Bob & Earl – Bob & Earl | Crestview Records CRS 3055

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Bob & Earl – Bob & Earl | Crestview CRS 3055

 

 

 

Crestview Records 1969 ‎– CRS 3055

 

notes:

Bob & Earl – Bob & Earl is a 1969 soul LP issued
in the United States on Crestview Records, CRS 3055.
 The album brings together material associated with
 the classic Bob & Earl sound, combining vocal-group soul, 
dancefloor rhythms and the energetic style that later 
became highly prized by Northern Soul collectors. Contemporary
 trade coverage listed the album as a Crestview release in 1969.

The duo's history is closely connected with Bob Relf and Earl Nelson.
 Relf joined Bob & Earl after Bobby Day left the original partnership,
 while Nelson was also known as Jackie Lee. Their best-known recording,
 “Harlem Shuffle,” dates from 1963 and became an enduring soul classic.

The Crestview LP is particularly interesting to collectors because it gathers
 tracks that connect the Bob & Earl catalogue with the later Mirwood/Crestview
 reissue history. Soul collectors have also noted that different British 
and American LP editions can contain variations in the material and versions used.

credits:

Bob Relf – lead and harmony vocals
Earl Nelson – lead and harmony vocals

Bob Relf had replaced the original Bob of the duo,
 Bobby Day, in the early 1960s. Relf was also known
 as Bobby Garrett and Bobby Valentino, 
while Earl Nelson later recorded as Jackie Lee.

The available discographical sources do not provide 
a complete track-by-track instrumental personnel 
list for CRS 3055. The album draws from recordings made at
different stages, so it should not be treated as 
a single-session recording with one fixed backing band.

Recording dates

The Crestview LP itself was issued in 1969, but the recordings 
are not all newly recorded in 1969. The album is essentially 
a compilation/repackaging of Bob & Earl material from earlier years.
The Crestview discography identifies CRS 3055 as a 1969 release.

For “Harlem Shuffle,” the recording belongs to the duo's 1963
 Los Angeles recording period, with Gene Page responsible 
for the arrangement and Fred Smith producing

tracklist:

A1 Baby, Your Time Is My Time
Written-By – Bob & Earl 2:50
A2 Big Brother
Written-By – Charlotte Cronander 2:58
A3 Land Of 1000 Dances
Written-By – Chris Kenner 2:15
A4 I Can't Get Away
Written-By – Bob & Earl2:57
A5 My Little Girl     2:50
B1 I'll  Keep Running Back
Written-By – Bob & Earl 2:50
B2 Dancin' Everywhere
Written-By – Charlotte Cronander 2:57
B3 Send For Me, I'll Be There
Written-By – Earl Nelson 2:25
B4 Ooh Honey Babe
Written-By – Earl Nelson 2:15
B5 Harlem Shuffle
Written-By – Bob & Earl 2:10

 

 

 

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