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The Righteous Brothers
Soul & Inspiration
From The Original Vinyl LP - Verve V/V6-5001
Side One:
1. Soul & Inspiration
(3:02)
(Mann-Weil) Screen Gems/Columbia Music (BMI)
2. He Will Break Your Heart
(2:49)
(Butler-Mayfield-Carter) Conrad Music (BMI)
3. Stand By
(2:43)
(Medley) Righteous Brothers Inc (BMI)
4. In The Midnight Hour
(2:16)
(Cropper-Pickett) East Publications/Cotillion Music
(BMI)
5. He
(3:00)
(Richard-Mullan) Avas Music Pub. (ASCAP)
6. I'm Leaving It Up To You
(2:15)
(Harris-Terry) Venice Music (BMI)
Side Two:
1. Turn On Your Love Lights
(1:55)
(Malone-Scott) Don Music (BMI)
2. Hey, Girl
(2:45)
(Mann-Weil-Goffin-King) Screen Gems/Columbia Music
(BMI)
3. Mine All Mine
(2:28)
(Medley) Righteous Brothers Inc. (BMI)
4. Change Is Goin' To Come
(2:35)
(Cooke) Kaps Music (BMI)
5. Bring It On Home
(3:00)
(Cooke) Kaps Music (BMI)
6. Rat Race
(Instrumental by The Righteous Brothers Band)
(2:18)
(Bernstein) Famous Music (ASCAP)
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The Righteous Brothers' Band:
Trumpet Section:
1st - Bill King
2nd - Sandford Skinner
3rd - Bob Faust
Trombone - Dick Shearer
Bass - Jim Bond
Guitar - Art Munson
Drums - Drew Johnson
Saxophone - Bill Baker
Piano - Michael Patterson
Produced by: Bill Medley
Arranged by: Bill Baker
Orchestra Conducted by: Michael Patterson
Engineer: Jim Lockert, United Recording Corp.
Album Recorded at: United Recording, Hollywood,
California
Director of Engineering: Val Valentin
A Righteous Brothers Production
Cover Design: Acy Lehman
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Total Music. It is immediate - it is urgent - it is a
concept of singing-performing to alert us to the fact that
something emotionally satisfying is going on. It is, in
fact, the Righteous Brothers.
It is a way of breaking away from preconceived patterns and
creating something new and exciting. It is a way of blending
the sounds of jazz, gospel, rhythm & blues, rock 'n'
roll, spiritual and pop into a musical element that defies
specific categorization but is still identifiable and a
complete entity of its own. It is, and will continue to be,
despite imitation, the Righteous Brothers' way.
At a time in our musical history when it was thought to be
impossible to surprise an audience with any musical form at
all, the Righteous Brothers came along with a style so
individual and so fresh, and yet so honest and so right,
that the audience was jolted into frenzied enthusiasm and
their success was assured. It's been just a little over
three years since Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield, who are
not related, became known as the Righteous Brothers but in
that short time they've made a mark that's long and
lasting.
One hit album has followed another and one hit single has
been succeeded by another and their appearances in theatres,
concerts, night clubs and television have created demands
for return engagements. Total music begets total acceptance
and total recognition.
Think of such history-making singles as
Little Latin Lupe Lu, Koko Joe, Fannie Mae, Try To Find
Yourself Another Man, You've Lost That Loving Feeling,
Just Once In My Life, Hung On You
and their newest hit Soul And Inspiration and you
think of the Righteous Brothers. There is no one else. Just
as there is no one else who could bring total music to this
album, their first for Verve, and make it
Total Entertainment.
And as a bonus, there's a track here by the Righteous
Brothers' Band, the album-closing Rat Race. This is
the same top-brass band that has been much sought after for
an album all its own. Bill and Bobby wanted very much to
have the group cut its first solo side on the Brothers'
first Verve set.
Mike Gross
Associate Editor, Billboard
