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The Excello Singles Anthology (CD)

By: Slim Harpo (Artist)

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Slim Harpo Artist Snapshot:

Slim Harpo's laid-back, sensual style of singing and harmonica playing made him a key figure of Louisiana swamp blues in the 1950s and 1960s. His catchy grooves and sly, subtle vocals found him crossing over from the blues market to the greener pastures of pop with a number of hits in the 1960s. He proved enormously influential to the 1960s British blues boom, and his songs were covered by the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and many others. On the verge of bigger and worldwide success, however, Slim succumbed to a heart attack at age 46 in 1970.

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DISC 1 for The Excello Singles Anthology (CD) Album By Slim Harpo (Artist)
1   I'm A King Bee
2   I Got Love If You Want It
3   Wondering And Worryin'
4   Strange Love
5   You'll Be Sorry One Day
6   One More Day
7   Buzz Me Babe
8   Late Last Night
9   Blues Hang-Over
10   What A Dream
11   Don't Start Cryin' Now
12   Rainin' In My Heart
13   I Love The Life I'm Living
14   Buzzin
15   I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis)
16   Little Queen Bee (Got A Brand New King Bee)
17   Still Rainin' In My Heart
18   We're Two Of A Kind
19   Sittin' Here Wondering
20   What's Goin' On Baby
21   Harpo's Blues
22   Please Don't Turn Me Down
 
DISC 2 for The Excello Singles Anthology (CD) Album By Slim Harpo (Artist)
1   Baby Scratch My Back
2   I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil)
3   Shake Your Hips
4   Midnight Blues
5   I'm Your Breadmaker, Baby
6   Loving You (The Way I Do)
7   Tip On In - (Part 1)
8   Tip On In - (Part 2)
9   I'm Gonna Keep What I've Got
10   I've Got To Be With You Tonight
11   Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu
12   Mailbox Blues
13   Mohair Sam
14   I Just Can't Leave You
15   That's Why I Love You
16   Just For You
17   Folsom Prison Blues
18   Mutual Friend
19   I've Got My Finger On Your Trigger
20   Price Is Too High, The
21   Rainin' In My Heart - (overdubbed version)
22   Jody Man
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (9/18/03, p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This double CD, packed with forty-four tracks, will scratch anyone's itch for Slim Harpo's jaunty, grooving R&B....These are incomparably tangy sides from a true original..."

Title Note

Producers: J.D. Miller, Bob Holmes, Slim Harpo, Aaron Varnell, Lynn Ourso, Jr.

Compilation producers: Pat Lawrence, Dana G. Smart.

Recorded between 1957 & 1971. Includes liner notes by John Broven.

Slim Harpo is among the most accessible, beloved, and commercially successful artists in blues history. The elements of Harpo's broad appeal included a genre-spanning musical approach (one hears a blend of country, rock & roll, and raucous electric blues), infectiously hooky melodies, a distinctive singing style marked by a nasal tone and careful annunciation, and Harpo's propulsive harmonica playing. Unlike many blues artists, too, Harpo stuck to one label, the Memphis-based Excello Records, whose muscular, echo-driven production and strong promotion helped push Harpo's recordings up the charts.

A double-disc, 44-song package, THE EXCELLO SINGLES ANTHOLOGY is hard to beat. The lead track, Harpo's theme song, "I'm a King Bee," from 1957, is alone worth the price of admission, and sets the stage for much of the swampy, churning music to follow. But one of the bluesman's best attributes is his range, amply demonstrated here by crooning ballads ("Rainin' in My Heart"), shuffling grooves ("Baby Scratch My Back"), John Lee Hooker-esque boogies ("Shake Your Hips"), radio-friendly pop ("Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu"), and amped-up country (a cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues"). THE EXCELLO SINGLES ANTHOLOGY works as a greatest-hits package and a definitive career retrospective, making it the perfect one-stop Slim Harpo purchase.

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