Robert Plant - The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984)

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Details:
Artist: Robert Plant
Album: The Honeydrippers: Volume One
Year: 1984
Genre: Rock
Label: Es Paranza / Atlantic Records
Producer: The Fabulous Brill Brothers: Nugetre, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Nile Rodgers

The Honeydrippers: Volume One is an EP released on 12 November 1984, by a band led by rock singer Robert Plant. The project originated when Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegün wanted to record an album of his favourite songs from the 1950s. Plant was chosen because Ertegün had seen his pick-up band the Honeydrippers performing 1950s standards. Included in the band were Chic front man Nile Rodgers, and former Yardbirds guitarists Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page—the latter was Plant's former band mate in Led Zeppelin. "Sea of Love" became Plant's biggest-selling single.

According to various Led Zeppelin biographies, the success of "Sea of Love" was a blow to Plant's ego, as the song was initially the B-side of the proper single "Rockin' at Midnight," but radio stations flipped the single and played "Sea of Love" much more than the original A-side. Plant has stated in various interviews[citation needed] that the blow he perceived to his own ego as a result, was the reason that nothing more was ever done with the Honeydrippers as he was terribly afraid he'd be regarded as nothing but a crooner from that point onward. When asked about the Honeydrippers, Plant would simply say, "They're asleep."

The album was re-released in a remastered edition in 2007 as part of a Robert Plant remaster series, with a live version of "Rockin' at Midnight" released as its bonus track. Plant and Ertegün discussed the possibility of doing a new Honeydrippers album, but with the latter’s death December 2006, the plan was shelved permanently.

Tracklist:
01. I Get a Thrill (Toombs) 2:37
02. Sea of Love (Khoury, Phillips) 3:01
03. I Got a Woman (Charles, Richard) 2:55
04. Young Boy Blues (Pomus, Spector) 3:28
05. Rockin' at Midnight (Brown) 5:55

Personnel:
Robert Plant - Vocals
Jeff Beck - guitars ( "I Got a Woman," and "Rockin' at Midnight")
Jimmy Page - guitar solos ( "Sea of Love" and "I Get a Thrill" )
Wayne Pedziwiatr - bass
Nile Rodgers - guitar, co-producer
Paul Shaffer - keyboards
Dave Weckl - drums

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