Ted Hawkins - The Next Hundred Years (200g)
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Vocals, Guitar – Ted Hawkins
Bass – Guy Pratt, John Pierce, Kevin McCormick
Cello – Martin Tillman
Drums, Percussion – Greg Wells, Jim Keltner, Pat Mastelotto
Guitar – Chris Bruce, Tony Berg
Keyboards – Billy Payne, Patrick Warren, Tony Berg
Lap Steel Guitar, Guitar [Hawaiian], Pedal Steel Guitar – Greg Leisz
Written by Ted Hawkins (A1, A2, A5 to B4)
1 LP, Stoughton Printing tip-on gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Geffen Records
Recorded by John Paterno, Susan Rogers
Mixed by Pat McCarthy
Produced by Tony Berg
Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Originally released in 1994
Reissued in 2019
Tracks :
Side A :
1. Strange Conversation
2. Big Things
3. There Stands The Glass
4. Biloxi
5. Groovy Little Things
2. Big Things
3. There Stands The Glass
4. Biloxi
5. Groovy Little Things
Side B :
1. The Good And The Bad
2. Afraid
3. Green-Eyed Girl
4. Ladder Of Success
5. Long As I Can See The Light
2. Afraid
3. Green-Eyed Girl
4. Ladder Of Success
5. Long As I Can See The Light
Awards :
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
Reviews :
« The former L.A. street musician's major-label breakthrough was in a great many ways a far weaker outing than what came before, largely due to a plodding band unwisely inserted behind Hawkins that tends to distract rather than enhance his impassioned vocals and rich acoustic guitar strumming. Mostly originals ("There Stands the Glass" returns, as does "Ladder of Success") that would have sounded so much better in an intimate solo context. » AllMusic Review by Bill Dahl
"This rich-sounding LP will make you shake your fist at the gods: cult hero Hawkins died, aged just 58, on 1st January 1995, mere months after this album's release and the promise of a new chapter to his patchy career. Older readers will recall him being championed by English DJ Andy Kershaw when roots music was all the rage, Hawkins producing an amalgam of soul, blues, R&R folk and gospel, appealing to fans across all genres. With hindsight, this is slicker if less intimate than his earlier LPs, but it's still a dream if you love textured vocals. Appropriately and ironically, the closer is a poignant version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Long As I Can See The Light.'" — Sound Quality: 90% — Ken Kessler, Hi Fi News, July 2019
Unnoted and obscure except to those who frequently passed him by, Ted Hawkins sat on a milk crate on the Venice Beach boardwalk for years as a street performer and passed the hat. Although he strummed an acoustic guitar, he wasn't a blues or folk artist; he was a rough-edged soul/country singer in the fashion of his biggest hero, Sam Cooke.
This was Hawkins' first major-label release (though his sixth album overall). That passionate soulfulness in his raspy voice and insistent guitar dominates the foreground, even though producer Tony Berg tastefully mixed in supportive musicians. Listeners have good reason to be suspicious when critics hail a largely unkown street singer as a major talent, but Hawkins, who died shortly after this album's release in March 1994, was the real thing.
Analogue Productions has drawn out Hawkins' soulful and gritty voice, embracing rawness and emotion, in this new 200-gram 33 1/3 reissue. Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tapes, and plated and pressed by Quality Record Pressings, this LP presents one of the best performances from a true artist. And it comes in a premium Stoughton Printing gatefold tip-on jacket with additional photography.
If, as one reviewer said, Cooke himself had bounced in and out of prison all of his life and ended up singing on the street with an acoustic guitar, it's hard to imagine how he would have sounded any different than this.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 2.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.38 / 5