The Pozo Seco Singers - The Complete 1966 Recordings (@320)

 

 

The Pozo Seco Singers - The Complete 1966 Recordings 

Time for the Pozo-Seco Singers: The Complete 1966 Recordings Review by Steve Leggett.

When singer Susan Taylor joined Don Williams and Lofton Kline in Strangers Two in 1964, the group redid the math and changed its name to the Pozo-Seco Singers, and soon had a recording contract with Columbia Records. Specializing in non-topical folk, pop, and country material (which set them apart from similar but more politicized acts of the day like Ian & Sylvia and Peter, Paul and Mary), the Singers recorded two albums, 1966's Time and 1967's I Can Make It with You, before Kline left, and the third and final Pozo-Seco album, Shades of Time, also released in 1967, featured Williams and Taylor as a duo. Williams went solo in 1971, becoming a big country star in the 1970s and 1980s, while Taylor retreated from the limelight. This Rev-Ola set pairs the first two albums and tosses in a pair of non-album singles as bonus tracks, and essentially duplicates 1996's pairing of these same two albums by Collectors' Choice with different cover art. It's a pleasant set, smooth and easy, and it won't ruffle anyone's feathers, and it probably won't alter anyone's opinion of the Pozo-Seco Singers either. Highlights include the group's one real hit, a version of Chip Taylor's "I Can Make It with You," the odd Williams' original called "Diet," and a wonderful re-imagining of the Beatles' "If I Fell" that hints at what the Pozo-Seco Singers might have become had they stayed together as a trio.

 

Tracklist:

 

I Can Make It With You 

 

01. I Can Make It With You Baby             

02. If I Were A Carpenter            

03. Johnny        

04. Changes      

05. Forget His Name

06. Mary Jenkins            

07. Look What You've Done       

08. Almost Persuaded   

09. Diet

10. Ribbon Of Darkness

11. Blue Eyes

              

Bonus Tracks

              

12. I Believed It All         

13. Louisiana Man

              

Time

              

14. Time            

15. It Ain't Worth The Lonely Road Back              

16. Tomorrow Is a Long Time    

17. If I Fell         

18. Come A Little Bit Closer       

19. Guantanamera        

20. I'll Be Gone 

21. Silver Threads And Golden Needles 

22. The House Of The Rising Sun             

23. She Understands Me            

24. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'          

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