UK Blues [Original recording remastered]

Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00005MK8H
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #461,487 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bye Bye Bird (with The Yardbirds)

2. Mister Downchild (with The Yardbirds)

3. The River Rhine (with The Yardbirds)

4. 23 Hours Too Long (with The Yardbirds)

5. A Lost Care (with The Yardbirds)

6. Take It Easy Baby (with The Yardbirds)

7. Out Of The Water Coast (with The Yardbirds)

8. Western Arizona (with The Yardbirds)

9. Slow Walk (with The Yardbirds)

10. Highway 69 (with The Yardbirds)

11. My Little Cabin (with The Yardbirds)

12. Sonny's Slow Walk (with The Animals)

13. Pontiac Blues (with The Animals)

14. My Babe (with The Animals)

15. I Don't Care No More (with The Animals)

16. Baby Don't You Worry (with The Animals)

17. Night Time Is The Right Time (with Eric Burdon & The Animals)

18. I'm Gonna Put You Down (with The Animals)

19. Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes (with The Animals)

20. Nobody But You (with Eric Burdon & The Animals)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmm...., August 17, 2001

By 

J. Daily (Fort Worth, Tx United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: UK Blues (Audio CD)

Probably one for the serious collectors of Sonny Boy. The production qualities on this one are pretty bad. The liner notes even talk about how difficult it was to record these tunes live with the equipment they had on hand at the time. Having said that, I wouldnt count that against the album if that were the only problem. The blues are meant to be a bit raw, but as the liner notes also tell you, Sonny was smashed through most of the songs as well. These two facts coupled together make this a more than raw recording. I have factored in that we live in a polished world nowadays and probably expect too much, so that is why I didnt rate it lower. I mean after all, the quality of recording equipment that was available when most of these blues legends were around was not what it is today. Dont expect much from the Clapton and the Yardbirds. If the album didnt tell you who Sonny Boy was playing with on these tunes, you wouldnt even know it. Williamson sings the songs and there is not much of Claptons signature sound. There is a definite Animals influence on their tracks, and you can see that Eric Burden is going to be a blues powerhouse, as he does sing in a couple of songs. Williamson's signature harp playing is also a little rough around the edges, probably due to his self- medicating.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Real Deal, August 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: UK Blues (Audio CD)

Wow! This record blew me away. Theonly reason I didn't give it a higher rating is what some might call pretty poor sound quality, understandably. The equipment may not capture the sound at it's best, but it captures the rawness of Sonny Boy along with fellow British blues guitarists Eric Clapton and Eric Burdon.Sound quality aside this record is great. The noticeably intoxicated Sonny Boy represents what blues is all about, being real baby.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sonny Boy's always right there, July 5, 2002

By 

KEITH ADAMS (El Segundo Ca.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UK Blues (Audio CD)

Too bad he didnt have a band behind him