Al Kooper : I Stand Alone

I TRIED SO VERY HARD

TO WIN HER LOVE FOR ME

CAN'T NOBODY 

TAKE ME WHERE 

I DON'T WANNA BE

 I Stand Alone

 Is the

 debut album

 by the 

American

 singer-songwriter 

Al Kooper,

issued in 1969

 on Columbia Records.

It was recorded

 after his collaboration

 with 

Michael Bloomfield 

and 

Stephen Stills

 on the

 1968 album 

Super Session.

Background

After ten years of 

session playing,

 collaborations 

and playing in

 other bands, 

Kooper released

 his first 

solo album 

in February, 1969.

 It is an

 eclectic mix of

 country, 

soul, 

blues, 

and rock

 with a dose of

 psychedelia 

mixed throughout. 

It is a continuation 

of 

Super Session

 in its mix of 

disparate covers 

from the likes of 

Bill Monroe, 

Harry Nilsson 

and 

Traffic, 

and with 

originals running

 the gamut of feelings.

Unlike the

 Super Session album, 

however, 

the spotlight is on 

Kooper alone 

and Kooper's

 alternate utilization of 

orchestras

 and professional

 Nashville 

studio musicians; 

the tracks are

 far more focused, 

all within two 

and five minutes. 

"Camille"

 is lifted from 

"Overture to 

Le Domino Noire"

 by French composer 

Daniel Auber.

Most tracks 

are bridged with 

sound effects 

taken from albums

 issued by 

Elektra Records. 

The Overture begins 

with a collage of 

sound effects 

also taken from 

those albums.

 The album was

 on the 

Billboard 

200 chart for 

13 weeks, 

peaking at 

number 54 

on 

March 15, 1969

TRACKLIST

Overture

I Stand Alone

Camille

One

Coloured Rain

Soft Landing On The Moon

I Can Love A Woman

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Toe Hold

Right Now For You

Hey, Western Union Man

Song And Dance For The Unborn, 

Frightened Child

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