''Instant Party!'' is an album by
the Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close-harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly and Phillip "Phil" Everly, the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country, ...
, originally released in 1962. It was recorded in Nashville between August and November 1961, shortly after ''
Both Sides of an Evening'' and it too failed to chart. There is an exclamation point on the cover art but not in the title as shown on the original label.
Discogs - Instant Party
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Critical reception
The album consisted mainly of older pop tunes, making this release notable in its lack of the duo's normal rock and roll
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. Allmusic
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stated in its review: "...much of the playing was impeccable, but also, apart from three exceptions, incredibly boring, something the Everlys had never been before. ''Instant Party!'' marked a low point in their artistic fortunes..."
Track listing
;Side one
# " Step It Up and Go" (Traditional; credited to Don Everly, Phil Everly under the pseudonym Jimmy Howard) - 1:58
# " Theme From ''Carnival'' (Love Makes the World Go 'Round)" (Bob Merrill
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) - 2:40
# "" (Wayne Shanklin
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Music career
In the early 19 ...
) - 2:20
# " True Love" (Cole Porter
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) - 1:59
# "Bye Bye Blackbird
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Song i ...
" (Mort Dixon
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Biography
Born in New York City, United States, Dixon began writing songs in the early 1920s, and was active into the 1930s. He achieved success with his first published e ...
, Ray Henderson
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Born in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley. He was one-third of ...
) - 3:15
# "When It's Night-Time in Italy It's Wednesday Over Here" (Lew Brown
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, James Kendis) - 2:00
;Side two
#" Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)" (Paul Burkhard
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, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner
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) - 2:08
# " Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones
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) - 2:30
# " Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma
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, Johnny Mercer
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, Jacques Prévert
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) - 2:50
# "Long Lost John" (Adapted by Ike Everly) - 1:49
# " The Party's Over" (Betty Comden
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, Adolph Green
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, Jules Styne) - 2:14
# "Ground Hawg" (Adapted by Ike Everly) - 2:02
Personnel
*Don Everly
Isaac Donald Everly (February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021) was an American musician. Everly was one-half of the singing duo The Everly Brothers alongside his younger brother Phil Everly, Phil.
Early life
Don was born in Brownie, Kentucky on Febru ...
– guitar
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, vocals
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*Phil Everly
Phillip Everly (January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014) was an American musician, who was one half of the duo The Everly Brothers alongside his older brother Don.
Early life
Phil was born in Chicago in 1939 to Isaac Milford "Ike" Everly, Jr. (190 ...
– guitar, vocals
*Chet Atkins
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– electric guitar
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*Hank Garland
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– electric guitar
*Luther Brandon
Luke Brandon (February 1, 1925 – February 15, 2012) was an American guitarist from Roane County, Tennessee. He played on several major records throughout his career as a guitarist. Noted artists that feature Brandon's guitar work are the Everly B ...
– acoustic guitar
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*Floyd Chance Floyd Taylor Chance (December 21, 1925 – April 11, 2005), often credited as Lightnin' Chance, was an American session musician who played bass on many successful country and pop records, especially in the 1950s and 1960s. His bass playing can ...
– bass
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*Floyd Cramer
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– piano
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* Buddy Harman, Jr. – drums
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;Technical
*Ken Whitmore - cover photography
References
External links
Collector's Choice Music reissue liner notes by Richie Unterberger.
1962 albums
The Everly Brothers albums
Warner Records albums
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