Prestige
The Blues Never Die!
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| Recorded | 1965 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PR 7391 |
| Released | 1965 |
| Personnel | 12 credited players |
| Discogs | master 195221 |
The record
Otis Spann sings and plays piano, James Cotton splits harmonica and vocals with him, and two guitars -- Pee Wee Madison and Dirty Rivers -- thicken it up, with Milton Rector and S.P. Leary on bass and drums. Eleven tracks, 'Dust My Broom' and 'I'm Ready' among them. Prestige PR 7391, 1965, produced by Samuel B. Charters, notes by Pete Welding.
Tracks
- The Blues Never Die
- I Got A Feeling
- One More Mile To Go
- Feelin' Good
- After Awhile
- Dust My Broom
- Straighten Up, Baby
- Come On
- Must Have Been The Devil
- Lightnin'
- I'm Ready
Session personnel
- Milton Rector — Bass
- Don Schlitten — Design
- S.P. Leary — Drums
- Dirty Rivers — Guitar
- Pee Wee Madison — Guitar
- James Cotton — Harmonica
- Pete Welding — Liner Notes
- Ray Flerlage — Photography By
- Otis Spann — Piano
- Samuel B. Charters — Producer
- James Cotton — Vocals
- Otis Spann — Vocals
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 22 pressings on file.
| 1965 | Prestige · PR 7391 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · laminated sleeve |
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| 1965 | Prestige · PR 7391 — Vinyl LP Album Misprint Mono |
| 1965 | Stateside · SL 10169 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1969 | Prestige · PR 7719 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1969 | Prestige · PR 7719 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1982 | Prestige · HBS 8012 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1990 | Original Blues Classics · OBCCD-530-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 1990 | Original Blues Classics · OBC-530 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1990 | Original Blues Classics · OBC-530 — Cassette, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Dolby CrO2 |
| 1990 | Original Blues Classics · OBC-5530 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Dolby CrO2 |
| 1990 | Original Blues Classics · OBCCD-530 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1990 | Original Blues Classics · OBCCD-530 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1990 | Original Blues Classics · OBCCD-530-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1992 | Original Blues Classics · OBCCD 530-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |