Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes

Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes
Studio album by
The Jazz Crusaders
ReleasedOctober 17, 1970
StudioWally Heider Studio 3, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length39:03
LabelChisa
The Jazz Crusaders chronology
Give Peace a Chance
(1970) 		Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes
(1970) 		Pass the Plate
(1971)

Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes is a studio album by jazz fusion group The Jazz Crusaders, released in October 1970 via Chisa Records.[1] The album peaked at No. 12 on the US Billboard Top Soul LPs chart and No. 6 on the US Billboard Top Jazz LPs chart.[2][3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[4]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic, in a 3.5/5-star review, remarked, "Old Socks, New Shoes...New Socks, Old Shoes was the final album by the Jazz Crusaders. Immediately thereafter they dropped the word "jazz" from their name, leaving them the Crusaders and most of the rest is history...While the Jazz Crusaders had long made then-current popular songs part of their repertoire, and had moved from their hard bop origins into the soul-jazz groove years before, this disc was a shock, and sounded like a different band -- almost...Despite the fact that many serious jazzheads see this as the beginning of the creative end for the Crusaders, they are just plain wrong. This is the start of a new beginning, one that would roll on through most of the '70s and bring the group its greatest commercial and radio successes and makes them such an excellent source of inspiration and samples for hip-hop and dance music producers for another couple of generations. This is an absolute classic."[4]

Tracklisting

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Thank You Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Again"Slyvester Stewart5:32
2."Funny Shuffle"Wayne Henderson4:04
3."Why Do You Laugh at Me?"Wayne Henderson2:35
4."Jackson!"Wayne Henderson2:44
5."Rainy Night in Georgia"Tony Joe White4:13
6."Golden Slumbers"John Lennon/Paul McCartney4:07
7."Jazz!"Joe Sample4:16
8."Time Has No Ending"Wayne Henderson4:27
9."Hard Times"Paul Mitchell, David "Fathead" Newman3:01
10."Way Back Home"Wilton Felder4:02

References

  1. ^ The Crusaders (October 1970). Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes (album). Chisa Records.
  2. ^ "Best Selling Soul LPs" (PDF). Billboard. February 27, 1971. p. 27. Retrieved August 19, 2025 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  3. ^ "Best Selling Jazz LPs" (PDF). Billboard. April 10, 1971. p. 43. Retrieved August 19, 2025 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  4. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "The Crusaders – Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
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