Friday, February 17, 2006

Blues double dose, second spoonful

After listening to SPR-34, now it's SPR-31, of the Blue Horizon double-platter The Blues. Although this item is mentioned on line, there seem to be no track lists, so that's why they've been run down here, although without timings or other information, such as from what albums the tracks come. Side one: Fleetwood Mac (Rolling Man), Duster Bennett (Jumping at Shadows), Chicken Shack (What You Did Last Night), Eddie Boyd (The Blues Is Here to Stay), Gordon Smith (Driving Duck Blues), and Champion Jack Dupree (A Racehorse Called Mae); side two: Johnny Shines (Pipeline Blues), Fleetwood Mac (Long Grey Mare), Sunnyland Slim (Stella Mae), Chicken Shack (I Wanna See My Baby), Curtis Jones (Gee, Pretty Baby), and Fleetwood Mac (Shake Your Money Maker). On the second and third of the listings, the band is called Fleedwood Mac. There's still no reason for this outfit to have existed and it's success has ever been mystifying. Forget Duster Bennett and Chicken Shack, too (except for Christine Perfect, later Christine McVie, who stands right out). This album not only lists from what releases these tracks came; in most cases, it also lists all tracks on each of those releases. Besides being from CBS, Epic, Okeh (all CBS), and Blue Horizon, there is at least one from VJ, one from Beacon, and one from Milestone (Orrin Keepnews). Once again, Champion Jack Dupree is the beat-all showman here.

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