The Complete Vanguard Recordings and More (2001)

About this title: Is a three-CD set of the Siegel-Schwall Band -- including all four of their Vanguard albums (spanning 1966-1970) in their entirety, along with six previously unissued cuts -- too much to take at once? In a word, yes. If you're a blues-rock history nut, though -- and there must be some such listeners out there -- it is a handy collection that gathers every last shred of recorded evidence of their early years. In the Chicago-style 1960s white blues sweepstakes, the group lagged way behind the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, an unavoidable reference point due to the similarity of approach and ... read more

Tracks:

1. Howlin' for My Darlin' [Dixon/Howlin' Wolf]
2. I've Had All I Can Take[Instrumental]
3. Down in the Bottom [Howlin' Wolf]
4. I Have Had All I Can Take [Siegell]
5. Boot Hill [Witherspoon]
6. When I Get the Time
7. I've Got to Go Now [Siegell]
8. Mama-Papa [Schwall]
9. I'll Be the Man [Siegel]
10. Little Babe [Burnett]
11. Going to New York [Reed/Reed]
12. Mary [Siegel]
13. So Glad You're Mine [Crudup]
14. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man [Dixon]
15. Break Song [Chadwick/Davidson]
16. I'm a King Bee [Siegell]
17. Slow Blues in a [Schwall]
18. You Don't Love Me Like That [Schwall]
19. I.S.P.I. Blues (Illinois State Psychiatric Institution)
20. Bring It with You When You Come
21. My Baby Thinks I Don't Love Her [Siegell]
22. That's Why I Treat My Baby So Fine [Siegel]
23. I Liked It Where We Walked [Siegel]
24. Easy Rider
25. I Like the Way You Rock
26. Don't Want No Woman
27. Sneaky Pete
28. Shake for Me
29. My Starter Won't Start
30. Jim Jam
31. Louise, Louise Blues [Temple/Williams]
32. Wouldn't Quit You
33. You Can't Run That Fast
34. Think [Siegell]
35. 334-3599
36. Rain Falling Down
37. Get Away Man
38. Yes I Love You
39. I Don't Want You to Be My Girl [Siegel]
40. Do You Remember [Siegel/Schwall]
41. Geronimo [Schwall]
42. Angel Food Cake [Siegel]
43. Walk in My Mind [Siegel]
44. Song
45. Tell Me [Howlin' Wolf]
46. A Sunshine Day in My Mind [Post/Schwall]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.