Little Richard The Best Of Little Richard + Greatest Hits (jack Clement '1976 Sessions) [2cd in 1 Post]

These are not the original Specialty recordings that made Little Richard famous as rock's original wildman; rather, they're late '70s stereo remakes of uncertain provenance (there are no musician or producer credits here). In any case, if you're looking for modern versions of these songs, you could do a lot worse. Whoever the musicians are, they've got that '50s New Orleans R&B groove down cold, particular the annonymous drummer and sax player, who do superb recreations of Lee Allen and Earl Palmer, Richard's original back up. The star himself is in excellent voice, if not quite as, er, out there as in his youth.