Prestige

Heavy Soul!

Billy Hawks

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Recorded	1968
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PR 7556
Released	1968
Personnel	8 credited players
Discogs	master 377173

The record

Billy Hawks plays organ and sings, and the singing is the point -- Drown In My Own Tears and What More Can I Do? delivered from the organ bench. Buddy Terry's tenor and Maynard Parker's guitar keep it in soul-jazz country, with Henry Terrell on drums. Prestige, 1968: Cal Lampley producing, Rudy Van Gelder recording, Don Schlitten's design.

Tracks

O' Baby (I Believe I'm Losing You)
Drown In My Own Tears
Whip It On Me
What More Can I Do? (To Prove My Love To You)
Heavy Soul
You've Been A Bad Girl
I'll Be Back
I Can Make It
That's Your Bag

Session personnel

Don Schlitten — Design
Henry Terrell (2) — Drums
Rudy Van Gelder — Engineer [Recording]
Maynard Parker — Guitar
Ralph Berton — Liner Notes
Billy Hawks — Organ, Vocals
Cal Lampley — Producer
Buddy Terry — Tenor Saxophone

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1968	Prestige · PR 7556 — Vinyl LP Album Stereo earliest on file
1968	Prestige · PREST-7556 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing · RVG stamp
1988	Prestige · PR 7556 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1988	Prestige · PR 7556 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
2025	Ace · HIQLP 159 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
—	Prestige · PR 7556 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue
—	Prestige — File, MP3, Album, Reissue, VBR