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Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter | 
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| Artist: Arthur Alexander
Label: Alternative Distribution Alliance
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 124475
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 271932
UPC: 081227997052
EAN: 0081227997052
ASIN: B000SM7QZW
Release Date: October 9, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | If It's Really Got To Be This Way | | • | Go Home Girl | | • | Sally Sue Brown | | • | All The Time | | • | Lonely Just Like Me | | • | Every Day I Have To Cry | | • | In The Middle Of It All | | • | Genie In The Jug | | • | Mr. John | | • | Johnny Heartbreak | | • | There Is A Road | | • | I Believe In Miracles | | • | Go Home Girl - (live, live on fresh air) | | • | Genie In The Jug - (live on fresh air) | | • | You Better Move On - (live on fresh air) | | • | Every Day I Have To Cry - (live on fresh air) | | • | Solitary Man - (hotel demo) | | • | Johnny Heartbreak - (hotel demo) | | • | Genie In The Jug - (hotel demo) | | • | Lonely Just Like Me - (hotel demo) | | • | Anna - (hotel demo) |
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Amazon.com
Admired as a songwriter but overlooked as soul singer, Alabama-born Arthur Alexander was in the early stages of a career revival in 1993 (the year he released Lonely Just Like Me on Nonesuch Records) when he died unexpectedly, aged 53, shortly after a performance. Believed to be the only songwriter whose songs have been covered by the Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"), the Beatles ("Anna"), Bob Dylan, and Elvis Presley, Alexander abandoned music at age 40 after he grew disillusioned with the music industry after publishing deals yielded little return for him. He worked in Cleveland at a center for disadvantaged kids and drove a bus, which explains the disc's cover art. Musician/producer Ben Vaughn coaxed Alexander to record again and served as producer for Lonely Just Like Me, a warm, understated collection of storytelling tunes, mostly hard-luck tales of upright men struggling to find a niche in an unfair word. This disc includes the entire '93 Nonesuch recording plus an enlightening interview/live performance (tracks 13-20) originally broadcast on NPR's Fresh Air. Here, Alexander's genuineness and sincerity are memorably chronicled, and for Alexander devotees its inclusion makes this recording an especially inviting package. Alexander's voice did not have the broadest range, he rarely used backup vocalists, and he kept his instrumentation (often accented with a subtle country lilt) quite simple. His most endearing quality as a vocalist was the earnestness, clarity, and dignity of his singing, which deepened the poignancy of his songs' prevailing theme of heartbreak. Also included are five lo-fi hotel-room demos, a live version of "Anna," and liner notes from Vaughn. --Terry Wood
Product Description
Fifteen years ago, Arthur Alexander finally made the album that would give him the acclaim he was denied for decades, in spite of being a crucial influence on the two biggest rock groups of all time.
His comeback album, Lonely Just Like Me, was as warm and wounded as a fresh heartbreak, lovingly produced by Ben Vaughn and recorded down South with the musicians who backed Arthur s hits in the 60s and 70s. Upon its release, Arthur was shown all the love an artist could hope for. Entertainment Tonight filmed a full segment. Rolling Stone declared the album stunning in a feature review. NPR s "Fresh Air" broadcast a live-in-studio concert (included in the upcoming disc) and, in an unprecedented move, brought Arthur back two weeks later for a full sit-down interview.
But just as every Arthur Alexander song seemed to end in heartbreak, so did his return to the spotlight. Within days of the album s release, Arthur passed away. In the wake of his death this wonderful album faded into little more than a bittersweet memory shared by everyone he touched.
Now HackTone Records will finally give this album the audience it deserves. Lonely Just Like Me:The Final Chapter tells the full story of Arthur Alexander s triumphant re-emergence. Surrounding the original Elektra/Nonesuch album are never-before-heard demos made in a tiny Cleveland hotel room, Arthur s entire live session for NPR s Fresh Air and even a song from the 1991 Bottom Line concert which landed Arthur his new record deal. Produced with the full participation of everyone involved with the original Elektra/Nonesuch album, this is a loving tribute to a legend s final triumph.
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SUBLIME SOUL January 27, 2008
Some of the most heartfelt and perfect vocals ever recorded.Now this is what southern soul is all about.If you appreciate good music you'll love this album.American music at it's very best.
if only there was a dvd January 24, 2008
very few artists ever improve with age,especially after giving up music for many years.When I saw that Arthur Alexander had made a new album I was rather sceptical,having loved most of his earlier recordings,but this is among the best work he ever did.The extra "live"recordings are equally good! Just wish that someone could come up with some video footage of him.
another arthur fan checks in January 7, 2008
a great, lost record revived! ben vaughn's production on this masterful record is exquisite. "if it's really got to be this way" is the single BEST southern soul song of the previous decade. the bonus tracks are wonderful. this is the best single-disc reissue of 2006, and one that belongs in every soul music lover's collection. arthur was a treasure, possessing the most world-weary, soulful voice i've ever heard. buy this cd, don't think twice!
Wonderful. A great voice, great interview. January 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Anna and Really Got to be This Way are my favorites. The studio recordings are worth many listenings. The Fresh Air interview is wonderful. He seems like such a nice guy -- in the interviews and as a singer, writer and in his choice of songs by others. The Fresh Air songs are great. The hotel demos are interesting to hear once. I also bought Greatest Hits, which I also recommend. These simple, direct songs stand up well to the test of time. John Lennon and Mick Jagger did not surpass him in their covers.
The whole package November 5, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
In some respects, this album can be considered a "reissue" - but really, it's more than that. It's the stark, simply beauty of Alexander's voice in the hotel room demos included here; the matter-of-fact 'Fresh Air' interview segments where Alexander discusses (with no bitterness) how the record business basically screwed him years and years ago; the heartening way he sings "Anna" at the Bottom Line.
The people who put this album - nay, this PACKAGE - together are true fans of Alexander's and you can feel it whether you're leafing through the scrapbook pages from his life (included in a nook behind the cover art) or whether you're marveling at how haunting Alexander's voice sounds after so many years.
It's easy to see why high-profile musicians (Rolling Stones, Beatles, Dylan, etc.) have always covered Alexander's music - he had a simple gift for songcraft and an honest heart that came through in his music.
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