You Never Know Who Your Friends Are is the second solo album by American multi-instrumentalist Al Kooper, issued in 1969 on Columbia Records. Kooper wasted no time recording this album, coming just seven months after his debut release. It is a continuation of sorts of his debut; the album contains another eclectic mix of rock, […]
Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears, although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity. Throughout much of the 1960s and 1970s he was a prolific studio musician, playing organ on […]
New York City (You’re A Woman) is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Al Kooper for Columbia Records, recorded and released in 1971. The album was recorded with two separate groups, one in Los Angeles, California (which produced eight tracks) and the other in London, England (which produced three). It was inspired by the likes […]
Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released April 15, 1974. It features the band’s biggest hit single, “Sweet Home Alabama,” an answer song to Neil Young’s “Alabama” and “Southern Man”, which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974, as well as drummer Bob Burns’ final recordings. Second […]
What Up, Dog? is a 1988 album by Was (Not Was). It became the US group’s breakthrough album worldwide and was ranked #99 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Best Albums of the 1980s. The cover illustration was credited to Christoph Simon and Karen Kelly. Success of What Up, Dog? was propelled by […]
Act Like Nothing’s Wrong is the seventh solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Al Kooper, recorded and released in 1976. After the release of his sixth studio album Naked Songs in 1973, Kooper took time off from solo recording to concentrate on his new discovery, Lynyrd Skynyrd. After producing and playing on their first […]
Easy Does It is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Al Kooper, recorded and released in 1970 for Columbia Records. A double album, Easy Does It featured Kooper on an expanded number of instruments, including sitar (used to effect on the country-tinged “Sad, Sad Sunshine”), vibes and electronic effects. While mostly backed by Bretheren […]
Championship Wrestling was the eighth solo album by Al Kooper, released in 1982. Tracks 1 I Wish You Would (Billy Boy Arnold) 4:07 2 Two Sides(To Every Situation)(Eric A Poe) 3:31 3 Wrestle With This (Al Kooper) 5:30 4 Lost Control (Al Kooper) 5:21 5 I’d Rather Be An Old Man’s Sweetheart (Than A Young […]
The self titled album was the only album from 4 On The Floor, released in 1979. The members were Al Kooper, Jeff Baxter and Richie Hayward. Tracks 1 There Goes My Baby (Benjamin Nelson; George Treadwell; Lover Patterson) 05:09 2 Gypsy Woman (Curtis Mayfield) 06:13 3 Any Day Now (Bob Hilliard; Burt Bacharach) 05:22 4 […]