Rare & Well Done: The Greatest & Most Obscure Recordings

by Al Kooper

Rare & Well Done: The Greatest & Most Obscure Recordings cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 2001-01-01
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:35:02
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Subtitled 'The Greatest & Most Obscure Recordings', this Legacy set pairs Al Kooper's best-known work with rarities from his long career as organist, guitarist and producer. Sessions with Bob Dylan, The Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears anchor a survey of 1960s and 1970s American rock.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, piano, bluesy, retro, vocal

Tracklist

  1. I Can't Quit Her - Home Demo - New Studio Version (4:24)
  2. Somethin' Goin' On - Demo (3:04)
  3. Autumn Song (2:50)
  4. I Can't Stand the Rain (4:31)
  5. Baby, Please Don't Go - Live (8:23)
  6. I Let Love Slip Through My Fingers (5:00)
  7. The Earthquake of Your Love (3:18)
  8. Bulgarya (2:31)
  9. Nuthin' I Wouldn't Do (For a Woman Like You) (3:29)
  10. New York's My Home (Razz-A-Ma-Tazz) aka The Street Song (2:31)
  11. Making Plans for Nigel (4:07)
  12. I Believe to My Soul (4:27)
  13. Went to See the Gypsy (3:29)
  14. Rachmaninoff's Birthday (4:07)
  15. Hey Jude - rehearsal tape (5:10)
  16. Living In My Own Religion (4:50)
  17. The Big Chase (3:24)
  18. They Just Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore (2:24)
  19. A Drive Through the Old Neighborhood (5:24)
  20. I Can't Keep from Cryin' Sometimes - Live (4:01)
  21. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (5:56)
  22. This Diamond Ring (4:08)
  23. Albert's Shuffle (6:53)
  24. Bury My Body (8:56)
  25. Season of the Witch (11:05)
  26. New York City (You're a Woman) (4:45)
  27. I Can't Quit Her - Live (3:46)
  28. I Stand Alone (3:41)
  29. Flute Thing (6:01)
  30. You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (2:53)
  31. I Got a Woman (6:28)
  32. Brand New Day (5:08)
  33. Love Theme - from "The Landlord" (3:42)

Credits

  • Bruce Dickinson - executive-producer
  • Allan Tucker - mastered by
  • Bill Szymczyk - remix
  • Irwin Levine - written-by
  • Ann Peebles - written-by
  • Bernard Miller - written-by
  • Don Bryant - written-by
  • Pete Weiss - engineer
  • Big Joe Williams - written-by
  • Colin Moulding - written-by
  • Ray Charles - written-by
  • Bob Dylan - written-by
  • Lennon-McCartney - written-by
  • Charlie Calello - written-by
  • Bob Brass - written-by
  • Mike Bloomfield - written-by
  • Donovan Phillips Leitch - written-by

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