandy" all vaulted into the R&B Top Ten over the next couple of years.

Baker's statuesque figure and charismatic persona made her a natural for TV and movies. She co-starred on the historic R&B revue segment on Ed Sullivan's TV program in November of 1955 and did memorable numbers in Alan Freed's rock movies Rock, Rock, Rock and Mr. Rock & Roll. Her Atlantic records remained popular throughout the decade: she hit big in 1958 with the ballad "I Cried a Tear," adopted a pseudo-sanctified bellow for the rousing Leiber & Stoller-penned gospel sendup "Saved" in 1960, and cut a Bessie Smith tribute album before leaving Atlantic in 1964. A brief stop at Brunswick Records (where she did a sassy duet with Jackie Wilson, "Think Twice") preceded a late-'60s jaunt to entertain the troops in Vietnam. She became seriously ill after the trip and was hospitalized, eventually settling far out of the limelight in the Philippines. She remained there for 22 years, running an NCO club on Subic Bay for the U.S. government.

Finally, in 1988, Baker returned stateside to star in Atlantic's 40th anniversary bash at New York's Madison Square Garden. That led to a soundtrack appearance in the film Dick Tracy, a starring role in the Broadway musical Black & Blue (replacing her ex-Atlantic labelmate Ruth Brown), a nice comeback disc for DRG (Woke Up This Mornin'), and a memorable appearance at the Chicago Blues Festival. Baker died on March 10, 1997.

Bill Dahl, Allmusic.com

LaVern Baker - La Vern (1956) Expanded Reissue 1997



Tracklist:

01. Lots And Lots Of Love (2:26)
02. Of Course I Do (2:54)
03. You'll Be Crying (2:59)
04. Miracles (2:48)
05. I'm In A Crying Mood (2:54)
06. Mine All Mine (2:16)
07. Harbour Lights (2:23)
08. I'll Never Be Free (2:22)
09. Romance In The Dark (3:03)
10. Everybody's Somebody's Fool (2:12)
11. How Long Will It Be (2:47)
12. Fool That I Am (2:23)

Bonus tracks:

13. Living My Life For You (3:09)
14. I Can't Hold Out Any Longer (3:05)
15. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum (2:44)
16. I'll Still Do The Same For You (2:37)
17. The Game Of Love (2:35)


Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 18. March 2013, 17:13

LaVern Baker / LaVern

Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-S203B Adapter: 2 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo


TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 2:26.22 | 0 | 10971
2 | 2:26.22 | 2:53.40 | 10972 | 23986
3 | 5:19.62 | 2:59.05 | 23987 | 37416
4 | 8:18.67 | 2:47.45 | 37417 | 49986
5 | 11:06.37 | 2:53.40 | 49987 | 63001
6 | 14:00.02 | 2:16.30 | 63002 | 73231
7 | 16:16.32 | 2:22.63 | 73232 | 83944
8 | 18:39.20 | 2:22.20 | 83945 | 94614
9 | 21:01.40 | 3:02.47 | 94615 | 108311
10 | 24:04.12 | 2:12.10 | 108312 | 118221
11 | 26:16.22 | 2:46.55 | 118222 | 130726
12 | 29:03.02 | 2:22.65 | 130727 | 141441
13 | 31:25.67 | 3:08.40 | 141442 | 155581
14 | 34:34.32 | 3:05.33 | 155582 | 169489
15 | 37:39.65 | 2:43.52 | 169490 | 181766
16 | 40:23.42 | 2:36.40 | 181767 | 193506
17 | 43:00.07 | 2:35.33 | 193507 | 205164


Track 1

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\01 § Lots and Lots Of Love.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

Peak level 77.0 %
Extraction speed 3.9 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC F0087B19
Copy CRC F0087B19
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [F5864048] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 2

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\02 § Of Course I Do.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.50

Peak level 90.7 %
Extraction speed 4.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 4631617E
Copy CRC 4631617E
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [F1A93DAD] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 3

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\03 § You'll Be Crying.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.50

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 4.7 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC B25EA88D
Copy CRC B25EA88D
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [ECFD99D9] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\04 § Miracles.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.50

Peak level 86.3 %
Extraction speed 4.8 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 7886D429
Copy CRC 7886D429
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [555B2AA6] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 5

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\05 § I'm in a Crying Mood.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.50

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 5.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 596D351D
Copy CRC 596D351D
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [CF2DEE68] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 6

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\06 § Mine All Mine.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.50

Peak level 90.4 %
Extraction speed 5.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 890A7B98
Copy CRC 890A7B98
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [F291D437] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 7

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\07 § Harbour Lights.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.50

Peak level 74.8 %
Extraction speed 5.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 81ACD20C
Copy CRC 81ACD20C
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [E961168F] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 8

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\08 § I'll Never Be Free.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.50

Peak level 88.4 %
Extraction speed 5.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 83AF71B1
Copy CRC 83AF71B1
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [FF6AFA7C] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 9

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\09 § Romance in the Dark.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.50

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 5.9 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BB1BCABA
Copy CRC BB1BCABA
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [D57BDC55] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 10

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\10 § Everybody's Somebody's Fool.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.37

Peak level 59.6 %
Extraction speed 4.1 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC E457980B
Copy CRC E457980B
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [9BEF551A] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 11

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\11 § How Long Will It Be.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.40

Peak level 75.9 %
Extraction speed 6.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 7A96D4EB
Copy CRC 7A96D4EB
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [57E856B1] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 12

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\12 § Fool That I Am.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.40

Peak level 69.1 %
Extraction speed 6.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BA4FE554
Copy CRC BA4FE554
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [30B57A3E] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 13

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\13 § Living My Life for You.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.40

Peak level 88.1 %
Extraction speed 5.2 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 9F98C978
Copy CRC 9F98C978
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [6573F3A1] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 14

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\14 § I Can't Hold Out Any Longer.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.40

Peak level 80.4 %
Extraction speed 7.0 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 37195BBA
Copy CRC 37195BBA
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [657A2199] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 15

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\15 § Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.40

Peak level 89.6 %
Extraction speed 5.2 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 7A6F2CE9
Copy CRC 7A6F2CE9
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [099E38DA] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 16

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\16 § I'll Still Do the Same for You.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.40

Peak level 90.7 %
Extraction speed 7.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 975EF969
Copy CRC 975EF969
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [759E88E8] (AR v1)
Copy OK

Track 17

Filename F:\Bazar\EAC\LaVern Baker § 1956 § LaVern\17 § The Game of Love.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.40

Peak level 93.3 %
Extraction speed 7.2 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 7D64CE86
Copy CRC 7D64CE86
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [9922B1FE] (AR v1)
Copy OK


All tracks accurately ripped

No errors occurred

End of status report

–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.3

[CTDB TOCID: GHqIKkgAzdlOH5gE1ERFwsvYkA0-] disk not present in database, Submit result: GHqIKkgAzdlOH5gE1ERFwsvYkA0- has been uploaded


==== Log checksum 36940B74BA66939A69AC5C2A2529928CB086D3ACEA5C29D2F205455DEC1FBC5B ====

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2016-02-04 15:51:51

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: LaVern Baker / LaVern
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR13 -2.26 dB -17.48 dB 2:26 01-Lots And Lots Of Love
DR14 -0.85 dB -17.85 dB 2:54 02-Of Course I Do
DR13 -0.10 dB -16.92 dB 2:59 03-You'll Be Crying
DR13 -1.28 dB -17.19 dB 2:48 04-Miracles
DR10 -0.10 dB -13.87 dB 2:54 05-I'm In A Crying Mood
DR10 -0.87 dB -14.05 dB 2:16 06-Mine All Mine
DR11 -2.51 dB -17.16 dB 2:23 07-Harbour Lights
DR12 -1.07 dB -15.28 dB 2:22 08-I'll Never Be Free
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.90 dB 3:03 09-Romance In The Dark
DR12 -4.49 dB -20.77 dB 2:12 10-Everybody's Somebody's Fool
DR12 -2.38 dB -16.13 dB 2:47 11-How Long Will It Be
DR13 -3.20 dB -20.16 dB 2:23 12-Fool That I Am
DR11 -1.10 dB -16.58 dB 3:09 13-Living My Life For You
DR10 -1.89 dB -15.34 dB 3:05 14-I Can't Hold Out Any Longer
DR10 -0.95 dB -13.07 dB 2:44 15-Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
DR11 -0.85 dB -15.81 dB 2:37 16-I'll Still Do The Same For You
DR12 -0.60 dB -13.75 dB 2:35 17-The Game Of Love
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 17
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 440 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================

LaVern Baker - La Vern (1956) Expanded Reissue 1997

All thanks to original releaser - upto11

More interesting music in My Blog