American Dreamer

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1: More Than a New Discovery
• 1
  Goodbye Joe
• 2
  Billy’s Blues
• 3
  And When I Die
• 4
  Stoney End
• 5
  Lazy Susan
• 6
  Hands Off the Man
• 7
  Wedding Bell Blues
• 8
  Buy and Sell
• 9
  He’s a Runner
• 10
  Blowin’ Away
• 11
  I Never Meant to Hurt You
• 12
  California Shoe‐Shine Boys
• 12" Vinyl 2: Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
• 1
  Luckie
• 2
  Lu
• 3
  Sweet Blindness
• 4
  Poverty Train
• 5
  Lonely Women
• 6
  Eli’s Comin’
• 7
  Timer
• 8
  Stoned Soul Picnic
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Emmie
• 10
  Woman’s Blues
• 11
  Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)
• 12
  December’s Boudoir
• 13
  The Confession
• 12" Vinyl 3: New York Tendaberry
• 1
  You Don’t Love Me When I Cry
• 2
  Captain for Dark Mornings
• 3
  Tom Cat Goodbye
• 4
  Mercy on Broadway
• 5
  Save the Country
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Gibsom Street
• 7
  Time and Love
• 8
  The Man Who Sends Me Home
• 9
  Sweet Lovin’ Baby
• 10
  Captain Saint Lucifer
• 11
  New York Tendaberry
  5.0 ★
• 12" Vinyl 4: Christmas and the Beads of Sweat
• 1
  Brown Earth
• 2
  When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag
• 3
  Blackpatch
• 4
  Been on a Train
• 5
  Up on the Roof
• 6
  Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp
• 7
  Map to the Treasure
• 8
  Beads of Sweat
• 9
  Christmas in My Soul
• 12" Vinyl 5: Gonna Take a Miracle
• 1
  I Met Him on a Sunday
• 2
  The Bells
• 3
  Monkey Time / Dancing in the Street
• 4
  Desiree
• 5
  You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
• 6
  Spanish Harlem
• 7
  Jimmy Mack
• 8
  Wind
• 9
  Nowhere to Run
• 10
  It’s Gonna Take a Miracle
• 12" Vinyl 6: Smile
• 1
  Sexy Mama
• 2
  Children of the Junks
• 3
  Money
• 4
  I Am the Blues
• 5
  Stormy Love
• 6
  The Cat‐Song
• 7
  Midnite Blue
• 8
  Smile
• 12" Vinyl 7: Nested
• 1
  Mr. Blue (The Song of Communications)
• 2
  Rhythm and Blues
• 3
  My Innocence
• 4
  Crazy Love
• 5
  American Dreamer
• 6
  Springblown
• 7
  The Sweet Sky
• 8
  Light (Pop’s Principle)
• 9
  Child in a Universe
• 10
  The Nest
• 12" Vinyl 8: Rarities and Live Recordings
• 1
  Stoney End (single version) (mono version)
• 2
  Lu (demo)
• 3
  Stoned Soul Picnic (demo)
• 4
  Emmie (demo)
• 5
  Eli’s Comin’ (single version) (mono version)
• 6
  Save the Country (single version)
• 7
  In the Country Way (album version)
• 8
  Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing (recorded live 30 May 1971, Fillmore East, USA)
• 9
  (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (recorded live 30 May 1971, Fillmore East, USA)
• 10
  O‐o‐h Child (recorded live 30 May 1971, Fillmore East, USA)
• 11
  Up on the Roof (recorded live 30 May 1971, Fillmore East, USA)
• 12
  Someone Loves You (demo)
• 13
  Get Off My Cap (demo)
• 14
  Coffee Morning (demo)
• 15
  Medley: Emily / Nested (live)

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Release credits

• Allan Schwartzberg
  drums (drum set) [4], membranophone [3, 5]
• Andy Newmark
  drums (drum set) [1-3, 5-10]
• Arif Mardin
  arranger [8], producer [8]
• Arthur Schroeck
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Bob Alcivar
  arranger [6]
• Bobby Martin
  arranger [2]
• Buddy Childers
  tambourine [6]
• Carter CC Colins
  congas [8]
• Charles Calello
  arranger [13], producer [13]
• Charles Loper
  trombone [6]
• Charlie Shoemake
  bell [6]
• Chet Amsterdam
  bass guitar [13]
• Chris Parker
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 6-7]
• Chuck Rainey
  bass guitar [8]
• Cornell Dupree
  electric guitar [8]
• Cyril Cianflone
  electric bass guitar [1]
• Dale Ashby
  mix [1-10]
• Dave Carey
  percussion [13]
• David Friedman
  vibraphone [3, 8]
• Dayton “Bones” Howe
  producer [6]
• Dino Danelli
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Don Randi
  piano [6]
• Duane Allman
  electric guitar [8], solo [8]
• Felix Cavaliere
  electric piano [7], organ [10], producer [8]
• Gamble & Huff
  performer [2], producer [2]
• George Young
  flute [5]
• Hal Blaine
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Hugh McCracken
  electric guitar [13]
• Jeff Mironov
  guitar [5, 8]
• Jim Helmer
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Jimmy Maelen
  tambourine [3], wood block [3]
• Jimmy Zito
  trumpet [6]
• Joe Beck
  guitar [4]
• Joe Farrell
  saxophone [1]
• Joe Osborn
  bass guitar [6]
• John Sebastian
  harmonica [2]
• John Tropea
  guitar [1, 5-6, 8]
• LaBelle
  vocal [2]
• Larry Washington
  congas [2]
• Laura Nyro
  Hammond organ [5], arranger [4.8, 8.6], background vocals [8], electric piano [1, 3, 5-6, 8-10], lead vocals [8.6, 2.13, 4.8], piano [5.1-10, 8.6, 2.13, 3.1-11, 4.8, 7.2, 7.4, 7.7, 7.9-10], producer [7.1-10, 2.13, 3.1-11], synthesizer [9], vocal [5.1-10, 7.1-10, 3.1-11, 8.6]
• Lenny Pakula
  organ [2]
• Lew McCreary
  trombone [6]
• Mark Wilder
  mastering [8.6, 3.1-11]
• Michael Brecker
  flute [6]
• Mike Deasy
  guitar [6]
• Mike Melvoin
  piano [6]
• Nona Hendryx
  background vocals [1-10]
• Norman Harris
  guitar [2]
• Nydia Mata
  bongos [2], congas [2], percussion [1-4, 6, 8-10]
• Patti LaBelle
  background vocals [1-10]
• Ralph Casale
  acoustic guitar [13]
• Ralph MacDonald
  percussion [8]
• Ray Pohlman
  guitar [6]
• Richard Davis
  bass guitar [8]
• Roland Chambers
  guitar [2]
• Ron Baker
  bass guitar [2]
• Ron Johnson
  mix [1-10]
• Roscoe Harring
  producer [1-10]
• Roy Halee
  engineer [3.1-11, 8.6]
• Sarah Dash
  background vocals [1-10]
• Tommy Tedesco
  guitar [6], solo [6]
• Tony Levin
  electric bass guitar [5]
• Vincent Montana, Jr.
  percussion [2]
• Will Lee
  electric bass guitar [2-3, 6-10]
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Issues

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  American Dreamer

  8x 12" Vinyl
  3 September 2021