Re-Release 2000  -  NEW !!!! Factory sealed - 180 Gram Vinyl - Audiophile Master

First recorded as Duo  CLARENCE & CALVIN, also known as C & C BOYS some singles between 1965 and 1967 before going solo.
His first Hits came in 1967 with TELL DADDY followed with SLIP AWAY & TOO WEAK TO FIGHT.
PATCHES was his greatest success in US # 4 and # 2 UK - the songs became an Grammy Award as best R&B Song.
Musically mainly Soul with a straight Blues influence.

Style:  Soul; Blues;

see : C & C Boys;

Musicians :
Clarence Carter - vocals, guitar, keyboards;
Travis Wammack, Albert Lowe jr. - guitars; Bob Wray & Jerry Masters : bass; Fred Pouty, Cornell McFadden - drums;
Aaron Varnell, Harvey Thompson - tenor sax; Ronnie Eades - baritone sax; Harrison Calloway, Jr &Jack Peck - trumpets;
Clayton Ivey - keyboards;

Producer: Rick Hall; Engineers: Rick Hall & Sonny Limbo; Design: Lorin Eutemey; Photo: Joel Brodsky;

Side One
Willie and Laura Mae Jones  (Tony Joe White)
Say Man  (C.Carter-George Jackson)
Im just a Prisoner  (Gg.Jackson-Eddie Harris)
Let it be  (Lennon-McCartney)
I cant leave your Love alone
Your Love lifted me

Side Two
Till I cant take it Anymore  (Clyde Otis-Dorian Burton)
Patches  (R.Dunbar-N.Johnson)
Its all in your Mind  (Gg.Jackson - Raymonde Moore)
Changes  (Sam Dees)
C.C. Blues  (Clarence Carter)
Getting the Bills (but no Merchandise)    (Gg.Jackson - Raymonde Moore)