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Hill ██▓█████▓█████░ ░████▓▓██▒██▓██ ▌Title___│ The Brand New Z.Z. Hill: Outtakes ██▓█████▓▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Label___│ Essential Media Group ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Genre___│ Blues ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Format__│ EP (Remastered) ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Year____│ 2015 ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░░████▓█████▓██ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀╝ ██▓█████▓████░░ ░░████▓█████▓██ ▌Time____│ 14:38 ██▓█████▓████░░ ░░░████▓████▓██ ▌Size____│ 37.70 MB ██▓████▓████░░░ ░░░░███▓▓███▓██ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀╝ ██▓███▓▓███░░░░ ░░░░░███▓▓▓█▓██ ▌Source__│ MP3 ██▓█▓▓▓███░░░░░ ░░░░░░████▓▓▓██ ▌Bitrate_│ 320 kbps ██▓▓▓████░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░███▓▓▓██ ▌Freq____│ 44.1 kHz ██▓▓▓████░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░████████ ▌Encoder_│ Lame 3.99.5 ████████░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░██████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀╝ ██████░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░███ ███░░░░░░░░░ ░░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ T R A C K S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ 01. (Home Just Ain't Home At) Suppertime 4:12 ░░ 02. Just As I Am 3:41 ░░ 03. Touch 'Em With Love 1:49 ░░ 04. Put A Little Love In Your Heart 2:28 ░░ 05. It's A Hang Up Baby 2:28 ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ Texas-born singer Z.Z. Hill managed to resuscitate both his own ░░ semi-flagging career and the entire genre at large when he signed on at ░░ Jackson, Mississippi-based Malaco Records in 1980 and began growling his ░░ way through some of the most uncompromising blues to be unleashed on ░░ Black radio stations in many a moon. His impressive 1982 Malaco album ░░ Down Home Blues remained on Billboard's soul album charts for nearly two ░░ years, an extraordinary run for such a blatantly bluesy LP. His songs ░░ "Down Home Blues" and "Somebody Else Is Steppin' In" have graduated into ░░ the ranks of legitimate blues standards. ░░ ░░ Arzell Hill started out singing gospel with a quintet called the ░░ Spiritual Five, but the output of B.B. King, Bobby Bland, and especially ░░ Sam Cooke made a more indelible mark on his approach. He began gigging ░░ around Dallas, fashioning his distinctive initials after those of B.B. ░░ King. When his older brother Matt Hill (a budding record producer with ░░ his own label, M.H.) invited Z.Z. to go west to Southern California, the ░░ young singer did. ░░ ░░ His debut single on M.H., the gutsy shuffle "You Were Wrong" (recorded in ░░ an L.A. garage studio), showed up on the pop chart for a week in 1964. ░░ With such a relatively successful showing his first time out, Hill's fine ░░ subsequent singles for the Bihari Brothers' Kent logo should have been ░░ even bigger. However, "I Need Someone (To Love Me)," "Happiness Is All I ░░ Need," and a raft of other deserving Kent 45s (many produced and arranged ░░ by Maxwell Davis) went nowhere commercially for the singer. Excellent ░░ singles for Atlantic, Mankind, and Hill (another imprint operated by ░░ brother Matt, who served as Z.Z.'s producer for much of his career) ░░ preceded a 1972 hookup with United Artists that resulted in three albums ░░ and six R&B chart singles over the next couple of years. ░░ ░░ From there, Z.Z. moved on to Columbia, where his 1977 single "Love Is So ░░ Good When You're Stealing It" became his biggest-selling hit of all. But ░░ Hill's vocal grit was never more effective than on his blues-soaked ░░ Malaco output. From 1980 until 1984, when he died suddenly of a heart ░░ attack, Z.Z. bravely led a personal back-to-the-blues campaign that ░░ doubtless helped to fuel the subsequent contemporary blues boom. It's a ░░ shame he couldn't stick around to see it blossom. ░░ ░░ Sounding like the middle ground between Bobby "Blue" Bland and Otis ░░ Redding, Z.Z. Hill had only just begun to make an impression on the ░░ charts after a few singles for Kent and United Artists when his contract ░░ was sold and he found himself recording for Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams, ░░ a prospect he didn't especially appreciate. Under duress, in a mere three ░░ days, Hill cut the vocal tracks for an LP and a handful of singles, and ░░ that album, The Brand New Z.Z. Hill, proved to be one of the most ░░ ambitious projects of his career. ░░ ░░ A song cycle about Hill's romantic dilemmas with two different women, ░░ Brand New featured dialogue interludes along with ten songs, several of ░░ which were written by Williams with Gary Bonds (who was leaving the ░░ "U.S." out of his name at the time). Concept albums may have been all the ░░ rage in 1970, but as a narrative piece, Brand New leaves a certain amount ░░ to be desired, as the story doesn't flow very well and the dialogue ░░ sections distract more than they bring the listener in. But the material ░░ is strong - especially "Faithful and True," "Chokin' Kind," and "Laughing ░░ Song (Ha Ha)" - and Williams brought together a fine crew of Muscle ░░ Shoals session players who give these sessions an updated Stax Records ░░ feel that suits Hill's gritty but heartfelt vocal style beautifully. ░░ ░░ If Williams' more ambitious production notions don't quite click on The ░░ Brand New Z.Z. Hill, when it gets down to serving up some rough-and-ready ░░ Southern soul, this album delivers the goods, and it's a better fit (and ░░ more interesting) than the sound of Hill's best known work for Malaco in ░░ the '80s. Alive Naturalsound's 2013 reissue includes eight bonus tracks, ░░ taken from the singles Hill cut at the tail-end of the Brand New ░░ sessions, and if "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" was a bad match for ░░ the blues/soul icon, "Just as I Am" and "I Think I'd Do It" are just what ░░ the doctor ordered. ░░ ░░█ ░░███ ░█ ░░░░██ █▓█ ████░ ░░░░░██ y o o v e e y o o █████ █████ ░░░░░░██ g o t t h e ▒████░ ██▒▒██ ░░░░░░░█ ░ ██▓██ ▓█▒██ ░░░░░░░█ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ████ ▒▓███ ▒███ ░░░░░░░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ █░█ █░█ ░███████ ████░ ░███ ░░░░░░░█ ░███░███░█ █░███░███ █████████▒ █████ ██ ░░░░░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░░░█ ██████████████ █████ █ ░░░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ██████████████████ ████▓ ░░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ████████████████████▒ ░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ▓██████▒▒▒▒███████░ ░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ▓█████▒███████████ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ █████▒▒░████████ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ██▓██▒██▓███▒ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░░░█ ██████████ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░███░█ ░███ ▒███████ /─────────────────────────\ ░░░██ ███ ░| learned from vets |░ ░░░░██ ████ ░| and they |░ ░░░░░██ █████ ░| ain't pet doctors |░ ░░░░░░███ ████▒ \─────────────────────────/ ░░░░░░░▓▓█████████████▒ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ https://www.deezer.com/us/album/11386638