Canned Heat - Blues (1970)

When I put together my recent Canned Heat post, I wasn't trying to find rare recordings or non-album singles, as what I wanted to hear was an authentic blues album from the band, who were primarily known as the foremost exponents of blues/boogie. They did do straight-forward blues on their albums, but these were usually limited to just one song per record, and so it was actually quite difficult to find enough music to make up a blues album from them. By delving further back into their recordings I found that their aborted 1966 album contained some good stuff, so I was able to complete my project, and the result is a great pure blues album from Canned Heat, with nary a hint of the boogie.   

Track listing

01 Louise 
02 Nine Below Zero
03 TV Mama 
04 Going Down Slow 
05 Story Of My Life 
06 Marie Laveau
07 Mean Old World 
08 Terraplane Blues 
09 Sandy's Blues
10 Down In The Gutter, But Free 
11 London Blues