{"title":"Little Richard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle Richard was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and recording artist. He was born on December 5, 1932 in Macon, Georgia, USA and passed away on May 9, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Known for his influential contributions to rock and roll music, Little Richard was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame as a performer in 1986. 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(Subject to availability).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            Don’t forget: Click 'Notify Me' to be the first to know about its availability online. It also helps us to place accurate orders so that we can please as many of you as possible on the day.\u003cbr\u003e\n                            \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly restored and remastered, the updated artwork contains new liner notes from Bill Dahl.  With this reissue, \u003ci\u003eRight Now!\u003c\/i\u003e can belatedly assume its proper place in the seminal recorded legacy of Little Richard. After his incredible run on Specialty Records in the late 1950s, Little Richard released records sporadically throughout the 1960s for a number of established, and not so established, labels. His signing to Warner Bros. in 1970 proved a comeback with three stellar releases for the label: \u003ci\u003eThe Rill Thing\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eThe King Of Rock And Roll\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), and \u003ci\u003eThe Second Coming\u003c\/i\u003e (1972). In 1973, he returned with a new single,” In The Name,” on Kent Records. Then, an album appeared on a Kent subsidiary, United Records: Right Now!   Right Now!, its genesis, and recording are relatively mysterious. Per Richard’s autobiography, the set was cut in one night with Robert “Bumps” Blackwell in order to secure funds for an upcoming tour. Other than “In The Name” carrying a recording date of January, 1973, that’s all of the information we have. No songwriters are listed on the artwork, and while “Dock Of The Bay” and “Chains Of Love” looked (and are) familiar, the track “Chain Chain Chain” was in fact the Aretha Franklin classic “Chain Of Fools.” While Richard calls out musicians’ names in the recordings, who they actually are is speculation.  What is known is that the album is a scorcher. Richard’s barrelhouse keyboards set the tracks jumping—running in length from under three to over eight minutes. There are soul ballads (“Don’t You Know I”), stompers (“Geraldine Jones”), and slow blues. Had Richard and Blackwell known that the release would come out as unadorned and poorly distributed as it did, they might have had reservations. But, out it came on a budget label, and was relegated to the cutout bins and never reissued until now.  Restored and Remastered, Right Now! returns after 50 years!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide A 1. In The Name \/ 2. Mississippi \/ 3. Don’t You Know I \/ 4. Chain, Chain, Chain (Chain Of Fools) \/ 5. Gerald Jones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide B 1. (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay \/ 2. Chains Of Love \/ 3. Hot Nuts\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Omnivore","offers":[{"title":"Yellow LP","offer_id":50408844656971,"sku":"2181403","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Little_Richard_-_Right_Now__00da8de0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726607735"},{"product_id":"right-now-13","title":"Right Now!","description":"\u003cp\u003eNewly restored and remastered, the updated artwork contains new liner notes from Bill Dahl.  With this reissue, \u003ci\u003eRight Now!\u003c\/i\u003e can belatedly assume its proper place in the seminal recorded legacy of Little Richard. After his incredible run on Specialty Records in the late 1950s, Little Richard released records sporadically throughout the 1960s for a number of established, and not so established, labels. His signing to Warner Bros. in 1970 proved a comeback with three stellar releases for the label: \u003ci\u003eThe Rill Thing\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eThe King Of Rock And Roll\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), and \u003ci\u003eThe Second Coming\u003c\/i\u003e (1972). In 1973, he returned with a new single,” In The Name,” on Kent Records. Then, an album appeared on a Kent subsidiary, United Records: Right Now! Right Now!, its genesis, and recording are relatively mysterious. Per Richard’s autobiography, the set was cut in one night with Robert “Bumps” Blackwell in order to secure funds for an upcoming tour. Other than “In The Name” carrying a recording date of January, 1973, that’s all of the information we have. No songwriters are listed on the artwork, and while “Dock Of The Bay” and “Chains Of Love” looked (and are) familiar, the track “Chain Chain Chain” was in fact the Aretha Franklin classic “Chain Of Fools.” While Richard calls out musicians’ names in the recordings, who they actually are is speculation. What is known is that the album is a scorcher. Richard’s barrelhouse keyboards set the tracks jumping—running in length from under three to over eight minutes. There are soul ballads (“Don’t You Know I”), stompers (“Geraldine Jones”), and slow blues. Had Richard and Blackwell known that the release would come out as unadorned and poorly distributed as it did, they might have had reservations. But, out it came on a budget label, and was relegated to the cutout bins and never reissued until now. Restored and Remastered, Right Now! returns after 50 years!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50409605202251,"sku":"2188843","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Little-Richard-Right-Now-OV-539_1b7aaa41_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726621539"},{"product_id":"little-richard-is-back","title":"Little Richard Is Back","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnown as ‘the Architect of Rock ‘n’ Roll,’ the flamboyant rhythm and blues extrovert, Little Richard, made an incredible impact with unorthodox piano playing and rasping, shouted vocals, yielding a series of pivotal hits in the mid-1950s, but he abandoned secular music for gospel following a tour of Australia in 1957. Lured back into rock by promoter Don Arden, his UK tour featuring The Beatles as support, Little Richard Is Back was his comeback set for Vee Jay, his voice now deeper and seasoned; the range of covers are tackled with plenty of pep, and original ‘Groovy Little Suzy’ was co-written by Harry Nillson. 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And you can scale the dizzying heights of both sides of the man’s mountainous talent on this 15-track collection, which brings his Atlantic and Reprise singles back to vinyl, almost all for the first time since they originally came out on 45s. Richard recorded and self-produced the Atlantic material in 1962 and leased it to the label for release the following year, right before his return to rock and roll with two triumphant UK tours. Only “Crying in the Chapel” has seen reissue since; the other three tracks (esp. “Hole in the Wall” and “Travelin’ Shoes”) hit that glorious balance between spiritual fervor and emotional frenzy that only he could pull off. The Reprise material dates from 1970 to 1972 and was helmed by famed Specialty producer Bumps Blackwell as well as by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, and Quincy Jones (“Money Is” from the soundtrack to The Heist), with musical contributions by legendary Richard sidemen Lee Allen and Earl Palmer as well as folks like Travis Wammack. The non-LP side “Shake a Hand (If You Can)” is the rarity, but tracks like “Freedom Blues,” its B-side “Dewdrop Inn,” and “Mockinbird Sally” testify that Richard’s brilliance remained unabated. 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Lacquers cut by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl\/Sam Phillips Recording Service in Memphis Packaging contains liner notes from Bill Dahl.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the 1984 release of his autobiography, The Quasar Of Rock And Roll, Little Richard decided to come out of retirement. It had been seven years since his last record, the gospel focused God’s Beautiful City, and over a decade from his 1970s return album run on the Reprise label (The Rill Thing, King Of Rock And Roll, and The Second Coming, plus the one that Reprise shelved at the time, Southern Child).   or the new album, Richard went overseas to record in London with a powerhouse band including Billy Preston, Muscle Shoals guitarist Travis Wammack, bassist Jesse Boyce, and drummer James Stroud with producer Stuart Colman at the helm. Warner Bros., unleashed \u003ci\u003eLifetime Friend\u003c\/i\u003e in 1986.  With ten tracks of rock ’n’ roll mixed with spiritual lyrics (and even an early rap appearance), the release was another return to form. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis third coming, one could say. The album’s blistering opener “Great Gosh A’Mighty” (co-written with Billy Preston) would even be recut by Richard for the film Down And Out In Beverly Hills, nearly cracking the Top 40. Two other tracks, “Operator” and “Somebody’s Comin’,” would make chart appearances in the UK.  As Dahl writes in his liners, “Rock ’n’ roll never had a better friend than Little Richard Penniman. 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