Wilson Pickett - 1966 - The Wicked Pickett
Posted by nikos1109
A fabulous album, done when Pickett was in the midst of his best period at Atlantic. It had everything, great songs, wonderful production and arrangements, and a hungry, galvanizing Wilson Pickett hollering, screaming, shouting, and soaring on anything he covered, from ballads to uptempo dance and midtempo wailers.
This is a @320 vinyl rip of the original Atlantic LP including covers
Tracks
A1 Mustang Sally 3:04
A2 New Orleans 2:32
A3 Sunny 3:16
A4 Everybody Needs Somebody To Love 2:16
A5 Ohh Paa Pah Doo 2:37
A6 She Ain’t Gonna Do Right 2:14
B1 Knock On Wood 2:40
B2 Time Is On My Side 2:31
B3 Up Tight Good Woman 2:29
B4 You Left The Water Running 2:31
B5 Three Time Loser 2:19
B6 Nothing You Can Do 2:14
Review by J. P. Ryan
Wilson Pickett was one of the most dynamic, exuberant, and compelling soul singers of his generation. At his creative and commercial peak he recorded a dozen albums for Atlantic (including two hits compilations - and I’m not counting two various artist sets that each featured a pair of riveting Pickett live performances), released during 1964 - 72, when he left the label for a rather misguided period at RCA that, along with changing popular tastes, led his career to nosedive. But those Atlantic albums (which in the beginning included some earlier material, dating as far back as the Falcons’ 1961 “I Found A Love”) are all worthwhile, ranging from very good to classic. “The Wicked Pickett” is Pickett’s third for the label, a terrific set mostly recorded at Rick Hall’s Fame Studios in October 1966. As such it has a consistency of feel lacking in some of the artist’s more randomly compiled (but still worthwhile) sets, like the debut “In The Midnight Hour” or 1968’s “Midnight Mover.” With Hall and Tom Dowd overseeing a core band that includes Chips Moman, Roger Hawkins, Spooner Oldham, and Tommy Cogbill (the horn section includes Floyd Newman and Charles Chalmers) the emphasis is on deep Southern soul, slinky mid-tempo funk and the occasional rave-up. The hits include the immortal ‘Mustang Sally’ and a revved up ‘Everybody Needs Somebody To Love’. ‘Sunny’, the suave Bobby Hebb hit, is the wild card, but Pickett’s version works, and as always it is a pleasure to hear the artist’s distinctive, blistering take on New Orleans r & b (Jessie Hill’s ‘Ooh Poo Pah Do’ and Gary “U.S.” Bond’s slinky ‘New Orleans’) - Pickett transforms the usually relaxed, laconic character that typifies the city’s r & b and funk.
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Biography and discography on Wikipedia
Buy the vinyl from Ebay and the CD from Amazon. A Japan CD reissue along with a lot of vinyl copies can be found on Gemm.
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January 3rd, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Thanks, but the link doesn’t work!
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:22 pm
link for mr wilson pickett?
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Nobody does it better than Wilson!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:07 am
Thanks for a great album.
Best wishes for 2010.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Thanks nicos
January 4th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Respect. Never heard this before, much appreciato!
January 4th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Thanks!
January 4th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Great start!
/Lafayette
January 4th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Thanks!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
i cant wait to hear this wilson album thank u nikos and happy new year
January 4th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Another BIG SOUL>>>>Keep ‘dem’ Pouring
Big UP1@1
January 5th, 2010 at 12:58 am
Superb artist. I only had a ‘greatest hits’. What I like most is his passionate style of singing! Much love.
January 5th, 2010 at 1:49 am
Awesome! Thank you!
January 5th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
The one & only Wilson Pickett. It seems I missed this one so thank you very much.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Thank you.A monster has come to my hard disk ,one of my all time favourites.Thanx again
January 6th, 2010 at 4:20 am
Really good choice, thanx 4 the gems
January 6th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Amazing performer!
January 6th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
thank you very much! i love wilson and this is him at his best!
January 7th, 2010 at 3:08 am
Classic. Like it so much.
January 7th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Wonderful. Pure class as usual! Please keep it up for 2010.
January 8th, 2010 at 12:52 am
Thaqnks, much appreciated.
January 8th, 2010 at 3:11 am
Simply amazing share. God bless you.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:01 am
happy new year nikos…and thanks for that beautiful lp…pure pleasure
January 8th, 2010 at 5:16 am
and ty to jp…for his review…what a soul team…Respect
January 8th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
To those that either do not know who Wilson Pickett is or may ignore one of the greatest artists ever, i like to remind : ‘One of the most popular black singers of the ’60s, Wilson Pickett helped introduce the aggressive style of rhythmic style of soul music. Aided immeasurably by the excellent studio bands backing him at the Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and The Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals Alabama, Pickett scored a series of R&B and pop hits on Atlantic Records between 1963 and 1972 that included “In the Midnight Hour,” “Mustang Sally,” and “Funky Broadway.” Wilson Pickett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.’
January 9th, 2010 at 12:27 am
His best album ever, still got my original UK. vinyl copy.
January 9th, 2010 at 5:17 am
The Wicked Pickett. Damn, Eddie Murphy would love this download. A true legend in the vein of Otis Redding….rawness magnified. Thanks for the education to some and reliving the goodtimes to others.
January 9th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Welcome back El Slick. He looks like Eddie on the cover.. So true.. A legend.
January 9th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
thanx for starting the new year with this bomb. I´ve really forgot this gem. thanx for giving it back to me!!!
January 10th, 2010 at 1:03 am
In the 60s most of the great black singers were directly related to the Rock ‘n’ Roll. Wilson Pickett was one of them and it was no coincidence that several of his songs were covered by artists of Rock. Thanks for sharing.
January 10th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Salut,
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Nous serions heureux que vous en fassiez de même.
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Les Cuistots
January 10th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Dope! Thank u Bro.
January 11th, 2010 at 4:04 am
Hello - Havent listened to this album yet but just wanted to leave a general comment…although i imagine you wouldnt consider running this blog and putting these albums out there for the musically malnurished general public a chore just want to say thanks for the years of dedication you’ve put in
apart from a small niche area of house i dont understand todays popular music. it lacks everything this stuff contains. i’ve only really been opened up to this style in the past years or so, mainly through two producers called Moodymann & Theo Parrish, they make house but the good kind of house. it all stems from this
anyway i’m going on a bit for no particular reason!!! just wanted to say cheers!
this blog is in my favourites and i will be checking it out on the regs x
January 11th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Great! Nice to hear the whole album,thanks for sharing
January 14th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Another sublime entry Nikos. The Wicked Pickett was certainly something to be seen live from the little footage I’ve seen - electric !! Will lap this LP up from the prolific gent. It’s a shame that that style of gritty earthy singing that was so popular around this time seemed to lose favour with the advent of sophistisoul. Maybe the two weren’t compatible, like mixing moonshine and a cafe latte, although new artists like Teddy P & Peoples Choice, did buck that trend. Either way, thanks again Nikos for keeping the candle burning.
January 19th, 2010 at 2:09 am
Classic LP, nice site
January 21st, 2010 at 3:43 pm
EXCELLENT post! Thank you for sharing
February 18th, 2010 at 8:17 am
Thanks so much for this gem. Wonder if anybody has the original Mustang Sally by Sir Mack Rice?
February 20th, 2010 at 1:48 am
enjoy the original Mustang Sally
http://rapidshare.com/files/353048351/sir_mack_rice___mustang_sally.rar
February 20th, 2010 at 6:03 am
Ha Ha! Decided to give to everybody I see!
March 7th, 2010 at 12:45 am
I want to thank you for this - and for all the wonderful music you post. You’ve become one of the mainstays of my listening pleasure. I really can’t thank you enough
July 30th, 2010 at 12:45 am
is it just me or but the sound on this one sound like it was recorded in a school hall. distant and unclear, backing vocals indecipherable ?