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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Original Lost Elektra Sessions (1964)

Track listing:
  1. Good Morning Little School Girl 2:23
  2. Just To Be With You 3:23
  3. Help Me 2:16
  4. Hate To See You Go 4:35
  5. Poor Boy 3:27
  6. Nut Popper #1 2:25
  7. Everything's Gonna Be All Right 2:58
  8. Lovin' Cup 2:44
  9. Rock Me 2:52
  10. It Hurts Me Too 2:46
  11. Our Love Is Driftin' 2:29
  12. Take Me Back Baby 2:50
  13. Mellow Down Easy 3:06
  14. Ain't No Need To Go No Further 2:46
  15. Love Her With A Feeling 3:00
  16. Piney Brown Blues 2:15
  17. Spoonful 3:20
  18. That's All Right 3:14
  19. Goin' Down Slow 6:02

Notes

All but one of these 19 tracks were recorded in December, 1964, as Butterfield's projected first LP; the results were scrapped and replaced by their official self-titled debut, cut a few months later. With both Bloomfield and Bishop already in tow, these sessions rank among the earliest blues-rock ever laid down. Extremely similar in feel to the first album, it's perhaps a bit rawer in production and performance, but not appreciably worse or different than what ended up on the actual debut LP. Dedicated primarily to electric Chicago blues standards, Butterfield fans will find this well worth acquiring, as most of the selections were never officially recorded by the first lineup (although different renditions of five tracks showed up on the first album and the What's Shakin' compilation).