West Side Soul
Encyclopedia
West Side Soul is a 1967 album
by Magic Sam
. It is cited by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
as one of the great electric blues
albums.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Magic Sam
Magic Sam
Samuel "Magic Sam" Gene Maghett was an American Chicago blues musician. Maghett was born in Grenada, Mississippi, United States, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter...
. It is cited by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine is a senior editor for Allmusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for Allmusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. He is also frontman and guitarist for the Ann Arbor-based band Who Dat?Erlewine is the nephew...
as one of the great electric blues
Electric blues
Electric blues is a type of blues music distinguished by the amplification of the guitar, bass guitar, drums, and often the harmonica. Pioneered in the 1930s, it emerged as a genre in Chicago in the 1940s. It was taken up in many areas of America leading to the development of regional subgenres...
albums.
Track listing
- "That's All I Need" - (Magic Sam) – 3:40
- "I Need You So Bad" - (B.B. King, Sam Ling) – 4:51
- "I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie)" – 4:36
- "All Your Love" - (Magic Sam, Otis RushOtis RushOtis Rush is a blues musician, singer and guitarist. His distinctive guitar style features a slow burning sound and long bent notes...
) – 3:43 - "I Don't Want No Woman" - (Don RobeyDon RobeyDon Robey was an American record label executive, songwriter and record producer, who used criminal means as part of his business model...
) – 3:38 - "Sweet Home ChicagoSweet Home Chicago"Sweet Home Chicago" is a popular blues standard in the twelve bar form. It was first recorded and is credited to have been written by Robert Johnson...
" - (Robert JohnsonRobert JohnsonRobert Leroy Johnson was an American blues singer and musician. His landmark recordings from 1936–37 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced later generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given...
) – 4:11 - "I Found a New Love" – 4:03
- "Every Night and Every Day" - (Jimmy McCracklin) – 2:19
- "Lookin' Good" [instrumental] - (Magic Sam) – 3:11
- "My Love Will Never Die" – 4:04
- "Mama Talk to Your Daughter" - (J.B. Lenoir) – 2:40
- "I Don't Want No Woman" [alternate take] - (Don Robey) – 3:30
Personnel
- Magic SamMagic SamSamuel "Magic Sam" Gene Maghett was an American Chicago blues musician. Maghett was born in Grenada, Mississippi, United States, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter...
– vocals, guitar - Mighty Joe Young – guitar
- Stockholm Slim – piano
- Earnest Johnson – bass
- Odie PayneOdie PayneOdie Payne was an American Chicago blues drummer. Over his long career Payne worked with a range of musicians including Sonny Boy Williamson II, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Little Johnny Jones, Tampa Red, Otis Rush, Yank Rachell, Sleepy John Estes, Little Brother Montgomery, Memphis...
– drums - Marc Thompson – bass (1,3,8)
- Odie Payne, III – drums (1,3,8)
Production
- Recorded : July 12 and October 25, 1967
- Album Production and Supervision : Robert G. Koester
- Recording : Stu Black, Sound Studios
- Digital Remastering : Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering, Phoenix, AZ