{"id":2957,"date":"2012-07-24T16:13:17","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T21:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2012-09-08T16:01:55","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T21:01:55","slug":"billy-preston-greazee-pts12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2957","title":{"rendered":"Billy Preston – Greazee Pts1&2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Billy Preston – Greazee Pt1 <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Billy Preston – Greazee Pt2 <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Greetings all, and welcome to the middle of another steamy, summer week..<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The cuts I bring you today represent a record I knew of for years, but only just managed to score a copy of within the last few months.<\/p>\n

You already know I dig the sounds of Billy Preston<\/strong>, from hit hitmaking era in the early 70s back through his Hammond wrangling days of the 60s.<\/p>\n

The record we feature today goes back to the very beginnings of the first part of Preston\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

The song \u2018Greazee Pts 1&2\u2019 was the very first record Preston had released under his own name.<\/p>\n

Recorded in 1963 under the aegis of Sam Cooke<\/strong> and JW Alexander<\/strong>, on the Derby subsidiary of Cooke\u2019s SAR label, \u2018Greazee Pts 1&2\u2019 was also included on the self-explanatory LP \u2018The 16 Year Old Soul of Billy Preston\u2019.<\/p>\n

Even at that young age, Preston was already something of a veteran, having played behind artists like Mahalia Jackson, Little Richard<\/strong> and Ray Charles.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Greazee Pts 1&2\u2019 is a remarkably tight slice of Hammond R&B from one so young.<\/p>\n

Part One is mostly an organ feature with Preston and Earl Palmer<\/strong> setting the groove in a loping waltz time. Part Two picks up the pace and grooves even harder. I\u2019d love to know who the guitarist is trading licks with Preston.<\/p>\n

Preston would go on to record organ features for Vee Jay (\u2018Billy\u2019s Bag\u2019 would go on to become a Northern Soul fave) and Capitol, where he worked with Sly Stone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Greazee Pts 1&2\u2019 would go on to be issued in the UK in the late 60s on Dave Godin\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Soul City\u2019 imprint.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the cut, and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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