Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker! (1969)

Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker! (1969)

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Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker!

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Side one

1. "Dear Landlord"   Bob Dylan   3:23

2. "Bird on the Wire"   Leonard Cohen   4:30

3. "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"   Lloyd Price   2:15

4. "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"   John Lennon, Paul McCartney   2:37

5. "Hitchcock Railway"   Don Dunn, Tony McCashen   4:41

Side two

6. "That's Your Business Now"   Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton   2:56

7. "Something"   George Harrison   3:32

8. "Delta Lady"   Leon Russell   2:51

9. "Hello, Little Friend"   Russell   3:52

10. "Darling Be Home Soon"   John Sebastian   4:49

Total length:   35:26

Outtakes released as B-sides

1. "She's So Good to Me"   Cocker, Stainton   2:56

2. "Let It Be"   Lennon, McCartney   5:05

Joe Cocker Band Members / Musicians

Joe Cocker – vocals

Chris Stainton – piano, organ

Leon Russell - piano, organ, guitar

Henry McCullough, Clarence White – guitar

Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar

Alan Spenner – bass guitar

Bruce Rowland, Paul Humphrey (miscredited as "Paul Humphries") – drums

Milt Holland – percussion

Merry Clayton, Bonnie Bramlett, Rita Coolidge, Patrice Holloway, Sherlie Matthews – background vocals

Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA, and Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA, 1969

Produced by Denny Cordell and Leon Russell

Engineered by Henry Lewy, Brian Ingoldsby

Remixed and remastered by Glyn Johns

Joe Cocker! is the 2nd studio album by English singer Joe Cocker, released in November 1969. Following the template of his first LP, the album features numerous covers of songs originally performed by Bob Dylan ("Dear Landlord"), the Beatles ("She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" and "Something" – both released almost simultaneously with original versions; "Let It Be" was also recorded and released as a B-side), Leonard Cohen ("Bird on the Wire"), and future touring partner Leon Russell ("Delta Lady"). Cocker also co-wrote one song, "That's Your Business Now", with Chris Stainton, who was also his writing partner in later years.

Cocker is backed by the Grease Band, who appeared on his first album and backed the singer at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969. However, Cocker would part ways with the group following the release of this record, citing a reluctance to tour; when they needed to meet live commitments in America, Cocker decided to organise a new band (the Mad Dogs and Englishmen) with the help of keyboardist Leon Russell, heralding a new musical direction for the singer on his subsequent studio releases.