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Divin' Duck Blues
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 3:28
Comments: Billed as "Diving Duck Blues". Writing credit incorrectly attributed to "(Mississippi Fred) MdDowell". |
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Highway 51
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 2:18
Comments: Writing credit incorrectly attributed to "(Tommy) McClennan". |
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One Dime Blues
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 2:52 |
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Having A Good Time
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 2:53 |
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Instrumental No. 2
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 1:58 |
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Walkin' Blues
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 3:49
Comments: Billed as "Walking Blues". |
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Rollin' And Tumblin'
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 5:00
Comments: Trad. Arr. Smith Billed as "Rolling & Tumbling". Incorrectly billed on the label of the Line reissue as "Rolling A Tumbling". | |
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I've Been Down So Long
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 3:30 |
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Instrumental No. 4
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 1:09 |
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Pearlie Blues
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 2:56 |
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The Woman Down The Hall
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 1:13 |
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Big Road Blues
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 3:13 |
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Instrumental No. 3
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 1:26 |
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Worried Life Blues
Date Performance: 1968-08-00, Running Time: 4:25
Comments: Writing credit incorrectly attributed to "(Mississippi Fred) MdDowell". |
| Guest Appearances » |
Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Derek Hall, John McVie
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| Released » |
1968
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| Format » |
Import Vinyl/CD Album
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| Other Appearances » |
Sleepy John Estes (Adams) (Songwriter), Son House (Songwriter), Blind Lemon (Henry) Jefferson (Songwriter), Tommy Johnson (Songwriter), J.B. Lenoir (Songwriter), Furry (Walter) Lewis (Songwriter), Big Maceo (Major) Merriweather (Songwriter), Hambone Willie Newbern (Songwriter), Gordon Smith (Songwriter), Homesick James Williamson (Songwriter), Richard Vernon (Co-Ordination), Terence Ibbot(t) (Sleeve Design), Terence Ibbot(t) (Photography), Mike Vernon (Produced By), Mike FitzHenry (Recording Engineer), Blue Horizon (Records) (Production), Gordon Smith (Patience) |
| Record Label » |
Blue Horizon/Line |
| Catalogue Number » |
7-63211/OLLP 5296 (UK)/IMLP 4.00364 (Germany)
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| Running Time » |
40:10
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| Liner Notes » |
Recorded at CBS Studio, London
Smith Signs For Blue Horizon
Blue Horizon has the knack of picking the cream of British blues artists. Their newest recruit is Gordon Smith, a young man from Co. Durham. He's been based in London since 1967, and in July of this year, was brought to the attention of Mike Vernon by two enthusiasts who found him busking in the Portobello Road. That evening he was brought to the Blue Horizon club in Battersea. where the reception was fantastic. The following day, Gordon went to the CBS studios in London where he recorded eight demos. These should be available later this year. He will be appearing with the Fleetwood Mac and Duster Bennett on their blues shows during the remainder of the year.
- Beat Instrumental/November 1968
Stereo
33 1/3 RPM
(P) 1968
Line Reissue Notes:
(P) (C) 1983 Line/Outline ecords, a division of Line Music Gmbh/Line Records Gmbh.
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Western Germany
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Telex: 213167
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Printed in Western Germany
Lic. by CBS Schallpl. GmbH, Frankfurt
All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved.
Unauthorized duplication, public performance, broadcasting and copying of this record prohibited & is a violation of applicable laws.
Manufactured by Teldec, Hamburg 19, Germany
Marketed and distrubuted by Line Music Gmbh/Line Records Gmbh
GEMA
LC 8595
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Good stand alone tracks but too bland for full listens
Review written by John Fitzgerald, March 17th, 2005 This is yet another album that works better with individual song plays as opposed to just sitting down and listening to the whole thing all the way through unless you are a fan of fast tumbling strictly acoustic country blues sliders. The three tracks that feature Mac members though are obvious highlights in the opening "Diving duck blues" (which could be taking some passages from the more well know blueser "Louisiana blues") with Peter Green on useful harmonica helping out greatly in the much needed rhythm in this track though any more would've been too much so I find this track the most easily likable one on the album. "Having a good time" is a fast shuffling boogie instrumental with Mick and John helping the track along, this one adds some needed color to the proceedings and "I've been down so long" is a fairly perky stroll but this is the track out of the three of them that tends to show up on compilation albums most often and I think it's the poorest of the three but whatever the case, we press on. The tracks here known as "Instrumental no. 2" (which is slidingly atmospheric enough but annoyingly only heard in the left channel), "Instrumental no. 4" (which is a skipping little ditty) & "Instrumental no. 3" (which is a likable twanging speedy piece), as one could guess, are without vocals but do their job nicely though it does make one wonder where "number one" is. Perhaps "Having a good time" was number one? In any event, "Highway 51" is a little more electric, "One dime blues" is like "Diving duck blues" but maybe a bit faster, "Walking blues" is a rolling grinder, "Rolling & tumbling" is a harsh sounding hard strumming yowler, "Pearlie blues" is a mid tempo sliding howler, "The woman down the hall" is a fast, simple gallop, "Big road blues" is a quick tumbler and "Worried life blues" is a loud mope. Except where noted, all tracks just seem to be Smith's vocals and guitar (though he's the one playing the harp on "Having a good time") so if that's your style, you'll really like this and as it is, I find it an underrated album and it would get heavy rotation in my CD player if it was released on CD as I think it would make a good transfer to the compact disc format but rarely do I listen to it from front to back all in one sitting as the separate song plays do me just fine.
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| Last Modified » |
2011-09-26 |
| Tracklisting » |
Discography entry submitted by Wombat, Mark Trauernicht, Jeff Kenney & Marty Adelson. |
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