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Don Julian & The Larks - the Money Recordings (1965)

Don Julian & The Larks - the Money Recordings (1965)

BAND/ARTIST: Don Julian & The Larks

  • Title: The Jerk - the Money Recordings
  • Year Of Release: 1965
  • Label: Money Records
  • Genre: Soul, Funk
  • Quality: MP3 320 kbps; 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
  • Total Time: 1:08:29
  • Total Size: 166; 369 MB
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Although this compilation is billed to Don Julian & the Larks, in fact 21 of the 26 tracks are credited to the Larks, the group who had the Top Ten 1964 hit "The Jerk" and for whom Julian sang and wrote most of the material. For reasons not explained in the liner notes, two of the cuts are solely billed to Don Julian; two to the Meadowlarks, with whom he had recorded prior to the Larks; and one to Don Julian & the Meadowlarks. Logistical confusion aside, the important thing to know is that all of these recordings were done for the Money label between 1964 and 1967, all feature Julian, and usually they were credited as the work of the Larks. "The Jerk" is a great early soul dance hit, but even if you're head over heels in love with that cut, you might not often be in the mood to hear no less than seven other songs based around the dance called the jerk, as there are on this anthology. Even when the Larks aren't singing about the jerk specifically, they're often doing similar cheerful soul based around a dance, like "Can You Do the Duck" and "The Skate." Within the narrow thematic confines of that approach, the Larks offered pretty solid upbeat soul with a substantial Motown influence, not always specifically derivative of "The Jerk" itself (even when those words prominently featured in the lyrics). Occasionally Julian and his cohorts did step outside the format for anachronistic doo wop-like numbers, some sounding like they might have been outtakes from Julian's previous projects, recorded before 1964. Julian's solo single "What Chance Has a Man" saw him getting into lush soul with strings, and a couple of the later cuts are fair Temptations approximations. And, to cap things off, there's a previously unissued alternate take of the song that is all most people will hear of the Larks, "The Jerk."

Tracklist:
1.01 - Don Julian & The Larks - The Jerk (2:39)
1.02 - Don Julian & The Larks - Keep Jerkin (1:52)
1.03 - Don Julian & The Larks - Mickey's East Coast Jerk (2:48)
1.04 - Don Julian & The Larks - Do the Jerk (2:48)
1.05 - Don Julian & The Larks - Jerkin' USA (2:49)
1.06 - Don Julian & The Larks - Soul Jerk (2:27)
1.07 - Don Julian & The Larks - You Must Believe Me (2:47)
1.08 - Don Julian & The Larks - Jerk Once More (2:35)
1.09 - Don Julian & The Larks - Slauson Shuffle, No. 1 (2:22)
1.10 - Don Julian & The Larks - Slauson Shuffle, No. 2 (2:11)
1.11 - Don Julian & The Larks - The Roman (2:48)
1.12 - Don Julian & The Larks - The Philly Jerk (2:58)
1.13 - Don Julian & The Larks - Forget Me (2:11)
1.14 - Don Julian & The Larks - Heavenly Father (2:55)
1.15 - Don Julian & The Larks - Heaven Only Knows (2:39)
1.16 - Don Julian & The Larks - Sad, Sad Boy (2:55)
1.17 - Don Julian & The Larks - What Chance Has a Man (2:44)
1.18 - Don Julian & The Larks - Lemme See You Philly (2:43)
1.19 - Don Julian & The Larks - Can You Do the Duck (2:46)
1.20 - Don Julian & The Larks - Answer Came Too Late (2:45)
1.21 - Don Julian & The Larks - I Want You (Back) (2:58)
1.22 - Don Julian & The Larks - Lost My Love Yesterday (2:32)
1.23 - Don Julian & The Larks - Philly Dog (2:41)
1.24 - Don Julian & The Larks - The Skate (2:39)
1.25 - Don Julian & The Larks - Come Back Baby (2:46)
1.26 - Don Julian & The Larks - The Jerk (Alternate Take) (2:24)



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  • mufty77
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