History
Little Richard recorded forty-six tracks for the Vee-Jay Records label, but nearly half of the tracks went unreleased as the company filed for bankruptcy in January 1966. As a result of Vee-Jay Records's collapse, the archive tracks were gradually released over a period of time, often adding just one unreleased track from the vaults. These four additional albums were released by different labels such as Dynasty Records and Joy (UK) Records, the last one in 1974, nearly ten years after Richard had stopped recording for the label. These four albums containing the rest of the Vee Jay output (barring three unreleased tracks) were as follows: Mr. Big (1971), Friends from the Beginning - Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix (1972), Rip It Up (1973) and Talkin' 'Bout Soul (1974). To date, three tracks recorded for the Vee Jay label remain unreleased: alternate versions of "Dance What You Wanna" and "I Don't Know What You've Got"; "Thank You".
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