Just About as Good as It Gets! The Original Recordings 1951-1962

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Ready Teddy
  2:08
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Good Golly Miss Molly
  2:11
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Slippin' and Slidin'
  2:42
• 4
  Lucille
  2:25
  4.5 ★
• 5
  Keep a Knockin'
  2:18
• 6
  Rip It Up
  2:22
  4.5 ★
• 7
  Hey Hey Hey Hey
  2:08
• 8
  The Girl Can't Help It
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Jenny Jenny
  2:04
  4.5 ★
• 10
  Long Tall Sally
  2:09
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Can't Believe You Want to Leave
  2:26
  4.0 ★
• 12
  By the Light of the Silvery Moon
  2:08
• 13
  I Got It
  2:21
• 14
  True Fine Mama
  2:40
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Miss Ann
  2:16
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Send Me Some Lovin'
  2:20
• 17
  Chicken Little Baby
  2:00
• 18
  Tutti Frutti
  2:23
  4.1 ★
• 19
  She's Got It
  2:26
• 20
  Baby
  2:04
  4.0 ★
• 21
  Heeby-Jeebies
  2:15
• 22
  Shake a Hand
  2:50
• 23
  All Around the World
  1:54
• 24
  Baby Face
  2:13
• 25
  Ooh My Soul
  1:53
• 26
  I'll Never Let You Go
  2:22
• 27
  She Knows How to Rock
  2:01
• 28
  Directly From the Heart
  2:20
• 29
  Early One Morning
  2:15
• 30
  All Night Long
  2:14
• 31
  I'm Just a Lonely Guy
  2:37
• 32
  Valley of Tears

  Little Richard & The Upsetters
  3:16
• 33
  Freedom Ride

  Little Richard & The Upsetters
  1:58
• 34
  Long Tall Sally

  Little Richard & The Upsetters
  1:55
• CD 2
• 1
  Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
  1:53
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Oh Why
  2:08
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Kansas City
  2:40
• 4
  He Got What He Wanted (But He Lost What He Had)
  2:44
• 5
  Little Richard's Boogie
  2:49
• 6
  Get Rich Quick
  2:16
• 7
  I Brought It All on Myself
  2:54
• 8
  Every Hour
  2:53
• 9
  Joy Joy Joy (Down in My Heart)
  2:20
• 10
  I Love My Baby
  2:29
• 11
  Always
  2:39
• 12
  Taxi Blues
  2:18
• 13
  Please Have Mercy on Me
  2:32
• 14
  Ain't Nothin' Happenin'
  2:11
• 15
  Rice, Red Beans and Turnip Greens
  2:32
• 16
  Call His Name

  Christine Kittrell feat. Little Richard
  2:23
• 17
  Fool at the Wheel
  2:38
• 18
  Ain't That Good News
  2:49
• 19
  Maybe I'm Right
  2:50
• 20
  Every Night in the Week

  Christine Kittrell
  2:38
• 21
  He Got What He Wanted (But He Lost What He Had) (alt. LP take)
  3:04
• 22
  Why Did You Leave Me
  2:33
• 23
  Ride On King Jesus
  2:58
• 24
  Lord Have Mercy (I'm So Lonely)

  Christine Kittrell feat. Little Richard
  3:02
• 25
  Sumpin' Jumpin

  Bumps Blackwell Orchestra feat. Little Richard
  2:37
• 26
  Get Rich Quick (alt. take)
  2:12
• 27
  I Love My Baby (alt. take)
  2:29
• 28
  Do Lord
  2:36
• 29
  Every Night About This Time

  Little Richard & The Upsetters
  3:05
• 30
  I'm in Love Again

  Little Richard & The Upsetters
  2:10

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Release credits

• Adolph Smith
  background vocals [8]
• Albert Dobbins
  alto saxophone [6, 8, 12, 22]
• Albert Winston
  double bass [5, 10, 19]
• Alvin “Red” Tyler
  baritone saxophone [2.2, 1.1-4, 1.6-13, 1.15-16, 1.18, 1.20-22, 1.24, 1.28, 1.30-31]
• Art Neville
  background vocals [8]
• Barry Lee Gilmore
  vocal [11, 17]
• Bill Beasley
  producer [16, 20, 24]
• Billy Brooks
  vocal [11, 17]
• Carlos Bermudaz
  alto saxophone [7, 13, 26]
• Charles Connor
  drums (drum set) [5, 19, 25-27, 29], membranophone [20]
• Christine Kittrell
  choir vocals [24], lead vocals [24], vocal [16, 20]
• Clarence Ford
  baritone saxophone [1.14, 2.3]
• Clifford Burks
  saxophone [32-33], tenor saxophone [5, 19, 25-27, 29]
• Clifford McCray
  bass [16, 20, 24]
• Dave Travis
  compiler, liner notes
• Devonia Williams
  piano [5, 10, 19]
• Don Johnson
  trumpet [5, 10, 19]
• Don Robey
  producer [5, 10-11, 17, 19]
• Donald Clark
  drums (drum set) [6, 8, 12, 22]
• Earl Palmer
  drums (drum set) [2.2, 1.1-4, 1.6-13, 1.15-16, 1.18, 1.20-22, 1.24, 1.28, 1.30-31]
• Eddie Lee Williams
  guitar [11, 17]
• Edgar Blanchard
  guitar [1.1-3, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.13, 1.15, 2.2]
• Frank Fields
  bass guitar [2.2, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-13, 1.15-16, 1.20-22, 1.24, 1.28, 1.30-31], double bass [2, 18]
• Fred Ford
  baritone saxophone [5, 10, 19]
• Fred Jackson
  tenor saxophone [6-8, 12-13, 22, 26]
• George Holloway Jr.
  double bass [6-8, 12-13, 22, 26]
• George Washington
  trombone [5, 10, 19]
• Grady Gaines
  saxophone [32-33], tenor saxophone [5, 19, 25-27, 29]
• Guitar Red
  guitar [20]
• J. Williams
  drums (drum set) [7, 13, 26]
• James Hudson
  baritone saxophone [6, 8, 12, 22]
• James Van Streeter
  trumpet [5, 10, 19]
• Jewell Grant
  baritone saxophone [19]
• Jimmy Swan
  vocal [11, 17]
• Joe “Guitar” Hughes
  guitar [32-33]
• Johnny Otis
  vibraphone [5, 10, 19]
• Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [5, 10, 19]
• Joseph Tillman
  tenor saxophone [2.3, 1.14]
• Julius Wimby
  piano [6-8, 12-13, 22, 26]
• Junior Gordon
  background vocals [8]
• Justin Adams
  guitar [18, 20, 30-31]
• Kid King
  membranophone [16, 24]
• Leard 'Kansas City' Bell
  drums (drum set) [5, 10, 19]
• Lee Allen
  tenor saxophone [1.1-4, 1.6-13, 1.15-16, 1.18, 1.20-22, 1.24, 1.28, 1.30-31, 2.2]
• Little Richard
  background vocals [16, 24], choir vocals [16, 24], lead vocals [2.1-3, 1.1, 1.3-22, 1.24, 1.26-31], piano [2.1-3, 2.5, 2.16, 2.24, 1.1, 1.3-17, 1.19, 1.21-22, 1.24-27, 1.29, 1.32-33], vocal [1.2, 1.25, 1.32, 2.5-8, 2.10-13, 2.17, 2.19, 2.22, 2.26]
• Lloyd Lambert
  bass guitar [2.3, 1.14]
• Lorenzo Holden
  trumpet [5, 10, 19]
• Melvin Dowden
  piano [18, 20, 30-31]
• Mildred Taylor
  drums (drum set) [11, 17]
• Milton Batiste
  trumpet [20]
• Milton Hopkins
  guitar [32-33]
• Nat Perrilliat
  tenor saxophone [20]
• Nathaniel Douglas
  guitar [5, 19, 25-27, 29]
• Olsie Robinson
  bass [25, 32-33], bass guitar [5, 19, 26-27, 29]
• Oscar Moore
  drums (drum set) [1.14, 2.3]
• Pete "Guitar" Lewis
  guitar [5, 10, 19]
• Raymond Taylor
  organ [11, 17], piano [11, 17], trombone [11, 17], trumpet [11, 17]
• Renald Richard
  trumpet [1.14, 2.3]
• Richard Roy
  saxophone [32-33]
• Robert “Bumps” Blackwell
  producer [18]
• Roy Mays
  trumpet [6-8, 12-13, 22, 26]
• Roy Montrell
  guitar [4, 8-9, 11-12, 16, 21, 24]
• Samuel Parker Jr.
  baritone saxophone [5, 25]
• Skippy Brooks
  piano [20]
• Stephen H. Sholes
  artists and repertoire [6-8, 12-13, 22, 26], producer [6-8, 12-13, 22, 26]
• Ted Jarrett
  arranger [20]
• Tempo Toppers
  vocal [11, 17]
• The Stewart Sisters
  background vocals [17, 22, 28, 31], choir vocals [17, 22, 28, 31]
• Thomas Hartwell
  guitar [16, 24]
• Walter Henry
  baritone saxophone [5, 10, 19]
• Wesley Jackson
  guitar [7, 13, 26]
• Wilbert Smith
  background vocals [16, 24], choir vocals [16, 24], tenor saxophone [1.5, 1.19, 1.25-27, 1.29, 2.16, 2.24]
• William 'Frosty' Pyles
  guitar [1.14, 2.3]
• William Tircuit
  background vocals [8]
• Willie Wilson
  trombone [7, 13, 26]
• [unknown]
  background vocals [14], choir vocals [14], membranophone [32-33]
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Issues

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  Just About as Good as It Gets! The Original Recordings 1951-1962

  2x CD
  9 September 2013