If You Really Want Me to I'll Go - The Sir Douglas Quintet, McClinton, Delbert
And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Fierro, Martin
Lawd, I'm Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City
She's About a Mover
Texas Me - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Meyers, Augie
Oh, Baby, It Just Don't Matter
Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day [*]
Sir Doug's Recording Trip [*]
The Homecoming [*] - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Hall, Tom T.
Hello Amsterdam [*]
At the Crossroads [Alternative Mix][*]
Texas Me [Alternative Mix][*] - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Meyers, Augie
First time on CD, reissued with 6 bonus tracks 'Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day', 'Sir Doug's Recording Trip', 'The Homecoming', 'Hello Amsterdam', 'At The Crossroads' (Alternate Mix) & 'Texas Me' (Alternate Mix)... more ». Remastered & repackaged with new liner notes. 2002.« less
First time on CD, reissued with 6 bonus tracks 'Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day', 'Sir Doug's Recording Trip', 'The Homecoming', 'Hello Amsterdam', 'At The Crossroads' (Alternate Mix) & 'Texas Me' (Alternate Mix). Remastered & repackaged with new liner notes. 2002.
CD Reviews
Tex mex supreme
Frank M. Mckinney | Va | 10/29/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I love the fact that Doug's producers wanted to name them the Sir Douglas Quintet so they would sound like an English group (the Beatles were hot then). This is about as far away from 60's pop-rock as you can get! Best Doug album ever and I've heard them all. Finally available on cd,thank you, thank you, my old record is sounding pretty bad from repeated plays over 25 years. Mendocino and She's About a Mover were the hits, but Texas Me, Crossroads, Wanna Be Your Mama (I could go on & on) are the real stars here. Thanks, Doug. We miss you"
The Bomb
C. Bagwell | colorado | 05/28/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is probably the best Tex/Mex album ever made. Everyone I have played this for has become an instant fan. There was nothing like the Sir Douglas Quintet in the sixties. They were truly one of a kind. As a person who grew up around Mexican music I think that this was the logical next step. ... this might be the best album ever made period."
An Absolute Classic
tamio888 | New York, NY USA | 07/02/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I remember the single, "Mendocino" when I was a hippie kid in the NY suburbs. I later moved to Austin and lived with this LP, every day. Now I have the CD. It is as soulful and buoyant and introspective and joyful as I recalled. It is not psychedelic - though it could be, I guess. Sir Doug was seminal to the revival and appreciation of Texas music in the 70s and this the precursor to and, maybe the best - certainly, the purest - manifestation of his vast body of work. We will miss him, but we have this recording to carry us through."
"A classic. A concept album about liking Northern California but missing Texas. "I Don't Want" is perhaps the most instantly accessible tune Doug Sahm ever did; the title track is certainly one of the best takes on hippiedom ever; and so forth. Relaxed, soulful, all that. I'd rate this as the single best thing Doug Sahm ever did--the one to get if one's all you want. Contains his two best-known songs, "She's About a Mover" and "Mendocino." Originally came out, on Mercury, way back in 1969."
Lovable
Gordon A. FitzGerald | Clinton, MA United States | 10/18/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Thanks to Acadia Records (England) for reissuing the late 60's/early 70's Sir Douglas Quintet! There had been a distinct CD void. This is probably the best one, though 1+1+1=4 is also a favorite. "Mendocino" is a mixture of pop, blues, jazz, country, and soul, sung beautifully with organ, fiddle, and saxophane accompaniment. It's just lovable stuff, and reaches the sublime with "At the Crossroads". If I were a radio station (seems unlikely) this is what I'd play."
Track Listings (16) - Disc #1