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The great lost Little Richard album! Following 1971’s "The King of Rock and Roll," Richard decided to inject some country-rock flavor into his early-’70s blend of rock ’n’ roll, soul and funk. Reprise didn’t know what to make of this new recipe, and opted to shelve the LP, instead putting out "The Second Coming" (both albums were recorded with producer Bumps Blackwell around the same time). These tracks sat dormant ’til 2005, when they appeared on a long-out-of-print label retrospective; now, finally, "Southern Child" appears the way Little Richard intended, with four bonus cuts on this CD: multiple versions of "In the Name" plus "Over Yonder," "Southern Child," "Ain’t No Tellin’," "Burnin’ Up with Love," "Sneak the Freak" and more! Omnivore.