8x 12" Vinyl

The Specialty Sessions

Other by Little Richard

Released 1989

blues blues rock rock

Tracklist

12" Vinyl 1: Wop Bop a Loo Bop a Lop Bam Boom
1
Baby
4:18
2
All Night Long
2:45
3
She's My Star
2:35
4
Lonesome and Blue (take 3)
2:03
5
Lonesome and Blue (take 4 - false start, take 7)
2:43
6
Lonesome and Blue (master - probably take 5)
2:14
7
Wonderin' (take 9)
2:45
8
Wonderin' (master - take 8)
2:48
9
All Night Long (take 10)
2:15
10
All Night Long (master - takes 6 & 7 intercut)
2:11
11
Kansas City (SLP 2136 master - take 2)
2:16
12
Kansas City (take 1)
2:07
13
Maybe I'm Right (take 1)
3:28
14
Maybe I'm Right (master - take 4)
2:12
15
Directly From My Heart (take 1)
2:21
16
Directly From My Heart (master - probably take 4)
2:18
17
Baby (master)
2:04
4.0 ★
18
I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone) (take 1 - false start, take 2)
2:53
19
I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone) (master)
2:35
20
Tutti Frutti (take 2)
2:21
21
Tutti Frutti (master)
2:22
4.1 ★
12" Vinyl 2: Peepin' and a' Hidin'
1
Slippin' and Slidin' (take 1 with drums)
1:55
2
Slippin' and Slidin' (take 2 with brushes)
1:50
3
Slippin' and Slidin' (take 3 with bongo)
1:47
4
Miss Ann (vocal & piano only)
1:44
5
She's My Star (a cappella)
2:37
6
Chicken Little Baby (master without overdubs - vocal & piano only)
1:42
7
Miss Ann (take 1)
2:36
8
Miss Ann (take 8)
2:16
9
Baby (take 1)
2:22
10
True Fine Mama (True Fine Baby) (incomplete take)
1:08
11
True Fine Mama (True Fine Baby) (master)
2:41
4.0 ★
12
Kansas City (false starts 5, 6 & 7)
0:46
13
Kansas City (take 8)
2:32
14
Kansas City (master - probably take 4)
2:38
15
Wonderin' (take 1)
2:58
16
Wonderin' (master - take 3)
3:06
17
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 1)
2:02
18
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 5)
2:11
19
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 6)
2:07
20
Miss Ann (take 3)
2:52
12" Vinyl 3: Duck Back in the Alley
1
Slippin' and Slidin' (master - probably take 7)
2:41
2
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (master - probably take 7)
2:07
4.0 ★
3
Miss Ann (master)
2:14
4.0 ★
4
Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 1)
2:09
5
Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 2)
1:48
6
Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 3)
2:13
7
The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (take 4)
2:22
8
The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (master - take 3)
2:23
9
Oh Why? (take 4)
2:06
10
Oh Why? (take 9)
2:13
11
Oh Why? (master - probably take 7)
2:06
4.0 ★
12
I Got It (take 1)
2:03
13
I Got It (take 9)
2:23
14
I Got It (master - probably take 7)
2:19
15
Ready Teddy (take 3)
1:51
16
Ready Teddy (take 4)
1:43
17
Ready Teddy (take 10)
2:06
18
Ready Teddy (master - probably take 6)
2:06
5.0 ★
12" Vinyl 4: I'm Gonna Rock It Up!
1
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 3)
2:08
2
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 5 - false start, take 6)
2:16
3
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 8)
2:04
4
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (master - probably take 4)
2:05
5
Rip It Up (take 3 - rehearsal)
2:20
6
Rip It Up (take 13)
2:09
7
Rip It Up (take 14)
2:32
8
Rip It Up (master)
2:21
4.5 ★
9
Heeby-Jeebies (take 5 - slow version)
2:11
10
Heeby-Jeebies (takes 6, 7 & 8)
2:05
11
Heeby-Jeebies (take 9)
1:49
12
Good Golly, Miss Molly (fast version - false start)
0:56
13
Good Golly, Miss Molly (fast version)
2:09
14
Lucille (false start)
1:29
15
Lucille (master)
2:23
4.5 ★
16
Heeby-Jeebies (take 5)
2:08
17
Heeby-Jeebies (master)
2:10
12" Vinyl 5: Can't Believe You Wanna Leave
1
All Around the World (take 8 composite)
1:57
2
All Around the World (master - composite)
2:25
3
Shake a Hand (take 2)
2:53
4
Shake a Hand (master - take 5)
3:10
5
Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (take 8)
2:28
6
Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (master - probably take 9)
2:25
4.0 ★
7
I Got It (take 1)
2:17
8
I Got It (take 2)
2:27
9
She's Got It
2:27
10
She's Got It (master)
2:25
11
Send Me Some Lovin' (take 1)
2:54
12
Send Me Some Lovin' (take 9)
2:32
13
Hound Dog (rehearsal)
2:00
14
Jenny, Jenny (master - composite)
2:02
4.5 ★
15
Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 7)
2:16
16
Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 8)
2:17
17
Good Golly, Miss Molly (master - take 9)
2:34
18
Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 10)
2:12
12" Vinyl 6: Drinkin' Gin You Can't Come In
1
Baby Face (takes 2 & 3 - false starts)
0:34
2
Baby Face (take 4)
2:39
3
Baby Face (master - probably take 11)
2:13
4
The Girl Can't Help It (film version master - take 9)
2:30
5
The Girl Can't Help It (take 10 - false start, take 11)
2:34
6
The Girl Can't Help It (single master - take 12)
2:29
4.0 ★
7
Send Me Some Lovin' (master)
2:18
8
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (master)
2:04
9
Gene Nobles' "Royal Crown" Hairdressing Ad
1:03
10
Ooh! My Soul (take 1)
2:00
11
Ooh! My Soul (take 3)
2:12
12
Ooh! My Soul (master)
2:10
13
Keep a Knockin' (take 1)
1:34
14
Keep a Knockin' (take 2)
2:28
15
Keep a Knockin' (take 3)
2:20
16
Keep a Knockin' (take 4)
2:17
17
Keep a Knockin' (master)
2:11
5.0 ★
12" Vinyl 7: He Knows How to Rock
1
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (take 1)
3:25
2
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (take 2)
2:41
3
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (take 6)
2:29
4
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (master)
2:19
5
Good Morning Little School Girl (takes 1 & 3)
2:58
6
Ooh! My Soul
1:27
7
Ooh! My Soul
1:12
8
Ooh! My Soul (take 7)
1:48
9
Ooh! My Soul (take 9)
2:04
10
Early One Morning (Blues) (master)
2:14
11
She Knows How to Rock (takes 1, 2, 3 & 4 - false starts)
4:26
12
She Knows How to Rock (take 5 - false Start)
1:28
13
She Knows How to Rock (master)
1:59
14
Whole Lotta Shaking Going On (rehearsal)
3:30
15
Whole Lotta Shaking Going On (master)
1:52
12" Vinyl 8: Annie's Back!
1
Bama Lama Bama Loo (take 7)
2:47
2
Bama Lama Bama Loo (master - take 10)
2:14
3
Poor Boy Paul (take 2)
2:35
4
Poor Boy Paul (take 7)
2:16
5
Poor Boy Paul (master - take 8)
2:20
6
Annie Is Back (take 1 - false start, take 2)
3:00
7
Annie Is Back (take 3)
2:40
8
Miss Ann (take 6)
3:20
9
Miss Ann (take 7)
2:50
10
Well Alright (takes 1 & 2)
0:59
11
Well Alright (take 3)
2:52
12
Well Alright (take 4)
2:28
13
Medley: Ain't That a Shame / I Got a Woman / Tutti Frutti
3:10

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Release credits

Adolph Smith
background vocals [4-6]
Alvin “Red” Tyler
baritone saxophone [3.1-18, 1.4-21, 5.1-6, 5.14-18, 6.1-8, 4.1-17]
Art Neville
background vocals [4-6]
Charles Connor
drums (drum set) [7.1-15, 5.7-13, 6.10-16]
Clarence Ford
baritone saxophone [7-20]
Clifford Burks
tenor saxophone [6.10-16, 7.1-15, 5.7-12]
Dewey Terry
guitar [1-4, 6-9]
Don “Sugarcane” Harris
bass guitar [1-4, 6-9]
Earl Palmer
drums (drum set) [5.1-6, 5.14-18, 6.1-8, 1.4-21, 3.1-18, 4.1-17, 8.1-4, 8.6-9]
Edgar Blanchard
guitar [3.1-18, 4.1-8]
Frank Fields
bass guitar [1.4-20, 3.1-18, 4.1-17, 6.1-8, 5.1-6, 5.14-18], double bass [21]
Glen Willings
guitar [1-4, 6-9]
Grady Gaines
tenor saxophone [5.7-12, 6.10-16, 7.1-15]
Jewell Grant
baritone saxophone [7-12]
Joseph Tillman
tenor saxophone [7-20]
Junior Gordon
background vocals [4-6]
Justin Adams
guitar [4-21]
Lee Allen
tenor saxophone [4.1-17, 6.1-8, 3.1-18, 1.4-21, 5.1-6, 5.14-18]
Little Richard
lead vocals [2.1-20, 5.1-18, 1.1-21, 3.1-18, 6.1-8, 6.10-16, 7.1-15, 4.1-17, 8.1-4, 8.6-13], piano [2.1-4, 2.6-20, 4.1-17, 1.20, 3.1-18, 5.1-18, 6.1-8, 6.10-16, 7.1-15, 8.1-4, 8.6-13], spoken vocals [9]
Lloyd Lambert
bass guitar [7-20]
Melvin Dowden
piano [4-19, 21]
Nathaniel Douglas
guitar [6.10-16, 7.1-15, 5.7-13]
Olsie Robinson
bass guitar [6.10-16, 5.7-13, 7.1-15]
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 [5.1-6, 5.14-18, 6.1-8, 4.9-17]
Samuel Parker Jr.
baritone saxophone [10-16]
Wilbert Smith
tenor saxophone [5.7-12, 7.1-15, 6.10-16]
William 'Frosty' Pyles
guitar [7-20]
William Tircuit
background vocals [4-6]
[unknown]
background vocals [10-11], choir vocals [10-11]

Issues

T
(Combined release view)
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