Earl Hooker

 

 

Sweet Black Angel

 

 

Blue Thumb Records 1969  – BTS 12

 

 notes:

Earl Zebedee Hooker (January 15, 1930 – April 21, 1970) was a Chicago blues 
guitarist known for his slide guitar playing. Considered a "musician's musician"
 he performed with blues artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells
and John Lee Hooker and fronted his own bands
Sweet Black Angel is an album by blues musician Earl Hooker released 
on the Blue Thumb label in 1969. The album was co-produced by musician
 Ike Turner and Blue Thumb founder Bob Krasnow.



Credits:

    Earl Hooker – guitar, vocals
    Mack Simmons – speech, harmonica
    Ike Turner – piano, guitar ("The Mood")
    Soko Richardson – drums
    Possibly Jesse Knight Jr – bass

  Arranged By – Ike Turner
  Recorded    May 1969
  Studio    Los Angeles, CA
  Producer – Bob Krasnow, Ike Turner


tracklist:

A1        I Feel Good
Written-By – James Brown
A2        Drivin' Wheel
Written-By – Roosevelt Sykes
A3        Shuffle
Written-By – Krasnow*, Hooker*, Turner*
A4        Country And Western
Written-By – Hooker*
A5        Sweet Home Chicago
Adapted By – Earl Hooker
B1        Sweet Black Angel
Written-By – Robert Nighthawk
B2        Boogie, Don't Blot!
Written-By – Krasnow*, Turner*
B3        Cross Cut Saw
Written-By – R.G. Ford
B4        Catfish Blues
Written-By – Krasnow*, Hooker*, Turner*
B5        The Mood
Written-By – Hooker*, Turner*
B6        Funky Blues
Written-By – Turner*

 

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Earl Hooker

 

 

 Don't Have To Worry

 

 

 

Bluesway  records 1969 – BLS 6032

 

 notes:

Don't Have to Worry is an album by blues musician Earl Hooker 
released by the BluesWay label in 1969

credits:

    Earl Hooker – guitar, vocals
    Little Andrew "Blues Boy" Odom – lead vocals (tracks 1, 6 & 10)
    Paul Asbell – guitar
    Jeffrey Carp – harmonica
    Johnny "Big Moose" Walker – piano, organ, vocals
    Chester E. "Gino" Skaggs – bass
    Roosevelt Shaw – drums

Recorded    May 29, 1969
Studio    Vault Recordings, Los Angeles, California, United States
Producer    Ed Michel
Recorded By – Ed Fournier

tracklist:

A1        The Sky Is Crying
Lead Vocals – Little Andrew "Blues Boy" Odum*
Written-By – E. James*, M. C. Robinson*
4:17
A2        Hookin"
Written-By – Earl Hooker
4:17
A3        Is You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry
Lead Vocals – Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Written-By – J. Walker*
3:42
A4        You Got To Lose
Lead Vocals – Earl Hooker
Written-By – Earl Hooker
5:42
A5        Blue Guitar
Written-By – Earl Hooker
3:51
B1        Moanin' And Groanin'
Lead Vocals – Little Andrew "Blues Boy" Odum*
Written-By – A. Odum*
4:47
B2        Universal Rock
Written-By – Earl Hooker
4:08
B3        Look Over Yonder Wall
Lead Vocals – Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Written-By – J. Clark*
3:05
B4        Don't Have To Worry
Lead Vocals – Earl Hooker
Written-By – Earl Hooker
4:18
B5        Come To Me Right Away, Baby
Lead Vocals – Little Andrew "Blues Boy" Odum*
Written-By – A. Odum*
3:42

 

 

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Johnny Hammond ‎Smith

 

Wild Horses Rock Steady

Kudu records1971  ‎– KU 04

 notes:

Wild Horses Rock Steady is an album by jazz organist Johnny Hammond 
recorded for the Kudu label (a subsidiary of CTI Records) in 1971.

credits:

    Johnny Hammond - organ, electric piano
    Al DeRisi, Snooky Young - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 3, 4 & 6)
    Wayne Andre - trombone (tracks 4 & 6)
    Grover Washington, Jr. - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
    Harold Vick - tenor saxophone (tracks 3 & 6)
    Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (tracks 3, 4 & 6)
    George Benson (tracks 4 & 5), Eric Gale (tracks 1, 2 & 6),
    Bob Mann (tracks 3, 4 & 6), Melvin Sparks (tracks 1, 4 & 6) - guitar
    Ron Carter - double bass, electric bass
    Billy Cobham (tracks 2-6), Bernard Purdie (track 1) - drums
    Omar Clay (tracks 1 & 2), Airto Moreira (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6) - percussion
    Julius Brand, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Julius Held, Harry Katzman, 
    Joe Malin, Gene Orloff, Max Polikoff - violin (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5)
    Bob James - arranger, conductor

   Recorded    October and November 1971
   Studio    Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
    Creed Taylor – producer
    Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  


tracklist:


A1         Rock Steady
Drums – Bernard Purdie
Written-By – Aretha Franklin
6:55    
A2         Who Is Sylvia?
Written-By – Galt MacDermot
7:27    
A3         Peace Train
Written-By – Cat Stevens
4:28    
B1         I Don't Know How To Love Him
Written-By – Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
7:30    
B2         It's Impossible
Written By – Manzanero - Wayne
5:25    
B3         Wild Horses
Written-By – Jagger-Richards
6:20

 

 

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Don Patterson

 

 Goin' Down Home

 

 

Cadet Records 1967 LPS-787

 

 notes:

Goin' Down Home is an album by organist Don Patterson 
recorded in Chicago in 1963 and released on the Cadet 
label in 1966. Although it is the earliest recordings led 
by Patterson it as not released until after he had
produced several albums for Prestige Records. 


credits:

    Don Patterson - organ
    Paul Weedon - guitar
    Billy James - drums

Recorded    January 22, 1963
Ter Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Producer    Esmond Edwards
engineer: Ron Malo

tracklist:

A1        Little Duck
Written-By – Patterson*
4:25
A2        John Brown's Body
Arranged By – Patterson*
4:58
A3        I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Written-By – Ellington*, David*
4:35
A4        Frankie Mc
Written-By – Paul Weeden
3:54
A5        It's Magic
Written-By – Styne*, Cahn*
5:04
B1        Goin' Down Home
Written-By – Patterson*
4:17
B2        Trick Bag
Written-By – Weeden*
5:43
B3        1197 Fair
Written-By – Patterson*
4:49
B4        Work Song
Written-By – Adderley*, Brown*
5:07

 

 

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James Brown And The Famous Flames ‎

 

 There Was A Time

 

 

 

 King Records 1967  ‎– 45-6144

 

 credits and notes:

"There Was a Time" was recorded in July 1967 during a live performance 
at the Apollo Theater in a medley with "Let Yourself Go" and "I Feel All Right", 
and was first released November 1967 in edited form as the B-side
 of the single "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)".


Recorded    June 24–25, 1967, Apollo Theater, New York, NY

Songwriter(s)    
James Brown Bud Hobgood
Producer(s)    James Brown


 Tracklist

A     I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)     3:25
B     There Was A Time     3:35

 

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Little Mack

 

 

You Got To Help Me 

 

 

Puro Records 1969 - 7960 3509 

 

 notes:

Malcolm "Little Mack" Simmons  was an American Chicago blues 
harmonica player, singer, and songwriter. 
He ran the Simmons Records label in the 1970s. 
In the late 1950s and early 1960s Simmons recorded several 
more obscure singles, often simply billed as Little Mack (or Mac).
 He owned and managed the Zodiac Lounge, in Chicago, from the mid- to late 1960s, 
providing opportunities for other artists. He also owned a recording
 studio and recorded on his own labels, PM Records and Simmons Records.

tracklist:

A     Mother-In-Law Blues
Producer – A.L. Coleman, Oscar Coleman Jr.
Written-By – Willie Dixon
    
B    You Get To Help Me    
Written-By – Parker

 

 

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