Album
Love Is A Five Letter Word
1975 · Funk / Soul, Blues
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Love Is A Five Letter Word is a Blues album by Jimmy Witherspoon, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked.
The Clerk says
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Spoon Tang1:00
- A2Buried Alive In The Blues3:35
- A3Aviation Man3:10
- A4Fool's Paradise3:20
- A5What's Going Down2:33
- A6The Other Side Of Love4:32
Side B
- B1Reflection2:54
- B2No Money Down4:10
- B3Love Is A Five Letter Word3:07
- B4Nothing Changed2:46
- B5Landlord, Landlord2:53
- B6I Was Lost (But Now I'm Found)3:12
Sound DNA
- Blues
- Chicago & Electric Blues
- warm
- tender
- smoky
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire in February 1974, Strings overdubbed at Lansdowne Studios, London
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Billy GrahamTROMBONE
- BJ ColePEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Dick PerryBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Howie CaseyTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Joe JammerGUITAR
- John DankworthALTO SAXOPHONE
- John HuckridgeTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- John LaGrandHARMONICA
- Kenney ColeBACKING VOCALS
- Mike DaviesTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- P.P. ArnoldBACKING VOCALS
- Pete WingfieldBACKING VOCALS KEYBOARDS, MELODICA
- Phil ChenBASS
- Pip WilliamsSITAR
- Reg IsidoreDRUMS
- Ruby JamesBACKING VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 9 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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