Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Johnny 'Hammond' Smith - The Stinger Meets The Golden Thrush



Johnny 'Hammond' Smith with Byrdie Green - The Stinger Meets The Golden Thrush - Prestige PR 7464 - Prestige Original Pressing, Stereo, Blue Trident Label

Johnny 'Hammond' Smith - Organ
Houston Person - Tenor Sax
Otis Sutton - Alto Sax
Eddie McFadden - Guitar
Leo Stevens - Drums
Byrdie Green - Vocals on A2, B2

Recorded - [not listed on sleeve, but according to major Prestige discographies - January 4, 1966,Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ]

Produced by Cal Lampley
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Cover Design - Don Schlitten
Cover Photo - Gai Terrel

Released - May 28, 1966

This is another gem from the Prestige Soul Jazz archives: Johnny Hammond Smith's The Stinger Meets The Golden Thrush! This is genius stuff - yes perhaps formulaic at times, but the Hammond groove is ever so appealing with nice contributions by Houston Person and Otis Sutton on horns. Although the jazz-blues singer Byrdie Green is credited here as co-leader of this side, it's a bit misleading as she only appears on 2 tracks,- A2 and B2. Extremely difficult to track down, this side has been little heard since its first release in 1966, and never released on CD. Solid fidelity (with some extraneous surface noise, unfortunately) off the original heavy Prestige stereo vinyl.

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9 comments:

  1. LPRMarch 8, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Wow, fantastic! Difficult to track down, indeed.
    Many thanks!

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  2. BillMarch 8, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    Yet again you`ve done the business!! Can`t thank you enough for tracking down and sharing this good stuff.

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  3. ajnabi1957March 8, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    An amazing blog. Learning lots about Argo/Cadet and the Chicago sound. And of course your infatuation with Hammond players is wonderful too. Thank you very much for opening up a new aspect of music.

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  4. NH manMarch 8, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    Beautiful! Thanks.

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  5. Ian GMarch 9, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    Excellent! Only had the Sleeve, now the album, another rare treasure!

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  6. the jazzstronautMarch 9, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    Always a pleasure to discover another Johnny Hammond Smith. Many thanks.

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  7. AndyMarch 10, 2011 at 6:35 AM

    Amazing! Where do you get this stuff,fantastic.Thanks.

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  8. GubberMarch 14, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    Wow and wow again. I had to look up my Google account because I wanted to say thanks. I have learned a pile from this site and I hope to learn much more. damn just Wow!!!

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  9. PhiloMarch 25, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    Always nice to have some more Johnny Hammond Smith.

    Thanks.

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