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Otis Spann - The Blues Of Otis Spann (1964) & Cracked Spanner Head (1969) 2CDs Reissue 2005

Posted By: Designol
Otis Spann - The Blues Of Otis Spann (1964) & Cracked Spanner Head (1969) 2CDs Reissue 2005

Otis Spann - The Blues Of Otis Spann (1964) & Cracked Spanner Head (1969) 2CD Reissue 2005
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 443 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 255 Mb | Scans included
Chicago Blues, Piano Blues | Label: BGO | # BGOCD668 | Time: 01:29:53

Two sixties albums, both recorded in London for the Decca and Deram labels by Muddy Waters' pianist Otis Spann. Features a range of top British Blues players including Muddy himself on Cracked Spanner Head.

On the one hand, it makes sense that The Blues of Otis Spann and Cracked Spanner Head should be packaged together in a double-disc set, and on the other, it makes no sense at all, since they are essentially the exact same album. Blues was recorded in England with Otis Spann on piano and vocals, Little Willie Smith on drums, Ransom Knowling on bass, and an uncredited Muddy Waters on guitar (Waters is simply listed as "Brother" in the liner notes), and was released in 1964. Aside from a couple of ill-advised harpsichord boogies, it was a solid set, with Spann shining on "Sarah Street," "The Blues Don't Like Nobody," the dramatic and moving "Lost Sheep in the Fold," and the wonderful cover of Arthur Crudup's "Rock Me Mama" that opened the album. For some reason, however, producer Mike Vernon went back to the master tapes four years later and overdubbed horns and additional guitar on the tracks, then remixed, reshuffled, and renamed everything to make the album called Cracked Spanner Head, which was released in 1969. It isn't quite the disaster that blues critics have claimed it is, but it hardly improves on the original Blues set, and it is a little disconcerting to hear songs like "Keep Your Hand Out of My Pocket" (retitled "Crack Your Head" on the Spanner disc) and Crudup's "Rock Me Mama" (given the new title of "Wagon Wheel") under these new circumstances. Blues historians and archivists may be glad that the two albums are now available under one roof, but casual listeners may not be too pleased with hearing the same album twice, whatever the differences.

Review by Steve Leggett, Allmusic.com

Otis Spann - The Blues Of Otis Spann (1964) & Cracked Spanner Head (1969) 2CDs Reissue 2005



Tracklist:

CD1 - The Blues Of Otis Spann (1964):

01 - Rock Me Mama (3:56)
02 - I Came From Clarksdale (4:25)
03 - Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket (3:26)
04 - Spann's Boogie (2:06)
05 - Sarah Street (3:14)
06 - The Blues Don't Like Nobody (3:34)
07 - Meet Me In The Bottom (2:58)
08 - Lost Sheep In The Fold (4:30)
09 - I Got A Feeling (3:32)
10 - Jangleboogie (2:57)
11 - T.99 (3:06)
12 - Natural Days (3:22)

CD2 - Cracked Spanner Head (1969):

01 - Crack your head (2:56)
02 - Iched Nehi (2:54)
03 - Wagon wheel (3:54)
04 - No sense in worrying (3:22)
05 - Dollar twenty five (3:38)
06 - Everything's gonna be alright (3:00)
07 - Lucky so and so (3:06)
08 - Sometimes i wonder (4:25)
09 - Mr. highway man (2:57)
10 - What will become of me (4:28)
bonus tracks:
11 - Pretty girls everywhere (2:53)
12 - Country boy (3:32)
13 - My home in the delta (4:19)
14 - You're gonna need my help (3:24)


Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 31. October 2009, 15:16

Otis Spann / Cracked Spanner Head

Used drive : PLEXTOR CD-R PX-230A Adapter: 1 ID: 1

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 738
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

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TOC of the extracted CD

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1 | 0:00.00 | 2:56.04 | 0 | 13203
2 | 2:56.04 | 2:53.67 | 13204 | 26245
3 | 5:49.71 | 3:54.22 | 26246 | 43817
4 | 9:44.18 | 3:22.21 | 43818 | 58988
5 | 13:06.39 | 3:37.58 | 58989 | 75321
6 | 16:44.22 | 2:59.40 | 75322 | 88786
7 | 19:43.62 | 3:06.04 | 88787 | 102740
8 | 22:49.66 | 4:24.57 | 102741 | 122597
9 | 27:14.48 | 2:56.70 | 122598 | 135867
10 | 30:11.43 | 4:27.74 | 135868 | 155966
11 | 34:39.42 | 2:52.72 | 155967 | 168938
12 | 37:32.39 | 3:32.12 | 168939 | 184850
13 | 41:04.51 | 4:18.64 | 184851 | 204264
14 | 45:23.40 | 3:24.06 | 204265 | 219570


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Track 2

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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [23EED56D], AccurateRip returned [B53B2431]
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Track 3

Filename J:\Rips\03 - Wagon wheel.wav

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Track 4

Filename J:\Rips\04 - No sense in worrying.wav

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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [B068EA22], AccurateRip returned [9ABA205C]
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Track 5

Filename J:\Rips\05 - Dollar twenty five.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [40FC80AE], AccurateRip returned [D695D22A]
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Track 6

Filename J:\Rips\06 - Everything's gonna be alright.wav

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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [31B21154], AccurateRip returned [210AA240]
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Track 7

Filename J:\Rips\07 - Lucky so and so.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [A21364FD], AccurateRip returned [269E445B]
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Track 8

Filename J:\Rips\08 - Sometimes i wonder.wav

Peak level 93.0 %
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Test CRC 6C1BBB70
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [9B912DBE], AccurateRip returned [A466F7AA]
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Track 9

Filename J:\Rips\09 - Mr. highway man.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [790F46B5], AccurateRip returned [3D5E2F63]
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Track 10

Filename J:\Rips\10 - What will become of me.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [B3AA6499], AccurateRip returned [7E48E0B7]
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Track 11

Filename J:\Rips\11 - Pretty girls everywhere.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
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Track 12

Filename J:\Rips\12 - Country boy.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [81448D42], AccurateRip returned [3687EEFE]
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Track 13

Filename J:\Rips\13 - My home in the delta.wav

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Track 14

Filename J:\Rips\14 - You're gonna need my help.wav

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No tracks could be verified as accurate
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No errors occurred

End of status report

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-05-11 15:30:43

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Otis Spann / Cracked Spanner Head
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR10 -1.00 dB -12.01 dB 2:56 01-Crack your head
DR11 0.00 dB -12.03 dB 2:54 02-Iched Nehi
DR11 0.00 dB -12.16 dB 3:54 03-Wagon wheel
DR12 -0.77 dB -14.22 dB 3:22 04-No sense in worrying
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DR10 0.00 dB -11.45 dB 3:00 06-Everything's gonna be alright
DR11 0.00 dB -11.68 dB 3:06 07-Lucky so and so
DR11 -0.63 dB -13.42 dB 4:25 08-Sometimes i wonder
DR9 0.00 dB -10.65 dB 2:57 09-Mr. highway man
DR11 0.00 dB -13.39 dB 4:28 10-What will become of me
DR9 0.00 dB -10.83 dB 2:53 11-Pretty girls everywhere
DR11 0.00 dB -12.64 dB 3:32 12-Country boy
DR11 0.00 dB -13.17 dB 4:19 13-My home in the delta
DR11 0.00 dB -12.77 dB 3:24 14-You're gonna need my help
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 825 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================


Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 31. October 2009, 14:48

Otis Spann / The Blues Of Otis Spann

Used drive : PLEXTOR CD-R PX-230A Adapter: 1 ID: 1

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 738
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=%e" %s -o %d


TOC of the extracted CD

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3 | 8:21.16 | 3:25.49 | 37591 | 53014
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9 | 28:08.09 | 3:32.29 | 126609 | 142537
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11 | 34:37.01 | 3:05.50 | 155776 | 169700
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Filename J:\Rips\01 - Rock Me Mama.wav

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Track 2

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Track 3

Filename J:\Rips\03 - Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket.wav

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Track 4

Filename J:\Rips\04 - Spann's Boogie.wav

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Track 5

Filename J:\Rips\05 - Sarah Street.wav

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Track 6

Filename J:\Rips\06 - The Blues Don't Like Nobody.wav

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Track 7

Filename J:\Rips\07 - Meet Me In The Bottom.wav

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Track 8

Filename J:\Rips\08 - Lost Sheep In The Fold.wav

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Track 9

Filename J:\Rips\09 - I Got A Feeling.wav

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Track 10

Filename J:\Rips\10 - Jangleboogie.wav

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Track 11

Filename J:\Rips\11 - T.99.wav

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Track 12

Filename J:\Rips\12 - Natural Days.wav

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End of status report

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-05-11 15:40:58

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Otis Spann / The Blues Of Otis Spann
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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DR10 -0.35 dB -12.41 dB 4:25 02-I Came From Clarksdale
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.40 dB 3:26 03-Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket
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DR10 0.00 dB -11.87 dB 3:34 06-The Blues Don't Like Nobody
DR10 0.00 dB -11.48 dB 2:58 07-Meet Me In The Bottom
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DR8 -0.70 dB -10.20 dB 2:57 10-Jangleboogie
DR10 0.00 dB -11.14 dB 3:06 11-T.99
DR10 0.00 dB -11.94 dB 3:22 12-Natural Days
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 456 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================

Otis Spann - The Blues Of Otis Spann (1964) & Cracked Spanner Head (1969) 2CDs Reissue 2005

Otis Spann - The Blues Of Otis Spann (1964) & Cracked Spanner Head (1969) 2CDs Reissue 2005

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