Fleetwood Mac, Willie Dixon, Otis Spann: Blues Jam at Chess, early UK pressing

	£		27
	$		35

A chance to add the early UK Blue Horizon pressing of these classic 1969 blues sessions to your collection.

The album features all the 1967 - 1969 members of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (with the exception of Bob Brunning) - Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, the elusive Jeremy Spencer (rockin' the boogie), and the very young Danny Kirwan - plus an array of Chicago bluesmen.  The full line-up is:

Guitars:  Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Guitar Buddy, Honey Boy Edwards;  Slide guitar: Jeremy Spencer;  Piano:  Otis Spann;  Electric bass:  John McVie;  String bass:  Willie Dixon;
Drums:  Mick Fleetwood, S P Leary;  Harmonica:  Walter 'Shakey' Horton;  Tenor sax:  J T Brown
 
Production by Mike Vernon (of course) and Marshall Chess

Condition:

Discs: Both discs are in *Excellent condition, very nearly Mint.  I play every disc to check: the only imperfections audible on my equipment are very light surface crackling, mainly during some of the studio chatter at the beginning of Someday Soon Baby; and a slight click during Everyday I Have the Blues.  Otherwise there is no lessening in sound quality since new.  Note that the Moiré patterning in the images is caused by the scanning process, and does not, of course, appear on the discs themselves.

Labels:  Excellent, again near Mint, although for some reason the labels on Disc 1 are a lighter shade of blue.  See images.

Sleeve:  The gatefold sleeve is in Very Good condition, but with a little ring and edge wear, and some deterioration of the lamination on the spine - the spine is intact, though.  The front face has a small area of abrasion in the top right-hand corner, possibly caused by a sticker - see the image.
 
Inner sleeve:  These are in Very Good condition, but only one is the original.  I will provide new polylined sleeves as well. 

Disc details:

Tracks (with composer credits):

Volume 1, Side One:   

Watch Out (by Peter Green). Ooh Baby (Chester 'Howlin' Wolf' Burnett).  South Indiana, takes 1 & 2 (Walter 'Shakey' Horton).  Last Night ('Little' Walter Jacobs). Red Hot Jam (Peter Green).

Volume 1, Side Two: 

I'm Worried; I Held My Baby Last Night; Madison Blues; I Can't Hold Out (all by Elmore James). I Need Your Love; I Got The Blues (both by Walter Horton).

Volume 2, Side One:

World's In A Tangle (James Lane aka Jimmy Rogers). Talk With You; Like It This Way (both by Danny Kirwan). Someday Soon Baby; Hungry Country Girl (both by Otis Spann).

Volume 2, Side Two:

Black Jack Blues (J T Brown); Everyday I Have The Blues (Pete 'Memphis Slim' Chatman); Rockin' Boogie (Jeremy Spencer); Sugar Mama (Chester Burnett); Homework (Dave Clark, Al Perkins, Otis Rush - Rush not credited on label)

CBS Catalogue: Blue Horizon 7-66227 (stereo)

Matrix numbers (Sides 1 - 4 in order): S7 66271-A1; -B1; -C1; -D1

Mother numbers (both sides): A; A; A; A

Stamper codes (both sides): 4 5; 0 1(?); 0; 0

(Note that the mother numbers and stamper codes are very faint in some cases, so I cannot guarantee I have read them accurately.)

*Using UK Record Collector standards for condition, throughout.

All photos are my own unretouched originals (mostly scans), not stock shots.  Some images have been combined to save space and to produce complete scans of front and back covers, but have not been enhanced in any way.

I've described the item fairly, so I can't allow returns, but feedback is welcome.

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