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by Al Kooper


  “I enjoyed the first sixties much more!”

  I have lived my fifty years in the industry with the same mantra: “If you don’t expect anything, you’re never disappointed.” I will never change that. It kept me sane and dedicated all my life, and there’s no need to change anything now.

  Thank you all for joining me on this journey of musical lunacy, and I hope you had a wild, insightful, hilarious ride.

  Al Kooper

  January 2008

  (Photo: Jeff Tamarkin.)

  Selected Discography

  (With special thanks to Goldmine magazine, Bonni Miller, and especially Jeff Tamarkin)

  SINGLES AS AN ARTIST

  1960 “Sick Manny’s Gym”/ “Plunkin”’ Musicor 1001

  As Al Kooper

  1963 “Parchman Farm”/“You’re The Lovin’ End”

  Mercury (U.K.)

  1965 “New York’s My Home”/“My Voice, My

  Piano And My Foot”

  Aurora 164

  1967 “Changes”/“Pack Up Your Sorrows”

  Verve-Folkways 5026

  1969 “You Never Know Who Your Friends Are”/

  “Soft Landing On The Moon”

  Columbia 4-44748

  1970 “Brand New Day”/“Love Theme From The Landlord”

  Columbia 4-45179

  1970 “God Shed His Grace on Thee”/“She Gets

  Me Where I Live”

  Columbia 4-45148

  1970 “I Got A Woman”/“Easy Does It”

  Columbia 4-45243

  1971 “Dearest Darling”/Medley: “Oo Wee Baby I Love You”/“Love Is A Man’s Best Friend”

  Columbia AE7-1034

  1971 “John The Baptist”/“Back On My Feet”

  Columbia 4-45412

  1972 “Jolie”/“Be Real”

  Columbia 4-45735

  1972 “The Monkey Time”/“Bended Knees”

  Columbia 4-45566

  1972 “Sam Stone”/“Be Real”

  Columbia 4-45691

  1976 “This Diamond Ring”/“Hollywood Vampire”

  United Artists XW879

  1982 “Two Sides (To Every Situation)” (with Valerie Carter)/“Snowblind”

  Columbia 03312

  With The Blues Project

  1965 “Back Door Man”/“Violets Of Dawn”

  Verve-Folkways 5004

  1966 “Catch The Wind”/“I Want To Be Your Driver”

  Verve-Folkways 5013

  1966 “Goin’ Down Louisiana”/“Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire”

  Verve-Folkways 5019

  1966 “I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes”/ “The Way My Baby Walks”

  Verve-Folkways 5032

  1967 “No Time Like The Right Time”/“Steve’s Song”

  Verve-Folkways 5040

  With Blood, Sweat & Tears

  1968 “I Can’t Quit Her”/“House In The Country”

  Columbia 4-44559

  With Mike Bloomfield and Steve Stills

  1968 “Season Of The Witch”/“Albert’s Shuffle”

  Columbia 4-44657

  1969 “The Weight”/“Man’s Temptation”

  Columbia 4-44678

  ALBUMS AS AN ARTIST

  As Al Kooper

  1968 I Stand Alone

  Columbia CS 9718 (released on CD in Japan in 1992)

  1969 You Never Know Who Your Friends Are

  Columbia CS-9855 (released on CD in Japan in 1992)

  1970 Easy Does It

  Columbia G 30031 (released on CD in Japan in 1992)

  1970 The Landlord (soundtrack)

  United Artists UAS 5209

  1971 New York City (You’re A Woman)

  Columbia C 30506 (released on CD in Japan in 1992)

  1972 Naked Song

  Columbia BL 31723 (released on CD in Japan in 1992)

  1972 A Possible Projection Of The Futurel Childhood’s End

  Columbia KC-31189 (released on CD in Japan in 1992)

  1974 Al’s Big Deal-Unclaimed Freight: An Al Kooper Anthology

  Columbia PG 33169 (released on CD in the U.S. in 1990)

  1976 Act Like Nothing’s Wrong

  United Artists UA-LA702-G (released on CD in the U.S. in 1995)

  1982 Championship Wrestling

  Columbia FC 38137 (released on CD in Japan in 1992)

  1992 Joy Of Flying

  Sony (Japan) XDCS-93089 J (compilation, Japan only; promotional item-very rare)

  1994 Rekooperation

  MusicMasters 01612-65107-2

  1995 Soul Ol A Man

  MusicMasters 01612-65113-2

  With The Blues Project

  1965 Live At The Cafe Au Go Go

  Verve-Folkways FV 9024 (M)/FVS 9024 (S)

  1966 Live At The Cafe Au Go Go

  Verve-Folkways FT(M)/FTS 3000(8) (a reissue of Verve/Folkways 9024; released on CD in the U.S., Germany, and Japan)

  1966 Projections

  Verve-Forecast FT(M)/FTS-3008(S)

  (released on CD in the U.S. and Germany)

  1967 Live At Town Hall

  Verve-Forecast FTS-3025

  1970 Best Of The Blues Project

  Verve-Forecast FTS-3077

  1973 Reunion In Central Park

  MCA/Sounds of the South MCA2-8003

  1989 The Best Of The Blues Project (CD;

  includes five bonus tracks, including one unreleased live cut)

  Rhino R170165

  1997 Anthology

  PolyGram 31452 9758-2

  With Blood, Sweat & Tears

  1968 Child Is Father To The Man

  Columbia CS-9619 (released on CD in the U.S., Germany, and Japan)

  1972 Greatest Hits

  Columbia KC-31 170 (released on CD in the U.S., Germany, U.K., Canada, and

  Japan)

  1973 Greatest Hits (Quad)

  Columbia CQ-31 170

  1981 Child Is Father To The Man (half-speed master)

  Columbia HC-49619

  1996 Child Is Father To The Man (gold edition CD; contains a bonus of six early demos)

  Columbia CK 64214

  (Note: Other BS&T anthologies contain Kooper-era material.)

  With Mike Bloomfield and Steve Stills

  1968 Super Session

  Columbia CS 9701 (released on CD in the U.S., Germany, U.K., Canada, and Japan)

  1974 Super Session (gold label)

  Columbia PCQ-9701

  1996 SuperSession (gold master; contains

  previously unreleased track: “Blues for Nothing”)

  Columbia CK 64611

  2003 Super Session (CD) (best-sounding remastering with two bonus tracks)

  SONY Legacy CK63400

  With Mike Bloomfield

  1969 The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield &

  Al Kooper

  Columbia KGP6/CS 9742

  1997 The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper

  Columbia, CD, (U.S.) C2K-64670

  2003 Fillmore East: The Lost Concert Tapes 12/13/68

  SONY Legacy CK85278

  With Shuggie Otis

  1969 Kooper Session

  Columbia CS-9951 (released on CD in Japan in 1992)

  With Jimmy Vivino and the Rekooperators

  1997 Do What, Now?

  MusicMasters 01612-65157-2

  On Various Artists’ Compilations

  1966 What’s Shakin’ (track: “I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes”)

  Elektra EKL-4002 (MVEKS-74002

  (released on CD in the U.S.: Elektra 9 61343-2)

  1988 Green Linnet: Christmas Guitars (CD) (track: “Winter Wonderland”)

  GLCD-1103

  1995 For The Love Of Harry (Harry Nilsson tribute) (track: “Salmon Falls”)

  MusicMasters 01612-65127-2

  1997 Badlinger Tribute (CD) (track: “Maybe Tomorrow”)

  Copper CPR2181

  2001 He’s A Rebel: The Gene Pitney Story Retold (track: “One Day”)

  T
o M’Lou Music PIG7

  AS A SONGWRITER

  (Songs recorded by artists other than Kooper)

  1959 Anastasia: “That’s My Kind Of Love”

  Laurie 3066

  1963 Freddie Cannon: “The Old Rag Man”

  Warner Bros. 5666

  1963 Lorraine Ellison: “I’m Over You”

  Warner Bros. 5879

  1963 Tommy Sands: “A Young Man’s Fancy”

  ABC-Paramount 10466

  1963 Keely Smith: “Goin Thru The Motions”

  Reprise R20-149

  1963 Johnny Thunder: “The Chain”

  Diamond SD-5001 (LP)

  1964 Sammy Ambrose: “This Diamond Ring”

  Musicor 1061 A

  1964 Pat Boone: “Rainy Days Were Made For Lonely People”

  Dot 45-16754

  1964 The Essex: “When Something’s Hard To Get”

  Roulette 4564

  1964 Eddie Hodges: “The Old Rag Man”

  Aurora 161

  1964 Eddie Hodges: “The Water Is Over My Head”

  Aurora 156

  1964 Lulu: Tell Me Like It Is (now on CD)

  Carnaby 552030

  1964 Gene Pitney: “Hawaii”

  Musicor MU-1040

  1964 Gene Pitney: “The Last Two People On Earth”

  Musicor MU-3019 (LP)

  1964 The Surfer Girls: “One Boy Tells Another”

  Columbia 4-43001

  1965 Ernie Andrews: “Where Were You When I Needed You”

  Capitol 5448

  1965 Eight Feet: “Bobby’s Come A Long Way”

  Columbia 4-43505

  1965 Gary Lewis & the Playboys: “This Diamond Ring”

  Liberty 5576

  1965 Gene Pitney: “Don’t Take Candy From A Stranger”

  Musicor MU-3056 (LP)

  1965 Gene Pitney: “I Must Be Seeing Things”

  Musicor MU-1070

  1965 Gene Pitney: She’s Still There (LP)

  Musicor MU-3056

  1965 Eddie Rambeau: / Fell In Love So Easily (LP)

  Dyno-Voice 9001

  1965 Bruce Scott: “You Can’t Lose Something You Never Had”

  MGM K13455

  1965 Alan Lorber: Flute Thing (LP)

  Verve V6-871

  1966 Modern Folk Quintet: “Night Time Girl”

  Dunhill 45-D4025

  1966 Rockin’ Berries: “The Water Is Over My Head”

  Reprise 0442

  1966 Bobby Vee: “Fly Away”

  Liberty

  1968 Arbors: “I Can’t Quit Her”

  Date 2-1645

  1968 Don Meehan Project: “House In The Country”

  Columbia 4-44791

  1968 Ten Years After: I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ (LP)

  Deram-DES 18009

  1970 The Landlord (soundtrack) (features several Kooper compositions, including the Staples Singers performing “Brand New Day” and Lorraine Ellison performing “Doin’ Me Dirty”)

  United Artists UAS 5209

  1971 Rufus: “Brand New Day”

  Epic 5-10691

  1971 T. D. Valentine (Tommy Mottola): “Love Trap”

  Epic 5-10523

  1972 Frankie & Johnny: “LifeLine,” “Don’t Tell Ma,” “Lonesome Song”

  Warner Bros. 2675

  1972 Donny Hathaway: “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know”

  Atco 6903

  1972 Latimore: “Jolie,” “Be Real”

  Glades 6502

  1973 Dawn: “Jolie”

  Bell 1112

  1973 Lynyrd Skynyrd: “Mississippi Kid”

  Sounds of the South MCAD 1685

  1973 Betty Wright: “Let Me Go Down”

  Alston SD7026

  1974 Carmen McRae: “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know”

  Atlantic 45-2691

  1975 Long John Baldry: “Brand New Day”

  Casablanca 7012

  1975 Lynyrd Skynyrd: “Cheatin’ Woman”

  Sounds of the South MCAD 31003

  1976 Cold Blood: I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know (LP)

  ABC917

  1977 Roger McGuinn: “Please Not One More Time”

  Columbia

  1977 Leo Sayer: Lost Control (LP)

  Warner Bros. 3200

  1977 Libby Titus: “Fool That I Am”

  Columbia 34152

  1993 Thelonious Monster: “Body & Soul”

  Capitol 0227-2

  1993 Guitar Shorty: “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know”

  Black Top BT-1094

  1994 Beastie Boys: “Flute Loop”

  Capitol 72438-28599-2 5

  1996 Tony Terry: “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know”

  Virgin 39861

  1997 Kevin Mahogany: “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” (CD)

  Warner Bros. 9 46226-2

  2001 Jay-Z: “Soon You’ll Understand”

  Roc-A-Fella 31454 82032 (CD)

  2002 Joe Bonamassa: “Nuthin I Wouldn’t Do (For A Woman Like You)”

  Okeh BK61088 (CD)

  2004 The Alchemist: “Hold You Down”

  ALC/Koch KOC-9548 (CD)

  2007 Marc Broussard: “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know”

  Vanguard 79826-2 (CD)

  (Note: The above selections omit songs Kooper wrote and recorded himself either on solo albums, with The Blues Project, or with Blood, Sweat & Tears.)

  AS A PRODUCER

  (Selected titles-albums only)

  1967 Don Ellis: Autumn

  Columbia 9721

  1968 Al Kooper: I Stand Alone

  Columbia CS 9718

  1968 Al Kooper/Mike Bloomfield/Steve Stills: Super Session

  Columbia CS 9701

  1968 Linda Tillery: Sweet Linda Divine

  Columbia CS 9771

  1969 Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper: The Live

  Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper

  Columbia KGP6/CS 9742

  1969 Al Kooper: You Never Know Who Your Friends Are

  Columbia CS-9855

  1969 Al Kooper and Shuggie Otis: Kooper

  Session

  Columbia CS 9951

  1970 Bob Dylan: New Morning

  Columbia KC-30290

  1970 Al Kooper: Easy Does It

  Columbia G 30031

  1970 Various artists: The Landlord (soundtrack)

  United Artists UAS 5209

  1971 Appaloosa: Appaloosa

  Columbia 9819

  1971 Michael Gately: Gately’s Cafe

  Janus JLS 3039

  1971 Al Kooper: New York City (You’re A Woman)

  Columbia C 30506

  1972 Frankie & Johnny: The Sweetheart Sampler

  Warner Bros. 2675

  1972 Al Kooper: A Possible Projection Of The FuturelChildhood’s End

  Columbia KC-31189

  1973 Blues Project: Reunion In Central Park

  MCA/Sounds of the South MCA2-8003

  1973 Elijah: Fanfares

  Sounds of the South 377

  1973 Al Kooper: Naked Songs

  Columbia BL 31723

  1973 Lynyrd Skynyrd: Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-erd

  Sounds of the South 363

  1973 Mose Jones: Get Right

  Sounds of the South 329

  1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd: Second Helping

  Sounds of the South 413

  1975 Al Kooper: Al’s Big Deal-Unclaimed Freight

  Columbia PG 33169

  1975 Lynyrd Skynyrd: Nuthin’ Fancy

  Sounds of the South 2137

  1975 The Tubes: The Tubes

  A&M SP-4534

  1976 Al Kooper: Act Like Nothing’s Wrong

  United Artists UA-LA-702-G

  1976 Nils Lofgren: Authorized Bootleg

  A&M SP-8362

  1976 Nils Lofgren: Cry Tough

  A&M SP-4573

  1976 Peter John Morse: On The Shoreline

  MCA 2299

  1977 Chris
topher Morris Band: Christopher Morris Band

  MCA 2282

  1977 Libby Titus: Unreleased album CBS

  1978 Marshall Chapman; Jaded Virgin

  Epic 35341

  1978 Rick Nelson: Back To Vienna (unreleased)

  Epic

  (Note: Four tracks appear on Epic/Legacy EK 48290-2, Stay Young: The Epic Recordings.)

  1978 Lenny. White: Adventures Of Astral Pirates

  Elektra 6E 121

  1979 Four on the Floor: Four On The Floor

  Casablanca NBLP 7180

  1979 Freddy Henry: Get It Out In The Open

  Clouds 8809

  1980 Eddie & the Hot Rods: Fish And Chips

  EMI

  1980 Joe Ely: Texas Tornado (CD)

  MCA MCAD 10816

  1980 David Essex: BeBop The Future

  Mercury 6359 064 (U.K.)

  1980 Johnny Van Zant: No More Dirty Deals

  Polydor PD 1-6289

  1981 Johnny Koonce: Got My Eye On You

  A&M SP6 4936

  1982 Johnny Van Zant: Last Of The Wild Ones

  Polydor PD1-6355

  1983 Phil Judd: The Swinger

  MCA 36007

  1984 Q-Tips: Live At Last Rewind

  RELP 1001 (U.K.)

  1984 St. Regis: Parts (unreleased album)

  PolyGram

  1989 B. B. King: The King Of The Blues

  MCA 42183

  1990 Various artists: Cry Baby (soundtrack; 3 tracks)

  MCA MCAD-8038

  1991 Green on Red: Scapegoats

  China WOLCD-1001 (U.K.)

  1991 Thelonious Monster: Beautiful Mess (1 track)

  Capitol 80227 2

  1992 Al Kooper: Joy Of Flying (compilation)

  Sony XDCS-93089J (Japan only)

  1994 Al Kooper: Rekooperation

  Music Masters 01612-651 13

  1994 Al Kooper: Soul Of A Man

  MusicMasters 01612-65107-2

  1995 Various artists: For The Love Of Harry

  (Harry Nilsson tribute album)

  MusicMasters 01612-65127-2

  1997 Jimmy Vivino & the Rekooperators: Do What, Now?

  MusicMasters 0162-65157-2

  AS A SIDEMAN

 

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