3x CD (3 CD set)

The Specialty Sessions

Compilation by Little Richard

Released 1989

blues rock rock and roll

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Baby (demo)
4:20
2
All Night Long (demo)
2:48
3
She's My Star (rehearsal)
2:36
4
Lonesome and Blue (master)
2:24
5
Wonderin' (master SP 699 undubbed - take 8)
2:51
6
All Night Long (master - takes 6&7 intercut)
2:14
7
Kansas City (take 1)
2:18
8
Kansas City (master SP 2136 - take 2)
2:08
9
Maybe I'm Right (take 7)
2:15
10
Directly From My Heart (master undubbed - take 4)
2:21
11
Baby (master)
2:06
4.0 ★
12
I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone) (master)
2:37
13
Tutti Frutti (take 2)
2:27
14
Tutti Frutti (master)
2:25
15
Slippin' & Slidin' (Peepin' & Hidin') (demo - piano only)
1:45
16
Slippin' & Slidin' (Peepin' & Hidin') (demo - piano & drums)
1:57
17
Slippin' & Slidin' (Peepin' & Hidin') (demo - piano & brushes)
1:52
18
She's My Star (demo - a cappella)
2:40
19
Chicken Little Baby (master - vocal & piano only)
1:45
20
Miss Ann (take 8)
2:37
21
Baby (take 1)
2:24
22
True Fine Mama (master)
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) (master SP 664)
2:40
25
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 1)
2:03
26
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 6)
2:16
CD 2
1
Slippin' & Slidin' (Peepin' & Hidin') (master)
2:43
2
Long Tall Sally (master)
2:10
4.0 ★
3
Miss Ann (master)
2:17
4.0 ★
4
The Most That I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (master undubbed - take 3)
2:22
5
Oh Why (master)
2:09
4.0 ★
6
Heeby-Jeebies-Love (master - take 1)
2:11
7
I Got It (master)
2:40
8
Ready Teddy (take 3)
1:54
9
Ready Teddy (master)
2:09
5.0 ★
10
Hey Hey Hey Hey (Goin' Back to Birmingham) (master)
2:08
11
Rip It Up (rehearsal)
3:19
12
Rip It Up (master)
2:24
4.5 ★
13
Heeby-Jeebies (false starts 6 & 7, take 9)
2:53
14
Lucille (master)
2:25
4.5 ★
15
Heeby-Jeebies (master)
2:18
16
Good Golly, Miss Molly (fast version)
2:38
17
Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (master)
2:27
4.0 ★
18
Shake a Hand (master undubbed)
3:35
19
All Around the World (master)
2:27
20
She's Got It (master)
2:27
21
Hound Dog (rehearsal)
2:00
CD 3
1
Jenny, Jenny (master)
2:04
4.5 ★
2
Good Golly, Miss Molly (master - take 9)
2:50
3
Baby Face (master)
2:15
4
The Girl Can't Help It (movie master version - take 9)
2:32
5
The Girl Can't Help It (take 10 & master take 12)
2:49
6
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (master)
2:05
7
Send Me Some Lovin' (master)
2:44
8
Gene Nobles' 'Royal Crown Hairdressing' commercials
1:05
9
Ooh! My Soul (master)
1:48
10
Keep a Knockin' (take 4)
2:10
11
Keep a Knockin' (master)
2:19
12
I'll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo) (take 6 - fast version)
2:33
13
I'll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo) (master)
2:21
14
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (takes 1 & 3)
2:59
15
Ooh! My Soul (take 8)
1:46
16
Ooh! My Soul (take 9)
2:09
17
Early One Morning (master)
2:16
18
She Knows How to Rock (false starts 1, 2 & 3)
4:18
19
She Knows How to Rock (master)
2:03
20
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (rehearsal & master)
2:37
21
Bama Lama Bama Loo (take 10)
2:45
22
Poor Boy Paul (false start & master)
2:23
23
Annie Is Back (false start & take 3)
2:57
24
Annie Is Back (45 mono master - take 7)
1:58
25
Miss Ann (false start & take 6)
3:19
26
Well Alright! (false starts 1 & 2, take 3)
3:59

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Release credits

Adolph Smith
background vocals [4-5]
Alvin “Red” Tyler
baritone saxophone [1.5-13, 2.1-3, 2.5-6, 2.8-10, 2.12, 2.14-15, 2.17, 2.19, 3.1, 3.3-6]
Art Neville
background vocals [4-5]
Charles Connor
drums (drum set) [3.11-14, 3.17, 3.19, 2.20-21]
Clarence Ford
baritone saxophone [21-25]
Clifford Burks
tenor saxophone [3.11-14, 3.17, 3.19, 2.20]
Dewey Terry
guitar [22]
Don “Sugarcane” Harris
bass guitar [22]
Earl Palmer
drums (drum set) [2.1-3, 2.5-6, 2.8-10, 2.12, 2.14-15, 2.17, 2.19, 1.5-13, 3.1, 3.3-6, 3.22]
Edgar Blanchard
guitar [1-3, 5-6, 8-10, 12]
Frank Fields
bass guitar [3.1, 3.3-6, 1.5-13, 2.1-3, 2.5-6, 2.8-10, 2.12, 2.14-15, 2.17, 2.19]
Glen Willings
guitar [22]
Grady Gaines
tenor saxophone [3.11-14, 3.17, 3.19, 2.20]
Jewell Grant
baritone saxophone [20]
Joseph Tillman
tenor saxophone [21-25]
Junior Gordon
background vocals [4-5]
Justin Adams
guitar [5-13]
Lee Allen
tenor saxophone [2.1-3, 2.5-6, 2.8-10, 2.12, 2.14-15, 2.17, 2.19, 3.1, 3.3-6, 1.5-13]
Little Richard
lead vocals [3.1, 3.3-6, 3.11-14, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22, 2.1-3, 2.5-6, 2.8-10, 2.12, 2.14-15, 2.17, 2.19-21, 1.1-3, 1.5-13, 1.15-19, 1.21-25], piano [2.1-3, 2.5-6, 2.8-10, 2.12, 2.14-15, 2.17, 2.19-21, 1.13, 1.15-17, 1.19, 1.21-25, 3.1, 3.3-6, 3.11-14, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22], spoken vocals [8]
Lloyd Lambert
bass guitar [21-25]
Melvin Dowden
piano [5-12]
Nathaniel Douglas
guitar [2.20-21, 3.11-14, 3.17, 3.19]
Olsie Robinson
bass guitar [3.11-14, 3.17, 3.19, 2.20-21]
Oscar Moore
drums (drum set) [16-17, 21-25]
Ray Topping
liner notes
Renald Richard
trumpet [21-25]
Rick Coleman
liner notes
Rob Finnis
liner notes
Roy Montrell
guitar [2.14-15, 2.17, 2.19, 3.1, 3.3-6]
Samuel Parker Jr.
baritone saxophone [11]
Wilbert Smith
tenor saxophone [3.11-14, 3.17, 3.19, 2.20]
William 'Frosty' Pyles
guitar [21-25]
William Tircuit
background vocals [4-5]
[unknown]
background vocals [22], choir vocals [22]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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The Specialty Sessions
3x CD (3 CD set)
2 April 1990
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Specialty Sessions
Digital Media
25 October 2024