BO DIDDLEY - THE BLACK GLADIATOR NEW LP SEALED

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BO DIDDLEY

'The Black Gladiator'

Originally released 1970

Elephant Man

You Bo Diddley

Black Soul

Power House

If The Bible's Right

I've Got A Feeling

Shut Up Woman

Hot Buttered Blues

Funky Fly

I Don't Like You

The Black Gladiator was an attempt to reshape Bo into a funk artist, in the manner of Sly and the Family Stone. As an experiment it's understandable, and Bo tries very hard (even making another song-length sexual boast on "You, Bo Diddley," which also ends with a great guitar/organ duet between Bo and Bobby Alexis), but he finally fails to find a groove that works. Despite some good guitar here and there, this record falls into the same category as Muddy's Electric Mud and After the Rain albums, and Howlin' Wolf's New Album, all of which attempted to transform each into a psychedelic rocker. "Power House" is a pretty good cut, using a modified Muddy Waters-"I'm a Man"/"Mannish Boy" beat and lyrics.

This reissue LP is brand new and sealed!

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