Leon Russell and the Shelter People

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Leon Russell And The Shelter People
Studio album by Leon Russell
Released	1971
Recorded	September - December 1970
Genre	Pop/Rock Music
Label	Shelter
Producer	Leon Russell
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Leon Russell chronology
Leon Russell (1970) Leon Russell And The Shelter People (1971) Asylum Choir II (1971)

Leon Russell And The Shelter People is the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist's second studio solo effort.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Stranger In A Strange Land" (Russell/Preston) – 4:01
2. "Of Thee I Sing" (Russell/Preston) – 4:22
3. "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (Dylan) – 5:08
4. "Crystal Closet Queen" (Russell) – 2:59
5. "Home Sweet Oklahoma" (Russell) – 3:26
6. "Alcatraz" (Russell) – 3:51
7. "Ballad Of Mad Dogs And Englishmen" (Russell) – 3:51
8. "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" (Dylan) – 4:00
9. "She Smiles Like A River" (Russell) – 2:58
10. "Sweet Emily" (Russell) – 3:20
11. "Beware Of Darkness" (Harrison) – 4:40

    The CD re-issue contains the following bonus tracks:

12. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Dylan) - 3:38
13. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (Dylan) - 3:19
14. "She Belongs To Me" (Dylan) - 3:26

[edit] Trivia

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"Stranger In A Strange Land" contains one of the early uses of the Moog synthesizer on a pop recording. Leon Russell called in engineer Terry Manning, who had just studied this early commercial synthesis under inventor Robert Moog in Trumansburg, NY., to introduce him to this new technology. Other early rock users were George Harrison of The Beatles and Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees. Eric Clapton play guitar on Alcatraz and Beware Of Darkness.