|
HOWLIN WOLF THE LONDON SESSIONS [DELUXE EDITION]
Label: Chess
Original Release Date: 1971 (Chess Records,Catalogue CH 60008 )
De Luxe Edition Release Date: 2003
Format:Flac
Quote:
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions album by Howlin' Wolf, was one of the first of the super session blues albums, setting a blues master among famous musicians from the second generation of rock and roll, such as Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman..
Backstage at the Fillmore Auditorium, after a concert by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Electric Flag, and Cream, Chess Records staff producer Norman Dayron spotted the guitar players of the latter two bands, Michael Bloomfield and Eric Clapton, talking and joking around. Dayron approached Clapton and, on impulse, asked "how would you like to do an album with Howlin' Wolf?" After confirming that the offer was legitimate, Clapton agreed, and Dayron set up sessions in London through the Chess organization to coordinate with Clapton's schedule.
Disc 1
1."Rockin' Daddy" – 3:43 (recorded May 4, 1970)
Howlin' Wolf – vocal; Hubert Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Eric Clapton – lead guitar; Ian Stewart – piano; Phil Upchurch – bass; Charlie Watts – drums.
2."I Ain't Superstitious" (Willie Dixon) – 3:34 (recorded May 2, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Steve Winwood – piano; Klaus Voormann – bass; Ringo Starr – drums; Jordan Sandke – trumpet; Dennis Lansing – tenor saxophone; Joe Miller – baritone saxophone; Bill Wyman – cowbell.
3."Sittin' On Top Of The World" – 3:51 (recorded May 6, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Jeffrey Carp – harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Lafayette Leake – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
4."Worried About My Baby" – 2:55 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal, harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Leake – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
5."What A Woman!" (James Oden) – 3:02 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Carp – harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Winwood – organ; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
6."Poor Boy" – 3:04 (recorded May 4, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Carp – harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Winwood – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
7."Built For Comfort" (Dixon) – 2:08 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Sumlin – rhthm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums; Sandke – trumpet; Lansing, Miller – saxophones
8."Who's Been Talking?" – 3:02 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal, harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; John Simon – piano; Winwood – organ; Wyman – bass, shaker; Watts – drums, conga, percussion.
9."The Red Rooster (Rehearsal)" – 1:58 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; guitar; other personnel as below
10."The Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 3:47 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Leake – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
11."Do The Do" (Willie Dixon) – 2:18 (recorded May 6, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Wyman – bass, cowbell; Watts – drums.
12."Highway 49" (Joe Lee Williams) – 2:45 (recorded May 6, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Carp – harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Winwood – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
13."Wang-Dang-Doodle" (Willie Dixon) – 3:27 (recorded May 4, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Carp – harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
14."Goin' Down Slow" (James Oden) – 5:52 (recorded May 2, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Clapton – lead guitar; Voormann – bass; Starr – drums.
15."Killing Floor" – 5:18 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal, electric guitar; Clapton – electric guitar; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
16."I Want To Have A Word With You" - 4:07 (recorded May 2, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Voormann – bass; Starr – drums.
Disc 2
1."Worried About My Baby" (rehearsal take) – 4:31 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal, harmonica; Clapton – lead guitar; Wyman – bass.
2."The Red Rooster" (alternate mix) – 4:02 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Leake – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
3."What A Woman" (alternate take) – 5:10 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Carp – harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
4."Who's Been Talking" (alternate take with false start and dialogue) – 5:51 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal, harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
5."Worried About My Baby" (alternate take) – 3:43 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal, harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
6."I Ain't Superstitious" (alternate take) – 4:10 (recorded May 2, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Carp – harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Voormann – bass; Starr – drums.
7."Highway 49" (alternate take) – 3:39 (recorded May 6, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
8."Do The Do" (extended alternate take) – 5:44 (recorded May 6, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Wyman – bass, cowbell; Watts – drums.
9."Poor Boy" (alternate lyrics mix) – 4:27 (recorded May 4, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Carp – harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Winwood – piano; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums.
10."I Ain't Superstitious" (alternate mix) – 3:53 (recorded May 2, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Winwood – piano; Voorman – bass; Starr – drums; Sandke – trumpet; Lansing, Miller – saxophones; Wyman – cowbell.
11."What A Woman" (alternate mix with organ overdub) – 3:10 (recorded May 7, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Carp – harmonica; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Winwood – organ; Wyman – bass; Watts – drums
12."Rockin' Daddy" (alternate mix) – 3:58 (recorded May 4, 1970)
Wolf – vocal; Sumlin – rhythm guitar; Clapton – lead guitar; Stewart – piano; Upchurch – bass; Watts – drums.
|
