Bo Diddley - His Underrated 1962 Lp (2021)

Tracklist

01. I Can Tell
02. Mr. Krushchev
03. Diddling
04. Give Me a Break
05. Who May Your Lover Be
06. Bo's Bounce
07. You Can't Judge a Book by Looking At the Cover
08. Babes in the Woods
09. Sad Sack
10. Mama Don't Allow No Twistin'
11. You All Green
12. Bo's Twist
13. Bo Diddley Is an Outlaw
14. Aloha
15. Funny Talk
16. Let Me Pass (Live)
17. Back Home
18. Road Runner (Live)
19. Give Me a Break / You Can't Judge a Book by Looking At the Cover (Live)
20. Bucket
21. Hey! Bo Diddley (Live)
22. I'm Bad
23. Googlia Moo
24. My Story



Legendary guitarist, gifted songwriter, master of rhythm, and snappy dresser… Bo Diddley (AKA “The Originator”) was all of these things and more. His first albums are among the greatest in the history of rock & roll. This quintessential release includes his long unavailable second eponymous album, Bo Diddley, originally released by Checker Records in 1962. It is probably Diddley’s most obscure LP, but also one of his finest. This underrated treasure was recorded in Chicago during his most inspired period. It includes great moments such as “You Can’t Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover”, “You All Green”, and “I Can Tell”, which demonstrate just how sexually charged, ominous, and outright dangerous rock & roll and R&B music could and should sound. As the LP began its time on the UK chart, several British bands (like The Yardbirds and The Searchers) mined the album for material, proof that Diddley had lost none of his influence. This remastered collector’s edition also contains 12 bonus tracks, most of them consistingof hard-to-find numbers, B-sides and live cuts from the same period. Between hypnotic and rhythmic guitar lines and swaggering vocals, all these songs serve up a young Bo Diddley at his raw and primal best.

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