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Paradise and Lunch

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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 andThe 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

  1. "Tamp 'Em Up Solid" (Traditional) – 3:19
  2. "Tattler" (Washington Phillips, Ry Cooder, Russ Titelman) – 4:14
  3. "Married Man's a Fool" (Blind Willie McTell) – 3:10
  4. "Jesus on the Mainline" (Traditional) – 4:09
  5. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 4:49

Side Two

  1. "Fool for a Cigarette/Feelin' Good" (Sidney Bailey, J. B. Lenoir, Jim Dickinson) (medley) – 4:25
  2. "If Walls Could Talk" (Bobby Miller) – 3:12
  3. "Mexican Divorce" (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) – 3:51
  4. "Ditty Wah Ditty" (Arthur Blake) – 5:42

Personnel

  • Ry Cooder - guitars, mandolin, vocals
  • Milt Holland – drums, percussion
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Russ Titelman, Chris Ethridge – electric bass
  • Ronnie Barron – piano, organ
  • Red Callender, John Duke – bass
  • Plas Johnson – alto saxophone
  • Oscar Brashear – cornet
  • Bobby King, Gene Mumford, Bill Johnson, George McCurn, Walter Cook, Richard Jones, Russ Titelman, Karl Russell – voices
  • Earl Hines - piano on "Ditty Wah Ditty"
  • George Bohanon - horn arrangement
  • Nick DeCaro - string arrangement
  • Susan Titleman (Ry Cooder's wife) – cover paintings and photography

    • Songs

    1Tamp 'em Up Solid3:22
    2Tattler4:19
    3A Married Man's a Fool3:14

    References

    Paradise and Lunch Wikipedia
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