Rita Coolidge/Nice Feelin'

by Rita Coolidge

Overview

This twofer neatly captures the beginning of Rita Coolidge's career by combining her first two albums, which both came out in 1971. Each one dented the bottom rungs of the charts, but Coolidge's star didn't really ascend until her third album. Nevertheless, this is an intriguing look at her beginnings, and a reminder of what a soulful singer she was, right from the start. While there's a bit of high-gloss pop here and there, the overwhelming feeling one comes away with is that of a straight-up R&B singer giving her all on everything from the Albert King blues classic "Born Under a Bad Sign" to Steve Young's "Seven Bridges Road."

Product Details

Release Date:	02/03/2009
Label:	Beat Goes On
UPC:	5017261208460
Rank:	66151

Tracks

1. That Man Is My Weakness
2. Second Story Window
3. Crazy Love
4. The Happy Song
5. Seven Bridges Road
6. Born Under a Bad Sign
7. Ain't That Peculiar
8. I Always Called Them Mountains
9. Mud Island
10. I Believe in You
11. Family Full of Soul
12. You Touched Me in the Morning
13. If You Were Mine
14. Nice Feelin
15. Only You Know and I Know
16. I'll Be Here Better Days
17. Lay My Burden Down
18. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
19. Journey Through the Past
20. Journey Through the Past

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rita Coolidge   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Stephen Stills   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Jesse Ehrlich   Cello
Bobby Womack   Guitar
Tommy McClure   Bass,Organ
Shirley Matthews   Vocals (Background)
Chuck Findley   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Al Aarons   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Clydie King   Vocals (Background)
Clarence White   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Graham Nash   Vocals (Background)
Spooner Oldham   Organ,Piano,Piano (Electric)
Clifford Scott   Sax (Tenor)
Rusty Young   Guitar (Steel)
Ry Cooder   Bottleneck Guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn   Bass
Don Menza   Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Clarinet (Bass)
Fuzzy Samuels   Bass
George Bohanon   Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Ollie Mitchell   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Samuel Boghossian   Viola
Mike Utley   Keyboards
Dick Hyde   Trombone
Arthur Maebe   French Horn
Bob Segarini   Vocals (Background)
Wilbert Nuttycombe   Violin
Charlie Freeman   Guitar
Dalton Smith   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
James Getzoff   Violin
Donna Weiss   Vocals (Background)
Harry Bluestone   Violin
Booker T. Jones   Bass,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Piano (Electric)
Chris Ethridge   Bass
Vincent DeRosa   French Horn
Leon Russell   Organ,Piano
Ernie Tack   Trombone
Jim Keltner   Bass,Drums,Percussion
Jim Horn   Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Plas Johnson   Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
The Blackberries   Vocals (Background)
Don Brooks   Harmonica
Gareth "Garry" Nuttycombe   Viola
Jerome Kessler   Cello
William Kurasch   Violin
David Duke   French Horn
Venetta Fields   Vocals (Background)
Priscilla Coolidge   Vocals (Background)
Jack Redmond   Trombone
Pete Christlieb   Sax (Tenor)
Lew McCreary   Trombone
Jerry McGee   Dobro,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Nick DeCaro   Accordion
Bobbye Hall   Bongos,Congas,Tambourine
Randy Bishop   Vocals (Background)
Marc Benno   Guitar,Vocals
Ralph Schaeffer   Violin
William Hinshaw   French Horn
Ronald Stone   Director
Leonard Malarsky   Violin
John Kelson, Jr.   Sax (Tenor),Clarinet (Bass)

Technical Credits

Bob Dylan   Composer
Bogard   Composer
John Tobler   Liner Notes
Andrew Thompson   Remastering
Bruce Botnick   Engineer,Audio Engineer
David Anderle   Producer,Audio Production
Steve Cropper   Composer
Booker T. Jones   Arranger,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Unobsky   Composer
Warren Moore   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer
Morrison   Composer
Glyn Johns   Engineer,Remixing
Ethan Russell   Cover Photo
Wayne Kimbell   Lettering
Dixie Family Flyers   Performer
Bob Jenkins   Photography
Robert Rogers   Composer
Mason   Composer
Richie Moore   Engineer
Otis Redding   Composer
Joel Bernstein   Cover Photo
Marc Benno   Composer
Lewis   Composer
Young   Composer
Weiss   Composer
Jones   Composer
Bell   Composer
Utley   Composer
Doerge   Composer
Nash   Composer
Horn, Jim & His Dynamite Horn Section   Arranger
Roland Young   Art Direction