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The third and last of Bear Family's Everly box sets, Chained to a Memory 1966-1972, chronicles the final act of the Everly Brothers' prime years, beginning just after the duo started to shake their mid-'60s doldrums and documenting their subsequent revival as they shifted to country-rock, the sound they continued to mine until their acrimonious split in 1973. This is a weighty set, containing a hefty hardcover book and a bonus DVD in addition to ten CDs, but the extra length isn't merely Bear Family's modus operandi -- it's needed to bring an end to a story this epic. Indeed, the music on Chained to a Memory is in some ways some of the most interesting the Everlys ever produced. As their star began to fade, the Everlys reconnected with their country beginnings, quite deliberately titling their 1968 makeover, Roots, finding a wealth of new sounds and sentiments within country-rock. They exhibited a keen ear for material from emerging songwriters, and they wrote some terrific new songs, songs that exhibited the widening chasm between the two brothers who shared a sound and continued to harmonize beautifully together even as their sensibilities began to drift apart.
All this, of course, is evident on Chained to a Memory, a box that surprises in its variety and consistency, traits that are emphasized by the relative lack of long stretches of alternate takes, something that sometimes slowed its companion, The Price of Fame. Here, on recordings originally released on Warner and RCA, there are no foreign-market releases or holiday albums, no clusters of alternate takes -- the narrative keeps moving with a natural propulsion. The set kicks off with the sessions that resulted in the remarkable 1966 British Invasion salute Two Yanks in England, and after a little hippified stretching, cutting swinging remakes of "Blueberry Hill" and "Good Golly Miss Molly," the group settled into a country-rock groove, stretching it out until their 1973 break. Within that seemingly tight field, the Everlys found plenty of room to roam, giving Hank Snow's "I'm Moving On" a far-out groove that found an odd cousin in a reading of "A Whiter Shade of Pale," letting the brothers do everything from sweet, nostalgic takes of country standards to cutting convincing versions of songs by Kris Kristofferson, John Sebastian, Merle Haggard, Rod Stewart, Guy Clark, and John Prine. They also had considerable live chops, as evidenced by the complete concert captured on disc five, a bit of forceful rock & roll that finds the group opening up oldies to free-form jams that fit the time yet remained ever so slightly outside of it. That description fits the Everlys during these years: apart from 1967's "Bowling Green" they didn't have a single hit and didn't receive much attention outside of Roots, but the music here holds its own with any of the progressive country and country-rock of its time, and when taken with their groundbreaking Cadence recordings and the hits of their earliest Warner recordings, amounts to one of the great 20th century bodies of music. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All this, of course, is evident on Chained to a Memory, a box that surprises in its variety and consistency, traits that are emphasized by the relative lack of long stretches of alternate takes, something that sometimes slowed its companion, The Price of Fame. Here, on recordings originally released on Warner and RCA, there are no foreign-market releases or holiday albums, no clusters of alternate takes -- the narrative keeps moving with a natural propulsion. The set kicks off with the sessions that resulted in the remarkable 1966 British Invasion salute Two Yanks in England, and after a little hippified stretching, cutting swinging remakes of "Blueberry Hill" and "Good Golly Miss Molly," the group settled into a country-rock groove, stretching it out until their 1973 break. Within that seemingly tight field, the Everlys found plenty of room to roam, giving Hank Snow's "I'm Moving On" a far-out groove that found an odd cousin in a reading of "A Whiter Shade of Pale," letting the brothers do everything from sweet, nostalgic takes of country standards to cutting convincing versions of songs by Kris Kristofferson, John Sebastian, Merle Haggard, Rod Stewart, Guy Clark, and John Prine. They also had considerable live chops, as evidenced by the complete concert captured on disc five, a bit of forceful rock & roll that finds the group opening up oldies to free-form jams that fit the time yet remained ever so slightly outside of it. That description fits the Everlys during these years: apart from 1967's "Bowling Green" they didn't have a single hit and didn't receive much attention outside of Roots, but the music here holds its own with any of the progressive country and country-rock of its time, and when taken with their groundbreaking Cadence recordings and the hits of their earliest Warner recordings, amounts to one of the great 20th century bodies of music. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - June Is as Cold as December
2 - Glitter and Gold
3 - Lovey Kravezit
4 - Doll House Is Empty
5 - (You Got) The Power of Love
6 - Leave My Girl Alone
7 - (Why Am I) Chained to a Memory
8 - Don't Run and Hide
9 - Have You Ever Loved Somebody
10 - Fifi the Flea
11 - Hard Hard Year
12 - Like Everytime Before
13 - Signs That Will Never Change
14 - Collector
15 - So Lonely
16 - I've Been Wrong Before
17 - Kiss Your Man Goodbye No. 3
18 - Pretty Flamingo
19 - Somebody Help Me
20 - When Eddie Comes Home
21 - Devil's Child
22 - She Never Smiles Anymore [Take 1]
23 - She Never Smiles Anymore
24 - Nothing But the Best
25 - Sea of Heartbreak
26 - Blueberry Hill
27 - Good Golly, Miss Molly
28 - (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time
29 - I'm Movin' On
30 - Sticks and Stones
Disc 2:
1 - Oh, Boy!
2 - Let's Go Get Stoned
3 - Trains and Boats and Planes
4 - Even if I Hold It in My Hand [Take 2]
5 - Even if I Hold It in My Hand [Take 10]
6 - House of the Rising Sun [Take 1]
7 - House of the Rising Sun [Take 4]
8 - Bowling Green [Demo]
9 - I'll Be Gone [Demo] [Backing Track]
10 - I Don't Want to Love You
11 - Bowling Green
12 - Mary Jane
13 - Little Bit of Crazy
14 - Do You
15 - Voice Within
16 - It's All Over [Overdub & Remix of Old Recording]
17 - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
18 - Whiter Shade of Pale
19 - Talking to the Flowers
20 - Deliver Me
21 - I'm Finding It Rough
22 - They Smile for You [Backing Track]
23 - Love of the Common People [Take 1]
24 - Love of the Common People [Composite]
25 - Love of the Common People [Take 23]
26 - My Elusive Dreams [Take 1]
Disc 3:
1 - You're Just What I Was Looking For...[Take 7]
2 - You're Just What I Was Looking For...[Take 9]
3 - Lord of the Manor
4 - It's My Time
5 - Bonsoir Madame [Back Track]
6 - Empty Boxes
7 - Love With Your Heart No. 1 [Take 4]
8 - Love With Your Heart No. 1 [Master]
9 - You Done Me Wrong [Alternate Mix]
10 - Milk Train
Disc 4:
1 - Everly Family (Intro)
2 - Mama Tried [7/20/68 & 9/26/68]
3 - Less of Me [7/16/68]
4 - T For Texas [7/20/68]
5 - I Wonder if Care as Much [9/17 & 19/68]
6 - Ventura Boulevard [7/12/68 & 10/14/68]
7 - Shady Grove [7/17/68]
8 - Illinois [9/30/68]
9 - Living Too Close to the Ground [10/7/68]
10 - You Done Me Wrong [4/10/68]
11 - Turn Around [7/12/68, 9/23/68 & 10/14/68]
12 - Sing Me Back Home [7/16/68 & 9/25/68]
13 - Montage: Everly Family/Shady Grove
14 - Kentucky
15 - Weight [Take 9]
16 - Deep Water [Backing Track]
17 - Medley: Lady Anne/Blue Balloon [Demo]
18 - Roots Promo Sampler
Disc 5:
1 - Lady Anne [Demo]
2 - Shop Girl [Demo]
3 - Omaha
4 - Human Race No. 1
5 - Mr. Soul [Mix No. 1 1/6/69]
6 - In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
7 - Down in the Bottom [Mix No. 1 1/6/69]
8 - Love With Your Heart No. 2
9 - Mr. Soul [Mix No. 2]
10 - Down in the Bottom [Mix No. 2] [Remake]
11 - Glory Road
12 - My Little Yellow Bird
13 - I'm on My Way Home Again [Demo]
14 - Cuckoo Bird
15 - Eden to Canaan [Take 2]
16 - Eden to Canaan (Nice Guys)
17 - I'm on My Way Home Again [Take 1]
18 - I'm on My Way Home Again [Single]
19 - Carolina in My Mind
20 - Casey's Last Ride No. 1 [Take 1]
21 - Casey's Last Ride No. 1 [Take 9]
22 - Stained Glass Morning
Disc 6:
1 - Yves
2 - Human Race No. 2
3 - Introduction
4 - Mama Tried
5 - ('Til) I Kissed You
6 - Wake Up Little Susie
7 - Cathy's Clown
8 - Bird Dog
9 - Maybelline
10 - Medley: Rock and Roll Music/The End/Aquarius/
11 - If I Were a Carpenter/The Price of Love/
12 - Rock and Roll Music/The Thrill Is Gone/The
13 - End/Games People Play/The Price of Love
14 - Baby What You Want Me to Do
15 - All I Have to Do Is Dream
16 - Walk Right Back
17 - Medley: Susie Q/Hey Jude
18 - I Wonder if I Care as Much
19 - Love Is Strange
20 - Medley: Let It Be Me/Give Peace a Chance
21 - Duster Spot
Disc 7:
1 - Brand New Tennessee Waltz
2 - Casey's Last Ride No. 2
3 - Old Kentucky River
4 - Green River
5 - Breakdown
6 - All We Really Want to Do
7 - Poems, Prayers and Promises
8 - Mandolin Wind
9 - I'm Tired of Singing My Song in Las Vegas
10 - Ridin' High
11 - Lay Me Down
12 - Del Rio Dan
13 - Three-Armed Poker
14 - Playin' River Rat
15 - Christmas Eve Can Kill You
16 - Stories We Can Tell
17 - Poisonberry Pie
18 - It Pleases Me to Please You
19 - Up in Mabel's Room
Disc 8:
1 - Lay It Down
2 - I Can't Be Myself
3 - Sweet Memories
4 - Rocky Top
5 - Survival of the Fittest
6 - Not Fade Away
7 - Paradise
8 - Nickel for the Fiddler
9 - Somebody Nobody Knows
10 - Watchin' It Go
11 - Woman Don't You Try to Tie Me Down
12 - Good Hearted Woman
13 - Husbands and Wives
14 - Ladies Love Outlaws
15 - Maiden's Prayer
16 - Send Me the Pillow You Dream on No. 2
17 - I'm Alone Because I Love You
18 - Don Everly Talks About Pass the Chicken And
19 - Listen
Disc 9:
1 - Live Concert Recorded by the Swedish
2 - Broadcasting Ltd, at Radiohuset Studio 4,
3 - Stockholm, Sweden, April 22, 1965
4 - Lucille (Intro)
5 - Susie Q
6 - Raunchy
7 - Bye Bye Love
8 - Gone Gone Gone [Instrumental]
9 - Outskirts of Town
10 - So Sad
11 - Lucille
Disc 10:
1 - Archie Bleyer Show [1959]: Feb. 9, 1959
2 - Are You Sincere
3 - Lollipop
4 - Everly Brothers in Nashville
5 - Andy Williams in New York
6 - Chordettes in New York
7 - Long Time Gone
8 - Meet Me Where They Play the Blues
9 - Wonderful One
10 - Archie Bleyer's Rock Around the Clock
11 - Party:
12 - Problems
13 - No Other Arms, No Other Lips
14 - Hawaiian Wedding Song [& GUNILLA FLORELL]
15 - Now Is the Hour
16 - Paul Anka: You're My Girl (Intro)
17 - Steve Lawrence: Lonely Weekends (Intro)
18 - I Got a Woman
19 - All I Have to Do Is Dream [& S. LAWRENCE]
20 - Grammy Award Medley:
21 - I Want to Hold Your Hand [& JACKIE & GAYLE]
22 - People
23 - Boy From Ipanema
24 - Downtown [& S. LAWRENCE & F. HARDY]
25 - Trini Lopez: The Price of Love (Intro)
26 - Wake Up Little Susie/Bye, Bye Love/Bird Dog
27 - Bye, Bye Love
28 - Wake Up Little Susie/All I Have to Do Is
29 - Dream/Bird Dog/Devoted to You
30 - Roy Rogers & Dale Evans: Mama Tried (Intro)
31 - All I Have to Do Is Dream/Wake Up Little
32 - Susie/Bye, Bye Love [& ROY ROGERS & DALE EVANS]
33 - Hollywood Palace, Nov. 8, 1969
34 - Games People Play [& PETULA CLARK] (Color)
35 - Petula Clark Special, Petula, Dec.6, 1970
36 - Let It Be Me (Color) [Patula Clark Special, Petula, Dec.6, 1970]
1 - June Is as Cold as December
2 - Glitter and Gold
3 - Lovey Kravezit
4 - Doll House Is Empty
5 - (You Got) The Power of Love
6 - Leave My Girl Alone
7 - (Why Am I) Chained to a Memory
8 - Don't Run and Hide
9 - Have You Ever Loved Somebody
10 - Fifi the Flea
11 - Hard Hard Year
12 - Like Everytime Before
13 - Signs That Will Never Change
14 - Collector
15 - So Lonely
16 - I've Been Wrong Before
17 - Kiss Your Man Goodbye No. 3
18 - Pretty Flamingo
19 - Somebody Help Me
20 - When Eddie Comes Home
21 - Devil's Child
22 - She Never Smiles Anymore [Take 1]
23 - She Never Smiles Anymore
24 - Nothing But the Best
25 - Sea of Heartbreak
26 - Blueberry Hill
27 - Good Golly, Miss Molly
28 - (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time
29 - I'm Movin' On
30 - Sticks and Stones
Disc 2:
1 - Oh, Boy!
2 - Let's Go Get Stoned
3 - Trains and Boats and Planes
4 - Even if I Hold It in My Hand [Take 2]
5 - Even if I Hold It in My Hand [Take 10]
6 - House of the Rising Sun [Take 1]
7 - House of the Rising Sun [Take 4]
8 - Bowling Green [Demo]
9 - I'll Be Gone [Demo] [Backing Track]
10 - I Don't Want to Love You
11 - Bowling Green
12 - Mary Jane
13 - Little Bit of Crazy
14 - Do You
15 - Voice Within
16 - It's All Over [Overdub & Remix of Old Recording]
17 - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
18 - Whiter Shade of Pale
19 - Talking to the Flowers
20 - Deliver Me
21 - I'm Finding It Rough
22 - They Smile for You [Backing Track]
23 - Love of the Common People [Take 1]
24 - Love of the Common People [Composite]
25 - Love of the Common People [Take 23]
26 - My Elusive Dreams [Take 1]
Disc 3:
1 - You're Just What I Was Looking For...[Take 7]
2 - You're Just What I Was Looking For...[Take 9]
3 - Lord of the Manor
4 - It's My Time
5 - Bonsoir Madame [Back Track]
6 - Empty Boxes
7 - Love With Your Heart No. 1 [Take 4]
8 - Love With Your Heart No. 1 [Master]
9 - You Done Me Wrong [Alternate Mix]
10 - Milk Train
Disc 4:
1 - Everly Family (Intro)
2 - Mama Tried [7/20/68 & 9/26/68]
3 - Less of Me [7/16/68]
4 - T For Texas [7/20/68]
5 - I Wonder if Care as Much [9/17 & 19/68]
6 - Ventura Boulevard [7/12/68 & 10/14/68]
7 - Shady Grove [7/17/68]
8 - Illinois [9/30/68]
9 - Living Too Close to the Ground [10/7/68]
10 - You Done Me Wrong [4/10/68]
11 - Turn Around [7/12/68, 9/23/68 & 10/14/68]
12 - Sing Me Back Home [7/16/68 & 9/25/68]
13 - Montage: Everly Family/Shady Grove
14 - Kentucky
15 - Weight [Take 9]
16 - Deep Water [Backing Track]
17 - Medley: Lady Anne/Blue Balloon [Demo]
18 - Roots Promo Sampler
Disc 5:
1 - Lady Anne [Demo]
2 - Shop Girl [Demo]
3 - Omaha
4 - Human Race No. 1
5 - Mr. Soul [Mix No. 1 1/6/69]
6 - In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
7 - Down in the Bottom [Mix No. 1 1/6/69]
8 - Love With Your Heart No. 2
9 - Mr. Soul [Mix No. 2]
10 - Down in the Bottom [Mix No. 2] [Remake]
11 - Glory Road
12 - My Little Yellow Bird
13 - I'm on My Way Home Again [Demo]
14 - Cuckoo Bird
15 - Eden to Canaan [Take 2]
16 - Eden to Canaan (Nice Guys)
17 - I'm on My Way Home Again [Take 1]
18 - I'm on My Way Home Again [Single]
19 - Carolina in My Mind
20 - Casey's Last Ride No. 1 [Take 1]
21 - Casey's Last Ride No. 1 [Take 9]
22 - Stained Glass Morning
Disc 6:
1 - Yves
2 - Human Race No. 2
3 - Introduction
4 - Mama Tried
5 - ('Til) I Kissed You
6 - Wake Up Little Susie
7 - Cathy's Clown
8 - Bird Dog
9 - Maybelline
10 - Medley: Rock and Roll Music/The End/Aquarius/
11 - If I Were a Carpenter/The Price of Love/
12 - Rock and Roll Music/The Thrill Is Gone/The
13 - End/Games People Play/The Price of Love
14 - Baby What You Want Me to Do
15 - All I Have to Do Is Dream
16 - Walk Right Back
17 - Medley: Susie Q/Hey Jude
18 - I Wonder if I Care as Much
19 - Love Is Strange
20 - Medley: Let It Be Me/Give Peace a Chance
21 - Duster Spot
Disc 7:
1 - Brand New Tennessee Waltz
2 - Casey's Last Ride No. 2
3 - Old Kentucky River
4 - Green River
5 - Breakdown
6 - All We Really Want to Do
7 - Poems, Prayers and Promises
8 - Mandolin Wind
9 - I'm Tired of Singing My Song in Las Vegas
10 - Ridin' High
11 - Lay Me Down
12 - Del Rio Dan
13 - Three-Armed Poker
14 - Playin' River Rat
15 - Christmas Eve Can Kill You
16 - Stories We Can Tell
17 - Poisonberry Pie
18 - It Pleases Me to Please You
19 - Up in Mabel's Room
Disc 8:
1 - Lay It Down
2 - I Can't Be Myself
3 - Sweet Memories
4 - Rocky Top
5 - Survival of the Fittest
6 - Not Fade Away
7 - Paradise
8 - Nickel for the Fiddler
9 - Somebody Nobody Knows
10 - Watchin' It Go
11 - Woman Don't You Try to Tie Me Down
12 - Good Hearted Woman
13 - Husbands and Wives
14 - Ladies Love Outlaws
15 - Maiden's Prayer
16 - Send Me the Pillow You Dream on No. 2
17 - I'm Alone Because I Love You
18 - Don Everly Talks About Pass the Chicken And
19 - Listen
Disc 9:
1 - Live Concert Recorded by the Swedish
2 - Broadcasting Ltd, at Radiohuset Studio 4,
3 - Stockholm, Sweden, April 22, 1965
4 - Lucille (Intro)
5 - Susie Q
6 - Raunchy
7 - Bye Bye Love
8 - Gone Gone Gone [Instrumental]
9 - Outskirts of Town
10 - So Sad
11 - Lucille
Disc 10:
1 - Archie Bleyer Show [1959]: Feb. 9, 1959
2 - Are You Sincere
3 - Lollipop
4 - Everly Brothers in Nashville
5 - Andy Williams in New York
6 - Chordettes in New York
7 - Long Time Gone
8 - Meet Me Where They Play the Blues
9 - Wonderful One
10 - Archie Bleyer's Rock Around the Clock
11 - Party:
12 - Problems
13 - No Other Arms, No Other Lips
14 - Hawaiian Wedding Song [& GUNILLA FLORELL]
15 - Now Is the Hour
16 - Paul Anka: You're My Girl (Intro)
17 - Steve Lawrence: Lonely Weekends (Intro)
18 - I Got a Woman
19 - All I Have to Do Is Dream [& S. LAWRENCE]
20 - Grammy Award Medley:
21 - I Want to Hold Your Hand [& JACKIE & GAYLE]
22 - People
23 - Boy From Ipanema
24 - Downtown [& S. LAWRENCE & F. HARDY]
25 - Trini Lopez: The Price of Love (Intro)
26 - Wake Up Little Susie/Bye, Bye Love/Bird Dog
27 - Bye, Bye Love
28 - Wake Up Little Susie/All I Have to Do Is
29 - Dream/Bird Dog/Devoted to You
30 - Roy Rogers & Dale Evans: Mama Tried (Intro)
31 - All I Have to Do Is Dream/Wake Up Little
32 - Susie/Bye, Bye Love [& ROY ROGERS & DALE EVANS]
33 - Hollywood Palace, Nov. 8, 1969
34 - Games People Play [& PETULA CLARK] (Color)
35 - Petula Clark Special, Petula, Dec.6, 1970
36 - Let It Be Me (Color) [Patula Clark Special, Petula, Dec.6, 1970]