Still on the Move
is a somewhat revised and expanded version of the 1992
Ace
CD compilation
Lonnie on the Move
, which was itself a slightly revised reissue of a mid-'70s double-LP compilation album of 1960s
Fraternity
recordings. It's "somewhat revised" because it actually eliminates two tracks from
,
"Soul Express"
and
"Jam and Butter."
That's because those are actually different titles for the same recording, and also because that recording appears under its proper name,
"The Freeze,"
on another
Mack
anthology on
Memphis Wham!
also adds a bunch of tracks that haven't been included on reissue comps before, among them sides from rare mid-'60s
singles and five previously unreleased alternate takes. Determining what previously appeared where is a complicated enough exercise to make you wish, actually, that you didn't even know about those other compilations. What's important is that, when combined with the other two
CD anthologies,
From Nashville to Memphis
provides all the 1960s
recordings you could possibly want. What's more important is that this is very good
rock
-
R&B
country
soul
, not quite as good as his best 1960s
stuff (as heard on the
comp), but not far off that mark. His idiosyncratic vibrato guitar is consistently excellent, and the material (whether instrumental or vocal) is frankly much more varied and interesting than those of many other artists from the time who were working the same territory.
"Wildwood Flower"
sounds like a more even-tempered
Link Wray
"Snow on the Mountain"
is a first-class overlooked
blue-eyed soul
cooker from 1967, and the overdone
"Money"
gets a very cool minor-keyed interpretation. His singing is good enough to make you wish that he'd sung more often, and indeed some cuts, like
"I Found a Love,"
sound suspiciously like they were meant to have lead vocals but never got overdubbed with them, as they have full backup vocal choruses. On the other hand, instrumental workouts like
"Stand By Me"
bring a fresh interpretation to such
standards
that wouldn't have been possible if they'd included vocals. ~ Richie Unterberger