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- Date Released: January 1, 1976
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Soul/R&B
- Label: Henry Stone Music USA, Inc. / The Orchard
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Recorded in the wake of the collapse of Stax Records in 1976, Friend of Mine brushed up against a long fallow period in Little Milton's recorded output, and was also unavailable for many years, thus making it one of his least-known albums. Produced by Milton for Henry Stone's TK Records and issued on the Glades Records imprint, this is a soulful blues workout drenched in sweaty vocals and long, sustained performances, of which perhaps the best is the five-and-a-half-minute "You're Gonna Make Me Cry," which also includes some impressive guitar. The record's strongest body of songs are the smooth soul ballads such as "Baby It Ain't No Way," the rousing "Don't Turn Away" (a song that one wishes Elvis Presley could have discovered and considered covering), "I'm in Love With My Best Friend's Wife," and "Bring It on Back," but it also includes one really hot lament, "Sundown," that crosses into soul territory without compromising its solid blues credentials. There's a lot of solid playing here, by bassist Bernard Reed and guitarists Danny Raye and John Bishop (and Milton), among others, and the Haywood Singers give excellent singing support. This album and its immediate follow-up, Me for You, You for Me, represent the bridge between Little Milton's Stax and Malaco recordings, both chronologically and stylistically.
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Friend of Mine |
5:13 |
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| 02. | |
You're Gonna Make Me Cry |
5:29 |
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Baby It Ain't No Way |
3:10 |
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| 04. | |
Mis-Using My Love |
3:38 |
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Don't Turn Away |
3:09 |
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| 06. | |
It's All Bad News |
3:43 |
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Bring It on Back |
3:20 |
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Sundown |
6:26 |
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I'm In Love With My Best Friend's Wife |
4:11 |
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09 Total Tracks, 38:19 Total Length
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Credits
- Little Milton - Guitar // Little Milton - Vocals // Little Milton - Main Performer // Milton Campbell - Producer // Milton Campbell - Remixing // Kitty Haywood - Vocals (Background) // Vivian Haywood - Vocals (Background) // Mary Ann Stewart - Vocals (Background) // Joe Stone - Production Supervisor // Henry Stone - Executive Producer // Kerry Kudlacek - Liner Notes // Stu Walder - Engineer // Stu Walder - Remixing // James Echols - Layout Design
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