Al Kooper - I Stand Alone (1968) & You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (1969) mp3@320 {1337x}-kawli

Al Kooper is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, best known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears (although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity) providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and also bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to record the Super Session album.

He performed with Bob Dylan in concert in 1965, and in the recording studio in 1965 and 1966, including playing Hammond organ with Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Kooper also played the Hammond organ riffs on Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone". It was in those recording sessions that Kooper met and befriended Mike Bloomfield, whose guitar-playing he admired. He worked extensively with Bloomfield for a number of years.

Kooper joined The Blues Project as their keyboardist in 1965, leaving the band shortly before their gig at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. He formed Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1967, leaving after the group's first album, Child Is Father to the Man, due to creative differences in 1968. He recorded Super Session with Bloomfield and Stills in 1968 as well, and in 1969 he collaborated with 15-year-old guitarist Shuggie Otis on the album Kooper Session. In 1975 he produced the debut album by The Tubes.

Kooper played on the Stones' Let It Bleed sessions and with Hendrix for Electric Ladyland, notable legacy of his studio work, and along the way recorded his own albums as well. He has had a successful solo career since then, written music for film soundtracks, and has also lectured in musical composition. He continues to perform live.

This 2 CD reissue was released in 1998 on Raven Records, a musically sprawling collection of two of his solo albums with bonus tracks.

Tracklists:

Disc 1
1. Overture (Spooner Oldham) - 4:39
2. I Stand Alone (Al Kooper) - 3:37
3. Camille (Al Kooper, Tony Powers) - 2:55
4. One (Harry Nilson) - 2:53
5. Coloured Rain (C. Wood, J. Capaldi, S. Winwood) - 3:00
6. Soft Landing on the Moon (Al Kooper) - 4:01
7. I Can Love a Woman (Al Kooper) - 3:27
8. Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) - 2:15
9. Toe Hold (D. Porter, I. Hayes) - 3:53
10.Right Now for You (Al Kooper) - 2:33
11.Hey, Western Union Man (J. Butler, K. Gamble, L. Huff) - 3:30
12.Song and Dance for the Unborn, Frightened Child (Al Kooper) - 4:33


Disc 2
1. Magic in My Socks (Al Kooper) - 3:54
2. Lucille (Al Kooper) - 3:22
3. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (N. Whitefield, J. Bradford, B. Strong) - 3:19
4. First Time Around (Al Kooper) - 2:46
5. Loretta (Union Turnpike Eulogy) (Al Kooper) - 3:46
6. Blues, Pt. 4 (Al Kooper) - 4:36
7. You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (Al Kooper) - 2:52
8. Great American Marriage/Nothing (Al Kooper) - 4:44
9. I Don't Know Why I Love You (D. Hunter, L. hardaway, S. Wonder, P. Riser) - 3:21
10. Mourning Glory Story (H. Nilsson) - 2:14
11. Anna Lee (What Can I Do for You) (Al Kooper) - 3:17
12. I'm Never Gonna Let You Down (Al Kooper) - 4:36
13. Piano Solo Introduction (Al Kooper) - 2:00
14. I Got a Woman (Ray Charles) - 4:29
15. Buckskin Boy (Al Kooper, Charlie Calello) - 3:09
16. Sad, Sad Sunshine (Al Kooper) - 5:04
17. God Sheds His Grace on Thee (Al Kooper, Charlie Calello) - 2:07
18. Brand New Day (From the Landlord) (Al Kooper) - 3:15
19. Love Theme (From the Landlord) (Al Kooper) - 3:12

Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.92
MPEG-1 layer 3

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