| Top ten non-Specialty tracks? [message #5154] |
Wed, 11 April 2012 02:59  |
Richard
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Apologies if this has been asked before, I imagine it has. I'd also be surprised to find too many replies without "I Don't Know..." in them.
I'm still thinking of mine, what are yours?
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| Re: Top ten non-Specialty tracks? [message #5161 is a reply to message #5154] |
Sat, 14 April 2012 07:05  |
Michael Robinson
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Not sure I can manage ten. Maybe twenty...
I'm In Love Again (Little Star)
He Got What He Wanted (Mercury)
Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Vee Jay)
Going Home Tomorrow (Vee Jay)
Hound Dog (Vee Jay)
I Don't Know What You've Got (Vee Jay)
Directly From My Heart (Modern)
Do You Feel It (Modern)
Get Down With It (Columbia/OKeh)
She's Together (Brunswick)
Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes (Brunswick)
Freedom Blues (Reprise)
Dew Drop Inn (Reprise)
Spreadin' Natta What's The Matter (Reprise)
Green Power (Reprise)
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Reprise)
Open Up The Red Sea (Reprise)
In The Middle Of The Night (Greene Mountain)
Great Gosh A'Mighty (MCA)
Get Rhythm (Sony)
But even this list would be different if I were to do it again on another day.
Michael
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| Re: Top ten non-Specialty tracks? [message #5162 is a reply to message #5161] |
Sun, 15 April 2012 07:01 |
goodrocking
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Cool list. You mean the single version of DIRECTLY..?
Yeah, that OPEN UP THE RED SEA is amazing. What a shame it could not be released on the 2nd or 3rd Reprise albums, or as a single. It should have come out around the time that Elvis, Chuck, and Ricky had number one hits in 1972; also for CROCODILE ROCK and YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE, etc. I guess MOCKINBIRD SALLY was the Reprise choice, which in retrospect, wasn't bad. I think OPEN UP was 5 times better but...c'est la vie. Just a little look-back on Richard and what might have been.
On that theme, it's interesting that so many LR fans list non-hits as favorites!
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| Re: Top ten non-Specialty tracks? [message #5163 is a reply to message #5162] |
Sun, 15 April 2012 13:46 |
Michael Robinson
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And I didn't have room for Money Honey, I'm Back, Baby Don't You Want A Man Like Me, Poor Dog, Greenwood Mississippi, Operator, Something Else with Tanya Tucker... etc. And many other fine gospel tracks.
Directly From My Heart on Modern - I guess the single version if that's the one that's slightly longer. But either will do.
Yes, Open Up The Red Sea is a gem and it's strange we had to wait three decades to hear it.
Richard has given us many wonderful records in addition to his great hits.
Michael
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| Re: Top ten non-Specialty tracks? [message #5164 is a reply to message #5163] |
Sun, 15 April 2012 14:55 |
Richard
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I'm still working through mine, but I think his Reprise period was probably his strongest post-Specialty era - agree/disagree?
I'd have Freedom Blues in there, but I also like his cover of Born on the Bayou.
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| Re: Top ten non-Specialty tracks? [message #5165 is a reply to message #5164] |
Mon, 16 April 2012 12:49 |
Michael Robinson
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I agree the Reprise period produced probably his best and most creative set of recordings after Specialty. But there are great records from all periods and most labels.
Brown Sugar is another fine cover from the King of Rock and Roll album.
Michael
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| Re: Top ten non-Specialty tracks? [message #5166 is a reply to message #5165] |
Mon, 16 April 2012 22:34 |
Richard
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I really like the Okeh stuff, too. Veejay isn't bad, but is obviously more known for weakly produced remakes of his hits.
I'll add Hurry Sundown and Poor Dog to my list, I think.
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| Re: Top ten non-Specialty tracks? [message #5171 is a reply to message #5168] |
Wed, 18 April 2012 08:04 |
Michael Robinson
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I think my Reprise list would be about the same. Glad I'm not the only one who likes the instrumentals Mississippi and Sanctified Satisfied Toe Tapper.
I would also throw in I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry from the King of Rock and Roll album, Rockin' Rockin' Boogie and Thomasine from The Second Coming and Southern Child and Last Year's Racehorse from Southern Child.
Michael
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| Re: Top ten non-Specialty tracks? [message #5172 is a reply to message #5171] |
Wed, 18 April 2012 21:02 |
Richard
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I think there's a line that some of those tracks cross from the more credible Little Richard sound to that self-parodying camp he goes into. I enjoy the camp stuff, but when you talk about Little Richard as an artist I much prefer to remember the credible stuff. King of Rock 'n' Roll is a fun track, but it's not in the same league as the stuff from The Rill Thing in terms of credibility.
In fact, I think at times LR has harmed his own career with some of the wilder excesses, even though, for some reason, "Scuba Party" comes out as a track that goes through camp and into post-modern genius.
Thoughts?
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