Duets

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:39:44
Personnel includes: William Bell, Judy Clay, Mavis Staples, Carla Thomas (vocals); Edward Hinton, Michael Toles, Bobby Manuel (guitar); Isaac Hayes, Marvell Thomas, Barry Beckett, Booker T. Jones, Ronnie Garden, Carson Whitsett (keyboards); David Hood, James Alexander, Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Roger Hawkins, Willie Hall, Al Jackson, Jr. (drums); James McDuffie, Harold Beane. Principally recorded at Fame Recording Studio, Muscle Shoals, Alabama; Ardent Studios & Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee between 1968 & 1973. Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1994, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). A vastly entertaining, stylistically wide-ranging collection of R&B tunes recorded by William Bell and various duet partners between 1967 and 1974. The inspiration was "Tramp," Otis Redding's hit duet with Carla Thomas; after Redding's death, Stax Records tried to replicate the formula with Bell and various other singers, including Mavis Staples. Standout tracks include the opening "Love-Eye-Tis," with Judy Clay, which has a classic Memphis funk feel a la Sam and Dave's "Soul Man." There's also a lush and deeply-felt cover of the Everly Brothers' ballad "All I Have to Do is Dream" with Carla Thomas, and "Let Me Ride," a Bell solo effort that sounds like Otis Redding fronting the Rolling Stones.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)