The Second Coming (Little Richard album)

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The Second Coming
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell
Little Richard chronology
The King of Rock and Roll
(1971) 		The Second Coming
(1972) 		Right Now!
(1974)

The Second Coming was

Robert "Bumps" Blackwell from his Specialty
days, with them co-writing the majority of the album together. The concept was to unite the best rock studio musicians of the '50s with the best rock studio musicians of the '70s. The album failed to chart.

History

Little Richard's profile was high during this period, with works including a track, "Miss Ann", on the album

Rhino Records
.

Second Coming was recorded in 1972, at the Record Plant, in Los Angeles, California, and employed top 1950s and 1970s players. Whereas the previous Reprise album, King of Rock and Roll was considered to be under-produced and too commercial, the third released album was considered vastly over-produced, yet featuring little of the star himself. To wit, the 7 minute, one-chord instrumental, "Satisfied, Sanctified, Toe-Tapper", was a standout.

Richard recalled: "I left Reprise because I felt that the producers didn't have me at heart. The Rill Thing was a good album. All the Reprise albums were, but they didn't push them. So I left them. It wasn't mutual. I went to Reprise because I felt the company could do something. [...] I think the producers and people who worked there thought I wasn't their main singer."[1] (page 167).

Track listing

All tracks composed by Richard Penniman; except where indicated

  1. "Mockingbird Sally" - 3:41
  2. "Second Line" (Penniman,
    Robert "Bumps" Blackwell
    ) – 4:50
  3. "It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way How You Do It" (Penniman, Pete Kleinman) – 2:45
  4. "The Saints" – 5:03
  5. "Nuki Suki" (Bill Hemmons) – 5:32
  6. "Rockin' Rockin' Boogie" (Penniman, Seabrun Hunter) – 5:28
  7. "Prophet of Peace" – 3:19
  8. "Thomasine" (Penniman, Maybelle Jackson) – 3:11
  9. "Sanctified, Satisfied Toe-Tapper" – 7:12

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1972 Billboard Pop Albums Did not chart

Single

Year Chart Position
Mockingbird Sally/Nuki Suki 1972 Billboard Pop Albums Did not chart

References

  1. ^ White, Charles. (2003). The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography. Omnibus Press.
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