Merry Clayton Gimme Shelter LP (Black & White "Gray Eye" Vinyl)
Genre: Soul
Size: 12"
Format: 33RPM,

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Merry Clayton Gimme Shelter LP (Black & White "Gray Eye" Vinyl)

Merry Clayton

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SKU:
RGMLP1124GE
UPC:
848064011248

1970 Soul Classic On Black & White "Gray Eye" Vinyl LP!
Limited To 700 Copies!

As the Academy Award-winning documentary '20 Feet From Stardom' made abundantly clear, Merry Clayton is one of the greatest and most distinguished female backup singers in rock and soul history, having sung with everybody from Bobby Darin to Ray Charles to Joe Cocker to Linda Ronstadt to Neil Young to Lynyrd Skynyrd (on "Sweet Home Alabama").

But her most famous vocal turn, of course, was her 1969 duet ("It's just a shot away!") with Mick Jagger on "Gimme Shelter". The notoriety she gained from that led to a recording contract with Lou Adler's Ode label, and to this 1970 debut solo record, which took its title from the Stones track and featured Merry's own hit solo version of the song.

But don't stop there - produced by Adler, arranged by the great Gene Page, and featuring Billy Preston on keyboards, this album is an overlooked soul classic, with Merry's indomitable voice taking songs like James Cleveland's "Here Come Those Heartaches Again", The Doors' "Tell All The People" and James Taylor's "Country Roads" to dizzying heights (she also turns "Bridge Over Troubled Water" into the sanctified gospel hymn it truly is).

For this reissue, Real Gone Music have pressed up 700 copies in totally cool, black & white "gray eye" vinyl!

Features

  • Limited Edition - 700 Copies
  • Black & White "Gray Eye" Vinyl

Selections

Side One:

  1. Country Road
  2. Tell All The People
  3. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  4. I've Got Life
  5. Gimme Shelter

Side Two:

  1. Here Come Those Heartaches Again
  2. Forget It I Got It
  3. You've Been Acting Strange
  4. I Ain't Gonna Worry My LIfe Away
  5. Good Girls
  6. Glad Tidings

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