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Wildest Organ in Town!
Studio album by
Billy Preston
ReleasedMarch 25, 1966 (Mono)
March 26, 1966 (Stereo)
RecordedSeptember 11, 1965
GenreSoul
Length29:20
LabelCapitol[1]
ProducerSteve Douglas
Billy Preston chronology
Early Hits of 1965
(1965) 		Wildest Organ in Town!
(1966) 		Club Meeting
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[4]

Wildest Organ in Town! is an album by Billy Preston.[5][6] Released in 1966, it was arranged by Sly Stone.[7]

The album peaked at No. 118 on the Billboard 200.[8]

Critical reception

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AllMusic wrote that Preston's "early prowess as a flashy organ equivalent of Jimi Hendrix has been largely forgotten or overlooked, and the fact that this album hasn't been in print for many years hasn't helped."[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Midnight Hour" (Wilson Pickett, Steve Cropper) - 2:11
  2. "Uptight" (Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby) - 2:22
  3. "A Hard Day's Night" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:53
  4. "Ain't Got No Time to Play" (Billy Preston) - 2:02
  5. "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:29
  6. "The Duck" (Fred Smith, Earl Nelson) - 2:06
  7. "Advice" (Preston, Sly Stone) - 2:25
  8. "Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 2:40
  9. "I Got You" (James Brown) - 2:29
  10. "It's Got to Happen" (Preston, Stone) - 2:09
  11. "Free Funk" (Preston, Stone) - 2:40
  12. "The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page) - 2:22

References

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  1. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 18, 1966 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "The Wildest Organ in Town! - Billy Preston | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 634.
  4. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 398.
  5. ^ "'Fifth Beatle' Billy Preston Made the Greats Even Greater". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Billy Preston comes to Boston Nov. 13". Bay State Banner. No. 7. 8 Nov 1973. p. 13.
  7. ^ "Obituary: Billy Preston". the Guardian. June 7, 2006.
  8. ^ "Billy Preston". Billboard.
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