Leon Russell (album)
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Leon Russell is the debut solo album by the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leon Russell. It followed his debut with the Midnight String Quartet and a production by Russell and Marc Benno billed as the Asylum Choir.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Leon Russell except where indicated
- "A Song for You" – 4:08
- "Dixie Lullaby" (Russell, Chris Stainton) – 2:35
- "I Put a Spell on You" – 4:12
- "Shoot Out on the Plantation" – 3:13
- "Hummingbird" – 4:02
- "Delta Lady" – 4:05
- "Prince of Peace" (Russell, Greg Dempsey) – 3:05
- "Give Peace a Chance" (Russell, Bonnie Bramlett) – 2:23
- "Hurtsome Body" – 3:39
- "Pisces Apple Lady" – 2:53
- "Roll Away the Stone" (Russell, Dempsey) – 3:10
The CD re-issue contains the following bonus tracks:
- "Masters of War" (Bob Dylan) – 1:24
- "New Sweet Home Chicago" (Russell, Marc Benno) – 3:11
- "Jammin' with Eric" (Russell, Eric Clapton) – 4:14
- "Indian Girl" – 4:08
- "Shoot Out on the Plantation" (piano version) – 3:31
- "(Can't Seem To) Get a Line on You" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:16
Personnel
- Leon Russell - piano, guitar, bass guitar, vocals
- Buddy Harman - drums
- Klaus Voormann - bass guitar, track 13[3]
- Mick Jagger - vocals
- George Harrison - guitar[4] tracks 2,4,9[3]
- Ringo Starr - drums[4] tracks 2,4,9[3]
- Alan Spenner - bass guitar
- Charlie Watts - drums, track 11[3]
- Bill Wyman - bass guitar, track 11[3]
- Delaney Bramlett - guitar
- Eric Clapton - guitar, tracks 7,13,14[3]
- Jim Horn - saxophone
- Bonnie Bramlett - vocals
- Steve Winwood - keyboards, track 11[3]
- Jim Gordon - drums
- Chris Stainton - keyboards, tracks 2,9[3]
- B.J. Wilson - drums, track 9[3]
- Joe Cocker - vocals
- Merry Clayton - vocals
- Jon Hiseman - drums, track 13[3]
- Technical
- Leon Russell - producer
- Denny Cordell - producer
- Glyn Johns - engineer, mixing
- Tom Wilkes - design
- Jim McCrary - photography
References
- ^ "Leon Russell - Leon Russell". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Leon Russell at AllMusic
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hopkins, Jerry (21 January 1970). "Winwood, Watts & Starr as Sidemen". Rolling Stone (50). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 8.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1977). "1970: And God Had Indigestion". All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975 (2nd ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 87. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.