Genre: rock
Rating: 1 start *
Title: Street Man
Company: Buddah
Catalog: BDS-5051
Year: 1969
Country/State: Chicago, Illinois
Grade (cover/record): VG / VG
Comments: minor edge wear; original Buddah inner sleeve
Available: 1
GEMM catalog ID: 4975
Price: $9.00
I have to tell you that I simply don't understand the point behind an exercise like 1969's "Street Man".. Goldberg was certainly a talented guy, but why bother going through the motions on a rote exercise like this? Instrumental renditions of nine popular hits and one Goldberg original (the instantly forgettable 'Sittin' In Circles'); all basically faithful to the original arrangements ... This is about as close to elevator music as you can get without losing all of your credibility. Why bother? Financial problems? Contract you couldn't get out of?
"Street
Man" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) I Got a Woman (instrumental) (Ray Charles) - 2:45
2.) Games People Play (instrumental) (Joe South) - 2:45
3.) Bo Diddley (instrumental) (Bo Diddley) - 2:31
4.) Sittin' In Circles (instrumental) (Barry Goldbreg) - 3:25
5.) Soul Man
(instrumental) (David Porter - Isaac Hayes) - 2:58
(side
2)
1.) Tell Mama (instrumental) (Clarence Carter) - 2:35
2.) Hey Jude (instrumental) (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) - 2:58
3.) Sittin' On the Dock of a Bay (instrumental) (Steve Crooper - Otis Redding) - 3:00
4.) Turn On Your Love Light (instrumental) (D. Malone - J. Scott) - 2:31
5.) Honky Tonk (instrumental) (Doggitt - Butler) - 3:00