Lloyd Price
The Exciting Lloyd Price + Mr Personality (263363)
The Exciting Lloyd Price + Mr Personality
Lloyd Price
Hoo Doo Records
8436028693467
HOO 123523
263363
RHYTHM AND BLUES
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“THE WHEELER–DEALER ROCK’N’ROLL PIONEER!” (Record Collector Magazine)
2 LPs ON 1 CD
Not entirely content with being a 1950s R&B star on the strength of his immortal New Orleans classic "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," singer Lloyd Price yearned for massive pop acceptance. He found it, too, with a storming rock & roll reading of the ancient blues "Stagger Lee" and the unabashedly pop-slanted "Personality" and "I'm Gonna Get Married". The two original albums packaged here, Exciting Lloyd Price and Mr. “Personality”, were recorded at the beginning of his career with ABC-Paramount; the label that issued his biggest smash hits. Recorded in absolutely breathtaking stereo sound that greatly enhances the brass-heavy arrangements, this CD edition is a rare find.
“These songs were meant to be rock & roll hits, and they not only were, they're among the best of their kind from the late '50s. Essential music.” - (All Music Guide)
2 LPs ON 1 CD
Not entirely content with being a 1950s R&B star on the strength of his immortal New Orleans classic "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," singer Lloyd Price yearned for massive pop acceptance. He found it, too, with a storming rock & roll reading of the ancient blues "Stagger Lee" and the unabashedly pop-slanted "Personality" and "I'm Gonna Get Married". The two original albums packaged here, Exciting Lloyd Price and Mr. “Personality”, were recorded at the beginning of his career with ABC-Paramount; the label that issued his biggest smash hits. Recorded in absolutely breathtaking stereo sound that greatly enhances the brass-heavy arrangements, this CD edition is a rare find.
“These songs were meant to be rock & roll hits, and they not only were, they're among the best of their kind from the late '50s. Essential music.” - (All Music Guide)
16-PAGE BOOKLET - RARE PHOTOS - VINTAGE MEMORABILIA - DETAILED LINER NOTES
LLOYD PRICE, vocals, plus:
Joseph Harris (as),
Claude Green, Charles McClendon, Eddie Saunders, Lee Allen (ts)
Red Tyler (bs),
Dave Bartholomew, Ted Curson (tp)
Big John Patton (p)
Gladstone Thomas (org)
Edgar Blanchard (g)
Clarence Johnson (b)
Earl Palmer (d),
and the Ray Charles Singers (bv), among others.
Orchestra conducted by Don Costa
Recorded between 1957 and 1959.
TRACKS:
THE EXCITING LLOYD PRICE
01 STAGGER LEE 2:26
02 I WISH YOUR PICTURE WAS YOU 2:11
03 TALKING ABOUT LOVE 2:14
04 WHAT DO YOU DO TO MY HEART 2:41
05 YOU NEED LOVE 2:51
06 MAILMAN BLUES 2:11
07 WHERE WERE YOU (ON OUR WEDDING DAY)? 2:44
08 WHY 2:09
09 LAWDY, MISS CLAWDY 1:52
10 OH, OH, OH 2:26
11 A FOGGY DAY 3:02
12 JUST BECAUSE 2:47
Mr. “PERSONALITY”
13 PERSONALITY 2:38
14 MARY ANNE 2:38
15 TIME AFTER TIME 2:22
16 HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE BLUES 2:13
17 YAKETY-YAK – BING BANG 2:04
18 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU 1:54
19 I’M GONNA GET MARRIED 2:23
20 DINNER FOR ONE 2:22
21 IS IT REALLY LOVE? 2:01
22 POPPA-SHUN 2:35
23 ALL OF ME 2:57
24 I WANT YOU TO KNOW 2:16
TOTAL TIME: 57:37
