Well alright! We continue our REHABILITION of 1950's music. Top remastering and packaging? Yessir! What's good enough for the Psych and pop fans is good enough for the rockers! What we has here people is the very Little Richard HIMSELF!!!!! In his formative years, as he developed into THE QUASAR OF ROCK! Indeed, The King (and Queen) of Rock'n'Roll!Thrill as Richard masters then transcends the styles of his idols like gay blues balladeer Billy Wright, and major eccentric, hit songwriter and piano MASTER Esquerita to form an explosive style of his own that within a year would shake the world!!!! Gasp as songs like "Directly From my Heart To You" reveal the way things were going. Only a few short months later, it was to be retooled as "Lucille" and gain eternal renown!!!! Torch ballads, blues, and the seeds of the almost insanely rockin' style which was to make him a STAR. They are all here, with the added bonus of three songs showcasing Richard as an accompanist and arranger, honing the tricks he was learning directly from Esquerita and Billy Wright into the CLASSIC sound of Little Richard. Soul indeed!
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