Vinyl Album - Little Richard - Little Richard Sings - Summit

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Little Richard
Title:	Little Richard Sings
Label:	Summit
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	ATL 4124
Date:	1964
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	7 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Little Richard	His Name's So Sweet		Rate
A2	Little Richard	God Is Real		Rate
A3	Little Richard	I Want Jesus To Walk With Me	Starrelt, Aberbach	Rate
A4	Little Richard	Sorrow Valley		Rate
A5	Little Richard	Or Three Farm		Rate
B1	Little Richard	Certainly, Lord	Brownlee	Rate
B2	Little Richard	I'm Going To Tell God		Rate
B3	Little Richard	Take My Hand		Rate
B4	Little Richard	Shilima Jiwe		Rate
B5	Little Richard	Igana La Bantwana		Rate

Notes

With Selections By Brock Peters.

Mono LP

Side 2, Track 1: Lion Publishing

Front Laminated Flip Back Sleeve (Incredibly Thin Card!)

Produced and Manufactured By:

W. H. Barrington-Coupe Ltd.

Sleeve Printed and Made By:

Frank S. Manley (Printers) Ltd. London N.W.10

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seanbss 19th Oct 2021		No surprise that Summit released albums in this manner and used thin card as they were a budget label…see Summit [60s Budget] label on 45cat…



guest star 29th May 2016		The Little Richard songs on this album are from a 1959 session he did for George Goldner, who owned Gone, End and several other labels. Goldner leased them to 20th Century Fox and then to several budget labels, including Spin-O-Rama and Guest Star (my namesake!) Now for the bad news: The Goldner cuts are pretty darned bad. The Mercury gospel album he recorded later is much better. But if you'd like to hear all of the cuts from the Goldner session rather than the few on the Summit LP, check bargain bins for "Little Richard Sings Gospel" on the Stateside label. Brian McFadden, author "Rock Rarities for a Song."



Magic Marmalade 26th May 2016		Believe it or not, I've not actually listened to this yet.... but based on the fact that the Ray Charles one had some good tracks by an artist other than Ray, I'm curious to hear if these additions are any good.



djgger 26th May 2016		The cover photo of Little Richard was taken in London in early 1964 when Little Richard was in London to record the ATV (I think) television special. This was his first 'major' comeback after retiring from rock'n'roll in 1957. The photo was published in Record Mirror at around the time it was taken inside a major London music intrument retailer shop. After around 1957 Little Richard ceased recording rock'n'roll music. Richard did not record anything until 1960. He recorded two gospel albums which were to be released on Top Rank label in UK but were withdrawn, I believe. Richard next recorded two gospel-tinged singles in 1962, He Got What He Wanted (But He Lost What He Had) and Joy, Joy, Joy, for the Mercury label. The release of these two singles coincided with a gospel tour Richard undertook with Sam Cooke and a very young Billy Preston in the UK. During this tour of one-nighters in autumn 1962 Richard was persuaded by his 'teddy-boy' fans to perform some rock'n'roll numbers. This was in the north of England. The audience went mad and from then on Richard was back to performing as he called it the 'devil's music'. During 1963 Richard recorded two more gospel singles for Atlantic, Crying In The Chapel and Travellin' Shoes. Richard was booked to headline a UK tour in autumn 1963 but most of the one-nighters were cancelled or re-arranged leaving many of his fans very unhappy (I was one). One person who did catch Little Richard live on stage was Mick Jagger and it is reported that Richard blew him away and made a huge impact on him. The Merseysound and the Beatles were sweeping the country and the Beatles and other beat groups were talking about Little Richard and playing and recording his songs. This led to Richard recording a one-off single for his old label in the USA, Specialty. The single was Bama Lama Bama Loo and made a small dent in the UK charts reaching around about number 20 in the top twenty best sellers in early 1964. This single coincided with a visit by Little Richard to record the ATV special where he was backed by UK band Sounds Incorporated. The Shirelles also appeared in this TV special. With all the renewed interest in Little Richard there was a lot of jumping on the bandwagon hence this Summit label release with only four tracks by Richard presumably taken from the Top Rank albums and padded out by Brock Peters. Less copyright fees to pay, no doubt. From this point on in spring 1964 Little Richard was back and back singing, recording and perfoming rock'n'roll although nothing like the 1950s Specialty recordings. By the way, I am one of Little Richard's oldest fans by virtue of the fact that after first hearing Rip It Up after it was released in the UK in late 1956 Richard has been my number one favourite singer and performer since that date which will be 60 years this year.



Magic Marmalade 3rd May 2016		I saw another Summit label album yesterday which I passed on: Brook Benton (Not the one currently on site) but that too had only a couple of track by him, and the rest by another artist (Can't recall who)... ... so it seems, that what with this being the case on both the Little Richard and Ray Charles albums on this label that I own, and seeing that it appears to be the case on another album on this label on site, it is evident that that's what Summit was all about: Using a big headline act to promote another artist...or hitching their wagon to someone else's star. This can be seen as a tremendous source of annoyance, in not getting what you think you're buying, but I suppose if you buy a Summit album knowing this is the case, perhaps it could also be seen to be an opportunity to get tracks by that other artist. (Maybe there's some rare recordings by those other artists tucked away on a few of these?)



carey jeggs 25th Jul 2014		'With selections by Brock Peters' indeed.Six of the tracks are by him and only four by Little Richard. There's nothing wrong with Brock Peters,of course,but it's a bit a of a cheek.



Ready Teddy 1956 25th Jul 2014		Bought this Little Richard lp in 1968 bought just for the sleeve,never played the record.