River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder

~ Release by Ry Cooder (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Inlay back: Ⓟ & Ⓒ 1994 WEA Music

Annotation last modified on 2019-06-10 14:42 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1River Come Down (PKA Bamboo)
4:15
2UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto
5:02
3Low-Commotion
bass guitar [Acoustic Bass]:
Buell Neidlinger
recording of:
Low Commotion
writer:
Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner
3:11
4Smack Dab in the Middle
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
bass:
Chris Ethridge
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
electric guitar, guitar [bottleneck guitar] and mandolin:
Ry Cooder
percussion:
Milt Holland
vocals:
Terry Evans, Cliff Givens and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer)
arranger:
Ry Cooder
cover recording of:
Smack Dab in the Middle
lyricist and composer:
Charles Calhoun
publisher:
Roosevelt Music
3:19
5Tattler
recording of:
Tattler
writer:
Ry Cooder and Russ Titelman
is based on:
You Can’t Stop a Tattler
4:19
6Dark End of the Street
engineer:
John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios), Lee Herschberg, Jerry Lee Masters (US bassist & engineer, in The Hombres) and Richard Roseborough
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
cover recording of:
The Dark End of the Street
writer:
Chips Moman and Dan Penn
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
3:26
7The Very Thing that Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
5:32
8Going Back to Okinawa
recording of:
Going Back to Okinawa
writer:
Ry Cooder
4:43
9Money Honey
producer:
Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker
3:30
10Why Don’t You Try Me
recording of:
Why Don’t You Try Me
4:56
11Paris, Texas
recording of:
Paris, Texas
composer:
Ry Cooder
2:56
12Chloe
engineered in:
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
producer:
Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
acoustic guitar:
Leland “Atta” Isaacs
double bass:
Red Callender
drums (drum set):
Milt Holland
Hawaiian guitar and mandolin:
Ry Cooder
steel guitar:
Gabby Pahinui
arranger:
Ry Cooder
cover recording of:
Chloë (Song of the Swamp)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1927)
composer:
Gus Kahn and Charles N. Daniels (in 1927)
3:02
13The Pearls / Tia Juana
co-producer:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor) and Ry Cooder
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
guitar, mandolin and tiple:
Ry Cooder
conductor:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor)
arranger:
Joseph Byrd (arranger, writer, conductor)
medley including a cover recording of:
The Pearls
composer:
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe
medley including a cover recording of:
Tia Juana
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
4:20
14I Think It’s Going to Work Out Fine
bass:
Tim Drummond
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
guitar:
Ry Cooder and David Lindley
percussion:
Milt Holland
recording of:
It’s Gonna Work Out Fine
writer:
Rose Marie McCoy and Sylvia McKinney
4:45
15Down In Hollywood
recording of:
Down in Hollywood
writer:
Ry Cooder and Tim Drummond
4:19
16Which Came First
3:47
17Crazy ’bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
5:04
18Get Rhythm
recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
3:18
19Little Sister
cover recording of:
Little Sister
writer:
Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman (US singer, pianist & songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Elvis Presley Music, Elvis Presley Music Inc. and R&H Music
3:48