Blues aficionados, get ready for a grand treat! On Friday, September 13, Alligator Records is set to reissue two quintessential titles from its unparalleled blues and roots rock catalog. Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers’ GRAMMY-nominated Beware Of The Dog! and the James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell, and Billy Branch collaborative masterpiece, Harp Attack! will be back and better than ever. These albums have been meticulously remastered, pressed on high-quality 140g black vinyl, and will be available for the first time on LP in 35 years. For the vinyl enthusiasts and collectors, there’s even more exciting news – 500 exclusive green vinyl copies of Beware Of The Dog! will be sold exclusively through U.S. independent record stores.
Hound Dog Taylor – Beware Of The Dog!
Originally released in 1976, Hound Dog Taylor’s raucous and feral Beware Of The Dog! is now considered one of the blues’ greatest live albums. Released shortly after Taylor’s death in 1975, Beware Of The Dog! captures the primeval glory and pure joy of Taylor and his HouseRockers — guitarist Brewer Phillips and drummer Ted Harvey — playing fast, loud, foot-stomping, soul-satisfying music. “The Ramones of the blues,” said Village Voice critic Robert Christgau, who called Beware Of The Dog! “a celebration for those who like their blues hot.” Since its 1976 release, Beware Of The Dog! has sold over 100,000 units worldwide. Taylor was inducted into the Blues Hall Of Fame in 1986.
Hound Dog Taylor – Beware Of The Dog!
1. Give Me Back My Wig 4:36
2. The Sun Is Shining 4:32
3. Kitchen Sink Boogie 4:17
4. Dust My Broom 3:17
5. Comin’ Around The Mountain 3:56
6. Let’s Get Funky 5:06
7. Rock Me 4:01
8. It’s Alright 4:03
9. Freddie’s Blues 6:31
Harp Attack!: A Harmonica Lover’s Heaven
Originally released in 1990, Harp Attack! brought four of the finest blues harmonica players in the world together in the studio for the first and only time. James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell and Billy Branch had been friends for years. Cotton, Wells and Bell all previously held the coveted harmonica slot in blues icon Muddy Waters’ band. The younger Billy Branch, a veteran of Willie Dixon’s band, was “the new kid”, giving the older artists a run for their money. Alligator president and album producer Bruce Iglauer told DownBeat magazine that Harp Attack! is “the summit meeting of Chicago’s four best blues harmonica players, close friends who loved each other and also loved to ‘cut heads’ (try to outplay each other). We created different combinations of players on different tracks, with the harps sometimes soloing, sometimes playing together like a horn section, sometimes trading licks, always challenging each other.” Since its 1990 release, Harp Attack! has sold over 90,000 units worldwide.
Harp Attack!
1. Down Home Blues 6:24
2. Who 4:05
3. Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pockets 5:57
4. Little Car Blues 3:34
5. My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble 5:31
6. Broke And Hungry 4:30
7. Hit Man 2:37
8. Black Night 8:54
9. Somebody Changed The Lock 3:54
10. Second Hand Man 4:02
11. New Kid On The Block 4:31
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