J.B. Lenoir - Natural Man

Side 1

1 Natural Man

2 Don't Dog Your Woman

3 Let Me Die With The One I Love

4 Carrie Lee

5 Mama, What About Your Daughter

6 If I Give My Love To You

7 Five Years

Side 2

1 Don't Touch My Head

2 I've Been Down So Long

3 What Have I Done

4 Eisenhower Blues

5 Korea Blues

6 Everybody Wants To Know

7 I'm In Korea

1981 Italian reissue of an LP originally released as Chess LP 410 in 1970.

J.B. Lenoir – guitarist, possessor of a distinctive high pitched voice and wearer of a stylish zebra striped tailcoat. He recorded for Chicago labels JOB, Parrot, Chance and Checker, his biggest hit being “Mama Talk To Your Daughter” on Parrot 809 in 1955.

I picked up this LP second hand in the vinyl basement of Missing Records, under The Hielanman’s Umbrella. If you’re not from Glasgow you won’t have a clue what that is. This collection has been on my WMP playlist for a while now. I wasn’t overly impressed at first, but it’s grown on me. It is most definitely worth your while downloading this, oh fellow blues fans.

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Ripped from vinyl at 320 kbps. Password = greaseyspoon

Streamed highlights:

Some of the recording dates listed below differ from the information on the back cover of the LP. I have added original release details for each track. Additional information is from the Red Saunders Foundation website and the Bruyninckx Discography.

All tracks recorded in Chicago:

Natural Man – 14th September, 1955, Chess LP410

Don't Dog Your Woman - 14th September, 1955, Chess LP410

Let Me Die With The One I Love -14th September, 1955, Checker 844

Carrie Lee – December 1950, Chess 1463

Mama, What About Your Daughter - 19th December 1956, Checker 874

If I Give My Love To You - 14th September, 1955, Checker 844

Five Years – 19th December 1956, Checker 874

Don't Touch My Head - 19th December 1956, Checker 856

I've Been Down So Long - 19th December 1956, Checker 856

What Have I Done – 4th March 1955, Parrot 814

Eisenhower Blues – March 1954, Parrot 802

Korea Blues – December 1950, Chess 1449

Everybody Wants To Know – 14th September 1955, Chess LP410

I'm In Korea – March 1954, Parrot 802

“Carrie Lee” and “Korea Blues” were purchased by Chess from JOB.

Little Walter - Confessin' The Blues

Side One

1 It Ain't Right

2 Rocker

3 I Got To Find My Baby

4 Lights Out

5 One More Chance With You

6 Crazy Legs

7 Temperature

Side Two

1 I Got To Go

2 Crazy Mixed Up World

3 Quarter To Twelve

4 Confessin' The Blues

5 The Toddle

6 Up The Line

7 Rock Bottom

8 Mean Old Frisco

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We kick off a short "blues LP" season on Be Bop Wino with this 1982 Italian release of "Confessin' The Blues" by Little Walter. At the moment I don't really have time to write up extensive notes, so you'll just have to take these posts as they are and dig around the web for further information!

This is a good compilation with only one or two tracks which could be classified as "filler." The rest is killer.

Tracks recorded 1953 - 1963. Musicians include: Little Walter Jacobs (vocal, harmonica); Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Robert Lockwood, Luther Tucker, Freddie Robinson, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy (guitar); Otis Spann, Lafayette Leake (piano); Willie Dixon (bass); Fred Below, George Hunter (drums)

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Confessin' The Blues (Mega)

1. It Ain't Right (1956)

2. Rocker (1954)

3. I Got To Find My Baby (1954)

4. Lights Out (1954)

5. One More Chance With You (1956)

6. Crazy Legs (1953)

7. Temperature (1957)

8. I Got To Go (1955)

9. Crazy Mixed Up World (1958)

10. Quarter To Twelve (1954)

11. Confessin' The Blues (1958)

12. The Toddle (1958)

13. Up The Line (1963)

14. Rock Bottom (1958)

15. Mean Old Frisco (1959)