Crazy Cajun Recordings [Import]

Delbert McClinton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 18, 1999)
• Original Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B00000GWX5
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,119 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #56 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Contemporary Blues

Track Listings

1. Don't Let Go

2. Lover in Demand

3. Without You

4. Twist and Shout/La Bamba

5. I Lost My Love Today

6. A Picture of You

7. Don't Cry No More (Feel Alright)

8. Lose Your Money

9. I Cry 'Cause I Care

10. Mr. Pitiful

11. These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

12. Lost in a Dream

13. Lord Knows I've Tried

14. It's Over

15. This Boy

16. Except for You

17. I Ain't Never

18. Cryin' over You

19. You Got Me Hummin'

20. Tina

Editorial Reviews

20 track compilation available on CD for the first time. These historically important recordings show McClinton's developing style, and include The Beatles' 'This Boy' and a raucous remake of 'These Boots Are Made For Walking'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Thought I would Love Anything Delbert Releases, August 18, 2000

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Donna (Boston, Mass) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy Cajun Recordings (Audio CD)

I am a dyed in the wool Delbert McClinton fan. Love the way he sings honky tonk and love the way he sings the blues. But this album was a real disappointment. Mainly because Delbert sounds like everyone except Delbert. Couldn't find even one Delbert song. While the first song (Don't Let Go) didn't sound like Delbert, it was still fun to listen to. Unfortunately that was the only one I could enjoy. The rest were more like famous songs sung by unknowns.I'll still add Delbert albums to my wish list. Maybe this is the only real disappointment that he's ever released!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Early Recording, March 16, 2008

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Diamond Dave (Chicago, Home of the Blues) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy Cajun Recordings (Audio CD)

For those Delbert lovers bashing this CD, look at it more like a look into his past; a time when he was still forming his sound. These tracks should not be compared to his succesful albums of the past 30 years. Many of these tunes are covers of songs he enjoyed as a young man growing up and touring with Bruce Channel and teh Beatles (THIS BOY).

As a huge Delbert fan , I considered this a real treat to hear these early recodings, and as far these sounding like Delbert. They do, they just don't sound like Delbert in the year 2000.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars For Completists Only., May 31, 2003

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Sir Shambling "Real Soul Lives On..." (Tonbridge, Kent) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy Cajun Recordings (Audio CD)

Delbert remains the Keeper of the Flame, the best roadhouse rocker in the biz, but this is a very disappointing release. Everybody who worked in Texas fell into the hands of the infamous Huey Meaux at one time or another, and Delbert was no exception. These cuts were made in the 60s when he was yet to form his own personal fusion of country and R & B, and suffer, like his first efforts for Major Bill Smith, from a lack of direction - and a typically mean spirited set of production values from Meaux. A mixture of garage rock and Beatles-influenced rock 'n' roll - but none of the fire of the later Delbert. One to miss.