50 Years: The Very Best of Ry Cooder

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Tracklist

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1If the River Was Whiskey (Divin’ Duck Blues)
producer:
Terry Melcher
mixer:
Vic Anesini
arranger:
Rising Sons (1960s US folk rock band)
Rising Sons feat. Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder42:43
2Gone Dead Train
recording of:
Gone Dead Train
writer:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer) and Russ Titelman
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Randy Newman4.52:56
3Memo From Turner
conductor:
Randy Newman (American singer‐songwriter and score composer)
recording of:
Memo From Turner
writer:
Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
Giedon (publisher) (in 1970)
The Rolling Stones4.354:08
4Alimony
Ry Cooder2:59
5Police Dog Blues
Ry Cooder2:48
6Money Honey
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
Ry Cooder3:29
7Hey Porter
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
cover recording of:
Hey, Porter
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
Ry Cooder4:43
8Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
Ry Cooder3:56
9Boomer's Story
engineer:
John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios), Lee Herschberg, Jerry Lee Masters (US bassist & engineer, in The Hombres) and Richard Roseborough
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
cover recording of:
The Railroad Boomer
writer:
Carson Robison
Ry Cooder4:16
10Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer
engineer:
John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios), Lee Herschberg, Jerry Lee Masters (US bassist & engineer, in The Hombres) and Richard Roseborough
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
cover recording of:
Comin’ In on a Wing and a Prayer
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp. (in 1943)
Ry Cooder3:03
11Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man
engineer:
John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios), Lee Herschberg, Jerry Lee Masters (US bassist & engineer, in The Hombres) and Richard Roseborough
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
cover recording of:
Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Ry Cooder4:31
12It Hurts Me Too
cover recording of:
It Hurts Me Too
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James and Mel London
writer:
Kevin Moore
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Lonmel Publishing (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Rhinelander Music Inc. and Mo’ Than Jus’ Music (in 2000)
Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts35:13
13Tattler
recording of:
Tattler
writer:
Ry Cooder and Russ Titelman
is based on:
You Can’t Stop a Tattler
Ry Cooder4:19
14I'm a Fool for a Cigarette / Feelin' Good
medley including a recording of:
Feelin' Good
lyricist and composer:
J.B. Lenoir
Ry Cooder4:28
15If Walls Could Talk
Ry Cooder3:15
16Mexican Divorce
recording of:
Mexican Divorce
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
Burt Bacharach
Ry Cooder3:57
17The Bourgeois Blues
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
accordion, bass guitar [bajo sexto], guitar [bottleneck guitar] and mandola:
Ry Cooder
vocals:
Ry Cooder
arranger:
Ry Cooder
cover recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
Ry Cooder3:25
18He'll Have to Go
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
accordion:
Flaco Jiménez
bass guitar [bajo sexto] and electric guitar:
Ry Cooder
double bass:
Red Callender
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
percussion:
Milt Holland
vocals:
Ry Cooder and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer)
arranger:
Ry Cooder
cover recording of:
He’ll Have to Go
writer:
Audrey Allison and Joe Allison
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Central Songs and Central Songs, Inc.
Ry Cooder5:09
19Smack Dab in the Middle
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
bass:
Chris Ethridge
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
electric guitar, guitar [bottleneck guitar] and mandolin:
Ry Cooder
percussion:
Milt Holland
vocals:
Terry Evans, Cliff Givens and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer)
arranger:
Ry Cooder
cover recording of:
Smack Dab in the Middle
lyricist and composer:
Charles Calhoun
publisher:
Roosevelt Music
Ry Cooder3:20
20Goodnight Irene
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
accordion:
Flaco Jiménez
alto saxophone:
Frank Villarreal
bass:
Henry "Big Red" Ojeda
bass guitar [bajo sexto]:
Hugo Gonzales
drums (drum set):
Isaac Garcia
arranger:
Ry Cooder
cover recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
Ry Cooder4:33
21Viva Seguin / Do Re Mi [Live]
Ry Cooder5:28
22Volver, Volver [Live]
Ry Cooder3:59
23Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
co-producer:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor) and Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
alto saxophone:
Harvey Pittel and Pat Rizzo
bass saxophone:
Bill Hood (Jazz multi-instrumentalist)
cornet:
Mario Guarneri
guitar:
Ry Cooder
membranophone:
Mark Stevens (drummer)
piano:
John Rodby
trombone:
Randy Aldcroft (trombonist)
vocals:
Ry Cooder
conductor:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor)
arranger:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor)
cover recording of:
Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
Ry Cooder3:37
24Davenport Blues
co-producer:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor) and Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
alto saxophone:
Harvey Pittel
bass:
Tom Pedrini
bass clarinet:
David Sherr
guitar:
Ry Cooder
vibraphone:
Tom Collier (US jazz/pop/classical marimbist & vibraphonist)
conductor:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor)
arranger:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor)
cover recording of:
Davenport Blues
composer:
Bix Beiderbecke (American jazz cornettist, pianist and composer) (in 1925)
Ry Cooder2:06
25Jesse James
recording of:
Jesse James
publisher:
Billy Gashade (in 1882)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Ry Cooder5:05
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1Little Sister
cover recording of:
Little Sister
writer:
Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman (US singer, pianist & songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Elvis Presley Music, Elvis Presley Music Inc. and R&H Music
Ry Cooder3:52
2Go Home, Girl
bass:
Tim Drummond
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
guitar:
Ry Cooder and David Lindley
organ:
Patrick Henderson
percussion:
Milt Holland
background vocals:
Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer) and Randy Lorenzo
vocals:
Ry Cooder
recording of:
Go Home Girl
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Alexander (country soul singer)
Ry Cooder5:13
3The Very Thing that Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
Ry Cooder5:33
4Look at Granny Run Run
bass:
Tim Drummond
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
guitar:
Ry Cooder and David Lindley
mandolin:
Ry Cooder
background vocals:
Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer)
vocals:
Ry Cooder
recording of:
Look at Granny Run Run
writer:
Jerry Ragovoy and Mort Shuman (US singer, pianist & songwriter)
Ry Cooder3:11
5634-5789
Ry Cooder3:01
6Why Don't You Try Me
recording of:
Why Don’t You Try Me
Ry Cooder4:59
7Crazy ’bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
recording engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Ry Cooder
recorded at:
Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, a/k/a Amigo Studios) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Ry Cooder5:07
8Texas Bop
Ry Cooder & Jim Dickinson2:25
9Blue Suede Shoes
cover recording of:
Blue Suede Shoes
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Hi Lo Music, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Wren Music Co.
part of:
Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
Ry Cooder5:21
10Gypsy Woman
Ry Cooder4:05
11Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean
Ry Cooder5:59
12Which Came First
Ry Cooder3:47
13Hold That Snake
producer:
Ry Cooder
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1984)
recording of:
Hold That Snake
writer:
Ry Cooder and Jim Dickinson
publisher:
Music Corp. of America (MCA) BMI (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?)
Ry Cooder2:40
14Paris, Texas
recording engineer:
Mark Ettel and Allen Sides
producer:
Ry Cooder
recorded at:
Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Paris, Texas
composer:
Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder2:58
15Canción Mixteca
cover recording of:
Canción mixteca (Mexican song)
lyricist:
José López Alavez (Mexican composer) (in 1915)
composer:
José López Alavez (Mexican composer) (in 1912)
Ry Cooder4:16
16Theme From Alamo Bay
Ry Cooder5:07
17Cotton Needs Pickin'
recording engineer:
Mark Ettel
producer:
Ry Cooder
bass:
Richard "Shubby" Holmes
guitar:
Ry Cooder
harmonica:
Frank Frost
instruments:
Otis Taylor
organ:
Jim Dickinson
vocals:
Frank Frost
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1986)
Ry Cooder2:58
18Feelin' Bad Blues
recording engineer:
Mark Ettel
producer:
Ry Cooder
guitar:
Ry Cooder
keyboard:
Jim Dickinson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1986)
Ry Cooder4:17
19Get Rhythm
cover recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
Ry Cooder3:17
2013 Question Method
recording of:
Thirteen Question Method
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Ry Cooder3:39
21Going Back to Okinawa
recording of:
Going Back to Okinawa
writer:
Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder4:44
22Across the Borderline
bass guitar [Acoustic Bass]:
Buell Neidlinger
guest vocals:
Harry Dean Stanton
recording of:
Across the Borderline
writer:
Ry Cooder, Jim Dickinson and John Hiatt (guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter)
publisher:
USI B Music Publishing
Ry Cooder6:18
23Big Love
solo guitar:
Ry Cooder
vocals:
John Hiatt (guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Big Love (in 1991)
writer:
Ry Cooder, John Hiatt (guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter), Jim Keltner and Nick Lowe (UK singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/producer)
Little Village6:25
24Do You Want My Job
vocals:
John Hiatt (guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Do You Want My Job (in 1991)
writer:
Ry Cooder, John Hiatt (guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter), Jim Keltner and Nick Lowe (UK singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/producer)
Little Village5:38
25River Come Down (PKA Bamboo)
Ry Cooder4:15
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1Bonde
recording engineer:
Mark Ettel (in 1993-09)
assistant engineer:
Jim Champagne
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Mark Ettel (in 1993-09) and Larry Hirsh (Producer & Engineer) (in 1993-09)
banjitar [six string banjo] and electric guitar:
Ali Farka Touré (in 1993-09)
calabash:
Hamma Sankaré (in 1993-09)
congas and background vocals [chorus vocals]:
Oumar Touré (in 1993-09)
cümbüş [cumbus]:
Ry Cooder (in 1993-09)
vocals:
Hamma Sankaré (in 1993-09) and Ali Farka Touré (in 1993-09)
recorded at and mixed at:
Ocean Way Recording Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-09)
recording of:
Bonde (in 1993-09)
lyricist and composer:
Ali Farka Touré
publisher:
World Circuit Music
Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder5:28
2Chan Chan
recording engineer and mixer:
Jerry Boys
producer:
Ry Cooder
bass:
Orlando “Cachaíto” López
bongos:
Carlos González (Cuban percussionist)
congas:
Compay Segundo
guitar:
Eliades Ochoa
guitar family:
Ry Cooder
maracas:
Alberto "Virgilio" Valdés (Cuban vocalist and percussionist)
trumpet:
Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal
udu:
Joachim Cooder
background vocals:
Ibrahim Ferrer (Cuban singer) and Compay Segundo
vocals:
Eliades Ochoa
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
World Circuit (in 1997)
recording of:
Chan Chan
lyricist and composer:
Francisco Repilado
Buena Vista Social Club3.654:18
3You Are My Sunshine
Ry Cooder2:35
4Caballo viejo
recording engineer and mixer:
Jerry Boys
producer:
Ry Cooder
bass:
Orlando “Cachaíto” López
congas:
Miguel "Angá" Díaz (Cuban percussionist)
drums (drum set):
Joachim Cooder and Jim Keltner
guitar:
Manuel Galbán
recorded at:
Estudio EGREM in La Habana (Havana), Cuba
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
instrumental cover recording of:
Caballo viejo
lyricist and composer:
Simón Díaz (Venezuelan music legend)
publisher:
Calidos Producciones Artisticas CBM, S.A., Canciones Warner bros, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán3:52
5Poor Man's Shangri-La
Ry Cooder5:30
6Muy Fifí
Ry Cooder24:06
7Chinito Chinito
producer:
Ry Cooder
recording of:
Chinito Chinito
writer:
Ismael Díaz and Juan Luis Felguerez
Ry Cooder4:52
8Suitcase in My Hand
recording engineer and mixer:
Don Smith (producer, engineer and mixer)
assistant producer:
Aisha Ayers
producer:
Ry Cooder
banjo and fiddle:
Mike Seeger
drums (drum set):
Joachim Cooder
guitar:
Ry Cooder
tin whistle and uilleann pipes:
Paddy Moloney
vocals:
Ry Cooder and Roland White
Ry Cooder2:54
9Sundown Town
recording engineer and mixer:
Don Smith (producer, engineer and mixer)
assistant producer:
Aisha Ayers
producer:
Ry Cooder
bass and guitar:
Ry Cooder
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
vocals:
Terry Evans and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer)
Ry Cooder2:57
10Christmas in Southgate
recording engineer and mixer:
Don Smith (producer, engineer and mixer)
assistant producer:
Aisha Ayers
producer:
Ry Cooder
accordion:
Flaco Jiménez
bass:
Rene Camacho
bass guitar [bajo sexto]:
Ry Cooder
drums (drum set):
Joachim Cooder
fiddle:
Mike Seeger
mandolin:
Roland White
piano:
Van Dyke Parks
vocals:
Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder3:28
11Drive Like I Never Been Hurt
recording engineer and mixer:
Martin Pradler
producer:
Ry Cooder
bass, guitar and mandolin:
Ry Cooder
drums (drum set):
Joachim Cooder
vocals:
Ry Cooder
arranger:
Jesús Guzmán
recorded at and mixed at:
Little Pink Studio in Los Angeles, California, United States
Ry Cooder4:08
12Ridin' With the Blues
recording engineer and mixer:
Martin Pradler
producer:
Ry Cooder
bass:
Rene Camacho
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
guitar:
Ry Cooder
vocals:
Ry Cooder
recorded at and mixed at:
Little Pink Studio in Los Angeles, California, United States
Ry Cooder3:01
135000 Country Music Songs
recording engineer and mixer:
Martin Pradler
producer:
Ry Cooder
bass:
Rene Camacho
drums (drum set):
Joachim Cooder
electric piano:
Martin Pradler
guitar:
Ry Cooder
vocals:
Ry Cooder
recorded at and mixed at:
Little Pink Studio in Los Angeles, California, United States
Ry Cooder6:41
14The Sands of Mexico
recording engineer:
Brian Masterson (audio engineer) and Martin Pradler
producer:
Ry Cooder and Paddy Moloney
mixer:
Brian Masterson (audio engineer) and Paddy Moloney
bass guitar [bass]:
Rene Camacho
bodhrán:
Kevin Conneff
clarinet:
Arturo Gallardo and Rogelio Navarrate
guitar, laúd [laud], piano and timbales:
Ry Cooder
harp:
Tríona Marshall
tin whistle and uilleann pipes:
Paddy Moloney
violin:
Raul Cuellar (Mariachi music), Jesus (Chuy) Guzman, Jimmy Cuellar (US Mariachi) and Juan Rodriguez (violinist)
vocals:
Ry Cooder
recorded at:
Good Neighbor Studio in Chatsworth, Georgia, United States, Sage and Sound Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Soundscape Studios (Dublin) in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
mixed at:
Soundscape Studios (Dublin) in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
recording of:
The Sands of Mexico
writer:
Ry Cooder
The Chieftains with Ry Cooder24:47
15El Corrido de Jesse James
Ry Cooder4:18
16Quick Sand
Ry Cooder3:17
17Christmas Time This Year
Ry Cooder2:49
18Delta Time
recording of:
Delta Time
lyricist and composer:
Hans Theessink
Hans Theessink & Terry Evans feat. Ry Cooder3:26
19Down in Mississippi
cover recording of:
Down in Mississippi
writer:
J.B. Lenoir
Hans Theessink & Terry Evans feat. Ry Cooder8:55
20Mutt Romney Blues
recording engineer and mixer:
Martin Pradler
producer:
Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder3:45
21The Wall Street Part of Town
recording engineer and mixer:
Martin Pradler
producer:
Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder3:43
22Going to Tampa
recording engineer and mixer:
Martin Pradler
producer:
Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder3:58
23Take Your Hands Off It
recording engineer and mixer:
Martin Pradler
producer:
Ry Cooder
background vocals:
Arnold McCuller
Ry Cooder3:48
24Crazy 'Bout an Automobile [Live]
Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos5:08
25Goodnight Irene [Live]
cover recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos7:07