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Литтл Ричард (настоящее имя Ричард Пенниман) родился 5 декабря 1935 года в г. Мэкон, США в большой семье. У Ричарда было 11 братьев и 11 сестер. Воспитывались они в весьма интересной семье: два его дяди и дед были священниками, а отец занимался контрабандой виски. В юности Ричард пел в церковном хоре и учился играть на фортепиано, но родителям не нравилась тяга сына к музыке, и в 13 лет Ричард ушел из дома. Его усыновила белая пара Эни и Джонни Джонсоны, владевшие музыкальным клубом. Карьера Ричарда началась в 1951. После победы в музыкальном конкурсе в Атланте, он взял псевдоним Литтл Ричард и подписал контракт на запись восьми песен. В 1952 Ричард переехал в Хьюстон, где до 1955 года работал с группами "Deuces Of Rhythm" и "Tempo Toppers". Выходившие синглы пользовались небольшим успехом и лишь в Хьюстоне. В том же 1955 году Ричард начал сотрудничать и гастролировать с оркестром Джонни Отиса. Они гастролировали с блюзовым репертуаром - его роковые композиции публика в то время еще не воспринимала. В 1955 году Ричард послал одну из своих записей в лос-анджелесскую фирму грамзаписи, а они как раз искали вокалиста с очень высоким резким фальцетом, такой голос был у Ричарда, и его взяли. Ричард подписывает контракт с Ар-групп из фирмы "Speciality Records" и в конце 1955 приступает к записи песни "Tutti Frutti", которая прозвучала в начале 1956 года и попала в хит-парады США и Англии. После такого успеха Ричард записывает ещё немного песен: "Long Tall Sally", 1956 год, 6-е место в США, 3-е в Англии; "Rip It Up", 1956 год, 17-е место в США, 30-е в Англии; "She''s Got It", 1957 год, 15-е место в Англии. В то же время Ричард снимается в фильмах: "Rock Is Immortal"- 1956 год, в том же году "The Girl Can't Help It" и в 1957 "Mr. Rock-n-roll". На пике славы Ричард в 1957 году неожиданно вновь обращается к религии и музыке госпел. Вернуться в рок Ричард решил в 1962 году, отправившись в турне по Англии. В средине 60-х Ричард записал пару успешных синглов, один из них "Bama Lama Bama Loo". Ричард стал не столько популярным исполнителем, сколько живой легендой рок-н-ролла. За честь выступить с Little Richard считали такие исполнители, как The Beatles и The Rolling Stones. Вокальным приемам, среди прочих, у Ричарда учился Пол Маккартни. В 1989 имя Литтл Ричард торжественно занесено в Зал Славы Рок-н-ролла. Вновь в хит-парадах Ричард появился с Элтоном Джоном (также ученик Ричарда) в 1993 году. Они исполнили фанк-номер "The Power" из альбома Элтона Джона "Duets" и попали в Топ-5 в английском хит-параде. Имя Литл Ричарда выбито на одной из мраморных звезд, которыми выложен бульвар Голливуд в Лос-Анджелесе. Именем певца был назван также один из бульваров в его родном городе. Лидер бунтарского рок-н-ролла 50-х годов, человек, который изменил весь музыкальный мир шоу-бизнеса, Литл Ричард до сих пор остается подлинной звездой эпохи, истинным архитектором рок-н-ролла.
RCA & Peacock [1951-53]
#777Треклист 01. Get Rich Quick..................................(RCA Victor, 1951-52) 02. Why did you leave me......................(RCA Victor, 1951-52) 03. Taxi blues.........................................(RCA Victor, 1951-52) 04. Every hour........................................(RCA Victor, 1951-52) 05. I brought it all on myself..................(RCA Victor, 1951-52) 06. Thinkin' 'bout my mother..................(RCA Victor, 1951-52) 07. Ain't nothin' happenin'......................(RCA Victor, 1951-52) 08. Please have mercy on me.................(RCA Victor, 1951-52) 09. Get rich quick (alternative) 10. Thinkin' 'bout my mother (take A) 11. I brought it all on myself (take C) 12. Please have mercy on my (take A) 13. Little Richard boogie.........................(Peacock, 1953) 14. Directly from my heart.......................(Peacock, 1953) 15. I love by baby...................................(Peacock, 1953) 16. Maybe I'm right.................................(Peacock, 1953) 17. Ain't that good news.........................(Peacock, 1953) 18. Fool at the wheel..............................(Peacock, 1953) 19. Rice, red beans and turnip greens....(Peacock, 1953) 20. Always...............................................(Peacock, 1953) 21. Directly from my heart (alternative) 22. I love my baby (take 2)
Several years before permanently altering cultural history with an incendiary new kind of dance music issued on 78 rpm platters that bore the black and yellow Specialty logo, Little Richard made his first recordings for the Victor and Peacock labels. In 1989, Bear Family released The Formative Years 1951-53, containing 16 of these historic performances appended with six alternate takes. By dishing out swinging rhythm & blues infused with a New Orleans kick, Little Richard was laying the ground for a much rowdier, edgier manifestation that would eventually envelop him and the entire nation in a defiant and recklessly joyous catharsis called rock & roll. Without these fine R&B records, wouldn't none of that come together the way that it did. If you take this collection, combine it with the Specialty recordings and use selections from the Vee Jay catalog for a chaser, you'll be in a good position to draw your own conclusions regarding what this amazing individual recorded later in life.
Specialty [1955-57]
#777Треклист 01. Tutti Frutti 02. True, Fine Mama 03. Can't Believe You Wanna' Leave 04. Ready Teddy 05. Baby 06. Slippin' and Slidin' 07. Long Tall Sally 08. Miss Ann 09. Oh Why? 10. Rip It Up 11. Jenny Jenny 12. She's Got It
Little Richard – vocals, piano (except on 5 and 9) Lee Allen – tenor sax (except on 2 and 12) Alvin "Red" Tyler – baritone sax (except on 2 and 12) Frank Fields – bass (except on 2 and 12) Earl Palmer – drums on (except on 2 and 12) Edgar Blanchard – guitar on (except on 1, 2, 5, 9 and 12)
Justin Adams – guitar on 1 and 5 Huey Smith – piano on 1 and 5 Renald Richard – trumpet on 2 Clarence Ford – tenor sax, baritone sax on 2 Joe Tillman – tenor sax on 2 William "Frosty" Pyles – guitar on 2 Lloyd Lambert – bass on 2 Oscar Moore – drums on 2 Roy Montrell - guitar on 9 Wilbert Smith – tenor sax on 12 Grady Gaines – tenor sax on 12 Clifford Burks – tenor sax on 12 Jewell Grant – baritone sax on 12 Nathaniel Douglas – guitar on 12 Olsie Richard Robinson – bass on 12 Charles Connor – drums on 12
Little Richard had been making records for four years before he rolled into Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio in New Orleans and cut the epochal "Tutti Frutti" in the fall of 1955, but everything else he'd done -- and much of what others had recorded -- faded into insignificance when Richard wailed "A wop bop a loo mop a lomp bomp bomp" and kicked off one of the first great wailers in rock history. In retrospect, Little Richard's style doesn't seem so strikingly innovative as captured in 1956's Here's Little Richard -- his boogie-woogie piano stylings weren't all that different from what Fats Domino has been laying down since 1949, and his band pumped out the New Orleans backbeat that would define the Crescent City's R&B for the next two decades, albeit with precision and plenty of groove. But what set Richard apart was his willingness to ramp up the tempos and turn the outrage meter up to ten; "Tutti Frutti," "Rip It Up" and "Jenny Jenny" still sound outrageous a half-century after they were waxed, and it's difficult but intriguing to imagine how people must have reacted to Little Richard at a time when African-American performers were expected to be polite and the notion of a gay man venturing out of the closet simply didn't exist (Richard's songs were thoroughly heterosexual on the surface, but the nudge and wink of "Tutti Frutti" and "Baby" is faint but visible, and his bop threads, mile-high process and eye makeup clearly categorized him as someone "different"). These 12 tunes may not represent the alpha and omega of Little Richard's best music, but every song is a classic and unlike many of his peers, time has refused to render this first album quaint -- Richard's grainy scream remains one of the great sounds in rock & roll history, and the thunder of his piano and the frantic wail of the band is still the glorious call of a Friday night with pay in the pocket and trouble in mind. Brilliant stuff.
#777Треклист 01. Keep A Knockin' 02. By The Light Of The Silvery Mo 03. Send Me Some Lovin' 04. Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo 05. Heeby Jeebies 06. All Around The World 07. Good Golly Miss Molly 08. Baby Face 09. Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey 10. Ooh! My Soul 11. The Girl Can't Help It 12. Lucille
Little Richard was not only one of the first great stars of rock & roll, he was one of the young music's first great cultural affronts, and while he was selling records hand over first in 1955 and 1956, he seemed strange to squares in a way Chuck Berry or Fats Domino couldn't quite match, with his beyond-crazed performing style and ambiguous fashion sense. For Richard's second LP, 1957's simply titled Little Richard, Specialty Records' A&R men got the clever idea that by covering a few old standards, the Georgia Peach might win over some parents who had been put off by his earlier work. The flaw in this thinking was that by the time Richard got through with "Baby Face" and "By the Light of the Silvery Moon," they sounded like Little Richard tunes -- which is to say the vocals howled, the piano rang out like church bells on speed, and his band swung hard behind it all. Little Richard was every bit as rockin' as his first album, if not more so; "Keep A'Knockin'," "Lucille," "Good Golly Miss Molly," and "The Girl Can't Help It" were hits for the right reason, "All Around the World" is still a clarion call for the power of the music (and most adults were probably not comforted by the song's proclamation that young fans of the big beat "never have time for romance/ they only wanna dance"), "Send Me Some Lovin'" slows down the tempo while still laying out the good groove, "Ooh! My Soul" is deliciously lascivious, and there isn't a single throwaway among the 12 tunes on deck. Richard's band (sadly unidentified by name) are in glorious form as well, and Cosimo Matassa (who recorded the bulk of these songs at his tiny J&M Studios in New Orleans) makes these sessions sound as raucous as they deserved. Little Richard was too crazed to win over many suspicious parents in 1957, but thankfully it wails loud enough that no one was likely to hear them complain, and it still gets the party started 50 years on.
#777#777Треклист 01. Tutti Frutti 02. True Fine Mama 03. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave 04. Ready Teddy 05. Baby 06. Slippin' And Slidin' 07. Long Tall Sally 08. Miss Ann 09. Oh Why 10. Rip It Up 11. Jenny Jenny 12. She's Got It 13. Keep A Knockin' 14. By The Light Of The Silvery Moon 15. Send Me Some Lovin' 16. I'll Never Let You Go 17. Heeby Jeebies 18. All Around The World 19. Good Golly, Miss Molly 20. Baby Face 21. Hey Hey Hey Hey 22. Ooh! My Soul 23. The Girl Can't Help It 24. Lucille
Little Richard – vocals, piano (except on 5 and 9) Lee Allen – tenor sax (except on 2 and 12) Alvin "Red" Tyler – baritone sax (except on 2 and 12) Frank Fields – bass (except on 2 and 12) Earl Palmer – drums on (except on 2 and 12) Edgar Blanchard – guitar on (except on 1, 2, 5, 9 and 12)
Justin Adams – guitar on 1 and 5 Huey Smith – piano on 1 and 5 Renald Richard – trumpet on 2 Clarence Ford – tenor sax, baritone sax on 2 Joe Tillman – tenor sax on 2 William "Frosty" Pyles – guitar on 2 Lloyd Lambert – bass on 2 Oscar Moore – drums on 2 Roy Montrell - guitar on 9 Wilbert Smith – tenor sax on 12 Grady Gaines – tenor sax on 12 Clifford Burks – tenor sax on 12 Jewell Grant – baritone sax on 12 Nathaniel Douglas – guitar on 12 Olsie Richard Robinson – bass on 12 Charles Connor – drums on 12
This superb Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs release combines Little Richard's first two album releases from 1957 ("Here's Little Richard") and 1958 ("Little Richard"). Both records on the Specialty label were actually collections of his singles and B-sides released from 1956-58. Twenty-three tracks presented in the glorious original mono without any gimmicky attempt to re-channel into fake stereo. That's the way it must be 'cause you really shouldn't fool around with perfection - leave it as it is and just goose the existing sonics to state-of-the-art. The disc starts off with "Tutti Fruitti", a number LR had going around his head. Actually, his initial "version" almost got him kicked out of the studio before he cleaned it up for safe consumption by the masses (and the producer). The remaining tracks as listed below are all equally as hot. Just about all of them placed in both the R&B and pop charts. One of Little Richard's other ground-breaking qualities was his ability to cross over and appeal to all types of music lovers. One of my greatest failures as a life-long music lover has been missing the live stage acts of both Little Richard and the mid-sixties James Brown. Even though I was quite young at the time, I could have somehow pulled it off and not doing so was simply inexcusable. One of the best things about Little Richard's records is that they invariably contain a live vibe. So if you can try to imagine the visuals, it's still a great show. With the much-anticipated return to the scene of Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs, the sonics have been raised to a level only before heard in the original studio sessions. The packaging itself is fascinating with the technical description of mastering techniques and a "so cool" B&W photo of the band in action - Little Richard is at the piano on one leg with his arms surrounding his other raised leg with its foot above the keys!
#777Треклист 01. Shake A Hand 02. Chicken Little Baby 03. All Night Long 04. The Most I Can Offer 05. Lonesome And Blue 06. Wonderin' 07. She Knows How To Rock 08. Kansas City 09. Directly From My Heart 10. Maybe I'm Right 11. Early One Morning 12. I'm Just A Lonely Guy 13. Whole Lotta Shaking Going On
Little Richard – vocals, piano Lee Allen – tenor sax Alvin "Red" Tyler – baritone sax Frank Fields – bass Earl Palmer – drums Edgar Blanchard – guitar
The Fabulous Little Richard was the third album from Little Richard, and the end of his Rock 'n' Roll period. Released seventeen months after he had left the Specialty Records label, Richard had returned to religion and turned his back on the music that made him famous. Though he would briefly rescind that decision in 1960, and sporadically throughout his career, this album marked the end of his peak period. In order to make the record more accessible to listeners, over half of the tracks featured an overdubbed female backing group.
Richard had received a vision of a plane on fire, and took it as a sign from God to leave showbusiness. He recalled that in 1957: There were ten days of the tour left to run, but I would not work any more. Our tickets home were bought on the basis of a two-week tour, but I demanded passage back to the States for the total entourage ten days early. The incredible thing is that the plane we were originally scheduled to return on crashed into the Pacific Ocean. That's when I felt that God really had inspired me to do the things I did at the time. The liner notes of the album observed that Little Richard is at present deeply engrossed in religious activities, thus sacrificing the millions of dollars he could be earning through personal appearances on television, in motion pictures, and in concerts. The sleeve notes also claimed that the overdubbed tracks were Little Richard's decision, stating that Little Richard has added voices on several of these numbers, bringing him closer to the type of church singing he was brought up on, and to which he is now returning. Six months after the release of this album Richard would begin to record Gospel music, a genre he continued in - barring a brief dalliance with the Little Star Records label in 1960 - for the next four years. In April 1963 he entered Sam Cooke's studio to begin recording new tracks for Specialty.
Треклист 01. Good Golly Miss Molly 02. The Girl Can't Help It 03. Goodnight Irene 04. Long Tall Sally 05. Slippin' And Slidin' 06. Hound Dog 07. She's Got It 08. Lucille 09. Money Honey 10. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 11. Tutti Frutti 12. Groovy Little Suzy
Gospel years [1959-63]
#777Треклист 01. Just A Closer Walk With Thee 02. Milky White Way 03. Does Jesus Care 04. Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley 05. Coming Home 06. I've Just Come From The Fountain 07. I'm Trampin' 08. Need Him 09. God Is Real 10. Precious Lord
Whatever you say, Mr. Record Company Guy. Though I'm more moved to pray for him whenever I listen to this... I'm no gospel expert, but this is easily the least affecting and most poorly recorded example of the genre I've heard to date. The usual bases are covered - uptempo handclappers ("Every Time I Feel The Spirit"), slow lamentations ("Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley"), spoken exhortations ("Coming Home") - but somehow none of it connects. Richard's voice is as huge as ever ("Does Jesus Care"), and I don't question his commitment, but his usual intensity is nowhere to be found. He does sound a bit more comfortable on the tunes which are closest to his usual four-chord rock and roll ("Milky White Way"). The backing on most tracks is organ, piano and drums, but the "recorded in a cavern" fidelity makes it hard to get much out of what they're playing. Available on CD under the title God Is Real.
#777Треклист 01. Troubles Of The World 02. Search Me Lord 03. Everytime I Feel The Spirit 04. I Know The Lord 05. Certainly Lord 06. Tell God All My Troubles 07. I Want Jesus To Walk With Me 08. Lord, I Want To Be A Christian 09. I'm Quittin' Show Business 10. Speech: I'm Quittin' Show Business
Released over many different albums between 1959 and 1963, full details of these sessions have proved difficult to track down. In the book The Life and Times of Little Richard they are listed as being recorded in New York with an estimated date of September 1959. Recorded for mogul George Goldner, the only known personnel member besides Richard was Herman Stevens on organ. The tracks are described by Charles White as pretty miserable [...] 'dirgelike' cuts.
#777Треклист 01. Every Time I Feel the Spirit 02. Does Jesus Care 03. Coming Home 04. God Is Real 05. I'm Tramping 06. Milky White Way 07. Just a Closer Walk With Thee 08. Precious Lord, Take My Hand 09. I Want Jesus To Walk With Me 10. Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
These are Richard's gospel recordings made for the Coral label in 1959. Titles include "Every Time I Feeel The Spirit," "Does Jesus Care," "I'm Tramping," "Milky White Way," "Just A Closer Walk With Thee," and "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley." An interesting chapter in this giant's recorded career.
#777Треклист 01. Every Time I Feel the Spirit 02. Certainly Lord 03. Walk With Me 04. In My Heart 05. Troubles of the World 06. I'm Quittin' Show Business 07. Search Me 08. I Know The Lord 09. All About It 10. He is Real
#777Треклист 01. It's Real 02. Joy, Joy, Joy 03. Do You Care? 04. The Captain Calls for You 05. In Times Like These 06. Do Lord, Remember Me 07. Ride on, King Jesus 08. Peace in the Valley 09. He's Not Just a Soldier 10. My Desire 11. He's My Star 12. It Takes Everything to Serve the Lord
#777Треклист 01. Cryin' In The Chapel 02. Hole In The Wall 03. Travelin' Shoes 04. It Is No Secret
#777Треклист 01. Just A Closer Walk With Thee 02. Search Me Lord 03. Need Him 04. Does Jesus Care 05. Coming Home 06. I Want Jesus To Walk With Me 07. Everytime I Feel The Spirit 08. God Is Real 09. Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley 10. Precious Lord
MCA Special Products' Sings the Gospel contains a selection of ten tracks Little Richard recorded at an unspecified time, but it sounds like the early '80s. At that point in time, Richard wasn't exactly at the peak of his career, but he was nevertheless in good voice, and he delivers fine performances throughout Sings the Gospel
Vee-Jay [1964-65]
#777Треклист 01. A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 02. Going Home Tomorrow 03. Money Honey 04. Only You 05. Hound Dog 06. Goodnight Irene 07. Lawdy Miss Claudie 08. Groovy Little Suzy 09. Short Fat Fanny 10. Cherry Red 11. Memories Are Made Of This 12. Blueberry Hill
After a brief return to Specialty (which produced a couple of singles but no album), Richard moved to Vee-Jay and cut this disc of oldies like "Hound Dog" and "Short Fat Fannie." If you've already heard all the key Richard tracks, there's some interesting secondary material here: a big-band jazz version number with wild falsetto ("Only You"), a slow soulful rendition of "Goodnight Irene" with prominent congas. Despite claims to the contrary, Jimi Hendrix wasn't in the band yet and doesn't appear.
After leaving Specialty Records in 1957 to record gospel music, Richard recorded twenty tracks for the Goldner Records label in September 1959. Although tempted back to record rock and roll with his old band The Upsetters for Little Star Records in 1960, he soon went back to gospel, recording 36 religious tracks for Mercury Records and Atlantic Records from 1961-1963. A successful British tour finally made Richard return to his rock and roll roots, and tracks for singles were cut in 1963/1964 with Specialty, though not enough for an album. Although the records kept in the Vee-Jay Records vaults aren't terribly accurate (many even disputing whether or not Jimi Hendrix played guitar on 17 tracks as reputed), it's believed that Richard stepped into the recording studios on June 1964 and had a further six sessions until late in 1965, recording forty-six tracks. Over half of these tracks were split between this and the follow-up album, Little Richard's Greatest Hits, yet the company was not able to do any more with the unreleased recordings as financial problems caused them to file for bankruptcy in January 1966. As a result of Vee-Jay Records's collapse, the archive tracks were gradually released over a period of time, often adding just one unreleased track from the vaults. These four additional albums were released by different labels such as Dynasty Records and Joy (UK) Records, the last one in 1974, nearly ten years after Richard had stopped recording for the label. Where these albums are compilations with no new material they have been included in the discography, but omitted from the album chronology; albums with at least one new track have been placed into the chronology.
#777Треклист 01. Good Golly Miss Molly 02. Baby Face 03. Tutti Frutti 04. Send Me Some Lovin' 05. The Girl Can't Help It 06. Lucille 07. Slippin' And Slidin' 08. Keep A-Knockin' 09. Rip It Up 10. She's Got It 11. Ooh! My Soul 12. Long Tall Sally
Vee-Jay re-recordings of, well, his greatest hits. It's not terrible: "Good Golly Miss Molly" doesn't have the tautness of the original but it's even more urgent, and the layers of horns add a nice touch. Over the next year he released three singles of new material, including the pleasant uptempo "Cross Over" and a lovely, soulful version of "I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me)" (which does feature Hendrix). Though "I Don't Know" was a charting single, due to Vee-Jay's financial problems none of those tracks were collected on album until many years later.
Little Richard recorded forty-six tracks for the Vee-Jay Records label, but nearly half of the tracks went unreleased as the company filed for bankruptcy in January 1966. As a result of Vee-Jay Records's collapse, the archive tracks were gradually released over a period of time, often adding just one unreleased track from the vaults. These four additional albums were released by different labels such as Dynasty Records and Joy (UK) Records, the last one in 1974, nearly ten years after Richard had stopped recording for the label. These four albums containing the rest of the Vee Jay output (barring three unreleased tracks) were as follows: Mr. Big (1971), Friends from the Beginning - Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix (1972), Rip It Up (1973) and Talkin' 'Bout Soul (1974). To date, three tracks recorded for the Vee Jay label remain unreleased: an alternate version of She's Got It, plus I Don't Come From England and Thank You.
#777Треклист 01. Jenny Jenny 02. Without Love (There Is Nothing) 03. Cross Over 04. My Wheels They Are Slippin' Al 05. It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way How You Do It) 06. Every Time I Think About You (Somthing Moves In My Heart) 07. Talkin' 'Bout Soul 08. I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me) 09. I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me) (Harmony Version) 10. Dance What You Wanna 11. Dancing All Around The World
Personnel, tracks 1,3-5 Little Richard – vocals, piano Rest of personnel unlisted in Vee Jay archives Personnel, tracks 2,7 and 9 Little Richard – vocals, piano Clyde Johnson - saxophone William Green - saxophone Buddy Collette - saxophone Earl Palmer - drums Rest of personnel unlisted in Vee Jay archives Personnel, tracks 6, 8 and 10 Little Richard – vocals, piano Jimi Hendrix - guitar Rest of personnel unlisted in Vee Jay archives
Mr. Big, released in the middle of his Reprise Records period, was another compilation of Little Richard's mid 1960s recordings for the Vee Jay Records label. Released on the UK Joy label, it is included in the album chronology because none of the tracks had previously been unreleased on an album. A later album with not only the same name, but also the same cover was released for the US market in 1974 with different tracks.
As covered on the entry for Little Richard Is Back (And There's A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!), Richard recorded nearly fifty tracks for the Vee-Jay Records label in 1964/1965. With the collapse of the record label, some of these tracks went unreleased until the 1970's. Due to the nature of this albums containing effectively 'new' material, it is included in the Little Richard album chronology despite the material being six years old at the date of its release.
#777Треклист 01. Whole Lotta Shakin'.........(VJ) 02. Goodnight Irene..............(VJ) 03. Keep a Knockin'...............(VJ) 04. Goin' Home Tomorrow.....(JH) 05. Belle Stars......................(RS) 06. Tutti Frutti.......................(JH, really Long Tall Sally) 07. Lawdy Miss Claudie........(VJ) 08. Why Don't You Love Me..(RS) 09. Lucille..............................(JH) 10. Hound Dog......................(VJ) 11. Money Honey..................(VJ) 12. Funky Dish Rag...............(RS) (VJ) Vee-Jay recording, Hendrix's probably not on any of these (RS) Reprise sessions (JH) Non-LR instrumental, probably falsely addressed to Jimi Hendrix on the record cover
Personnel - tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 10 and 11 Little Richard – vocals, piano Dewey Terry - guitar Glen Willings - guitar Jimi Hendrix - guitar Don "Sugarcane" Harris - bass, violin Two unknown drummers and unknown female vocal group - records not kept by Vee Jay Personnel - tracks 3, 5, 8, 9 and 12 Little Richard – vocals, piano, organ Jimi Hendrix - guitar Black Arthur - guitar Henry Oden - bass Rest of personnel unknown - records not kept by Vee Jay Personnel - track 6 Little Richard – vocals, piano Rest of personnel unknown - records not kept by Vee Jay
A compilation of 1964 Vee-Jay material, with three that were previously unreleased: "Belle Stars," "Funky Dish Rag" and "Why Don't You Love Me." Listed here to warn you that Hendrix didn't play on a single track of the LP.
The files at Vee Jay hold that Richard had seven sessions at the company from June 1964 - c. 1965, remaking seventeen of his old hits ("Tutti Frutti", "Good Golly Miss Molly" et al.) and recording thirty brand new ones. Even though Richard had left the company, VeeJay tracks were being released up until 1974. Hendrix played guitar on some of the sessions and this was released to cash in on his death.
Modern [1965-66]
#777Треклист 01. Introduction - Tutti Frutti 02. Keep a Knockin' 03. Saturday Night Rock (Rip it up) 04. Jenny Jenny 05. Bama Lama Bama Loo 06. Long Tall Sally 07. Ready Teddy 08. Slippin' And Slidin' 09. True Fine Mama 10. Bonnie Marone (Bony Moronie) 11. Lucille 12. Bring It Back Home To Me 13. Do You Feel It 14. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Little Richard – vocals, piano Incomplete personnel listed in Modern archives - the backing band given are Little Richard's backing band, The Upsetters.
A live recording from the Domino Club in Atlanta compiled from more than one nights concerts, all the tracks on the album have intrusive overdubbed audience noises. At least this release doesn't seem quite as likely to fool the unsuspecting. And there is one new song here: "Do You Feel It." Recorded for Modern.
OKeh [1966-67]
#777Треклист 01. Get Down With It 02. Land Of A Thousand Dances 03. The Commandments Of Love 04. I Don't Want To Discuss It 05. Money (That's What I Want) 06. Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail) 07. I Need Love 08. Never Gonna Let You Go 09. Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go) 10. Function At The Junction 11. Well
Little Richard – vocals, piano Johnny "Guitar" Watson – guitar Other personnel unknown; no records kept by Okeh
Now recording for Okeh, Richard covered a batch of almost-current R&B hits like "Land Of 1,000 Dances" and Sam Cooke's "Well All Right." Producer Larry Williams sneaked several of his own compositions onto the LP, though none of his hits: they're mostly four-chord tunes built on simple catchphrases ("A Little Bit Of Something (Beats A Whole Lot Of Nothing)"; "It's A Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail)"). The good news is, Richard is near his electrifying best ("I Don't Want To Discuss It"), and the clean small-band recording - with Richard on piano and Johnny Guitar Watson on, well, guitar - lets his enthusiasm pour right out of the speakers. He even gives his best on a couple of hokey ballads ("I Need Love"; "The Commandments Of Love"). If only there were a couple of good songs here, it would rank among the best of his post-Specialty work. Released on CD with some inconsequential bonus tracks - recorded in London under the supervision of Norman Hurricane Smith - under the title Get Down With It.
#777Треклист 01. Lucille 02. The Girl Can't Help It 03. Tutti Frutti 04. Send Me Some Lovin' 05. Long Tall Sally 06. Get Down With It 07. True Fine Mama 08. Jenny, Jenny 09. Good Golly Miss Molly 10. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On 11. Any Way You Want Me 12. You Gotta Feel It
Little Richard – vocals, piano Billy Preston - organ Eddie Fletcher - bass Glenn Willings - guitar Johnny "Guitar" Watson – guitar Drummer unknown; no records kept by Okeh
After the release of the album Richard himself noted "I was in the second year of the Okey (sic) contract and there was still no hit record. So I tore it up. The contract gave me no say in the material I recorded with them or in what was released. Larry Williams was the worst producer in the world. He wanted me to copy Motown and I was no Motown artist. [...] The Okeh stuff didn't sell at all because Okeh was an R'n'B label - a black label. I should have recorded on the Epic label, because I'm not primarily a black artist. It would have done a lot better." It is worth noting that 'Poor Dog' made 41 on the R&B chart and other Okeh 45's are highly regarded in Europe where they were released on the Epic label. After the recording sessions for this album, Richard recorded three more than unreleased tracks for Okeh on May 17, 1967, and then recorded six tracks in New York for the Brunswick Records label the same year. The Brunswick tracks were released between December '67 - September '68, none of which were hits. Meanwhile, Little Richard saw out 1967 with an appearance in the film Catalina Caper. From this point on Richard was out of the recording studios, not returning until March 1970 with the Reprise Records label.
Like the title says; the last Okeh disc and his last recording for a few years. Richard knocks off the hits vigorously, but in truncated versions that make it obvious he's rather bored with the material. An inordinate amount of album space is devoted to his speeches to the audience (in which he sounds more like a preacher than ever, though he doesn't discuss religion) - electrifying as he is, I'd much rather have heard less ranting and more complete songs. The backing band includes Billy Preston and Johnny "Guitar" Watson, but you can't hear them doing much - I wish I knew who was playing the wah-wah trumpet on the slow blues "Anyway You Want Me," though, that's hot stuff. Definitely seek out the Specialty stuff, but if you can't find any of it, this is a decent introduction to his schtick.
Reprise [1970-72]
#777Треклист 01. Freedom Blues 02. Greenwood, Mississippi 03. Two-Time Loser 04. Dew Drop Inn 05. Somebody Saw You 06. Spreadin' Natta, What's The Matte 07. The Rill Thing 08. Lovesick Blues 09. I Saw Her Standing There
Tracks 1,2,4,6 Little Richard – vocals, piano Rest of personnel unknown, records not kept by Reprise. Tracks 3,5,7,8,9 Little Richard – vocals, piano Harrison Callay - trumpet Ronnie Eader - baritone saxophone Harry Thompson - tenor saxophone Charles Rose - trombone Clayton Ivey - piano Jerry Masters - bass Travis Womack - guitar Albert Lowe - guitar Roger Hawkins - drums Eddie Fletcher - bass Wade Jackson - tenor saxophone
The Rill Thing was Little Richard's comeback album after three years away. Utilising yet another new sound, the largely swamp rock album contained Little Richard's biggest post-Specialty single in "Freedom Blues", which broke the Billboard top 50, and a lesser success with the follow-up single, "Greenwood, Mississippi", which made the top 90. The title track itself was a ten minute plus instrumental penned by Richard. Despite the success of the two tracks as singles and the inclusion of two cover versions, the album itself failed to chart.
Between the release of The Rill Thing and Little Richard's last album Little Richard's Greatest Hits: Recorded Live! (1967) there had been several album releases, but all were repackaged collections of songs that had already been released previously, including some of his Specialty work. The release of the album came less than a year after Richard's performance at Atlantic City Pop Festival, and with "Freedom Blues" he had his first hit single in thirteen years. However, the period coincided with Richard's growing usage of cocaine and concerts to promote the album on the back of the single were increasingly shambolic. After the album failed to chart, Richard returned to the studios in May 1971 to produce a follow-up for Reprise with a more traditional sound.
#777Треклист 01. King Of Rock And Roll 02. Joy To The World 03. Brown Sugar 04. In The Name 05. Dancing In The Street 06. Midnight Special 07. The Way You Do The Things You Do 08. Green Power 09. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 10. Settin' The Woods On Fire 11. Born On The Bayou
Little Richard – vocals, piano Rest of personnel unknown, records not kept by Reprise.
The King of Rock and Roll was Little Richard's second album for Reprise Records, a follow-up album that was composed of great originals like Green Power and cover versions of tracks by artists as diverse as Hank Williams, The Temptations, Martha and The Vandellas, Three Dog Night and The Rolling Stones. The title track, a mock braggadocio that referenced Tom Jones, Tina Turner, Sly and the Family Stone and Aretha Franklin amongst others upset some fans. The album failed to take with the public and didn't chart.
#777Треклист 01. Mockingbird Sally 02. Second Line 03. It Ain't What You Do, It's The Way How You Do It 04. The Saints 05. Nuki Suki 06. Rockin' Rockin' Boogie 07. Prophet Of Peace 08. Thamasine 09. Sanctified, Satisfied Toe-Tapper
Little Richard – vocals, piano Lee Allen - tenor saxophone Bill Hemmons - tenor saxophone Jim Horn - baritone saxophone Chuck Rainey - bass Sneaky Pete Kleinow - pedal steel guitar Mike Deasey - guitar George Davis - guitar Earl Palmer - drums
The Second Coming was Little Richard's third album for Reprise Records, and saw him reunited with Robert "Bumps" Blackwell from his Specialty days, with them co-writing the majority of the album together. Unfortunately the album again failed to chart.
Little Richard's profile was high during this period, with works including a track, "Miss Ann", on the album To Bonnie from Delaney and two tracks on the soundtrack to $. However, his own albums weren't selling, and a fourth and final album for Reprise - Southern Child - was dropped from release. The tracks to all of Richard's Reprise sessions, including the Southern Child album, were finally released on CD in 2005 by Rhino Records. Richard recalled: "I left Reprise because I felt that the producers didn't have me at heart. The Rill Thing was a good album. All the Reprise albums were, but they didn't push them. So I left them. It wasn't mutual. I went to Reprise because I felt the company could do something. [...] I think the producers and people who worked there thought I wasn't their main singer.
#777Треклист 01. California (I'm Comin') 02. If You Pick Her Too Hard (She Comes Out Of Tune) 03. Burning Up With Love 04. Ain't No Tellin' 05. Last Year's Race Horse (Can't Run In This Year's Race) 06. Southern Child 07. In The Name (Version 3) 08. Over Yonder 09. I Git A Little Lonely 10. Puppy Dog Song 11. Sneak The Freak (bonus track from Southern Child Sessions)
Little Richard – vocals, piano Lee Allen - tenor saxophone Jim Horn - sax Sneaky Pete Kleinow - pedal steel guitar Earl Palmer - drums Bob Love - unknown instrument according to Reprise Records
Southern Child was Little Richard's fourth and final album for Reprise Records, due to be released in 1972. However, for unconfirmed reasons the album was shelved, and the tracks comprising the album were finally released in 2005 from Rhino Records in their Complete Reprise Recordings collection.
The sleeves notes for the Complete Reprise Recordings had it that: Cut at more or less the same time and in the same place as the Second Coming material, ten further songs were mixed, sequenced, assembled onto master reels, and delivered to Reprise. Having decided on the title Southern Child, the label even had the album art photographed: 'It was me milking a cow that they brought into the backyard of my home,' recalls Richard. But that was as far as it went. For reasons that remain hazy, Southern Child was never released... until now, more than 32 years after it was recorded. An eleventh track recorded at the same sessions but not selected for the album (Though released with The Complete Reprise Recordings) was a 4:11m instrumental, Sneak The Freak.
Back to rock [1985-92]
#777Треклист 01. In The Name (1973 Version) 02. Mississippi 03. Chains of Love 04. Don't You Know I 05. (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay 06. Chain Chain Chain [Chain of Fools] 07. Hot Nuts 08. Geraldine Jones
#777Треклист 01. Great Gosh a'mighty 02. Operator 03. Somebody's comin' 04. Lifetime friend 05. Destruction 06. I found my way 07. The world can't do me 08. One ray of sunshine 09. Someone cares 10. Big House reunion
This year he released "Great Gosh A'mighty" (by Billy Preston) on the Down And Out In Beverly Hills soundtrack - it was his first charting single in fifteen years. This album followed, Little Richard's first thorough attempt to blend his religious preaching with his piano-pounding rock 'n' rolling. Produced by Stuart Coleman, who unfortunately fell prey to the mid-80s Phil Collins Snare Sound ("Great Gosh A'mighty," not the hit version from the movie soundtrack). But there's so much else going on in the mix - blaring sax, pounding piano, Richard's raucous vocals - it's not overwhelming. The songs are mostly new, written by some combination of T. Womack (title track), J. Boyce (the city blues "Operator") and Richard (the touching ballad "Someone Cares"), making this probably your safest Little Richard purchase after the Specialty years.
Little Richard appeared in the film Down and Out in Beverly Hills in 1986 and sang the movie's theme song, "Great Gosh A'Mighty," which became a chart hit and led Warner Bros. Records to sign him for another comeback attempt. Lifetime Friend -- which leads off with "Great Gosh A'Mighty" -- an uptempo raver in the style of his 1950s hits, is Little Richard's first newly recorded album not consisting of re-recorded oldies or exclusively devoted to religious material since his tenure at Reprise Records, 1970-1971. It is a reasonable attempt to update his style while retaining his traditional rock & roll approach and is one of the few Little Richard recordings that mixes his previously contradictory attractions to rock and to inspirational music: Rather than preaching against rock, he uses rock to preach.
#777Треклист 01. Good Golly Miss Molly 02. Tutti Frutti 03. Miss Ann 04. Lucille 05. Long Tall Sally 06. Send Me Some Lovin' 07. Jenny Jenny 08. Rip It Up 09. Kansas City Hey Hey Hey Hey 10. Ready Teddy
#777Треклист 01. The Hokey Pokey 02. On top of Spaghetti 03. Old MacDonald 04. She'll be comin' around the mountain 05. Zip-a-dee-doo-dah 06. Keep a knockin' 07. Twinkle, twinkle, little star 08. If you're happy and you know it 09. When the saints go marching in 10. He's got the whole world in his hands 11. Here we go Loopty-loo 12. Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone?
In 1991, Little Richard's rendition of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" was the highlight of Disney's For Our Children compilation, leading to this full-length collection, which is his first newly-recorded album in six years and his first children's album ever. Taking on 12 children's songs (including his own "Keep a Knockin'," appropriately peppered with knock-knock jokes), Little Richard re-arranges them to sound like the kind of '50s rock & roll for which he's famous. So, for example, "Old MacDonald" bears a certain resemblance to "Boney Maronie." It's all good fun, though, since it's also all uptempo, but you may not want to play it all the way through for small children; they're apt to get overexcited.
Live Records [1970-93]
#777Треклист 01. Lucille 02. Blueberry Hill 03. Midnite Special 04. Ooh Boop Be Doo 05. When The Saints Go Marching In 06. Be Bop A Lula 07. You Keep A Knockin' 08. Ready Teddy 09. Jenny Jenny 10. The Girl's Cant't Help It 11. Bonie Moronie
#777Треклист 01. Intro + Instrumental By Band 02. Lucille 03. Bony Moronie 04. Blueberry Hill 05. Good Golly Miss Molly 06. Band Introduction + Instrumental 07. Send Me Some Lovin' 08. Joy Joy Joy 09. Keep-A-Knockin' 10. Slippin' And Slidin' 11. Unknown 12. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 13. Be Bop A Lula 14. Crowd 15. Old Time Rock And Roll 16. Bama Lama Bama Loo (with Moustique)
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