King Curtis - Trouble in Mind + It's Party Time (Bonus Track Version) (2016)

Tracklist

01. Trouble in Mind
02. Jivin' Time
03. Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out
04. Bad, Bad Whiskey
05. I Have to Worry
06. Woke up This Morning
07. But That's Alright
08. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
09. Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)
10. Deep Fry
11. Free for All
12. Easy Like
13. Hot Saxes
14. I'll Wait for You
15. The Party Time Twist
16. Low Down
17. Keep Movin'
18. (Let's Do) The Hully Gully Twist
19. Slow Motion
20. Firefly
21. Something Frantic
22. Jay Walk (Bonus Track)
23. The Lone Prairie (Bonus Track)
24. The Fly (Bonus Track)
25. The Peppermint Twist (Bonus Track)



From the time he blew into the Big Apple in the ‘50s until his tragic death in 1971, King Curtis dominated the New York R&B studio scene with his tough Texas tenor and occasional alto and soprano saxophone work. This quintessential release presents two of Curtis’ finest LPs: Trouble in Mind (his only recordings as a blues singer) and It’s Party Time.

Both albums were originally issued by the Tru-Sound label in 1961, and have been remastered and packaged together in this very special collector’s edition, which also includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period. All of these great tracks – recorded by the legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder – feature a virtual who’s who of fabulous musicians from the New York City scene, including Sam “The Man” Taylor, Al Casey, Paul Griffin, Ernie Hayes, Belton Evans, and three former Raelettes as backing vocalists (who billed themselves as The Cookies), among others.

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