WILSON PICKETT:
Hey Jude
Original release:
LP: Atlantic SD-33-8215 (1969)
Other releases:
CD: WEA International 80375 (2001)
CD: Atlantic (Europe) 7567-80375-2 (????)
1. Save Me
2. Hey Jude
3. Back In Your Arms
4. Toe Hold
5. Night Owl
6. My Own Style Of Loving
7. A Man And A Half *
8. Sit Down And Talk This Over
9. Search Your Heart
10. Born To Be Wild
11. People Make The World
According to Jimmy Johnson, in the 1960's studio
guitarist and sound engineer for Rick Hall's FAME Studio in Muscle Shoals, AL.
and in 1969 co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Muscle Shoals
Sound Studio, Duane Allman plays on:
track 1: Duane plays lead guitar
track 2: Duane plays lead guitar
track 4: Duane plays lead guitar
track 6: Duane plays lead guitar
track 10: Duane plays lead guitar
* According to Stuart Winkles' article 'Duane Allman - Skydog's Sessions '68 - '71' (published in 'Goldmine' magazine, vol. 12 no. 8, issue 149, April 11, 1986) Duane plays on tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 10, but in the liner notes of the CD 'A Man And A Half - The Best Of Wilson Pickett' is mentioned that the song 'A Man And A Half' was recorded on September 19, 1968 and the guitars were played by Bobby Womack and Jimmy Johnson.
And on page 136 of Tony Fletcher's book 'In The Midnight Hour - The Life & Soul Of Wilson Picket' (Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2017) Bobby Womack and Jimmy Johnson are also mentioned as the guitar players on this track.
45 rpm single releases:
A Man And A Half / People Make The World (What It Is) (Atlantic SD-45-2575,
October/November 1968). Duane Allman doesn't play on these tracks.
Hey Jude / Search Your Heart (Atlantic SD-45-2591,
December 1968). Duane Allman plays on 'Hey Jude'.
Mini-Skirt Minnie / Back In Your Arms (Atlantic SD-45-2611, March 1969). Duane Allman plays on 'Mini-Skirt Minnie'.
Born To Be Wild / Toe Hold (Atlantic SD-45-2631, April 1969). Duane Allman plays on both tracks.
Hey Joe / Night Owl (Atlantic SD-45-2648, June 1969). Duane Allman doesn't play on these tracks.