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Jennifer Warnes - Jennifer's First 2 albums (1968-1969) [gnodde]
This post is a reissue of Jennifer Warnes first 2 albums on the London Parrot Records label: "I Can Remember Everything" (1968); and "See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me" (1968). The album was compiled by the RevOla label after Jennifer had a couple of hits on the Arista label (Right Time of the Night; I Know A Heartache When I See One).
Unfortunately they titled it Jennifer which is the same title as her 3rd album on the Reprise label in 1972. To distinguish it from her Reprise album I'll post it as Jennifer's First. The reissue has good notes (though they aren't overly positive) and include the original album covers.
I Can Remember Everything
I Can Remember Everything, the debut album by 21-year-old Jennifer (as she is billed) is a product of the eclectic pop trend of the late '60s, fostered by the Beatles' dabblings in music-hall whimsy and classical music on albums like Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Producer Martin Cooper favors arrangements beginning with isolated acoustic instruments -- a bass or a conga drum or a harpsichord -- to underlie Jennifer's alto, with strings or other instruments joining in as the song goes on. The selections include one each from the Bee Gees, Joni Mitchell, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, along with a clutch of mediocrities written by Cooper or published by Martin Cooper Music.
Actually, though, Jennifer is less interesting on familiar tunes like "Chelsea Morning" and "Here, There and Everywhere," which she tends to over-sing in an affected way. On the forgettable stuff, she is more at ease, and the album demonstrates that she can be an effective, emotive interpreter, sometimes suggesting Janis Ian, sometimes Petula Clark.
See Me, Feel me...
By the time of the release of her second album, Jennifer (still going by only her first name), in addition to her appearances with the Smothers Brothers, had taken over a prominent role in the L.A. production of Hair, which Parrot Records played up by having her lead off the record with "Let the Sunshine In" (which, unlike the 5th Dimension, who scored a hit with it, she sang with the apocalyptic verses intact) and "Easy to Be Hard" from the musical. Guitarist/comedian Mason Williams, who had jumped to fame on the Smothers Brothers show with his instrumental hit "Classical Gas" (and featured Jennifer on his 1968 LP The Mason Williams Ear Show), turned up here to accompany her on his "Saturday Night at the World" and, of all things, an excerpt from Donizetti's Don Pasacale.
Otherwise, producer Al Capps followed the first album formula of having Jennifer cover contemporary material, including songs by the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jacques Brel, and, as the title indicated, the finale from the Who's new rock opera Tommy. This time, though, the filler that marred the first album was gone, and Jennifer had grown as a singer primarily by learning not to over-sing. By toning down the histrionics, she sounded more involved emotionally, and with arrangements that had more of a rock edge, she even got to do some belting, which demonstrated the power of her voice. Like her first album, her second was not a popular success; unlike her first, it deserved to be.
Tracks:
I Can Remember Everything:
01 - Close Another Door
02 - Sunny Day Blue
03 - Here, There And Everywhere
04 - Chelsea Morning
05 - I Want To Meander In The Meadow
06 - I Am Waiting
07 - Places Everyone
08 - Tree House Of Gold
09 - It's Hard To Love A Poet
10 - The Leaves
11 - The Park
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me
12 - Let the Sunshine In
13 - Easy to Be Hard
14 - Saturday Night at the World
15 - Time Is on the Run
16 - Old Folks (Les Vieux)
17 - We're Not Gonna Take It (From "Tommy")
18 - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
19 - Back Street Girl
20 - Weather's Better
21 - Tell Me Again I Love Thee (Tornami a Dir Che M'ami From "Don Pasquale")
22 - Cajun Train
All in MP3 @ 320kbps
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