A Mix as per Usual A Set by Request from Harold Elias // Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin, check out the links at your leisure.
Time
Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
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REQ:Request
BED:Music Played Whilst Talking
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
From the evening of Sunday, June 18, 1967. The original vinyl album was: Side 1: Hendrix, Side 2: Otis Redding // click on the Link above, left, to view it
From Dallas, TX / * - Stands for "Gasoline Powered Clock"; to see the first/local issue of this, click on the Link above, left, to view the single, with a picture sleeve
Song was named for Ada "Bricktop" Smith, an American dancer, jazz singer, vaudevillian, and self-described saloon-keeper who owned the nightclub "Chez Bricktop" in Paris from 1924 to 1961. // Recorded in Paris, November 25, 1937.
In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked this at number 158 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list, one of the few instrumentals to make the list. Also, it was featured in the films 'Jackie Brown' and 'Red' as well as in the BBC television series 'The Pursuit of Love.' /// Click on Link above, left, to view the original single
Many musicians have mentioned being influenced by this album, including bassist Esperanza Spalding, drummer Chester Thompson and vocalist Maurice White of 'Earth, Wind, and Fire'.
* - They were recorded during his first session in Chicago in 1959, and also his last session in NYC in late 1962/ early 1963 for Bobby Robinson's Fire Records group of labels. / Click the Link above, left, to view the original shellac record
