Wildest Organ in Town!
1966 studio album by Billy Preston
Wildest Organ in Town! | ||||
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Studio album by Billy Preston | ||||
Released | March 25, 1966 (Mono) March 26, 1966 (Stereo) | |||
Recorded | September 11, 1965 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 29:20 | |||
Label | Capitol[1] | |||
Producer | Steve Douglas | |||
Billy Preston chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | [4] |
Wildest Organ in Town! is an album by Billy Preston.[5][6] Released in 1966, it was arranged by Sly Stone.[7]
The album peaked at No. 118 on the Billboard 200.[8]
Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that Preston's "early prowess as a flashy organ equivalent of Jimi Hendrix has been largely forgotten or overlooked, and the fact that this album hasn't been in print for many years hasn't helped."[2]
Track listing
- "Midnight Hour" (Wilson Pickett, Steve Cropper) - 2:11
- "Uptight" (Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby) - 2:22
- "A Hard Day's Night" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:53
- "Ain't Got No Time to Play" (Billy Preston) - 2:02
- "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:29
- "The Duck" (Fred Smith, Earl Nelson) - 2:06
- "Advice" (Preston, Sly Stone) - 2:25
- "Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 2:40
- "I Got You" (James Brown) - 2:29
- "It's Got to Happen" (Preston, Stone) - 2:09
- "Free Funk" (Preston, Stone) - 2:40
- "The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page) - 2:22
References
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 18, 1966 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The Wildest Organ in Town! - Billy Preston | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 634.
- ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 398.
- ^ "'Fifth Beatle' Billy Preston Made the Greats Even Greater". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Billy Preston comes to Boston Nov. 13". Bay State Banner. No. 7. 8 Nov 1973. p. 13.
- ^ "Obituary: Billy Preston". the Guardian. June 7, 2006.
- ^ "Billy Preston". Billboard.
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