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If musicians were paid by their influence instead of record sales, J.J. Cale could have retired a few decades ago. Without his lazy, loping, swamp rumble and subtle, lyrical style that's both picturesque and somewhat vague, neither Eric Clapton or Mark Knopfler would have had the kind of solo careers they have achieved. Despite numerous Cale hits collections on the market, this is the first time his vaults have been opened, revealing 14 previously unreleased tracks from his prolific Shelter and Mercury years. While this is clearly geared towards the Cale fan who already owns his 13 existing albums, these aren't unfinished leftovers or musty demos. Most interesting to longtime followers are a handful of covers from Clapton, Leon Russell, Waylon Jennings, and a beautiful version of Randy Newman’s "Rollin'." Some tunes sound suspiciously like other, more popular ones ("Lawdy Mama" is but a speeded up "Call Me the Breeze"), but even these are worth hearing for Cale's committed performance. "Blue Sunday" adds pedal steel, strings, and even faint horns to the mix, while the female vocals and more prominent brass on "Ooh La La" urge the song into undiscovered classic territory. The 14 tracks clock in at just under 40 minutes, leaving the listener wanting more and wondering if Cale and his producers will excavate another batch for volume two.

Product Description
Time Life is very proud to present Rewind: Unreleased Recordings, a trove of previously unreleased songs recorded by American music icon J.J. Cale during his early and most influential years. Featuring vintage tracks from Cale’s legendary tenures at Shelter Records and Mercury Records, Rewind is a remarkable collection that exemplifies J.J. Cale’s distinctive, legendary style: laid-back guitar and almost whispered vocals with influences of rock ’n’ roll, country, blues and jazz. Not only are Rewind’s eight Cale-penned songs a time capsule of musical treasures, he also personally selected several covers to include. It’s extremely rare for Cale to record another songwriter’s material, making these songs particularly extraordinary. He puts his personal spin on Eric Clapton’s Golden Ring, Leon Russell’s My Cricket, Waylon Jennings’ Waymore’s Blues and Randy Newman’s Rollin’.

1. Guess I Lose
2. Waymore's Blues
3. Rollin'
4. Golden Ring
5. My Cricket
6. Ever Since You Said Goodbye
7. Seven Day Woman
8. Bluebird
9. My Baby and Me
10. Lawdy Mama
11. Blue Sunday
12. Out Of Style
13. Ooh La La
14. All Mama's Children

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Looks interesting - I like J.J. Cale alot, and just the other day was thinking it would be great
to see some new "old" stuff of his put out - I'm going to pick this up fer sure!

Went to BB at lunch time to pick this up (along with Magic and Revival) and they didn't
have it in. Was this bumped to a later date? Anyone have it?

Wasn't bumped, Amazon is showing it as in stock and ready for shipping.

If you are a JJ Cale fan you'll love this disc. I got an advance a couple of weeks back and I haven't stop listening to it since!

I was in Borders today and noticed this. I plan on getting it though. For those of you who are interested it had a Borders exclusive bonus track. I wish I could remember it. Sorry.

Wayne

Thanks, I will have to swing by Borders today and pick this (w/ bonus track!) up.
J.J. Cale is one of my favorite artists!

Picked this up last night at Borders (bonus track is "It's Good to be in Austin")
Very good collection of tracks, all done in that great laid back J.J. Cale style.
The covers could have been written by J.J., they fit so well. Worth getting if
you like any of his stuff (imo). I'm ready for a "Rewind 2"!