[2016-12-09] Mississippi Fred McDowell "Shake 'Em On Down: Live In NYC" 2CD set (Sunset Blvd.)

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2016 3:53 am

Description
Bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell managed to fly under the radar throughout the pre-war era and remained unrecorded right through the postwar rise of jump blues and the rock and roll explosion of the '50s. With a young Bonnie Raitt claiming him as one of her primary influences on slide guitar and the Rolling Stones covering his "You Got To Move" on their 1971 album Sticky Fingers, McDowell enjoyed the highest profile of his career during his final years on the planet. He was riding that wave when he stopped off at the Gaslight Café in Greenwich Village NYC on November 5, 1971. Fred was playing electric guitar with bassist Honest Tom Pomposello. McDowell's Gaslight sets were taped by Fred Seibert and initially intended for broadcast over the airwaves of Columbia University's WKCR-FM. Nine songs were selected for the 1972 album Live in New York, the inaugural release of Seibert, Pomposello, and third partner Dick Pennington's Oblivion Records label. A great many more additional selections recorded that night have surfaced since then, and they're also included on this bountiful reissue.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Shake 'Em On Down
2. Fred's Worried Blues
3. Jesus Is On The March
4. Mercy
5. When The Saints Go Marching In
6. Someday Baby
7. The Lovin' Blues
8. You Got To Move
9. White Lightnin'
10. Louise
11. Baby Please Don't Go

[CD2]
1. Goin' To The River (Carry My Rocking Chair)
2. Shake 'Em On Down
3. 61 Highway
4. John Henry
5. My Babe
6. I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby
7. Red Cross Store
8. Levee Camp Blues
9. Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl
10. Don't Mistreat Nobody (Cause You Got A Few Dimes)
11. Get Right Church

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQ24N1P/?tag=imwan-20

Smiff · 10 Aug 2006

This looks cool.

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

I've heard it, and it's fantastic. This is already available from other labels, possibly in lesser quality format; I don't know if this is remastered or something.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2016 8:57 pm

According to the label, it's a remastered repack of the original Live In New York release from 1972.

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

Remastered is good, I'll probably pick this up then! The one I have is a legit release containing all the songs on the tracklist above, plus a final 20 second "thanks and goodnight" spoken bit, which is probably just contained in the final track here.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:09 pm

Now the pre-order price has dropped by $9, down to $16.99:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQ24N1P/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2016 1:30 am

Bump: Updated the cover image in the first post.

[2016-12-09] Mississippi Fred McDowell "Shake 'Em On Down: Live In NYC" 2CD set (Sunset Blvd.)

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