SOUTHERN COMFORT - Walter Shakey Horton (Vinyl LP)

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SOUTHERN COMFORT

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London/Sire Records (SES -97011) 1969

Oh Yes!! Southern Comfort with Walter 'Shakey' Horton, Martin Stone, Jessie Lewis and Jerome Arnold. This is the U.S. stereo pressing on Sire/London Records. The Vinyl is in VG++ condition. It looks as though it has been played numerous times but also well cared for especially considering its age of almost 40 years. The sonic quality is super solid. There are no loud pops only sporadic light ticks heard during quite passages. The jacket has NO split seams but does have significant ringwear (as pictured) and edgewear that give it a VG+ condition. The labels are in EXCELLENT condition.

Easy (no. 2)

If It Ain't Me Babe

Sugar Mama

Need My Way

Somethin' Else

Walking By Myself

Train Time

Found A New Love

Same Old Blues

Paying Double

Nett-Netti

This loose, raggedy session took place on one afternoon when Big Walter Horton, Jerome Arnold, and Jesse Lewis were in England to perform at a folk festival. British guitarist Martin Stone and his two pals, Peter Sherster and Ian Sippen formed the Underground Recording Corporation and rented time in a shabby, ramshackle recording studio. Horton, as legendary a drinker as he was a harmonica player, got pissed off and eventually passed out with two-thirds of the album finished. Stone, Arnold, and Lewis created a psychedelic raga called "Netti-Netti" (clocking in at over 12 minutes) to close it out. Horton is fine form here, but it's a bit difficult to say exactly how fine, given all the reverb on his voice (it was 1968 after all) but his playing is solid throughout. Stone is a sharp, biting guitarist who had been influenced by everyone from Michael Bloomfield to Eric Clapton and Peter Green. The material ranges form Horton originals — including "Easy (No. 2)," "Sugar Mama," "Train Time," and "Need My Baby" — two fine tunes by Lewis, "Found a New Love" and "Same Old Blues," and Arnold, "Paying Double." "Netti-Netti" doesn't even fit on the set given all its backwards-playing tracks, noodling guitar (Stone was completely under the influence of Jimi Hendrix but couldn't play like him at all) and sound effects; it should be avoided like the plague. The rest of Southern Comfort will be enjoyed by the Horton faithful, but those novices interested in checking his sound would be well advised to look elsewhere first.

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