Credits:

Nicky Hopkins

Description:

A brilliant artist known for his participation in a wide variety of sessions, including those with the Beatles and Rolling Stones. This is a reissue of a mod instrumental masterpiece from Swinging London that combines the magic of the keyboard and the wonder of the song selection. Nicky Hopkins, one of rock's greatest by-players, has been playing with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and many others.The Beatles' M2, 007 series' M3, Presley's M8, Stones' M10, Marianne Faithfull's M11, and other well arranged cover songs are appealing, and the quotations from classics in the original songs M1 and M9 are as good as Keith Emerson's. The chorus by Mike Sam's Singers is also a masterpiece, and its graceful, light, and sophisticated tone thrillingly and gorgeously speaks to your ears.The aesthetic appearance of M5, a song he wrote for his beloved, also shows the seeds of his later recordings with John Lennon and George Harrison. Commentary: Masaru Konishi

Tracklisting:


1. MR. BIG
2. YESTERDAY
3. GOLDFINGER
4. DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
5. JENNI
6. ACAPULCO 22
7. YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM ST. LOUIS
8. LOVE LETTERS
9. THE UNLONELY BULL
10. SATISFACTION
11. PARIS BELLS
12. THE ILEJISTRY PIG
13. MISTER PLEASANT / NICKY HOPKINS & THE WHISTLING PIANO(Bonus Track)
14. NOTHING AS YET / NICKY HOPKINS & THE WHISTLING PIANO(Bonus Track)