Released May 1974 Artist Ry Cooder Label Reprise Records | Length 36:51 Release date May 1974 | |
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Recorded Warner Brothers Studios, North Hollywood, CA and
The Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA Paradise and Lunch
(1974) Chicken Skin Music
(1976) Genres Rock music, Roots rock, Americana, American folk music Producers Russ Titelman, Lenny Waronker Similar Ry Cooder albums, Rock music albums | ||
Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released on June 8, 1974 on Reprise Records. The album is composed of cover versions of jazz, blues and roots standards and obscurities recorded at the Warner Brothers Studios. The final track, "Ditty Wah Ditty," showcases a duet between Cooder and jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines. It was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker. The album reached #167 on the Billboard 200.
Contents
The album also includes Cooder's updated arrangement of bluesman Washington Phillips' "The Tattler" that stands out for its guitar playing. It was subsequently covered by Linda Ronstadt on her 1976 album Hasten Down the Wind. In 1990 the album was released on CD, while a remastered version appeared in 2007.
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Track listing
Side One
- "Tamp 'Em Up Solid" (Traditional) – 3:19
- "Tattler" (Washington Phillips, Ry Cooder, Russ Titelman) – 4:14
- "Married Man's a Fool" (Blind Willie McTell) – 3:10
- "Jesus on the Mainline" (Traditional) – 4:09
- "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 4:49
Side Two
- "Fool for a Cigarette/Feelin' Good" (Sidney Bailey, J. B. Lenoir, Jim Dickinson) (medley) – 4:25
- "If Walls Could Talk" (Bobby Miller) – 3:12
- "Mexican Divorce" (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) – 3:51
- "Ditty Wah Ditty" (Arthur Blake) – 5:42
Personnel
Songs
1Tamp 'em Up Solid3:22
2Tattler4:19
3A Married Man's a Fool3:14