Album
Vintage Voola
1987 · Rock, Funk / Soul
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Vintage Voola is a Rock album by Esquerita, originally released in 1987. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
About
South Carolina's Eskew Reeder Jr. was a young pianist who taught Little Richard to play the piano. (Little Richard says as much in a brief interview snippet at the end of this album.) Little Richard, however, got a head start and began his recording career before Esquerita cut the songs that appear here. <i>Vintage Voola</i> features seven demos cut in 1958 in Dallas, plus an early single with Paul Peek ("Sweet Skinny Jenny" and "The Rock-A-Round"), a late-'60s recording of "Dew Drop Inn," and that brief Little Richard interview. These early recordings show the fierce, piano-based rock 'n' roll that Little Richard quickly studied. The vocal style here is more restrained, but the overall sound is still plenty aggressive, with glorious reverbs and slapback echoes working their magic, along with live-in-the-studio excitement that can't be faked.
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Tracklist
- 1Rockin' the Joint2:49
- 2This Thing Called Love2:08
- 3Please Come On Home3:15
- 4Oh Baby2:49
- 5Sarah Lee2:21
- 6I Got a Lot to Learn2:55
- 7What Was Wrong2:31
- 8Sweet Skinny Jenny2:18
- 9The Rock-A-Round2:49
- 10Dew Drop Inn2:22
- 11Little Richard Interview1:24
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Rock & Roll
- raw
- rowdy
- southern
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Tracks A1-B3 previously unreleased. As these were taped from acetates, some surface noise is noticable. Play it loud at a party and you won't notice a thing. Tracks B4 & B5 originally (opens in a new tab) released on NRC Records by Paul Peek.
Cover art: Kicks Magazine
Credits
The people behind it.
Songwriting
- Esquerita
- Paul Peek
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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