Second Winter [Import]

Johnny Winter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024V2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,595 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Friday Music relishes all of the Johnny Winter music we are able to release on a regular basis to the fans of this legendary blues rocker, so it is with great pleasure to continue our 180 Gram Audiophile Series with his great great SECOND WINTER lp. Like most of us, I bought this as a kid in the seventh grade thanks to the huge airplay he was receiving on tunes like Highway 61 Revisited and Johnny B. Goode. Produced by Johnny Winter himself, this album has gone on to become one of the finest examples of Texan Rock Blues ever recorded.....

Presented in the original 3 sided format ( 2 LPS, 3 Sides) we have gone back to the original Columbia Records tapes and have reissued what we feel is a dynamic recording for the fans and lovers of the blues and classic rock....Manufactured for SONY by RTI, both Kevin Gray and myself had a blast revisiting this wonderful album in the studio....we think you will enjoy it too! --Joe Reagoso- Reissue Producer and Mastering Engineer

Product Description

Johnny's second Columbia LP brought him his first pop hit: his rowdy rendition of Johnny B. Goode . That one plus his take on Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited and stellar originals like Hustled down in Texas made this 1969 release (featuring brother Edgar on keys and sax) one of Johnny's all-time best.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go, Johnny, Go!!, July 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Second Winter (Audio CD)

Johnny Winter is now pretty much the blues purist, but there was a time where he flirted with rock 'n roll and didn't do too badly at it, either. This is a white-hot stone killer of an album, with Winter and his band (including brother Edgar) roaring through 11 songs with style. My favorite is the last one, "Fast Life Rider," about 8-or-so minutes of guitar rave-ups that never falter. Winter also does all right by Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited," Little Richard and even "Johnny B. Goode," which you never thought you'd want to hear again until you hear this incredible version. This is a Winter's gale blowing full-blast!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jet propelled blues!!, August 30, 2004

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P.J. Le Faucheur (Canada (ex- U.K. resident)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Second Winter (Audio CD)

Johnny has always been my hero, mainly because, when i was growing up in London- England I'd had so much Clapton/Hendrix/Alvin Lee/Jimmy Page shoved down my throat. Although I still loved these others too, I was refreshed to hear someone who sounded unique. Johnny Winter was that person...he sounded different, he could sing, and he LOOKED different. I remember in one of his 1973 interviews how Johnny Winter spoke of an ardent fan who wanted to spend an evening just looking at him..this person was astounded just by Winter's visual impact alone. As the other reviewer said above, Johnny wasn't scared of taking chances musically.
Percy Mayfields classic blues "Memory Pain" has never sounded so good. It seems like it was written for Johnny personally. His guitar screams in agony with wonderfully phrased licks. I remember this tune took up one whole l.p. side originally.(or at least, nearly a whole side!)
Every other track is astounding and the variety is endless. Alot of delicious psychedelic blues...e.g. "Good Love" Fast Life Rider" I'm Not Sure"...but these are mixed in with some 50s teeny bop classics ..e.g. "Slippin' & Slidin'" and "Miss Ann". The musicianship is always at a continual high throughout. My own favorite from this album has always been an unusual choice of song called "I Love Everybody". This one starts with a background giggle and then launches into some of the most blinding , relentless slide guitar ever played. It's a basic Delta blues song but Johnny takes it into electro-psychedelic outer-space...the channels shift as he plays the solo, which adds to the jet propelled tension. This song, by itself, is PURE, UTTER brilliance and a wonderful variation on a basic Delta blues.
The songs counterpart is one called "I Hate Everybody" which is almost arranged like a T. Bone Walker 'jump blues' and Winters solo is very jazz- inflected ...lightnin' fast and precise.
Edgar Winters sax solo on this one is pure bebop influenced.
This album/c.d is SO varied that when I first heard it I was utterly confused (especially for me, back at that time in 1970).
Back then there was either bubble- gum pop, heavy rock or folk in the English charts.
This one was/is unique and i don't think it will ever be equalled.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Winter's Best Album!, August 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Second Winter (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1969 as a 3-sided double album, this is the definitive Johnny Winter CD! Blues-rock at its finest! Some outstanding tracks include "Fast Life Rider", "Highway 61 Revisited", "Slippin' & Slidin'", "Hustled Down In Texas", and "The Good Love". The Winter blues trio never played better than they do here! Essential listening for blues and rock fans alike, it just doesn't get better than this. Grab it.