This Is Clarence Carter/The Dynamic Clarence Carter

by Clarence Carter

Overview

Kent's 2016 CD combines Clarence Carter's first two albums for Atlantic -- his 1968 debut This Is Clarence Carter and its 1969 sequel The Dynamic Clarence Carter -- and adds five bonus tracks, all recorded between 1966-1967: "I'm Happy-Go-Lucky," "She Ain't Gonna Do Right," "Take Me, Use Me," "There Won't Be Another Sunset," "I'll Be Over After a While." Carter started having hits quickly, when "Slip Away" -- the single that doesn't appear until the second side of This Is Clarence Carter -- turned into a Top Ten crossover hit, but the 1968 debut makes no overt play for a pop audience, not even when it opens up with a Jimmy Webb tune. It's deep Southern soul through and through, alternating between originals by Carter and tunes by Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn -- an excellent songbook delivered with punch and panache by the FAME crew, all elements that make this one of the finest deep soul albums of the late '60s. The Dynamic Clarence Carter contains a couple of feints toward that crossover audience "Slip Away" brought the singer/songwriter. He covers the Doors' "Light My Fire," Tom T. Hall's "Harper Valley PTA," and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil's "You've Been a Long Time Coming," enough pop material to give this a slightly slicker vibe, but it's still a strong soul album anchored by the funky "Steal Away," a cover of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind," and the bright, snappy "Too Weak to Fight," the biggest hit on this record. Both records are prime Carter -- arguably the two best LPs he made -- and the bonus tracks are of a similarly high grade, making this an excellent disc for serious soul fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/05/2016
Label:	Kent
UPC:	0029667244428

Tracks

1. Do What You Gotta Do
2. Looking for a Fox [Stereo Mix Without Backing Vocals]
3. Slippin' Around With You
4. I'm Qualified
5. I Can't See Myself (Crying About You)
6. Wind It Up
7. Part Time Love
8. Thread the Needle
9. Slip Away
10. Funky Fever
11. She Ain't Gonna Do Right
12. Set Me Free
13. I'd Rather Go Blind
14. Think About It
15. The Road of Love [Duane Allman Version]
16. You've Been a Long Time Coming
17. Light My Fire
18. That Old Time Feeling
19. Steal Away
20. Let Me Comfort You
21. Look What I Got
22. Too Weak to Fight
23. Harper Valley PTA
24. Weekend Love
25. I'm Happy-Go-Lucky
26. She Ain't Gonna Do Right [Demo Version]
27. Take Me, Use Me
28. There Won't Be Another Sunset
29. I'll Be Over After Awhile

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Clarence Carter   Primary Artist,Guitar
Andrew Love   Sax (Tenor)
James Mitchell   Sax (Baritone)
Floyd Newman   Sax (Baritone)
Gene Miller   Trumpet
David Hood   Bass
Wayne Jackson   Trumpet
Roger Hawkins   Drums
Joe Arnold   Sax (Tenor)
Barry Beckett   Organ,Piano
Charles Chalmers   Sax (Tenor)
Duane Allman   Guitar
Marvell Thomas   Organ
Aaron Varnell   Sax (Tenor)
Albert Lowe   Guitar
James Johnson   Guitar
Linden Oldham   Piano
Jimmy Johnson   Guitar

Technical Credits

Loring Eutemey   Cover Design
Rolf Soja   Composer
Jim Morrison   Composer
Clay Hammond   Composer
Jimmy Webb   Composer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Clarence Carter   Composer
Spooner Oldham   Composer
Tony Rounce   A&R
Ellington Jordan   Composer
Dean Rudland   Liner Notes
Robby Krieger   Composer
Jimmy Hughes   Composer
Raymond Moore   Composer
Rick Hall   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Claude Putman Jr.   Composer
Jere Cunningham   Cover Photo
Osbie Burnett McClinton   Composer
Don Covay   Composer
David Patterson   Cover Photo
Quin Ivy   Composer
Ray Manzarek   Composer
Otis Redding   Composer
Tom T. Hall   Composer
Duncan Cowell   Mastering
George Jackson   Composer
Dan Penn   Composer
Marcus Daniel   Composer
William Armstrong   Composer
William S. Fischer   String Arrangements
Barry Mann   Composer
Charles Chalmers   Composer
Etta James   Composer
John Densmore   Composer
Wilbur Terrell   Composer
Donna Rhodes   Composer
Haig Adishian   Design
Peter Zentner   Composer
John Keyes   Composer
Larry Chambers   Composer
Joe Wilson   Composer
Ted Williams   Liner Notes
Melvin Leakes   Composer