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I Stand Alone/You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (Import) (CD)

By: Al Kooper (Artist)

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Al Kooper Artist Snapshot:

Had Al Kooper only ever played the universally recognizable organ part in Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," his place in rock history would be assured. But Kooper's credits as a session player (on guitar and organ), producer, and songwriter are much more extensive. In addition to touring with Dylan in 1965, he also played with Mike Bloomfield, the Rolling Stones, B.B. King, Cream, and the Who, and formed the bands The Blues Project and Blood, Sweat, & Tears. As a producer for Columbia Records Kooper signed the Zombies, and later Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose first three records he also produced. Kooper has appeared on hundreds of albums, and his original music, such as Blood, Sweat, & Tears' debut, THE CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN, and SUPER SESSION (featuring Stephen Stills) are considered classics by rock intelligentsia.

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DISC 1 for I Stand Alone/You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (Import) (CD) Album By Al Kooper (Artist)
1   Overture
2   I Stand Alone
3   Camille
4   One
5   Coloured Rain
6   Soft Landing On The Moon
7   I Can Love A Woman
8   Blue Moon Of Kentucky
9   Toe Hold
10   Right Now For You
11   Hey, Western Union Man
12   Song And Dance For The Unborn, Frightended Child
 
DISC 2 for I Stand Alone/You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (Import) (CD) Album By Al Kooper (Artist)
1   Magic In My Socks
2   Lucille
3   Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
4   First Time Around
5   Loretta (Union Turnpike Eulogy)
6   Blues, Part IV
7   You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
8   Great American Marriage/Nothing, The
9   I Don't Know Why I Love You
10   Mourning Glory Story
11   Anna Less (What Can I Do For You)
12   I'm Never Gonna Let You Down
13   Piano Solo Introduction
14   I Got A Woman
15   Buckskin Boy
16   Sad, Sad Sunshine
17   God Sheds His Grace On Thee
18   Brand New Day
19   Love Them From "The Landlord"
 

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Review

Record Collector (magazine) (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "These albums, recorded when he was young, thrusting and had the world at his feet, are breathtaking in the number of ideas and styles they contain..."

Title Note

Personnel: Al Kooper (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, sitar, piano, vibraphone); Albertine Robinson, Connie Zimet, Lou Christie, Robert John, Hilda Harris, Charles Calello (vocals); Stu Scharff, David Bromberg, Eric Gale, Tom Cosgrove, Ralph Casale, Jerry Kennedy, Keith Allison, Louie Shelton, Tommy Tedesco , Wayne Moss (guitar); Stan Polley, Manny Green, Aaron Schecter, Jerry Kushnick (strings); Fred Lipsius, Joe Farrell, Seldon Powell, Sol Schlinger (saxophone); Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow (trumpet); Ray DeSio, Jimmy Knepper, Tony Studd (trombone); Don Ellis (horns); Ernie Hayes, Paul Griffin , Frank Owens (piano, organ); Larry Knechtel (piano); Walter E. Sear (Moog synthesizer); Joe Jr. Corero, Alexis Rodgers, Earl Cyril Jr. Palmer, Kenneth A. Buttrey, Rick Marotta (drums); Milt Holland (tabla); The Blossoms (background vocals).

Liner Note Author: Ian McFarlane.

Recording information: Los Angeles, CA; Nashville, TN; New York, NY.

Al Kooper is destined to be remembered mostly as an ace session player and bandmember (of the Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears), not as a solo artist, despite the numerous albums he issued under his own name. But though this two-CD set covers only his earliest solo work, it could be argued that it's the best compilation of recordings he made on his own, though certainly not one that represents the scope of his career, whether done alone or with others. This Australian anthology presents both of his first two albums, 1968's I Stand Alone and 1969's You Never Know Who Your Friends Are, in their entirety, as well as five tracks from his third album (1970's Easy Does It) and a couple he contributed to the 1970 soundtrack The Landlord. While they didn't attract much in the way of sales or attention at the time or since, I Stand Alone in particular showcases his versatile facility with soul-pop and pop/rock with a baroque psychedelic tinge. Even if his vocals are only adequate and the use of numerous sound effects has dated badly, it's worth hearing for "Right Now for You" alone, as that's the finest facsimile of the late-period Zombies ever cut (perhaps unsurprisingly so, as Kooper was instrumental in getting that group's Odessey and Oracle released in the U.S.). The less impressive You Never Know Who Your Friends Are is more soul/R&B-oriented, but Kooper's skills as a keyboardist and arranger are consistently evident here and on the similarly eclectic bonus material, though his songwriting isn't up to the same level. The CD is sensibly sequenced so that I Stand Alone and You Never Know Who Your Friends Are are placed on disc one and two, respectively, with all of the bonus tracks being placed at the end of disc two. ~ Richie Unterberger

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