John Phillips - Jack of Diamonds
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Artist: John PhillipsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-07-10
Music Label: Varese Sarabande
Soundtracks:
- Devil's On the Loose
- Mister Blue
- Black Broadway
- Chinatown
- Too Bad
- Marooned (Double Parked)
- Jack Of Diamonds (Me And My Uncle)
- Revolution On Vacation
- Campy California (Aerospace)
- Cup Of Tea (Skyjacked)
- Yesterday I Left the Earth
- Medley: Stepping To the Stars/Penthouse Of Your Mind
- Flawless Space
- Last Of the Unnatural Acts
- First And Last Thing You Do
- Fantastic Four - The Mamas & The Papas
- Honeymoon (No Dough) - The Mamas & The Papas
- Me And My Uncle
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Music Review: What You Need To Know
Rating: 5 Stars
Jack Of Diamonds is the second release in the ongoing "Papa John Phillips Presents" album series, following last year's acclaimed reissue of his 1970 debut solo album, John, The Wolfking Of L.A.
After the release of Wolfking, Phillips worked on a number of diverse film and record projects, including sessions for a second solo album, which he recorded intermittently in 1972 and 1973. Although that album was never completed, Jack of Diamonds contains an approximation of what it might have been.
The unreleased 13-song album, plus five bonus tracks, have been assembled into a new, never-before-heard compilation from original session recordings that were recently located.
The second solo album was a major departure from the country-rock of Wolfking and pop sound of The Mamas & The Papas, pushing a more urban, gritty, jazz-rock style (suggestive of later work by Steely Dan), reflective of time spent in New York with members of Andy Warhol's Factory. One of these songs, "Me And My Uncle," was informally passed along to the Grateful Dead and became a staple of their live shows for decades.
The album features a stellar group of musicians from the era, including members of The Crusaders (Wilton Felder, Larry Carlton and Joe Sample), Jim Gordon (Traffic, Derek and the Dominos), Van Dyke Parks (The Beach Boys' Smile album), Alan Estes (The Mothers Of Invention) and Mamas & Papas stalwarts, Hal Blaine and Joe Osborn.
Included as bonus tracks are songs from some of the other projects John was working on between 1970 and 1973, including songs intended for the final Mamas & Papas' studio album, People Like Us, the soundtrack to the Robert Altman film Phillips co-produced with Lou Adler, Brewster McCloud, and an original film and theater project called Space (Man On The Moon), produced by Andy Warhol.
All tracks are previously unreleased, except "Last Of The Unnatural Acts" and "First And Last Thing You Do," which are from the rare Brewster McCloud soundtrack.
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