Size: 171,6 + 171,2 MB
Time: 74:10 + 73:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues/R&B/Soul/Pop
Art: Front, tray
CD 1:
1. Got My Mojo Working (3:12)
2. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You (3:57)
3. Roll 'Em Pete (3:31)
4. You're Breaking My Heart (4:35)
5. Hoochie Coochie (3:49)
6. Everyday (I Have The Blues) (3:04)
7. Dimples (2:22)
8. Five Long Years (5:10)
9. My Babe (2:36)
10. Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough (2:27)
11. Goin' Down Slow (3:57)
12. Rock The Joint (3:52)
13. You'll Be Mine (2:34)
14. Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air (w. Rod Stewart) (2:52)
15. I'm On To You Baby (2:54)
16. Goodbye Baby (2:39)
17. Someday Baby (2:36)
18. Getting Ready For The Heartbreak (2:34)
19. Alright OK You Win (2:16)
20. I'm On To You Baby (Stereo) (2:46)
21. Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air (Take 3) (w. Ottilie Patterson & Rod Stewart) (2:46)
22. Hoochie Coochie Man (w. Ottilie Patterson) (4:25)
23. Got My Mojo Working (w. Ottilie Patterson & Rod Stewart) (3:04)
Tracks 1-12 from the album "Long John's Blues" (1964). Tracks 13-23 bonus tracks.
CD 2:
1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (3:24)
2. Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart (2:43)
3. Make It Easy On Yourself (2:58)
4. Let Him Go (And Let Me Love You) (2:12)
5. The Drifter (3:06)
6. Cry Me A River (2:58)
7. Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.) (1:56)
8. Turn On Your Love Light (2:10)
9. I Love Paris (2:13)
10. Keep On Running (2:19)
11. Ain't Nothing You Can Do (2:34)
12. Bad Luck Soul (2:22)
13. How Long Will It Last (Mono) (1:48)
14. House Next Door (Mono) (2:42)
15. Unseen Hands (Mono) (3:24)
16. Turn On Your Lovelight (Mono) (2:27)
17. The Drifter (Mono) (2:59)
18. Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart (Mono) (2:41)
19. Cuckoo (Mono) (2:33)
20. Bring Back My Baby To Me (Mono) (3:21)
21. Let Him Go (And Let Me Love You) (Mono) (2:10)
22. What's New (5:31)
23. Cuckoo (Stereo Mix) (2:34)
24. Bring Back My Baby To Me (Stereo Mix) (3:26)
25. House Next Door (Stereo) (2:43)
26. How Long, How Long Blues (4:29)
Tracks 1-12 from the album "Looking At Long John" (1966). Tracks 13-26 bonus tracks.
Long John's Blues (AMG Review): One of the unsung jewels of the British R&B scene, Long John's Blues is, astonishingly, the sole surviving document of what was, at one point, among the most exciting live acts on the entire circuit. Baldry himself was dynamite, with a grasp of blues singing that left his contemporaries foundering.
His takes on "Got My Mojo Working," "Dimples," and "Hoochie Coochie Man" alone are worth the price of admission, no matter how many other versions you may own, while "My Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough" and, best of all, "Everyday I Have the Blues" pack a punch that reminds us just what great musicians Baldry surrounded himself with, former Cyril Davies All-Stars veterans Jeff Bradford and Cliff Barton among them. An excellent sleeve photo, stylishly mod as only Long John could be, completed the original vinyl package, but even in the record's later incarnation, as part of a two-fer CD with the sleeve barely visible, Long John's Blues stands proud among the most essential British blues albums of them all. /Dave Thompson, AllMusic
Looking At Long John (AMG Review): Baldry's move from blues into pop/soul for his second album may have been viewed as something of a loss in integrity, given his purist blues stance on his debut. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea, though, given that the debut LP wasn't very good, and the British blues-rock field was crowded with many greater talents in the mid-'60s. Looking at Long John, with a sub-Righteous Brothers sort of approach, is certainly a change in style, but the result really isn't any better. Baldry's vocal limitations are a big handicap whether applied to white-boy blues or blue-eyed soul, and the production is thin in comparison with the American soul/pop it's clearly trying to emulate.
If you wanted this kind of stuff, the Righteous Brothers did it many times better. Not only that, if you were British at the time and weren't aware of the Righteous Brothers, you weren't about to turn to John Baldry; the Walker Brothers (American, but based in Britain) also did this kind of stuff much better. The BGO CD reissue combines this and the 1964 LP Long John's Blues on one disc. /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic
His takes on "Got My Mojo Working," "Dimples," and "Hoochie Coochie Man" alone are worth the price of admission, no matter how many other versions you may own, while "My Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough" and, best of all, "Everyday I Have the Blues" pack a punch that reminds us just what great musicians Baldry surrounded himself with, former Cyril Davies All-Stars veterans Jeff Bradford and Cliff Barton among them. An excellent sleeve photo, stylishly mod as only Long John could be, completed the original vinyl package, but even in the record's later incarnation, as part of a two-fer CD with the sleeve barely visible, Long John's Blues stands proud among the most essential British blues albums of them all. /Dave Thompson, AllMusic
Looking At Long John (AMG Review): Baldry's move from blues into pop/soul for his second album may have been viewed as something of a loss in integrity, given his purist blues stance on his debut. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea, though, given that the debut LP wasn't very good, and the British blues-rock field was crowded with many greater talents in the mid-'60s. Looking at Long John, with a sub-Righteous Brothers sort of approach, is certainly a change in style, but the result really isn't any better. Baldry's vocal limitations are a big handicap whether applied to white-boy blues or blue-eyed soul, and the production is thin in comparison with the American soul/pop it's clearly trying to emulate.
If you wanted this kind of stuff, the Righteous Brothers did it many times better. Not only that, if you were British at the time and weren't aware of the Righteous Brothers, you weren't about to turn to John Baldry; the Walker Brothers (American, but based in Britain) also did this kind of stuff much better. The BGO CD reissue combines this and the 1964 LP Long John's Blues on one disc. /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic
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Thank you for this one. Looks great!
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