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LaVern Baker's Saved, which appeared on Atlantic in the early 1960s, is arguably her greatest album. Not exactly a conceptual album, it was instead a collection of singles and B-sides she tracked between 1956 and 1962, which explains why it has such a random and varied flow to it. But that very randomness is why this set makes such a good introduction to this brilliant and fiery R&B singer --the inclusion of the B-sides allows her to stretch out a bit and shows her range. “Saved,” a gospel scorcher that was written by Leiber & Stoller and leads this set off, is one of the best sides Baker ever did, while her take on “Bumble Bee” shows that she deserved the kind of acclaim and audience that Etta James and Ruth Brown garnered later in the century. There’s an interesting set of players on these sessions, too, including Phil Spector on guitar and Taft Jordan on trumpet. Baker, who died in 1997, never quite found the large audience she should have, maybe because, unlike James or Brown, she was unable to transition her career past the early '60s for whatever reason (taking up residency for over two decades in the Philippines probably didn’t help much in that regard), but she had every bit as much talent, and all of it is on display in this fiery collection.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Bert Keyes, Piano - Howard Biggs, Conductor, Arranger - Gary Chester, Drums - Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - Stoller, Writer - Dick Vance, Trumpet - LaVern Baker, Vocals, MainArtist - Billboard Magazine, Contributor - Walter DeVenne, Contributor - Jim Stewart, Producer - PHIL SPECTOR, Guitar - Leiber, Writer - Taft Jordan, Trumpet - Sticks Evans, Bass Drums - Al Sears, Tenor Saxophone - J Leiber, Writer - M. STOLLER, Writer - Rudy Powell, Alto Saxophone - Abie Baker, Bass Guitar - Lilton Mitchell, Organ
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Recording Corporation
LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - F. Jacobson, Writer - L. Baker, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Records
LaVern Baker, Vocals, MainArtist - Peggy Lee, Writer - Dave Barbour, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Recording Corporation
LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - B. Benton, Writer - B. Stevenson, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Records
LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - O Blackwell, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Records
J. Valentine, Writer - LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - L. Chase, Writer - L. Pemberton, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Records
LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - L. Baker, Writer - L. Fullylove, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Records
Jerry Wexler, Producer - J. Morris, Writer - Phil Bodner, Contributor - Romeo Penque, Contributor - Stan Applebaum, Conductor, Arranger - Bucky Pizzarelli, Guitar - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Moe Weschler, Piano - LaVern Baker, Vocals, MainArtist - Billboard Magazine, Contributor - Walter DeVenne, Contributor - Mundell Lowe, Guitar - Sticks Evans, Drums - Joe Morris, Writer - José Martínez, Congas - Abie Baker, Bass - Doc Severinson, Trumpet - Elise Bretton, Choir - Alan Sokoloff, Choir - Dave Vogel, Choir - Don McLeod, Choir - Gretchen Rhodes, Choir - Jerome Graff, Choir - Stephen Berios, Percussion
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Recording Corporation
LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - J Leiber, Writer - M. STOLLER, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Recording Corporation
B. Benjamin, Writer - LaVern Baker, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - G. WEISS, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Doc Pomus, Writer - LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - Morty Shuman, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Recording Corporation
LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - J. Phillips, Writer - G. Parson, Writer - C. CHAPLIN, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Records
M. Kalmanoff, Writer - LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - A. Schroeder, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Records
D. Pomus, Writer - LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - M. Shuman, Writer - Shuman Pomus, Composer, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Records
LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - Richard Rodgers, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1954 Atlantic Recording Corporation
LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - Richard Rodgers, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1954 Atlantic Recording Corporation
LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - Richard Rodgers, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1954 Atlantic Recording Corporation
AHMET ERTEGUN, Writer - LaVern Baker, Performance, MainArtist - L. Baker, Writer
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1961 Atlantic Records
Albumbeschreibung
LaVern Baker's Saved, which appeared on Atlantic in the early 1960s, is arguably her greatest album. Not exactly a conceptual album, it was instead a collection of singles and B-sides she tracked between 1956 and 1962, which explains why it has such a random and varied flow to it. But that very randomness is why this set makes such a good introduction to this brilliant and fiery R&B singer --the inclusion of the B-sides allows her to stretch out a bit and shows her range. “Saved,” a gospel scorcher that was written by Leiber & Stoller and leads this set off, is one of the best sides Baker ever did, while her take on “Bumble Bee” shows that she deserved the kind of acclaim and audience that Etta James and Ruth Brown garnered later in the century. There’s an interesting set of players on these sessions, too, including Phil Spector on guitar and Taft Jordan on trumpet. Baker, who died in 1997, never quite found the large audience she should have, maybe because, unlike James or Brown, she was unable to transition her career past the early '60s for whatever reason (taking up residency for over two decades in the Philippines probably didn’t help much in that regard), but she had every bit as much talent, and all of it is on display in this fiery collection.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:01
- Main artists: Lavern Baker
- Composer: Shuman Pomus
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
2009 © 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. 2009 ℗ 1961 Atlantic Recording Corp.
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