what did i just buy?!!??!!?!?!?

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

http://www.vinylsearcher.com/largeImages/19400280.jpg

!!!??? shuggie otis on guitar and bass, it says. vocals: roy milton. larry reed- piano, drums and piano - johnny otis. but then why is roy milton playing drumso on the cover, thats him, the same guys portrait pics on the back.

so this isnt a vintage session, right, but a late 60s, 70s?

vol 10 is: "AMOS MILBURNE"....(thats how its spelled)....so i guess it all cant be new stuff,

it says copywright 1977 ALA ENTERPRISES, 4218 jefferson blvd- Los Angeles...ooo let me googlemap it....

[JSngry]

Yep, not repackagings, real-time recordings.

IIRC corrctly, Johnny Otis had a hand in these somehow,

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

whoa song three is phat, its called; i got a big fat mama. someones rocking the organ on it

on song 4 you can hear the tape speedng up to play speed for a sec at the beginning of the track.......aweeeeeseome~!

[Big Beat Steve]

Sure all that was "new" stuff, at least by the standards of the usual discography of those R&B greats from the 40s/50s. Johnny Otis (whose label this was) did a whole series of those LPs with R&B men from the 40s/50s who had been living in the shadows by some time in the 70s. In the case of Amos Milburn, for example, he had already suffered a stroke by the time of his recordings for Blues Spectrum in 1973 which had left his left side paralyzed, so for the recordings Johnny Otis played the left hand on the piano and Amos played the right hand and did the vocals.

I used to see the LPs from that series fairly regularly in the shops in the late 70s/early 80s but never picked any of them up as I was more after the "real thing" form way back and have always been a bit wary wary of "updated stuff" where afro-haired backing musicians tried to do their "funky thing". But historically speaking no doubt they are interesting.

No doubt there is a full discography on the web out there. Google is your friend!

BTW, as for why Roy Milton is behind the drums on that album cover pic, no doubt that's because in his original band he did play drums.

Edited May 31, 2011 by Big Beat Steve

[Stereojack]

This series was issued in the early 1970's. They seem to have been done on the cheap, with Johnny and Shuggie providing most of the instrumentation via overdubs. The artists include Amos Milburn, Roy Milton, Louis Jordan, Richard Berry, and other early R&B greats revisiting their hits, but the performances are generally somewhat routine and forgettable. Seek out the originals.

[Tom in RI]

If you want to stick your foot in the water on theses you can try this release:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-session-great-rhythm-blues-r598370/review

which can be had on Amazon for $3.50 new.

I agree with what Stereo Jack said, otoh, I really like the 3 Richard Berry cuts which lead off the cd.