Frederick Knight – I've Been Lonely For So Long
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Frederick Knight - Vocals, Drums, Piano, Organ, Percussion
Backing Vocals – Sam Dees, The Excavations, Aaron Varnell
Bass, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone – Aaron Varnell
Acoustic Guitar – Glen Wood
Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Eades
Bass – Jesse Boyce, Randy Carmichael
Drums – Eddie Massey, Freeman Brown
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Jesse Carr
Piano, Organ – Herbert Ivey
Rhythm Guitar – Jerry Weaver
Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson
Arranged by Frederick Knight, Aaron Varnell, Dale Warren, Harrison Calloway
Written by Jerry Weaver (A1, B1), Posie Knight (A1), Frederick Knight (A2, A3, A4, A6, B3, B4), Aaron Varnell (A3, A6, B3, B4), Sam Dees (A3, A6), Harrison Calloway (A5), Jesse Boyce (A6), Brenda Yancy (B2), Tommy Tate (B2), Harvey Fuqua (B5), Jackie Beaver (B5), Johnny Bristol (B5)
1LP, standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressing
Label : VMP (Vinyl Me Please) - Classics series
Original Label : Stax
Recorded in 1972–1973 at Sound of Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Engineered by Frederick Knight, Gaston Nichols, Glen Woods, Neal Hemphill, Jerry Weaver
Re-Mixed by Henry Bush, Pete Bishop, William Brown
Produced by Frederick Knight
Lacquer cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
Photography by Frederick Toma, Maldwin Hamlin
Cover Design by Ron Gorden
Originally released in 1973
Reissued in 2021
Tracks:
Side A
- I've Been Lonely For So Long
- This Is My Song Of Love To You
- Take Me On Home Witcha
- Friend
- I Let My Chance Go By
- Your Love's All Over Me
Side B
- Pick'um Up, Put'um Down
- Now That I've Found You
- Lean On Me
- Trouble
- Someday We'll Be Together
Reviews:
“Southern soul rarely if ever sounded so, so good. Simultaneously smooth and raw, “Lonely” has an immediacy that hits you where you live and then sticks around for a little while, taking up space on your sofa.
Frederick Knight’s catchy “I’ve Been Lonely for So Long” was a sizable RB hit on Stax in 1972, and he wrote and produced Anita Ward’s across-the-board smash “Ring My Bell” in 1979. Knight cut his own “I’ve Been Lonely for So Long” in Birmingham, Alabama with a seasoned southern soul crew behind him, and hit again in 1975 with “I Betcha Didn’t Know That“.
Mr. Knight uses his fine falsetto to best effect on the title song, which made it to #8 in the R&B charts in 1972. He also plays piano, organ, drums and percussion all over this self-produced 1973 Stax reissue. The album has plenty of fine songs. “ I Let A Chance Go By” is a wonderful mid-tempo look at regret and misery. Could it be a woman making Frederick so unhappy? Possibly. The vaguely doo-wopish ‘Now That I’ve Found You” is also worth a play or ten. Knight can manage funky, too, as he does on “Your Love’s All Over Me/ Take Me On Home Witcha/ Pick ‘Um Up, Put ‘Um Down”. His cover of ‘Someday We’ll Be Together” is great.
Frederick Knight was one of the many crooning Soul singers that signed to Stax. The title cut is a perfect example of his style with its light and catchy air led by Knight’s singing and the guitar. Trouble is in a similar vein. On the other hand, Friend and Lean On Me show a down home southern Soul feel to them, while ‘Take Me On Home Witcha” and “I Let My Change Go By” are more upbeat numbers. There’s also “Your Love’s All Over Me” and “Pick Um Up, Put Um Down” that get a little funky, especially the former track that has a little James Brown in it. Knight is even able to add his how style to the Motown song “Someday We’ll Be Together” that ends the album. The funky numbers are an added bonus, but it’s really the Soul of the record that holds its value.” FunkMySoul Review
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.35 / 5