AnthologyThe Blues Project
Release Date: 01/28/1997
Original Release:
1997
# of Discs:
2
J&R Item # 196818_CD
UPC # 731452975829
Label: Polydor (USA)
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Disc: 1
Disc: 2
1.
I Can't Keep from Crying, Sometimes
2.
Steve's Song
3.
You Can't Catch Me
4.
Two Trains Running
5.
Wake Me, Shake Me
6.
Cheryl's Goin' Home
7.
Flute Thing
8.
Caress Me Baby
9.
Fly Away
10.
No Time Like the Right Time
11.
Mean Old Southern
12.
Gentle Dreams
13.
Lost in the Shuffle
14.
Black Night
15.
Visions of Flowers
16.
Little Rain
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Performer: The Blues Project
Distributor: Universal Distribution Notes: The Blues Project includes: 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). Producers include: Jerry Schoenbaum, Tom Wilson, Paul Rothchild, Marc Abramson, Wally Gold. Compilation producer: John Platt. Recorded between 1964 and 1972. Includes liner notes by John Platt. Personnel: Steve Katz (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Danny Kalb, Al Kooper (vocals, guitar); John McDuffy (vocals, keyboards); Tommy Flanders (vocals); Bill Lussenden (guitar); Andy Kulberg (flute); John Sebastian (harmonica); Don Kretmar (saxophone); Roy Blumenfeld (drums). Liner Note Author: John Platt. Recording information: 1964-1972. Photographers: George Shuba; Gerald Jacobson; David Gahr; Jim Marshall . A long overdue and thoroughly comprehensive best-of by one of the most eclectic American bands of the '60s. ANTHOLOGY includes the whole of PROJECTIONS, their only studio album, as well as most of the best cuts from their live debut, here fleshed out with alternate takes and tracks that didn't make the official release. Also included is the better material from the Project's Capitol albums (post-Al Kooper), the great should-have-been-a-hit single "No Time Like the Right Time," and early studio tracks including a scorching version of "I'm Can't Keep From Crying" with Kooper on acoustic piano. Best of all, the remastered sound is spectacular; the Project's vinyl albums had famously tinny sonics, and the aural depth and warmth here is a revelation. John Platt's liner notes, with interview excerpts from all the band members, are similarly first-rate.
Entertainment Weekly (3/7/97, p.67) - "...This two-disc overview, featuring outtakes from their jumpy LIVE AT THE CAFE AU GO GO debut, captures their ragged-but-right sonic grab bag. The digital mix also fleshes out the notoriously paper-thin sound of their original LPs..." - Rating: A-
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