50 Years: The Very Best of Ry Cooder

~ Release by Ry Cooder (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1If the River Was Whiskey (Divin’ Duck Blues)
producer:
Terry Melcher
mixer:
Vic Anesini
arranger:
Rising Sons (1960s US folk rock band)
Rising Sons feat. Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder2:43
2Gone Dead Train
recording of:
Gone Dead Train
writer:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer) and Russ Titelman
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Randy Newman4.52:56
3Memo From Turner
conductor:
Randy Newman (American singer‐songwriter and score composer)
recording of:
Memo From Turner
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
Giedon (publisher) (in 1970)
The Rolling Stones4.354:08
4Alimony
Ry Cooder2:59
5Police Dog Blues
Ry Cooder2:48
6Money Honey
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
Ry Cooder3:29
7Hey Porter
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
cover recording of:
Hey, Porter
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
Ry Cooder4:43
8Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
Ry Cooder3:56
9Boomer's Story
engineer:
John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios), Lee Herschberg, Jerry Lee Masters (US bassist & engineer, in The Hombres) and Richard Roseborough
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
cover recording of:
The Railroad Boomer
writer:
Carson Robison
Ry Cooder4:16
10Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer
engineer:
John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios), Lee Herschberg, Jerry Lee Masters (US bassist & engineer, in The Hombres) and Richard Roseborough
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
cover recording of:
Comin’ In on a Wing and a Prayer
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp. (in 1943)
Ry Cooder3:03
11Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man
engineer:
John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios), Lee Herschberg, Jerry Lee Masters (US bassist & engineer, in The Hombres) and Richard Roseborough
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
cover recording of:
Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Ry Cooder4:31
12It Hurts Me Too
cover recording of:
It Hurts Me Too
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James and Mel London
writer:
Kevin Moore
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Lonmel Publishing (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Rhinelander Music Inc. and Mo’ Than Jus’ Music (in 2000)
Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts35:13
13Tattler
recording of:
Tattler
writer:
Ry Cooder and Russ Titelman
is based on:
You Can’t Stop a Tattler
Ry Cooder4:19
14I'm a Fool for a Cigarette / Feelin' Good
medley including a recording of:
Feelin' Good
lyricist and composer:
J.B. Lenoir
Ry Cooder4:28
15If Walls Could Talk
Ry Cooder3:15
16Mexican Divorce
recording of:
Mexican Divorce
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
Burt Bacharach
Ry Cooder3:57
17The Bourgeois Blues
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
accordion, bass guitar [bajo sexto], guitar [bottleneck guitar] and mandola:
Ry Cooder
vocals:
Ry Cooder
arranger:
Ry Cooder
cover recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
Ry Cooder3:25
18He'll Have to Go
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
accordion:
Flaco Jiménez
bass guitar [bajo sexto] and electric guitar:
Ry Cooder
double bass:
Red Callender
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
percussion:
Milt Holland
vocals:
Ry Cooder and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer)
arranger:
Ry Cooder
cover recording of:
He’ll Have to Go
writer:
Audrey Allison and Joe Allison
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Central Songs and Central Songs, Inc.
Ry Cooder5:09
19Smack Dab in the Middle
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
bass:
Chris Ethridge
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
electric guitar, guitar [bottleneck guitar] and mandolin:
Ry Cooder
percussion:
Milt Holland
vocals:
Terry Evans, Cliff Givens and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer)
arranger:
Ry Cooder
cover recording of:
Smack Dab in the Middle
lyricist and composer:
Charles Calhoun
publisher:
Roosevelt Music
Ry Cooder3:20
20Goodnight Irene
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
accordion:
Flaco Jiménez
alto saxophone:
Frank Villarreal
bass:
Henry "Big Red" Ojeda
bass guitar [bajo sexto]:
Hugo Gonzales
drums (drum set):
Isaac Garcia
arranger:
Ry Cooder
cover recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
Ry Cooder4:33
21Viva Seguin / Do Re Mi [Live]
Ry Cooder5:28
22Volver, Volver [Live]
Ry Cooder3:59
23Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
co-producer:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor) and Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
alto saxophone:
Harvey Pittel and Pat Rizzo
bass saxophone:
Bill Hood (Jazz multi-instrumentalist)
cornet:
Mario Guarneri
guitar:
Ry Cooder
membranophone:
Mark Stevens (drummer)
piano:
John Rodby
trombone:
Randy Aldcroft (trombonist)
vocals:
Ry Cooder
conductor:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor)
arranger:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor)
cover recording of:
Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
Ry Cooder3:37
24Davenport Blues
co-producer:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor) and Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
alto saxophone:
Harvey Pittel
bass:
Tom Pedrini
bass clarinet:
David Sherr
guitar:
Ry Cooder
vibraphone:
Tom Collier (US jazz/pop/classical marimbist & vibraphonist)
conductor:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor)
arranger:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor)
cover recording of:
Davenport Blues
composer:
Bix Beiderbecke (American jazz cornettist, pianist and composer) (in 1925)
Ry Cooder2:06
25Jesse James
recording of:
Jesse James
publisher:
Billy Gashade (in 1882)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Ry Cooder5:05
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