UK issue with many of the today most revered US black blues artists. A compilation mode that's pretty common now on any format, but this was 1960 and you would think the interest among most Brits then were quite limited. But after reading tons of background stories from later renowned UK rock and blues artists it's evident it was records such as this that were heard and admired by them and eventually brought big inspiration to genres as white blues and further hard rock. John Mayall and Alexis Korner probably had copies and you can imagine Eric Clapton and all five young lads that later would become The Rolling Stones at least could have listened to it before they took off. Always been a white blues fan myself as that is what I grew up with, but after listening to this feeling like I have to embrace the dark side as well. All cuts electric and most with bass/drum backing it's a role model for the later British blues, only here way more emotional and even meaner sometimes. Not personally deep into any of the individual artists, but seen as a whole it sounds like a tophole white blues album...though black, pristine and way more sincere. Not the clearest audio, but well fitting the time and circumstances and allowing full connection. Favorite tracks - John Lee Hooker "Walkin' The Boogie", Muddy Waters "Hoochie Coochie" and Howlin' Wolf "Spoonful". This was probably a US release to start with and I would have guessed on Chess, but I can't get the info together. The earliest US I can find on the net is from Argo (LP 4026) and dated 1963, while this UK has "Recording first published 1960" on label. Both label and sleeve also have "An Aristocrat U.S.A. Recording" so there has be copies out there somewhere. If anyone reading this knows for sure, please comment and tell. In any case first UK had label as shown here, thick unfexible vinyl and laminated flip/back cover. (PÖY*) (SÄM*)
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