Ain't That a Bitch

For the Aerosmith song, see Nine Lives (Aerosmith album).
Ain’t That a Bitch
Studio album by Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Released 1976
Recorded 1976
Studio Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Blues, funk, rock
Label DJM Records: DJLPA-3
Producer Johnny Guitar Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson chronology
I Don’t Want to Be a Lone Ranger
(1975)
Ain’t That a Bitch
(1976)
Real Mother for Ya
(1977)

Ain’t That a Bitch is a funk album by the American blues musician Johnny "Guitar" Watson, whose long career influenced the development of blues, soul music, rhythm & blues, funk, rock music, and rap music. It was recorded and released in 1976.[1]

It was Watson's first successful funk album and contains a few of his best-known funk songs. It was certified as a Gold Record for sales of over 500,000 copies.[2]

Track listing

The original 1976 release tracklist is as follows:

  1. I Need It (4:46)
  2. I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby (5:49)
  3. Superman Lover (5:44)
  4. Ain't That a Bitch (5:02)
  5. Since I Met You Baby (3:30)
  6. We're No Exception (4:18)
  7. Won't You Forgive Me Baby (5:17)

In 2003 the UK music company Sanctuary Records under the Castle Records label re-released and digitally remastered the album as a "Deluxe Expanded Edition" on compact disc with two bonus tracks:

  1. I Need It (4:46)
  2. I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby (5:49)
  3. Superman Lover (5:44)
  4. Ain't That a Bitch (5:02)
  5. Since I Met You Baby (3:30)
  6. We're No Exception (4:18)
  7. Won't You Forgive Me Baby (5:17)

Bonus tracks:

  1. I Need It (7" Single edit) (3:31)
  2. Superman Lover (7" Single edit) (3:18)

In 2005 the American music company Shout! Factory Records also re-released the album on compact disc and on vinyl record with two different bonus tracks:

  1. I Need It (4:46)
  2. I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby (5:49)
  3. Superman Lover (5:44)
  4. Ain't That a Bitch (5:02)
  5. Since I Met You Baby (3:30)
  6. We're No Exception (4:18)
  7. Won't You Forgive Me Baby (5:17)

Bonus tracks:

  1. Funkula (4:20)
  2. Follow Me (4:36) (this instrumental was released in 1979 on the album "Extra Disco Perception" under his funk band name "The Watsonian Institute")

(the vinyl copy is now out-of-print, and considered rare and very valuable)

Personnel

Samples by other artists

Several tracks from the album have been sampled by other artists:

References

  1. Stephen Cook. "Ain't That a Bitch - Johnny "Guitar" Watson". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. "Billboard - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. 18 June 1977. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

External links

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