Alligator Records: 50 Years of Genuine Houserockin’ Music

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Give Me Back My Wig
recording of:
Give Me Back My Wig
writer:
Hound Dog Taylor
publisher:
Eyeball Music
Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers3:35
2I’m a Woman
assistant engineer:
Eddie B. Flick (engineer)
engineer:
Freddie Breitberg
producer:
Bruce Iglauer, Richard McLeese and Koko Taylor
bass guitar [bass]:
Cornelius "Mule" Boyson
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Vince Chappelle
guitar:
Sammy Lawhorn and Johnny B. Moore
harmonica:
Mervyn "Harmonica" Hinds (Mervyn "Harmonica" Hinds)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Pinetop Perkins
saxophone [sax]:
Abb Locke
vocals:
Koko Taylor
recorded at:
Mantra Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States
recording of:
I'm a Woman
lyricist:
Koko Taylor
writer:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
is based on:
I’m a Man
Koko Taylor4:34
3Have Mercy
Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell3:44
4Somebody Loan Me a Dime
recording of:
Loan Me a Dime
writer:
Fenton Robinson
Fenton Robinson2:56
5It’s My Fault, Darling
associate engineer:
Skip Godwin
engineer:
Freddie Breitberg
producer:
Allison Kaslow (US manager and festival producer), Bruce Iglauer and Andy Kaslow (Saxophone player)
baritone saxophone:
Jim Moore (Saxophone player) (in 1979-11)
bass:
David Lee Watson (Bass player) (in 1979-11)
congas:
Alfred "Uganda" Roberts (conga/percussion player, aka "Uganda") (in 1979-11)
drums (drum set):
John Vidacovich (Jazz drummer) (in 1979-11)
guitar:
Mac Rebennack (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter) (in 1979-11)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1979-11)
tenor saxophone:
Andy Kaslow (Saxophone player) (in 1979-11) and Tony Dagradi (Saxophone player) (in 1979-11)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1979-11)
recorded at:
Sea-Saint Recording Studio Inc in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1979-11)
recording of:
It’s My Fault, Darling (in 1979-11)
writer:
Miles Grayson and Lermon Horton
Professor Longhair4:53
6Telephone Angel
Son Seals5:25
7Lights Out
Johnny Winter2:34
8Blue Monday Hangover
assistant engineer:
Eddie B. Flick (engineer)
engineer:
Fred Brietberg
assistant producer:
Gwendolyn Collins
producer:
Bruce Iglauer, Casey Jones (US blues drummer, singer, writer, producer, born in Mississippi) and Dick Shurman
recorded at:
Custom Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States
cover recording of:
Blue Monday
writer:
Gil Caple and Don Robey
Albert Collins5:34
9Little Car Blues
James Cotton with Junior Wells and Billy Branch3:33
10The Dream
Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland5:31
11Pawnshop Bound
William Clarke4:23
12Riding the Blinds (live)
Lonnie Mack4:23
13Cold Lonely Nights (live)
live recording of:
Cold, Lonely Nights
lyricist and composer:
Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks5:43
14Soul Fixin’ Man (live)
Luther Allison4:07
15Got My Mojo Working
recording engineer and mixer:
David Farrell (engineer)
producer:
Jim Bateman and Clarence Brown
bass:
Harold Floyd
organ:
Larry Marshall
saxophone:
Bill Samuel (saxophone) and Dennis Taylor (US saxophonist)
strings:
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
trombone:
Ernie Gautreau
trumpet:
Bobby Campo
vocals:
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
mixed at:
Ultrasonic Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
recording of:
Got My Mojo Working (original version)
lyricist and composer:
Preston Foster
publisher:
Dare Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown3.54:47
16Sloppy Drunk
engineer and mixer:
Sam Fishkin
bass:
Earlene Lewis
guitar:
Gaye Adegbalola
piano:
Ann Rabson
vocals:
Gaye Adegbalola, Earlene Lewis and Ann Rabson
recorded at and mixed at:
Streeterville Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women3:08
17That Did It
cover recording of:
That Did It
composer:
Pearl Woods (60s R&B)
Roy Buchanan5:08
18Keep On Lovin’ Me, Baby
cover recording of:
Keep on Lovin’ Me Baby
lyricist and composer:
Otis Rush
The Paladins4:03
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Credits

Release

liner notes:Bruce Iglauer (in 2021)
mastering:Bruce Iglauer
Collin Jordan (mastering engineer)
compiler:Bruce Iglauer
design:Kevin Niemiec
mastered at:The Boiler Room (mastering studio, Chicago) in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/19048069 [info]