The Kids & Me
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| Studio album by Billy Preston | ||||
| Released | May 5, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | October 1973 (Westlake Audio, Hollywood, California & A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Soul, rock | |||
| Length | 32:48 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Billy Preston | |||
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The Kids & Me is the ninth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1974, after his famous tour in Europe. This album included "You Are So Beautiful", later covered by Joe Cocker, and the hit single "Nothing From Nothing".
The first track, "Tell Me You Need My Loving," contains the first four measures of keyboard verse from an earlier Preston song: "All That I've Got"—a bonus cut from the import version of his Encouraging Words (1970) album for Apple Records—transposed from the key of C to B. The bridge of "All That I've Got" is also revived untransposed and with identical lyrics in "Sometimes I Love You."
The album's dedication, reflected in the title, was to St. Elmo's Village, an inner-city children's recreation centre, located in mid-city Los Angeles.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher; except where indicated
- "Tell Me You Need My Loving" – 2:42
- "Nothing from Nothing" – 2:33
- "Struttin'" (Preston, George Johnson, Louis Johnson) – 2:31
- "Sister Sugar" – 3:01
- "Sad Sad Song" – 2:27
- "You Are So Beautiful" – 4:44
- "Sometimes I Love You" (Preston) – 3:12
- "St. Elmo" (Preston) – 2:26
- "John The Baptist" (Preston, John Schuller) – 3:19
- "Little Black Boys and Girls" – 2:28
- "Creature Feature" (Preston, Hubert Heard) – 3:27
Personnel
- Billy Preston: Keyboards, piano, vocals.
- Tony Maiden: Guitars.
- Joe Walsh: Guitars.
- Bobby Watson: Bass Guitar.
- Albert Perkins: Banjo.
- Kenneth Luper: Keyboards.
- Hubert Heard: Keyboards.
- Manuel Kellough: Drums.
