Product Description
Hoodoo Man Blues is considered by most blues aficionados and fans to be one of the best blues albums of all time. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was chosen by the readers of Living Blues magazine as a top ten Desert Island Blues disc. Recorded on September 22 & 23, 1965 Hoodoo Man Blues was the first studio album to capture a working Chicago blues band doing essentially what they did on stage without time constraints to accommodate the singles market. Of course both Junior Wells & Buddy Guy went on to become international blues stars. This new digipak re-issue contains 17 performances: the 12 songs from the original LP, 3 alternates that have been available on CD plus 2 never-before-released performances. There's one completely unissued song, I Ain't Stranded, and an alternate take to Yonder Wall in which Buddy Guy is playing through the Leslie speaker as he did on the title track, something guitar players are still copying to this day. The new four-panel digipak and 16 page booklet package contains nine never before seen photos from the recording session.

1. Snatch It Back And Hold It
2. Ships On The Ocean
3. Good Morning Schoolgirl
4. Hound Dog
5. In The Wee Wee Hours
6. Hey Lawdy Mama
7. Hoodoo Man Blues
8. Early In The Morning
9. We're Ready
10. You Don't Love Me, Baby
11. Chittlins Con Carne
12. Yonder Wall
13. Studio Chatter
14. I Ain't Stranded
15. Studio Chatter 2
16. In The Wee Wee Hours (Alternate Take)
17. Studio Chatter 3
18. Hoodoo Man Blues (Alternate Take)
19. Studio Chatter 4
20. Chitlin Con Carne (Alternate Take)
21. Studio Chatter 5
22. Yonder Wall (Alternate Take 7)
23. Studio Chatter 6
24. Yonder Wall (Alternate Take 11)
25. Studio Chatter 7
26. Yonder Wall (Alternate Take 13)

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I can't wait! I love this album. I met Bob Koester, founder/owner of the Delmak record label and owner of Chicago's Jazz Record Mart (my all-time favorite record store). He's the man behind this classic! I asked if there was anything in the vaults from the Hoodoo Man sessions that might surface on an "expanded reissue". His indication was "no", that someone had "walked off" with the tapes, that there was something from the sessions with Buddy Guy on vocals, as well. I just sent an email to Mr. Koester . I wonder if he finally got the stolen tapes back after all these years! Probably not (no indication of that Buddy Guy track on this reissue. But still, had to ask. I find it intriguing.

Analogue Productions released this on a Hybrid SACD back in 2009 with 2 alternate takes but no studio chatter.