Album

Give It Up

Bonnie Raitt

1972 · Rock

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Give It Up by Bonnie Raitt

Give It Up is a Rock album by Bonnie Raitt, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 46 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.

About

Bonnie Raitt’s second LP perfected the jaw-dropping fusion of soul, jazz, and rock that would come to define her whole career. The opener, "Give It Up or Let Me Go," says it all; after a sharp, twangy blues-guitar intro, the song takes off with an ecstatic drumbeat and then, from out of nowhere, a roiling New Orleans brass section. Songs like “Love Me Like a Man” show off Raitt’s sensuous, powerful pipes, while "Nothing Seems to Matter" is as soft and tender as folk can be.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Give It Up Or Let Me Go4:28
  2. A2Nothing Seems To Matter4:04
  3. A3I Know3:51
  4. A4If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody2:54
  5. A5Love Me Like A Man3:23

Side B

  1. B1Stayed Too Long At The Fair2:54
  2. B2Under The Falling Sky3:38
  3. B3You Got To Know How3:38
  4. B4You Told Me Baby3:43
  5. B5Love Has No Pride3:46

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Blues Rock
  • raw
  • swaggering
  • bluesy

Album notes

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There are at least five vinyl [U.S.] pressings of this release:
1. Drab green label [first pressing] Give It Up (US 1972) (opens in a new tab)
2. Burbank/Palm Trees label without a Warner Bros logo/address in rim text Give It Up (US 1973) (opens in a new tab)
3. Burbank/Palm Trees label with the Warner Bros logo and address in rim text Give It Up (US 1976) (opens in a new tab)
4. Warner Bros creme colored Shield label with horizontal lines Give It Up (US) (opens in a new tab)
5. Warner Bros Shield label with one dark shield at top and five lighter shields below Give It Up (US) (opens in a new tab)
All but the first should be considered re-issues/re-presses and the 1972 date removed.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Bonnie RaittVOCALS 12-STRING ELECTRIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • Amos GarrettTROMBONE
  • Chris ParkerDRUMS
  • Dave HollandACOUSTIC BASS
  • Dennis WhittedDRUMS
  • Eric KazARRANGED BY PIANO VIBRAPHONE
  • FreeboBACKING VOCALS ELECTRIC BASS FRETLESS BASS
  • Gene Boris StashukCELLO
  • Jack ViertelRHYTHM GUITAR STEEL GUITAR
  • Jackie LomaxBACKING VOCALS
  • John Joseph HallBACKING VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, GUITAR
  • John PayneCLARINET SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE , SOLOIST, SAXOPHONE
  • Kal DavidELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Lou TerricianoPIANO
  • Mark JordanELECTRIC PIANO PIANO PIANO, VIBRAPHONE
  • Marty GrebbALTO SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
  • Merl SaundersPIANO
  • Paul ButterfieldBLUES HARP HARMONICA HARP

9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 46 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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