Vintage Canned Heat

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1970 studio album by Canned Heat

Vintage is the sixth album by Canned Heat. Produced by Johnny Otis, the album featured the Muddy Waters/Elmore James` song "Rollin` and Tumblin`" recorded with and without Alan Wilson`s harmonica leads. These sessions have surfaced on a multiple of reissues including, Don`t Forget to Boogie: Vintage Heat (2002), Vintage Canned Heat (1996), Eternal Boogie, Canned Heat in Concert and various other releases.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 2:30
2. "Big Road Blues" (Tommy Johnson) – 2:08
3. "Rollin` and Tumblin`" (Muddy Waters) – 2:17 without harmonica
4. "Got My Mojo Working" (Preston Foster) – 2:44
5. "Pretty Thing" (Dixon) – 2:01

Side Two

1. "Louise" (Chester Burnett) – 3:07
2. "Dimples" (John Lee Hooker) – 2:21
3. "Can`t Hold on Much Longer" (W. Jacobs) – 2:32
4. "Straight Ahead" (Canned Heat) – 2:35
5. "Rollin` and Tumblin`" (Waters) – 2:07 with (Alan Wilson on) harmonica[1]

Personnel

Canned Heat

• Bob Hite – vocals
• Alan Wilson – slide guitar, vocals, harmonica
• Henry Vestine – lead guitar
• Stuart Brotman – bass
• Frank Cook – drums

Production

• Johnny Otis – Producer- 1966- This was when the band was known as the Canned Heat Blues Band, these were demos and were the first time Canned Heat recorded in a studio, they were not released until 1970, this from page 94 of a book written by Rebecca Davis entitled "Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson" [3]