The Pretty Things/The Yardbirds - The Chicago Blues Tapes 1991 [5/31]

Artist:

Pretty Things (The)

UPC:

805772610828

Description:

Full performer name: Pretty Things/Yardbirds Blues Band.
Pretty Things/Yardbirds Blues Band includes: Phil May, Dick Taylor, Jim McCarty.
Personnel: Phil May (vocals, percussion); Dick Taylor (guitar, slide guitar); Studebaker John (slide guitar, harp); Richard Hite (electric bass); Jim McCarty (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixers: Mike Konopka; George Paulus.
Liner Note Author: George Paulus.
Recording information: Seagrape Recording Studio, Chicago (01/16/1991-01/23/1991).
Photographers: Craig Moore; Jimmy Appudurai-Chua.
This set, attributed to the Pretty Things-Yardbird Blues Band, is really more Pretty Things (thanks to strong vocal work by Phil May and some striking lead guitar from Dick Taylor, the two cornerstones of the Pretty Things) than the Yardbirds (although former Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty is on hand), and it doesn`t add much to the legacy of either band, really, although it is a strikingly good outing. The tracks collected here originated when May and Taylor teamed up with McCarty and guitarist and blue harpist Studebaker John and bassist Richard Hite for two George Paulus-produced albums recorded in Chicago in 1991. The sound is very good, and these weren`t throwaway sessions, with the blended band tackling classic songs like "Spoonful," "You Can`t Judge a Book by the Cover," "Time Is on My Side" (Taylor was briefly a guitarist for the Rolling Stones early in that group`s career), "Ain`t Got You," and "Chain of Fools," among others. Again, nothing here adds much to the legacy of either the Pretty Things or the Yardbirds, but fans of either or both bands will undoubtedly love this interesting curio. ~ Steve Leggett

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. You Can`t Judge a Book by the Cover
2. Down in the Bottom
3. Hush-Hush
4. Can`t Hold Out
5. Spoonful
6. She Fooled Me
7. Time Is on My Side
8. Long Tall Shorty
9. Diddley Daddy
10. Ain`t Got You
11. Caress Me Baby
12. Here`s My Picture
13. Chain of Fools
14. Don`t Start Cryin` Now
15. Don`t Start Cryin` Now, Pt. 2

Album Information

Release Date:

05/03/2011

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Hard Rock

Label:

Floating World

Producer:

George Paulus

Catalog Number:

6108

Original Release Year:

1991

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

56 : 53

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