[2017-03-03] Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes "The Fever: The Remastered Epic Recordings" 2CD set (Real Gone)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:54 pm

Description
Here at last is the anthology Jukes fans have been waiting for, the one that not only includes all four albums the group cut with Miami Steve Van Zandt (including the CD debut of the promo-only LP Jukes Live at the Bottom Line), but also finally, finally presents this seminal body of work in newly remastered form. Indeed, the Epic recordings of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, the crucial early sides that made their reputation (and featured a ton of Springsteen/E Street Band spillover), have long suffered from indifferent sound and packaging, as all reissues have been taken from the same digital masters made at the dawn of the CD era. The Fever—The Remastered Epic Recordings changes all that—all four Epic albums including I Don’t Want to Go Home, Jukes Live at the Bottom Line, This Time It’s for Real, and Hearts of Stone (plus the single version of “Havin’ a Party”) appear here in brand-new, sparkling versions remastered from the original master tapes by Mark Wilder at Battery Studios in New York. What’s more, the 2-CD, 40-track collection offers new liner notes by Chris Morris that feature fresh quotes from Southside Johnny himself, and Bruce Springsteen’s original liner notes for I Don’t Want to Go Home. Speaking of Springsteen, his fingerprints are all over these projects, with such songs as “The Fever,” “Little Girl So Fine,” “Love on the Wrong Side of Town,” “When You Dance,” “Talk to Me,” “Trapped Again,” and “Hearts of Stone” all written or co-written by The Boss, while Van Zandt not only produced all four Epic albums but wrote much of the repertoire. But the real star here, of course, is Southside Johnny himself, one of the great white R&B singers of this or any other time, backed by a crack band including The Miami Horns and with such special guests as Ronnie Spector, The Coasters, The Drifters, and The Five Satins. Joyful, soulful music finally sounding the way it oughtta!

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. I Don't Want to Go Home
2. Got to Get You off My Mind
3. How Come You Treat Me So Bad
4. The Fever
5. Broke Down Piece of Man
6. Sweeter Than Honey
7. Fanny Mae
8. It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)
9. I Choose to Sing the Blues
10. You Mean So Much to Me
11. Havin' a Party
12. This Time It's for Real
13. Without Love
14. Check Mr. Popeye
15. First Night
16. She Got Me Where She Wants Me
17. Some Things Just Don't Change
18. Little Girl So Fine
19. I Ain't Got the Fever No More
20. Love on the Wrong Side of Town
21. When You Dance

[CD2]
1. Got to Get You off My Mind
2. Without Love
3. Searchin'
4. Sweeter Than Honey
5. Snatchin' It Back
6. Little by Little
7. It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)
8. The Fever
9. Havin' a Party
10. You Mean So Much to Me
11. Got to Be a Better Way Home
12. This Time Baby's Gone for Good
13. I Played the Fool
14. Hearts of Stone
15. Take It Inside
16. Talk to Me
17. Next to You
18. Trapped Again
19. Light Don't Shine

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Neal Alhadeff · 07 Jan 2007

Yay!!! Ordered!! It releases the same day I'll be seeing South here in North Carolina!! Can't wait!! I've been missing him the last couple of years as I buy tickets for shows that happen after I move away!

Thanks for posting, Linda! These first three Epic albums are among my favorites. I can't wait to hear these upgrades! And that live album!!

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Ordered!

Walter P · 20 Sep 2006

I always buy everything Southside, but I'll have to wait to hear if this is a substantial sonic upgrade as I already have the import of the live album from when that was first released. This is a great package for those who don't already have the material though.

Marcus · 27 Nov 2004

Neal Alhadeff wrote:

Yay!!! Ordered!! It releases the same day I'll be seeing South here in North Carolina!! Can't wait!! I've been missing him the last couple of years as I buy tickets for shows that happen after I move away!

Thanks for posting, Linda! These first three Epic albums are among my favorites. I can't wait to hear these upgrades! And that live album!!

Is that the show in Charlotte? I was thinking about that one.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:43 pm

Bump: Added the cover image to the first post.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

they never put his blistering cover of 'walk away renee" on these comps. i have it on a best of, but it is a later career best of.

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

"Walk Away Renee" was from the one album he/they recorded for Atlantic. The group bounced around a lot of record labels through the 70s and 80s.

NoPhoneNoPoolNoPets · 17 Jul 2007

One of the reviewers on Amazon claims that some tracks have been edited to fit all these songs on two discs: "...nearly a minute has been cut from "When You Dance" and nearly all of the tracks on the "Live at the Bottom Line" album have been edited. "

Can anyone who got this confirm?

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

When You Dance has just over 50 seconds removed, after that the next highest is 13 seconds. A total of two minutes and change for the three studio albums via edits so it fits on two discs and keeps costs lower. I did not investigate the amount of crowd noise removed for the live album. The set sounds fantastic, I am very glad I purchased it.

[2017-03-03] Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes "The Fever: The Remastered Epic Recordings" 2CD set (Real Gone)

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