Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter - Vinyl (Limited Edition)

As the Academy Award-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom made abundantly clear, Merry Clayton is one of the greatest and most distinguished female backup singers in rock and soul history, having sung with everybody from Bobby Darin to Ray Charles to Joe Cocker to Linda Ronstadt to Neil Young to Lynyrd Skynyrd (on quot;Sweet Home Alabamaquot;). But her most famous vocal turn, of course, was her 1969 duet (quot;It's just a shot away!quot;) with Mick Jagger on quot;Gimme Shelter.quot; The notoriety she gained from that led to a recording contract with Lou Adler's Ode label, and to this 1970 debut solo record, which took it's title from the Stones track and featured Merry's own hit solo version of the song. But don't stop there-produced by Adler, arranged by the great Gene Page, and featuring Billy Preston on keyboards, this album is an overlooked soul classic, with Merry's indomitable voice taking songs like James Cleveland's quot;Here Come Those Heartaches Again,quot; The Doors' quot;Tell All the People,quot; and James Taylor's quot;Country Roadquot; to dizzying heights (she also turns quot;Bridge over Troubled Waterquot; into the sanctified gospel hymn it truly is).

As the Academy Award-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom made abundantly clear, Merry Clayton is one of the greatest and most distinguished female backup singers in rock and soul history, having sung with everybody from Bobby Darin to Ray Charles to Joe Cocker to Linda Ronstadt to Neil Young to Lynyrd Skynyrd (on "Sweet Home Alabama"). But her most famous vocal turn, of course, was her 1969 duet ("It's just a shot away!") with Mick Jagger on "Gimme Shelter." The notoriety she gained from that led to a recording contract with Lou Adler's Ode label, and to this 1970 debut solo record, which took it's title from the Stones track and featured Merry's own hit solo version of the song. But don't stop there-produced by Adler, arranged by the great Gene Page, and featuring Billy Preston on keyboards, this album is an overlooked soul classic, with Merry's indomitable voice taking songs like James Cleveland's "Here Come Those Heartaches Again," The Doors' "Tell All the People," and James Taylor's "Country Road" to dizzying heights (she also turns "Bridge over Troubled Water" into the sanctified gospel hymn it truly is).

Performer	Merry Clayton
Music genre	Rock, Gospel
Music release type	Debut Album
Media format	LP
Original release date	1970
Edition	Limited Edition
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Record label	WEA
Music producer	Lou Adler
Track name	Gimme Shelter
Music media format	Vinyl Record
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N