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"…Johnny B. Goode…"
"…Johnny B. Goode…"
Released
July 2009 - "Johnny Winter: The Woodstock Experience" by JOHNNY WINTER on Columbia/Legacy 88697 48244
2 is a 2CD set celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the legendary Sixties
festival (see list of other releases below) which couples Winter’s self-titled
Columbia Records debut LP with a new CD of live recordings from the Sunday that
August weekend in 1969.
Outside there's a textured-feel card slipcase containing two
oversized 5" hard card replica sleeves inside - each with sepia-feel inner bags
(separate liner notes too). There's also a fold-out two-sided poster.
Disc
1 (34:14 minutes):
1.
I’m Yours And I’m Hers [Side 1]
2.
Be Careful With A Fool
3.
Dallas
4.
Mean Mistreater
5.
Lean Mississippi Blues [Side 2]
6.
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
7.
When You Got A Good Friend
8.
I’ll Drown In My Own Tears
9.
Back Door Friend
Tracks
1 to 9 are his 2nd studio album "Johnny Winter" - released
on vinyl in the USA in May 1969 on Columbia CS 9826 and July 1969 in the UK on CBS
Records S 63619
The
2nd CD is "Recorded Live At The Woodstock Music & Art Fair, Sunday,
August 17, 1969” with all tracks bar "Mean Town Blues" being PREVIOUSLY
UNRELEASED (65:01 minutes).
Both card repro sleeves are gorgeous to look at and
the recording details/liner notes are impressively comprehensive. As with the
other 4 releases in this series - the large foldout poster has a colour shot of
the Woodstock crowd on one side (with the festival logo at the top) and a black
and white quality photograph on the flip by Elliott Landy. The black and white shot
of Johnny mid solo on the rear of the card sleeve is also gorgeous...
Winter’s
debut for Columbia featured a mixture of 6 great covers and 3 originals – “Be
Careful With A Fool” by B.B. King, “Mean Mistreater” by James Gordon was made
famous by Leroy Carr and Muddy Waters, “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” by
Sonny Boy Williamson, “When You Got A Good Friend” by Robert Johnson, “I’ll
Drown In My Tears” made famous by Ray Charles and “Back Door Friend” by
Lightnin’ Hopkins. The originals are “I’m Yours And I’m Hers”, “Dallas” and
“Leland Mississippi Blues” (he was born in Leland in 1944). Blues legends
Willie Dixon and Walter “Shakey” Horton even turn up on “Mean Mistreater”
playing Acoustic Bass and Harmonica respectively. Mastered by JOE PALMACCIO –
the audio is fabulous – clean and muscular (check out the pour of his slide on
“Back Door Friend” – great stuff.
It’s
going to be no surprise to fans that Johnny Winter and his Band ‘live’ is a
beautiful thing to behold and hear. The blistering live set has the band of the
album supplemented by EDGAR WINTER on Keyboards. It opens with the J.B. Lenoir
class “Mama Talk To Your Daughter” where zippy fretwork wakes the crowd and
amps up. The Blues Boogie of his own “Leland Mississippi Blues” is fantastic.
His bottleneck guitar rendition of “Mean Town Blues” is so damn good too. Edgar
arrives for three tracks – “I Can’t Sand It” (Bo Diddley cover), “Tobacco Road”
(Loudermilk cover) and “Tell The Truth”. Mastered by Tape Supremo VIC ANESINI –
the sound is superb – especially given the notorious acoustics of the event. By
the time he gets to Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” finisher – the crowd are
slayed.
His
passing this year came as a real sadness for me. I’ve loved this Blues Rock
genius since I was boy of 11 in Dublin grooving in my front room with a tennis
racket and a fertile imagination. He’s with Muddy in Heaven now trading licks –
both smiling widely at this tremendous reissue…
The 5 titles "The Woodstock Experience" Series from July 2009 are:
1. Jefferson Airplane - uses the "Volunteers" album and has an 8-track live album recorded 17 Aug 1969 Catalogue No: RCA/Legacy 88697 48240 2 (Barcode 886974824022)
2. Janis Joplin - uses the "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!" debut album and has a 10-track live album recorded 17 Aug 1969. Catalogue No: Columbia/Legacy 88697 48243 2 (Barcode 886974824329)
3. Santana - uses the "Santana" debut album and has an 8-track live album recorded Saturday 16 Aug 1969. Catalogue No: Columbia/Legacy 88697 48242 2 (Barcode 886974824220)
4. Sly & The Family Stone - uses the "Stand!" album and has a 9-track live disc recorded 17 Aug 1969. Catalogue No: Epic/Legacy 88697 48241 2 (Barcode 886974824121)
5. Johnny Winter - uses the "Johnny Winter" album and has an 8-track live disc recorded 17 Aug 1969. Catalogue No: Columbia/Legacy 88697 48244 2 (Barcode 886974824428)
