Wilson Pickett – The Wicked Pickett

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Wilson Pickett – The Wicked Pickett
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Artist……………: Wilson Pickett
Album…………….: The Wicked Pickett
Genre…………….: Soul
Source……………: CD
Year……………..: 1966
Ripper……………: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode)
Codec…………….: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version…………..: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality…………..: Lossless, (avg. compression: 35 %)
Channels………….: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags……………..: VorbisComment
Information……….:

Ripped by…………: sam1610 on 6/14/2010
Posted by…………: AJ Productions on 11/18/2012
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Included………….: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers……………: Front Back CD

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Tracklisting
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1. Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally [03:06]
2. Wilson Pickett – New Orleans [02:30]
3. Wilson Pickett – Sunny [03:09]
4. Wilson Pickett – Everybody Needs Someone To Love [02:20]
5. Wilson Pickett – Ooh Poo Pah Doo [02:32]
6. Wilson Pickett – She Ain’t Gonna Do Right [02:15]
7. Wilson Pickett – Knock On Wood [02:39]
8. Wilson Pickett – Time Is On My Side [02:34]
9. Wilson Pickett – Up Tight Good Woman [02:30]
10. Wilson Pickett – You Left The Water Running [02:27]
11. Wilson Pickett – Three Time Looser [02:24]
12. Wilson Pickett – Nothing You Can Do [02:13]

Playing Time………: 30:44
Total Size………..: 107.78 MB

NFO generated on…..: 1/3/2013 12:58:35 AM

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By J P Ryan Amazon.com

Wilson Pickett, who died last month at age 64, was one of the most
dynamic, exuberant, and compelling soul singers of his generation. At
his creative and commercial peak he recorded a dozen albums for
Atlantic (including two hits compilations – and I’m not counting two
various artist sets that each featured a pair of riveting Pickett live
performances), released during 1964 – 72, when he left the label for a
rather misguided period at RCA that, along with changing popular
tastes, led his career to nosedive. But those Atlantic albums (which in
the beginning included some earlier material, dating as far back as the
Falcons’ 1961 “I Found A Love”) are all worthwhile, ranging from very
good to classic. “The Wicked Pickett” is Pickett’s third for the label, a
terrific set mostly recorded at Rick Hall’s Fame Studios in October
1966. As such it has a consistancy of feel lacking in some of the
artist’s more randomly compiled (but still worthwhile) sets, like the
debut “In The Midnight Hour” or 1968’s “Midnight Mover.” With Hall
and Tom Dowd overseeing a core band that includes Chips Moman,
Roger Hawkins, Spooner Oldham, and Tommy Cogbill (the horn
section includes Floyd Newman and Charles Chalmers) the emphasis is
on deep Southern soul, slinky mid-tempo funk and the occasional
rave-up. The hits include the immortal ‘Mustang Sally’ and a revved up
‘Everybody Needs Somebody To Love’. ‘Sunny’, the suave Bobby
Hebb hit, is the wild card, but Pickett’s version works, and as always it
is a pleasure to hear the artist’s distinctive, blistering take on New
Orleans r & b (Jessie Hill’s ‘Ooh Poo Pah Do’ and Gary “U.S.” Bond’s
slinky ‘New Orleans’) – Pickett transforms the usually relaxed, laconic
character that typifies the city’s r & b and funk. Perhaps the most
curious thing about Pickett’s third Atlantic album is the lack of any
original material – Pickett was a prolific and underrated songwriter – but
as he’d soon be back to penning many of his own songs this fact
warrants a mere aside.
“The Wicked Picket” captures Pickett in his stride, and the four star
rating – as opposed to five – is for the questionable CD version listed
first on Amazon. I bought it and found that this European import (not
identified as such in the product information) contains a meticulous
transfer of what must be an old ‘fake stereo’ master: dissatisfied with
the less than punchy-sound, I isolated each speaker and discovered
the left channel to be transistor-radio thin, with a blurry low end fog
emaninating from the right channel. The unacceptable
practice of ‘simulating stereo’ mostly went out with the ’60s.
Fortunately, perhaps, Collectables recently reissued this gem and
having just ordered a copy I can only hope the label used a true
stereo – or mono – master. Collectables is hardly noted for its
sensitivity to sonic nuance (or original packaging – you get the front
cover and a coupon for the label’s catalog, with no annotation, notes
or remastering credits), but they have improved somewhat in recent
years. The label seems to have taken over from Rhino in reissuing
much of Pickett’s Atlantic catalog. Too bad, for the best produced
Pickett on CD remain Rhino’s 1995 remasters of two classics, “I’m In
Love” (1968) and “In Philadelphia” (1970) – both sound superb, warm
and detailed, and feature excellent notes and worthwhile bonus tracks.
Now out of print, these editions are definitive if you can find them at a
reasonable price. With the tragic death of this great artist, we still don’t
have the state of the art restoration, with bonus material, and serious
attention to quality that Chronicles has given (say) James Brown’s
sprawling catalog, or that Sundazed routinely gives its splendid reissues
(the latter label’s complete set of Meters albums on CD, or their 180
gram vinyl Otis Redding series, are exemplary). Amazingly, some of
Pickett’s Atlantic albums (and single sides) have at this late date still
not been issued on CD, and that is truly a shame.
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