Leon Russell (album)
| Leon Russell | ||||
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| Studio album by Leon Russell | ||||
| Released |
23 March 1970 (US) 24 April 1970 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | September 1969 – January 1970 at Olympic Studios, London; Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles; Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles; Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles and Ardent Studios, Memphis[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock | |||
| Length | 38:47 | |||
| Label |
Shelter Records (US) A&M (UK) | |||
| Producer | Leon Russell | |||
| Leon Russell chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
Leon Russell is the debut solo album by the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leon Russell. It followed his debut with the Midnight String Quartet and a production by Russell and Marc Benno billed as the Asylum Choir.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Leon Russell except where indicated
- "A Song for You" – 4:08
- "Dixie Lullaby" (Russell, Chris Stainton) – 2:35
- "I Put a Spell on You" – 4:12
- "Shoot Out on the Plantation" – 3:13
- "Hummingbird" – 4:02
- "Delta Lady" – 4:05
- "Prince of Peace" (Russell, Greg Dempsey) – 3:05
- "Give Peace a Chance" (Russell, Bonnie Bramlett) – 2:23
- "Hurtsome Body" – 3:39
- "Pisces Apple Lady" – 2:53
- "Roll Away the Stone" (Russell, Dempsey) – 3:10
The CD re-issue contains the following bonus tracks:
- "Masters of War" (Bob Dylan) – 1:24
- "New Sweet Home Chicago" (Russell, Marc Benno) – 3:11
- "Jammin' with Eric" (Russell, Eric Clapton) – 4:14
- "Indian Girl" – 4:08
- "Shoot Out on the Plantation" (piano version) – 3:31
- "(Can't Seem To) Get a Line on You" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:16
Personnel
- Leon Russell - piano, guitar, bass guitar, vocals
- Buddy Harman - drums
- Klaus Voormann - bass guitar
- Mick Jagger - vocals
- George Harrison - guitar[3]
- Ringo Starr - drums[3]
- Alan Spenner - bass guitar
- Charlie Watts - drums
- Bill Wyman - bass guitar
- Glyn Johns - engineer, mixing
- Delaney Bramlett - guitar
- Eric Clapton - guitar
- Jim Horn - saxophone
- Bonnie Bramlett - vocals
- Steve Winwood - keyboards
- Jim Gordon - drums
- Chris Stainton - keyboards
- B.J. Wilson - drums
- Joe Cocker - vocals
- Merry Clayton - vocals
References
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Leon-Russell-Leon-Russell/release/8017477
- ↑ Leon Russell at AllMusic
- 1 2 Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1977). "1970: And God Had Indigestion". All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975 (2nd ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 87. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.
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