Time: 40:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front
01. Tin Pan Alley (3:23)
02. Fools Paradise (3:04)
03. Strange Land (4:32)
04. 1009 Blues (4:11)
05. You Got Me Whistling (2:47)
06. But Bruce (3:00)
07. Bad Luck Overtook Me (3:00)
08. Hard Luck Blues (3:13)
09. Crying Wont Make Me Stay (3:00)
10. Miss You So (2:53)
11. A Good Letting Alone (3:59)
12. Mercy, Mercy (3:01)
Personnel:
Bass – Dennis Walker
Drums – Johnny Tucker
Guitar – Johnny Fuller, Phillip Walker, Tony Matthews
Harmonica – Zaven 'Big John' Jambezian
Piano – Arthur Woods
Saxophone [Baritone] – David Li
Saxophone [Tenor] – David Li
Trumpet – Mike O'Connel
Vocals – Johnny Fuller
Tracks 4 and 9 were recorded at Frank Scotts Studio on June 22nd, 1973.
All other tracks were recorded at Eldorado Studios, Hollywood on June 13th and 21st, 1973.
Johnny Fuller was a West Coast blues singer and guitarist. Fuller showed musical diversity, performing in several musical genres including rhythm and blues, gospel and rock and roll. His distinctive singing and guitar playing appeared on a number of 1950s San Francisco Bay Area recordings. His best known recording, "Haunted House", was later covered with some success by Jumpin' Gene Simmons. His other better known tracks were "Crying Won't Make Me Stay", "All Night Long", "You Got Me Whistling" and "Johnny Ace's Last Letter." Fuller was born in Edwards, Mississippi on April 20, 1929. He relocated with his family in 1945 to Vallejo, California. His musical styling often masked his upbringing in the Deep South, but he spent the majority of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. As such, he is usually classified as a West Coast bluesman, although he did not stick with one particular genre. Fuller recorded for a number of independent record labels, sometimes those associated with Bob Geddins. These included Heritage, Hollywood, Flair, Specialty, Aladdin, Imperial and Checker Records. His debut recording was made in 1948 on the obscure Jaxyson record label, with a couple of gospel based songs. In 1954, he began a regular recording career which lasted until 1962. Fuller recorded twenty sides in 1954 alone for Geddins. Fuller had local hits with his singles "All Night Long" and the original version of "Haunted House," the latter of which was written and produced by Geddins. Fuller's ability to switch styles, saw him appear in late 1950s rock and roll package tours, performing on the same bill as Paul Anka and Frankie Avalon. However, this same factor lost his black audience, which left him neglected in the 1960s blues revival. In 1974, Fuller recorded his debut album, Fullers Blues in Hollywood for the small Australian label Bluesmaker. On most of the tracks he is accompanied by the Phillip Walker Band. The record was well received, but saw little commercial success. The album was re-issued in Holland on Diving Duck in 1988 and now comes available on CD for the first time. Fuller played at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1973 and 1977. In the years that followed he could not live from making music anymore and he mainly worked as a mechanic in a local garage until his death from lung cancer in Oakland, California, on May 20 1985, at the age of 56.
Bass – Dennis Walker
Drums – Johnny Tucker
Guitar – Johnny Fuller, Phillip Walker, Tony Matthews
Harmonica – Zaven 'Big John' Jambezian
Piano – Arthur Woods
Saxophone [Baritone] – David Li
Saxophone [Tenor] – David Li
Trumpet – Mike O'Connel
Vocals – Johnny Fuller
Tracks 4 and 9 were recorded at Frank Scotts Studio on June 22nd, 1973.
All other tracks were recorded at Eldorado Studios, Hollywood on June 13th and 21st, 1973.
Johnny Fuller was a West Coast blues singer and guitarist. Fuller showed musical diversity, performing in several musical genres including rhythm and blues, gospel and rock and roll. His distinctive singing and guitar playing appeared on a number of 1950s San Francisco Bay Area recordings. His best known recording, "Haunted House", was later covered with some success by Jumpin' Gene Simmons. His other better known tracks were "Crying Won't Make Me Stay", "All Night Long", "You Got Me Whistling" and "Johnny Ace's Last Letter." Fuller was born in Edwards, Mississippi on April 20, 1929. He relocated with his family in 1945 to Vallejo, California. His musical styling often masked his upbringing in the Deep South, but he spent the majority of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. As such, he is usually classified as a West Coast bluesman, although he did not stick with one particular genre. Fuller recorded for a number of independent record labels, sometimes those associated with Bob Geddins. These included Heritage, Hollywood, Flair, Specialty, Aladdin, Imperial and Checker Records. His debut recording was made in 1948 on the obscure Jaxyson record label, with a couple of gospel based songs. In 1954, he began a regular recording career which lasted until 1962. Fuller recorded twenty sides in 1954 alone for Geddins. Fuller had local hits with his singles "All Night Long" and the original version of "Haunted House," the latter of which was written and produced by Geddins. Fuller's ability to switch styles, saw him appear in late 1950s rock and roll package tours, performing on the same bill as Paul Anka and Frankie Avalon. However, this same factor lost his black audience, which left him neglected in the 1960s blues revival. In 1974, Fuller recorded his debut album, Fullers Blues in Hollywood for the small Australian label Bluesmaker. On most of the tracks he is accompanied by the Phillip Walker Band. The record was well received, but saw little commercial success. The album was re-issued in Holland on Diving Duck in 1988 and now comes available on CD for the first time. Fuller played at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1973 and 1977. In the years that followed he could not live from making music anymore and he mainly worked as a mechanic in a local garage until his death from lung cancer in Oakland, California, on May 20 1985, at the age of 56.
Fullers Blues
7 comments:
This is what is killing of the small independent music trade. This Cd has just been released at 500 copies only and it's already here to be downloaded. Why can't you give it a chance to sell before sharing .... if we all post cd's the day they are released then all there will only be crappy vinyl rips in the future.
Just an opinion but worthwhile thinking about.
This LP came about by Kevin Hall, who was a member of the Australian Blues Society. Kevin arranged these Johnny Fuller sessions back in the early 1970s and released them on his Bluesmaker label. The album was well promoted by the Australian Blues Society and I got a copy directly from them. Unfortunately I don't think many people outside the serious blues collectors circles were interested in it, so it didn't sell well. I can't remember if Kevin released anything else on his Bluesmaker label. I've got a feeling it all started and finished with Fuller's Blues.
Many thanks to Bluestender.
I just had to reasearch. Interesting history. Released 1973, reissued (by permission) on Diving Duck Records in 1988, now reissued 28 years later on CD, different track order. With a little luck I found the Balck Magic Records 2015 version (copyright date)available on ebay- and earlier versions are available too. Showed the full cover art. Website www.continental.nl (Continental Record Services). Also found Continental Record Services on Bandcamp with digital downloads of the album and tracks. Sound to me like the another case of reissuing an old album for bucks.
@Xyros
This album was released one month ago by Black Magic Records. Originally released by Bluesmakers Records in 1973 and re-issued by Diving Duck Records in 1988.
In my opinion, only a few people knows about this new release and sharing it, here in blog, maybe I will contribute to sell a couple more of CDs and not the opposite as you say.
Anyway, thanks for your comment.
CD artwork: http://www118.zippyshare.com/v/uLXJypBb/file.html
more info on Black Magic Records : https://www.discogs.com/label/81591-Black-Magic-Records-2
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