It's Hard But It's Fair: The King Hits And Rarities (Import) (CD... Cover Art

It's Hard But It's Fair: The King Hits And Rarities (Import) (CD)

By: The Five Royales (Artist)

More About this Product
Availability: This item is not currently available on Tower.com.
Share This:
Add To KaboodleAdd To Kaboodle  Submit To Digg!Submit To Digg!  Share On FacebookShare On Facebook  Add to FavoritesAdd to Favorites  TwitterTwitter 

Product Description

Track Listing

DISC 1 for It's Hard But It's Fair: The King Hits And Rarities (Import) (CD) Album By The Five Royales (Artist)
1   My Wants For Love  
2   I'm Gonna Run It Down  
3   I Can't Stand Losing You  
4   Mohawk Squaw  
5   One Mistake  
6   I Need Your Lovin' Baby  
7   Every Dog Has His Day  
8   Women About To Make Me Go Crazy  
9   Behave Yourself  
10   Do Unto You  
11   Mine Forevermore  
12   I Ain't Getting Caught  
13   I Could Love You  
14   Say It  
15   Think  
16   Feeling Is Real, The  
17   Slummer The Slum, The  
18   Your Only Love  
19   Tell The Truth  
20   Dedicated To The One I Love  
21   I Know It's Hard But It's Fair  
22   Don't Give No More Than You Can Take  
23   Within My Heart, (Something Moves Me)  
24   It Hurts Inside  
25   Why  
26   I'm With You  
 

Run a Quick Search on "It's Hard But It's Fair: The King Hits And Rarities" by The Five Royales to Browse Related Products:

Browse more products related to "It's Hard But It's Fair: The King Hits And Rarities"

Browse more products related to "The Five Royales"

Review

Living Blues (pp.71-72) - "[T]heir music has stood the test of time and belongs in every blues collection."

Title Note

Liner Note Authors: Steve Cropper; Tony Rounce; Billy Vera.

Although this compilation does indeed contain both hits and rarities, it has more value to the collector looking for rarities than it does to the more general fan looking for the best "5" Royales anthology. While some of their biggest hits and most well-known songs are here (particularly "Think," "Dedicated to the One I Love," and "Tell the Truth"), it's missing some of their R&B chart singles. Nor does it have any of the material (including a few R&B smashes) they recorded in the early 1950s for Apollo, being wholly devoted to sides they cut between 1954-60 for King. So Rhino's Monkey Hips and Rice still gets the nod as the best "5" Royales retrospective, but for those who want more, the 26-track It's Hard But It's Fair: The King Hits and Rarities is a good collection. It's dominated by songs that don't usually make "5" Royales' anthologies, and though it does have a lot of material (both hit and non-hit) that almost anyone who buys this will already have, those hits and other highlights actually do make the CD more listenable as a whole. And while some of the rarities here are routine, others are very good, and about as good an illustration of the group's importance in aiding R&B's transition to soul as their better-known sides are. Particularly satisfying are those cuts that spotlight Lowman Pauling's guitar playing, which got more uninhibited, slashing, and bluesy as the group neared the end of their King stint in the late '50s. True, most of the best of those -- not just "Dedicated to the One I Love" and "Think," but also the relatively obscure "The Slummer the Slum," "Say It," and "I Know It's Hard But It's Fair" -- do appear on Monkey Hips and Rice. Many of the other songs on this CD, however, don't, including some of the better ones, like "I Need Your Lovin' Baby," the obviously early James Brown-influenced "I'm With You," and "Don't Give No More Than You Can Take," which opens with some of Pauling's most explosive guitar licks. ~ Richie Unterberger

Customer Reviews for "It's Hard But It's Fair: The King Hits And Rarities (Import) (CD)" by The Five Royales (Artist)

There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!

Submit your Review

Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials

Tower Records music Sales, Promotions & Special Features

Today's Most Popular Music Genres

Tower.com Music Boutique Stores

  • Greatest Hits Boutique
    Expand your musical horizons with our monthly selections for "Greatest Hits" and "Best Of" CD Collections.
  • Tower Records Vinyl Store
    Enjoy some of our favorite new pressings, indie rock releases, and milk crate essentials priced at up to 30% off so you can keep spinning right round (Like a record!)
  • The Beatles Collector's Boutique
    On 09-09-09, experience music history when the original studio albums by The Beatles are re-released, digitally remastered for the first time! Browse our favorite Beatles music, video and book titles!
  • Woodstock Anniversary Boutique
    Celebrating 40 years of Woodstock - Three days of music that changed the world forever!
  • The History Of Indie Rock Boutique
    Browse Our Album Art History of Indie Rock Influencers, from the 1960s to today!

Interact with Tower.com