The Lost Album - Little Richard - Southern Child (2020) Omnivore - Rare Soul/Funk/Country Blues (FLAC) 271 MB

To accompany the sunday review i thought i would also review this "other side" of the great artist, his Soul output has been well documented on this blog...The great lost Little Richard album, finally Issued as Richard Intended in 2020. Little Richard did something no one would have expected, he allowed his up till then, unrecognized country blues leaning to emerge. Further, unlike its predecessor, all 14 songs on Southern Child were written or co-written by Richard. While there is the funk, and soul one would expect from Richard during this period, Southern Child was a predominantly country blues affair. Recorded in the Spring of 1972 in Los Angeles, the album was recorded, mixed, mastered and handed into the label. It was given a catalog number and cover art was designed, but Reprise opted instead to release "The Second Coming" album in its place. Both albums were recorded with Bumps Blackwell in the producer,s chair, at around the same time, but the reasons Southern Child was left behind are lost to time. Perhaps the label felt Little Richard’s audience wouldn’t follow him into unfamiliar musical territory regardless of their artists’ desire to explore. The album’s 10 tracks are augmented by 4 bonus tracks on CD. One will never know why the label chose not to release the record after clearly prepping its release, but now, his tenure at Reprise can be fully documented with the release of Southern Child.

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