Imelda May - Why Don't You Do Right - Non-Album Tracks (2009-2010)

First off, I've already posted a couple of Imelda May albums, but I've gotta say that if you don't know her music, you really need to check her out. I gather that she's big in Britain and Ireland, where her albums regularly reach the top five in the charts, but she's very little known everywhere else, where her albums rarely even make the charts.

In addition to having a great voice, May also is a talented songwriter. Her official albums are mostly filled with songs she wrote. But this stray tracks album is mainly composed of cover versions. She does everything from a Beatles song ("Oh Darling") to a song associated with Elvis Presley ("My Baby Left Me") to some classic blues songs. There also are a couple of nice collaborations with Jeff Beck.

May released her first album in 2003. But her career languished in obscurity until late 2008, when she released her album "Love Tattoo," which hit number one in Ireland and went gold in Britain. In the wake of that success she had more opportunities to record music and to perform on TV and such. Five of the songs here are officially unreleased. 

The song quality is excellent most of the way through this album. The first two songs are from an audience bootleg, and the song quality is less than the rest of the album. If you're a stickler for sound quality, you can just delete those. They date from 2008.

01 On Revival Day (Imelda May)
02 Pink Champagne (Imelda May)
03 Why Don't You Do Right (Imelda May)
04 Go Tell the Devil (Imelda May & Sharon Shannon)
05 Oh Darling (Imelda May)
06 Wexford Carol (Imelda May)
07 My Babe (Imelda May)
08 Rollin' and Tumblin' (Imelda May)
09 Rogue Melody (Jerry Fish & the Mudbug Club with Imelda May)
10 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Royal Air Force Squadronaires with Imelda May)
11 Going Up the Country (Imelda May)
12 Lilac Wine (Jeff Beck & Imelda May)
13 Poor Boy (Jeff Beck & Imelda May)
14 My Baby Left Me (Imelda May)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15602706/ImeldaM_2009-2010_WhyDontYouDRght_atse.zip.html

I made the cover art using a photo of May from a 2008 concert.