10/27/2010

Billy Preston THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT

Actually, this is the 2nd time (1st time is 1991 1st issue on CD format) and one of the best Apple released album all the time.
Sound is more bass centric, emphasized like The Beatles remaster last year. I like this edition better than previous release except the cheap paper sleeve, I think more love is needed, especially the jacket of all remaster of Apple Records catalogue.

Billy Preston’s debut album for Apple Records was his vocal album debut too. Before this Billy was renowned merely as a wizard instrumentalist. Here, his impassioned vocals help create one of the best soul records of the 1960s. Produced by George Harrison, That’s The Way… expands Billy’s palette of gospel and R&B to embrace rock elements brought in by A-list players Keith Richards, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton.
This Remastered CD includes the three bonus tracks from the 1991 CD plus the previously unreleased ‘Something’s Got To Change’
  • ‘Through All Times’
  • ‘As I Get Older’ / an instrumental produced by Ray Charles and the 1970 B-side to Billy’s second Apple single, ‘All That I’ve Got (I’m Gonna Give It To You)’
  • ‘That’s The Way God Planned It’ / stripped back ‘rock’ version
  • ‘Something’s Got To Change’ / first recorded by Ray Charles in 1967
Official Site  http://www.billypreston.net/

Tracks are as follows;
1.Do What You Want
2.I Want To Thank You
3.Everything's All Right
4.She Belongs To Me
5.It Doesn't Matter
6.Morning Star
7.Hey Brother
8.What About You
9.Let Us All Get Together Right Now
10.This Is It
11.Keep It To Yourself
12.That's The Way God Planned It (Parts 1 & 2)
13.Through All Times (CD Bonus)
14.As I Get Older (CD Bonus)
15.That’s The Way God Planned It (CD Bonus)
16.Something's Gotta Change (CD Bonus)

BTW, Does anybody know "Hey Brother" and Jimi's "Hey Joe" is the same song?