The Specialty Sessions - Little Richard

The Specialty Sessions

Other by Little Richard

Released 1989

blues blues rock rock

Tracklist

CD 1: Wop Bop A Loo Bop A Lop Bam Boom
1
Baby
4:21
2
All Night Long
2:48
3
She's My Star
2:39
4
Lonesome and Blue (take 3)
2:06
5
Lonesome and Blue (take 4 - false start, take 7)
2:45
6
Lonesome and Blue (master - probably take 5)
2:19
7
Wonderin' (take 9)
2:48
8
Wonderin' (master - take 8)
2:51
9
All Night Long (take 10)
2:18
10
All Night Long (master - takes 6 & 7 intercut)
2:15
11
Kansas City (master issued on SLP 2136 in 1971)
2:18
12
Kansas City (take 1)
2:10
13
Maybe I'm Right (take 1)
3:31
14
Maybe I'm Right (master - take 4)
2:14
15
Directly From My Heart (take 1)
2:23
16
Directly From My Heart (master - probably take 4)
2:22
17
Baby (master)
2:07
4.0 ★
18
I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone) (take 1 - false start, take 2)
2:56
19
I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone) (master)
2:37
20
Tutti Frutti (take 2)
2:27
21
Tutti Frutti (master - probably take 1)
2:23
4.1 ★
CD 2: Peepin' and a Hidin'
1
Slippin' and Slidin' (take 1 with drums)
1:58
2
Slippin' and Slidin' (take 2 with brushes)
1:52
3
Slippin' and Slidin' (take 3 with bongo)
1:51
4
Miss Ann (vocal/piano only)
1:48
5
She's My Star (a capella)
2:39
6
Chicken Little Baby (master without overdubs - vocal/piano only)
1:44
7
Miss Ann (take 1)
2:39
8
Miss Ann (take 8)
2:19
9
Baby (take 1)
2:25
10
True Fine Mama (True Fine Baby) (incomplete take)
1:10
11
True Fine Mama (True Fine Baby) (master)
2:43
4.0 ★
12
Kansas City (Hey Hey Hey) (false starts 5, 6 & 7)
0:46
13
Kansas City (Hey Hey Hey) (take 8)
2:33
14
Kansas City (Hey Hey Hey) (master - probably take 4)
2:40
15
Wonderin' (take 1)
2:59
16
Wonderin' (master - take 3)
3:08
17
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 1)
2:03
18
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 5)
2:14
19
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 6)
2:10
20
Miss Ann (take 3)
2:53
CD 3: Duck Back in the Alley
1
Slippin' and Slidin' (master - probably take 7)
2:44
2
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (master - probably take 7)
2:10
4.0 ★
3
Miss Ann (master)
2:18
4.0 ★
4
Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 1)
2:11
5
Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 2)
1:55
6
Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 3)
2:16
7
The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (take 4)
2:25
8
The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (master - take 3)
2:26
9
Oh Why? (take 4)
2:08
10
Oh Why? (take 9)
2:17
11
Oh Why? (master - probably take 7)
2:09
4.0 ★
12
I Got It (take 1)
2:06
13
I Got It (take 9)
2:28
14
I Got It (master - probably take 7)
2:21
15
Ready Teddy (take 3)
1:53
16
Ready Teddy (take 4)
1:45
17
Ready Teddy (take 10)
2:09
18
Ready Teddy (master - probably take 6)
2:10
5.0 ★
19
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 3)
2:10
20
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 5 - false start, take 6)
2:17
21
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 8)
2:06
22
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (master - probably take 4)
2:07
23
Rip It Up (take 3 - rehearsal)
2:23
24
Rip It Up (take 13)
2:12
25
Rip It Up (take 14)
2:34
26
Rip It Up (master)
2:21
4.5 ★
CD 4: Can't Believe You Wanna Leave
1
Heeby-Jeebies (take 5 - slow version)
2:12
2
Heeby-Jeebies (takes 6, 7 & 8)
2:06
3
Heeby-Jeebies (take 9)
1:50
4
Good Golly, Miss Molly (fast version)
0:57
5
Good Golly, Miss Molly (fast version)
2:11
6
Lucille (false start)
1:31
7
Lucille (master)
2:27
4.5 ★
8
Heeby-Jeebies (take 5)
2:11
9
Heeby-Jeebies (master)
2:12
10
All Around the World (take 8 composite)
2:00
11
All Around the World (master - composite)
2:29
12
Shake a Hand (take 2)
2:55
13
Shake a Hand (master - take 4)
3:13
14
Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (take 8)
2:31
15
Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (master - probably take 9)
2:29
4.0 ★
16
I Got It (take 1)
2:20
17
I Got It (take 2)
2:30
18
She's Got It
2:29
19
She's Got It (master)
2:27
20
Send Me Some Lovin' (take 1)
2:53
21
Send Me Some Lovin' (take 9)
2:35
22
Hound Dog (rehearsal)
2:02
23
Jenny, Jenny (master - composite)
2:04
4.5 ★
24
Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 7)
2:20
25
Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 8)
2:19
26
Good Golly, Miss Molly (master - take 9)
2:37
27
Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 10)
2:13
CD 5: He Knows How to Rock
1
Baby Face (takes 2 & 3 - false starts)
0:35
2
Baby Face (take 4)
2:41
3
Baby Face (master probably take 11)
2:15
4
The Girl Can't Help It (film version master - take 9)
2:31
5
The Girl Can't Help It (take 10 - false start, take 11)
2:36
6
The Girl Can't Help It (single master - take 12)
2:32
4.0 ★
7
Send Me Some Lovin' (master)
2:20
8
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (master)
2:08
9
Gene Nobles' "Royal Crown" Hairdressing Ad
1:06
10
Ooh! My Soul (take 1)
2:01
11
Ooh! My Soul (take 3)
2:15
12
Ooh! My Soul (master)
2:14
13
Keep a Knockin' (take 1)
1:36
14
Keep a Knockin' (take 2)
2:29
15
Keep a Knockin' (take 3)
2:25
16
Keep a Knockin' (take 4)
2:21
17
Keep a Knockin' (master - composite)
2:15
5.0 ★
18
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (take 1)
3:28
19
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (take 2)
2:45
20
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (take 6)
2:33
21
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (master)
2:21
22
Good Morning Little School Girl (takes 1 & 3)
3:00
23
Ooh! My Soul
1:30
24
Ooh! My Soul
1:15
25
Ooh! My Soul
1:51
26
Ooh! My Soul
2:07
27
Early One Morning (Blues) (master)
2:15
28
She Knows How to Rock (takes 1, 2, 3 & 4 - false starts)
4:29
29
She Knows How to Rock (take 5 - false start)
1:31
30
She Knows How to Rock (master)
2:02
31
Whole Lotta Shaking Going On (rehearsal)
3:33
32
Whole Lotta Shaking Going On (master)
1:53
CD 6: Annie's Back!
1
Bama Lama Bama Loo (take 7)
2:50
2
Bama Lama Bama Loo (master - take 10)
2:17
3
Poor Boy Paul (take 2)
2:37
4
Poor Boy Paul (take 7)
2:19
5
Poor Boy Paul (master - take 8)
2:24
6
Annie Is Back (takes 1 & 2)
3:02
7
Annie Is Back (take 3)
2:43
8
Miss Ann (take 6)
3:24
9
Miss Ann (take 7)
2:52
10
Well Alright ( takes 1 & 2)
0:59
11
Well Alright (take 3)
2:55
12
Well Alright (take 4)
2:30
13
Medley: Ain't That a Shame / I Got a Woman / Tutti Frutti
3:11

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Release credits

Adolph Smith
background vocals [4-6]
Alvin “Red” Tyler
baritone saxophone [5.1-8, 3.1-26, 4.1-15, 4.23-27, 1.4-21]
Art Neville
background vocals [4-6]
Charles Connor
drums (drum set) [4.16-22, 5.10-16, 5.18-32]
Clarence Ford
baritone saxophone [7-20]
Clifford Burks
tenor saxophone [4.16-21, 5.10-16, 5.18-32]
Dewey Terry
guitar [1-9]
Don “Sugarcane” Harris
bass guitar [1-9]
Earl Palmer
drums (drum set) [4.1-15, 4.23-27, 3.1-26, 1.4-21, 5.1-8, 6.1-9]
Edgar Blanchard
guitar [1-26]
Frank Fields
bass guitar [4.1-15, 4.23-27, 3.1-26, 5.1-8, 1.4-20], double bass [21]
Glen Willings
guitar [1-9]
Grady Gaines
tenor saxophone [4.16-21, 5.10-16, 5.18-32]
Jewell Grant
baritone saxophone [16-21]
Joseph Tillman
tenor saxophone [7-20]
Junior Gordon
background vocals [4-6]
Justin Adams
guitar [4-21]
Lee Allen
tenor saxophone [4.1-15, 4.23-27, 1.4-21, 3.1-26, 5.1-8]
Little Richard
lead vocals [3.1-26, 5.1-8, 5.10-16, 5.18-32, 2.1-20, 1.1-21, 4.1-27, 6.1-13], piano [6.1-13, 3.1-26, 4.1-27, 1.20, 2.1-4, 2.6-20, 5.1-8, 5.10-16, 5.18-32], spoken vocals [9]
Lloyd Lambert
bass guitar [7-20]
Melvin Dowden
piano [4-19, 21]
Nathaniel Douglas
guitar [5.10-16, 5.18-32, 4.16-22]
Olsie Robinson
bass guitar [4.16-22, 5.10-16, 5.18-32]
Oscar Moore
drums (drum set) [1-3, 7-20]
Ray Topping
liner notes
Renald Richard
trumpet [7-20]
Robert “Bumps” Blackwell
producer [21]
Roy Montrell
guitar [5.1-8, 4.1-15, 4.23-27]
Samuel Parker Jr.
baritone saxophone [10-16]
Wilbert Smith
tenor saxophone [4.16-21, 5.10-16, 5.18-32]
William 'Frosty' Pyles
guitar [7-20]
William Tircuit
background vocals [4-6]
[unknown]
background vocals [10-11], choir vocals [10-11]

Issues

T
The Specialty Sessions (6 CD set)
6x CD
1989
T
The Specialty Sessions (8 Album Set)
8x 12" Vinyl
1989
T
The Specialty Sessions (6 CD set)
6x CD (LP size box)
1989