Release Date: 05 October 2018
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064007050
Genres: R&B
Release Date: 03 August 2018
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064007241
Genres: R&B
Description
Until the film 20 Feet from Stardom rolled around, Merry Clayton was most famous as Mick Jagger's vocal foil on "Gimme Shelter," but on her own she recorded a series of tough, soulful albums for the Ode label during the early '70s. We already reissued the first one, Gimme Shelter, on vinyl; now we're coming back with her 1971 self-titled second album, which, like the first, has never seen a vinyl reissue prior to our release. And it's something of a lost soul classic, featuring Merry's passionate takes on songs by Neil Young ("Southern Man"), Leon Russell ("A Song for You"), Bill Withers ("Grandma's Hands"), and James Taylor ("Steamroller"), with production by Ode's own Lou Adler and arrangements by Carole King and Billy Preston. Limited edition (of 1200) in maroon vinyl!
Description
As the Academy Award-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom
made abundantly clear, Merry Clayton is one of the greatest and most
distinguished female backup singers in rock and soul history, having sung with
everybody from Bobby Darin to Ray Charles to Joe Cocker to Linda
Ronstadt to Neil Young to Lynyrd Skynyrd (on "Sweet Home
Alabama"). But her most famous vocal turn, of course, was her 1969
duet ("It's just a shot away!") with Mick Jagger on "Gimme Shelter." The notoriety she gained from that led to a recording contract with Lou
Adler's Ode label, and to this 1970 debut solo record, which took its title from the Stones track and featured Merry's own hit solo version of the song. But don't stop there�produced by Adler, arranged by the great Gene Page, and featuring Billy Preston on keyboards, this album is an overlooked soul classic, with Merry's indomitable voice taking songs like James Cleveland's "Here Come Those Heartaches Again," The Doors' "Tell All the People," and James Taylor's "Country Road" to dizzying heights (she also turns "Bridge over Troubled Water" into the sanctified gospel hymn it truly is). Vinyl reissue, in limited edition (of 300) green vinyl!
Tracklisting
Tyketto
X-Ray Spex
Loudon Wainwright Iii
Petula Clark
The Donnas
Tiny Tim
Henry Franklin
Stephen J. Kalnich & Friends
Merry Clayton
