1970 STEVE CROPPER SOUL VOLT Little Help From My Friend
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$ 23
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Apr 13, 2010
Sold Date
Apr 6, 2010
Start Date
$ 20
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Description
1970 STEVE CROPPER SOUL VOLT Little Help From My Friend
DESCRIPTION
Description
ARTIST :STEVE CROPPER
TITLE :WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
FORMAT :VINYL LP RECORD
LABEL :VOLT VOS-6006
COVER :NEAR MINT ( except for punch hole)
VINYL :NEAR MINT
COMMENTS :
Probably the best-known soul guitarist in the world, Cropper came to prominence in the early '60s, first with the Mar-Keys ("Last Night"), then as a founding member of Booker T. & the MG's. A major figure in the Southern soul movement of the '60s, Cropper made his mark not only as a player and arranger (most notably on classic sides by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Wilson Pickett) but as a songwriter as well, co-writing the classic "In the Midnight Hour." After the breakup of the MG's, Cropper spent most of the '70s producing Jeff Beck and Mitch Ryder, among others. In the '80s he rode the classic Stax sound (which he helped shape) back to popularity with a new audience when actors John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd tapped him for service in the Blues Brothers, a Saturday Night Live skit that stretched into several albums and a movie.
ALBUM REVIEW
After years of being a team player, Steve Cropper got to make a solo album for the label he helped put on the map, Stax Records (actually their Volt subsidiary). As you might figure, it turned out as an instrumental soul album, and a darn good one, too. It's a bona fide Telecaster-soaked dance workout, with Cropper turning in signature versions of "Land of a Thousand Dances," "99 1/2," (which features a particularly nasty period fuzz guitar), "Funky Broadway," "Boo-Ga-Loo Down Broadway," "In the Midnight Hour," and original instrumentals like "Crop Dustin'" and the closer "Rattlesnake." A solid and soulful little side project that holds up quite well years later. Review - Cub Koda.
SONG TRACKS
1. Crop Dustin' (Cropper/Miles) - 2:58
2. Land of 1000 Dances (Domino/Kenner) - 5:30
3. 99 1/2 (Cropper/Floyd/Pickett) - 3:20
4. Boogaloo Down Broadway (James) - 4:28
5. Funky Broadway (Christian) - 4:49
6. With a Little Help from My Friends (Lennon) - 5:31
7. Oh, Pretty Woman (Williams) - 3:32
8. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (Miller) - 3:10
9. The Way I Feel Tonight (Cropper) - 3:00
10. In the Midnight Hour (Cropper/Pickett) - 3:36
11. Rattlesnake (Cropper/Pickett) - 4:52
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