- Mother Nature's Son (album)
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Mother Nature’s Son 
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis Released 1968 Genre Jazz Label Cadet Records Producer Charles Stepney Mother Nature’s Son is a studio album recorded by Ramsey Lewis which was released on Cadet Records. The album was produced by Charles Stepney and consisted of ten instrumental songs which were originally recorded on the album The Beatles, also known as The White Album.
Contents
Cover Art
The album cover was designed by Jerry Griffith and depicts Lewis sitting at a grand piano in a tropical garden feeding a rabbit with his right hand while holding another rabbit with his left.
Track listing
All songs by Lennon/McCartney.
Side 1
Side 2
- Cry Baby Cry
- Good Night
- Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
- Sexy Sadie
- Blackbird
Recording
The album was recorded at Ter Mar Studio, Chicago, in December, 1968, only a short time after the 22 November 1968 release of The Beatles album. Offering a potential clue as to why Lewis had recorded an album of Beatles songs, producer and arranger Charles Stepney expressed his admiration for the sounds achieved by Beatles producer George Martin in a 1970 interview with Down Beat. In the same interview he also said that he produced the "electronic texture" effect on the album using the Moog synthesizer, an instrument he anticipated "working with for about 10 years".[1] The following year the Beatles themselves used the Moog synthesizer extensively in the recording of their final studio album, Abbey Road.
Personnel
- Ramsey Lewis – keyboards
- Charles Stepney – producer, conductor, orchestra arrangement, Moog synthesizer
- Ron Malo – engineer
- Ray Komorski – photography
- Jerry Griffith – cover design
- Marshell Chess – album supervision
Woodwind Amplification by MAESTRO, Chicago Musical Instrumental Company, Lincolnwood, Illinois
References
External links
Categories:- 1968 albums
- Ramsey Lewis albums
- The Beatles tribute albums
- Cadet Records albums
- Albums conducted by Charles Stepney
- Albums produced by Charles Stepney
- Albums arranged by Charles Stepney
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