The Honeydrippers - Volume One
Esparanza Records  (1984)
Rock

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LP  18:18
5 tracks
01 I Get A Thrill             02:43
02 Sea Of Love             03:06
03 I Got A Woman             03:00
04 Young Boy Blues             03:34
05 Rockin' At Midnight             05:55
Personal Details
Price kr. 25,00
Condition Good
Current Value kr. 15,00
Owner Dan Dethlefsen
Location Musikrum
Links Amazon UK
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Details
Cat. Number 790 90220 1
UPC (Barcode) 07567902201
Packaging Long box
Spars N/A
Sound Stereo
Notes
The Honey Drippers include: Robert Plant (vocals); Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Brian Setzer (guitar); Paul Schaffer (keyboards); Tony Thompson (drums).

Producers: Nugetre, The Fabulous Brill Brothers.

In 1984, with Led Zeppelin no longer a going concern, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page found themselves with time on their hands. The result was THE HONEYDRIPPERS, a five-song mini album of old R&B covers featuring backing by Jeff Beck, ex-Stray Cat Brian Setzer, and Chic bassist Nile Rogers. The name was lifted from jump blues stalwart Joe Liggins, whose "The Honeydripper" was a big hit in 1945.

A one-off studio project (the Volume 1 tag has turned out to be a bit of a tease) THE HONEYDRIPPERS delivers a hit single in the atmospheric version of Phil Phillips' "Sea of Love." Also noteworthy here are faithful recreations of standards by Ray Charles ("I Got a Woman") and Roy Brown ("Good Rockin' at Midnight"). This is basically slight stuff (and with a running time of 18 minutes, it's over before you know it) but the old lemon squeezers are definitely having a heartfelt, infectious good time.