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- Date Released: August 5, 1991
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Soul/R&B, R&B, Oldies
- Label: Fantasy / Specialty
This collection captures one of early rock's bona-fide great moments.
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We Say...
The steady-rolling piano (played by Fats Domino himself) and a beat both laid-back and forceful mark the beginning of "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" as one of early rock's great moments, and Lloyd Price's sublime New Orleans-inflected belting nailed its place in the music's history shut. If nothing else on Lawdy! comes close to it, well, nothing else really could, and anyway, it wasn't till he left Specialty that Price went to town on "Stagger Lee." But his first shot really is his best shot.
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They Say...
Lloyd Price was a teenager when he scored his first hit, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," for Art Rupe's young Specialty imprint. Backed by trumpeter/arranger Dave Bartholomew's band (featuring special guest Fats Domino on the 88s), Price's song soared to the top of the R&B charts, scoring Rupe his first crossover hit by racking up sales among both white and black audiences. Though Price's time with Specialty was cut short when he was drafted in 1953, he managed nearly 50 storming, pre-rock & roll sides for the label, 25 of which are gathered on Lawdy. Though nothing here was as big a hit as his debut, many of these songs easily could have come close were they selected over later Specialty smashes like "Ooh Ooh Ooh" or "Restless Heart." A shout singer with enough edge on his voice to be convincing (even as a teenager), Price's early style was tailor-made for the 45 format. With little thought to pacing himself, the singer seems to approach each number as if it may be his last time at the microphone and, therefore, his last chance at a hit. Though that sense is exactly what makes the music so thrilling, it's also what makes these 25 sides difficult to digest en masse. That said, for "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" alone this set is worth it, and the high quality of nearly everything else on hand makes for a desirable package of the singer's early work.
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Lawdy Miss Clawdy |
2:32 |
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| 02. | |
Mailman Blues |
2:12 |
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| 03. | |
Chee Koo Baby |
2:13 |
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| 04. | |
OO-EE Baby |
2:43 |
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| 05. | |
So Long |
2:39 |
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| 06. | |
Operator |
2:25 |
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| 07. | |
Laurelle |
2:47 |
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| 08. | |
What's The Matter Now? |
2:58 |
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| 09. | |
If Crying Was Murder |
2:49 |
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| 10. | |
Walkin' The Track |
2:28 |
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| 11. | |
Where You At? |
2:05 |
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| 12. | |
Lord, Lord, Amen! |
2:20 |
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| 13. | |
Carry Me Home |
2:29 |
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| 14. | |
Froglegs |
2:35 |
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| 15. | |
Froglegs |
2:30 |
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| 16. | |
I Wish Your Picture Was You |
2:26 |
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| 17. | |
Let Me Come Home, Baby |
2:20 |
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| 18. | |
Tryin' To Find Someone To Love |
2:29 |
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| 19. | |
Night & Day Blues |
2:29 |
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| 20. | |
All Alone |
2:32 |
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| 21. | |
What A Fire |
3:00 |
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| 22. | |
Rock 'N' Roll Dance |
2:17 |
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| 23. | |
I'm Glad, Glad |
2:03 |
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| 24. | |
Baby Please Come Home |
2:25 |
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| 25. | |
Forgive Me, Clawdy |
2:08 |
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25 Total Tracks, 61:54 Total Length
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Credits
- Lee Allen - Sax (Tenor) // Lloyd Price - Leader // Lloyd Price - Producer // Wallace Davenport - Trumpet // Dave Bartholomew - Trumpet // Dave Bartholomew - Leader // Warren Bell - Saxophone // Oliver Berry - Drums // Edgar Blanchard - Guitar // Duncan Connelly, Jr. - ? // Fats Domino - Piano // Fats Domino - Piano // Salvadore Doucette, Jr. - Piano // Kirk Felton - Remastering // Frank Fields - Bass // Edward Frank - Piano // Herbert Hardesty - Sax (Tenor) // Joseph Harris - Sax (Alto) // William Lundy - ? // Lawrence E. Marioneaux, Jr. - Sax (Tenor) // Ernest McLean - Guitar // Charles "Honeyman" Otis - Drums // Earl Palmer - Drums // Art Rupe - Producer // Neely Simmons - ? // Gordon Skene - Digital Transfers // Huey "Piano" Smith - Piano // Billy Vera - Producer // Billy Vera - Liner Notes // Billy Vera - Compilation // Billy Vera - Series Supervision // Carl Thomas - Saxophone // Georgia Gillfillan - ? // Georgia Gillfillan - Package Production // Thomas E. Williams - Package Design // Otis Raymond Duvernay - Bass
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