Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim - Willie's Blues [Analogue Productions 180g LP] 24-bit/96kHz

Since the early Fifties, Willie Dixon has been the studio kingpin of Chicago blues, having written, produced, and played bass on countless classics by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Koko Taylor and many others. Dixon has always managed to find time away from the studio to work as a performer, slapping his upright bass and singing his own tunes in a highly compelling, conversational baritone. He was working the coffeehouse circuit with pianist Memphis Slim when he cut this, his first album as a leader, in 1959. Besides his unique interpretations of "Nervous" and "Built for Comfort," it includes eight lesser-known compositions from Dixon's prolific pen. It is unlike all other albums by Dixon, as he and Slim are accompanied not by the usual crew of Chicago blues players, but by a group of New York mainstream jazzmen, including tenor saxophonist Hal Ashby and guitarist Wally Richardson.


Tracklisting:

All Tracks written by Willie Dixon except as indicated

A1 - Nervous
A2 - Good Understanding
A3 - That's My Baby
A4 - Slim's Thing (*)
A5 - That's All I Want Baby
A6 - Don't You Tell Nobody
A7 - Youth To You

B1 - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues
B2 - Built For Comfort
B3 - I Got A Razor
B4 - Go Easy (*)
B5 - Move me

(*) Written by by Peter Chatman (aka Memphis Slim)


Personnel:

Bass, Vocals - Willie Dixon
Drums - Gus Johnson
Guitar - Wally Richardson
Piano - Memphis Slim
Saxophone [Tenor] - Al Ashby
Recorded By - Rudy Van Gelder


Technical Information:

Music Hall MMF 5.1 Turntable
Goldring 1042GX reference Cartridge
Belari VP-129 Tube Phono PreAmp with Sylvania 12AX7WA
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Interconnections by "Goldkabel"
Wavelab 5 recording software

TT > Belari > Laptop > Wavelab 5.01 (24/96) > DeClick 3.01 (Declick 10, Wave, reverse) > analyze >
split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout.


Links: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; A2 - Good Understanding (fixed)

Pass: aksman


Enjoy!