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| 1. I'm A King Bee |
| 2. I've Got Love If You Want It |
| 3. Wonderin' And Worryin' |
| 4. You'll Be Sorry One Day |
| 5. Strange Love |
| 6. Bobby Sox Baby |
| 7. One More Day |
| 8. Rainin' In My heart |
| 9. Blues Hangover |
| 10. Buzzin' |
| 11. Still Rainin' In My Heart |
| 12. Snoopin' Around |
| 13. Te Ni Nee Ni Nu |
| 14. Tip On In, Part 1 |
| 15. Shake Your Hips |
| 16. Baby, Scratch My Back |
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Mississippi bluesman James Isaac Moore made the bulk of his recordings at JD Miller's Crowley, Louisiana studio, accounting for the deep, swampy sound and creeping rhythms of his hit singles. Another important influence on the Stones, Harpo's debut 1957 single "I'm A King Bee's" compulsive, chicken-scratch guitar motif became an essential part of their early sound. Although Ace have released a comprehensive series covering Slim's years with the Excello label, this Best Of draws together all the classic singles: "Baby Scratch My Back", "I Got Love If You Want It", "Rainin' In My Heart" (Louisiana pop of the highest order) and "Shake Your Hips" (rolling along with train-chugging intensity, rattling-sticks providing its percussion track). By 1967, he was recording in Nashville, producing even more light-footed material like "Te-Ni-Nee- Ni-Nu" and "Tip On In" ("let me see those fishnet hose", he drawls.). Harpo had it all: a bittersweet soul moan of a voice, a squealing, wounded-hound harmonica sound and a feel for mixing genres that found him picking from country, rock 'n' roll and soul, perfectly placed to be one of the funkiest, most danceable blues performers so far in the music's history. Who knows how much more he would have contributed if not for his sudden early death from a heart attack in 1970. --Martin Longley
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1-I'm A King Bee 2-I've Got Love If You Want It 3-Wonderin' And Worryin' 4-You'll Be Sorry One Day 5-Strange Love 6-Bobby Sox Baby 7-One More Day 8-Rainin' In My Heart 9-Blues Hangover 10-Buzzin' 11-Still Rainin' In My Heart 12-Snoopin' Around 13-Te Ni Nee Ni Nu 14-Tip On In (part 1) 15-Shake Your Hips 16-Baby, Scratch My Back (1957-65 'Excello')(40:20/16) ... in herausragender Qualität / excellent sound quality.
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It has taken me a long time to try the sly Slim groove so if you are partial to a bit of laid back and cruising sexy blues and boogie, Slim Harpo is the man, it really is uber cool with a capital K.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Harpo had one of those laid back drawling voices as easy on the ear as Fats Domino or Wilbert Harrison or Jimmy Reed.
However comparisons with the latter are as two exact opposites-Harpo was thoughly normal and had no drink problem.He kept the same wife for over 20 years and was no problem to promoters.Neither was he overtly ambitious-he rarely strayed from the South.
Slim Harpo was first covered in the 50s by Warren Smith on the Sun label but is more famous for the covers made by British artists.His own covers were usually known blues standards.
He proves that you don't have to screech your way through a song and is definitley more important than James Brown in my book
However comparisons with the latter are as two exact opposites-Harpo was thoughly normal and had no drink problem.He kept the same wife for over 20 years and was no problem to promoters.Neither was he overtly ambitious-he rarely strayed from the South.
Slim Harpo was first covered in the 50s by Warren Smith on the Sun label but is more famous for the covers made by British artists.His own covers were usually known blues standards.
He proves that you don't have to screech your way through a song and is definitley more important than James Brown in my book
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Living my formative years through the late 50's & early 60's I came to love R n B. Slim Harpo did not figure highly on the radar then. I think that was because his delivery was a touch less than frenetic than his peers.
This album is a great intro to his music and contains his 2 most famous hits - I'm a King Bee and Baby Scratch my back. Thankfully the latter sounds just as good as the 45 - a recent compilation containing "Scratch" sounds as though he is singing from the bathroom.
I would recommend this album although it does contain a couple of mediocre tracks - "Rainin in my heart " has already been mentionned.
This album is a great intro to his music and contains his 2 most famous hits - I'm a King Bee and Baby Scratch my back. Thankfully the latter sounds just as good as the 45 - a recent compilation containing "Scratch" sounds as though he is singing from the bathroom.
I would recommend this album although it does contain a couple of mediocre tracks - "Rainin in my heart " has already been mentionned.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Top marks for HARPO
This album was the first time I had bought a Slim Harpo disc. Really good sound, excellent selection of tunes, and well worth a listen to if you want to get into one of the early... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ac Sammons
Excellent!!!!
This really is one for the lovers of all things R&B as it should be, raw, in your face and brilliant. Read more
Published 17 months ago by ROBIN TAYLOR
Buzzin'
Not only does Slim Harpo have a pretty cool name but the music's not bad either. The laid back vocals compliment the chilled melodies to create some of the best blues records of... Read more
Published on 27 July 2008 by A. Willmer
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