Hold On, I'm Comin'

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Hold On, I'm Comin'
Studio album by Sam and Dave
Released	April 1, 1966
Recorded	1965–1966
Genre	Soul
Length	32:04
Label	Stax/Atlantic Stax 708
Producer	Jim Stewart Isaac Hayes David Porter Booker T. & the MG's
Professional reviews
Allmusic link
Sam and Dave chronology
--- Hold On, I'm Comin' (1966) Double Dynamite (1967)

Hold On, I'm Comin' is the 1966 debut album by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam and Dave, issued on the Atlantic-distributed Stax label in 1966.

The album reached number one on the Billboard Black Albums chart and number 45 on the Billboard 200, launching three charting singles. The title track peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, and at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody" ranked number eight and number 21 respectively, while "You Don't Know Like I Know" peaked at number seven and number 90. An Allmusic review refers to Hold On, I'm Comin' as epitomizing "Memphis soul in all its unpretentious, down-home glory".^[1].

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 3 References

[edit] Track listing

Except where otherwise noted, all tracks written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.

[edit] Side one

1. "Hold On, I'm Comin'" – 2:36
2. "If You Got the Loving" (Steve Cropper, Hayes, Porter) – 2:33
3. "I Take What I Want" (Hayes, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Porter) – 2:33
4. "Ease Me" – 2:25
5. "I Got Everything I Need" (Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell) – 2:56
6. "Don't Make It So Hard on Me" (Floyd, Willa Dean Parker) – 2:45

[edit] Side two

1. "It's a Wonder" – 2:53
2. "Don't Help Me Out" – 3:09
3. "Just Me" (Randall Catron, ? Frierson, Parker) – 2:40
4. "You Got It Made" – 2:33
5. "You Don't Know Like I Know" – 2:40
6. "Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart)" (Cropper, Isbell) – 2:22

[edit] Personnel

• Samuel Moore – vocals
• Dave Prater – vocals
• Booker T. & the MG's and the Mar-Key Horns – instrumentation:
  • Booker T. Jones – keyboards
  • Steve Cropper – guitar
  • Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar
  • Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
  • Charles "Packy" Axton – tenor saxophone
  • Don Nix – saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
  • Isaac Hayes – organ
• Deanie Parker – liner notes
• Ronnie Stoots – cover artwork

[edit] References