Dr. John – Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya: Singles 1968-1974 (2024)

Artist: Dr. John
Title Of Album: Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
Year Of Release: 1968-74/2024
Label (Catalog#) :Omnivore [OVCD-540]
Country: USA
Genre New Orleans R&B, Blues, Rock, Soul, Funk
Quality: FLAC (tracks+log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 79:49
Full Size: 454Mb(+3%)
Info:wiki

Like such contemporaries as Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, the late Dr. John (aka Mac Rebennack) was a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who defied categorization and ignored popular trends. His musical brew mixed in elements of the jazz, R&B and funk of his native New Orleans, but the result was his own unique concoction.

His long career, during which he released nearly three dozen studio albums, yielded many highlights. It’s not surprising, therefore, that the 2024, 26-track, Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya: Singles 1968-1974—an expanded version of a 2015 release—doesn’t overlap too heavily with the most notable other Dr. John compendium, 1993’s 39-track Mos’ Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology.

Granted, about 15 songs appear in both sets, including key tracks from 1972’s Gumbo, one of his best albums, as well as his top 10 single, 1973’s “Right Place Wrong Time,” and the sublime lesser hit, “Such a Night.”

Tracks:
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01. Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya Dr. John The Night Tripper
02. I Walk On Guilded Splinters (Part I)* Dr. – John The Night Tripper
03. I Walk On Guilded Splinters (Part II)* – Dr. John The Night Tripper
04. Mama Roux – Dr. John The Night Tripper
05. Jump Sturdy – Dr. John The Night Tripper
06. The Patriotic Flag Waver (Mono Short Version)* – Dr. John The Night Tripper
07. Wash Mama Wash – Dr. John The Night Tripper
08. Loop Garoo – Dr. John The Night Tripper
09. Iko Iko*
10. Huey Smith Medley: “High Blood Pressure” “Don’t You Just Know It” “Well I’ll Be John Brown”*
11. Wang Dang Doodle
12. Big Chief
13. A Man Of Many Words – Buddy Guy with Dr. John & Eric Clapton
14. Let The Good Times Roll (Edit)
15. Stack-A-Lee
16. Right Place Wrong Time
17. I’ve Been Hoodood
18. Such A Night
19. Cold Cold Cold
20. Traveling Mood
21. Same Old Same Old
22. Life
23. (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away
24. Mos’ Scocious
25. Let’s Make A Better World
26. Me – You = Loneliness
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All tracks Stereo except * Mono.

All thanks to original releaser