See-Saw

by Don Covay

See-Saw cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1966
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:28
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded heavily with the Stax house band in Memphis, 'See-Saw' perfectly encapsulates Don Covay's raw, gospel-shouting energy and sharply rhythmic songwriting. Known predominantly as a writer for others, Covay steps firmly into the spotlight, delivering gritty, horn-drenched tracks that define the sweaty, secularized groove of Southern soul. The record鈥檚 title track became an enduring R&B standard.

Genres

Descriptors: party, soulful, rhythmic, vocal, bluesy, harmonies

Tracklist

  1. See Saw (3:00)
  2. The Boomerang (2:03)
  3. Everything Gonna Be Everything (2:33)
  4. Fat Man (2:35)
  5. Precious You (2:43)
  6. Iron out the Rough Spots (2:56)
  7. Please Do Something (2:51)
  8. I Never Got Enough of Your Love (2:46)
  9. The Usual Place (2:08)
  10. A Woman's Love (2:37)
  11. Sookie, Sookie (2:45)
  12. Mercy, Mercy (2:26)

Credits

  • Don Covay - primary artist, written-by
  • Steve Cropper - written-by
  • Horace Ott - written-by
  • Leroy Randolph - written-by
  • Ronald Miller - written-by
  • Booker T. Jones - written-by
  • David Porter - written-by

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