Specialty Records released three albums by Little Richard between 1957 and 1959. But the albums didn't match the sessions, with various tracks mixed together. What I've done is rearrange the album track lists to better conform with the timeline.
HERE'S LITTLE RICHARD
SIDE A
1. Tutti Frutti
2. True, Fine Mama
3. Directly from My Heart
4. Maybe I’m Right
5. Blue and Lonesome
6. Baby
SIDE B
1. Kansas City
2. I’m Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone)
3. Wonderin’
4. All Night Long
5. Chicken Little Baby
First off, what a great album cover! But our revised version only includes three of the tracks of the released Here's Little Richard. As you can see, it includes two big Little Richard hits, "Tutti Frutti" and "Kansas City." The rest of the tracks often show a less manic side of him.
First off, what a great album cover! But our revised version only includes three of the tracks of the released Here's Little Richard. As you can see, it includes two big Little Richard hits, "Tutti Frutti" and "Kansas City." The rest of the tracks often show a less manic side of him.
SIDE A
1. Lucille
2. The Most I Can Offer
3. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave
4. Ready Teddy
5. Slippin' and Slidin'
6. Heeby-Jeebies
SIDE B
1. Long Tall Sally
2. Miss Ann
3. Oh Why?
4. Rip It Up
5. I Got It
6. Shake a Hand
7. Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Goin’ Back to Birmingham)
The album cover is kind of a letdown after the debut. Like the previous entry, our version of this album only contains three tracks from the original. Each side begins with a big hit named after a lady. And the hits keep coming -- "Ready Teddy," "Slippin' and Slidin'," "Rip It Up." Overall, this version of the album has a more frenetic pace than the version of the debut and shows Little Richard at the peak of his powers.
The album cover is kind of a letdown after the debut. Like the previous entry, our version of this album only contains three tracks from the original. Each side begins with a big hit named after a lady. And the hits keep coming -- "Ready Teddy," "Slippin' and Slidin'," "Rip It Up." Overall, this version of the album has a more frenetic pace than the version of the debut and shows Little Richard at the peak of his powers.
SIDE A
1. Keep a Knockin’
2. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
3. Send Me Some Lovin’
4. Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I’ll Never Let You Go)
5. Whole Lotta Shaking Going On
6. Early One Morning
7. Jenny, Jenny
SIDE B
1. Good Golly, Miss Molly
2. Baby Face
3. She Knows How to Rock
4. Ooh! My Soul
5. The Girl Can’t Help It
6. She's Got It
Guess what? Like the previous two albums, this version includes just three of the tracks that appeared on the actual The Fabulous Little Richard. That tells you just how mixed up the original albums are. With "Keep a Knockin'," "Jenny, Jenny," "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Ooh! My Soul" and "The Girl Can't Help It," this album frantically rocks from beginning to end.
This series of revised discographies is excellent! How about doing artists who didn't produce proper albums until comparatively late in their career, like Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf? Granted, these particular artists have quite messy discographies (recording the same song for different labels with different titles, etc.), and they probably won't be as popular as these. I would like to see more of this series though, regardless of who you chose to do.
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting challenge. I have a revision of Elvis' 1960s albums in the queue. But I'll look at both Muddy's and Wolf's stuff and see what I can do. Thanks
DeletePosted a discography for Howlin' Wolf: https://albumsbackfromthedead.blogspot.com/2021/11/howlin-wolf-1952-53-chess-discography.html
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