The Blues Project - Live At The Cafe A Go Go 1966

The Blues Project - Live At The Cafe A Go Go 1966
Extended Version

Blues

(Please note Tommy had left the group by the time the album was released.
All titles recorded "Live At The Café Au Go Go" in November 1965 and January 1966
Tracks 1 to 11 released on the album "Live At The Café Au Go Go" on Verve Folkways FTS.3000 and released in March 1966. Tracks 12 to 17 are outtakes or alternate versions from the same recordings which remain un-issued until the 1997 CD release "The Blues Project "Anthology" on Polydor/ Chronicles 314 529 758-2 A single "Catch The Wind"/"I Want To Be Your Driver" was issued on Verve Folkways KF.5013 in 1966

Original album and single release courtesy of the Andrew Lauder Archive
Mastered for this release by Loud Mastering, Taunton, Somerset, UK
Special thanks to Iestyn David (London) and Bill Levenson (New York) for their help with this release. RIP John Platt).
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If you talk about the 60s and 70s, I believe the two most underrated groups are Spirit and the Blues Project, both of which were very jazzy for the taste of the epoch and so much more sophisticated than the commercial music.
I bought this CD to see if I would still like it. You hear so much music from the 60s to the 90s all over the radio. Some sounds rancid and some sublime.
I loved this album when it first came out. (My friend Chris Winfield who is now an artist, turned me on to them as he did to much jazz, classical and blues.) They were among my favorite groups then and remain so.
I have to say that I loved Flute thing and a few instrumentals which are not included here but no one can perform every track in concert.
Listening now, I especially enjoy Alberta and Violets of Dawn, very poetic with that certain offness which Verlaine recommends for poetry. (I can't even recommend Verlaine so much since so many other French poets exceed him by far but he did write some amazing poems on how poetry should work.)
So, if you want pure poetry in the form of music, get this CD.
By Robert Leutwiler.
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Andy Kulberg- Bass, Flute
Roy Blumenfeld- Drums
Danny Kalb- Guitar [Lead], Vocals
Steve Katz- Guitar [Rhythm], Harmonica, Vocals 
Organ, Keyboards, Vocals - Al Kooper
Tommy Flanders- Vocals -  (tracks: 7, 8, 10 to 13, 15 to 17)
Written-By; Willie Dixon (tracks: 2, 8, 10, 12)
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01. Goin' Down Louisiana 4:04
02. You Go And I'll Go With You 3:49
03. Catch The Wind 3:05
04. I Want To Be Your Driver 2:23
05. Alberta 4:10  
06. The Way My Baby Walks 3:09 
07. Violets Of Dawn 2:56  
08. Back Door Man 3:16
09. Jelly Jelly Blues 4:45
10. Spoonful 4:58
11. Who Do You Love? 5:30
  Bonus Tracks
12. Hoochie Coochie Man 2:33
13. Parchman Farm 3:32 
14. Alberta (Alternate Version) 4:52 
15. Have You Ever Had The Blues? 2:43  
16. Bright Lights, Big City 4:50 
17. Who Do You Love? (Alternate Version) 6:00
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The Blues Project - Anthology 1997

The Blues Project - Anthology 1997
Label: Polydor / Umgd

Blues

I first heard the Blues Project about ten years ago. While intrigued by their unique, very-60s, psychedelic meets jazz-blues sound, I was always a bit put-off by the horrible recording quality. Well, rest assured that 'they finally got it right'. On ANTHOLOGY, we finally get to hear the Blues Project as they were meant to be heard. The first disc, primarily of outtakes and tracks from the Live at the Au Go Go set are fresh and rocking. You can actually HEAR the bass and bass drum, and the stereo image is much more 'in the club' feeling..Occasionally, the vocals are kinda buried, but hey, this was 1965! As far as disc 2, the PROJECTIONS tracks will astound you. Granted, certain tracks are stilled marred by some VERY bad recording & distortion from way back when (primarily the first track) but Steve's Song, Flute Thing and especially Two Trains Running sound fresh and allow you to experience a whole new level of stereo separation that was NEVER there before. A true gem, and a VERY welcomed remastered collection...IT'S ABOUT TIME!
By Jason A. Levine.
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The very things that made the Blues Project one of the most phenomenal bands of the '60s are the same things that made the band a short-lived one. Drawing on a crazy quilt of influences--including folk, pop, jazz, psychedelia, and, yes, blues--the band was known to perform scorching versions of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf classics one minute, then turn around and do mellow contemporary tunes by the likes of Donovan and Patrick Sky the next. A band whose onstage energy was boundless, their studio work didn't always come across quite as well, and sharply divided attitudes about approach and repertoire (plus assorted personal problems) eventually sundered the band. Anthology is the best available sampling of the group's oeuvre, collecting material from their albums on Verve and Capitol and tossing in some rare singles, solo material, and previously unreleased tracks for good measure. You don't often hear the Blues Project mentioned in reverent tones, as are other, similar acts of the era, and that's too bad. This set makes a case for their veneration.
By Daniel Durchholz.
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Steve Katz- (Vocals, guitar, harmonica);
Al Kooper- (Vocals, guitar, keyboards);
Danny Kalb- (Vocals, guitar);
John McDuffy- (Vocals, keyboards);
Tommy Flanders- (Vocals);
Bill Lussenden- (Guitar);
John Sebastian- (Harmonica);
Andy Kulberg- (Flute, bass);
Don Kretmar- (Saxophone, bass);
David Cohen- (Piano);
Fritz Richmond- (Washtub bass);
Roy Blumenfeld- (Drums).
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Disc: 1

01. I'm Troubled - The Blues Project, Waters, Muddy
02. Back Door Man - The Blues Project, Dixon, Willie
03. Violets of Dawn - The Blues Project, Andersen, Eric
04. Goin' Down Louisiana - The Blues Project, Morganfield, McKinl
05. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - The Blues Project, Dixon, Willie
06. Parchman Farm - The Blues Project, Allison, Mose
07. You Go and I'll Go With You - The Blues Project, Dixon, Willie
08. Catch the Wind - The Blues Project, Donovan [1]
09. I Want to Be Your Driver - The Blues Project, Berry, Chuck
10. Alberta - The Blues Project, Public Domain [1]
11. Have You Ever Had the Blues - The Blues Project, Jennings, Bill
12. The Way My Baby Walks - The Blues Project, Kulberg, Andy
13. Bright Lights, Big City - The Blues Project, Reed, Jimmy
14. Jelly, Jelly - The Blues Project, Eckstine, Billy
15. Spoonful - The Blues Project, Dixon, Willie
16. Who Do You Love? - The Blues Project, McDaniel, Elias
17. Love Will Endure - The Blues Project, Sky, Patrick
18. I Can't Keep from Crying, Sometimes - The Blues Project, Kooper, Al
19. Friday Night City - The Blues Project, Flanders, Tommy
20. Where There's Smoke There's Fire - The Blues Project, Kooper, Al
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Disc: 2

01. I Can't Keep from Crying, Sometimes - The Blues Project, Kooper, Al
02. Steve's Song - The Blues Project, Katz, Steve
03. You Can't Catch Me - The Blues Project, Berry, Chuck
04. Two Trains Running - The Blues Project, Waters, Muddy
05. Wake Me, Shake Me - The Blues Project, Kooper, Al
06. Cheryl's Goin' Home - The Blues Project, Lind, Bob
07. Flute Thing - The Blues Project, Kooper, Al
08. Caress Me Baby - The Blues Project, Reed, Jimmy
09. Fly Away - The Blues Project, Kooper, Al
10. No Time Like the Right Time - The Blues Project, Kooper, Al
11. Mean Old Southern - The Blues Project, Public Domain
12. Gentle Dreams - The Blues Project, Katz, Steve
13. Lost in the Shuffle - The Blues Project, McDuffy, John
14. Black Night - The Blues Project, Traditional
15. Visions of Flowers - The Blues Project, Kalb, Danny
16. Little Rain - The Blues Project, Reed, Jimmy
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