Track Listing

1. It�s So Miserable To Be Alone
2. Empty Arms
3. You Got To Reap
4. Just The Blues
5. She�s Real
6. Back Slack
7. Be Careful
8. Ten To One
9. The Blues Is Here To Stay
10. You Are My Love
11. Third Degree
12. Thank You Baby
13. She�s Gone
14. (I Can�t Stop) Loving You
15. The Big Boat
16. Sent For You Yesterday
17. The Stroller (Previously Unreleased)
18. No Place Like Home (Previously Unreleased)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17891 in Music
• Released on: 2006-03-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Customer Reviews

"I Got A Gal And She Always Treats Me Right..." Eddie Boyd & Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Come Up Trumps!
Originally released in the UK on the highly revered Blue Horizon label, this March 2006 remastered reissue is based around Eddie Boyd's "7936 South Rhodes" album of 1968. The LP has long been notoriously difficult to find on vinyl (and costly too due to it's genuinely collectable nature) - as have the singles that surrounded it.

"7936 So. Rhodes" has been reissued before as a straightforward 12-track CD, but this 18-track version has the singles, unreleased outtakes, a vastly upgraded booklet and truly superlative remastered sound.

The line up was:
EDDIE BOYD on Piano and Lead Vocals
PETER GREEN on Guitar
JOHN McVIE on Bass
MICK FLEETWOOD on Drums for all except 1 and 2 which had AYNSLEY DUNBAR

It breaks down like this (61:57 minutes):

Tracks 1 and 2, "It's So Miserable To Be Alone" and "Empty Arms", are the A & B of his first UK 7" single on Blue Horizon BH 1009 released in 1967 in the UK. Recorded in London on 25 March 1967, both tracks are non-album, written by Boyd and feature Aynsley Dunbar on Drums (Mick Fleetwood replaced him for the album sessions).

Tracks 3 to 14 make up Boyd's only album on the Blue Horizon label, "7936 South Rhodes", which is actually credited to "Eddie Boyd with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac". It was released in March 1968 on Blue Horizon 7-63202 in the UK and Epic BN 26409 in the USA. All tracks are written by Eddie Boyd except "Third Degree", which is co-written with WILLIE DIXON of Chess Records fame. It was recorded at the CBS Studios in London in one day - 25 January 1968.

Tracks 15 and 16, "The Big Boat" and "Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today", are his 2nd UK 7" single on Blue Horizon 57-3137 issued in 1967. Credited to Eddie Boyd with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, again both single tracks are non-album and feature the same group line-up as the LP sessions. Boyd wrote the A-side while the flip is a cover of a Jimmy Rushing tune.

Finally, tracks 17 and 18, "The Stroller" and "No Place Like Home" are previously unreleased mono recordings - session details a bit hazy.

What isn't hazy is the sound - absolutely stunning - clarity like I've never heard - what a blast! The reissue has been overseen by MIKE VERNON (who founded and ran the famous label) and the original tapes transferred by DUNCAN COWELL. Clear, full, virtually no hiss - great work done. The 20-page colour booklet has detailed liner notes, photos, session credits and a classy card wrap surrounds the outside jewel case.

The music itself can be described as strolling boogie-woogie blues - Eddie Boyd with his wonderfully warm and expressive voice, while the Mac provide perfect and heartfelt backup. The album itself is a stunner, slow blues followed by fun rocking blues - and back again - everything you'd expect and easy to see why the original vinyl commands so much money. Blues lovers and fans of Peter Green and the early Fleetwood Mac sound will have to own this. Top stuff!

Edward Riley Boyd died in July 1994 aged 80 and this fab reissue does him and his musical memory a whole lot of justice - buy it with confidence.

eddie boyd the complete blue horizon sessions
If you like the blues then buy this album, Eddie Boyd will take you into a blues juke joint with his compelling mix of blues, and you will believe you are there with him. All tracks are superb, and written in his flowing style of blues, some have a little twist of jazz, and all but a couple of tracks have been written by Eddie. He was truly a great talent, and mixed with many of the greatest blues legends, and this can be heard when listening to this album. This is not raw delta blues, Eddie introduces the piano, guitar and sax, to his blues, and gives it a fuller sound. Eddie passed away in 1998, and he is sorely missed, but this album brings him back to us in a way that only Eddie can, with some real true blues. If you want to sample the blues for real, this is the album for you.

Superb re-issue!
Eddie Boyd was the first American blues performer I saw in concert (he was backed by the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation on that particular date). Although not in the same class as, say, Otis Spann, as a pianist, he nevertheless was a consummate blues artist. The first 2 tracks are an old (and extremely rare) Blue Horizon single, on which he is backed by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Peter Green. They were probably recorded at the same time as the album Eddie Boyd & His Blues Band was recorded (it came out on Decca, but has been re-issued on cd - and is well worth obtaining). Most of the rest of the album is what was originally released on Blue Horizon as 7936 South Rhodes, plus the single "The Big Boat/Sent For You Yesterday" which were recorded at the same sessions but not included on the album. There is a wonderful laid-back blues feel throughout, with beautifully sympathetic backing from Fleetwood Mac. Peter Green's guitar playing is just wonderful; melodic and sparse, and showing a genuine understanding of how to work with an authentic bluesman. No wonder Eddie Boyd said he was one of his favourite guitarists!

Both the Eddie Boyd albums should be in the possession of all those who love post-war blues.