V/A CHICAGO - The Blues Today Otis Spann 180g 3x LP SS

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Chicago / The Blues /Today!

Triple 180g Vinyl Boxset!
Lovely textured box.

Chicago The Blues Today Vanguard VSD79216/7/8

Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London .

In early 1966, blues history was made with the issuance of a three-volume set of new recordings produced by blues historian Samuel Charters. This series was known as Chicago/The Blues/Today! and the release sent shock waves through the world of rock & roll. Every artist on the three volumes had recorded before (some, like Otis Rush and Junior Wells, had actually seen small hits on the R&B charts), but these recordings were largely their introduction to a newer -- and predominately white -- album-oriented audience. The "Today!" part of the title was no bit of hyperbole, either. This series accurately portrayed a vast cross section of the Chicago blues scene as one could hear it on any given night in the mid-'60s. Rather than record full albums (which Charters had neither the budget nor the legal resources to pull off), each artist simply came in for a union-approved session of four to six songs, with each volume featuring three different groupings. With these recordings, blues suddenly gained respectability as something much more vital and vibrant than just a poor cousin of jazz. A new market for this music began, one that exists today in full blossom. Their effect on musicians was enormous. It's fair to assume that most blues-influenced artists had all three volumes in their respective collections, and the songs on them ended up in the repertoires of everyone from Jimi Hendrix (Junior Wells' "Rock Me") to Led Zeppelin (a note-for-note copy of Otis Rush's "I Can't Quit You Baby") to Steppenwolf (Junior Wells' "Messin' with the Kid") and beyond. These recordings have stayed in print and have been reasonably good sellers over the years since their original release, all coming out on compact disc. This new packaging puts all three volumes together, but with no bonus tracks, as no extras were recorded for these sessions. A plus in the new packaging, is that it features a nice booklet with detailed, updated notes from Charters, a nice appreciation from Ed Ward, and absolutely eye-boggling session photos taken by Charters' wife, Ann. Even if you still have the original vinyl or CDs, this is one of the times when it would be best to spend the dough and add this one to your collection, because blues records seldom come as important, innovative, or just plain pleasurable to listen to as this set. File under "essential." Cub Koda/AMG Personnel : J.B. Hutto, Junior Wells, Otis Spann, Otis Rush, Jimmy Cotton, Johnny Shines Blues Band, Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band, Homesick James, and Big Walter Horton's Blues Harp Band with Memphis Charlie Musselwhite

Tracklisting Side 1 : 1. Help Me (A Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson) 2. It Hurts me Too 3. Messin' with the kid 4. Vietcong blues 5. All night long 6. Going ahead 7. Please help Side 2: 1. Too much alcohol 2. Married woman blues 3. That's the truth 4. Marie 5. Burning fire 6. S P Blues 7. Sometimes I wonder 8. Spann's stomp Side 3: 1. Cotton crop blues 2. The blues keep falling 3. Love me or Leave 4. Rocket 88 5. West Helena blues 6. Everything's gonna turn out allright 7. It's a mean old world Side 4: 1. I can't quit you baby 2. Rock 3. It's my own fault 4. Dust my Broom 5. Somebody been talkin' 6. Set a date 7. So mean to me Side 5: 1. One more time 2. Kid man blues 3. My black mare 4. Stealin' back 5. I got mine in time 6. Tighten up on it Side 6: 1. Dynaflow blues 2. Black spider blues 3. Layin' down my shoes and Clothes 4. if I get lucky 5. Rockin' my boogie 6. Mr. Boweevil 7. Hey Hey Format: 3 x LP box set with 20 page booklet Price Code: PP03 Barcode: 5060149621219 Scheduled for release June 2011 Recorded at RCA Studios, Chicago in December 1965 Produced by Samuel Charters

Total Analogue Audiophile Remastering by Ray Staff, 2011!
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