Little Richard and Here's Little Richard on Numbered Limited-Edition Hybrid SACD from Mobile Fidelity 

Two Classic Late 1950s Albums on one SACD

Good Golly! Original Versions of Little Richard’s Biggest Hits! 

Here's Little Richard Ranks #50 on Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Albums of All Time

The Architect of Rock n’ Roll. The Georgia Peach. The Originator. The Living Flame. Call him what you want. Little Richard stands alone in the history books. The man who inspired legions to pursue music, blurred racial lines, and sent America into an uproar over his mix of church music, R&B beats, blaring vocals, and New Orleans-fired boogie-woogie recorded some of the most iconic songs and sounds ever heard, then or now.

James Brown called Little Richard his idol. Jimi Hendrix yearned to play guitar like Little Richard sang. Bob Dylan aspired to play in Little Richard’s band. The Beatles covered his songs during their early days in Liverpool. Rolling Stone named him the eighth greatest artist of all-time—and those that preceded the raucous pianist were all influenced by his innovative presence, sexual abandon, and untamed energy. Make no mistake about why he claims more classics—“Tutti Frutti,” “Ready Teddy,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Rip It Up,” “Jenny Jenny,” “Keep a Knockin’,” “Good Golly Miss Molly,” “The Girl Can’t Help It”—that belong in the standard rock repertoire than anyone.

All of those songs—as well as 16 more timeless tunes that comprise the entirety of 1957’s Here’s Little Richard and 1958’s Little Richard—are here, each remastered from the original analog master tapes. For the first time, the sheer exuberance, ferocious urgency, and joyous passion of all of the singer’s moans, screams, yelps, shouts, whoos, and impromptu interjections come alive with high-voltage detail and colorful immediacy. Richard’s vocal outbursts and visceral piano notes swing in time with the jumpy rhythms, funky saxophone lines, and jaunty percussion like never before. This is as explosive, engaging, and lively as early rock n’ roll can sound. The results confirm why we spend so much time and effort to get the music just right. This is history.

This two-fer of Here’s Little Richard and Little Richard is part of Mobile Fidelity’s commitment to presenting essential titles from rock’s early pioneers in the highest fidelity possible. Be sure to get your lowest-numbered copy of this title as well as limited edition 24K Gold CDs of Chuck Berry’s From St. Louis to Liverpool and Roy Orbison’s The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison from Music Direct today!

Little Richard Here’s Little Richard and Little Richard Track Listing:

1. Tutti Frutti (2:26) (Penniman-Blackwell-La Bostrie)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ September 14, 1955

2. True, Fine Mama (2:43) (Penniman)
Recorded at Radio Recorders ~ Los Angeles, CA ~ October 29, 1955

3. Can’t Believe You Wanna’ Leave (2:27) (Price)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ August 1, 1955

4. Ready Teddy (2:08) (Blackwell-Marascalco) Chrysalis Standards/Cherry River/Elvis Presley/Sony-ATV
Recorded at J&M Studios, New Orleans, LA ~ May 9, 1956

5. Baby (2:05) (Penniman)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ September, 14, 1955

6. Slippin’ And Slidin’ (2:40) (Penniman-Bogage-Collins-Smith) Bess/Sony-ATV
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ February 7, 1956

7. Long Tall Sally (2:10) (Johnson-Blackwell-Penniman)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ February 7, 1956

8. Miss Ann (2:18) (Penniman-Johnson)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ February 7, 1956

9. Oh Why? (2:09) (Scott)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ February 9, 1956

10. Rip It Up (2:23) (Blackwell-Marascalco)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ May 9, 1956

11. Jenny Jenny (2:02) (Johnson-Penniman)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ October 15, 1956

12. She’s Got It (2:27) (Marascalco-Penniman)
Recorded at Master Recorders ~ Los Angeles, CA ~ September 6, 1956

13. Keep A Knockin’ (2:18)(Penniman-Williams-Mays) Sony-ATV/Universal-MCA
Recorded at an unknown radio station ~ Washington D.C. ~ January 16, 1957

14. By The Light Of the Silvery Moon (2:05)(Edwards-Madden) Warner Bros.
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ October 16, 1956

15. Send Me Some Lovin’ (2:20) (Price-Marascalco)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ October 16, 1956

16. I’ll Never Let You Go (2:18) (Penniman)
Recorded at Master Recorders ~ Los Angeles, CA ~ October 18, 1957

17. Heeby-Jeebies aka Heebie Jeebies (2:13) (Jackson-Marascalco)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ July 30, 1956

18. All Around The World (2:27) (Blackwell-Millet)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ July 31, 1956

19. Good Golly, Miss Molly (2:08) (Marascalco-Blackwell) Third Story/Cedds/Robin Hood/Jondura
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ October 15, 1956

20. Baby Face (2:15) (Davis-Akst)Denny Davis/B & G Akst
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ October 16, 1956

21. Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey (2:05) (Penniman)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ May 9, 1956

22. Ooh! My Soul (2:06) (Penniman)
Recorded at unknown radio station ~ Washington D.C. ~ January 16, 1957

23. The Girl Can’t Help It (2:32) (Troup) EMI Robbins
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ October 16, 1956

24. Lucille (2:23) (Collins-Penniman)
Recorded at J&M Studios ~ New Orleans, LA ~ July 30, 1956