The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – the Original Lost Elektra Sessions (3LPs, RSD 22)

LP Blues Rock Run Out Groove 081227881474 Paul Butterfield met aspiring blues guitarist Elvin Bishop in the early 1960s and with bassist Jerome Arnold and drummer Sam Lay (both from Howlin Wolf’s touring band), the new group secured a highly successful club engagement at Big John’s Folk Club in Chicago which brought them to the attention of producer Paul A. Rothchild. During their engagement, Butterfield met and occasionally sat in with guitarist Mike Bloomfield. Rothchild was impressed with the chemistry between the two and persuaded Paul to bring Bloomfield into the band and eventually signed them to Elektra Records in 1964. This Deluxe 3LP expanded edition of The Paul Butterfield Band’s lost sessions from the 1964-1966 era features the classic line up working through blues classics. It is the first time this killer collection is available on vinyl and is expanded to include unreleased demo and alternate tracks recently found in the Warner Vaults. A1 Good Morning Little School Girl A2 Just To Be With You A3 Help Me A4 Hate To See You Go A5 Poor Boy A6 Nut Popper #1 A7 Everythings Gonna Be Alright B1 Lovin Cup B2 Rock Me B3 It Hurts Me Too B4 Our Love Is Drifting B5 Take Me Back B6 Mellow Down Easy C1 Aint No Need To Go Further C2 Love Her With A Feeling C3 Piney Brown Blues C4 Spoonful C5 Thats Allright C6 Going Down Slow D1 Mellow Down Easy (Unedited 2021 Remix) D2 Ain’t No Need To Go No Further (Alternate Version) D3 Keep On Loving’ Me Baby (Unreleased Demo) D4 Off The Wall (Alternate Instrumental Version) D5 Blues With A Feeling (Alternate Version) E1 Memory Pain (Unreleased Demo) E2 Born In Chicago (Alternate Version) E3 Nut Popper #1 (Alternate Version/First Take) E4 One More Mile (Alternate Version) E5 Love Her With A Feeling (Full Length Version) F1 Mystery Train (Alternate Version) F2 Blues For Ruth (Unreleased Instrumental Jam) F3 Love Song (Unreleased Instrumental) F4 Danger Zone (Unreleased Demo)