Bo Diddley

LONG UNAVAILABLE !!!

INCLUDES 12 BONUS TRACKS

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.

PERSONNEL:

BO DIDDLEY, vocals and lead guitar, plus:

Norma-Jean “The Duchess” Wofford, Peggy “Lady Bo” Jones (guitar and background vocals)
Willie Dixon, Jesse James Johnson (bass)
Frank Kirkland,
Clifton James (drums)
and Jerome Green (vocals & maracas), among others.

Recorded in Chicago, Illinois, 1962. Original recordings produced by Ralph Bass.

TRACKS:

BO DIDDLEY
01. I CAN TELL 4:30
02. MR. KRUSHCHEV 3:07
03. DIDDLING 2:16
04. GIVE ME A BREAK 2:06
05. WHO MAY YOUR LOVER BE 2:56
06. BO’S BOUNCE 1:40
07. YOU CAN’T JUDGE A BOOK BY
07. LOOKING AT THE COVER 3:15
08. BABES IN THE WOODS 2:09
09. SAD SACK 2:38
10. MAMA DON’T ALLOW NO TWISTIN’ 2:29
11. YOU ALL GREEN 3:01
12. BO’S TWIST 2:33

BONUS TRACKS
13. BO DIDDLEY IS AN OUTLAW 2:18
14. ALOHA 3:03
15. FUNNY TALK 2:38
16. LET ME PASS (Live) 2:32
17. BACK HOME 2:31
18. ROAD RUNNER (Live) 1:31
19. GIVE ME A BREAK / YOU CAN’T JUDGE A BOOK BY
19. LOOKING AT THE COVER (Live) 2:59
20. BUCKET 3:17
21. HEY! BO DIDDLEY (Live) 1:38
22. I’M BAD 3:18
23. GOOGLIA MOO 2:09
24. MY STORY 2:52

TOTAL TIME: 63:29