Luther Allison - Love Me Mama (1969) (2015)

Artist: Luther Allison
Title Of Album: Love Me Mama
Year Of Release: 1969/2015
Label (Catalog#): Delmark DE-625
Country: USA
Genre: Blues, Electric Blues
Quality: FLAC (*tracks + .cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 59:54
Full Size: 371Mb(+3%)(covers)
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Luther Allison seemed to be on a roll when he died in 1998. He was back home after many years in Europe, and was winning awards and making a good living. This, his debut album, was cut in 1969 when he was 30 years old. He sang as if barely able to keep a lid on his emotion, and the elegance and precision of his guitar playing belied the fact that he had only been playing the instrument for a few years. If this debut can be faulted it's only in that it relies too heavily on overfamiliar standards like "Little Red Rooster," "Five Long Years," "Dust My Broom," "Sky Is Crying," and "Every Night About This Time." The CD reissue has been expanded with alternate takes and bonus cuts. --Colin Escott

Tracks:
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01. "Why I Love the Blues" − 4:06
02. "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) − 4:31
03. "4:00 in the Morning" (B.B. King, Ferdinand Washington) − 2:16
04. "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now" [alternate take] (King, Jo Josea) − 4:18 Additional track on CD reissue
05. "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd) − 4:19
06. "Dust My Broom" (Robert Johnson) − 3:35
07. "Every Night About This Time" (Fats Domino) − 4:01 Additional track on CD reissue
08. "Love Me Mama"− 3:58
09. "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James) − 5:38
10. "You Gotta Help Me" (Sonny Boy Williamson II, Ralph Bass, Dixon) − 3:51
11. "You Done Lost You Good Thing Now" (King, Josea) − 3:36
12. "Bloomington Closer" − 7:23
13. "Little Red Rooster" [alternate take] (Dixon) − 5:21 Additional track on CD reissue
14. "Walking from Door to Door" − 3:45 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel:
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Luther Allison − guitar, vocals
Robert "Big Mojo" Elem − bass
Jim Conley − tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 6, 13 & 14)
Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins − guitar (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9, 13 & 14)
Bob Richey (2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 13 & 14), Bobby Davis (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7 & 10-12) – drums

All thanks to original releaser