Second Winter [Legacy Edition] (2004)

About this title: Second Winter, Johnny Winter's second album for Columbia, originally had the distinction of being the only album in rock history that was a three-sided double LP. Musically, 35 years after its original release, Second Winter is still an oddity. Issued by Sony's Legacy division, the set has been painstakingly remastered, and expanded by bonus cuts and an entire disc of live material. It's too bluesed-out to be a pure rock record, and too psychedelically dimensioned to be a pure blues album. Tommy Shannon calls it "power blues." And as for whatever else passed for blues-rock at the time -- ... read more

Tracks:

1. Memory Pain [Mayfield]
2. I'm Not Sure [Winter]
3. The Good Love [Collins]
4. Slippin' and Slidin' [Penniman/Bocage/Smi]
5. Miss Ann [Penniman/Johnson]
6. Johnny B. Goode [Berry]
7. Highway 61 Revisited [Dylan]
8. I Love Everybody [Winter]
9. Hustled Down in Texas [Winter]
10. I Hate Everybody [Winter]
11. Fast Life Rider [Winter]
12. Early in the Morning [Bartlry/Hickman/Jor]
13. Tell the Truth[Instrumental] [Pauling]
14. Help Me [Live] [Williamson/Bass/Dix]
15. Johnny B. Goode [Live] [Berry]
16. Mama Talk to Your Daughter [Live] [Lenoir/Atkins]
17. It's My Own Fault [Live] [King/Taub]
18. Black Cat Bone [Live] [Winter]
19. Mean Town Blues [Live] [Winter]
20. Tobacco Road [Live] [Loudermilk]
21. Frankenstein [Live] [Winter]
22. Tell the Truth [Live] [Pauling]

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