Album
Joe Cocker!
1969 · Rock
36 collectors on Gatefold own this
Joe Cocker! is a Rock album by Joe Cocker, originally released in 1969. On Gatefold: 117 pressings tracked, owned by 36 collectors.
About
Joe Cocker’s self-titled second album, released in 1969 just months after his debut, <i>With a Little Help from My Friends,</i> continued with the same winning approach that perfectly cast the British soul man as an expert interpretive singer. It's generally considered to be the finest album of Cocker’s long career. Again, he interprets the Beatles (“She Came In Through the Bathroom Window,” “Something”) and Bob Dylan (“Dear Landlord”). He adds one co-write of his own with Chris Stainton for “That’s Your Business” and chooses liberally for the rest: John Sebastian’s “Darlin’ Be Home Soon,” Lloyd Price’s “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on the Wire,” among the highlights. Musical director Leon Russell slips Cocker “Delta Lady” and “Hello, Little Friend” and the musical direction in general, aided by Denny Cordell, tends towards the bluesier side with Cocker’s backing group of the time, the Grease Band, filling the groove with a firm yet laid-back authority. The expanded edition includes another Beatles cover (“Let It Be”) and another fine Cocker-Stainton original with “She’s Good To Me.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Dear Landlord3:23
- A2Bird On The Wire4:30
- A3Lawdy Miss Clawdy2:15
- A4She Came In Through The Bathroom Window2:37
- A5Hitchcock Railway4:41
Side B
- B1That's Your Business Now2:56
- B2Something3:32
- B3Delta Lady2:51
- B4Hello, Little Friend3:52
- B5Darling Be Home Soon4:49
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Blues Rock
- raw
- earnest
- soulful
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alan SpennerBAND , BASS BASS PERFORMER , BASS
- Bonnie BramlettBACKING VOCALS
- Bruce RowlandBAND , DRUMS DRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Chris StaintonARRANGED BY, PIANO, ORGAN, GUITAR BAND , PIANO, ORGAN, GUITAR PERFORMER , PIANO, ORGAN, GUITAR, ARRANGED BY
- Clarence WhiteGUITAR MUSICIAN , GUITAR
- Henry McCulloughBAND , GUITAR GUITAR PERFORMER , GUITAR
- Leon RussellARRANGED BY, PIANO, ORGAN, GUITAR PIANO, ORGAN, GUITAR
- Merry ClaytonBACKING VOCALS
- Milt HollandMUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Patrice HollowayBACKING VOCALS
- Paul HumphreyDRUMS MUSICIAN , DRUMS
- Rita CoolidgeBACKING VOCALS
- Sherlie MatthewsBACKING VOCALS
- Sneaky Pete KleinowGUITAR MUSICIAN , GUITAR
36 collectors on Gatefold own this · 117 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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