Rita Coolidge (album)
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| Rita Coolidge | |||||
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| Studio album by Rita Coolidge | |||||
| Released | February 1971 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 40:18 | ||||
| Label | A&M | ||||
| Producer | David Anderle for Willow Productions | ||||
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Rita Coolidge is the self-titled debut album by Rita Coolidge.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "That Man Is My Weakness" (Donna Weiss, Craig Doerge) — 3:50
- "Second Story Window" (Marc Benno) — 3:00
- "Crazy Love" (Van Morrison) — 3:35
- "The Happy Song" (Otis Redding, Steve Cooper) — 3:50
- "Seven Bridges Road" (Steve Young) — 5:55
[edit] Side two
- "Born Under A Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) — 4:10
- "Ain’t That Peculiar" (W. Robinson, W. Moore, Rogers) — 4:02
- "I Always Called Them Mountains" (Benno) — 3:47
- "Mud Island" (Weiss, Mary Unobsky) — 4:28
- "I Believe In You" (Neil Young) — 3:10
[edit] Album Notes
"That Man Is My Weakness"
- Leon Russell – Piano, Organ
- Spooner Oldham – Electric Piano
- Clarence White – Guitar
- Marc Benno – Guitar
- Chris Ethridge – Bass
- Jim Keltner – Drums
"Second Story Window"
- Stephen Stills – Acoustic Guitars
- Booker T. Jones – Bass
- Jim Keltner – Percussion
"Crazy Love"
- Booker T. Jones – Piano, Organ
- Stephen Stills – Guitar
- Bobby Womack – Guitar
- Donald “Duck” Dunn – Bass
- Jim Keltner – Drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter – Tamberine
"The Happy Song"
- Booker T. Jones – Organ
- Spooner Oldham – Electric Piano
- Clarence White – Guitar
- Jerry McGee – Guitar
- Chris Ethridge – Bass
- Jim Keltner – Drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter – Tambourine
"Seven Bridges Road"
- Booker T. Jones – Piano
- Spooner Oldham - Organ
- Clarence White – Acoustic Guitar
- Jerry McGee – Dobro, Electric Sitar
- Chris Ethridge – Bass
- Jim Keltner – Drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter – Bongos
- Plas Johnson – Alto Saxophone
"Born Under A Bad Sign"
- Booker T. Jones – Electric Piano
- Spooner Oldham – Organ
- Clarence White – Guitar
- Ry Cooder – Bottleneck Guitar
- Chris Ethridge – Bass
- Jim Keltner – Drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter – Congas
- Clifford Scott – Tenor Saxophone
"Ain’t That Peculiar"
- Booker T. Jones – Electric Piano
- Clarence White – Guitar
- Jerry McGee – Guitar
- Chris Ethridge – Bass
- Jim Keltner – Drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter – Tambourine, Congas
"(I Always Called Them) Mountains"
- Clarence White – Guitar
- Jerry Mcgee – Acoustic Guitar
- Spooner Oldham – Organ, Piano
- Chris Ethridge – Bass
- Jim Keltner - Drums
"Mud Island"
- Booker T. Jones – Organ, Guitar
- Spooner Oldham – Electric Piano
- Clarence White – Guitar
- Ry Cooder – Bottleneck Guitar
- Fuzzy Samuels – Bass
- Jim Keltner – Drums, Percussion
- Bobbye Hall Porter – Tambourine, Congas
"I Believe In You"
- Spooner Oldham – Electric Piano
- Clarence White – Acoustic Guitar
- Jerry McGee – Acoustic Guitar
- Booker T. Jones – Bass
- Jim Keltner – Drums
Horns
- Jim Horn- Baritone, Alto & Tenor Saxophone
- John Kelson – Tenor Saxophone & Bass Clarinet
- Don Menza – Tenor & Alto Saxophone & Bass Clarinet
- Clifford Scott – Tenor Saxophone
- Peter Christlieb – Tenor Saxophone
- Plas Johnson – Tenor & Alto Saxophone
- George Bohanon – Trombone & Baritone Horn
- Lew McCreary – Trombone
- Ernie Tack – Trombone
- Jack Redmond – Trombone
- Dick Hyde – Trombone
- Oliver Mitchell – Trumpet & Flugal Horn
- Charles Findley – Trumpet & Flugal Horn
- Al Aarons – Trumpet & Flugal Horn
- Dalton Smith – Trumpet & Flugal Horn
- Vince De Rosa – French Horn
- Bill Hinshaw – French Horn
- Arthur Maebe – French Horn
- David Duke – French Horn
Strings
- Jesse Ehrlich – Cello
- Jerome Kessler – Cello
- Leonard Malarsky – Violin
- William Kurasch – Violin
- Wilbert Nutycomb - Violin
- James Getzoff – Violin
- Harry Bluestone – Violin
- Ralph Schaeffer – Violin
- Gareth Nuttycombe – Viola
- Samuel Boghossian – Viola
Background Vocals
- (THE BLACKBERRIES – Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Shirley Matthews), Priscilla Coolidge, Donna Weiss, and Rita Coolidge with Graham Nash, Bob Segarini and Randy Bishop on “Crazy Love”
The following artists appeared through the courtesy and generosity of their respective Record Companies:
- Leon Russell & Jim Horn – Shelter Records
- Graham Nash & Stephen Stills – Atlantic Records
- Bob Segarini & Randy Bishop – Electra Records
- Booker T. Jones & Priscilla Jones – Share Productions
- Marc Benno – A&M Records
- Ry Cooder – Warner Bros. Records
- Donald “Duck” Dunn – Stax Records
- Bobby Womack – Liberty Records
- “The Blackberries” – Motown Records
- Arranger: String and Horn Arrangements by Booker T. Jones with the exception of “Ain’t That Peculiar”, “Born Under A Bad Sign”, and “That Man Is My Weakness” arranged by Jim Horn and his Dynamite Horn Section.
- Engineer: Bruce Botnick
- Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders
- Cover Photograph: Joel Bernstein
- Art Direction: Roland Young
