Elliott Randall - Randall's Island (1970 USA 2011 remaster) | ROCKASTERIA

 Another in the series of albums bought when they came out!

Elliott Randall - Randall's Island (1970 us, fantastic rock vibes blended with experimental jazzy blues funky beats, 2011 remaster)

Elliott Randall - Bustin’  My Brains 

Elliott Randall’s illustrious career has encompassed a wide and varied cross-section of World Musical forms. These include: record production, composition, electronic research and development, lectures and teaching, and of course, a legendary contribution to popular guitar performance and recording.His guitar solos on Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ In The Years” and “Fame” (the motion picture) have entered Rock history annals.

What a strange and interesting crew this was in this debut Randall's Island album! Paul Fleisher and I played together beginning in the early-mid 60′s in NYC niteclubs including Trude Heller’s, The Peppermint Lounge, and The Metropole. He and I co-authored the entire record. I’d known Allen Herman & Bob Piazza for quite a while too – before they joined The Island, they were members of Genya Ravan’s R&B supergroup Ten Wheel Drive. Phillip Namanworth had been playing with Dave Van Ronk & The Hudson Dusters, and brought with him a boogie-thing that was just too contagious! Terry Adams of NRBQ guested on Hammond B-3. 

George Andrews handled the string arrangements; he used to lead a big-band in NYC, which was well… quite an education. Through the ranks of this band came Steve Gadd, The Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn, Lou Soloff, Chuck Rainey, and most of the Island crew. (Like I said – an education.) Andy Muson also guested on 2 tracks; killer jazzer, also played with Albert King for a spell before moving on to a hugely successful studio career in LA. Finally, the legendary Eddie Kramer, engineer/producer extraordinaire – for most of the Jimi Hendrix records, as well as Led Zeppelin, Traffic, and a host of others. 

Elliott Randall

Tracks

1. Sour Flower (Elliott Randall) - 6:29

2. Life in Botanical Gardens (Oh Yes) - 4:06

3. Take Out the Dog and Bark the Cat - 3:47

4. Mumblin' to Myself - 3:29

5. Brother People (Elliott Randall, Bob Piazza, Allen Herman) - 3:00

6. Jolly Green Giant and the Statue of Liberty - 2:50

7. Bustin' My Brains - 4:14

8. All I Am - 7:35 

All compositions by Elliott Randall, Paul Fleisher, except where indicated

Musicians

*Elliott Randall - Guitars , Vocals

*Paul Fleisher - Sax, Flute

*Phillip Namanworth - Piano, Organ

*Terry Adams - Organ, Moog, Piano

*Allen Herman - Drums

*Bob Piazza - Bass, Vocals

*Andy Muson - Bass

*George Andrews - Piano

*Richard Boch - Cello

Still playing live and it is fun to re-listen to this classic album we thought it was SO hip to listen to and way ahead of it’s time . . .sounds so dated now but he is still doing the rounds 

Elliott Randall & Cornell Dupree :: "Later Last Night” (2011)

Elliott says:

Another brief excerpt from my old instructional video, also featuring:

Chris Bishop, bass;

Jamie Oldaker, drums;

Paul Shaffer, B3;

"Midtown Horns":

Al Chez

Marty Kersich

Kevin Osborne

 

On The Couch: God Bless The Child w/ John Tropea & Blue Lou Marini

Again Elliott said "After a 2 year hiatus, I've decided that it's time to revisit my "On The Couch Vids" concept, which I began in the summer of 2006, and try something different.

And what better way to get it moving than to invite 2 life-long buddies, who happened to be "passing through town" with The Original Blues Brothers Band to join me? Blue Lou Marini and John Tropea bring the old New York spirit to my London couch. Yeah. Here we are playing "God Bless the Child”.”

Elliott is 78 currently and still going strong, was ranked as the 40th best guitar solo of all time by the readers of Guitar World magazine and the eighth best guitar solo by Q4 Music