Tag: Lou Rawls
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Lou Rawls, Live!, 1966 on Capitol
Fantastic early Lou Rawls live album, with a nearly six minute “Tobacco Road” and a couple of monologues. If you don’t know mid-sixties Lou Rawls you are missing out. My copy—via Big Fun Records in Beverly MA—is a later reissue pressed by Capitol Los Angeles (with * in the runouts).
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Lou Rawls, The Best From Lou Rawls, 1976 on Capitol
2xLP collection of previously released Lou Rawls tracks I picked up during a trip to Montreal last year. What a fantastic set of songs – I think Lou Rawls is underestimated as a singer and vocal stylist across the 60s and 70s. My copy, via Beatnick Records (Disques Beatnick) in Montréal Québec, is a Canadian…
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Lou Rawls, Come On In, Mister Blues, 1969 on Pickwick/33
One has to be careful about some of these discount releases on Pickwick/33 – they were a discount label for a reason, offering cheap compilations of previously released material – but this one is really fantastic. Lou Rawls passed in 2006 and he put out over 70 albums, so there’s a lot to collect, especially…
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Lou Rawls and Les McCann Ltd., Stormy Monday, 1962 on Capitol.
Lou Rawls and Les McCann Ltd., Stormy Monday, 1962 on Capitol. Maybe ought to be “Lou Rawls Sings and Les McCann Ltd Plays Stormy Monday, with Leroy Vinnegar and Ron Jefferson.” Gem of a find – via Mystery Train in Gloucester. Soul / Jazz / R&B.