The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover

The Return of Koerner, Ray and Glover is an album by Koerner, Ray & Glover, released in 1965. It was their last recording for Elektra and it would be seven years before the trio's next release.

The Return of Koerner, Ray and Glover
Studio album by
Koerner, Ray & Glover
ReleasedOctober 1965
RecordedAugust 1965
GenreBlues
Length42:55
LabelElektra EKL-305 (mono) EKS-7305 (stereo)
ProducerPaul Rothchild
Koerner, Ray & Glover chronology
Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers
(1964)		 The Return of Koerner, Ray and Glover
(1965)		 Good Old Koerner, Ray & Glover
(1972)

Koerner appeared at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival accompanied by Glover, one of the few times the two performed without Dave Ray.

The Return of Koerner, Ray and Glover was reissued by Red House Records in 1999.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
JazzTimes(no rating) [2]
Mother Jones(no rating) [3]

Allmusic critic Jeff Burger wrote "...this beautifully remastered 1965 collection is filled with the humor, rhythm, soulful vocals and top-notch material that made the outfit such a standout... If you like this kind of music, it's a safe bet that you'll love this album."[1] In his JazzTimes review, music critic Bill Milkowski called the album "A quintessential white boy blues album that helped fuel the '60s blues boom."[2] Reviewed in Mother Jones, the reissue was called "... driving, foot-stomping, aggressively acoustic blues that seamlessly meshes original composition with material from the great bluesmen... an album of remarkable breadth, much more than the sum of its parts."[3]

Track listing
  1. "I Want to See My Baby" (John Koerner) – 3:05
  2. "Titanic" (Lead Belly) – 4:05
  3. "You've Got to Be Careful" (Koerner) – 2:50
  4. "Looky Looky Yonder" (Lead Belly, Alan Lomax, John Lomax) – 1:10
  5. "Statesboro Blues" (Blind Willie McTell) – 3:05
  6. "Eugene C." (Koerner) – 2:25
  7. "Goin' to the Country" (Koerner) – 2:40
  8. "The Boys Was Shootin' It Out Last Night" (Koerner) – 2:45
  9. "Poor Howard" (Lead Belly, Lomax, Lomax) – 2:25
  10. "I Don't Want to Be Terrified" (Koerner) – 3:50
  11. "Don't Let Your Right Hand Know What Your Left Hand Do" (Tony Glover) – 3:05
  12. "Lonesome Road" (traditional) – 2:35
  13. "England Blues" (Koerner) – 2:35
  14. "Packin' Truck" (Lead Belly, Lomax, Lomax) – 3:55
  15. "John Hardy" (traditional) – 2:25

Personnel

Production notes

  • Paul Rothchild – producer
  • Chris Frymire – remixing, mastering
  • Eric Peltoniemi – reissue producer, design, layout design

References
  1. Burger, Jeff. "The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  2. Milkowski, Bill (September 1999). "Review: The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover". JazzTimes.
  3. Dickinson, Tim (July–August 1999). "Review: The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover". Mother Jones (24): 82.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.