Bo Diddley - Ride On / The Chess Masters, Volume 3, 1960 - 1961 [7/21] *

Artist:

Diddley, Bo

See Also:

Little Walter Dylan, Bob Wood, Ron (Rock) Various Artists - Hey Bo Diddley: A Tribute

Description:

One of the great things about Bo Diddley, something that often goes unmentioned, is that he was a home-recording pioneer, building his own studio years before any other rocker. The full fruits of this labor can be heard on RIDE ON: THE CHESS MASTERS VOL. 3, 1960-1961, Hip-O Select`s third installment in their complete Bo Chess/Checker masters and easily the weirdest set yet. All 54 songs here were recorded over the course of 13 months: a whopping 17 them have never been released (an additional seven have never seen release in the U.S.), every one of them was cut in his home studio in Washington DC, and not a one reached the charts. That lack of commercial success should in no way be seen as an indication that the music on RIDE ON is subpar--odd and messy, yes, but the music here is fueled by a mad genius that could only have flourished in a hothouse setting like a personal home studio. Much of this music was heard on the classic LPs BO DIDDLEY IS A GUNSLINGER and BO DIDDLEY IS A LOVER, but in many ways the way to hear it is on this wild, wooly complete compilation, where all the flights of fancy sit next to the big, booming rockers, and where the variety proves Bo to be the visionary he is.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. My White Horse (take 4)
2. Live My Life
3. Scuttle Bug
4. Love Me
5. Walkin` And Talkin` (unedited)
6. Mule Train (lead vocal)
7. Travelin` West (instrumental version of "Mule Train")
8. Mule Train (group vocal)
9. Mule Train (alternate group vocal)
10. Merengue (Limbo)
11. Say You Will
12. Say You Will (alternate take)
13. Craw-Dad
14. Ride On Josephine
15. No More Lovin`
16. No More Lovin` (alternate take)
17. Do What I Say
18. Doing The Craw-daddy
19. Whoa, Mule (Shine)
20. Cheyenne
21. Sixteen Tons
22. Googlia Moo
23. Working Man
24. (Bo Diddley`s A) Gunslinger
25. Somewhere

DISC 2:

1. Hey, Hey (What Are You Going To Do?) a/k/a Hey Pretty Baby (fast version)
2. Hey, Hey (What Are You Going To Do?) a/k/a Hey Pretty Baby (slow version)
3. Can You Shimmy?
4. I`m Hungry
5. Hey Pretty Baby (slow version)
6. Hey Pretty Baby (fast version)
7. Oh Yeah a/k/a Oh Yes
8. Huckleberry Bush (Hully Hully Gully)
9. Come On Baby a/k/a The Soup Maker
10. All Together
11. Watusi Bounce
12. Mess Around
13. Doodlin`
14. Bo Diddley Is An Outlaw (fast version)
15. Bo Diddley Is An Outlaw (slow version)
16. Aloha
17. Funny Talk
18. Instrumental
19. Bring Them Back Alive (Funny Talk)
20. When The Saints Go Marching In
21. Shank
22. Twister, The
23. Bo Diddley Is A Lover
24. Love Is A Secret
25. Bo Diddley Is Loose
26. Congo
27. Aztec
28. Call Me (Bo`s Blues)
29. 29 Bo`s Vacation

Album Information

Release Date:

07/21/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Rock `N` Roll

Label:

Hip-o Select

Catalog Number:

B001294602

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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