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JOHN HAMMOND, Jr.

 with WILLIE BRIDGES saxes, GORDON FLEMING or GEORGE STUBBS piano,

HERMAN PITTMAN bass, CHARLES OTIS drums

One of the greatest performers of traditional blues, acoustic or electric. John Hammond, Jr. is one of a handful of white blues musicians who was on the scene at the beginning of the first blues renaissance of the mid-'60s. That revival, brought on by renewed interest in folk music around the U.S., brought about career boosts for many of the great classic blues players, including Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, and Skip James. Some critics have described Hammond as a white Robert Johnson, and Hammond does justice to classic blues by combining powerful guitar and harmonica playing with expressive vocals and a dignified stage presence. Within the first decade of his career as a performer, Hammond began crafting a niche for himself that is completely his own: the solo guitar man, harmonica slung in a rack around his neck, reinterpreting classic blues songs from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s...

"SOONER OR LATER"

1968     LP    ATLANTIC RECORDS     MONO  8206

PRINTED IN USA    ORIGINAL PRESSING

PROMOTIONAL COPY

SINGLE SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

NOTES: promo copy housed in a stereo cover and stickered on front

"PROMOTIONAL d/j copy monaural NOT FOR SALE".

On labels "SAMPLE COPY NOT FOR SALE".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: ATLANTIC - WHITE PROMO LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: SD 8206  

Catalog on labels: 8206 (A-12883) / 8206 (A-12884)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): A-12883 - A   LW   AT  W

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): A-12884 - A   LW   AT  W

On labels: Sample Copy Not For Sale

rim text reads "Mfg. By Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y.

On back cover: All the arrangements are by John Hammond

Produced by John Hammond

© 1968 Atlantic Recording Corporation   Printed in U.S.A.

tracklisting

Side A: CROSSCUT SAW - HOW MANY MORE YEARS - SOONER OR LATER

SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER - SUGAR MAMA

Side B: NINE BELOW ZERO - DUST MY BROOM - EVIL IS GOING ON

THAT'S ALRIGHT - DON'T START ME TALKING

grading

RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The title track, a slow Jimmy McCracklin piano tune, is about the least-familiar number on a program that's essentially revamped classic and still rather recent electric (and largely Chicago) blues classics with a very slightly more rock- and soul-oriented groove. Still, it's a lean and respectably hard-hitting electric blues set, comfortably integrating piano and (on occasion) Willie Bridges' saxes into the arrangements....(AllMusic)