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Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings | 
 enlarge | Artist: Big Mama Thornton
Label: Mca
Category: Music
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 12768
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 10668
UPC: 008811066826
EAN: 0008811066826
ASIN: B000002OM2
Release Date: December 22, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton, Leiber, Jerry | | • | My Man Called Me - Big Mama Thornton, Robey, Don | | • | I Smell a Rat - Big Mama Thornton, Leiber, Jerry | | • | They Call Me Big Mama - Big Mama Thornton, Robey, Don | | • | You Don't Move Me No More - Big Mama Thornton, Robinson, Roscoe | | • | Let Your Tears Fall Baby - Big Mama Thornton, Robey, Don | | • | Rock-A-Bye Baby - Big Mama Thornton, Caples, Gilbert | | • | Yes, Baby - Big Mama Thornton, Robey, Don | | • | How Come - Big Mama Thornton, Robey, Don | | • | Nightmare - Big Mama Thornton, Leiber, Jerry | | • | Stop A-Hoppin' on Me - Big Mama Thornton, Jenkins, Freddie | | • | Just Like a Dog (Barking up the Wrong Tree) - Big Mama Thornton, Robey, Don | | • | Walking Blues - Big Mama Thornton, Robey, Don | | • | The Big Chance - Big Mama Thornton, Thornton, Willie Ma | | • | Hard Times - Big Mama Thornton, Leiber, Jerry | | • | Laugh, Laugh, Laugh - Big Mama Thornton, Robey, Don | | • | The Fish - Big Mama Thornton, Wayne, Allen | | • | I've Searched The Whole World Over - Big Mama Thornton, |
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Amazon.com
The classic "Hound Dog" is usually associated with Elvis Presley, but blues fans know: Presley's recording wasn't the first. That honor belongs to singer Big Mama Thornton, whose own recording of "Hound Dog" was eclipsed by Presley's. Her version is on this collection in all its glory, opening a CD of 17 killer tracks. Thornton's voice, by turns growling and richly melodic, was indeed unusual, and the spare accompaniment on Hound Dog makes it stand out all the more on songs such as "They Call Me Big Mama," "How Come," "The Big Change," "Hard Times," and "The Fish." Thornton had talent and attitude to spare, and both come through loud and clear on this essential collection. --Genevieve Williams
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| Customer Reviews:
YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A................ February 24, 2008
COMPUTERJAZZMAN (Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
IT'S FUNNY, 'CAUSE IF YOU LISTEN TO THE 1960'S RECORDINGS OF BOTH ARETHA FRANKLIN AND JANIS JOPLIN, YOU WILL FIND OUT THAT THEY BOTH COVERED A LOT OF MATERIAL ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY BOTH BIG MAMA THORNTON AND BIG MAYBELLE (BALL AND CHAIN, RAMBLIN', SO LONG, ETC....). THE TWO BEST BLUES SINGERS FROM THE 60'S DOING COVERS OF SONGS BY THE TWO BEST BLUES SINGERS OF THE 1950'S. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL PEACOCK RECORDS (DON ROBEY) RECORDINGS OF BIG MAMA THORNTON MADE BETWEEN 1952-57. GREAT R&B AND BLUES STUFF.
 A great blues singer and a great CD. August 13, 2007
Bop Cat
Like many other reviews have stated, this is the real deal when it comes to versions of Hound Dog. However, the Elvis version obviously has a totally different sound-a rock'n'roll or rockabilly sound, while this is basically a (fantastic) blues song, belted out by one of the great blueswomen of all time. And most of the songs here are worth having,too, so buy this CD. I'd call her a female blues shouter almost in the mold of a Roy Brown.
As much as I like Elvis Presley,blah,blah,blah, I'm tired of hearing about how he's the "King" and all that stuff. Someone like Big Mama Thornton, and for that matter all of the blues and r'n'b artists that had songs out prior to being covered by Elvis Presley, were FAR more musically talented and many were "unsung heroes of 'rock and roll'".
Apples & Oranges May 26, 2007
TJ SCHOENLEIN (BANGKOK, THAILAND)
Why all the knockin' Elvis's version?? It sold millions and put the song on the rock & roll map. He was..is.. one of the great singers of all time.
Comparing Mama's version to Elvis's is like apples & oranges.
Mama is.. well.. great! You like her or you don't. She's got that early old time rock sound that we grew up on. Listen to her music and make up your own mind... she is one 'rockin' Mama.
just a great voice and great songs! May 21, 2007
N. Mensinga (holland)
from the first second you put this record on it's amazing! what a woman this was!
 Big Mama's Rockin' Bluesy Rhythm & Blues January 10, 2007
Truth (DC)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton was much more than the originator of "Hound Dog" - she was one of the greatest Blues singers. She could be fun and sassy, and could also be plaintive and emotional. After Bessie Smith and before Koko Taylor, there was Big Mama Thornton.
HOUND DOG: THE PEACOCK RECORDINGS consists of 18 songs recorded 1952-1957 on the Peacock label (note: track 8 on Duke), some previously unreleased on US album, one (track 15) previously unreleased in the US; songs are not in chronological order. Disc packaged in black jewel case; total running time: 47:15. Booklet includes a pedestrian essay by Mary Katherine Aldin, several black & white photographs (plus an image of a poster promoting a Big Mama performance), and detailed track information (songwriters, musician personnel, recording dates). Sound quality is excellent.
These are her early recordings, made after she started touring as a singer at age 14 (performing with - or against - "Little Esther" Phillips). She went on to record for Baytone, Kent, Mercury, Vanguard, and Arhoolie labels, where she would record "Wade in the Water" and "Ball N' Chain", the latter notably covered by Janis Joplin.
Most of these 50s recordings are made with the Johnny Otis Orchestra. "Yes, Baby" (track 8) is a duet with Johnny Ace. The music is not as much Blues as Rhythm & Blues and early Rock N' Roll. Most of the songs are up-tempo numbers.
I like this disc, but it is rather brief. I prefer "Ball `N' Chain", a collection of much Blues-ier 1960s recordings released on Arhoolie.
music: 2 stars
packaging: 3 stars
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