OTIS RUSH "I Can't Quit You Baby" / "Sit Down Baby" 1956 Blues 45 (Chief 8000)
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OTIS RUSH
"I Can't Quit You Baby" backed with "Sit Down Baby"
VERY RARE issue from 1956 in CHIEF RECORDS (most copies from 1956 were widely pressed on COBRA RECORDS).
Dead-wax:
A-side: COBRA - 45 - 3237
B-side: COBRA - 45 - 3236
"COBRA" is scratched over on both sides & replaced with "U.S.A."
There is also a "P" etched in the dead-wax on both sides.
"I Can't Quit You Baby" is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Chicago blues artist Otis Rush in 1956. It was Rush's first recording and became a record chart hit. The song, a slow twelve-bar blues, has been recorded by various artists, including Led Zeppelin, who included it on their debut album.
"I Can't Quit You Baby" was a vehicle for arranger/producer Dixon to launch Rush and Cobra Records, as it was the first single for both. In this regard, it was a success, reaching number six on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart in 1956. In his autobiography, Willie Dixon explained that "I Can't Quit You Baby" was written about a preoccupied relationship Rush was having at the time. Dixon used this statement to draw out an impassioned performance by Rush.
Well, I can't quit you baby
But I got to put you down a little while
Well, I can't quit you baby
But I got to put you down a little while
Well, you done made me mess up my happy home
The song was Rush's first recording and took place in Chicago around July 1956. Accompanying Rush on lead guitar and vocal are Big Walter Horton on harmonica, Red Holloway on tenor sax, Lafayette Leake on piano, Wayne Bennett on second guitar, Dixon on bass, and Al Duncan on drums.
This record, no doubt, serves as a Holy Grail of sorts to Led Zeppelin fans in regards to it being the original version of one of their earliest and most powerful showcase pieces. I've only seen one other Chief Records version of this single before, and it sold for significantly higher. Don't miss out!
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