LIGHTNIN' SLIM - ROOSTER BLUES. BLUE HORIZON 7-63863. RARE ORIGINAL BLUES LP EX+
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LIGHTNIN' SLIM - ROOSTER BLUES. BLUE HORIZON 7-63863. VERY RARE ORIGINAL BLUES LP. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - COVER BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITH ONLY VERY MINOR SCUFF MARKS ALONG SPINE. RECORD ITSELF NEAR MINT AND APPEARS UNPLAYED.
1. Rooster Blues
2. Long Leanie Mama
3. My Starter Won't Work
4. G.I. Slim
5. Bed Bug Blues
6. Lightnin's Troubles
7. Hoo Doo Blues
8. It's Mighty Crazy
9. Sweet Little Woman
10. Tom Cat Blues
11. Feelin' Awful Blue
12. I'm Leavin' You Baby
13. Lightnin's Blues - (bonus track)
Details Contributing Artists: Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester Producer: Cub Koda (Compilation), Dana G. Smart (Reissue) Distributor: Universal Distribution Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Lightin' Slim (vocals, guitar); Guitar Gable (guitar); Lazy Lester, Slim Harpo (harmonica); Tal Miller (piano); Kenneth "Sam" Sample, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, Roosevelt Semple (drums); Monroe Vincent (percussion).Recorded in Crowley, Louisiana between September 1955 and September 1959. Originally released as Excello (8000). Includes liner notes by Cub Koda.Digitally remastered by Tom Moulton and Greg Vaughn (Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs, New York, New York).Personnel: Lightnin' Slim (vocals, guitar); Guitar Gable (guitar); Lazy Lester, Slim Harpo (harmonica); Tal Miller (piano); Roosevelt Semple, Kenneth "Sam" Sample, Clarence "Jockey" Etinne, Warren Storm (drums); Monroe Vincent (percussion).Liner Note Author: Cub Koda.Recording information: Crowley, LA (09/1955-09/1959).When people talk about Louisiana swamp blues, this is what they're talking about. Excello Records' first foray into albums came with this wonderful collection of singles by Lightnin' Slim largely issued around the success of the title track, an R&B hit in 1960. "Long Leanie Mama," "My Starter Won't Work," "It's Mighty Crazy," "Hoo-Doo Blues," "Tom Cat Blues," "Lightnin' Troubles," "G.I. Slim" and "Feelin' Awful Blues" are all certified swamp blues classics and about as lowdown as the genre can get possibly get. With Lazy Lester on harmonica for the majority of the tracks here, the stripped-down approach to Slim's brand of blues casts these sides in a decidedly front-porch ambience with the added pulsating tape echo and oddball percussive effects just making everything on here sound even more doom-laden. "Lightnin's Blues," the John Lee Hooker-inspired "Just Made Twenty One" and "Sugar Plum," the A-side and both sides of his first and third singles for Excello, are the three bonus CD tracks appended to the original track lineup on this 1998 CD reissue. An essential blues purchase. ~ All Music Guide
Editorial Reviews
...one of the bluest sounding blues singers ever to record....serves as a jolting reminder of how much could be accomplished ina two-minute song with a four-bar instrumental track....essential for anyone who doesn't already have them.
Living Blues (19990101)
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