The Second Coming (Little Richard album)

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The Second Coming was Little Richard's third album for Reprise Records, and saw him reunited with Robert "Bumps" Blackwell from his Specialty days, with them co-writing the majority of the album together. Unfortunately the album again failed to chart.

History

Little Richard's profile was high during this period, with works including a track, "Miss Ann", on the album To Bonnie from Delaney, a still unreleased track with Joey Covington of The Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, "Bludgeon Of A Bluecoat (The Man)", a duet with Mylon LeFevre on his 1961 track, "He's Not Just A Soldier", and two tracks on the soundtrack to $. However, his own albums weren't selling, and a fourth and final album for Reprise - Southern Child - was dropped from release. The tracks to all of Richard's Reprise sessions, including the Southern Child album, were finally released on CD in 2005 by Rhino Records.

Richard recalled: "I left Reprise because I felt that the producers didn't have me at heart. The Rill Thing was a good album. All the Reprise albums were, but they didn't push them. So I left them. It wasn't mutual. I went to Reprise because I felt the company could do something. [...] I think the producers and people who worked there thought I wasn't their main singer." (page 167).

Track listing

1. "Mockingbird Sally" - 3:41
2. "Second Line" – 4:50
3. "It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way How You Do It" – 2:45
4. "The Saints" – 5:03
5. "Nuki Suki" – 5:32
6. "Rockin' Rockin' Boogie" – 5:28
7. "Prophet Of Peace" – 3:19
8. "Thomasine" – 3:11
9. "Sanctified, Satisfied Toe-Tapper" – 7:12

Personnel

• Little Richard – vocals, piano
• Lee Allen - tenor saxophone
• Bill Hemmons - tenor saxophone
• Jim Horn - baritone saxophone
• Chuck Rainey - bass
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow - pedal steel guitar
• Mike Deasey - guitar
• George Davis - guitar
• Earl Palmer - drums

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard Pop Albums	Did not chart