AIN'T THE REAPING EVER DONE? (1962-1976) by EDDIE NOACK
| SKU | 87827 |
| Artist | EDDIE NOACK |
| Title | AIN'T THE REAPING EVER DONE? (1962-1976) |
| Label | IRON MOUNTAIN ANALOGUE RESEARCH |
| Catalog # | IMAR101 |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 05 - 2016 |
| Format | Vinyl - USLP |
| Import | |
| € 23,50 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- These Hands
- Too Hot To Handle
- Barbara Joy
- When The Bright Lights Grow Dim
- Have Blues - Will Travel Have Blues - Will Travel
- Flowers For Mama
- No Blues Is Good News
- A Day In The Life Of A Fool
- We%u2019ll Still Be On Our Honeymoon
- If It Ain't On The Menu
- The Poor Chinee
- God's Eyes
- A Few Good Funerals
- For Better Or For Worse
- Ain%u2019t The Reaping Ever Done?
- Before You Use That Gun
Description
A marginal but respected songwriter in his own lifetime, Eddie Noack has become a Honky-Tonk legend in the decades since his death, best known today for an obscure 45 he cut in 1968 called 'Psycho'Noack was a stellar songwriter and consummate performer who never really got his due. Here, for the first time, are reissued some of Noack's very rarest recordings - some fine LP cuts (recorded in Nashville 1973) that was only ever issued in the U.K (on a minuscule label) and a multitude of rare '60s/'70s 45 only cuts that are rescued from undeserved obscurity. Many of these cuts are the equal of anything in the Noack canon - dark empathic ballads and wry commentaries on the human condition. 'A Few Good Funerals' is a sardonic take on small-town mores, 'Before You Use That Gun' a desperate plea for mercy and 'The Memories Are Restless Tonight' a chilling elegy from a man at the end of his tether. Though schooled in journalism, Noack devoted his life to country music - he went largely unrewarded but left collectors a large body of stunning work. Equally adept at Honky-Tonk weepers, Gospel odes and grim murder ballads, Eddie Noack was always 'pure country.'
