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Mel Brown - The Wizard (1968) & Blues For We (1969) [Reissue 2011]

Posted By: gribovar
Mel Brown - The Wizard (1968) & Blues For We (1969) [Reissue 2011]

Mel Brown - The Wizard (1968) & Blues For We (1969) [Reissue 2011]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 405 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 149 MB | Covers - 17 MB
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Impulse!/Universal Music (06025 2780945)

This remastered two-fer combines guitarist Mel Brown's second Impulse release from 1968, The Wizard, with Blues for We released the following year. The Wizard is a straight-ahead soul-jazz date picking up where Chicken Fat left off with a few originals alongside funky renditions of “Ode to Billie Joe” and Pee Wee Crayton’s R&B hit of the late '40s “Blues After Hours.” Blues for We relies more on an interesting selection of cover versions ranging from “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and “Son of a Preacher Man” to the bubblegum staple by the 1910 Fruitgum Company “Indian Giver” and Acker Bilk’s “Stranger on the Shore,” which was the theme of a BBC television drama. Brown’s guitar work on both sessions is fluid and greasy, as are the funky drum licks, but occasionally, the arrangements drift into superior background music. New liner notes are absent, but the original packaging - front and back cover art and liner notes - remain intact.
Tracklist:

The Wizard (1968):
01. Ode To Billie Joe
02. Swamp Fever
03. Blues After Hours
04. African Sweets
05. Stop
06. Chunk A Funk
07. Miss Ann
08. W-2 Withholding

Blues For We (1969):
09. Twist And Shout
10. Blues For We
11. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
12. Son Of A Preacher Man
13. Set Me Free
14. Freaky Zeke
15. Indian Giver
16. Stranger On The Shore

Total time: 01:03:19

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Mel Brown / The Wizard/Blues For We

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