Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards
Page 38
“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