The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (album)
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band is the self-titled debut album by the American
Recording and releases
In late 1964,
Sessions were arranged for December 1964, but these were abandoned for live recordings from the Cafe Au Go Go in New York City after the band's appearance at the Newport Folk Festival. The earlier studio recordings were eventually released on The Original Lost Elektra Sessions in 1995. Upon hearing the live tapes, Rothchild remained dissatisfied, and the band went into the studio in September 1965 in an attempt to record the album for the third time.[8] The guitar solos were all played by Bloomfield, Bishop relegated to rhythm guitar. Keyboardist Mark Naftalin was drafted in at the September sessions and asked to join the band by Butterfield, expanding it to a sextet.[9]
The album presents band originals and songs in the style of electric
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Born in Chicago" | Nick Gravenites | 2:55 |
2. | "Shake Your Money-Maker" | Elmore James | 2:27 |
3. | "Blues with a Feeling" | Walter Jacobs | 4:20 |
4. | "Thank You Mr. Poobah" | Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Mark Naftalin | 4:05 |
5. | "I Got My Mojo Working" | Preston Foster | 3:30 |
6. | "Mellow Down Easy" | Willie Dixon | 2:48 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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1. | "Screamin'" | Mike Bloomfield | 4:30 | |
2. | "Our Love Is Drifting" | Paul Butterfield, Look Over Yonders Wall " | James Clark | 2:23 |
Personnel
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Paul Butterfield – lead vocals (all but 4, 5, 7), harmonica
- Mike Bloomfield – lead guitar
- Elvin Bishop – rhythm guitar
- Jerome Arnold – bass guitar
- Sam Lay – drums, lead vocals (5)
- Mark Naftalin – organ (3, 4, 7–10)
- Technical
- William S. Harvey – cover design
- Leonard Heicklen, William S. Harvey – cover photography
References
- ^ AllMusic
- ^ g, manos (20 September 2014). "Review: CD The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Album". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ Down Beat Top 50 retrieved 28 August 2010
- ^ Doggett, Peter. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band/East West. Warner Strategic Marketing 8122 73571-2, 2001, liner notes, pp.4–5.
- ^ Boyd, Joe (2007). White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s. Serpents Tail Classics. pp. 62–63.
- ^ Doggett, liner notes, p. 6.
- ^ Bloomfield biography retrieved 28 August 2010