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Sonny Boy Williamson

Bummer Road

Chess 1536, Chess LP 1536, Chess LP-1536 Chess Vintage Series Vinyl, LP, Album 1969 (US)

Review:  Docendo Discimus  5.0 out of 5 stars    Not a bummer...

This album was originally issued with a warning sticker which said something like "Not suitable for airplay". That was because of one particular song, "Little Village", which is actually twelve minutes of takes and re-takes, complete with a heated discussion between producer Leonard Chess and Sonny Boy Williamson. Lots of cursing going on, and not just "well, gosh darn it!" Great song, by the way, and an enjoyable glimpse into what recording at the Chess studios around 1960 must have been like ;-)

Rice Miller is backed by superstar sidemen like Otis Spann, Luther Tucker, Fred Below, Robert "Jr." Lockwood, and Willie Dixon, and "Bummer Road" includes one of his least recognized, yet very best songs, the magnificent "Santa Claus" (raspiest vocal delivery ever). But virtually every track is a burner, really, from the classic, swinging "Your Funeral And My Trial", to the sizzling "Temperature 110".

If you aren't satisfied with just "The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson" or the 20-track "His Best" (and there's no reason why you should be), go pick up this magnificent blues record right away.

Tracklist

A1She Got Next To Me2:30

A2Santa Claus2:42

A3Little Village11:50

B1Lonesome Cabin3:00

B2I Can't Do Without You2:45

B3Temperature 1102:14

B4Unseen Eye3:00

B5Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket2:45

B6Open Road2:52

B7This Old Life2:34

Manufactured By – Chess Producing Corp.

Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Published By – Arc Music Corp.

Compiled By, Edited By, Producer – T.T. Swan

Design [Album Design] – Cathy Swan

Layout, Typography – Michael Reid Design

Lead Guitar – Robert Jr. Lockwood*

Liner Notes – Pete Welding

Mastered By – CH

Producer [Originally] – Leonard & Phil Chess

Supervised By [Album Supervision] – Marshall Chess

Written-By – R. Miller

Catalog numbers:

On front sleeve: 1536

On back sleeve and spine: LP 1536

On labels: LP-1536

A1 to A3, B2, B4 to B7 not previously released.

A3 not suitable for airplay.

Vintage Series compiled, edited and produced by T.T. Swan

CONDITION:  Vinyl VG+ (no surface marks, many spindle marks) in a plastic-lined paper inner sleeve, in a hard card picture sleeve in FAIR condition (ring wear, upper seam split)

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