Howlin` Wolf - The London Howlin` Wolf Sessions: Rarities Edition [1/5]

Artist:

Wolf, Howlin`

UPC:

602527256207

See Also:

Various Artists - A Tribute to Howlin` Wolf

Description:

Personnel: Hubert Sumlin (guitar); Jeffrey M. Carp (harmonica); Joe Miller, Jordan Sandke, Dennis Lansing (horns).
Audio Mixers: Mike Ragogna; Andy McKaie.
Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.
Recording information: Olympic Sound Studios, London, England (05/02/1970); Olympic Sound Studios, London, England (05/04/1970); Olympic Sound Studios, London, England (05/06/1970); Olympic Sound Studios, London, England (05/07/1970).
Illustrator: Don Wilson.
Photographers: Peter Amft; Jo McDermand.
While Universal Music makes no attempt to hide it, it`s important for the informed consumer to look closely at the single-disc Rarities Edition series. These CDs are usually the bonus discs packaged inside the double-disc slipcased Deluxe Editions of the albums they represent; they do not contain the original album even though the cover art is the same. This disc is a bit of an anomaly in this series in that it contains all 12 tracks from the London Howlin` Wolf Sessions Deluxe Edition bonus disc -- made up of alternate takes, rehearsals, and different mixes of session tracks. That said, preceding these are three more songs compiled from a 1974 follow-up album on Chess with Muddy Waters (who also did a London session) called London Revisited. These three songs, versions of Howlin` Wolf standards "Goin` Down Slow," "Killing Floor," and "I Want to Have a Word with You," feature the second day`s musicians Eric Clapton, Hubert Sumlin, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, and Jeffrey M. Carp. For those who already purchased the Deluxe Edition, buying this for an additional three cuts might seem a bit heady, but it does finally complete the legendary two-day recording sessions represented by the original albums. ~ Thom Jurek

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Goin` Down Slow [1974 London Revisited Version]
2. Killing Floor [1974 London Revisited Version]
3. I Want To Have a Word With You [1974 London Revised Version]
4. Worried About My Baby [Rehearsal Take] - (take)
5. Red Rooster [Alternate Take With Dialog], The
6. What a Woman! (a/K/a Commit a Crime) [Alternate Take] - (alternate take)
7. Who`s Been Talking? [Alternate Take With False Start & Dialog] - (alternate take)
8. Worried About My Baby [Alternate Take] - (alternate take)
9. I Ain`t Superstitious [1970 Alternate Take] - (alternate take)
10. Highway 49 [Alternate Take] - (alternate take)
11. Do the Do [Extended Alternate Take] - (alternate take)
12. Poor Boy [Alternate Lyrics/Mix] - (remix, alternate take)
13. I Ain`t Superstitious [1970 Alternate Mix] - (remix, alternate take)
14. What a Woman! (a/K/a Commit a Crime) [Alternate Mix With Organ Overdub] - (remix, alternate take)
15. Rockin` Daddy [Alternate Mix] - (remix, alternate take)

Album Information

Release Date:

01/05/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Chicago Blues

Label:

Geffen

Producer:

Norman Dayron

Catalog Number:

B0013720-02

Original Release Year:

2010

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

67 : 52

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