A Touch of the Blues (Long John Baldry album)

A Touch of The Blues is a 1988 live album by Blues singer Long John Baldry with extra studio tracks.[1]

A Touch of The Blues
Live album by Long John Baldry
Released	1988
Recorded	1986 - 1988
Venue	Mushroom Recording Studios
Genre	Blues
Length	40:02
Label	Musicline Records
Producer	Jimmy Horowitz
Long John Baldry chronology
Live - Iowa State University (1987) A Touch of The Blues (1988) It Still Ain't Easy (1991)

The album was a re-issue of the 1987 live album Long John Baldry & Friends with the addition of three newly recorded studio tracks. This album has sunk into partial obscurity even though it has been released on vinyl (1988) and CD (1990). For reasons unknown, the small spoken intro to "Rake and Ramblin' Boy" was cut down for this version.

Track listing

1. "Goin' Down Slow" (James Burke Oden) – 5:23
2. "I Got My Mojo Workin'" (Preston Foster) – 5:24
3. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 4:28
4. "Rake and Ramblin' Boy" (Traditional arranged by Baldry) – 3:45
5. "Black Girl" (Traditional arranged by Lead Belly) – 3:38
6. "Good Morning Blues" (Huddie Ledbetter) – 4:19
7. "Temptation In My Heart" (Basil Watson, Larry Moore) – 4:30
8. "Beat Street" (Watson, Leona Bolme) – 3:55
9. "Mystery to Me" (Allan Hull) – 4:00

Personnel

• Long John Baldry - vocals; 6 string & 12 string guitars
• Kathi McDonald - vocals
• Papa John King - guitar
• Butch Coulter - harmonica
• Mike Lent - double bass
• Jimmy Horowitz - piano and producer
• Rolf Henneman - engineer
• Dennett Woodland - assistant engineer
• Gary Taylor - executive producer
• George Ford - bass
• Hugh Brockie - classical guitar
• Rick Morris - saxophone
• Cellina Phillips - backing vocals
• Jackie Richardson - backing vocals
• Arlene Duncan - backing vocals
• Dough Edwards - bass
• Mark Lafrance - drums
• Ken Boychuck - B3 Hammond organ
• John Lee Sanders - saxophone
• Nancy Nash - backing vocals

Cover art by: Steve Y. Heurtaux

References

1. "Long John Baldry - A Touch Of The Blues". Discogs.