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BLUES BROTHERS


The Original Blues Brothers Band

The Last Shade Of Blue Before Black


Severn Records 2017

Songs:


1. Baby, What You Want Me To Do 5:16


2. Cherry Street 3:53


3. On A Saturday Night 3:07


4. Itch And Scratch 3:33


5. Don’t Go No Further 5:04


6. You Left the Water Running 4:37


7. Don’t Forget About James Brown 2:55


8. Sex Machine 3:37


9. Your Feet’s Too Big 4:10


10. 21st Century Baby 3:54


11. Blues In My Feet 3:41


12. Qualified 6:16

13. I Got My Mojo Working 4:19


14. The Last Shade Of Blue Before Black 7:12

Total time: 61:35

The Original Blues Brothers Band:


Steve “The Colonel” Cropper - guitar


John “Smokin’ John” Tropea - guitar
E

ric “The Red” Udel - bass


Lee “Funkytime” Finkelstein - drums


Leon “The Lion” Pendarvis - organ


Rusty “Cloudmeister” Cloud - clavinet, Wurlitzer, piano and organ


Steve “Catfish” Howard - trumpet


Larry “Trombonious” Farrell - trombone


Lou “Blue Lou” Marini - saxophones


Bobby “Sweet Soul” Harden - vocals


Tommy “Pipes” McDonnell - vocals and harmonica


Rob “The Honeydripper” Paparozz - vocals and harmonica

Special Guests: 
Eddie Floyd, Joe Louis Walker, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Paul “The Shiv” Shaffer, Dr. John “The Nite Tripper”, Tom "Bones Malone" Malone and Joe Morton
with: Baron Raymonde, Birch Johnson and David Spinozza

Produced by Lou Marini, Steve Cropper
and The Original Blues Brothers Band

Recorded at IWII Studios, Hoboken, NJ by Jay Messina.

All songs mixed by Jay Messina at West End Sound, NYC, except "Blues in My Feet” and "21st Century Baby” mixed by John Tropea at San Tropea Studio, Barnegat, N.J. 

Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC by Greg Calbi.
 

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Blues Brothers

Blues Brothers 2000

Universal Records 1998

Songs:
  1. Born In Chicago 3:05
  2. The Blues Don't Bother Me 3:32
  3. Harmonica Musings 0:32
  4. Cheaper To Keep Her 3:13
  5. Perry Mason Theme 2:29
  6. Looking For A Fox 2:46
  7. Can't Turn You Loose 2:24
  8. Respect 3:00
  9. 634-5789 3:29
10. Maybe I'm Wrong 5:33
11. Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) 3:10
12. John The Revelator 3:53
13. Let There Be Drums 1:14
14. Season Of The Witch 5:09
15. Funky Nassau 4:11
16. How Blue Can You Get 5:18
17. Turn On Your Lovelight 3:30
18. New Orleans 4:01

Total time 60:29

Musicians:
Dan Aykroyd vocals

John Goodman lead vocals

J. Evan Bonifant vocals and harmonica

Steve Cropper rhythm guitar and vocals

Donald "Duck" Dunn bass guitar

Murphy Dunne keyboards

Willie Hall drums and percussion

Tom Malone trombone, tenor saxophone and vocals

"Blue"Lou Marini alto saxophone and tenor saxophone and vocals

Matt Murphy lead guitar

Alan Rubin trumpet, percussion and vocals
   
Musical guests:
Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks, Blues Traveler, Jonny Lang, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Esther Ridgeway, Gloria Ridgeway, Gracie Ridgeway, Sam Moore, James Brown and Erykah Badu

The Louisiana Gator Boys:
B. B. King vocals and guitar, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter guitar, Gary U.S. Bonds vocals, Eric Clapton vocals and guitar, Clarence Clemons vocals, tenor saxophone and tambourine, Jack DeJohnette drums, Bo Diddley vocals and guitar, Jon Faddis trumpet, Isaac Hayes vocals, Dr. John vocals and piano, Tommy "Pipes" McDonnell vocals, Charlie Musselwhite vocals and harmonica, Billy Preston vocals and synthesizer, Lou Rawls vocals, oshua Redman tenor saxophone, Paul Shaffer director and vocals, Koko Taylor vocals, Travis Tritt vocals and guitar, Jimmie Vaughan vocals and guitar, Grover Washington, Jr. baritone saxophone, Willie Weeks bass guitar and Steve Winwood vocals and organ


 

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Blues Brothers

Briefcase Full Of Blues

Atlantic Records 1978

Songs:
  1. Can't Turn You Loose 1:51
  2. Hey Bartender 3:01
  3. Messin' With The Kid 3:35
  4. Almost, (I Got Everything I Need) 2:50
  5. Rubber Biscuit 2:57
  6. Shotgun Blues 5:23
  7. Groove Me 3:46
  8. I Don't Know 4:14
  9. Soul Man 3:28
10. B Movie Box Car Blues 4:08
11. Flip, Flop & Fly 3:38
12. Can't Turn You Loose 0:51

Total time: 35:45

Musicians:
Dan Aykroyd vocals & harmonica

John Belushi vocals

Matt "Guitar" Murphy lead guitar

Steve "The Colonel" Cropper guitar

Donald "Duck" Dunn bass

Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer keyboards, & background vocals

Steve "Getdwa" Jordan drums & background vocals

Lou "Blue Lou" Marini tenor & alto saxophones

Tom "Triple Scale" Scott tenor & alto saxophones

Tom "Bones" Malone tenor & baritone saxophones, trombone,trumpet & background vocal

Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin trumpet & background Vocals
   
Produced by Bob Tischler

Recorded September 9, 1978 live at the Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles CA.
Mixed by Bob Tischler. Remote recording: The Record Plant. Mixed at The Record Plant, L.A., CA.
Recording engineer Warren dewey. Asistant engineers: Jay Knugman.

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Soul Serenade

Jazz City 1996

Songs:
1. Back In The U.S.S.R. 6:07
2. When A Man Loves A Woman 5:52
3. The "No Scuffle" Shuffle 5:29
4. Need To Dance 10:03
5. Soul Serenade 7:40
6. Rokin' Robin 4:52
7. Shang Yang 6:06
8. Hippity, Hoppity, Bippity, Boppity 5:16

Total time 51:45

Musicians:
Lou Marini tenor saxophone, flute

Leon Pendarvis keyboards

David Spinozza guitar

om Barney bass

Bernard Purdie drums
 
Produced by Yoshiaki Masuo and Tony Ariga

Recorded and mixed by Jon Rosenberg on December 1995 at The Studio, NYC.

Digital editing and mastering by Dunkan Stanbury on December 1995 at The Master Cutting Room, Inc., NYC
 

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Soul Serenade

Jazz City 1996

Songs:
1. Back In The U.S.S.R. 6:07
2. When A Man Loves A Woman 5:52
3. The "No Scuffle" Shuffle 5:29
4. Need To Dance 10:03
5. Soul Serenade 7:40
6. Rokin' Robin 4:52
7. Shang Yang 6:06
8. Hippity, Hoppity, Bippity, Boppity 5:16

Total time 51:45

Musicians:
Lou Marini tenor saxophone, flute

Leon Pendarvis keyboards

David Spinozza guitar

om Barney bass

Bernard Purdie drums
 
Produced by Yoshiaki Masuo and Tony Ariga

Recorded and mixed by Jon Rosenberg on December 1995 at The Studio, NYC.

Digital editing and mastering by Dunkan Stanbury on December 1995 at The Master Cutting Room, Inc., NYC
 

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Soul Serenade

Jazz City 1996

Songs:
1. Back In The U.S.S.R. 6:07
2. When A Man Loves A Woman 5:52
3. The "No Scuffle" Shuffle 5:29
4. Need To Dance 10:03
5. Soul Serenade 7:40
6. Rokin' Robin 4:52
7. Shang Yang 6:06
8. Hippity, Hoppity, Bippity, Boppity 5:16

Total time 51:45

Musicians:
Lou Marini tenor saxophone, flute

Leon Pendarvis keyboards

David Spinozza guitar

om Barney bass

Bernard Purdie drums
 
Produced by Yoshiaki Masuo and Tony Ariga

Recorded and mixed by Jon Rosenberg on December 1995 at The Studio, NYC.

Digital editing and mastering by Dunkan Stanbury on December 1995 at The Master Cutting Room, Inc., NYC
 

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Soul Serenade

Jazz City 1996

Songs:
1. Back In The U.S.S.R. 6:07
2. When A Man Loves A Woman 5:52
3. The "No Scuffle" Shuffle 5:29
4. Need To Dance 10:03
5. Soul Serenade 7:40
6. Rokin' Robin 4:52
7. Shang Yang 6:06
8. Hippity, Hoppity, Bippity, Boppity 5:16

Total time 51:45

Musicians:
Lou Marini tenor saxophone, flute

Leon Pendarvis keyboards

David Spinozza guitar

om Barney bass

Bernard Purdie drums
 
Produced by Yoshiaki Masuo and Tony Ariga

Recorded and mixed by Jon Rosenberg on December 1995 at The Studio, NYC.

Digital editing and mastering by Dunkan Stanbury on December 1995 at The Master Cutting Room, Inc., NYC
 

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Soul Serenade

Jazz City 1996

Songs:
1. Back In The U.S.S.R. 6:07
2. When A Man Loves A Woman 5:52
3. The "No Scuffle" Shuffle 5:29
4. Need To Dance 10:03
5. Soul Serenade 7:40
6. Rokin' Robin 4:52
7. Shang Yang 6:06
8. Hippity, Hoppity, Bippity, Boppity 5:16

Total time 51:45

Musicians:
Lou Marini tenor saxophone, flute

Leon Pendarvis keyboards

David Spinozza guitar

om Barney bass

Bernard Purdie drums
 
Produced by Yoshiaki Masuo and Tony Ariga

Recorded and mixed by Jon Rosenberg on December 1995 at The Studio, NYC.

Digital editing and mastering by Dunkan Stanbury on December 1995 at The Master Cutting Room, Inc., NYC
 

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