Canned Heat one of the founding names of US heavy blues rock, was formed in 1965 by Al "Blind Owl" Wilson and Bob "The Bear" Hite. Before hitting the charts in 1968 with their version of Jim Oden’s "On The Road Again" (#20 in the USA, # 10 in the UK), here is how they sounded in 1966 when music giant Johnny Otis produced their first recordings. Enjoy! Housed in a digi pack.
Much more psychedelic than the name suggests. Album One consists of early tracks from the classic line-up (including "Going Up The Country" ) and the 20 minute sitar soaked psychedelic blues of "Parthogenesis" with guest musicians including Dr John, John Mayall and John Fahey. Album Two is a live 41 minute (!!!) version of the crowd-pleaser "Refried Boogie." A fine package from one of the world's greatest blues freakout bands. Beautiful heavy duty gatefold and 180 gram vinyl... On Akarma.
This 1974 Atlantic release from the famed blues boogie rockers featuring Bob Hite and Henry Vestine is available on CD for the first time in.Contains the boogie classic "One More River To Cross" alongside boogie versions of "Shake,Rattle,and Roll" & "I'm A Hog For You Baby", a Fats Domino Medley and much more.
1973 album. Tracks: Keep It Clean; Harley Davidson Blues; Don't Deceive Me; You Can Run, But You Sure Can't Hide; Lookin' For My Rainbow; Rock & Roll Music; Framed; Election Blues; So Long Wrong.
Another compilation in the highly respected 'Roots Of' series, set for release February 2005. This time focussing on the influences that shaped 60s blues greats Canned Heat (of 'On The Road Again' and 'Goin' Up The Country' fame), thus delving deep into the delta of the original blues masters. Among the real gone lonesome greats featured are originals by Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Tampa Red, Blind Willie McTell, and many lesser known artists beloved of Messrs Hite and Wilson. "Work together" with us and put this in your collection.
16 track live album from the mighty Canned Heat containing all the classics like "King's of the Boogie","On the Road Again","Sweet Sixteen","Dust My Broom",Got My Mojo Working"and "Bull Frog Blues" taken from a 1984 performance.
Double CD (old style large case) set and hefty 28 page booklet that contains the 1967-1973 period and includes many of their best and some rarities and shows them to be as they were one of the greatest blues/boogie acts from the late 60's.Includes "On the road again" (alternate take),"Christmas blues" (alternate take),the following unreleased songs "Human Condition","Fannie Mae","TV Mama","It's All Right", and many more. 41 tracks in total.
Superbly packaged double album set of 26 Heat classics, here presented in alternate and unissued form. Many of these tracks have not previously been issued on LP or CD before. Includes the favourites "On The Road Again", "Let's Work Together" and "Refried Hockey Boogie". Double CD is in a four fold mini LP sleeve. A Stunning Akarma package !!!
Superbly packaged double album set of 26 Heat classics, here presented in alternate and unissued form. Many of these tracks have not previously been issued on LP or CD before. Includes the favourites "On The Road Again", "Let's Work Together" and "Refried Hockey Boogie". Vinyl version has an intricate triple fold out sleeve , a 20 page Freak Brothers style comic,tin opening sleeve and a bonus maxi-single. A Stunning Akarma package !!!
1970 album from US blues masters, featuring Harvey Mandel filling in for the deposed Henry Vestine. Tracks: Sugar Bee; Shake It And Break It; That's All Right Mama; My Time Ain't Long; Skat; Let's Work Together; London Blues; So Sad (The World's In A Tangle); Future Blues.
This live CD is taken from the band's appearance at a Woodstock reunion show held September 7, 1979, in Brookhaven, NY. And includes "On the Road Again", "Chicken Shack Boogie","Don't Know Where She Went (She Split)", Bob "The Bear" Hite is in fine form throughout this 9 song set.
This is the second in BGO's recent 2 on 1 series of Canned Heat releases. Originally released on the Liberty label in 1969 ( Hallelujah) and 1970 ( Cookbook) in the UK (1968/69 in the US), these were the band's fourth and fifth albums chronologically. Hallelujah contains literally one great blues song after another in an impressively eclectic set. Cookbookis a collection of Canned Heat's finest recordings up to that point - essentially a 'greatest hits' (see listing below) from the period. It features the classic Canned Heat lineup of Bob 'The Bear' Hite, Al 'Blind Owl' Wilson, Henry Vestine on guitar, Bob Cook on drums and bassist Larry Taylor.
Digitally remastered and slipcased version of the last 2 Liberty albums recorded in 1972 & 73, featuring the uncompromising blues stance that the band had developed since day one.
Recorded in 1977 by the famed boogie blues band highly acclaimed throughout the early 70s, this fine album recharges the batteries of Canned Heat with a tremendous new line up including session man Mark Skyer (John Lee Hooker, T. Bone Walker, and Albert Collins) on lead guitar, slide guitarist Chris Morgan, Richard and Bob Hite and Fito De La Parra. A special mention goes to the title track and to "House Of Blue Lights"Thick card gatefold sleeve.
Two albums on one CD from the great blues band. The live section was recorded in 1967/8 and "Vintage" comprises unreleased studio recordings from 1970 and both feature the original line-up. Boogied up psych/blues doesn't get much better than this!!
Recorded in Europe during 1970. Tracks: That's All Right Mama; Bring It On Home; Pulling Hair Blues; Back Out On The Road/On The Road Again; London Blues; Let's Work Together; Goodbye For Now.
Originally released in 1968 on the Liberty record label. Emerging in 1966, Canned Heat was founded by Alan 'Blind Owl' Wilson and Bob 'The Bear' Hite - Hite took the name 'Canned Heat' from a 1928 recording by Tommy Johnson. They gained international attention with their performances at the1967 Monterey Pop Festival and at the original Woodstock Festival. They were joined by Henry 'The Sunflower' Vestine, a former member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Larry 'The Mole' Taylor, an experienced session musician, and Adolfo 'Fito' de la Parra, who had played with T-Bone Walker and Etta James amongst others. Canned Heat's unique blend of modern electric blues, rock and boogie has earned them a loyal following and influenced many bands during the past 35 years. Their Top 40 songs, 'On The Road Again', 'Let's Work Together' and 'Going Up The Country',became rock anthems throughout the world. Their second album, 'Boogie With Canned Heat', included the hit 'On The Road Again' and a twelve minute version of 'Fried Hockey Boogie' that established them with hippie audiences as 'kings of the boogie!' This, their third album, 'Living The Blues', includes a 19-minute tour de force, ' Parthenogenesis' which displays the quintet at their most experimental. Also featured is their incarnation of Henry Thomas' 'Bulldozer Blues' where singer Wilson retained the tune of the original song, rewrote the lyric and came up with 'Goin' Up The Country', whose simple message caught the 'back-to-nature' attitude of the late '60s and went to Number One in 25 countries around the world.
Canned Heat hit the Top 40 with this 1968 release and became so-called stars with the road classic "On the Road Again" and a year later after a Woodstock Performance. Also included is "Amphetamine Annie", "Evil Woman" and seven more chuggin' blues rockers.
Originally released in 1967 & 1968 this excellent 2 on 1 consists of their first album which was down-home country and it really wails. By 'Boogie With' the rhythm section had got much looser and improvisational and contained the classics 'On The Road Again', 'Anphetamine Annie' and 'Evil Woman' amongst others. Classic albums.
New 19 track compilation of '60s blues rockers Canned Heat which features a previously unreleased track 'Henry's Shuffle' alongside well know tracks such as 'Dust My Broom', 'On The Road Again' & 'Let's Work Together'.
Great early unreleased studio recordings from the acid US blues masters. Including such traditional standards as "Spoonful", "Got My Mojo Working", "Dimples" and "Rolling And Tumbling". Freaky blues don't get much better than this. 180 gram virgin vinyl and high quality packaging from Akarma.
This initial best-of package, Canned Heat Cookbook, was released in 1969 after the band's first burst of creativity resulted in four albums and two hit singles between 1967 and 1968.
Much more psychedelic than the name suggests. Album One consists of early tracks from the classic line-up (including "Going Up The Country" ) and the 20 minute sitar soaked psychedelic blues of "Parthogenesis" with guest musicians including Dr. John, John Mayall and John Fahey. Album Two is a live 41 minute (!!!) version of the crowd-pleaser "Refried Boogie". A fine package from one of the world's greatest blues freakout bands. Quad fold mini-LP style package. On Akarma.
Fifteen track best of, culled from their '60's albums.includes covers of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and standards, as well as their own brand of acid US boogie blues. Includes: "Parthenogenesis", "On The Road Again" and "Going UpThe Country."
The full story of Canned Heat as told by the surviving members of the famed boogie blues band's various line ups and the management. One of the hardest living and hardest working bands of the late sixties and through the seventies, expect many anecdotes, although maybe not all of the juicy ones, "What happens on the tour stays on the tour!"This DVD contains classic Archive footage, new interviews with surviving members and vintage performances of "On The Road Again","Going Up The Country","Future Blues",Refried Boogie" and more.PAL disc - Mono with stereo inserts.
First official release of three previously un-released live recordings of US rock band Canned Heat captured live in concert by Dutch Radio on three tours of Holland between 1970-1974. With just over 150 minutes music (mastered from the original tapes) this is an essential new release for all Heat fans. Twelve page booklet includes sleeve notes, from their 70’s producer & manager Skip Taylor plus previously un-seen photos.
Formed in L.A. in 1965, Canned Heat were a blues / boogie rock band whose music was not only responsible for passing on the blues fever to the hippie generation, but also for bringing back into the public eye some of the great original bluesmen like John Lee Hooker, with whom they later played.Originally released as Live At the Topanga Corral for contractual reasons, this album was actually recorded live at Los Angeles’ famed Kaleidoscope club. This recording, made in 1969, features the original line-up with the great Bob Hite on vocals and Alan Wilson on guitar and is one of their best live recordings ever! The band definitely ‘cooks’…just like Sterno cooking fuel…just like “canned heat”! Track listing: Side A: 1. Bullfrog Blues (Canned Heat) 2. Sweet Sixteen (B.B. King/Bihiri) 3. I'd Rather Be The Devil (Venita Wolf) Side B: 1. Dust My Broom (James/Sehorn) 2.Wish You Would (Billy Boy Arnold) 3. When Things Go Wrong (James/Sehorn)
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