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”A-wop-bom-a-loo-mop-a-lomp-bom-bom!” He had me after the first 2 seconds of this album really. Spine tinglers make perfect 10s – and Little Richard’s crew give me three of them on this masterpiece. “Here’s Little Richard” was packed full of adrenalin-fuelled primal screamers that were either played hard, fast and wild or hard, slow and sexy. Richard’s rasp and that wildly hammered piano steal the show but, WOW, what a band he had in tow. Richard showed the Rock n Rollers how it should be done – he had two saxophonists, Lee Allen (tenor sax) and Alvin Tyler (baritone sax), playing off each other and whipping it up. On “She’s Got It” there were no less than 4 session men blowing that horn! The rhythm section of Frank Fields (bass) and Earl Palmer (drums) nailed it every time and Edgar Blanchard (guitar) was one of the edgiest pros out of New Orleans. Hands down, the album of the decade.
The Jukebox Rebel
17–Jun–2007
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:24]  Little Richard - Tutti Frutti (Richard Penniman, Dorothy LaBostrie, Joe Lubin) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| A2 | [02:41]  Little Richard - True Fine Mama (Richard Penniman) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| A3 | [02:26] Little Richard - Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave (Lloyd Price) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A4 | [02:07]  Little Richard - Ready Teddy (Robert Alexander Blackwell, John Marascalco) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| A5 | [02:04]  Little Richard - Baby (Richard Penniman) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A6 | [02:43]  Little Richard - Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Eddie Bocage, Richard Penniman, Albert Collins, James Smith) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B1 | [02:08] Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (Richard Penniman, Robert Alexander Blackwell, Enotris Johnson) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B2 | [02:17]  Little Richard - Miss Ann (Enotrois Johnson, Richard Penniman) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B3 | [02:08]  Little Richard - Oh Why? (Winfield Scott) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B4 | [02:22]  Little Richard - Rip It Up (Robert Alexander Blackwell, John Marascalco) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B5 | [02:04] Little Richard - Jenny, Jenny (Enotrois Johnson, Richard Penniman) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B6 | [02:26] Little Richard - She’s Got It (Richard Penniman, John Marascalco) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
