Thee Midniters - The Complete Midniters (1965-69)(2009) 4CD

Artist: Thee Midniters
Title Of Album The Complete Midniters
Year Of Release: 2009
Label (Catalog#) : Micro Werks [MW 002]
Country: USA
Genre: Garage Rock, Psych Soul, Beat, Psych Rock
Quality: FLAC (image + cue,scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 03:24:58
Total Size:1.06Gb

AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett
An East L.A. band from the 1960s, Thee Midniters are a bit of a well-kept secret. Led by the soulful vocals of Willie Garcia, the guitar playing of George Dominguez, and the ferocious drumming of George Salazar and Danny LaMont -- and featuring horns, timbales, and congas -- Thee Midniters were solidly professional, and essentially set the template for later pop horn bands like Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago, although almost any musical form was in play for this band, including British Invasion, R&B, salsa, gospel, and straight-out soul. This wonderful set collects the group's entire recorded output on four discs, and includes a stomping rendition of "Land of a Thousand Dances," covers of soul ballads like "The Town I Live In" and "Giving Up on Love," Chicano-themed material such as "The Ballad of César Chávez," and minor (minor in the sense that few people really heard them) hits "Whittier Boulevard," "Love Special Delivery," and "That's All." It's all pretty impressive, a bit like finding an earlier, nascent version of Los Lobos. Tons of alternate versions, demos, and live tracks are also collected in this well-thought-out collection.

Tracks:
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CD 1 Whittier Blvd 1965
1. Whittier Blvd. - 2:28 (Dominguez, Figueroa, Garcia, Lopez, Marquez, Prado, Rendon, Salazar)
2. Stubborn Kind of Fellow (Gaye, Gordy, Stevenson) - 2:18
3. That's All (Brandt, Haymes) - 3:06
4. Come Back Baby (Lewis, Lisi) - 2:21
5. Empty Heart (Phelge) - 2:31
6. I Need Someone (Welch) - 2:59
7. Land of a Thousand Dances (Domino, Kenner) - 2:20
8. To Be with You (Jimenez, Torres) - 2:38
9. Slow Down (Williams) - 3:03
10.Giving Up on Love (Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer) - 2:42
11.Money (Bradford, Gordy, Gordy) - 3:01
12.Johnny B. Goode (Berry) - 2:38
13.Evil Love (Phillip) - 2:12
14.It's Not Unusual (Mills, Reed) - 2:17
15.Heat Wave (Dozier, Holland, Holland) - 2:25
16.Land of a Thousand Dances, Pt. 1 (Domino, Kenner) - 2:28
17.Land of a Thousand Dances, Pt. 2 (Domino, Kenner) - 3:35
18.Heat Wave (Dozier, Holland, Holland) - 2:26
19.Ball o' Twine (Harris) - 1:42

CD 2 Love Special Delivery 1966
1. Love Special Delivery (Espinoza, Garcia) - 2:12
2. Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things (Dozier, Holland, Holland) - 3:14
3. Do You Love Me (Gordy) - 3:07
4. Soul and Inspiration (Mann, Weil) - 4:10
5. Good Lovin' (Clark, Resnick) - 3:08
6. When a Man Loves a Woman (Lewis, Wright) - 2:49
7. Strangers in the Night (Kaempfert, Singleton, Snyder) - 4:44
8. Gloria (V. Morrison) - 3:16
9. Love Makes the World Go Round (Jackson) - 3:28
10.I Found a Peanut (Espinoza, Garcia) - 2:30
11.Don't Go Away (Marquez) - 2:46
12.Are You Angry (Espinoza, Flores, Garcia) - 2:24
13.It'll Never Be Over for Me (Biagman, Bobrick) - 3:23
14.Thee Midnite Feeling (LaMont, Rendon) - 3:09
15 .Hey Little Girl (Lewis) - 2:45
16.Are You Angry (Espinoza, Flores, Garcia) - 2:39

CD 3 Unlimited 1967
1. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (Berns, Burke, Wexler) - 2:41
2. Cheatin' Woman (Espinoza, Garcia, LaMont) - 2:45
3. Could It Be (Marquez) - 2:03
4. Thee Walking Song (Dominguez, Garcia) - 2:18
5. Dreaming Casually (Garcia, Rendon) - 3:05
6. Never Knew I Had It So Bad (Dominguez, Garcia, LaMont) - 2:31
7. Yesterday (Lennon, McCartney) - 2:34
8. Devil with a Blue Dress/GoodGolly, Miss Molly - 3:13 (F. Long, W. Stevenson, J. Marascalco, R. Blackwell)
9. Making Ends Meet (Garcia, Rendon) - 2:32
10.Chile con Soul (Prado) - 2:33
11.Welcome Home Darling (Garcia, LaMont) - 2:17
12.The Town I Live In (Dodd, Mitchell, Rice) - 3:18
13.The Big Ranch (El Rancho Grande) (Ramos, Silvano R. Ramos) - 2:50
14.Dragon-Fly (Garcia, LaMont, Marquez, Rendon) - 3:06
15.Looking out a Window (Bagliazo, Dominguez, Garcia) - 2:57
16.Jump, Jive and Harmonize (Espinoza, Garcia, Marquez) - 2:29
17.Tu Despedida (Dominguez, Garcia) - 2:54
18.You're Gonna Make Me Cry (Prado, Torres) - 2:40
19.The Ballad of Cesar Chavez - 4:55 (English Version) (Dominguez, Garcia, Garcia)
20.La Copla de Cesar Chavez - 4:58 (Spanish Version) (Dominguez, E. Garcia, Garcia, Garcia)

CD 4 Giants 1969
1. Whittier Blvd. - 2:30 (Dominguez, Figueroa, Garcia, Lopez, Marquez, Prado, Rendon, Salazar)
2. Goin' out of My Head (Randazzo, Weinstein) - 5:32
3. Land of a Thousand Dances (Domino, Kenner) - 2:24
4. Walk on By (Bacharach, David) - 5:15
5. Sad Girl (Higgins, Smith) - 2:42
6. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (Berns, Burke, Wexler) - 2:38
7. Brother Where Are You? (Brown, Oscar Brown Jr.) - 4:04
8. Breakfast on the Grass (Espinoza, Marquez, Torres) - 2:31
9. Strangers in the Night (Kaempfert, Singleton, Snyder) - 4:44
10.Love Special Delivery (Espinoza, Garcia) - 2:15
11.That's All (Brandt, Haymes) - 3:07
12.Chicano Power (Prado) - 3:04
13.Never Give You Up (Butler, Gamble, Huff) - 3:22
14.Balla Cinderella (Laws) - 3:17

Personnel:
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Willie Garcia a.k.a. Little WIllie G - Vocals
George Dominguez - Guitars
George Salazar - Drums
Romeo Prado - Trombone
Jimmy Espinoza - Bass
Larry Rendon - Saxophone, Flute, Piano, Organ
Ronny Figueroa - Organ, Conga
Paul C Saenz - Guitars
Danny LaMont - Drums, Piano
Roy Marquez - Guitar, Background Vocals

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