The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits – Live! Explained

The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits – Live!
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Little Richard
Cover:	The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits - Live!.jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	December 1965/January 1966 (Do You Feel It? - studio)
Genre:	Rock and roll
Label:	Modern Records
Producer:	Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman
Prev Title:	Little Richard's Greatest Hits
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	The Wild and Frantic Little Richard
Next Year:	1967

The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits – Live! is the first of two albums Little Richard made for the Modern Records label. A live recording from the Domino Club in Atlanta compiled from more than one concert, all the tracks on the album have overdubbed audience noises.^[1]

Ace Records has yet to release these (plus several never issued tracks) on CD (except one, Directly From My Heart to You). Ace reports a legal entanglement prohibiting unreleased songs, including "Good bye, so long"; "Try Me"; "Roll Over Beethoven"; "High-Heeled Sneakers" and "I Got a Woman".

Track listing

1. Introduction
2. "Tutti Frutti"
3. "Keep a Knockin'"
4. "Rip It Up” (mis-titled as “Saturday Night Rock”)
5. "Jenny Jenny" (Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman)
6. "Bama Lama Bama Loo"
7. "Long Tall Sally" (Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman, Robert Blackwell)
8. "Ready Teddy"
9. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (possibly a rehearsal tape)
10. "True Fine Mama"
11. "Bonnie Marone (Bony Moronie) (Bony Maronie)”
12. "Lucille"
13. "Bring It On Home to Me (mis-titled as “Bring It Back Home to Me)"
14. "Do You Feel It" (aka Do You Feel It (The Second Line)”
15. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"

Personnel

• Little Richard – vocals, piano

Incomplete personnel listed in Modern archives - the backing band given are Little Richard's backing band, The Upsetters.

Notes and References

1. Dafydd Rees & Luke Crampton (1991) Rock movers & shakers, p. 312. "1 January 1966, in Memphis, Tennessee, Richard records 7 studio tracks for Modem Records, including "Holy Mackerel", "Don't You Want A Man Like Me" and "Baby What You Want Me To Do". Jan He records Modem label album Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits - Recorded Live ..."