Various - Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972 FLAC

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Genre:	Jazz / Soul - Funk / Blues / World - Folk
Performer:	Various
Title:	Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972
Style:	Chicago Blues, Contemporary R&B, Texas Blues, Memphis Blues, Soul, Boogie, Electric Blues, Avant-garde Jazz, Free Improvisation
Date of release:	2000
Label:	Atlantic, Classic Records
Catalog Number:	SD 2-502 0698
Country:	US
FLAC album size:	1719 mb
MP3 album size:	2386 mb

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Tracklist

1	–Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra	Life Is Splendid	6:05
2	–Bonnie Raitt	Tribute To Fred McDowell: (a) Write Me A Few Of Your Lines, (b) Kokomo, (c) Drop Down Mama	3:38
3	–Freddie King	Goin' Down	4:22
4	–Michael Turner	Introduction To The Festival	0:14
5	–Bobby ''Blue'' Bland	Ain't That Loving You	2:19
6	–Johnny Shines	Dust My Broom	3:07
7	–Dr. John	I Walk On Guilded Splinters	4:31
8	–Junior Walker & The All Stars	(I Am A) Roadrunner / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You	4:25
9	–Otis Rush	Gambler's Blues	7:38
10	–Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers	Kitchen Sink Boogie	3:56
11	–Muddy Waters	Honey Bee	5:18
12	–Howlin' Wolf	Highway 49	5:22
13	–CJQ	Form Kinetic	6:15
14	–John Sinclair , Muddy Waters, Lucille Spann	Festival Dedication To Otis Spann	1:06
15	–Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	6:16
16	–The Boogie Brothers With Sister Sarah Brown	My Last Meal	2:41
17	–Lucille Spann With Mighty Joe Young	Dedicated To Otis	6:32
18	–Sippie Wallace With Bonnie Raitt	Women Be Wise	3:07
19	–Luther Allison	Please Send Me Someone To Love	7:23

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 2-502	Various	Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972 ‎(2xLP, Album, RI)	Atlantic	SD 2-502	US	1973
ATL 60 048 (SD 2-502)	Various	Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972 ‎(2xLP, Album, Promo)	Atlantic	ATL 60 048 (SD 2-502)	Germany	1973
SD 2-502	Various	Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972 ‎(2xLP, Album, PR)	Atlantic	SD 2-502	US	1973
ATL CS-2-502	Various	Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972 ‎(Cass, Album)	Atlantic	ATL CS-2-502	US	1973
SD 2 502	Various	Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972 ‎(Box, Album, Dlx + 8x12", S/Sided)	Classic Records	SD 2 502	US	2000

Credits

Lacquer Cut By, Remastered By – BG

Notes

Gatefold Cover.

Reissue of year 2000 by Classic Records

Barcodes

Matrix / Runout (Etched Side 1): SD 2-502-A BG
Matrix / Runout (Etched Side 2): SD 2-502-B BG
Matrix / Runout (Etched Side 3): SD 2-502-C BG
Matrix / Runout (Etched Side 4): SD 2-502-D BG

Companies

Recorded At – Otis Spann Memorial Field

Video

Dandr

For my entry below here is a link correction, sorry, should be:

https://web.archive.org/web/20030106185429/http://www.classicrecs.com/newsletter/newsletter/newsletter.cfm?Article=39

Dishadel

From the original page on the Classic Records site, referencing Various - Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972.

Michael Fremer is responsible for the reputation this rare two record set and it being as desireable as it has become. Fremer has been raving about this album and begging for someone to reissue it for years. In 20 years of record collecting, I have only seen two copies for sale and I bought both of them. This is truly a rare record and I suspect that the rarity is due in part to it not selling well to begin with especially given that it is a double. Fremer called this one a hit, I suspect, for a number of reasons. First, it is an amazing "live" recording and second it has a lineup that is insane. Looking at the liner notes names like Howlin’ Wolf, Koko Taylor, Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Freddie King and a host of others leave one, mouth agape, mumbling WOW!

The Classic Records reissue marks the first reissue of this title ever. We obtained the original two track masters from the Atlantic vaults and the anticipation, as Bernie Grundman aligned the tape machine, in preparation to remaster was enormous. The tapes, which had not been played in 28 years, sounded incredible. By comparison with the original LP which was quick compressed the tapes sound more open and more "live". The LP was obviously bandwidth limited on top and bottom. The Classic reissue will restore the bass foundation and high frequency ambience that is missing on the original LP.

A few highlights include Koko Taylor’s version of Wang Dang Doodle. All I will say is "The Girl can sing!" The Dr. John performance of "Walk on Guilded Splinters", whatever that means, is so soulful that it makes your head start to move back and forth in time with the groove. As gravely as Dr. John’s voice is, he still has a certain silky sense of timing with the percussion unit and backup singers. This is New Orleans meets soul meets funk with an african beat – Dr. John near his peak! If you like blues guitar and want to hear the man that the so called "Guitar Gods" grabbed a few licks from, check out the Hound Dog Taylor solo guitar show that starts side one. It is all downhill, in a good way, from there.

If you had to have one live blue record then this would surely be a strong contender. Stay tuned for an interview with Mosaic Records owner Michael Cuscuna who, on staff at Atlantic in 1972, produced this tour de force blues bash that is not to be missed!

[Viewable still on archive.org, A.K.A, the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20020917031954/http://www.classicrecs.com:80/frames/newreleases_frameset.cfm?sku=CHS-1483