Sue Barker: Sue Barker [ CD ]

Title: Sue Barker
Artist: Sue Barker
Label: Playback Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 9317102500606
Genre: Blues
Release Date: 2016-11-04
Number of Discs: 1

The highly sought-after 70s funk/soul/jazz opus (secondhand LP copies fetch over 400 Australian dollars!) from Australia's Sue Barker. Available for the first time on CD, with 3 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Sue's cult classic rendition of Curtis Mayfield's socially-conscious composition "Love To The People" (featured on the noted Respect Overdue and Beach Diggin' compilation series) is an obvious highlight; but equally compelling her a reading of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On". The Rascal's "Groovin'" has refashioned into a mellow Seventies Soul-Reggae groove; while versions of the standard "You Stepped Out Of A Dream" and Billie Holiday's "Lover Man" showcase Sue's Jazz capabilities. This reissue from Playback Records features three previously unreleased bonus tracks; an outtake from the LP sessions, "Zimbabwe" (an socially-conscious original, composed for Sue); "Half Moon" - originally by Sue's idol Janis Joplin - and a funked-up reimagining of the Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want". Recordings have been newly remastered from the original tapes, and are packaged with a deluxe 28-page booklet detailing Sue's story, illustrated with rare and unpublished photos and including a note from Sue.

Tracks:
1.1 "1. How Sweet It Is
1.2 You Stepped Out of a Dream
1.3 Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
1.4 Love to the People
1.5 Groovin'
1.6 I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1.7 6345789
1.8 Lover Man
1.9 What's Going on
1.10 Think
1.11 Zimbabwe
1.12 Half Moon
1.13 You Can't Always Get What You Want