Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Original Lost Elektra Sessions Deluxe RSD [Triple Vinyl LP]

AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING COLLECTION - BEAUTIFUL 3 LP SET

Paul Butterfield met aspiring blues guitarist Elvin Bishop in the early 1960s and with bassist Jerome Arnold and drummer Sam Lay (both from Howlin Wolf’s touring band), the new group secured a highly successful club engagement at Big John’s Folk Club in Chicago, bringing them to the attention of producer Paul A. Rothchild. During their engagement, Butterfield met and occasionally sat in with guitarist Mike Bloomfield. Rothchild was impressed with the chemistry between the two and having persuaded Paul to bring Bloomfield into the band, eventually signed them to Elektra Records in 1964. This Deluxe 3LP expanded edition of The Paul Butterfield Band’s lost sessions from the 1964-1966 era features the classic line-up working through blues classics. It is the first time this killer collection is available on vinyl and is expanded to include unreleased demo and alternate tracks recently found in the Warner Vaults.

SIDE ONE:

GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL

JUST TO BE WITH YOU

HELP ME

HATE TO SEE YOU GO

POOR BOY

NUT POPPER #1

EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT

SIDE TWO:

LOVIN' CUP

ROCK ME

IT HURTS ME TOO

OUR LOVE IS DRIFTING

TAKE ME BACK

MELLOW DOWN EASY

SIDE THREE:

AIN'T NO NEED TO GO NO FURTHER

LOVE HER WITH A FEELING

PINE BROWN BLUES

SPOONFUL

THAT'S ALLRIGHT

GOING DOWN SLOW

SIDE FOUR:

MELLOW DOWN EASY (unedited 2021 remix)

AIN'T NO NEED TO GO NO FURTHER  (alternate version)

KEEP ON LOVIN' ME BABY (unreleased demo)

OFF THE WALL (alternate instrumental version)

BLUES WITH A FEELING (alternate version)

SIDE FIVE:

MEMORY PAIN (unreleased demo)

BORN IN CHICAGO (alternate version)

NUT POPPER #1 (alternate version/first take)

ONE MORE MILE (alternate version)

LOVE HER WITH A FEELING (full length version)

SIDE SIX:

MYSTERY TRAIN (alternate version)

BLUES FOR RUTH (unreleased instrumental jam)

LOVE SONG (unreleased instrumental)

DANGER ZONE (unreleased demo)