2011 collection from the singer, songwriter, band leader and session man. In addition to the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee's major chart hits and album standouts, this 16-track collection features "If It Wasn't For Bad," the lead single from The Union, Russell's 2010 collaborative album with Elton John, and his live performance of "Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood" from 1971's The Concert for Bangladesh. Includes 'Tightrope', 'Lady Blue' and many others.
Leon Russell is an American music legend. In his distinguished and unique 50 year career, he has played on, arranged, written and/or produced some of the best records in popular music, working across all genres of music and collaborating with numerous artists including Glen Campbell, Willie Nelson, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Gram Parsons, Ike & Tina Turner, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Dean Martin, Marvin Gaye, and groups such as The Monkees, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and many more.
1 x Vinyl LP, CompilationUK 1976A1Roll Away The Stone 3:06A2Delta Lady 4:00A3Tight Rope 2:59A4Out In The Woods 3:35A5Shoot Out On The Plantation 3:10A6Stranger In A Strange Land 3:58B1Hummingbird 3:57B2A Song For You 4:08B3Lady Blue 3:28B4This Masquerade 4:22B5 Bluebird 3:55B6Back To The Island 5:20
This 1971 gem shot to #17; fantastic musicianship abounds across these rock 'n' roll songs full of gospel and soul. Leon's Home Sweet Oklahoma and The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen join his takes on Dylan and Harrison!
Leon Russell was born in Lawton, Oklahoma in 1941. He studied classical piano as a boy and took up trumpet in his teens. Not too many years later, he was on the road as a sideman to Jerry Lee Lewis and Ronnie Hawkins and ended-up on the west coast. Leon remained in Los Angeles and quickly became one of the city's more prominent studio musicians also often working as an arranger, conductor and producer. Russell was one of Phil Spector's 'Wall of Sound' session people, he also played on The Byrds', 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' and arranged and co-wrote most of the big hits of pop star, Gary Lewis inclu... [Read More]
(2CD) The original classic 1972 3LP set on 2 CDs mastered from the original Shelter Records analogue tapes. Includes Roll Away The Stone, Stranger In A Strange Land, Queen Of The Roller Derby & more.
2010 collaboration between Rock legends Elton John and Leon Russell. Produced by Oscar and multiple-Grammy award winning producer T-Bone Burnett, The Union was recorded live in the studio with Elton and Leon on dueling pianos. The album features a variety of musical genres from R & B, Soul, Gospel, Country, Pop and Rock. The album includes selections written by Elton and his lifelong lyricist Bernie Taupin, as well as the combined incomparable songwriting team encompassing Leon, Elton, Bernie and T Bone.
This will mark the historic album’s first release outside of Japan and its first time on CD anywhere. The original album was recorded live on November 8, 1973, at the historic Nippon Bukokan Hall and will see its nine tracks complemented by a bonus set of an additional seven previously unissued live performances recorded at the Sam Houston Coliseum on April 22, 1971. Liner notes for this package were penned by Leon Russell historian Steve Todoroff—author of the book Longhair Music: The Songs And Sessions Of Leon Russell, and by Rev. Patrick Henderson, a member of the touring band for the 1... [Read More]
Legendary American singer and pianist Leon Russell has entertained the world for five decades, getting his start as an in-demand Wrecking Crew session player and playing on hundreds of hit records before he began releasing his own albums in 1967. Leon Russell's latest studio album, titled Life Journey, will be released on April 1, 2014. This 12-track album features newly-written, original songs and Russell's turns on classics that resonate with the two-time GRAMMY® winner as important to his musical trajectory. The album is produced by Tommy LiPuma and executive produced by Elton John, with w... [Read More]
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