Charlie Earland* – Black Drops
Tracklist
| A1 | Sing A Simple Song | 5:45 | |
| A2 | Don't Say Goodbye | 7:03 | |
| A3 | Lazybird | 7:12 | |
| B1 | Letha | 7:16 | |
| B2 | Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head | 3:45 | |
| B3 | Buck Green | 7:12 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Prestige Records Inc.
- Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Mastered At – Longwear Plating
- Lacquer Cut At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Credits
- Design – Don Schlitten
- Drums – Jimmy Turner
- Guitar – Maynard Parker
- Lacquer Cut By – Van Gelder*
- Liner Notes [August 1970] – Sonny Hopson
- Organ – Charlie Earland*
- Photography By – Al Johnson (2)
- Producer, Supervised By – Bob Porter
- Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Jimmy Heath
- Trombone – Clayton Pruden
- Trumpet – Virgil Jones
Notes
Original stereo pressing with purple labels and silver print.
Cover: PR 7815
Labels: PRST 7815
Cover: PR 7815
Labels: PRST 7815
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): PRST·7815·A· LW VAN GELDER
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): PRST·7815·B· LW VAN GELDER
Other Versions (5 of 11)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Black Drops (LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo) | Prestige | PR 10029, 10029, PRST 7815 | US | 1970 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Black Drops (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) | Prestige | OJCCD-1078-2, P-7815 | Europe | 2002 | ||
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New Submission
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Black Drops (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) | Prestige | OJCCD-1078-2, P-7815 | US | 2002 | ||
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New Submission
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Black Drops (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) | Prestige | OJCCD-1078-2, P-7815 | 2002 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Black Drops (LP, Album, Reissue) | Prestige | PR 10029, 10 029 | Unknown |
Recommendations
Reviews
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If u dig organ combos then this is not to be missed, excellent RVG recording and the entire band is tight af! Such a fun listen and like McHomie said not a weak track, definitely a buy and probably needs to be reissued
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There are some great grooves on BLACK DROPS, particularly "Letha" and the cover of "Sing A Simple Song", but there's not a bad cut on here, even "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" is transformed into a tight little soulful funky number. This pressing sounds impressive, another beautifully recorded session at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio, with his stamp of approval in the run-out groove. My copy plays nice and clean, with an occasional trace of faint surface noise. Fantastic stuff. -
Jimmy Turner's drum break two thirds of the way through on Letha is goddamn incredible. That guy burns up this whole album. Van Gelders work here is masterful as well. Stupendous at high volumes.
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