Classic Blues of Various Artists. Volume 1 (Collectors BluesWay Gold Edition)
Tracks:
Side 1
- Ray Charles: Let's Go Get Stoned (V. Simpson, N. Ashford, J. Armstead)
probably Los Angeles- Ray Charles (voc, p)
- with The Raelets and the Ray Charles Band
- John Lee Hooker: I'm Bad Like Jesse James (John Lee Hooker)
August 1966, in performance at the Cafe au Go-Go, New York City- 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
- Johnny "Big Moose" Walker: Baby Talk (Johnny Walker)
June 9, 1969, Vault Recording Studio, Los Angeles- 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
- T-Bone Walker: Stormy Monday (T-Bone Walker)
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
- Mel Brown: Scorpio (Mel Brown)
July 1969, Vault Recording Studio, Los Angeles- Mel Brown (g)
- Cliff Coulter (org)
- Matthew Kelly (harm)
- Greg Ferber (dr)
Side 2
- George "Harmonica" Smith: Got My Mojo Working (M. Morganfield)
probably 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)
- Jimmy Witherspoon: No Rollin' Blues (Jimmy Witherspoon)
January 10, 1969, probably New York City- Jimmy Witherspoon (voc)
- Charlie Musselwhite (harm)
- Barry Goldberg (org)
- Brother Jack McDuff (org)
- Danny Kalb (?)
- Harvey Mandel (?)
- Johnny Pate (arr, cond)
- Andrew "Voice" Odom: Take Me Back To East St. Louis (Odom, Mosby, DeRobey)
June 4, 1969, Vault Recording Studio, Los Angeles- Andrew "Voice" Odom (voc)
- Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (keyb)
- Earl Hooker (g)
- Jimmy Bond (b)
- Panama Francis (dr)
- Roy Brown: Hard Times (Roy Brown)
February 17, 1968, Harmony Recorders, Hollywood- 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)
- Archie Shepp: Attica Blues (Music by Archie Shepp, Lyrics by William G. Harris)
January 24, 25 and 26, 1972, A&R Recording, New York City- 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)
- taken from Attica Blues (Impulse/ABC Records AS-9222)
Releases:
- BluesWay/abc Records BLS-6061 (US) [1973]
Source: KK, HM