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Johnnie Taylor - Live At The Summit Club
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Artist : Johnnie Taylor
Album : Live At The Summit Club
Genre : Soul
Label : Stax
Source : CDDA
Size : 78,7 MB
Quality : VBRkbps
: 44.1kHz
: Joint
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Tracklist:
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01 Introduction (By Rufus Thomas) 00:40
02 Take Care Of Your Homework 04:55
03 Little Bluebird 07:11
04 Steal Away (Version 1) 06:21
05 I Don't Wanna Lose You 06:28
06 Who's Making Love 04:56
07 Hello Sundown 09:35
08 Steal Away 08:20
09 Stop Doggin' Me 06:33
10 Jodie's Got Your Girl And Gone 09:06
Total Runtime: 64:05
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Release Notes:
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With the release of Johnnie Taylor's Live at the Summit Club, the
Concord label's takeover of the Stax catalog from its former owner,
Fantasy, has already born fruit. This set is a club date recorded
in 1972 as part of the WattStax: The Living Word documentary.
Taylor was bumped from the festival lineup on the day of because of
time overruns. He was booked into the club with his own band and
an expanded set of Los Angeles musicians. The ten cuts here have
never been issued unedited, and only one, an edited version of
"Jody Got Your Girl and Gone," made the film, and three others were
on earlier LPs as edited versions. The performance by Taylor is
electrifying. He's in a club in front of the City of Angels
regulars who, according to the notes, were "fur-lined players and
ice cold hustlers." Given the film stills in the booklet, this
observation proves to be true. Taylor is far from intimidated,
however; he simply delivers an authoritative, strutting, burning
performance that engages the audience at street level. They are
active participants in what makes this date so special. The band
is ragged and sometimes a bit off harmonically, missing cues
(especially early), but Taylor doesn't miss a step. He chides
them semi-regularly -- the first time happens at the beginning of
"Steal Away," a Jimmy Hughes ballad he ramps up into a funky
burner after his amazing read of Isaac Hayes' and David Porter's
"Little Bluebird." He simply tells them to pick it up because
they've been dragging all night. "Who's Making Love," his smash
1968 hit, is here as a full-blown audience participation number,
and works to stunning effect. Cuts like "I Don't Wanna Lose You,"
"Hello Sundown," and "Stop Doggin' Me" simply come off like the
lost funky soul Holy Grail that they are. The sound is impeccable,
as the music was recorded for possible inclusion in the film -- he
tells the crew to get their stuff out of his way at one point.
This one cannot be recommended enough.
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EON GREETS THE CONTRIBUTORS:
RNS (RIP) - RAGEMP3 - OSC - SAW - C4 - MTD
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BIG UPS TO THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMAN AND SCHOLAR
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EON : BRINGING THE BEST FROM THE BEST TO YOUR EARDRUMS
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