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Track Listings
| 1. Hoodoo Man |
| 2. Cut That Out |
| 3. Junior's Wail |
| 4. Tomorrow Night |
| 5. Ways Like An Angel |
| 6. Eagle Rock |
| 7. Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone |
| 8. Blues Hit Big Town |
| 9. Lord Lord |
| 10. 'Bout The Break Of Day |
| 11. So All Alone |
| 12. Can't Find My Baby |
| 13. Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone (Alternate) |
| 14. Junior's Wail (Alternate) |
| 15. Eagle Rock (Alternate) |
| 16. Lord Lord (Alternate) |
| 17. Blues Hit Big Town (Alternate) |
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(1953/54 'States') (48:40/17) Vielen Dank an Delmark für diese Wiederveröffentlichung, auf die alle Freunde des 50er Jahre Blues aus Chicago sehnsüchtig gewartet haben. Nun wurden wir alle für die Durststrecke entlohnt, enthält diese CD doch vier zuvor unveröffentlichte Titel. Dies sind die frühesten Aufnahmen von Wells, der sich bereits im Alter von 18 Jahren als hervorragender Harpspieler und Sänger vorstellte. Super-Aufnahmen, denen man das Alter nicht anmerkt. Neben der Hoodoo Man Blues sollte dieses Album in keiner Sammlung fehlen! / Many thanks to Delmark Records for this great re-issue. All fans of '50s style Chicago blues have been waiting impatiently for this album. As a special treat, four previously unreleased cuts have been added. These are Junior's earliest recordings. Amazing to learn how strong a singer and harp player he was at that time, only 18 years old! Excellent recordings that will easily stand the test of time. Next to the 'Hoodoo Man Blues'-CD this album has to be part of a serious blues record collection! JUNIOR WELLS - hca/voc w/ MUDDY WATERS - gtr, ELMORE JAMES - gtr, LOUIS MYERS - gtr, OTIS SPANN - pno, JOHNNY JONES - pno, DAVE MYERS - bass, WILLIE DIXON - bass, FRED BELOW - drums, ODIE PAYNE JR. - drums.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This really is the best of the blues - a classic slice of harmonica and guitar with great beat and rhythm. Featuring many blues star names such as OTIS SPANN, MUDDY WATERS, ELMORE JAMES and WILLIE DIXON in the backing group, blues doesn't get ANY better than this. Startlingly good music.
TONY D.
TONY D.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
File under essential
15 July 2004
Format:Audio CD
Originally released in 1977, this album brings together Junior Wells' earliest singles, recorded in 1953 and 1954 when he was just a teenager (he turned 20 in December, 1954). This 1998 CD reissue adds six bonus tracks, five of which are alternate takes, and while the liner notes are somewhat sparse, the music is top-notch.
Junior Wells' first LP came out more than ten years later, in 1965, but these tough early singles, taped when Junior was Muddy Waters' harmonica player, are at least as seminal. Junior's sublime first reading of "Hoodoo Man" is here, alongside a rollicking "Cut That Out", a lean, mean "Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone", the swinging "Tomorrow Night", and the blazing instrumentals "Eagle Rock" and "Junior's Wail".
Junior's rendition of John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson's "'Bout The Break Of Day" is every bit as powerful as "Hoodoo Man" (another Williamson-number) and he sounds thoroughly menacing on the grinding title track.
As well as playing with Muddy Waters, Junior Wells was the lead singer of the Aces for a while, a group which consisted of brothers Louis and Dave Myers on guitar and bass respectively, and drummer extraordinaire Fred Below. They back him on most of these recordings, and Johnnie Jones lends his considerable talents on piano on the 1953 sides.
And the great Elmore James appears as well, wielding his smouldering bottleneck on the master take of "Hoodoo Man". Piano player Otis Spann from the Muddy Waters band is rolling the 88s on the 1954 recordings, and Waters himself shows up as well, backing Wells on guitar.
These early recordings are some of Junior Wells' finest and grittiest, and while his blistering harmonica playing was often more or less absent on his 60s and 70s waxings, it takes centre stage on these superb 50s singles.
A must-have.
Junior Wells' first LP came out more than ten years later, in 1965, but these tough early singles, taped when Junior was Muddy Waters' harmonica player, are at least as seminal. Junior's sublime first reading of "Hoodoo Man" is here, alongside a rollicking "Cut That Out", a lean, mean "Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone", the swinging "Tomorrow Night", and the blazing instrumentals "Eagle Rock" and "Junior's Wail".
Junior's rendition of John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson's "'Bout The Break Of Day" is every bit as powerful as "Hoodoo Man" (another Williamson-number) and he sounds thoroughly menacing on the grinding title track.
As well as playing with Muddy Waters, Junior Wells was the lead singer of the Aces for a while, a group which consisted of brothers Louis and Dave Myers on guitar and bass respectively, and drummer extraordinaire Fred Below. They back him on most of these recordings, and Johnnie Jones lends his considerable talents on piano on the 1953 sides.
And the great Elmore James appears as well, wielding his smouldering bottleneck on the master take of "Hoodoo Man". Piano player Otis Spann from the Muddy Waters band is rolling the 88s on the 1954 recordings, and Waters himself shows up as well, backing Wells on guitar.
These early recordings are some of Junior Wells' finest and grittiest, and while his blistering harmonica playing was often more or less absent on his 60s and 70s waxings, it takes centre stage on these superb 50s singles.
A must-have.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Even Before Hoodoo Man Blues, Junior Was Fantastic!!
7 Nov 2002
Format:Audio CD
Junior Wells has always been my personal favorite of the great blues harp players. With his soulful, punchy harmonica technique, exemplified on his classic "Hoodoo Man Blues" album, Junior created one of the coolest harp sounds around. With "Blues Hit Big Town," we are treated to the earliest recordings Junior made.
What this record shows primarily, is that even in his late teens, Junior Wells was an astounding harp player. On this record, Junior plays stuff that easily ranks among the finest harp ever laid down. His singing is also good, though his voice has not yet taken on the grittiness that would eventually make him one a the great blues singers.
The music on this album is some truly great Chicago blues. Whether on the original take of the classic "Hoodoo Man," the great instrumental "Eagle Rock," or the down in the alley sound of "Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone," Junior's music runs the gamut of great Chicago sound.
The bottom line: another excellent entry into Junior Wells' library. Though not quite the perfection he would achieve on "Hoodoo Man Blues," it's pretty close, and a more than worthy addition to any blues fan's collection.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
"Electric Blues"
5 Nov 2000
Format:Audio CD
Remembering that these recordings are nearly 50 years old, the quality of the recording session really is "electric" with Wells at his most swaggering and soaring.Add to that the fact that the two different bands had Muddy Waters and Elmore James playing in them, and that Louis and Dave Myers were empathetic to what Wells could do, this re-release is most welcome.At its best the material is excellent (Listen to "Hoodoo Man") and even where he covers standards Wells bring something different to the tracks.Good too that there are alternate takes on four of the tunes.This really is a "must have" reissue from the consistently excellent United re-releases from Delmark.
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