BLUES PROJECT Live At The Cafe Au Go Go LP VERVE 1966re US FTS-3000 AL KOOPER
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THE BLUES PROJECT
DANNY KALB, AL KOOPER, STEVE KATZ, ROY BLUMENFELD, ANDY KULBERG, TOMMY FLANDERSOne of the first album-oriented, "underground" groups in the United States, the Blues Project offered an electric brew of rock, blues, folk, pop, and even some jazz, classical, and psychedelia during their brief heyday in the mid-'60s. It's not quite accurate to categorize them as a blues-rock group, although they did plenty of that kind of material; they were more like a Jewish-American equivalent to British bands like the Yardbirds, who used a blues and R&B base to explore any music that interested them. Erratic songwriting talent and a lack of a truly outstanding vocalist prevented them from rising to the front line of '60s bands, but they recorded plenty of interesting material over the course of their first three albums, before the departure of their most creative members took its toll
"LIVE AT THE CAFE AU GO-GO"
<1967 reissue, originally published in 1966>
LP VERVE FOLKWAYS RECORDS FTS 3000
PRINTED IN USA 1967 REPRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
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LABEL: VERVE FOLKWAYS - GREEN LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front & spine) FTS 3000 (rear) FT/FTS-3000
Catalog on labels: FTS-3000 A (66-OL-412) /FTS-3000 B (66-OL-413)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): FTS 3000 SIDE-1 66-OLS-712
Other: (Etched, Scratched out) FVS-9024
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): FTS-3000 SIDE-2 66-OLS-713
Other: (Etched, Scratched out) FVS-9024
On labels: rim text reads "MGM Records ? A Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. ? Made in U.S.A.'
Rights Society / Publishing: BMI (see photos for details)
On back cover: Produced by Jerry Schoenbaum
Liner notes by Jerry Schoenbaum
tracklisting
Side A: GOIN' DOWN LOUISIANA - YOU GO, I'LL GO WITH YOU
CATCH THE WIND - I WANT TO BE YOUR DRIVER
ALBERTA - THE WAY MY BABY WALKS
Side B: VIOLETS OF DAWN - BACK DOOR MAN
JELLY JELLY BLUES - SPOONFUL - WHO DO YOU LOVE
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RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Although Tommy Flanders (who'd already left the band by the time this debut hit the streets) is credited
as sole vocalist, four of the then-sextet's members sang; in fact, Danny Kalb handles as many leads
as Flanders (four each), Steve Katz takes center stage on Donovan's "Catch the Wind," and Al Kooper
is featured on "I Want to Be Your Driver." The band could be lowdown when appropriate
(Kalb's reading of "Jelly, Jelly"), high energy (Muddy Waters' "Goin' Down Louisiana" sounds closer
to Chuck Berry or Bo Diddley), and unabashedly eclectic (tossing in Donovan or Eric Andersen
with no apologies). Kalb's moody take on "Alberta" is transcendent,
and the uptempo arrangement of "Spoonful" is surprisingly effective...(AllMusic)
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