Little Richard's Greatest Hits - Recorded Live!
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1967 |
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January 25, 1967 |
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| Label (s) | Okeh Records | |||
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LP |
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12 |
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35 min 51 s |
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Little Richard's Greatest Hits - Recorded Live! is the second music album by Little Richard for Okeh Records . It was recorded live with an audience in 1967 at the CBS Studio in Hollywood and contains for the most part funky-soulful re-recordings of rock 'n' roll hits from Little Richard's successful time in the mid-1950s. Despite the collaboration of well-known musicians as a band and producer, the album was only moderately successful.
Music genre
The album has some peculiarities compared to other Little Richards live recordings. Through the instrumentalization with a funk- oriented rhythm group , which also underlines the cranked and self-praising announcements of the singer with a driving beat between the songs, and the extensive use of wind instruments with trumpet and saxophone interjections, Little Richard's rock 'n' roll Classics like The Girl Can't Help It , Long Tall Sally or True Fine Mama adapted to the musical zeitgeist. In addition, in favor of a compressed presentation of the known refrains, some verses are often dispensed with, so that the songs are rather short. In Get Down With It and You Gotta Feel It is Soul -pieces that Richard had taken into the repertoire only recently. The consistently modern arrangement, the presentation of the artist that does not allow any breaks, including the introductory announcement of the MC, and the selected enthusiastic audience combine to form an unusual greatest hits album.
History of origin
After Little Richard's first album flopped on Okeh Records, a subsidiary of CBS, titled The Explosive Little Richard , the label bosses decided on Richard's successful rock 'n' roll hits from his time with Specialty Records in the late 1950s import again. Little Richard, whose contract did not provide for a say in the selection and arrangement, was already familiar with this strategy from his earlier label changes to Vee-Jay Records (1964) and Modern Records (1965).
With the production was Larry Williams commissioned, had worked with Richard already at Specialty Records for 1956/57 and at that time as an artist, producer and A & R manager worked for Okeh and already the recordings for The Explosive Little Richard had passed. The peculiarity of these live recordings is that they were not recorded as a recording of a regular concert in a corresponding concert hall, but rather that a small but enthusiastic audience was invited to a CBS studio in Hollywood and so with professional recording technology in the imaginary "Club Okeh" a "studio live" album was created. Richard was not satisfied with Williams' work, however, and criticized that it should sound like Motown .
For the backing band, Billy Preston on organ and Johnny "Guitar" Watson on guitar, two renowned musicians who were working for Okeh Records at the time, were won over. Eddie Fletcher on bass and Glenn Willings on second guitar have been Little Richards' longtime and trusted accompanist in the studio and on tour as members of his current live band "The Crown Jewels". Wade Jackson on drums and Frank McCrary and Boogie Daniels on saxophones complete the line-up.
After Little Richard's Greatest Hits - Recorded Live! Richard no longer recorded an album for Okeh. Except for a few unreleased songs and three singles for Brunswick Records , there were no more recordings during the two-year contract with Okeh. His new contract with Reprise Records in 1970 heralded the climax of his comeback, which he started in 1963.
Track list
Page 1:
- Lucille - 2:49 ( Al Collins / Richard Penniman )
- The Girl Can't Help It - 1:25 ( Bobby Troup )
- Tutti Frutti - 1:17 (Richard Penniman / Dorothy La Bostrie )
- Send Me Some Lovin ' - 2:00 ( Leo Price / John Marascalco )
- Long Tall Sally - 1:17 ( Enotris Johnson / Richard Penniman / Robert Blackwell )
- Get Down With It - 6:24 (Richard Penniman)
Page 2:
- True Fine Mama - 2:10 (Richard Penniman)
- Jenny, Jenny - 1:18 (Richard Penniman / Enotris Johnson)
- Good Golly Miss Molly - 1:30 (John Marascalco / Robert Blackwell)
- Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On - 3:55 (David Williams / Sunny David )
- Anyway You Want Me - 2:40 (A. McRae)
- You Gotta Feel It - 4:55 (Eugene Pitt)
In Anyway You Want Me is contrary to the information on the LP cover a Jimmy Reed medley of Baby What You Want Me to Do and You Do not Have to Go . Three tracks played on the same evening were not included on the album and remained unreleased: I'm In Love Again , Rip It Up and Keep A-Knockin ' .
Publications and chart successes
The "Live" concert was first released in the United States in July 1967 on Okeh LP-14121 and, like its predecessor, largely fell through with buyers. A short-term placement in the high Hot 100 album charts was Little Richard's greatest success after his comeback in 1963. In February 1969, the label released Okeh 7325, a late single with the titles Lucille and Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On . Epic Records , another subsidiary of CBS, released the album in Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands. The British release took place in 1977 on Embassy Records . The parent company CBS served the Australian market. Epic / Columbia Records EK 40389 is the name of the CD edition of Little Richard's Greatest Hits - Recorded Live! .
Web links
- Review of Rolling Stone Music Magazine ( Memento from December 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Review under wrong cover and title)
- Review at All Music Guide - Online Music Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ken Harris: Little Richard: Greatest Hits. In: Rolling Stone. July 26, 1969, archived from the original on December 8, 2007 ; accessed on November 20, 2008 (English, the review of the album is on the Rolling Stone homepage under wrong title and cover.).
- ^ A b Charles White (2003 [1984]): The Life And Times Of Little Richard. The Authorized Biography , London, New York, Paris, Sydney, Copenhagen, Berlin, Madrid, Tokyo. P. 133
- ↑ Jim Witter: Liner Notes on Epic BN 26260
- ^ Charles White. P. 157
- ^ A b Paul MacPhail (2005). Little Richard. The Originator Of Rock. P. 51
- ^ Charles White. P. 255
- ↑ John Garodkin (1985): Little Richard Special . Mjoelner Edition, Praestoe, ISBN 87-87721-14-7 . P. 120