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| Billy Preston |
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| Early Recordings Ten early 45s (mostly instrumentals) and several early LPs (gospel and instrumental) not shown: see 45cat and Discogs links below for these. Here is one of the early LPs, noted here due to arranger being Sly. |
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Wildest Organ In Town! |
| Capitol ST-2532 | |
| 5/66 BB [UK: ?/66] | |
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 Side One | ||
| In The Midnight Hour | Cropper-Pickett | 2:11 |
| Uptight | Cosby-Moy-Wonder | 2:22 |
| A Hard Days Night | Lennon-McCartney | 2:53 |
| Ain't Got No Time To Play | Preston | 2:02 |
| Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things | Holland-Dozier-Holland | 2:29 |
| The Duck | Nelson-Smith | 2:06 |
| Side Two | ||
| Advice | Preston-Stone | 2:25 |
| Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) | Jagger-Richards | 2:40 |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | Brown | 2:29 |
| It's Got To Happen | Preston-Stone | 2:09 |
| Free Funk | Preston-Stone | 2:40 |
| The 'In' Crowd | Page | 2:22 |
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In 1969, Billy records with The Beatles (shares artist credit on Get Back 45) during the ill-fated Let It Be epic; begins great friendship with George. |
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That's The Way God Planned It³ / What About You? Preston (3:22) / Preston (2:05) Apple 1808, 7/69 BB T20 |
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That's The Way God Planned It |
| Apple ST-3359 | |
| 9/69 [UK: 8/69] | |
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| Side One | ||
| Do What You Want | Preston | 3:40 |
| I Want To Thank You† | Preston | 3:10 |
| Everything's Alright | Preston-Troy | 2:41 |
| She Belongs To Me | Dylan | 4:06 |
| It Doesn't Matter | Preston | 2:37 |
| Morning Star | David-Handy | 3:16 |
| Side Two | ||
| Hey Brother† | Kirkland-Preston | 2:30 |
| What About You | Preston | 2:07 |
| Let Us All Get Together Right Now | Preston-Troy | 3:05 |
| This Is It | Preston-Troy | 2:38 |
| Keep It To Yourself† | Preston | 2:35 |
| That's The Way God Planned It (Parts 1 & 2) | Preston | 5:34 |
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Everything's All Right / I Want To Thank You Preston-Troy (2:41) / Preston (3:03) Apple 1814, 10/69 |
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All That I've Got (I'm Gonna Give It To You)¹ / As I Get Older¹ Preston-Troy (3:34) / Preston-Stewart (3:40) Apple 1817, 2/70 |
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Encouraging Words |
| Apple ST-3370 | |
| 11/70 [UK: 9/70] | |
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| Side One | ||
| Right Now | Preston | 3:13 |
| Little Girl | Preston | 3:28 |
| Use What You've Got | Preston | 4:21 |
| My Sweet Lord | Harrison | 3:21 |
| Let The Music Play | Green-Kerkland-Preston | 2:42 |
| The Same Thing Again | Herndon-Preston | 4:32 |
| Side Two | ||
| I've Got A Feeling | Lennon-McCartney | 2:49 |
| Sing One For The Lord | Harrison-Preston | 3:47 |
| When You Are Mine | Preston | 2:44 |
| I Don't Want You To Pretend | Preston | 2:35 |
| Encouraging Words | Preston | 3:32 |
| All Things Must Pass | Harrison | 3:38 |
| You've Been Acting Strange | Williams | 3:20 |
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My Sweet Lord / Little Girl Harrison (3:21) / Preston (3:28) Apple 1826, 12/70 BB |
Where did Billy perform to help his friend form an all-star band ??
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I Wrote A Simple Song |
| A&M SP-3507 | |
| 11/71 BB [UK: 1/72] | |
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| Side One | ||
| Should've Known Better | Greene-Preston | 2:28 |
| I Wrote A Simple Song | Greene-Preston | 3:28 |
| John Henry | Preston-Sam | 3:15 |
| Without A Song | Eliscu-Rose-Youmans | 4:57 |
| The Bus | Greene-Preston | 3:32 |
| Side Two | ||
| Outa-Space | Greene-Preston | 4:08 |
| The Looner Tune | Greene-Kirkland-Preston | 2:47 |
| You Done Got Older | Fisher-Preston | 3:08 |
| Swing Down Chariot | trad | 4:13 |
| God Is Great | Greene-Preston | 3:32 |
| My Country 'Tis Of Thee | trad | 4:27 |
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I Wrote A Simple Song /Outa-Space Greene-Preston (3:28) / Greene-Preston (4:08) A&M 1320, 12/71 BB rereleased Spring 72 with sides flipped, Outa-Space reached #2, 7/8/72 (#44, 9/23/72 in UK) |
Links!
Official Billy Preston website