Little Richard Southern Child (LP)

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Little Richard: Southern Child (LP)

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Sensation! The originally unreleased third Reprise album of the Rock'n'Roll Godfather for the first time on vinyl!

Here it is! The great lost Little Richard album. After the funk of 1971's King Of Rock'n'Roll, Little Richard did something no one could have done or expected - he admitted his previously unrecognized penchant for country rock. Unlike its predecessor, all 14 songs on Southern Child were written or co-written by Richard - predominantly a country-rock affair that the label shelved at the time. It wasn't until 2005 that the tracks appeared on a long-out-of-print label retrospective.

The album was recorded, mixed and mastered in Los Angeles in the spring of 1972 and delivered to the label. A catalog number was assigned and the cover was designed, but Reprise chose to release The Second Coming instead. Both albums were made with Bumps Blackwell in the producer's chair, and around the same time.

Now, finally, Southern Child appears for the first time as Little Richard intended.

Article properties: Little Richard: Southern Child (LP)

Interpret: Little Richard
Album titlle: Southern Child (LP)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Artikelart LP
Label Omnivore Records
EAN: 0816651019960
weight in Kg 0.26

Little Richard - Southern Child (LP) LP 1
01	California (I'm Comin')	Little Richard
02	If You Pick Her Too Hard (She Comes Out Of Tune)	Little Richard
03	Burning Up With Love	Little Richard
04	Ain't No Tellin'	Little Richard
05	Last Year's Race Horse (Can't Run In This Year's Race)	Little Richard
06	Southern Child	Little Richard
07	In The Name (Version 3)	Little Richard
08	Over Yonder	Little Richard
09	I Git A Little Lonely	Little Richard
10	Puppy Dog Song	Little Richard

Little Richard Little Richard, born Richard Wayne Penniman on 5 December 1932 in Macon,... more

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"Little Richard"

Little Richard

Little Richard, born Richard Wayne Penniman on 5 December 1932 in Macon, Georgia, was one of the most explosive figures of early rock 'n' roll. With his shrieking vocals, his savage piano playing and boundless energy, he embodied the new music like almost no one else. He died on 9 May 2020.

Raised in a deeply religious environment, Richard sang gospel as a child, among others with the family group the Penniman Singers, and drew inspiration from Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Brother Joe May. At fourteen he joined a medicine show. The blues shouter Billy Wright shaped his singing and his stage presence, and a wild man named Esquerita taught him the staccato boogie piano.

His first recordings were made in 1951 for RCA Victor, then for Don Robey's Peacock label, always backed by his road band the Upsetters. Commercial success eluded him, however, until Richard signed with Art Rupe's Specialty Records in 1955. At Cosimo Matassa's studio in New Orleans, with producer Bumps Blackwell and a first-rate house band, he cut Tutti Frutti, his first major hit towards the end of that year.

In little more than two years Richard lined up classic after classic: Long Tall Sally, Slippin' And Slidin', Rip It Up, Ready Teddy, Lucille, Jenny Jenny, Keep A-Knockin' and Good Golly Miss Molly. In October 1957 he turned his back on rock 'n' roll for a time to study theology, but later returned to the stage. His untamed style made him one of the most influential pioneers of rock music.

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