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This Truly is Lenny Dee In Dee-Mand! A Triple Dee-Light!

David W. Roemersberger | 03/26/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Remember Red Foley the great country singer? Mr. Foley was responsible for Lenny signing a contract to record for Decca Records. Lenny started out in 1950 and recorded for the same company until 1978. This double CD represents some of Lenny's very early single releases. Actually there are 15 of his early singles on this double CD. The very first song Lenny recorded was St. Louis Blues back in 1950. And if you listen closely you will Dee-Tect a bit of a boogie beat even in that early recording at one point, the man who taught the world how a boogie should sound on a Hammond Organ. There are four boogies contained on this double CD release by Jasmine.



Then in a couple of sessions in New York City during the mid-fifties, Lenny recorded 30 songs which make-up two of his best albums ever titled Hi-Dee-Fi and Dee-Day! plus five selections in an album titled Mr. Dee Goes To Town. Six of those old singles mentioned above complete the remainder of Mr. Dee Goes To Town. If you listen closely you can tell the newer recordings from the early recordings.



Lenny then caught a fast freight from Florida to Nashville, Tennessee taking along his now famous Hammond Model A to record his eighth album for Decca titled Dee-Latin. Some consider this his most difficult work.

To top off this great double CD are nine more singles that never appeared on any of his Decca/MCA record albums. Even one song features Lenny singing, the last single he recorded before his famous Plantation Boogie was released which made Lenny somewhat of a household name back in the mid-fifties.



What more can I say? This album is "enough to make a rabbit hug a hounddog"."

Hot Damn, Pardner!

Michael B. Reed | Cleveland, OH | 03/25/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Once again the master comes forth! I have all these albums contained therein on LPs [that's records, folks!] Just ordered this one, and I can tell you that you will especially love the stuff Lenny does.

He plays organ right.....two hands, two feet, and all the right moves.

I was fortunate to have had Lenny as a friend and mentor for over 40 years before his death, and never was there an organist who got more out of a Hammond than he did. All that specially-made equipment: the echo, the pedal sustain, the Solovox...they all add up to a performance you won't forget. Put his CD on and hold on to your hat [and spurs] Pardner...

Here comes THE Lenny Dee at the Hammond Organ. Need I say more?



Mike Reed

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In Dee-Mand Another Jasmine Lenny Dee Triumph

Palmateer | St. Petersburg, FL USA | 02/07/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Jasmine has exceeded itself, releasing another Lenny Dee 2-CD set of organ music, this time from albums issued in 1956 and 1957. The same excellent transfer from four analog disc albums is accompanied by nine tracks from early Lenny Dee singles, starting with St. Louis Blues of 1950 (78 RPM).

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