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Format: LP
Label: Reel
Year: 2023
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
A1 Sweet Thang
A2 Daddy Please Don't Go Out Tonight
A3 Why Did You Put Shoes Under My Bed
A4 Stop By
A5 Bad Luck
A6 Hitching A Ride
B1 Standing In The Grits Line
B2 In The Sweet Bye & Bye
B3 Ain't Nothing a Young Girl Can Do
B4 If There's A Will There's A Way
B5 What's In The Headlines
Originally released in 1972. This edition pressed on red vinyl.
PERSONNEL:
Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Eades
Bass – David Hood
Drums, Percussion – Roger Hawkins
Electric Piano, Organ, Clavichord – Barry Beckett
Engineer – Jerry Masters, Steve Melton
Guitar – Jimmy Johnson, Pete Carr
Lead Guitar – Eddie Hinton, Tippy Armstrong
Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson
Trombone – Dale Quillen
Trumpet – Harrison Calloway
Vocals - Don Covay
Don Covay was raised in DC and began his performing and recording careers here. That included a late-1950s stint as a member of The Rainbows, a DC doo-wop institution that also featured soul legends Marvin Gaye and Billy Stewart, and was a bellwether of a golden age of soul and R&B in the nation's capital.
Like Gaye and Stewart, Covay was taken under the wing of fellow Washingtonian Bo Diddley, in whose home studio they honed their skills and contributed to Diddley's cutting-edge recordings. For all three, that association led to bigger and better opportunities beyond DC.
Covay became one of the leading figures of the soul music explosion, probably best known as a songwriter who penned hits for a whole galaxy of soul, pop, and rock stars including Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, the Staples Singers, and Wanda Jackson.
He was also a powerful and immensely influential performer, whose vocal style was all but copied whole cloth by legendary British Invasion singers like Mick Jagger, Eric Burdon, and Van Morrison, among others.
"Different Strokes For Different Folks" was Covay's return to recording his own material after a decade-long run of making hits for others. As the title and gatefold cover art suggest, and in keeping with Covay's DC roots, it finds Covay being unapologetically himself--dropping one brilliant, unforgettable tune after another while not fitting comfortably into any one style or genre.
It is an absolute killer LP, finally getting a worthy re-issue after 50 years.
Label: Reel
Year: 2023
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
A1 Sweet Thang
A2 Daddy Please Don't Go Out Tonight
A3 Why Did You Put Shoes Under My Bed
A4 Stop By
A5 Bad Luck
A6 Hitching A Ride
B1 Standing In The Grits Line
B2 In The Sweet Bye & Bye
B3 Ain't Nothing a Young Girl Can Do
B4 If There's A Will There's A Way
B5 What's In The Headlines
Originally released in 1972. This edition pressed on red vinyl.
PERSONNEL:
Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Eades
Bass – David Hood
Drums, Percussion – Roger Hawkins
Electric Piano, Organ, Clavichord – Barry Beckett
Engineer – Jerry Masters, Steve Melton
Guitar – Jimmy Johnson, Pete Carr
Lead Guitar – Eddie Hinton, Tippy Armstrong
Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson
Trombone – Dale Quillen
Trumpet – Harrison Calloway
Vocals - Don Covay
Don Covay was raised in DC and began his performing and recording careers here. That included a late-1950s stint as a member of The Rainbows, a DC doo-wop institution that also featured soul legends Marvin Gaye and Billy Stewart, and was a bellwether of a golden age of soul and R&B in the nation's capital.
Like Gaye and Stewart, Covay was taken under the wing of fellow Washingtonian Bo Diddley, in whose home studio they honed their skills and contributed to Diddley's cutting-edge recordings. For all three, that association led to bigger and better opportunities beyond DC.
Covay became one of the leading figures of the soul music explosion, probably best known as a songwriter who penned hits for a whole galaxy of soul, pop, and rock stars including Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, the Staples Singers, and Wanda Jackson.
He was also a powerful and immensely influential performer, whose vocal style was all but copied whole cloth by legendary British Invasion singers like Mick Jagger, Eric Burdon, and Van Morrison, among others.
"Different Strokes For Different Folks" was Covay's return to recording his own material after a decade-long run of making hits for others. As the title and gatefold cover art suggest, and in keeping with Covay's DC roots, it finds Covay being unapologetically himself--dropping one brilliant, unforgettable tune after another while not fitting comfortably into any one style or genre.
It is an absolute killer LP, finally getting a worthy re-issue after 50 years.