Have You Been Good To Yourself
Label | Light In The Attic – LITA 127-1Light In The Attic – LITA 127 |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress |
Barcode | 0826853012713 |
Country | US |
Released | 2021 |
Genre | Folk, World, & Country |
Style | Gospel |
Beautiful mix of spoken word and gospel songs, originally only put out on cassette!Followers of Light in the Attic output might have a pang of recognition on reading the name Frierson. That was the surname of Wendy Rene, whose work was collected into the 2012 LITA anthology After Laughter Comes Tears, and indeed, Johnnie Frierson is Wendy's brother - a fellow member of her mid-'60s Stax four-piece The Drapels.But Have You Been Good To Yourself will come as a surprise to anyone expecting more of the beat-driven R&B Johnnie and his sibling produced - including that compilation's much-sampled title track. A mix of spoken word and gospel songs laid down direct to cassette, these ultra-rare home recordings draw from Johnnie's religious upbringing and his history in the music business, which was interrupted in 1970 when he was sent to fight in Vietnam.
A1 | Have You Been Good To Yourself | |
A2 | Heavenly Father, You've Been Good | |
A3 | Miracles | |
A4 | Out Here On Your Word | |
B1 | You Were Sent To This World | |
B2 | Woke Up This Morning | |
B3 | Trust In The Lord |
Design – Chunklet Graphic Control
Design – Henry H. Owings
Editor [Proofreading] – Lydia Hyslop
Executive-Producer [Rerelease] – Josh Wright
Executive-Producer [Rerelease] – Matt Sullivan
Lacquer Cut By – Golden
Liner Notes – Andria Lisle
Management [Project Assistance] – Chloe Gilinsky
Other [Archival Material Courtesy Of], Other [Cassette Sourced From] – Jameson Sweiger
Other [Archival Material Courtesy Of], Other [Licensed Courtesy Of] – Keesha Frierson
Product Manager [Project Manager] – Patrick McCarthy
Reissue Producer – Matt Sullivan
Remastered By – John Baldwin
Songwriter – J. Frierson (A1 to B2)
Transferred By [Transferring] – Hilary Staff
Re-mastered from the original cassette
Liner notes by Memphis native Andria Lisle
Matrix / Runout (Etched Side A) – LITA-127-A GOLDEN 25951.1
Matrix / Runout (Etched Side B) – LITA-127-B GOLDEN 25951.2