CALLIER, Terry/JERRY BUTLER - Ordinary Joe (reissue) - Vinyl (7")
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information Terry CALLIER/JERRY BUTLER Ordinary Joe (reissue)(7") Outta Sight
Cat: SEV 006. Rel: 7 Dec 20
Funk/Rare Groove
Side 1. Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe Side 2. Jerry Butler - Ordinary Joe
On the latest edition of their excellent Soul Essentials series, Outta Sight has decided to bring together two versions of 'Ordinary Joe', a seemingly perennial favourite written by the late, great Terry Callier. His celebrated 1972 recording - all bold, sing-along choruses, organ stabs, jangling piano and lolloping grooves - breezes its way across side A, while Jerry Butler's earlier version, laid to tape in 1970, sits on side B. His version is much more expansive and musically detailed than Callier's take, with superb production from Gamble & Huff and some brilliant orchestral arrangements courtesy of Donny Hathaway. Both versions are, or course, incredible.
