Too Tired
Don't Touch Me
Hot Little Mama
Blues Side
I Love To Love You
Oh Baby
Someone Cares For Me
She Moves Me
Love Me Baby
Gangster Of Love
One Room Country Shack
Acoustic Instrumental
One More Kiss
Johnny Guitar
Looking Back
The Eagle Is Back
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14 comments:
First off, great blog. Secondly, thanks for posting this Johnny Guitar Watson comp; I used to play 'Space Guitar' in a record shop I worked in 25+ years ago, and it was great fun to watch customers' jaws drop when they heard it, even more so once we explained that it wasn't Hendrix and predated Jimi by 10+ years!
Again, thanks!
-Porter
Dear Gyros,
That old Red Lightin' LP ! I bought it when it came out, 30 years ago. It had a great review in blues Unlimited which was The Bible for any blues collector in those years. I know that all those things are available on CD now. But not with that great front cover.
The Ike Turner 's Kings of Rhythm issued at about the same time was fantastic too.
It brings back happy memories.
Cheers
Glad both of you liked the lp and the cover which was the main reason for posting it.
Red Lightnin" released some great lp's and gave me a chance to hear some rare music at the time. The fun of saving up my money and hunting down and finding the releases was a kick.
I miss those days now that every burp and fart is available on cd in 10 different versions and can be downloaded from a blog, newsgroup, P2P or whatever. No challenge or kick anymore. Believe me I'm as old as I sound also.
When I saw the mention of Red Ligthning Records my antennae went up...I still have Jukebox @ Eric's and used to have a couple other of these pseudo-official reissue compilations ... The one I remember and am craving id i believe called 'Blues In D Natural' that featured Earl Hooker doing 'Tanya' and Frankie Lee Sims and others. i only had a hand lettered plain white sleeve edition when I had it and have never seen an actual cover to it...
Any chance you (or someone els might have this for posting?
Also, read your comment (or someone else) about the ease of finding stuff these days on the internet, Usenet, etc...maybe so, but you still have to know what you're looking for and that takes some prior knowledge and experience which is what many of the best bloggers provide and I thank them all (including you).
the early Red Lighting releases were always worth while looking out for and I still try and buy them if they're not to expensive.
Blues in d natutal is one of the releases I'm still trying to find. If I do it will be posted soon after it arrives.
Also I'm glad you like the music that I've put online.
I have been trying to get Johnny Guitar Watson's version of "gangster of love" for some time
Thank you
Rhod
p.s Please don't go !!!!!!!!
Most of the Red Lightnin' LPs are great.
Particularly-
The Leading Brand
Blues in D Natural
Guitar Star
I'm Tore Up
San Antonio Ballbuster
No Friend Around
-All Killer!
I have one problem with this LP- Why did they include those terrible instrumentals with Shuggie Otis!? That space on the vinyl could have included "Space Guitar", "Baby Don't Leave" or the excellent "Late Freight Twist" instead of those generic tracks that display none of what makes Watson so brilliant. Maybe it had to do with copyrights or the fact that Watson was still alive. Sorry for the babble but where else could I complain about such things?
Great blog. Keep up the good work!
I also had a problem with this LP, shame about all those comments by Johnny Otis between tracks.
Xyros - Thanks for this & all the other great posts.
Love the cover & like some of your other posters i agree that the Otis comments & the two throwaway jamming tracks could have been left out.
I just edited out all the Otis stuff in Audacity. Now I have a great 14 track compilation.
Damn. File expired.
Curse my rotten luck.
Thanks :-)
This was my 1st JGW LP and introduction purchased in the Mid 80s.
Killer Material - A Great Compilation
Great thanks!
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