Baby I’m for Real! 1971–1974

~ Release by Esther Phillips (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD: From a Whisper to a Scream (1971)
#TitleRatingLength
1Home Is Where the Hatred Is
cover recording of:
Home Is Where the Hatred Is
lyricist and composer:
Gil Scott‐Heron
3:27
2From a Whisper to a Scream
cover recording of:
From a Whisper to a Scream
lyricist and composer:
Allen Toussaint
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
4:15
3To Lay Down Beside You
cover recording of:
To Lay Down Beside You
writer:
Tim Drummond
5:06
4That’s All Right With Me
recording of:
That’s All Right With Me
lyricist and composer:
Mayfield Small
3:20
5’Til My Back Ain’t Got No Bone3:33
6Sweet Touch of Love
cover recording of:
Sweet Touch of Love
lyricist and composer:
Allen Toussaint
3:19
7Baby, I’m for Real4:23
8Your Love Is So Doggone Good4:02
9Scarred Knees
6:24
10Use Me
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Creed Taylor
vocals:
Esther Phillips (Little Esther) (on 1972-07-11)
arranger:
Pee Wee Ellis
cover recording of:
Use Me (on 1972-07-11)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp. (in 1972)
3:53
11I Don’t Want to Do Wrong
cover recording of:
I Don’t Want to Do Wrong
writer:
Katherine Anderson (United States motown singer), Johnny Bristol, William Guest (of Gladys Knight & the Pips), Gladys Knight (soul and r&b music singer-songwriter) and Merald “Bubba” Knight (soul singer and songwriter)
4:18
12Let’s Move and Groove
3:46
13Let Me in Your Life
cover recording of:
Let Me in Your Life
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:40
14Cherry Red
cover recording of:
Cherry Red
writer:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist) and Big Joe Turner
4:38
15I’ve Never Found a Man (To Love Me Like You Do)
3:25
16Alone Again (Naturally)
cover recording of:
Alone Again (Naturally)
lyricist and composer:
Gilbert O’Sullivan
publisher:
Grand Upright Music Ltd. and 渡辺音楽出版 CM事業部 (Watanabe Music Publishing CM division)
3:22
17Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
cover recording of:
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
writer:
Chips Moman and Dan Penn (songwriter, soul singer)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), TRO Essex Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:26
18You and Me Together
cover recording of:
You and Me Together Forever
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Roach
3:16
19Georgia Rose
cover recording of:
Georgia Rose
writer:
Jimmy Flynn, Harry Rosenthal and Alex Sullivan (UK electronic music producer)
5:02
2CD: Black‐Eyed Blues
#TitleRatingLength
1Justified
5:35
2I’ve Only Known a Stranger
3:33
3I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
6:45
4Black‐Eyed Blues
cover recording of:
Black-Eyed Blues
lyricist and composer:
Joe Cocker and Chris Stainton (keyboard player, session musician and songwriter)
6:13
5Too Many Roads
4:37
6You Could Have Had Me, Baby
7:31
7I Feel the Same
cover recording of:
I Feel the Same
lyricist and composer:
Chris Smither (folk musician)
publisher:
Homunculus Music and Poppy Music
8:27
8Performance
cover recording of:
Performance
lyricist and composer:
Allen Toussaint
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
5:27
9Doing Our Thing
3:34
10Disposable Society
5:19
11Living Alone (We’re Gonna Make It)
5:16
12Such a Night
cover recording of:
Such a Night
lyricist and composer:
Mac Rebennack (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter)
3:22
13Can’t Trust Your Neighbor With Your Baby
3:53
14Brother, Brother
cover recording of:
Brother, Brother
lyricist and composer:
Carole King
publisher:
Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc.
2:57
15I Can Stand a Little Rain
3:23
16What a Diff’rence a Day Makes (single edit)3:10