Album · 1989
The Specialty Sessions
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Baby
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4:21
2
All Night Long
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2:48
3
She's My Star
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2:39
4
Lonesome and Blue (take 3)
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2:06
5
Lonesome and Blue (take 4 - false start, take 7)
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2:45
6
Lonesome and Blue (master - probably take 5)
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2:19
7
Wonderin' (take 9)
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2:48
8
Wonderin' (master - take 8)
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2:51
9
All Night Long (take 10)
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2:18
10
All Night Long (master - takes 6 & 7 intercut)
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2:15
11
Kansas City (master issued on SLP 2136 in 1971)
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2:18
12
Kansas City (take 1)
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2:10
13
Maybe I'm Right (take 1)
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3:31
14
Maybe I'm Right (master - take 4)
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2:14
15
Directly From My Heart (take 1)
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2:23
16
Directly From My Heart (master - probably take 4)
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2:22
17
Baby (master)
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2:07
18
I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone) (take 1 - false start, take 2)
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2:56
19
I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone) (master)
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2:37
20
Tutti Frutti (take 2)
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2:27
21
Tutti Frutti (master - probably take 1)
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2:23
Disc 2
1
Slippin' and Slidin' (take 1 with drums)
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1:58
2
Slippin' and Slidin' (take 2 with brushes)
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1:52
3
Slippin' and Slidin' (take 3 with bongo)
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1:51
4
Miss Ann (vocal/piano only)
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1:48
5
She's My Star (a capella)
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2:39
6
Chicken Little Baby (master without overdubs - vocal/piano only)
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1:44
7
Miss Ann (take 1)
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2:39
8
Miss Ann (take 8)
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2:19
9
Baby (take 1)
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2:25
10
True Fine Mama (True Fine Baby) (incomplete take)
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1:10
11
True Fine Mama (True Fine Baby) (master)
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2:43
12
Kansas City (Hey Hey Hey) (false starts 5, 6 & 7)
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0:46
13
Kansas City (Hey Hey Hey) (take 8)
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2:33
14
Kansas City (Hey Hey Hey) (master - probably take 4)
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2:40
15
Wonderin' (take 1)
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2:59
16
Wonderin' (master - take 3)
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3:08
17
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 1)
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2:03
18
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 5)
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2:14
19
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 6)
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2:10
20
Miss Ann (take 3)
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2:53
Disc 3
1
Slippin' and Slidin' (master - probably take 7)
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2:44
2
Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (master - probably take 7)
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2:10
3
Miss Ann (master)
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2:18
4
Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 1)
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2:11
5
Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 2)
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1:55
6
Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 3)
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2:16
7
The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (take 4)
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2:25
8
The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (master - take 3)
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2:26
9
Oh Why? (take 4)
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2:08
10
Oh Why? (take 9)
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2:17
11
Oh Why? (master - probably take 7)
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2:09
12
I Got It (take 1)
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2:06
13
I Got It (take 9)
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2:28
14
I Got It (master - probably take 7)
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2:21
15
Ready Teddy (take 3)
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1:53
16
Ready Teddy (take 4)
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1:45
17
Ready Teddy (take 10)
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2:09
18
Ready Teddy (master - probably take 6)
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2:10
19
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 3)
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2:10
20
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 5 - false start, take 6)
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2:17
21
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 8)
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2:06
22
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (master - probably take 4)
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2:07
23
Rip It Up (take 3 - rehearsal)
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2:23
24
Rip It Up (take 13)
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2:12
25
Rip It Up (take 14)
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2:34
26
Rip It Up (master)
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2:21
Disc 4
1
Heeby-Jeebies (take 5 - slow version)
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2:12
2
Heeby-Jeebies (takes 6, 7 & 8)
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2:06
3
Heeby-Jeebies (take 9)
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1:50
4
Good Golly, Miss Molly (fast version)
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0:57
5
Good Golly, Miss Molly (fast version)
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2:11
6
Lucille (false start)
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1:31
7
Lucille (master)
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2:27
8
Heeby-Jeebies (take 5)
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2:11
9
Heeby-Jeebies (master)
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2:12
10
All Around the World (take 8 composite)
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2:00
11
All Around the World (master - composite)
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2:29
12
Shake a Hand (take 2)
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2:55
13
Shake a Hand (master - take 4)
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3:13
14
Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (take 8)
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2:31
15
Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (master - probably take 9)
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2:29
16
I Got It (take 1)
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2:20
17
I Got It (take 2)
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2:30
18
She's Got It
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2:29
19
She's Got It (master)
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2:27
20
Send Me Some Lovin' (take 1)
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2:53
21
Send Me Some Lovin' (take 9)
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2:35
22
Hound Dog (rehearsal)
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2:02
23
Jenny, Jenny (master - composite)
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2:04
24
Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 7)
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2:20
25
Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 8)
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2:19
26
Good Golly, Miss Molly (master - take 9)
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2:37
27
Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 10)
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2:13
Disc 5
1
Baby Face (takes 2 & 3 - false starts)
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0:35
2
Baby Face (take 4)
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2:41
3
Baby Face (master probably take 11)
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2:15
4
The Girl Can't Help It (film version master - take 9)
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2:31
5
The Girl Can't Help It (take 10 - false start, take 11)
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2:36
6
The Girl Can't Help It (single master - take 12)
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2:32
7
Send Me Some Lovin' (master)
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2:20
8
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (master)
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2:08
9
Gene Nobles' "Royal Crown" Hairdressing Ad
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1:06
10
Ooh! My Soul (take 1)
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2:01
11
Ooh! My Soul (take 3)
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2:15
12
Ooh! My Soul (master)
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2:14
13
Keep a Knockin' (take 1)
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1:36
14
Keep a Knockin' (take 2)
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2:29
15
Keep a Knockin' (take 3)
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2:25
16
Keep a Knockin' (take 4)
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2:21
17
Keep a Knockin' (master - composite)
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2:15
18
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (take 1)
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3:28
19
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (take 2)
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2:45
20
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (take 6)
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2:33
21
Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) (master)
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2:21
22
Good Morning Little School Girl (takes 1 & 3)
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3:00
23
Ooh! My Soul
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1:30
24
Ooh! My Soul
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1:15
25
Ooh! My Soul
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1:51
26
Ooh! My Soul
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2:07
27
Early One Morning (Blues) (master)
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2:15
28
She Knows How to Rock (takes 1, 2, 3 & 4 - false starts)
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4:29
29
She Knows How to Rock (take 5 - false start)
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1:31
30
She Knows How to Rock (master)
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2:02
31
Whole Lotta Shaking Going On (rehearsal)
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3:33
32
Whole Lotta Shaking Going On (master)
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1:53
Disc 6
1
Bama Lama Bama Loo (take 7)
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2:50
2
Bama Lama Bama Loo (master - take 10)
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2:17
3
Poor Boy Paul (take 2)
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2:37
4
Poor Boy Paul (take 7)
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2:19
5
Poor Boy Paul (master - take 8)
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2:24
6
Annie Is Back (takes 1 & 2)
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3:02
7
Annie Is Back (take 3)
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2:43
8
Miss Ann (take 6)
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3:24
9
Miss Ann (take 7)
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2:52
10
Well Alright ( takes 1 & 2)
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0:59
11
Well Alright (take 3)
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2:55
12
Well Alright (take 4)
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2:30
13
Medley: Ain't That a Shame / I Got a Woman / Tutti Frutti
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3:11
In print
First pressed 1989 — 3 pressings.
Credits
Martin Brown
Design
Adolph Jacobs
Instrument · guitar
Alvin “Red” Tyler
Instrument · baritone saxophone
Art Foxall
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Charles Connor
Instrument · drums
Clarence Ford
Instrument · baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
Clifford Burks
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Danny Carmichael
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Dewey Terry
Instrument · guitar
Don “Sugarcane” Harris
Instrument · bass
Earl Palmer
Instrument · drums
Edgar Blanchard
Instrument · guitar
Edward Frank
Instrument · piano
Edward Hall
Instrument · drums, percussion
Ernest McLean
Instrument · guitar
Frank Fields
Instrument · bass
Glen Williams (5)
Instrument · guitar
Glen Willings
Instrument · guitar
Grady Gaines
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Huey “Piano” Smith
Instrument · piano
Jake Porter
Instrument · trumpet
James E. Bond
Instrument · bass
Jesse Sailes
Instrument · drums
Jewell Grant
Instrument · baritone saxophone
Jimmy Rice
Instrument · bass
Joe Tillman
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Justin Adams
Instrument · guitar
Lee Allen
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Lloyd Lambert
Instrument · electric bass
Lucas Fats Gonder
Instrument · piano
Micky Waller
Instrument · drums [probably]
Nathaniel Douglas
Instrument · guitar
Olsie Richard Robinson
Instrument · bass
Oscar Moore (2)
Instrument · drums
Ralph Hamilton
Instrument · bass
Renald Richard
Instrument · trumpet, leader
René Hall
Instrument · electric bass [fender]
Roy Montrell
Instrument · guitar
Samuel Parker Jr.
Instrument · baritone saxophone
Ted Brinson (2)
Instrument · bass
Thomas Harwell
Instrument · guitar
Wilbert Smith
Instrument · tenor saxophone
William "Frosty" Pyles
Instrument · guitar
Rick Coleman
Liner Notes
Rob Finnis
Liner Notes
Bob Jones
Mastering
Art Rupe
Producer
Ray Topping
Producer · compiled by, compilation producer [concept by], liner notes
Adolph Smith
Vocal · backing vocals
Art Neville
Vocal · backing vocals
Barbara Salisbury (2)
Vocal · backing vocals
Billy Preston
Vocal · backing vocals
Billy Tircuit
Vocal · backing vocals
Booker Jones
Vocal · backing vocals
Charles Jackson (2)
Vocal · backing vocals
David Cobb (3)
Vocal · backing vocals
Douglas Gibbs
Vocal · backing vocals
Horace Wooten
Vocal · backing vocals
Jesse Kirkson
Vocal · backing vocals
Junior Gordon
Vocal · backing vocals
Little Richard
Vocal · voice
The Chimes
Vocal · backing vocals
The Robins
Vocal · backing vocals [or]
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