Two Classic Alligator Titles Remastered And Available On Vinyl LP For The First Time In 35 Years

Two Classic Alligator Titles Remastered And Available On Vinyl LP For The First Time In 35 Years

Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers' GRAMMY-Nominated BEWARE OF THE DOG!  Is "A Celebration" From "The Ramones Of The Blues" (Village Voice)

James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell And Billy Branch's Harmonica Summit Meeting, HARP ATTACK!, Is A Modern Blues Classic
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Alligator Records has just reissued two classic titles on vinyl for the first time in 35 years from its unparalleled blues and roots rock catalog:  Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers' GRAMMY-nominated BEWARE OF THE DOG! and the James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell and Billy Branch classic, HARP ATTACK!. Both albums have been remastered and pressed on 140g black vinyl.

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Originally released in 1976, Hound Dog Taylor's raucous and feral BEWARE OF THE DOG! is now considered one of the blues' greatest live albums. Released shortly after Taylor's death in 1975, BEWARE OF THE DOG! captures the primeval glory and pure joy of Taylor and his HouseRockers -- guitarist Brewer Phillips and drummer Ted Harvey -- playing fast, loud, foot-stomping, soul-satisfying music. "The Ramones of the blues," said Village Voice critic Robert Christgau, who called BEWARE OF THE DOG!  "a celebration for those who like their blues hot." Taylor was inducted into the Blues Hall Of Fame in 1986.

​Hound Dog Taylor
Beware Of The Dog [Vinyl LP]

King of the Houserockers' magic captured "live" in club performances. Raw energy and high spirits. Grammy nominee. "Natural for partying, drinking and talking loud" –Rolling Stone

Tracklist:
1.Give Me Back My Wig
2.The Sun Is Shining
3.Kitchen Sink Boogie
4.Dust My Broom
5.Comin' Around The Mountain
6.Let's Get Funky
7.Rock Me
8.It's Alright
9.Freddie's Blues

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​​Originally released in 1990, HARP ATTACK! brought four of the finest blues harmonica players in the world together in the studio for the first and only time. James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell and Billy Branch had been friends for years. Cotton, Wells and Bell all previously held the coveted harmonica slot in blues icon Muddy Waters' band. The younger Billy Branch, a veteran of Willie Dixon's band, was "the new kid", giving the older artists a run for their money. Alligator president and album producer Bruce Iglauer told DownBeat magazine that HARP ATTACK! is “the summit meeting of Chicago’s four best blues harmonica players, close friends who loved each other and also loved to ‘cut heads’ (try to outplay each other). We created different combinations of players on different tracks, with the harps sometimes soloing, sometimes playing together like a horn section, sometimes trading licks, always challenging each other.”

​Carey Bell , Billy Branch , James Cotton , Junior Wells
Harp Attack! [Vinyl LP]

Four of the world's greatest blues harp players meet head to head in a "blowdown" supersession. "The cream of the Chicago sound...a must for harmonica fans" --DownBeat


​Tracklist:
1.Down Home Blues
2.Who
3.Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pockets
4.Little Car Blues
5.My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble
6.Broke And Hungry
7.Hit Man
8.Black Night
9.Somebody Changed The Lock
10.Second Hand Man
11.New Kid On The Block

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