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If I Were a Carpenter: The Very Best of Bobby Darin: 1966-1969 (CD)

By: Bobby Darin (Artist)

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Bobby Darin Artist Snapshot:

Bronx-born singer and songwriter Bobby Darin was always a man who bucked convention. Though he started out writing and singing rock & roll hits such as "Splish Splash" in the 1950s, he stood out from the crowd in the '60s as a post-Sinatra crooner. By the end of the decade, he had reinvented himself yet again, as a credible writer and interpreter of folk-rock material, often of a social-protest nature. The multi-talented Darin also had numerous successful film roles in the '60s, and continued performing until his 1973 death from a heart condition.

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DISC 1 for If I Were a Carpenter: The Very Best of Bobby Darin: 1966-1969 (CD) Album By Bobby Darin (Artist)
1   If I Were A Carpenter
2   Rainin'
3   Reason To Believe
4   Lovin' You
5   Misty Roses
6   Girl That Stood Beside Me, The
7   Amy
8   Don't Make Promises
9   I'm Going To Love You
10   She Knows
11   Lady Came From Baltimore, The
12   I Am
13   Long Time Movin'
14   I Think It's Gonna Rain Today
15   Simple Song Of Freedom - (demo)
16   Long Line Rider
17   Jive
18   Distractions (Part 1)
 

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Title Note

Compilation producers: Cary E. Mansfield, Steve Blauner.

Includes liner notes by Paul Grein.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

To much of the world, Bobby Darin is simply the Sinatra-indebted showman who brought swing a generation forward with such hits as "Mack the Knife" and "Beyond the Sea." Looking a bit further, as THE VERY BEST OF BOBBY DARIN 1966-1969 does, it becomes apparent that Darin changed radically with the times. By the mid-'60s, he'd become a literate, socially conscious folk-rock troubadour. What's even more surprising is that he turned out to be a natural at it, such was his eclectic/chameleonic musical nature. He obviously gained a great deal of inspiration from contemporaneous folk-rocker Tim Hardin (this disc alone contains five Hardin covers), but he penned some fine tunes in the same vein himself. The reflective "The Girl That Stood Beside Me" and the bluesy "Long Line Rider" would not have been out of place on any vintage Hardin album. While Darin wrote plenty of great songs during this period that aren't included here, THE VERY BEST OF provides an excellent entry point into a seldom-considered chapter of this deceptively complex artist's story.

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