The Exciting Wilson Pickett is a Soul & Funk album by Wilson Pickett, originally released in 1966. On Gatefold: 64 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Classic Soul
- raw
- intense
- soulful
About
Scalding screams and street-dude swagger, his leather-lunged voice darting in and out of crisp horn riffs and clipped soul rhythms like a champion boxer, Wilson Pickett made some of the toughest soundest records ever. This 1966 effort finds the Alabama-born vocalist attacking a fistful of future soul standards: "In The Midnight Hour," "634-5789," "Ninety-Nine And A Half (Just Won't Do)," and "Danger Zone." He also deftly rearranges R&B classics, notably a scorched-earth rendition of Chris Kenner's oft-covered "Land Of A 1000 Dances" and a punchy take on (Pickett's former group) the Falcons' "You're So Fine." Aside from a prototypically paint-peeling vocal performance on the churchy ballad "It's All Over," the rest of this album is designed to wear the proverbial shine off the dance floor.
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Tracklist
- 1Land of 1000 Dances2:26
- 2Something You Got2:58
- 3634-57892:58
- 4Barefootin'2:22
- 5Mercy, Mercy2:27
- 6You're So Fine2:38
- 7In the Midnight Hour2:37
- 8Ninety-nine and One-half (Won't Do)2:37
- 9Danger Zone2:12
- 10I'm Drifting2:54
- 11It's All Over2:21
- 12She's So Good to Me2:17
Credits
Performers
- Donald "Duck" DunnBASS
- Tommy CogbillBASS
- Al Jackson Jr.DRUMS
- Roger HawkinsDRUMS
- Chips MomanGUITAR
- Jimmy JohnsonGUITAR
- Steve CropperGUITAR
- John Peck
- Isaac HayesPIANO
- Spooner OldhamPIANO
- Floyd NewmanSAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Andrew LoveSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Charles AxtonSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Charles ChalmersSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Gene MillerTRUMPET
- Wayne JacksonTRUMPET
- Wilson PickettVOCALS
- Joe HallPIANO
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 64 pressings tracked on Gatefold