Songs (Rotary Connection album)

Songs
Studio album by Rotary Connection
Released	1969
Recorded	Ter Mar Studios, Chicago, March 1969
Genre	Psychedelic soul, psychedelic pop
Label	Cadet (LPS-322)
Producer	Marshall Chess, Charles Stepney
Rotary Connection chronology
Peace (1968) Songs (1969) Dinner Music (1970)

Songs is the fourth album by the American psychedelic soul group Rotary Connection. The album is unlike all the other Rotary Connections albums as it contained all cover songs. The artists covered include: Otis Redding, The Band, Cream, Muddy Waters, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Stevie Wonder and The Rolling Stones.

Its front cover shows the daughter of Charles Stepney and the son of Marshall Chess.

Track listing

1. "Respect" (Otis Redding) – 3:05
2. "The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) – 3:24
3. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Pete Brown, Eric Clapton) – 5:07
4. "I've Got My Mojo Working" (McKinley Morganfield) – 2:38
5. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" (Jimi Hendrix) – 4:40
6. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Eric Clapton, Martin Sharp) – 4:28
7. "This Town" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:25
8. "We're Going Wrong" (Jack Bruce) – 3:20
9. "Salt of the Earth" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:55

(Note: times are taken from the original album sleeve.)

Personnel

Band members

• Sidney Barnes
• Minnie Riperton
• John Stocklin
• Kenny Venegas
• Bobby Simms
• Jerimiah
• Mitch Aliotta

Technical personnel

• Marshall Chess & Charles Stepney - Producer
• Charles Stepney - Arranger
• Ron Malo - Engineer

Album personnel

• Linn Erlich - Photography
• Randy Harter - Album Design

External links

• Allmusic