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1968 studio album by Johnny Winter
The Progressive Blues Experiment is the debut album by American blues rock musician Johnny Winter . He recorded it in August 1968 at the Vulcan Gas Company , an Austin music club, with his original trio of Tommy Shannon on bass guitar and John "Red" Turner on drums.[ 2] The album features a mix of Winter originals and older blues songs, including the standards "Rollin' and Tumblin' ", "Help Me ", and "Forty-Four ".[ 2]
Local Austin, Texas-based Sonobeat Records issued the album with a plain white cover in late 1968. After Winter signed to Columbia Records , the rights were sold to Imperial Records , who reissued it in March 1969.[ 3] The Imperial edition, with a new cover, reached number 40 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[ 4]
In 1973, United Artists reissued it with another new cover under the name "Austin Texas". [ 5]
In 2005, Capitol issued a 24-bit remastered edition of the album on compact disc.[ 2]
Track listing
Songwriters and track running times are taken from the original Sonobeat LP.[ 7] Other releases may have different listings.
Personnel
^ On the 1969 Imperial reissue, the credit for "Broke Down Engine" is shown as "Arranged & Adapted by Johnny Winter".[ 8]
^ On the 1969 Imperial reissue, the credit for "Forty-Four" is shown as "C. Burnett"[ 8] (also known as Howlin' Wolf ).
References
^ a b Burks, John (April 19, 1969). "Records" . Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on October 16, 2007.
^ a b c d Koda, Cub . "Johnny Winter: The Progressive Blues Experiment – Review" . AllMusic . Retrieved June 23, 2012 .
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Ruhlmann, William. "Johnny Winter – Biography" . AllMusic . Retrieved April 24, 2018 .
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"Johnny Winter: Chart History – Billboard 200" . Billboard.com . Retrieved December 14, 2019 .
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"Johnny Winter – Austin Texas" . discogs.com . Retrieved May 30, 2024 .
^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin . p. 722. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4 .
^ The Progressive Blues Experiment (Album notes). Johnny Winter . Sonobeat Records . 1968. Record labels. R-s1002.{{cite AV media notes }}
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^ a b The Progressive Blues Experiment (Album notes). Johnny Winter . Imperial Records . 1969. Back cover. LP-12431.{{cite AV media notes }}
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