Long John's Blues

Long John's Blues
Studio album by Long John Baldry
Released 1964
Recorded 1964
Genre Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Jazz
Length 42:32
Label United Artists Records
Long John Baldry chronology
R&B From The Marquee
(1962)
Long John's Blues
(1965)
Looking at Long John
(1966)

Long John's Blues was the début solo album by British blues singer Long John Baldry and his band, the Hoochie Coochie Men, featuring musicians who had previously played alongside Baldry in the Cyril Davies All-Stars. The album featured a track list that he would continue to play at live shows throughout his career.

In 1995 Long John's Blues / Looking at Long John was released on CD. It has since been re-released and remastered on Looking at Long John: The UA Years. The album even had a vinyl reissue in 2009.

Track listing

  1. "I Got My Mojo Workin'" (McKinley Morganfield) (3:13)
  2. "Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You" (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) (3:57)
  3. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Pete Johnson) (3:32)
  4. "You're Breaking My Heart" (4:36)
  5. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) (3:50)
  6. "Everyday (I Have The Blues)" (Peter Chatman) (3:04)
  7. "Dimples" (John Lee Hooker) (2:22)
  8. "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd) (5:11)
  9. "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) (2:36)
  10. "Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough" (Jimmy Witherspoon) (2:28)
  11. "Goin' Down Slow" (James Burke Oden) (3:57)
  12. "Rock The Joint" (Long John Baldry) (3:53)

Personnel

Original Album

This album features many of the musicians from the Hoochie Coochie Men, Baldry's band at the time, although, for contractual reasons, Rod Stewart is notably absent. It includes songs such as "Got My Mojo Working," "Goin' Down Slow" and "Everyday I Have the Blues," which became staples of Baldry's live shows throughout his career. Released on CD in 2006.

Long John's Blues 1971

Long John's Blues (1971)
Studio album by Long John Baldry
Released 1971
Recorded 1964-1966
Genre Blues, Jazz
Length 43:00
Label United Artists Records

Baldry's 1964 album for United Artists was reissued for America with a gatefold sleeve showing photos and clippings from the era. The bonus on this record is the inclusion of Baldry's duet with Rod Stewart on Sister Rosetta Thorpe's "Up Above My Head," the B-side to Baldry's 1964 single "You'll Be Mine."

Track List

  1. "Rock The Joint" (Long John Baldry) (3:53)
  2. "Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough" (Jimmy Witherspoon) (2:28)
  3. "I Got My Mojo Workin'" (McKinley Morganfield) (3:13)
  4. "Everyday (I Have The Blues)" (Peter Chatman) (3:04)
  5. "You're Breaking My Heart" (4:36)
  6. "Bring My Baby Back To Me" (Long John Baldry) (3:25)
  7. "Up Above My Head" (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) (2:48)
  8. "Dimples" (John Lee Hooker) (2:22)
  9. "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd) (5:11)
  10. "Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You" (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) (3:57)
  11. "Goin' Down Slow" (James Burke Oden) (3:57)
  12. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Pete Johnson) (3:32)
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