Little Richard (Album)
Occupation
New Orleans: (The studio band )
- Vocal / Piano: Little Richard
- Guitar: Justin Adams
- Guitar: Edgar Blanchard
- Guitar: Roy Montrell
- Drums: Earl Palmer
- Bass: Frank Fields
- Tenor Saxophone: Lee Allen
- Baritone Saxophone: Alvin Tyler
Los Angeles / Washington, D.C.: ( The Upsetters )
- Vocal / Piano: Little Richard
- Guitar: Nathaniel Douglas
- Drums: Charles Connor
- Bass: Olsie Robinson
- Tenor Saxophone: Clifford Burks
- Tenor Saxophone: Lee Diamond
- Tenor Saxophone: Grady Gaines
- Baritone Saxophone: Jewell Grant
Little Richard, even Little Richard - Vol 2 is the second album of rock ' n' roll musician Little Richard. It was released in December 1958 at Specialty Records, a year after the singer had his contract canceled in favor of priestly formation. The LP combines photographs from the years 1956 and 1957, all of which were previously released on single.
Music style
Little Richard will present the new musical genre rock ' n ' roll in its purest form. Fell the voltage on his debut album Here 's Little Richard in 1957 still at times somewhat, the second song compilation homogeneous and Without qualifying weaknesses self -adapted pop standards such as Baby Face and By the Light of the Silvery Moon presents were energy by Little Richard performance and the powerful play of his Begleitbands to rockers, so that the suspected by Mark Deming management strategy Richards to speak with some pieces of the parental generation of young rock 'n' roll fans, this could not be. Even when held in 12/8-Takt ballad, Send Me Some Lovin ' falls loud criticism, although the pace down, but not the groove. Otherwise the album with Keep A Knockin ', Good Golly Miss Molly, Lucille and The Girl Can not Help It includes fast rock ' n 'roll numbers in 4/4-time and with accentuated backbeat on the basis of the 12-bar Blue scheme. In the latter piece formed - Little Richard unusual - the musicians of the band and the recording bar a chorus that responds in the principle of call and response to the calls of the interpreter. With the drum intro of Keep A Knockin ', Charles Connor the " Choo- Choo " style with only a striking impact on the first quarter of a what should be similar to the pounding of a steam train. Little Richard The Fabulous Little Richard album sequence recovered primarily blues pieces, which were felt for the first two albums as too weak, making the album represents the culmination of the art of rock ' n' roller.
Genesis
The recordings for Little Richard were created in several sessions between June 1956 and October 1957 in New Orleans, Los Angeles and Washington. The exact assignment of the songs on the recording sessions varies with different authors. John Garodkin worked until 1985 with the Little Richard Special Sessiongrafie and a comprehensive discography, which is regarded as obsolete in parts. In the officially authorized biography The Life and Times of Little Richard by Charles White in 1984, the author thanked for access to the archives of Specialty Records as well as the help of Little Richard, producer Bumps Blackwell and songwriter John Marascalco, shows but not yet satisfied with the end result. Ray Topping was allowed for the song list of the 6- CD box set The Complete Specialty Sessions, was released by Ace Records in 1992, again research in the archives of Specialty Records.
Besides being Garodkin productive session of 15-16. October 1956 has relocated to Los Angeles, the authors agree that the renowned band of the sound engineer Cosimo Matassa Little Richard at Send Me Some Lovin ', Good Golly Miss Molly, Baby Face and I'll Never Let You Go supported. 30-31. July 1956 already incurred Heeby Jeebies and All Around the World with the studio band in New Orleans. During a tour of the eastern states Richard took on January 16, 1957, under the management with his live band The Upsetters in a radio station from Washington DC Keep A Knockin ', which nachbearbeite the engineer Abe Robyn in the master recorder studio in Los Angeles for publication. Possible further sessions were held in June 1956 and on 9 May 1956.
The following table compares the three authors. In each case, the date, location ( NO = New Orleans, LA = Los Angeles, WDC = Washington DC) and backing.
Little Richard was not conceived as an album. As for the previous album, the A & R Management of Specialty Records sought from the single releases of the artist suitable pieces and put them together as an album. Thus, the record company benefited by the chart success of singles again by the then innovative format of the Long -play issue, just as the recording abstinence Little Richard after his decision to study theology one years previously made financially noticeable.
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For Keep A Knockin ' Little Richard was to register as an author. The song, however, is a blues standard that has been recorded in 1928 by James Wiggins and many times since then. All Around the World comes from the pen of Li'l Millet, the producer Blackwell made after recording with Little Richard also songwriting credits claimed. Albert Collins is registered as a composer and lyricist for Lucille, Richard became the co-authorship with his piano arrangement.
Publications and chart success
The songs on Little Richard appeared between October 1956 and November 1958 to Single and came up on Heeby - Jeebies and I'll Never Let You Go all in the American and British charts. However, this Hey- Hey- Hey- Hey succeeded only in medley with Kansas City, which was released on the next album. The beginning of the publications made Heeby - Jeebies along with She's Got It on Specialty 584, Richards fourth single for the Californian label. The fifth single with the number 591 contains The Girl Can not Help It (U.S. R & B # 7 / U.S. Pop # 49 / UK # 9), and All Around The World (# 13 / - / -), Lucille (# 1 / # 1 / # 10) and Send Me Some Lovin ' (# 3 / # 54 / -) divided Specialty 598 Keep A Knockin' (# 2 / # 8 / # 21) was the successful A-side of 611 Specialty September 1957th with Specialty 624 came back two tracks on the album together out: Good Golly Miss Molly (# 4 / # 10 / # 8) and Hey- Hey- Hey- Hey. Ooh! My Soul (# 15 / # 31 / # 22) is the B-side of True Fine Mama on Specialty 633, the tenth - Little Richard - Single of the label. The eleventh single with the number 645 included I'll Never Let You Go and Baby Face (# 12 / # 41 / # 2). By the Light of the Silvery Moon (- / - / # 17) finally made the B-side of Wonderin 'on Specialty 660 in November 1958 financial statements and charted in the UK only.
The plate itself was released on Specialty LP -2103 under the title Little Richard in December 1958 in the United States. In the major European markets, the UK, France, the Netherlands and Italy, the license partner London Records took over the publication. A country-specific spending on specialty made in Japan until 1974. Another Dutch edition was called on Artone Records The Best of Little Richard. The same song compilation was sold again under the title Little Richard and His Band in the UK, Australia and South Africa. The album reached no chart position in contrast to the underlying singles.