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Some
Soul singers garnish a reputation that borders on the hysterical – Luther
Ingram, James Carr and even white boy Eddie Hinton spring to mind – and Macon
Georgia’s Howard Tate is one of them. His album came into existence in 1967 –
was reissued in 1969 with a slightly different track running order and then
(like him) disappeared into virtual obscurity for nearly 30 years. But luckily
for us – up steps Harvey Weinger at Hip-O Select who has saved the day and
these fabulous torch-Soul sides for posterity. Here are the coiffured down-home
details…
US
released March 2007 as a numbered limited edition CD of 5000 – "Get It
While You Can – The Complete Legendary Verve Sessions" by HOWARD TATE is
on Hip-O Select B0002210-02 (no Barcode) and its 29-tracks break down as follows (74:55
minutes):
1. Ain't Nobody Home
2. Part-Time Love
3. Glad I Knew Better
4. How Blue Can You Get
5. Get It While You Can
6. Baby, I Love You
7. I Learned It All The Hard Way
8. Everyday Have The Blues
9. How Come My Bulldog Don't Bark
10. Look At Granny Run Run
Tracks
1 to 10 are his Debut Album "Get It While You Can" – it was released April 1967 in the USA on Verve V-5022 (Mono) and Verve V6-5022 (Stereo). The STEREO mix is used here
(all the singles are the Mono variant).
BONUS TRACKS:
11. Stop
12. Sweet Love Child - two STEREO
tracks that were added onto the February 1969 US reissue LP of "Get It While You Can" on Verve Records
V6-5072 (it also had different artwork which is on the first page of the
booklet).
13. Ain't Nobody Home
14. How Come My Bulldog Don't
Bark – the A&B sides of a June 1966 US 7" single on Verve VK
10420 (Mono)
15. Look At Granny Run Run
16. Half A Man –
the A&B sides of a December 1966 US 7" single on Verve VK 10464
(Mono)
17. Get It While You Can
18. Glad I Knew Better – the A&B
sides of a March 1967 US 7" single on Verve VK 10496 (Mono)
19. Baby, I Love You
20. How Blue Can You Get – the A&B sides of a May 1967 US 7" single on Verve VK 10525 (Mono)
21. I Learned It All The Hard Way
22. Part-Time
Love – the A&B sides of an August 1967 US 7" single on Verve VK
10567 (Mono)
23. Stop
24. Shoot 'Em All Down – the A&B
sides of a December 1967 US 7" single on Verve VK 10573 (Mono)
25. Everyday I Have The Blues
26. Night Owl –
the A&B sides of a June 1968 US 7" single on Verve VK 10604 (Mono)
27. Sweet Love Child
28. I'm Your Servant – the A&B sides of
a November 1968 US 7" single on Verve VK 10625 (Mono)
29. Give Me Some Courage - an alternate mix first issued in
1995 on the Mercury Chronicles CD set "Get It While You Can: The Legendary
Sessions". It is freshly mixed for this CD.
Hip-O
Select have used a favorite remaster engineer of mine – SUHA GUR. He's had his
hand in many great Soul reissues (especially on the Motown front) and received
unanimous praise for them all. The sound is fantastic – punchy, present and
full of sock-it-to-em emotion. It's housed in a three-way fold-out card digipak
and is numbered in Gold to 5000 on the rear. The 20-page booklet has
contributions from long time fan Harvey Weinger and musical associate, mentor
and album Producer Jerry Ragovoy. It also reproduces the original liner notes
from both issues of the album and well as track-by-track annotation.
Most
white boys like me will know "Get It While You Can" and "Look At Granny Run
Run" from Janis Joplin and Ry Cooder (both songs penned by the dynamic duo of
Jerry Ragovoy and Mort Shuman). "Get It While You Can" got soul-rocked on
Janis Joplin's sublime and last full studio album "Pearl" in 1971 while Ry Cooder did a furiously
funny version of "Look At Granny Run Run" on his fabulous Americana "Bop Til
You Drop" album in 1979. Even Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills
covered "Stop" on their wicked Blues Rock album "Super Session" in 1968.
I
love the huge feel of the STEREO album – tracks like "Glad I Knew Better" sound
just amazing – instruments and his aching Little Richard-esque vocals leaping
out of the speakers (lyrics from it title this review). Both "Stop" and "Sweet
Love Child" added on in 1969 only made an already perfect album even better.
I
have the "Howard Tate" album he made on Atlantic in 1972 on the "Atlantic
Soul Legends" 20-CD Mini Box Set issued in 2012 (see separate review) that
is a cracker as well.
Beautiful
stuff and one of the reasons why Hip-O Select of the USA were and still are held in such affection by Soul
fans and R&B collectors. Here in late 2026, this CD rarity has been expensive to buy on the used market for over 20-years - so root about for the best price, but be prepared to pay...
