I Stand Alone (Al Kooper album)
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| I Stand Alone | ||
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| Studio album by Al Kooper | ||
| Released | 1968 | |
| Recorded | 1968 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 41:24 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Producer(s) | Al Kooper | |
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| Al Kooper chronology | ||
| I Stand Alone (1968) |
You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (1969) |
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I Stand Alone is the title of New York City based singer-songwriter Al Kooper's 1968 début album, issued on Columbia Records, recorded after his monumentally successful collaboration with Michael Bloomfield and Stephen Stills, Super Session.
An eclectic mix of country, soul, blues and rock with a dose of psychedelics mixed throughout, it is a continuation of Super Session in its mix of disparate covers from the likes of Bill Monroe, Harry Nilsson and Traffic and originals running the gamut of feelings.
Unlike that album, however, with the spotlight on Kooper alone and Kooper's alternate utilization of orchestras and professional Nashville studio musicians, the tracks are more focused, all within two and five minutes.
[edit] Tracks
- Overture (A. Kooper, 4:39)
- I Stand Alone (A. Kooper, 3:37)
- Camille (A. Kooper and T. Powers, 2:54)
- One (H. Nilsson, 2:53)
- Coloured Rain (S. Winwood, J. Capaldi and C. Wood, 3:01)
- Soft Landing on the Moon (A. Kooper, 3:58)
- I Can Love A Woman (A. Kooper, 3:28)
- Blue Moon of Kentucky (B. Monroe, 2:14)
- Toe Hold (I. Hayes and D. Porter, 3:53)
- Right Now For You (A. Kooper, 2:33)
- Hey, Western Union Man (J. Butler, K. Gamble and L. Huff, 3:43)
- Song and Dance for the Unborn, Frightened Child (A. Kooper, 4:31)
[edit] Personnel
- Al Kooper: piano, organ, ondioline, guitars, vocals, orchestrations
- with
- Wayne Moss, Jerry Kennedy and "Big" Charlie Daniels: guitar
- Charlie McCoy: electric bass, orchestrations
- Ken Buttrey: drums
- The Blossoms: backing vocal
- Don Ellis and Charlie Calello: orchestrations
