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Al Kooper Rekooperation Release Date: 1994 Running Time: 60:14 Label: Musicmasters The best of all of Al Kooper's studio albums, Rekooperation is a mostly instrumental album, on which the artist (playing organ and piano, and occasional guitar) and a band including Jimmy Vivino, Harvey Brooks, and Fred Walcott, among others, roar and pound their way through a baker's dozen of R&B, rock & roll, and soul classics. Everything from chestnuts like "Soul Twist," "Honky Tonk," "Johnny B. Goode," "Clean Up Woman," and " "Don't Be Cruel" to originals such as "Downtime" and "Alvino Johnson's Shuffle," without a notable gap in quality between them, are included -- and the one vocal number, "I Wanna Little Girl," contains one of the finest singing performances that Kooper has ever turned in on record (but is also played so well, that it would work as an instrumental too). In many ways, this recording is a distant cousin to Blood, Sweat & Tears' Child Is Father to the Man, and was his first attempt at leading a band since that 1968 venture, which was sort of fitting since it led to Soul of a Man, Kooper's live-in-concert career retrospective album, the next time out. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Downtime Vivino, Kooper 4:10 2 After the Lights Go Down Low Lovett, White 4:20 3 When the Spell Is Broken Thompson 6:18 4 How 'My Ever Gonna Get over You Kooper 4:24 5 Sneakin' Round the Barnyard Kooper 5:26 6 Soul Twist-Ed Ousley 4:40 7 Looking for Clues Palmer 3:53 8 Honky Tonk Doggett, Shepherd, Scott, Butler 5:45 9 Clean up Woman Clarke, Reid 2:56 10 Don't Be Cruel Blackwell 5:16 11 Alvino Johnson's Shuffle Kooper, Vivino 4:34 12 Johnny B. Goode Berry 3:14 13 I Wanna Little Girl Moll, Mencher 5:18 Releases: Year Type Label CD Musicmasters

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