The Specialty Sessions

Tracklist

• 1
  Baby (demo)
  4:20
• 2
  All Night Long (demo)
  2:48
• 3
  She’s My Star (rehearsal)
  2:36
• 4
  Lonesome and Blue
  2:24
• 5
  Wonderin’ (take 8)
  2:51
• 6
  All Night Long (takes 6 & 7)
  2:14
• 7
  Kansas City
  2:18
• 8
  Kansas City (take 2)
  2:08
• 9
  Maybe I’m Right (take 7)
  2:15
• 10
  Directly From My Heart
  2:21
• 11
  Baby
  2:06
  4.0 ★
• 12
  I’m Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone)
  2:37
• 13
  Tutti Frutti (take 2)
  2:27
• 14
  Tutti Frutti
  2:25
• 15
  Slippin’ and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and Hidin’) (demo / piano only)
  1:45
• 16
  Slippin’ and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and Hidin’) (demo / piano & drums only)
  1:57
• 17
  Slippin’ and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and Hidin’) (demo / piano & brushes only)
  1:52
• 18
  She’s My Star (demo / a cappella)
  2:40
• 19
  Chicken Little Baby
  1:45
• 20
  Miss Ann (take 8)
  2:40
• 21
  Baby (take 1)
  2:24
• 22
  True Fine Mama
  2:44
  4.0 ★
• 23
  Kansas City / Hey‐Hey‐Hey‐Hey (medley / false starts 5, 6 & 7)
  0:47
• 24
  Kansas City / Hey‐Hey‐Hey‐Hey (medley)
  2:40
• 25
  Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 1)
  2:03
• 26
  Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 6)
  2:10
• 27
  Slippin’ and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and Hidin’)
  2:41
• 28
  Long Tall Sally
  2:07
  4.0 ★
• 29
  Miss Ann
  2:15
  4.0 ★
• 30
  The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (take 3)
  2:22
• 31
  Oh Why?
  2:07
  4.0 ★
• 32
  Heeby‐Jeebies‐Love
  2:09
• 33
  I Got It
  2:40
• 34
  Ready Teddy (take 3)
  1:53
• 35
  Ready Teddy
  2:07
  5.0 ★
• 36
  Hey‐Hey‐Hey‐Hey (Goin’ Back to Birmingham)
  2:05
• 37
  Rip It Up (rehearsal)
  3:19
• 38
  Rip It Up
  2:21
  4.5 ★
• 39
  Heeby‐Jeebies (false starts 6 & 7, take 9)
  2:53
• 40
  Lucille
  2:23
  4.5 ★
• 41
  Heeby‐Jeebies
  2:15
• 42
  Good Golly, Miss Molly (fast version)
  2:38
• 43
  Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave
  2:25
  4.0 ★
• 44
  Shake a Hand
  3:35
• 45
  All Around the World
  2:26
• 46
  She’s Got It
  2:24
• 47
  Hound Dog (rehearsal)
  2:00
• 48
  Jenny, Jenny
  2:02
  4.5 ★
• 49
  Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 9)
  2:50
• 50
  Baby Face
  2:16
• 51
  The Girl Can’t Help It (take 9)
  2:26
• 52
  The Girl Can’t Help It
  2:30
• 53
  By the Light of the Silvery Moon
  2:07
• 54
  Send Me Some Lovin’
  2:44
• 55
  Gene Nobles’ “Royal Crown Hairdressing” Commercials
  1:05
• 56
  Ooh! My Soul
  1:52
• 57
  Keep A‐Knockin’ (take 4)
  2:17
• 58
  Keep a Knockin’
  2:16
• 59
  I’ll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo) (take 6)
  2:33
• 60
  Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I’ll Never Let You Go)
  2:21
• 61
  Good Morning Little School Girl (takes 1 & 3)
  2:59
• 62
  Ooh! My Soul (take 8)
  1:46
• 63
  Ooh! My Soul (take 9)
  2:09
• 64
  Early One Morning
  2:15
• 65
  She Knows How to Rock (false starts 1, 2 & 3)
  4:18
• 66
  She Knows How to Rock
  2:01
• 67
  Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (rehearsal)
  2:37
• 68
  Bama Lama Bama Loo (take 10)
  2:45
• 69
  Poor Boy Paul (take 8)
  2:23
• 70
  Annie Is Back (false start / take 3)
  2:57
• 71
  Annie Is Back (take 7)
  1:57
• 72
  Miss Ann (false start / take 6)
  3:19
• 73
  Well Alright! (false starts 1 & 2 / take 3)
  3:59

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Release credits

• Adolph Smith
  background vocals [51]
• Alvin “Red” Tyler
  baritone saxophone [5-13, 27-29, 31-32, 34-36, 38, 40-41, 43, 45, 48, 50-51, 53]
• Art Neville
  background vocals [51]
• Charles Connor
  drums (drum set) [46-47, 58-61, 64, 66]
• Clarence Ford
  baritone saxophone [21-25]
• Clifford Burks
  tenor saxophone [46, 58-61, 64, 66]
• Dewey Terry
  guitar [69]
• Don “Sugarcane” Harris
  bass guitar [69]
• Earl Palmer
  drums (drum set) [5-13, 27-29, 31-32, 34-36, 38, 40-41, 43, 45, 48, 50-51, 53, 69]
• Edgar Blanchard
  guitar [27-29, 31-32, 34-36, 38]
• Frank Fields
  bass guitar [5-13, 27-29, 31-32, 34-36, 38, 40-41, 43, 45, 48, 50-51, 53]
• Glen Willings
  guitar [69]
• Grady Gaines
  tenor saxophone [46, 58-61, 64, 66]
• Jewell Grant
  baritone saxophone [46]
• Joseph Tillman
  tenor saxophone [21-25]
• Junior Gordon
  background vocals [51]
• Justin Adams
  guitar [5-13]
• Lee Allen
  tenor saxophone [5-13, 27-29, 31-32, 34-36, 38, 40-41, 43, 45, 48, 50-51, 53]
• Little Richard
  lead vocals [1-3, 5-13, 15-19, 21-25, 27-29, 31-32, 34-36, 38, 40-41, 43, 45-48, 50-51, 53, 58-61, 64, 66, 69], piano [13, 15-17, 19, 21-25, 27-29, 31-32, 34-36, 38, 40-41, 43, 45-48, 50-51, 53, 58-61, 64, 66, 69], spoken vocals [55]
• Lloyd Lambert
  bass guitar [21-25]
• Melvin Dowden
  piano [5-12]
• Nathaniel Douglas
  guitar [46-47, 58-61, 64, 66]
• Olsie Robinson
  bass guitar [46-47, 58-61, 64, 66]
• Oscar Moore
  drums (drum set) [16-17, 21-25]
• Renald Richard
  trumpet [21-25]
• Roy Montrell
  guitar [40-41, 43, 45, 48, 50-51, 53]
• Samuel Parker Jr.
  baritone saxophone [58]
• Wilbert Smith
  tenor saxophone [46, 58-61, 64, 66]
• William 'Frosty' Pyles
  guitar [21-25]
• William Tircuit
  background vocals [51]
• [unknown]
  background vocals [22], choir vocals [22]
• Show all credits (31)

Issues

• 

  T
  The Specialty Sessions

  3x CD (3 CD set)
  2 April 1990
• 

  S
  Specialty Sessions

  Digital Media
  25 October 2024