Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland Showdown MFSL GOLD CD NEU OVP Sealed UDCD 620

Erscheinungsdatum: 1. Februar 1995 
Label: Mfsl 
Format: Audio CD (CD-Anzahl: 1)

Tonträger CD
Besonderheiten Limited Edition, 24kt. Gold-CD
Jahr 1995
Orig. Release 1985
Zeit 43:12
Plattenfirma MFSL
Herstellungsland 
Musikrichtung Blues
EAN-Nr. 015775162020
Katalog-Nr. UDCD 620

       Tracks

1. T-bone Shuffle (4:56)
2. The Moon Is Full (5:00)
3. Lions Den (3:57)
4. She's Into Something (3:50)
5. Bring Your Fine Self Home (4:32)
6. Black Cat Bone (4:57)
7. The Dream (5:31)
8. Albert's Alley (4:04)
9. Blackjack (6:27)

Produktbeschreibungen

Audio
Ein Showdown, der mit vier "Handy"-Awards und einem Grammy endete: Die drei Blues-Ikonen Robert Cray, Albert Collins (1993 verstorben) und Johnny Copeland lieferten sich '85 auf der neunteiligen Session einen schweißtreibenden Fight an ihren Gitarren. Vom luftig swingenden Opener T-Bone Shuffle über das traumhaft pulsierende The Dream bis zum stampfenden The Moon Is Full setzten die drei sich selbst und dem Blues ein Denkmal. Die Sound-Tüftler von MFSL kitzelten für die Gold-CD noch mehr Feinheiten und Transparenz aus dem Original.
© Audio

Review by Bruce Eder & Bill Dahl
Most of the original "blues summit" and blues "supergroup" type gatherings, which were done at Chess Records, were musically pointless affairs, mostly because the artists involved really didn't like the idea behind the albums being recorded or the company they were forced to keep during the recording process. What makes Showdown! work is that the three featured players actually liked each other and enjoyed working together — even more important, they had something to say together musically, which just pours out of the contents of this jewel of a record, a summit meeting between Texas guitar veterans Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland and newcomer Robert Cray — the set is scorching all the way. Collins even treats us to some harmonica playing that's more than a match for his guitar work on "Bring Your Fine Self Home," and the only pity is there's no other contribution by him on the harp anywhere else here. It's all worth hearing, many times over, and if you can't get the Mobile Fidelity version, find the Alligator Records CD, but get this album.
 

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