An Anthology -- The Elektra Years
Released: Oct 28, 1997
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Released: Oct 28, 1997
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An Anthology -- The Elektra Years is a double-disc, 33-song set that offers a comprehensive overview of Paul Butterfield's eight years with the label. His first two albums, Paul Butterfield Blues...
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Droppin' in with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band
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Lengthy double-CD package of live and unreleased material recorded by the prime edition of the band in 1965-66, all with Mike Bloomfield on board. Four songs are from their show at the Newport Folk...
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East-West Live
Released: 1966
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Released: 1966
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The tune "East-West" from the second Butterfield Blues Band album of the same name made music history. It is arguably the first extended rock solo, a fusing of blues-rock with Eastern scales and...
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Strawberry Jam
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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These nine cuts are from various live performances of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band during their heyday in the middle-to-late '60s. This album was put together by Mark Naftalin, who played...
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The Original Lost Elektra Sessions
Released: December 1964
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Released: December 1964
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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...
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An Offer You Can't Refuse
Released: 1963
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Released: 1963
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An album released on the Red Lightnin' label in 1972 consisting of one side of Big Walter Horton and the other side with very early Paul Butterfield (1963) (See: Big Walter Horton). Contains six...
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The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw
Released: 1967
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Released: 1967
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In his third album, Butterfield adds a horn section and the direction of the group has started to veer away from straight Chicago-style blues toward a sound more influenced by R&B. By this time,...
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In My Own Dream
Released: 1968
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Released: 1968
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Sometimes, one has to wonder whether the youth of the 1960s were really as open to new ideas and new sounds as their press would make you believe. Take the album at hand, In My Own Dream by the...
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