Turn Back the Hands of Time (1992)

About this title: "Rare and Previously Unreleased Recordings 1965-1972," reads a legend on the cover of the Turn Back the Hands of Time compilation, and while Dan Nooger's liner notes fail to spell out the details, it appears that the bulk of these tracks date from the early '70s and Z.Z. Hill's Hill Records label. One, "Don't Make Me Pay for His Mistakes," was a hit for the blues singer in 1971. The first three tracks present Hill's distinctive covers of the Temptations ("Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "My Girl") and Tyrone Davis ("Turn Back the Hands of Time"). Certainly, this is not the best Z.Z. Hill collection ... read more

Tracks:

1. Ain't Too Proud to Beg [Holland/Whitfield]
2. Turn Back the Hands of Time
3. My Girl
4. It Can Be Fixed
5. Nine Pound Steel
6. Don't Make Me Pay for His Mistakes
7. Mr Nobody's Somebody
8. Sweet Woman
9. One Way Love Affair
10. Think People
11. You Better Take Time
12. Five Will Get You Ten
13. The Right to Love
14. You Were Wrong [Hill]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.