SOLOMON BURKE:
Proud Mary - The Bell Sessions

Original release:
CD: Sundazed Music SC 11079 (2000)

Other releases:

CD: Rev-Ola Records 187 (2006)

Tracks 1-10 originally released as 'Proud Mary':
LP:
Bell LP 6033 (May 1969)

  1.
Proud Mary
  2.   These Arms Of Mine
  3.
I'll Be Doggone
  4.
How Big A Fool (Can A Fool Be)
  5.   Don't Wait Too Long
  6.
That Lucky Old Sun
  7.   Uptight Good Woman
  8.   I Can't Stop
  9.    Please Send Me Someone To Love
10.   What Am I Living For
CD bonus tracks (on 'The Bell Sessions' only):
11.   She Thinks I Still Care
12.   I'm Gonna Stay Right Here
13.   The Generation Of Revelations
14.   In The Ghetto
15.   God Knows I Love You
16.   The Mighty Quinn
17.   Change Is Gonna Come

Duane Allman was suspected to play electric slide guitar on track 3.

Duane Allman was also suspected to play electric sitar on tracks 1, 4 & 6, but in a taped interview with Eddie Hinton he mentions that it was him (and not Duane Allman) who plays the electric sitar. It was done at Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals, AL and the sitar was a house instrument there.
In the interview Eddie talks at length about the Proud Mary album, but he does not mention Duane. Probably Eddie Hinton also played the slide guitar on "I'll Be Doggone".

(Thanks to Bruce Schurman for this information)


On March 22, 2014 Scott Cantor spoke with David Hood (in the 1960's studio bassist for FAME and also co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio) and 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). They confirmed that Eddie Hinton played guitar on this album and not Duane Allman.

(Thanks to Scott Cantor for this information)


45 rpm single releases:
Uptight Good Woman / I Can't Stop (Bell 45 759, 1969)

Proud Mary / What Am I Living For (Bell 45 783, 1969)

That Lucky Old Sun / How Big A Fool (Can A Fool Be) (Bell 45 806, 1969)

The Generation Of Revelations / I'm Gonna stay Right Here (Bell 45 829, 1969)

In The Ghetto / God Knows I Love You (Bell 45 891, 1970)