John Hammond* – Big City Blues
Label: |
Vanguard – VRS-9153 |
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Vinyl
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US |
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Genre: |
Blues |
Style: |
Harmonica Blues |
Tracklist
| A1 | I'm Ready | 2:47 | |
| A2 | My Starter Won't Start | 2:47 | |
| A3 | Barbecue Blues | 3:17 | |
| A4 | I'm A Man | 3:12 | |
| A5 | Barrelhouse Woman Blues | 2:22 | |
| A6 | Midnight Hour Blues | 3:59 | |
| B1 | Backdoor Man | 4:13 | |
| B2 | I Live The Life I Love | 2:22 | |
| B3 | No Money Down | 3:48 | |
| B4 | My Babe | 2:04 | |
| B5 | When You Got A Good Friend | 4:15 | |
| B6 | Baby, Won't You Tell Me | 2:38 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Vanguard Recording Society, Inc.
- Copyright © – Vanguard Recording Society, Inc.
Credits
- Design – Jules Halfant
- Drums – Bobby Donaldson
- Electric Bass [Fender] – Jimmy Lewis (2)
- Electric Guitar – John Hammond*
- Harmonica – John Hammond*
- Liner Notes [Notes By] – S. W. Bennett
- Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – David Gahr
- Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Barry Feinstein
Notes
Tracks A2, A3 and B5 have no writer credits or publishing info. Later versions of this release listed them as Traditional songs.
B1 writer credit miscredited to Chuck Berry.
[from front cover]
Motorcycle by courtesy of Honda of New York
[from back cover]
Printed in U.S.A.
[from center labels]
Vanguard Quality Control. Copyright 1964; Vanguard Recording Society, Inc., New York. Recorded in U.S.A.
Mfd. by Vanguard Recording Society, Inc., N.Y.
Tracks A1, A4, B1 to B4 published by Arc Music, BMI.
Track A5 published by Pickwick Music, ASCAP.
Track A6 published by Leeds Music, ASCAP.
Track B6 published by Ryerson Music, BMI.
B1 writer credit miscredited to Chuck Berry.
[from front cover]
Motorcycle by courtesy of Honda of New York
[from back cover]
Printed in U.S.A.
[from center labels]
Vanguard Quality Control. Copyright 1964; Vanguard Recording Society, Inc., New York. Recorded in U.S.A.
Mfd. by Vanguard Recording Society, Inc., N.Y.
Tracks A1, A4, B1 to B4 published by Arc Music, BMI.
Track A5 published by Pickwick Music, ASCAP.
Track A6 published by Leeds Music, ASCAP.
Track B6 published by Ryerson Music, BMI.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side one label): VRS-9153-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side two label): VRS-9153-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side one label): R4RM-4502
- Matrix / Runout (Side two label): R4RM-4503
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): R4RM-4502-1 A1 R
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): R4RM-4503--2 A1 R
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): R4RM-4502-1 A2 R
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): R4RM-4503-2B A1 (VRS-9153-B) R
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Big City Blues (LP, Album, Stereo) | Vanguard | VRS-79153 | US | 1964 | ||
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Big City Blues (LP, Mono) | Fontana | TFL 6046 | UK | 1964 | ||
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Big City Blues (LP, Album, Stereo) | Vanguard | VSD-79153 | US | 1964 | ||
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Big City Blues (LP, Mono) | Vanguard | VRS-9153 | US | 1964 | ||
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Big City Blues (LP, Album, Reissue) | Vanguard | VSD-79153 | Canada | 1982 |
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Edited 3 years agoJohn Hammond's second album - deep and gritty and a nice follow up to his eponymous debut. This is largely a good album, with an obvious standout being his cover of "Backdoor Man", which was used as a template for the much better known cover by The Doors. As most folks know, John Hammond wrote virtually no music himself, so it's nice to have the rare self-penned inclusion of "Baby, Won't You Tell Me". His cover of "My Babe" is oddly corny, but otherwise this is a strong blues album from one of the genre's greatest fans.
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