Leon Russell (album)

Leon Russell
Studio album by Leon Russell
Released	23 March 1970 (US); 24 April 1970 (UK)
Recorded	September 1969 – January 1970
Studio	Olympic Studios, London; Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles; Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles; Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles and Ardent Studios, Memphis[1]
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	38:47
Label	Shelter Records (US); A&M (UK)
Producer	Denny Cordell & Leon Russell
Leon Russell chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Leon Russell is the debut solo album by the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leon Russell. It followed his debut with the Midnight String Quartet and a production by Russell and Marc Benno billed as the Asylum Choir.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Leon Russell except where indicated

"A Song for You" – 4:08
"Dixie Lullaby" (Russell, Chris Stainton) – 2:35
"I Put a Spell on You" – 4:12
"Shoot Out on the Plantation" – 3:13
"Hummingbird" – 4:02
"Delta Lady" – 4:05
"Prince of Peace" (Russell, Greg Dempsey) – 3:05
"Give Peace a Chance" (Russell, Bonnie Bramlett) – 2:23
"Hurtsome Body" – 3:39
"Pisces Apple Lady" – 2:53
"Roll Away the Stone" (Russell, Dempsey) – 3:10

The CD re-issue contains the following bonus tracks:

"Masters of War" (Bob Dylan) – 1:24
"New Sweet Home Chicago" (Russell, Marc Benno) – 3:11
"Jammin' with Eric" (Russell, Eric Clapton) – 4:14
"Indian Girl" – 4:08
"Shoot Out on the Plantation" (piano version) – 3:31
"(Can't Seem To) Get a Line on You" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:16

Personnel

Leon Russell - piano, guitar, bass guitar, vocals
Buddy Harman - drums
Klaus Voormann - bass guitar, track 13^[3]
Mick Jagger - vocals
George Harrison - guitar^[4] tracks 2,4,9^[3]
Ringo Starr - drums^[4] tracks 2,4,9^[3]
Alan Spenner - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums, track 11^[3]
Bill Wyman - bass guitar, track 11^[3]
Delaney Bramlett - guitar
Eric Clapton - guitar, tracks 7,13,14^[3]
Jim Horn - saxophone
Bonnie Bramlett - vocals
Steve Winwood - keyboards, track 11^[3]
Jim Gordon - drums
Chris Stainton - keyboards, tracks 2,9^[3]
B.J. Wilson - drums, track 9^[3]
Joe Cocker - vocals
Merry Clayton - vocals
Jon Hiseman - drums, track 13^[3]

Technical

Leon Russell - producer
Denny Cordell - producer
Glyn Johns - engineer, mixing
Tom Wilkes - design
Jim McCrary - photography

References

↑ "Leon Russell - Leon Russell". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
↑ Leon Russell at AllMusic
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hopkins, Jerry (21 January 1970). "Winwood, Watts & Starr as Sidemen". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (50): 8.
1 2 Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1977). "1970: And God Had Indigestion". All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975 (2nd ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 87. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.

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[1] "Leon Russell - Leon Russell". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[2] Leon Russell at AllMusic

[RS-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hopkins, Jerry (21 January 1970). "Winwood, Watts & Starr as Sidemen". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (50): 8.

[ATN-4] 1 2 Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1977). "1970: And God Had Indigestion". All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975 (2nd ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 87. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.