daviddesper
04-09-2013, 12:53 AM
Our girl Miss Denise has a few diehard fans on here, of which I am one, and today I learned that there is about to be yet another collection released of her material, but at least this one will have some real merit to it.
First of all, last year Ecko released a CD of what they considered her "best" from the time she spent with them. In my opinion, that was nothing to get excited about it, since nothing she did for them rose above mediocre in my opinion. [[Their fault, not hers.)
Then just last week, an import label released what should be a fine 26-track collection that showcases the best of her years on Westbound. My copy of that is due in any day now.
So when I received a message today about a "new Denise LaSalle" I naturally assumed they meant that one. But no, Malaco is about to release a "Greatest Hits" from her time with them, and it will be out on the 16th.
There have been other packages by her, most of which have been European releases, and one in particular [[the My Toot Toot Anthology) was appalling in terms of its track selection. Don't even get me started on just how totally UN-REPRESENTATIVE that project was!
But this upcoming one truly does capture the absolute best songs from her tenure with Malaco. In fact, if there happen to be readers out there who are unfamiliar with her, this upcoming release would be a great introduction. Sadly it is only listed as having 12 tracks, whereas I personally would have preferred about a hundred and 12, but it will still be a great collection.
So I am most excited about this and will pick it up in a heartbeat. Who cares if I already have four or five copies of every song one place or another........But the part that worries me is this.......does all this attention to past material mean that there may not ever be anything new by her released in the future?
I know she is in her mid 70s now, but she still performs all over the place and I would like to think she could still deliver another quality studio project or two before she retires. So about it Heikki, you are always the Denise expert on here....please tell us that she still has some gas in her tank!
First of all, last year Ecko released a CD of what they considered her "best" from the time she spent with them. In my opinion, that was nothing to get excited about it, since nothing she did for them rose above mediocre in my opinion. [[Their fault, not hers.)
Then just last week, an import label released what should be a fine 26-track collection that showcases the best of her years on Westbound. My copy of that is due in any day now.
So when I received a message today about a "new Denise LaSalle" I naturally assumed they meant that one. But no, Malaco is about to release a "Greatest Hits" from her time with them, and it will be out on the 16th.
There have been other packages by her, most of which have been European releases, and one in particular [[the My Toot Toot Anthology) was appalling in terms of its track selection. Don't even get me started on just how totally UN-REPRESENTATIVE that project was!
But this upcoming one truly does capture the absolute best songs from her tenure with Malaco. In fact, if there happen to be readers out there who are unfamiliar with her, this upcoming release would be a great introduction. Sadly it is only listed as having 12 tracks, whereas I personally would have preferred about a hundred and 12, but it will still be a great collection.
So I am most excited about this and will pick it up in a heartbeat. Who cares if I already have four or five copies of every song one place or another........But the part that worries me is this.......does all this attention to past material mean that there may not ever be anything new by her released in the future?
I know she is in her mid 70s now, but she still performs all over the place and I would like to think she could still deliver another quality studio project or two before she retires. So about it Heikki, you are always the Denise expert on here....please tell us that she still has some gas in her tank!