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P R E S E N T S ] ██▓▓█▀▀ ░ ▓████▓▌ ░ ▐▓▀▀ ▓ ▐█████▓█ ▀ ░ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: Al Smith ░▓ ▌ ▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: Midnight Special (60) ░▓░▐▓ ▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Original Blues ░▓░ █▓▌ ▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Genre........: Blues ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓ ▓█▓▌ ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░ ▐██░ ░ ░ ▄ ░▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▀▓█░▄ ▌ ░▓░ [ R E L E A S E . I N F O ] ▓░ ▓▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ░ ▀▀▓█▄▐▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓░ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ░ ░ ░ █▓▌▄▄▄ ▄▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ rip.date....: Jan-20-2004 ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░ ░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: 000-00-1996 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ ripper......: JustFun ▓ ▐█▓▀ ░ ░▀█▓▌ ▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ quality.....: VBR kbps ░▓░ █▀ ░░▓▓▓ ▀▓ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ size........: 42,2 MB ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ playtime....: 29:00 min ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░ ░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ Catnr.......: n/a ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ▓░░ URL.........: n/a ░▒░ ░▓░ ░ ▐█▓▀ ░░ ▀█▓▌░ ░ ▒ █▀ ░▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓ ░ ░ ░ ▀░ ▓▄▄▓▓▓▓▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄ ░ ▄█▒████████▓▓▀ ▀▓██▓███▓▄ ▄▓██░██████▓▓█▀ [ T R A C K . L I S T I N G ] ▀▀▀▓██▓▌ ▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ ██▓▓█▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ░ track title time ▐▓▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ▀ ░▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. five long years 07:02 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. you're a sweetheart 04:34 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. baby don't worry bout me 03:33 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. ride on midnight special 02:36 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. the bells 04:12 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. goin' to alabama 03:23 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. i'll never let you go 03:40 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ For many decades, African-American churches have ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ worried about losing their best singers to secular ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music. And inevitably, many of them will, in fact, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ explore secular music instead of devoting 100 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ percent of their time to gospel. Al Smith is a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ perfect example. The obscure singer's roots were ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ gospel, but he favored a jazz-influenced approach ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ to blues and soul when he recorded two albums for ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Prestige/Bluesville: Hear My Blues in 1959 and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Midnight Special in 1960. Recorded at Rudy Van ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Gelder's famous New Jersey studio, Midnight Special ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ finds Smith backed by a rock-solid quintet that ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ consists of King Curtis on tenor sax, Robert Banks ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ on organ, Jimmy Lee Robinson on electric guitar, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Leonard Gaskin on acoustic bass, and Bobby ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Donaldson on drums. While the lyrics are totally ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ secular, Smith's gospel background never goes away. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ You can tell that the passionate, highly expressive ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ singer has a church background whether he is ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ embracing straight-up blues on "Goin' to Alabama" ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and Eddie Boyd's "Five Long Years" or getting into ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ soul on "I Can't Make It By Myself," "You're a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Sweetheart," and "The Bells." Smith has a big, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ full, rich voice, and he uses it to maximum ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ advantage throughout this excellent album (which ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Fantasy reissued on CD in 1996 for its Original ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Blues Classics series). With the right exposure, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Smith might have become a major name in 1960s blues ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and R&B ù he certainly had the chops and the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ talent. But, unfortunately, he never enjoyed the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ commercial success that he was most deserving of. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Nonetheless, Midnight Special is an album to savor ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ if you're the type of listener who holds classic ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ soul and the blues in equally high regard ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓ ▐█████▓█ [ A B O U T . U S ] ▓▌ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ ▓▌ ▀██▓██▓▓▀ Our group consists of many rippers who are music enthu- ▓▌ ▀█▓▓▓▀ siasts. Justfun is releasing different kind of music ▓▌ ▀▓ like indie rock, trip-hop, ethnic, jazz, french, ▓▌ ░ electro and many more ... We will bring you the music ▓▌ ░ we like and share it with the rest of the under- ▓▌ ░ ground scene. If you have, like us, a passion for ▄ ▓▌ ░ music, don't hesitate to contact us ! ▄▄█▌ ▓▌ ░ ▄████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ GREETinGs : Nuhs . Hit2000 . DGN . Ksi . RAC . CHR █████▀▀▀▀ ▓▌ ░ Om . rH . Fuffens . Remix . CMG . SB . Amok ░███ ▓▌ ░ Kw . LOGOS . iTS . i . APC . Aaf . Diss . ESC ██▌ ▓▌ SEVcD . 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