CHARLIE RICH — Charlie Rich. RCA (UK) NL 89999 (c)
Reissue of Groove 1000 from 1964. Charlie’s first and only LP for this RCA subsidiary, where he spent a year in between Phillips International & Smash. Includes his hit version of “Big Boss Man” plus “Mountain Dew/She Loved Everybody But Me/River Stay Away From My Door,” etc. Full of Charlie’s jazzy piano, but, though Billy Sherrill was still a year away, hampered by occasional string & chorus arrangements by Bill Justis and Anita Kerr. (Review by Gary Mollica) — $8.98