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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Some titles herein suggest another blast from the past, but by early '66, apparently The Quasar was ready to forge ahead. He experimented with some jazz-inflected pop and even scored two minor single hits and an album which had a nice showing on the Billboard Black Albums Charts. (Though there is nothing from that chaotic but exciting venture, at the Club Okeh).
We have a reissue of the Sony Entertainment "Get Down With It" from early 2004, same line-up; different artwork and liners. More detail is provided on the numbes, but if you want to know who played bass on "Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)", you'll have to go elsewhere.
Richard's Producer was Larry Williams (yes, of Specialty Records!), who, of course, was very successful doing the Penniman thing, vocally and on keyboards. So, it's a little difficult to say where the piano sound originates: possibly on a few of the ballads, on "Land Of A Thousand Dances", "Function At The Junction", though it's way back in the mix.
Regarding the mix and oversall sound, the reprocess works wonders.
It's also important to note, for those unaware of the first edition, that we get longer versions of some tunes; originally added voices are removed here, so we get more *presence* of the King.
Always great to hear the second Okeh single, the medium-tempo "(You're My Girl) I Don't Want To Discuss It", a "coulda-shoulda" for the timecapsule, backed with an amazing take of the movie theme ballad, "Hurry Sundown". One of Richard's few straight-ahead ballads and he delivers a Grammy-worthy performance.
Richard goes "all '50s" in a December, 1966 Abbey Road Studio session, including two Fats Domino numbers, and a fabulous "Get Down With It", yes, the song "covered" by Wayne Cochran and Slade. Although it's been called a Bobby Marchan song, there's no real resemblance past the first seven words.
A very nice counterpart to the still prevalent Vee Jay and K-Tel LR recut packages.
We have a reissue of the Sony Entertainment "Get Down With It" from early 2004, same line-up; different artwork and liners. More detail is provided on the numbes, but if you want to know who played bass on "Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)", you'll have to go elsewhere.
Richard's Producer was Larry Williams (yes, of Specialty Records!), who, of course, was very successful doing the Penniman thing, vocally and on keyboards. So, it's a little difficult to say where the piano sound originates: possibly on a few of the ballads, on "Land Of A Thousand Dances", "Function At The Junction", though it's way back in the mix.
Regarding the mix and oversall sound, the reprocess works wonders.
It's also important to note, for those unaware of the first edition, that we get longer versions of some tunes; originally added voices are removed here, so we get more *presence* of the King.
Always great to hear the second Okeh single, the medium-tempo "(You're My Girl) I Don't Want To Discuss It", a "coulda-shoulda" for the timecapsule, backed with an amazing take of the movie theme ballad, "Hurry Sundown". One of Richard's few straight-ahead ballads and he delivers a Grammy-worthy performance.
Richard goes "all '50s" in a December, 1966 Abbey Road Studio session, including two Fats Domino numbers, and a fabulous "Get Down With It", yes, the song "covered" by Wayne Cochran and Slade. Although it's been called a Bobby Marchan song, there's no real resemblance past the first seven words.
A very nice counterpart to the still prevalent Vee Jay and K-Tel LR recut packages.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Not too much is known of the tracks Little Richard cut after his classic hits of the late 50s, but this explosive - that title ain`t no lie - collection of 17 songs from the enterprising Edsel label ought to remedy that. If you love the man as I do, then you must, no you really must, have this.
Not every track is up there with the Quasar of Rock`n`Roll`s very best, but so much here shows the Georgia Peach in his inimitably rambunctious, combustible extravagance that the occasional filler or two is painless, and when you`ve got his James Brown-like The Commandments Of Love (actually, Richard`s voice is more fluid than Brown`s when all`s said & done) or the glorious ballads Never Gonna Let You Go and the incredible Don`t Deceive Me, on both of which he bears comparison with Otis at his most soulful, or his take on Get Down With It - terrific by Slade, too - then this becomes essential stuff.
Function At The Junction (what a great title) is magnificent, and the whole CD smacks of class from one of the indisputable architects & ambassadors of the wilder shores of rock`n`roll. One of the Great Voices of the 20th century, no less, perhaps the most purely soulful of all the fifties rockers.
With exhaustive sleevenotes, the whole package is a joy to own.
As Mr Penniman declares at the start of Get Down With It:
WELL AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRIIIIIIIIGHT EVERYBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAY...!
You can`t argue with that, now can you?
Not every track is up there with the Quasar of Rock`n`Roll`s very best, but so much here shows the Georgia Peach in his inimitably rambunctious, combustible extravagance that the occasional filler or two is painless, and when you`ve got his James Brown-like The Commandments Of Love (actually, Richard`s voice is more fluid than Brown`s when all`s said & done) or the glorious ballads Never Gonna Let You Go and the incredible Don`t Deceive Me, on both of which he bears comparison with Otis at his most soulful, or his take on Get Down With It - terrific by Slade, too - then this becomes essential stuff.
Function At The Junction (what a great title) is magnificent, and the whole CD smacks of class from one of the indisputable architects & ambassadors of the wilder shores of rock`n`roll. One of the Great Voices of the 20th century, no less, perhaps the most purely soulful of all the fifties rockers.
With exhaustive sleevenotes, the whole package is a joy to own.
As Mr Penniman declares at the start of Get Down With It:
WELL AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRIIIIIIIIGHT EVERYBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAY...!
You can`t argue with that, now can you?
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Good to great LR from unknown period
20 Oct 2008
Format:Audio CD
Some of Richard's best singles came from the Okeh/Columbia label, and now we have them all in a nice, tight group, including the very rare "Get Down With It"/"Rosemary", cut at Abbey Road in 1966. (The A-side is the song that Slade jumped all over; usually confused with a Bobby Marchan number with the same title and one similiar verse. It's hard-drivin', 4/4 Rock 'n Soul, with alotta voice and keyboard. Two previously unreleased numbers, "The Rockin' Chair" (credited to Fats Domino but sounding much more like an instrumental of "Slippin' And Slidin'"), and a number from his show, "Hound Dog", even funkier than what he recorded for Vee Jay about two years before.
Other huge selling-points: The longest "Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail)", with the incongruous chorus removed. Also, "A Little Bit Of Something (Beats A Whole Lot Of Nothing)", until 1982 a single only, another Larry Williams dancer, in a longer form.
The uninitiated should understand, up front, that despite some song titles from the '50s, this material is firmly grounded in the mid-'60s, and quite progessive at that. If you want to hear [what this reviewer believes] the true foundation of Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and other groups trying to mix Big Band and Rock, well, bend an ear!
Just for te proverbial record, Richard had three hits on Okeh: "Poor Dog", "Commandments Of Love", and the album recorded live at the Club Okeh. [The complete, unedited show we hope is inching towards the starting gate!].
So we have "The Explosive Little Richard"..."plus". Nice liner notes with interesting studio notes: Hendrix fans, check out the detail on the February 5th, 1966 session.
The tracks are the same as on the 2004 release from Legacy Recordings. Yes, I bought both!
Other huge selling-points: The longest "Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail)", with the incongruous chorus removed. Also, "A Little Bit Of Something (Beats A Whole Lot Of Nothing)", until 1982 a single only, another Larry Williams dancer, in a longer form.
The uninitiated should understand, up front, that despite some song titles from the '50s, this material is firmly grounded in the mid-'60s, and quite progessive at that. If you want to hear [what this reviewer believes] the true foundation of Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and other groups trying to mix Big Band and Rock, well, bend an ear!
Just for te proverbial record, Richard had three hits on Okeh: "Poor Dog", "Commandments Of Love", and the album recorded live at the Club Okeh. [The complete, unedited show we hope is inching towards the starting gate!].
So we have "The Explosive Little Richard"..."plus". Nice liner notes with interesting studio notes: Hendrix fans, check out the detail on the February 5th, 1966 session.
The tracks are the same as on the 2004 release from Legacy Recordings. Yes, I bought both!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
OKEH Sessions
29 July 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the same as "Okeh Sessions: Get Down With It".
Little Richards' 1967 sessions where he sounds in fine form, more soul/r&b oriented but still rocking. Great James Brown-like vocals delivering stellar performances over tight songs. Not the screaming 50's work, but still great soulful intense vocals/performances; soul/r&b fans, and Little Richard fans will not be disappointed.
Little Richards' 1967 sessions where he sounds in fine form, more soul/r&b oriented but still rocking. Great James Brown-like vocals delivering stellar performances over tight songs. Not the screaming 50's work, but still great soulful intense vocals/performances; soul/r&b fans, and Little Richard fans will not be disappointed.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
SMOKIN '60s ROCK n SOUL!!!
9 Oct 2010
Format:Audio CD
This album is truly EXPLOSIVE! Little Richard's long time friend, Larry Williams, returned Little Richard to the charts with his work with him during this mid-60s OKEH CLUB period. The hit single "Poor Dog" is represented here, as is the funky powerhouse "Function At The Junction" and the high-energy, thrill ride "I Need Love" and the rhythmic dancer "A Little Bit of Something." All the tracks on the album are remastered studio recordings, and the sound is clean and hot! If you want the live Okeh material, that is a separate album, and it is worth getting as well for any fan of rockin' 60s soul or Little Richard. As others have mentioned, this is not much like his mid-50s work, but it really rocks in a rhythmic and more soulful manner and features amazing vocal gymnastics by Little Richard that only his 60s protege and friend, Wilson Pickett, can match. Oh yes, "Land of A Thousand Dances" is in the collection, as well! Don't miss this one!
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