Little Richard — The Very Best of Little Richard, One Day Music (2 CD)

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Product Details:

• Product Type: Audio CD (2-disc set)
• Brand / Label: One Day Music
• Artist: Little Richard
• Catalogue No.: DAY2CD130
• Release Year: 2011 (compilation)
• UPC: 5060255181300
• Genre: Rock & Roll
• Style: 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues

Product Features

• Format: 2 × CD
• Tracks: 50 (25 per disc)
• Made in the E.U.
• Condition: Brand new, factory sealed

Overview

Fifty tracks across two discs make this about as complete a Little Richard collection as a single package gets. Every essential is present — "Long Tall Sally," "Tutti Frutti," "Lucille," "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Rip It Up" — and then it keeps going, into the early gospel-tinged sides, the B-sides, and the rockers that didn't always chart but show the full range of his 1950s work.

For a casual fan the first disc alone is a greatest-hits set. For anyone who wants the deeper picture, disc two is where the lesser-known recordings live: "Directly From The Heart," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Taxi Blues," and a clutch of early cuts.

A lot of music for the money, cleanly compiled and sequenced to keep the energy up.

Interesting Facts

• This 50-track set spans Little Richard's foundational rock and roll period, from early recordings through his Specialty-era hits.
• His vocal and piano style on these sides became the direct blueprint for performers including The Beatles, Otis Redding, and Prince.
• "Tutti Frutti" (1955) is regularly listed among the most important records in the birth of rock and roll.
• Several tracks here, such as "Directly From The Heart," predate his hit run and reveal his blues and gospel roots.
• "The Girl Can't Help It" became a film title song and one of the era's defining rock and roll movie moments.

Track Listing

Disc 1: 1. Long Tall Sally / 2. Baby Face / 3. The Girl Can't Help It / 4. By The Light Of The Silvery Moon / 5. Good Golly Miss Molly / 6. I Got It / 7. Lucille / 8. Keep A Knockin' / 9. Send Me Some Lovin' / 10. Ready Teddy / 11. Kansas City / 12. Shake A Hand / 13. Heeby-Jeebies / 14. She Knows How To Rock / 15. Ain't That Good News / 16. Baby / 17. I Brought It All On Myself / 18. Every Hour / 19. Fool At The Wheel / 20. I'll Never Let You Go / 21. Ain't Nothin' Happenin' / 22. Little Richard Boogie / 23. Rice, Beans And Turnip Greens / 24. True Fine Mama / 25. Why Did You Leave Me?

Disc 2: 1. Tutti Frutti / 2. She's Got It / 3. Jenny, Jenny / 4. Ooh! My Soul / 5. Early One Morning / 6. All Night Long / 7. Wonderin' / 8. Lonesome And Blue / 9. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / 10. Rip It Up / 11. Slippin' And Slidin' (Peepin' And Hidin') / 12. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave / 13. Get Rich Quick / 14. Directly From The Heart / 15. I'm Just A Lonely Guy (All Alone) / 16. Miss Ann / 17. Thinkin' About My Mother / 18. Maybe I'm Right / 19. All Around The World / 20. Always / 21. Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey (Goin' Back To Birmingham) / 22. I Love My Baby / 23. Oh Why? / 24. Please Have Mercy On Me / 25. Taxi Blues

Publishers

Compilation released by One Day Music (a division of Not Now Music Ltd.) in 2011, catalogue DAY2CD130. Made in the E.U.

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