Compil. JP 1988 on P-Vine Records label
Blues (Electric Blues, Texas Blues, Rhythm’n’Blues)
Jewel case (white tray) with 4-page booklet and foldout sheet with Japanese liner notes and English lyrics transcriptions. Cover photo by Chris Strachwitz shows Hop Wilson and Ivory King Lee Semien at Irene's, Houston, TX, in 1962. ℗ 1988 Blues Interactions, Inc. Tracks 1 to 3, 5, 7, 8, 14, 18: Recorded at ACA Studio, Houston, Texas, Oct. 27, 1960. Tracks 13, 15, 16: Recorded at ACA Studios, Houston, Texas, Aug. 6, 1961. Tracks 4, 9, 10 to 12: Recorded at ACA Studios, Houston, Texas, Nov. 7, 1961. Tracks 6, 17: Recorded in Houston, Texas, date unknown. Tracks 19, 22, 23: Recorded in Houston, Texas, 1958/59. Tracks 20 and 21: Recorded in Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1958. Reissue of Goldband, Trey, and Ivory 45s plus unissued tracks.
![]() | Hop Wilson g, guitar, vocals, album by, written by |
![]() | Clarence Green g, bass |
![]() | Ice Water bass |
![]() | Slim Parker bass |
![]() | Ivory Lee Semien , drums, vocals, written by |
![]() | Pete Douglas guitar |
![]() | Willie Jackson b, harmonica |
![]() | Unknown Artist performer, remainder, vocals |
![]() | Elmore NIxon piano |
![]() | Henry Hayes sax, *1923 US tenor saxophone |
![]() | Leslie J. Nelson transcription by, lyrics |
Hideaki Takahashi coordinator |
Atsuo Hayakawa design |
Chris Strachwitz photography by, photograph courtesy of |
Roy C. Ames producer, original production by |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Black Cat Bone (Take 2) | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 2:22 |
2 | I'm A Stranger | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 3:46 |
3 | Dance To It (Chicken Stuff #2) | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson, Ivory Lee Semien | 2:40 |
4 | I Ain't Got No Woman | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 3:06 |
5 | You Don't Move Me Anymore | Hop Wilson | Hob Beeler, Ivory Lee Semien | 2:10 |
6 | Rockin' In The Coconuts | Hop Wilson | Ivory Lee Semien | 2:01 |
7 | Need Your Love To Keep Me Warm | Hop Wilson | J Masters | 3:17 |
8 | Black Cat Bone (Take 1) | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 2:24 |
9 | Merry Christmas Darling (Take 1) | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 3:08 |
10 | I Done Got Over | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 2:44 |
11 | Be Careful With The Blues | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson, Ivory Lee Semien | 2:38 |
12 | Merry Christmas Darling (Take 2) | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 3:17 |
13 | A Good Woman Is Hard To Find | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 2:24 |
14 | I Feel So Glad | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 2:51 |
15 | Why Do You Twist | Hop Wilson | Joseph Scott | 2:40 |
16 | I Met A Strange Woman | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 2:42 |
17 | Toot Toot Tootsie | Hop Wilson | Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn, Robert King, Ted Fiorito | 2:39 |
18 | My Woman Done Quit Me | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | 2:12 |
19 | Fuss Too Much | Hop Wilson | King Ivory Lee Semiens | |
20 | That Wouldn't Satisfy | Hop Wilson | Eddie Shuler, Hop Wilson | |
21 | Chicken Stuff | Hop Wilson | Eddie Shuler, Hop Wilson | |
22 | Always be In Love With You | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson | |
23 | Broke And Hungry | Hop Wilson | Hop Wilson |