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Long John's Blues

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{{Infobox album

| name = Long John's Blues

| type = studio

| artist = Long John Baldry

| cover = Long John's Blues album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1964

| recorded = 1964

| venue =

| studio = IBC Studios, London

| genre = Blues, rhythm and blues, jazz

| length = 42:32

| label = United Artists

| producer = Ron Belchier
Martin Davis
Jack Good

| prev_title = R&B from the Marquee

| prev_year = 1962

| next_title = Looking at Long John

| next_year = 1966

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|author=Thompson, Dave Thompson|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/long-johns-blues-mw0000889520|title=Long John's Blues – Long John Baldry | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|publisher=AllMusic|date=|accessdate=2020-03-04}}

| rev3 = Record Mirror

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=13 February 1965 |title=Long John Baldry: Long John's Blues |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-02-13-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=205 |page=11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225345/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-02-13-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=17 August 2022}}

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Long John's Blues was the début solo album by British blues singer Long John Baldry and his band, the Hoochie Coochie Men, featuring musicians who had previously played alongside Baldry in the Cyril Davies All-Stars. The album featured a track list that he would continue to play at live shows throughout his career.

In 1995 Long John's Blues / Looking at Long John was released on CD. It has since been re-released and remastered on Looking at Long John: The UA Years. The album had a vinyl reissue in 2009.

Track listing

  1. "I Got My Mojo Workin'" (Preston Foster) – 3:13
  2. "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) – 3:57
  3. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Pete Johnson) – 3:32
  4. "You're Breaking My Heart" (B.B. King, Joe Josea) – 4:36
  5. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 3:50
  6. "Everyday (I Have the Blues)" (Peter Chatman) – 3:04
  7. "Dimples" (John Lee Hooker) – 2:22
  8. "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd) – 5:11
  9. "My Babe" (Dixon) – 2:36
  10. "Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough" (Jimmy Witherspoon) – 2:28
  11. "Goin' Down Slow" (James Burke Oden) – 3:57
  12. "Rock the Joint" (John Baldry) – 3:53

Personnel

  • Long John Baldry – vocals, guitar

;The Hoochie Coochie Men

  • Cliff Barton – bass guitar
  • Bill Law – drums
  • Geoff Bradford – guitar, harmonica
  • Ian Armit – piano

;Technical

Original album

This album features many of the musicians from the Hoochie Coochie Men, Baldry's band at the time, although, for contractual reasons, Rod Stewart is notably absent. It includes songs such as "Got My Mojo Working," "Goin' Down Slow" and "Everyday I Have the Blues," which became staples of Baldry's live shows throughout his career. Released on CD in 2006.

Long John's Blues 1971

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| name = Long John's Blues (1971)

| type = studio

| artist = Long John Baldry

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| released = 1971

| recorded = 1964–1966

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| genre = Blues, Jazz

| length = 43:00

| label = United Artists

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Baldry's 1964 album for United Artists was reissued for America with a gatefold sleeve showing photos and clippings from the era. The bonus on this record is the inclusion of Baldry's duet with Rod Stewart on Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "Up Above My Head", the B-side to Baldry's 1964 single "You'll Be Mine."

= Track listing =

  1. "Rock The Joint" (Long John Baldry) – 3:53
  2. "Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough" (Jimmy Witherspoon) – 2:28
  3. "I Got My Mojo Workin'" (Preston Foster) – 3:13
  4. "Everyday (I Have The Blues)" (Peter Chatman) – 3:04
  5. "You're Breaking My Heart" – 4:36
  6. "Bring My Baby Back to Me" (Baldry) – 3:25
  7. "Up Above My Head (There's Music in the Air)" (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) – 2:48
  8. "Dimples" (John Lee Hooker) – 2:22
  9. "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd) – 5:11
  10. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?" (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) – 3:57
  11. "Goin' Down Slow" (James Burke Oden) – 3:57
  12. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Pete Johnson) – 3:32

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Category:1964 debut albums

Category:United Artists Records albums

Category:Long John Baldry albums

Category:Albums recorded at IBC Studios