Sold Date: March 22, 2021
Start Date: March 17, 2021
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Like the destructive tornado on the albums cover, Stevie Ray Vaughans Couldnt Stand the Weather blows with gale-force intensity, moves everything in its path, and contains beautiful moments of calm at its center. Caught up in the momentum gained from his brilliant debut, the guitar slinger comes on with a startling degree of authority, confidence, and swagger that hadnt been witnessed in the blues realm in decades. Vaughans scorching 1984 record epitomizes his hallmark styles and moods: brazen, ferocious, mesmerizing, cathartic, defiant, soulful, all at once.
Here, in the form of the jaw-dropping version of Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), is Vaughans touching acknowledgment of Jimi Hendrixs looming influence. And in the hopping instrumental Scuttle Buttin, theres a lingering taste of the guitarists playful personality and pyrotechnic skill. Cold Shot bleeds with a lovers scorn, but like a determined fighter, Vaughan picks himself up off the canvas and rears, ready to make another go. Brother Jimmie Vaughan assists on the title track, redolent with the slinky rhythms gleaned from rural Texas bluesman and down-home attitudes.
As he did on Texas Flood, Vaughan closes out the record in high style, bringing the concoction of smoldering blues, sultry shuffles, and jukejoint boogies to a simmer with the instrumental Stangs Swang dedicated to jazz great Grant Green and punctuated with Stan Harrisons fiery tenor saxophone lines. Gutsy, gritty, and ceaselessly original, Couldnt Stand the Weather served further notice that Vaughan was here to stay and demanded to be heard. The double platinum sales figures and Grammy nominations were additional confirmation of that fact.
The lavish packaging and gorgeous presentation of this Couldn't Stand the Weather pressing also befit its extremely select status. Housed in a deluxe box, Mobile Fidelity's UD1S version contains special foil-stamped jackets and faithful-to-the-original graphics that illuminate the splendor of the recording. No expense has been spared. Aurally and visually, this reissue exists a curatorial artifact meant to be preserved,  touched, and examined. It is made for discerning listeners that prize sound quality and creativity, and who desire to fully immerse themselves in the art and everything involved with the album, from the images to the textures.
Track Listing: 1 - Scuttle Buttin' 2 - Couldn't Stand the Weather 3 - The Things (That) I Used to Do 4 - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) 5 - Cold Shot 6 - Tin Pan Alley 7 - Honey Bee 8 - Stang's Swang