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'''''The Explosive Little Richard''''' is the first album by [[Little Richard]] under the [[Okeh]] label, produced by Little Richard's long-time friend [[Larry Williams]] and [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]] and reflecting the then current sound of Soul and Motown. A mixture of cover versions and originals, it featured no tracks penned by Richard himself. Despite the new direction, it failed to chart.
'''''The Explosive Little Richard''''' is the first album by [[Little Richard]] under the [[Okeh]] label, produced by Little Richard's long-time friend [[Larry Williams]] and [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]] and reflecting the then current sound of Soul and Motown. A mixture of cover versions and originals, it featured no tracks penned by Richard himself. Despite the new direction, it failed to chart. However , two tracks had some chart activity , “Poor Dog (Who Can’t Wag His Own Tail)” and “Commandments of Love”.
The opening track , “(You’re My Girl ) I Don’t Want To Discuss it”, went on to become a minor classic , however, recorded by Delaney and Bonnie and Friends , Rhinoceros, and Eric Clapton .


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==

Revision as of 06:19, 22 April 2019

The Explosive Little Richard
Studio album by
Little Richard
ReleasedJanuary 1967
Recorded5 February 1966 - 15 September 1966
StudioColumbia Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreRock and roll, soul
Length29:49
LabelOkeh
ProducerLarry Williams
Little Richard chronology
The Wild and Frantic Little Richard
(1966) 		The Explosive Little Richard
(1967) 		Little Richard's Greatest Hits: Recorded Live!
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Record Collector[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
AllMusic[3]
i-News[4]

The Explosive Little Richard is the first album by Little Richard under the Okeh label, produced by Little Richard's long-time friend Larry Williams and Johnny "Guitar" Watson and reflecting the then current sound of Soul and Motown. A mixture of cover versions and originals, it featured no tracks penned by Richard himself. Despite the new direction, it failed to chart. However , two tracks had some chart activity , “Poor Dog (Who Can’t Wag His Own Tail)” and “Commandments of Love”. The opening track , “(You’re My Girl ) I Don’t Want To Discuss it”, went on to become a minor classic , however, recorded by Delaney and Bonnie and Friends , Rhinoceros, and Eric Clapton .

Track listing

  1. "I Don't Want to Discuss It" (Beth Beatty, Dick Cooper, Ernie Shelby) – 2:28
  2. "Land of a Thousand Dances" (Fats Domino, Chris Kenner) – 2:10
  3. "The Commandments of Love" (Larry Williams) – 2:27
  4. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 2:02
  5. "Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail)" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Larry Williams) – 3:06
  6. "I Need Love" (Larry Williams) – 2:39
  7. "Never Gonna Let You Go" (Dick Cooper, Ernie Shelby) – 2:41
  8. "Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)" (Chuck Willis) – 4:39
  9. "Function at the Junction" (Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Frederick Long, Lamont Dozier) – 2:35
  10. "Well (aka Well All Right)" (Sam Cooke) – 2:56

UK CD reissue track listing

  1. "Get Down With It" (Bobby Marchan) - 3:16
  2. "Land of a Thousand Dances" (Fats Domino, Chris Kenner) – 2:10
  3. "The Commandments of Love" (Larry Williams) – 2:27
  4. "I Don't Want to Discuss It" (Beth Beatty, Dick Cooper, Ernie Shelby) – 2:28
  5. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 2:02
  6. "Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail)" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Larry Williams) – 3:06
  7. "I Need Love" (Larry Williams) – 2:39
  8. "Never Gonna Let You Go" (Dick Cooper, Ernie Shelby) – 2:41
  9. "Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)" (Chuck Willis) – 4:39
  10. "Function at the Junction" (Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Frederick Long, Lamont Dozier) – 2:35
  11. "Well (aka Well All Right)" (Sam Cooke) – 2:56[5]

Personnel

Other personnel unknown; no records kept by Okeh. The 2004 album Get Down With It: The OKeh Sessions includes a booklet that also credits the following musicians: Eddie Fletcher – bass, Glen Willings – guitar.

Critical reception

CD reissues have seen the album attract positive reviews. Record Collector gave the album four stars, and cited it as "quite possibly the best long player he ever made." In a review of the entire Okeh recordings, Rolling Stone stated that "Richard's hair-raising vocals on the Motown staple "Money" effectively claim the song as his own." i-News reviewed the album for a 2016 vinyl release, giving it four stars and stating that Richard "was still blessed with an immaculate voice and threw himself wholeheartedly some great contemporary sounding tracks."

Charts

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1966 "Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail)/Well" Billboard Singles 121

Cover versions

Richard's "I Don't Want To Discuss it" was not a hit for him but was duly noted later by Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, Rhinoceros, and Rod Stewart. The song "Well" is better known as "Well Alright!", a Sam Cooke composition Richard had in the Specialty vaults at the time he cut the Okeh version (reported to feature Jimi Hendrix).

References

  1. ^ Staunton, Terry. "'Ripping it up in a post-rock'n'roll world'". Record Collector. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  2. ^ Relic, Peter. "'Little Richard: Get Down With It: The Okeh Sessions'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2004-08-19.
  3. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "'Music review: The Explosive Little Richard'". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Clarke, John. "'Vinyl review – The Explosive Little Richard'". i-News. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  5. ^ "Little Richard - The Explosive Little Richard". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
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