Format: LP
Label: Roulette SR 25255 (USA)
Year: 1964
Origin: Huntsville, Arkansas, USA - Peterborough, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Genre: rock
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Value of Original Title: $50.00
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Release Type: Albums
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Playlist:
| Track Name | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bo Diddley | ||
| 2 | Come Love | ||
| 3 | Honey Love | ||
| 4 | High Blood Pressure | ||
| 5 | Arkansas | ||
| 6 | Boss Man | ||
| 7 | I Feel Good | ||
| 8 | Who Do You Love | ||
| 9 | I Feel Good | ||
| 10 | Searchin' | ||
| 11 | Mojo Man | ||
| 12 | Sexy Ways | ||
| 13 | You Know I Love You |
Ronnie Hawkins-The Best Of BACK
Best of Ronnie Hawkins
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According to Barney Hoskyns' book Crossing the Great Divide, this is not, as the name suggests, a compilation of older songs, but a "collection of brand new material", some of it recorded in New York in the early spring of 1963, with Henry Glover at the controls.
The sessionography on the Ronnie Hawkins website tells a different story. As one can see from the track list below, the album is a compilation of previously recorded material from 1961 thru 1963. Note that the Feb 2, 1962 tracks were produced by Leiber & Stoller, however the matrix numbers indicate that overdubs took place on May 7, 1963. The only other recording made during the May 1963 sessions with Henry Glover that was not included on The Best of Ronnie Hawkins, was "There's a Screw Loose" which was released on Roulette single 4502 in 1964 and appears on the 1978 UK album Rockin'.
Levon Helm, Rick Danko, & Robbie Robertson are on all the tracks, Garth Hudson is on the Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman song "Arkansas," Richard Manuel is on "Bo Diddley" and "Who Do You Love" The tracks with all 5 Band members are "Mojo Man," "High Blood Pressure," and "Boss Man." Since Henry Glover overdubbed the 2/2/62 tracks, it is possible that all 5 Band members also are on the track "Arkansas". The Hawkins sessionography only listed members at original session so there is no way to tell if Richard Manuel contributed overdubs to the track.
In 1963, the Hawks' playing was honed to perfection from countless gigs and rehearsals with Hawkins. On several of the tracks (especially the infections Bo Diddley tune "Who Do You Love") it becomes evident that the Hawks had started to develop their own way of playing together, and the departure from Hawkins was soon to come. One of the Band's major influences, King Curtis, can be heard playing sax on "Mojo Man".
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