Paradise and Lunch
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Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released on June 8, 1974 on Reprise Records.[1][2] The album is composed of cover versions of jazz, blues and roots standards and obscurities recorded at the Warner Brothers Studios.[1] The final track, "Ditty Wah Ditty," showcases a duet between Cooder and jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines.[3] It was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker.[4] The album reached #167 on the Billboard 200.[5]
The album also includes Cooder's updated arrangement of bluesman Washington Phillips' "The Tattler" that stands out for its guitar playing.[6] It was subsequently covered by Linda Ronstadt on her 1976 album Hasten Down the Wind and by David Soul on his 1977 album Playing To An Audience of One.[7]
In 1990 the album was released on CD,[8] while a remastered version appeared in 2007.[9] It was newly remastered from the original master tapes for a high-resolution SACD in 2017.[10]
Track listing
Side One
- "Tamp 'Em Up Solid" (Traditional) – 3:19
- "Tattler" (Washington Phillips, Ry Cooder, Russ Titelman) – 4:14
- "Married Man's a Fool" (Blind Willie McTell) – 3:10
- "Jesus on the Mainline" (Traditional) – 4:09
- "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 4:49
Side Two
- "Fool for a Cigarette/Feelin' Good" (Sidney Bailey, J. B. Lenoir, Jim Dickinson) (medley) – 4:25
- "If Walls Could Talk" (Bobby Miller) – 3:12
- "Mexican Divorce" (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) – 3:51
- "Ditty Wah Ditty" (Arthur Blake) – 5:42
Personnel
- Ry Cooder – guitar, mandolin, vocals
- Milt Holland – drums, percussion
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Russ Titelman, Chris Ethridge – electric bass
- Ronnie Barron – piano, organ
- Red Callender, John Duke – bass guitar
- Plas Johnson – alto saxophone
- Oscar Brashear – cornet
- Bobby King, Gene Mumford, Bill Johnson, George McCurn, Walter Cook, Richard Jones, Russ Titelman, Karl Russell – voices
- Earl Hines – piano on "Ditty Wah Ditty"[11]
- George Bohanon – horn arrangement
- Nick DeCaro – string arrangement
- Technical
- Russ Titelman, Lenny Waronker – production
- Judy Maizel, Trudy Portch – production coordination
- Lee Herschberg – engineer, mixing
- Bobby Hata, John Neal – assistant engineer
- Susan Titelman (Ry Cooder's wife and Russ Titelman's sister) – cover paintings and photography
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Billboard Top LPs & Tape | 167 |
References
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