Amos Milburn - Lets Have A Party - [Vinyl]

This essential LP release includes Amos Milburn�s complete 1957 LP Let�s Have a Party. (Originally released on the Aladdin Records subsidiary Score, it has been long unavailable on vinyl.) A celebrated album among R&B and blues aficionados of that era, it contained a magnificent selection of Amos� previous recordings for the label. Highlights include a second version of Amos� biggest hit �Chicken Shack Boogie� (which was originally recorded in November 1947). This high-powered 1956 reading of the tune was cut in New Orleans with some of the most important musicians of the Crescent City music scene, such as Lee Allen, Alvin �Red� Tyler, Justin Adams, and Earl Palmer. (It was basically the same band featured on classic recordings by Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Larry Williams, to name a few.) The song celebrates the unique pleasures of Amos Milburn�s favorite juke joints back in Houston (and may refer specifically to a Central Avenue nightspot called Ivy�s Chicken Shack). A number of the pianist�s finest recordings have also been included here, such as �Let�s Have a Party,� �Rocky Mountain,� �All Is Well,� the bluesy �I�m Still a Fool for You,� and the splendid ballads �I Know You Love Me,� and �Baby, Baby, All the Time,� among others. The track listing also contains two of Milburn�s most celebrated drinking songs: �Good, Good Whiskey� (a 1953 re-make of his smash �Bad, Bad Whiskey�), and the iconic �One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer.� In addition to the original album, this limited collector�s edition presents 4 bonus tracks: two more classic upbeat romps about booze and its effects, �Vicious, Vicious Vodka� and �Let Me Home, Whiskey,� plus the seminal �Down the Road Apiece,� and the joyful �Every Day of the Week.�

Amos Milburn - Lets Have A Party - [Vinyl]

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