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Stand by Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get)

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Released
  
1971

Stand By Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) (1971)
  
Shaft (1971)

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genre
  
Soul jazz

Length
  
34:21

Release date
  
1971

Label
  
Mega Records

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Recorded
  
August 12 & 13, 1971 Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City

Artist
  
Pretty Purdie & The Playboys

Similar
  
Purdie Good!, Soul Is Pretty Purdie, Mr Blues Plays Lady Soul

Stand By Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) is an album led by jazz drummer Bernard Purdie which was recorded for the Mega label in 1971.

Contents

Reception

Victor W. Valdivia of Allmusic writes, "Stand by Me is a frustrating album. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie was always an extraordinarily talented musician, but as a bandleader and songwriter, he was inconsistent at best... Stand by Me has some high points, but is not the place for newcomers to discover Purdie's talents".

Track listing

  1. "Stand by Me" (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 4:55
  2. "Modern Jive" (Bernard Purdie, Richard Tee) - 3:18
  3. "Spanish Harlem" (Mike Leiber, Phil Spector) - 3:29
  4. "Artificialness" (Purdie, Gil Scott-Heron) - 3:05
  5. "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Clifton Davis) - 3:00
  6. "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" (Tony Hester) - 5:13
  7. "It's Too Late" (Carole King, Toni Stern) - 4:30
  8. "Funky Mozart" (Purdie, Harold Wheeler, Mort Goode) - 3:00
  9. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) - 3:51

Personnel

  • Bernard Purdie - drums
  • Snooky Young, Gerry Thomas - trumpet
  • Billy Mitchell, Donald Ashworth, Lou Delgatto, Seldon Powell, Warren Daniels - reeds
  • Harold Wheeler - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
  • Neal Rosengarden - harpsichord, tambourine
  • Billy Nichols, Cornell Dupree - guitar
  • Chuck Rainey - electric bass
  • Norman Pride - congas, bongos
  • Carl Hall, Hilda Harris, Norma Jenkins, Tasha Thomas - vocals

    • Production

  • Bob Thiele - producer
  • Gene Paul - engineer

    • Songs

    1Stand By Me4:55
    2Modern Jive3:18
    3Spanish Harlem3:29

    References

    Stand by Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) Wikipedia
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