Classic Blues of Various Artists. Volume 1 (Collectors BluesWay Gold Edition)

BluesWay/abc Records BLS-6061 (US)

1973

Side One

1. Ray Charles: Let's Go Get Stoned (V. Simpson, N. Ashford, J. Armstead)
   
   Probably recorded in Los Angeles
   
   Ray Charles (voc, p)
   with The Raelets and the Ray Charles Band
   
   
2. John Lee Hooker: I'm Bad Like Jesse James (John Lee Hooker)
   
   Recorded in performance at the Cafe au Go-Go, New York City, August, 1966
   
   John Lee Hooker (voc, g)
   George Smith (harm)
   Otis Spann (p)
   Muddy Waters (g)
   Sammy Lawhorn (g)
   Luther Johnson (g)
   Mac Arnold (el-b)
   Francis Clay (dr)
   
   From "Live At Cafe Au-Go-Go" BluesWay BLS-6002
   
   
3. Johnny "Big Moose" Walker: Baby Talk (Johnny Walker)
   
   Recorded at Vault Recording Studio, Los Angeles, June 9, 1969
   
   Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (voc, org)
   Otis Hale (el-ts)
   Earl Hooker (g)
   Gino Skaggs (fender-b)
   Paul Humphrey (dr)
   
   From "Rambling Woman" BluesWay BLS-6036
   
   
4. T-Bone Walker: Stormy Monday (T-Bone Walker)
   
   Recorded in Los Angeles
   
   T-Bone Walker (voc, g)
   Preston Love (tp)
   Mel Moore (tp)
   John "Steamline" Ewing (tb)
   McKinley Johnson (as)
   Mel Jernigan (ts)
   John Williams (bs)
   Lloyd Glenn (p)
   Mel Brown (g)
   Ron Brown (fender-b)
   Paul Humphrey (dr)
   
   From "Stormy Monday Blues" BluesWay BLS-6008
   
   
5. Mel Brown: Scorpio (Mel Brown)
   
   Recorded at Vault Recording Studio, Los Angeles, July, 1969
   
   Mel Brown (g)
   Cliff Coulter (org)
   Matthew Kelly (harm)
   Greg Ferber (dr)

Side Two

1. George "Harmonica" Smith: Got My Mojo Working (M. Morganfield)
   
   Recorded probably in Los Angeles
   
   George "Harmonica" Smith (voc, harm)
   Richard Davis (tp)
   Big Jim Wynn (sax)
   Ed Davis (sax)
   Robert Schedel (p)
   Marshall Hooks (g)
   Curtis Tillman (b)
   Unidentfied (dr)
   
   
2. Jimmy Witherspoon: No Rollin' Blues (Jimmy Witherspoon)
   
   Recorded, probably in New York City, January 10, 1969
   
   Jimmy Witherspoon (voc)
   with orchestra including
   Charlie Musselwhite (harm)
   Barry Goldberg (org)
   Brother Jack McDuff (org)
   Danny Kalb (?)
   Harvey Mandel (?)
   Johnny Pate (arr, cond)
   
   
3. Andrew "Voice" Odom: Take Me Back To East St. Louis (Odom, Mosby, DeRobey)
   
   Recorded at Vault Recording Studio, Los Angeles, June 4, 1969
   
   Andrew "Voice" Odom (voc)
   Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (keyb)
   Earl Hooker (g)
   Jimmy Bond (b)
   Panama Francis (dr)
   
   
4. Roy Brown: Hard Times (Roy Brown)
   
   Recorded at Harmony Recorders, Hollywood, February 17, 1968
   
   Roy Brown (voc)
   Clifford Scott (sax)
   Jimmy Carmichael (p)
   Mel Brown (g)
   Charles Wright (g)
   Carol Kaye (fender-b)
   Abe Mills (dr)
   Arthur Wright (arr)
   
   
5. Archie Shepp: Attica Blues (Music by Archie Shepp, Lyrics by William G. Harris)
   
   Recorded at A&R Recording, New York City, January 24, 25, and 26, 1972
   
   Archie Shepp (ts)
   Henry Hull (lead vocal)
   Joshie Armstead (background vocal)
   Albertine Robinson (background vocal)
   Roy Burrowes (tp)
   Michael Ridley (tp)
   Charles McGhee (tp)
   Clifford Thornton (co)
   Charles Stephens (tb)
   Kiane Zawadi (tb)
   Charles Greenlee (tb)
   Hakim Jami (euph)
   Marion Brown (as)
   Clarence White (as)
   Billy Robinson (ts)
   Ronald Alexander (ts)
   James Ware (bs)
   Leroy Jenkins (v)
   John Blake (v)
   Lakshinarayana Shankar (v)
   Ronald Lipscomb (cello)
   Calo Scott (cello)
   Walter Davis Jr. (el-p)
   Cornell Dupree (g)
   Gerald Jemmott (fender-b)
   Roland Wilson (fender-b)
   Beaver Harris (dr)
   Ollie Anderson (perc)
   Juma Sutan (perc)
   Nene Defense (perc)
   
   From "Attica Blues" Impulse AS-9222

Source: KK, HM

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