The London Howlin 'Wolf Sessions

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The London Howlin 'Wolf Sessions
Howlin 'Wolf's studio album

Publication
(s)

1971

Label (s) Chess Records / Rolling Stones Records

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Chicago blues

Title (number)

13

running time

39m 43s

occupation

Additional staff:

  • “Richie” ( Ringo Starr ) - Drums (I Ain't Superstitious)
  • Lafayette Leake - Piano (Sittin 'on Top of the World, Worried About My Baby, The Red Rooster)
  • Joe Miller, Jordan Sandke, Dennis Lansing— Bläser (I Ain't Superstitious, Built for Comfort)

production

  • Norman Dayron

Studio (s)

chronology
Message to the Young
(1970) 		The London Howlin 'Wolf Sessions Live and Cookin 'at Alice's Revisited
(1972)

The London Howlin 'Wolf Sessions is the fifth studio album by the American blues musician Howlin' Wolf , which was released in August 1971 on Chess Records (in Great Britain on Rolling Stones Records). It was produced by Norman Dayron.

On the record, which was recorded in the early May days of 1970, Howlin 'Wolf played with the blues-rock greats of the then current charts. Not only Eric Clapton and Hubert Sumlin can be heard on the album, but also Rolling Stones members Ian Stewart , Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman , as well as Steve Winwood and the former Beatle Ringo Starr .

Musically, Wolf moves back to his roots with his guest stars. The previous works ( The Howlin 'Wolf Album , Message to the Young ) were a cross between blues music and psychedelic rock , which not only had little resonance in the charts, but also failed to convince all critics and fans artistically. With the London Sessions , Wolf goes back to the tonal colors of the Chicago blues .

In the Billboard 200 charts, however, the album was only 79th at its peak.

Creation and publication

The idea of ​​bringing Howlin 'Wolf together with contemporary blues rockers on an album went back to Chess producer Norman Dayron, who joked backstage after a performance by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band , Electric Flag and Cream with Mike Bloomfield and Eric Clapton the latter offered to record an album with Howlin 'Wolf. When Clapton realized the offer was real, he accepted.

It was also Clapton who arranged for Rolling Stones musicians Stewart, Wyman and Watts to attend, while Dayron took care of other session musicians. Among them was the 19-year-old harmonica player Jeffrey M. Carp, who passed away shortly after the sessions. Marshall Chess is said to have initially resisted having long-time Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin flown in to England, but Clapton insisted that Sumlin attend the sessions. The actual sessions took place from May 2-7, 1970.

Not all musicians were available on all days, which is why other musicians often stepped in, such as Ringo Starr and Klaus Voormann .

The finished album was finally released in August 1971. It received good reviews and was able to place in the Billboard charts. In the category specifically for blues records, it even took 6th place when it was re-released as a CD with bonus tracks in 2003.

Track list

All pieces were written by Chester Burnett aka Howlin 'Wolf; in exceptional cases, the authors are named after the song title.

Side one

  1. Rockin 'Daddy - 3:43
  2. I Ain't Superstitious ( Willie Dixon ) - 3:34
  3. Sittin 'on Top of the World - 3:51
  4. Worried About My Baby - 2:55
  5. What a woman! ( James Oden ) - 3:02
  6. Poor Boy - 3:04

Side two

  1. Built for Comfort (Willie Dixon) - 2:08
  2. Who's Been Talking? - 3:02
  3. The Red Rooster (Rehearsal) - 1:58
  4. The Red Rooster (Willie Dixon) - 3:47
  5. Do the Do (Willie Dixon) - 2:18
  6. Highway 49 ( Joe Lee Williams ) - 2:45
  7. Wang Dang Doodle (Willie Dixon) - 3:27

2003 Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

  1. Goin 'Down Slow (James Oden) - 5:52
  2. Killing Floor - 5:18
  3. I Want to Have a Word with You - 4:07
  4. Worried About my Baby (Alternate Take ) - 4:31
  5. The Red Rooster (Alternate Take ) - 4:02
  6. What a woman! (Alternative take) - 5:10
  7. Who's Been Talking? (Alternative take) - 5:51
  8. Worried About My Baby (Alternate Take) - 3:43
  9. I Ain't Superstitious (Alternative Take) (Dixon) - 4:10
  10. Highway 49 (Alternative Take) - 3:39
  11. Do the Do (Alternative Take) - 5:44
  12. Poor Boy (Alternate Take) - 4:27
  13. I Ain't Superstitious (Alternative Take) (Dixon) - 3:53
  14. What a woman! (Alternative take) - 3:10
  15. Rockin 'Daddy (Alternate Take) - 3:58

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The London Howlin 'Wolf Sessions, Deluxe Edition, MCA 088 112 985-2, 2002. Liner Notes, p. 4. According to the notes, Dayron stated that the plan "was hatched in '69 or '70." His dates and concerts must be confused; Bill Graham moved the Fillmore from its original location to become the Fillmore West in 1968, the same year Cream played its farewell concerts and Bloomfield quit Electric Flag, having left the Butterfield Band previously. It is possible that Dayron saw Clapton backstage at one of the recorded Al Kooper / Bloomfield shows at the Fillmore West in September 1968, or saw Bloomfield backstage at a Blind Faith concert in Oakland in August 1969, or even in Chicago the previous month, but in 1969 or 1970 he could not have seen either Cream or Electric Flag as neither group existed at that time.
  2. ↑ Deluxe Ed., Liners, pp. 5-6.
  3. ↑ Deluxe Ed., Liners, pp. 22-24.
  4. ^ "The London Howlin 'Wolf Sessions (Deluxe Edition)". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2010.