Howlin' Wolf - The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions [2002 Deluxe Edition] (1971) - 2 CD set

IMHO this is the best colaboration between a black American legend and British Rock stars. The musicians here involved work like a real & tight band: Eric Clapton (guitar), Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), Mick Jagger (backing vocals) & road manager Ian 'Stu' Stewart (piano), Wolf' guitarrist Hubert Sumlin and 19-year old harp player Jeffrey Capp; other participants were Stevie Winwood (whose keyboard parts were recorded in Chicago and later overdubbed), Ringo Starr & Klaus Voorman in 2 tracks, Phil Upchurch (bass), John Simon (piano) and a horn section (Lafayette Leake, Joe Miller, Dennis Lansing, Jordan Sandke). This deluxe edition includes a remaster of the original album and a bonus CD with previously unreleased remixes from the original session tapes.




Disc 1:
1. Rockin' Daddy
2. I Ain't Superstitious
3. Sittin' on Top of the World
4. Worried About My Baby
5. What a Woman
6. Poor Boy
7. Built For Comfort
8. Who's Been Talking?
9. The Red Rooster - (False start and dialogue)
10.The Red Rooster
11.Do the Do
12.Highway 49
13.Wang Dang Doodle
14.Goin' Down Slow - (from 'London Revisited' - new mix)
15.Killing Floor - (from 'London Revisited' - new mix)
16.I Want To Have A Word With You - (from 'London Revisited' - new mix)

Disc 2:
1. Worried About My Baby - (rehearsal take)
2. The Red Rooster - (alternate mix)
3. What a Woman - (alternate take)
4. Who's Been Talking? - (alternate take, With false start and studio dialogue)
5. Worried About My Baby - (alternate take)
6. I Ain't Superstitious - (alternate take)
7. Highway 49 - (alternate take)
8. Do the Do - (extended alternate version)
9. Poor Boy - (alternate lyrics/mix)
10.I Ain't Superstitious - (alternate mix)
11.What a Woman! - (alternate mix, with organ overdub)
12.Rockin' Daddy - (alternate mix)

Part 1
Part 2

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