The Best of the Stony Plain Years

The Best Of The Stony Plain Years
Compilation album by Long John Baldry
Released	17 June 2014
Recorded	1988-2001
Genre	Blues
Length	45:00
Label	Stony Plain Records
Long John Baldry chronology
Live - Iowa State University 1987 (2009) The Best of the Stony Plain Years (2014)

The Best of the Stony Plain Years is a compilation album by Long John Baldry. Released on 17 June 2014 in North America, and the rest of the world on 23 June, it collects LJB's best work with the Stony Plain Records label. The album features a previously unreleased live version of "Dimples" and other rarities.

Track listing

1. "Good Morning Blues" – 3:48 (From Remembering Leadbelly, recorded in 1958 & 2001)
2. "I'm Shakin'" – 3:48 (From Right to Sing the Blues, recorded in 1996)
3. "Easy Street" – 3:49 (From Right to Sing the Blues, recorded in 1996)
4. "Midnight Special" – 3:22 (From Remembering Leadbelly, recorded in 2001)
5. "Gallows Pole" – 2:44 (From Remembering Leadbelly, recorded in 2001)
6. "Midnight Hour Blues" – 3:58 (From Right to Sing the Blues, recorded in 1996)
7. "Dimples" – 3:58 (Previously unreleased, recorded in 1988)
8. "Insane Asylum" – 5:24 (From It Still Ain't Easy, recorded in 1991)
9. "Midnight In New Orleans" – 3:23 (From It Still Ain't Easy, recorded in 1991)
10. "Black Girl" – 3:01 (From Stony Plain: Absolute Blues 2, recorded in 1996)
11. "Time's Gettin' Tougher Than Tough" – 6:53 (From Jimmy Witherspoon With The Duke Robillard Band, recorded in 1995)

Personnel

Long John Baldry - vocals Andreas Schuld - guitar Chris Nordquist - drums John Lee Sanders - piano, keyboard, tuba Norm Fraser - bass Jesse Zubot - violin Butch Coulter - harmonica Tom Colclough - clarinet Kathi McDonald - vocals Papa John King - guitar Al Webster - drums Eric Webster - keyboard, piano Johnny Ferreira - sax Dave Babcock - sax Rusty Reed - harp

Mike Lent - bass Michelle Joseph - drums Tom Lavin - guitar, tambourine, vocals Teddy Borowiecki - piano Bill Runge - bass Darryl Bennett - drums, sax Amos Garrett - guitar Gaye Delmore - guitar Mike Kalanj - hammond B3 Jimmy Witherspoon - vocals Duke Robillard - guitar Marty Ballou - bass Marty Richards - drums 'Sax' Gordon Beadle - sax

• Compiled by Holger Peterson
• Produced by Tom Lavin, Miles Wilkinson, Duke Robillard, Andreas Schuld and Holger Peterson
• Re-mastering by Miles Wilkinson
• Art and design by Michael Dangelmaier, Karo Group, Calgary, AB.
• Cover photo by Richard Siemens