Tuesday 10 July 2018

10 to 23 – FELICIANO***

Amor Jibaro/First Of May/ The Windmills Of Your Mind/By The Time I Get To Phoenix/Miss Otis Regrets/Little Red Rooster/She’s A Woman/Lady Madonna/Rain/Gotta Get A Message To You/Hey Jude

10 To 23 provides some more distinctive Feliciano guitar interpretations of popular hits, plus an archive recording of him as a ten year old. His commercial appeal would now begin to tail off. (US:16 UK:38)

"What you will hear is Feliciano at the zenith of his creative genius. His soulful and distinctive voice, paralleled with his amazing guitar virtuosity, makes this a landmark recording that will bring years of listening pleasure."

"Coming off the awesome and well-deserved success of Light My Fire Jose Feliciano was give more free reign and a larger budget to work with at RCA Records, and he uses it to his full advantage on 10 To 23. The album opens up with an archival recording of a very young Feliciano performing a Mariachi number. It's scratchy, funky and completely charming. The rest of the album features some of the finer pop songs of the day and show Feliciano to be one of the great interpreters of his time. The instrumental of By The Time I Get To Phoenix will pull at your heartstrings, and Windmills Of Your Mind is equally impressive. There is also a great blues track, Little Red Rooster, which is read in the unequalled Feliciano style. All in all, an awesome record."

"Absolutely one of the best albums of Jose in his whole career. He is at the apex of his artistry in this period. It contains not only a true Feliciano recording made at age 10, but also an incredible number of masterpieces like First Of May and Windmills Of Your Mind, R & B and rock tracks like Little Red Rooster and She's A Woman, pop songs such as Gotta Get A Message To You and his Rain; a song defined as 'having a hypnotizing charm'. But, above all, this album contains his version of Hey Jude, eight minutes of amazing guitar playing. Probably no other artist can make an album like this. Strongly recommended to all Jose Feliciano fans and to all music lovers."

"I recommend this album to anyone who loves good music. Most of the songs are ones that were by other artists but with a style only Feliciano can do."

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