SOLOMON BURKE Proud Mary LP BELL 1969 US orig 6033 w/EDDIE HINTON-MUSCLE SHOALS
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SOLOMON BURKE
with DAVID HOOD, ROGER HAWKINS, EDDIE HINTON,
JIMMY JOHNSON, JUNIOR LOWE, BARRY BECKETT
A kingpin of '60s soul music, with a wonderful, sonorous voice and successful country-influenced soul sound. On his '60s singles for Atlantic, he brought a country influence into R&B, with emotional phrasing and intricately constructed, melodic ballads and midtempo songs. At the same time, he was surrounded with sophisticated "uptown" arrangements and was provided with much of his material by his producers, particularly Bert Berns. The combination of gospel, pop, country, and production polish was basic to the recipe of early soul. While Burke wasn't the only one pursuing this path, not many others did so as successfully. And he, like Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett, was an important influence upon the Rolling Stones
"PROUD MARY"
Produced by Solomon Burke and Tamiko Jones
1969 LP BELL RECORDS BELL 6033 STEREO
PRINTED IN USA ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode: none
LABEL: BELL - BLUE LABEL - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) BELL 6033
Catalog on labels:
Side A: BELL-6033 (6033-SA-BW) / Side B: BELL-6033 (60332-SB-BW)
Matrix / Runout, Side A (Stamped): 6033SA
Matrix / Runout, Side B (Stamped): 6033SB
Other / Runout (on both sides, written in script): Bell Sound Bestway
On labels: Produced by Solomon Burke and Tamiko Jones
A Sol-Tam Production
AMY MALA BELL N.Y.C.
On back cover: Notes by John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival
Printed in U.S.A.
Recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
tracklistingSide A: PROUD MARY - THESE ARMS OF MINE - I'LL BE DOGGONE
HOW BIG A FOOL (CAN A MAFOOL BE) - DON'T WAIT TOO LONG
Side 2: THAT LUCKY OLD SUN - UPTIGHT GOOD WOMAN - I CAN'T STOP
PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE - WHAT AM I LIVING FOR
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RECORD STRONG VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Proud Mary's lead-off cut was a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's titular hit tune
(still in the charts when Burke recorded it), and while that may have seemed like a bald-faced
bid for pop radio play, in Burke's hands the song became a bracing tale of life in the
Deep South as African-Americans searched for liberation aboard the ship that carried
them as slaves and put them to undignified labor serving wealthy whites. It was a bold
conceit and Burke brought it to rich life, and while the rest of the album is hardly as
surprising, it's as satisfying as anything he cut during the later part of his Atlantic tenure.
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section are in typically fine form here, accompanying
Burke with rich, soulful passion while always serving the song and the artist ahead
of displaying their own chops (keep an ear peeled for the potent groove of
Roger Hawkins' drums and Eddie Hinton's succinct but blazing guitar solo...(AllMusic)
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