| Hold On, I'm Comin' | ||||
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| Studio album by Sam and Dave | ||||
| Released | April 1, 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 1965–1966 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 32:04 | |||
| Label | Stax/Atlantic Stax 708 |
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| Producer | Jim Stewart [1] | |||
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| Allmusic | [2] |
Hold On, I'm Comin' is the 1966 debut album by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam and Dave, issued on the Atlantic-distributed Stax label in 1966.
The album reached number one on the Billboard Black Albums chart and number 45 on the Billboard 200, launching three charting singles. The title track peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, and at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody" ranked number eight and number 21 respectively, while "You Don't Know Like I Know" peaked at number seven and number 90. An Allmusic review refers to Hold On, I'm Comin' as epitomizing "Memphis soul in all its unpretentious, down-home glory".[3]
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According to Steve Cropper, lead guitarist for Booker T and the MG's, the Stax Recording Studio played a key role in the creation of the title track, Hold on, I'm Comin'. Stax Records was an old Movie Theater located at 926 East McLemore Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. The men's restroom in the theater-turned studio had tile walls and tile floors. To produce reverb and echo a speaker from the studio was placed in the mens room to pipe the sound into the men's room; and a microphone was placed in the men's room to return the sound back to the recording studio. This arrangement produced both the reverb and echo heard on Stax Records. One night, as Sam and Dave were recording, Dave had to stop and make a trip to the men's room. When Dave took a little longer than what Isaac Hayes thought was necessary. He yelled at Dave to "hurry up!" Dave heard him on the speaker in the men's room and replied, "Hold on; I'm coming". With a few additions this became the title track of the album, and a hit for Sam and Dave.
Except where otherwise noted, all tracks written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.
Aretha Franklin recorded the song for her album "Love All the Hurt Away" (1981). In August, 2007 soul singer Guy Sebastian recorded a tribute version of Hold On, I'm Comin at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee for his album of soul classics The Memphis Album with many of the original Stax music band members including Steve Cropper, Donald Duck Dunn, Lester Snell, Steve Potts.