| 1. Be Careful What You Wish For |
| 2. Perfect Everything |
| 3. Babylon |
| 4. Garagedonia |
| 5. Academy Award |
| 6. Before You Get Your Breakfast |
| 7. Gravy Train |
| 8. Shake That Fat |
| 9. Cheap Shot |
| 10. Making the Sparks Fly |
| 11. 99 Days |
| 12. Flying Home |
| 13. Run Run Run |
| 14. Barstow Blue Eyes |
Big Chain,Jo Jo Gunne,Blue Hand Records,Album Rock,Hard Rock,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop,United States of America,the orginal jo jo gunne are back featuring jay ferguson, mark andes, matt andes and curly smith.
Big Chain
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Ball N' Chain
Big Mama Thornton Manufacturer: Arhoolie Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000001FF Release Date: 1993-11-30 |
Tracks:
- Sweet Little Angel
- Unlucky Girl
- Swing It On Home
- Little Red Rooster
- Hound Dog
- Your Love Is Where It Ought To Be
- School Boy
- My Heavy Load
- I'm Feeling Alright
- Sometimes I Have A Heartache
- Black Rat
- Life Goes On
- Bumble Bee
- Gimme A Penny
- Wade In The Water
- Ball N' Chain
Customer Reviews:
No Ball & Chain Draggin' Down This Lady.......2007-05-31
Willie Mae originated "Hound Dog" that was later such a hit for Elvis. Elvis' version is great, but I prefer the original.
Legendary Muddy Waters accompanies on five tunes.
As for "Ball & Chain," you can really hear the influence the original had on Janis Joplin--and how Janis also made it her own.
This is CD is hardcore blues delivered in Big Mama's light, almost delicate style.
No, there's nothing "almost" about it. Big Mama Thorton's blues phraseology is both strong & unequivocally delicate.
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thorton is one of the blues Greats, sharing the galaxy with other blues/jazz devas like Billie Holiday & Etta James.
Jail
Big Mama Thornton in Europe
The Complete Vanguard Recordings
Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
All the Way
Let's Roll
The Essential Bessie Smith
Greatest Hits
Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1
Cheap Thrills
Pearl
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again, Mama
Best of Traditional Blues .......2007-01-11
BALL `N' CHAIN consists of 16 songs recorded 1965-1968 (tracks 1-8 in 1965; 9-14 in 1966; 15 & 16 in 1968). Disc packaged in black jewel case; total running time: 61:50. Booklet includes an essay by Chris Strachwitz, several black & white photos, and track information (songwriter credits, musician personnel, recording dates). Sound quality is good.
These are re-recordings of songs Thornton had previously recorded, including "Ball N' Chain", a song that was notably recorded by Janis Joplin. Tracks 1-8 feature Buddy Guy on Guitar. Tracks 9-14 recorded with Muddy Waters Blues Band (and also issued on Arhoolie's 2004 release "Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band - 1966"). Noteworthy are Thornton's complaints on "Unlucky Girl" about being followed by the FBI everywhere she goes.
This may be the Blues, but it is a joy to listen to. Thornton sings Blues ballads and fun up-tempo songs. I hesitate to call it "country Blues" because it just seems too sophisticated to be called that. Whatever it is, it's beautiful.
How blue can she get?.......2006-11-27
Big Mama's powerful vocal is accompanied by some really, REALLY, strong musical groups; including Muddy Waters' band on several classical interpretations ("I'm Feeling Alfight", "Sometimes I have a Heartache", "Black Rat"...).
My other favorites on this CD are, probably, "Unlucky girl" and "Little Red Rooster" (with Buddy Guy, Walter Horton and others) and, even more probably, the best of them all, erotically highly charged "School Boy" (with only instrument being the sugestive and even eerie guitar of Fred McDowell)...
Some songs ("Swing it on home"...) unfortunately cross the line of R/B and approach rock 'n' roll, but it is only minor problem on this brilliant CD... Every unce of blues this lady carries is worth hearing!
Great songwriter ("Sweet Little Angel"...) and great interpreter, Big Mama Thornton is one of the best blues musicians I've encountered so far...
Oh yes, what was the name of that movie star hip-shaking white boy who also tried to sing Leiber and Stoller's "Hound Dog"?
The classic 1960's Arhoolie sessions!.......2004-05-09
Exellent rockin' blues and rollicking r&b and jump blues.......2004-04-13
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Modern Rock 1982-1983
1. Down Under -- Men At Work 2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) -- Eurythmics 3. Come On Eileen -- Dexy's Midnight Runners 4. Hungry Like The Wolf -- Duran Duran 5. Shake It Up -- The Cars various artists , 6. She Blinded Me With Science -- Thomas Dolby 7. Too Shy -- Kajagoogoo 8. (She's) Sexy + 17 -- Stray Cats 9. Steppin' Out -- Joe Jackson 10. In A Big Country -- Big Country , 11. Love My Way -- The Psychedelic Furs 12. Mexican Radio -- Wall Of Voodoo Track Title 1. True -- Spandau Ballet 2. One Thing Leads To Another -- The Fixx , 3. Back On The Chain Gang -- The Pretenders 4. Vacation -- The Go-Go's 5. Love Plus One -- Haircut 100 6. I Want Candy -- Bow Wow Wow 7. Our House -- Madness 8. Always Something There To Remind Me -- Naked Eyes , and 9. Only The Lonely -- The Motels 10. I Ran (So Far Away) -- A Flock Of Seagulls 11. Goody Two Shoes -- Adam Ant 12. I Know What Boys Like -- Waitresses ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000NHZHKS |
Product Description
Year: 1982 Track Title 1. Down Under -- Men At Work 2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) -- Eurythmics 3. Come On Eileen -- Dexy's Midnight Runners 4. Hungry Like The Wolf -- Duran Duran 5. Shake It Up -- The Cars 6. She Blinded Me With Science -- Thomas Dolby 7. Too Shy -- Kajagoogoo 8. (She's) Sexy + 17 -- Stray Cats 9. Steppin' Out -- Joe Jackson 10. In A Big Country -- Big Country 11. Love My Way -- The Psychedelic Furs 12. Mexican Radio -- Wall Of Voodoo Track Title 1. True -- Spandau Ballet 2. One Thing Leads To Another -- The Fixx 3. Back On The Chain Gang -- The Pretenders 4. Vacation -- The Go-Go's 5. Love Plus One -- Haircut 100 6. I Want Candy -- Bow Wow Wow 7. Our House -- Madness 8. Always Something There To Remind Me -- Naked Eyes 9. Only The Lonely -- The Motels 10. I Ran (So Far Away) -- A Flock Of Seagulls 11. Goody Two Shoes -- Adam Ant 12. I Know What Boys Like -- Waitresses
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Big Chain
Jo Jo Gunne Manufacturer: Blue Hand Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000AOENAY Release Date: 2005-09-27 |
Tracks:
- Be Careful What You Wish For
- Perfect Everything
- Babylon
- Garagedonia
- Academy Award
- Before You Get Your Breakfast
- Gravy Train
- Shake That Fat
- Cheap Shot
- Making the Sparks Fly
- 99 Days
- Flying Home
- Run Run Run
- Barstow Blue Eyes
Customer Reviews:
Great cd.......2007-06-22
Anyway this is a very good cd and the guys still sound great even after all these years. And I hope that there is another cd in the works for
Jo Jo Gunne to keep us 'Gunner' fans out here happy.
Sign me, still a 'Gunner'.
As Good As it Gets.......2007-03-07
(Irrelevant, but I will add one thing thing in response to another review: I had no trouble whatsoever telling who was who in the photos.)
Big Disappointment.......2006-11-07
* The cheap, generic studio sound that manages to be both tinny and bass-heavy at the same time.
* Basically, they remade their first (and worst) album (it was so bad, I gave my copy away right after I bought it) and added six new "originals."
* There was, however, one really great song on that album ("Take It Easy" [not the Eagles song]). Now guess what? That's the only one they left out!
* They've also remade "Before You Get Your Breakfast" (a really great tune from their third album, "Jumpin' the Gunne"). The original version is ten times better.
The new material is more of the same, i.e., everything Jo Jo Gunne detractors love to hate, with none of the charms fans like me (and I may be a minority of one here) find amusing. Yet another sad footnote to the Spirit saga.
THE ONLY FUN: In the booklet, there are side-by-side photos of the band, "then and now." I've been driving myself crazy trying to figure out who's who. These guys have aged so much over the years, I can't even tell which one is Jay Ferguson!
Ready Freddy, Rockin' Steady.......2006-09-06
Totally Gunne..........2006-04-11
As for the remakes... well... sometimes it's hard to let go of songs as I know them. That's more a matter of personal taste than any particular fault with what they did on the new versions. For better or worse, they happened to pick at least a few songs that are near and dear to my heart. For me, the successes are Babylon (certainly superior to Ferguson's solo remake), Shake That Fat, Run Run Run, and Barstow Blue Eyes. 99 Days is a tossup; both versions have their strengths. Academy Award and Flying Home, my two favorite songs from their first album if not their entire catalog, are a bit hard to swallow in their new forms. Well done on their own terms I suppose, but far enough from the originals to make me wish they'd left them alone. That's my personal preference of course. It's still a new Jo Jo Gunne album and a very nice surprise after all these years. Hats off to ya, boys! What else are ya hiding?
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Off Da Chain
Baby D Manufacturer: Big Oomp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004U2FB Release Date: 2000-08-22 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Bow His Azz Up
- Don't Fall
- Quebo Gold Calls da Oomp Camp
- Back Up
- My Folk
- Like This
- Jumpin Down on Em
- Eastside Vs Westside
- Head to da Club
- Ridin in a Chevy
- Ooh Ooh
- Voicemail
- We Ballin
- Why Why
- Bounce That Azz
Customer Reviews:
big oomp!.......2006-01-08
hot fire.......2004-12-19
A WASTE OF MONEY.......2004-02-03
OFF DA CHAIN LIKE DA TITLE.......2002-09-16
If We be act up you best be backed up!.......2002-06-20
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Stavin' Chain Blues
Big Joe Williams Manufacturer: Delmark ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000004BI7 Release Date: 1993-09-18 |
Tracks:
- Stavin' Chain Blues
- Roll & Tumble
- Mean Stepfather
- You Got To Help Me Some
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus (Alternate)
- Jumpin' In The Moonlight (Instrumental)
- Rocks & Gravel
- Sweet Old Kokomo
- Nobody Knows Chicago
- Gonna Check Up On My Baby
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus
- Rambled And Wandered
- Going Back To Crawford, Miss.
- Stavin' Chain Blues (Alternate)
- J.D. Talks
Customer Reviews:
Pure blues.......2000-01-08
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Chain Poets
Chain Poets Manufacturer: CPR ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004S5C5 Release Date: 2000-03-28 |
Tracks:
- Answerless
- Crush
- Dial 9
- Little Tin Toys
- Spleen
- Counterfeiter Moon
- Too Bad
- Better off Dead
- Sweet Dreams
- Turn Away
- Emotion Sickness
- Blink
- Tidal
Customer Reviews:
Highly recommended!.......2000-08-22
They Rock.......2000-08-05
The only thing plain about this CD is the cover............2000-04-21
What's missing from this record?.......2000-04-20
Strong rock band.......2000-04-12
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Hardest Wood Outha Forest
Mikel Knight Manufacturer: American Music Corp ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005MKGC Release Date: 2001-08-14 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- We Come From
- Peckawood
- Let U Tell It
- Getty Up
- Candy Red Toys
- Hardest Wood Outha Forest
- Keep The Party Goin (Skit)
- La Bonita
- Knight Ryder
- Hard In Da Paint
- Tonight
- Whatcha Got 4 Me
- Catch Me At The Hotel
- Outro
- Suthern Kadance
Customer Reviews:
great stab.......2003-12-05
peckawood is a great single.......2003-12-05
Hot Hot Hot.......2003-04-28
HAHAHAHA.......2002-08-29
This is seriously the worst cd ive ever seen/heard. Come on now! Hardest Wood Outha Forest? hahahahaha! Does it get anymore superficial than this? This just gives legit southern rappers like OutKast or Ludacris a bad name. I dont know how this could possibly be the best cd in anyones collection, what else do you have, Vanilla Ice's new album and Nellyville??? Even there Vanilla Ice would still beat out Knight. This cat has the most annoying flow this side of Lil Wayne. Its like someones torturing a pig. This album doesnt deserve 0 stars however, this did earn 1 star for giving me a good laugh.
Hardest Wood Outha Forest???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
A tru down south playa.......2002-03-05
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