Al Kooper je americký skladateľ, producent a multiinštrumentalista, najznámejší ako zakladajúci člen skupiny Blood, Sweat & Tears a ako štúdiový hudobník spolupracujúci s Bobom Dylanom (organ na Like a Rolling Stone), The Rolling Stones či Ritou Coolidge. V 70. rokoch produkoval prvé tri albumy Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Kompilácia Orignal Album Classics vyšla v roku 2015 vo vydavateľstve Columbia na 10 CD a zahŕňa 120 nahrávok z Kooperovej plodnej kariéry. Box set dokumentuje jeho pôsobenie ako sólového umelca aj spolupráce s ďalšími gitaristami na albumoch, ako je Super Session s Mikeom Bloomfieldom a Stephenom Stillsom. Zaznievajú tu skladby Overture, I Stand Alone, Brand New Day a ďalšie.
Skladby
CD1
1. Overture
2. I Stand Alone
3. Camille
4. One
5. Coloured Rain
6. Soft Landing On the Moon
7. I Can Love a Woman
8. Blue Moon of Kentucky
9. Toe Hold
10. Right Now For You
11. Hey, Western Union Man
12. Song and Dance For the Unborn, Frightened Child
CD2
1. Magic In My Socks
2. Lucille
3. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
4. First Time Around
5. Loretta
6. Blues, Part Iv
7. You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
8. The Great American Marriage/Nothing
9. Don't Know Why I Love You
10. Mourning Glory Story
11. Anna Lee
12. I'm Never Gonna Let You Down
CD3
1. Brand New Day
2. Piano Solo Introduction
3. I Got a Woman
4. Country Road
5. I Bought You the Shoes You're Walking Away In
6. Introduction
7. Easy Does It
8. Buckskin Boy
9. Love Theme From 'the Landlord'
10. Sad, Sad Sunshine
11. Let the Duchess No
12. She Gets Me Where I Live
13. A Rose and a Baby Ruth
14. Baby Please Don't Go
15. God Shed His Grace On Thee
CD4
1. New York City (You're a Woman)
2. John the Baptist
3. Can You Hear It Now
4. The Ballad of the Hard Rock Kid
5. Going Quietly Mad
6. Medley
7. Back On My Feet
8. Come Down In Time
9. Dearest Darling
10. Nightmare #5
11. The Warning
CD5
1. (Be Yourself) Be Real
2. As the Years Go Passing By
3. Jolie
4. Blind Baby
5. Been and Gone
6. Sam Stone
7. Peacock Lady
8. Touch the Hem of His Garment
9. Where Were You When I Needed You
10. Unrequited
