The album "About Blues" has been released with many differnet photos used for the
front and back of the covers, this section shows the most relevant of these covers
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| Janus Records 5C 038-61700 (nr on the cover of the album) / 5N 038-61700 (nr of the label on the LP), Dark Blue Label. Janus Records, 1700 Broadway, New York. Made and distributed by EMI records Holland BV |
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| Bellaphon/Janus BLPS 19031 (Germany), front cover has Johnny Winter playing a Gibson Flying V |
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| Janus Records JLS 3008
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| VIP-6348 The covers of the Japanese release has front and Back
covers reversed
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Production information related to this record.
Other versions of this album has been released under:
- Bellaphon 151 36 (Germany)
- CBS 64 117 (Italy)
- CBS 636 19 (UK and Netherlands)
Producer: Roy C. Ames
This "Band Member" section lists all the musicians which participated in the recording of this album
- Johnny Winter - guitar, vocals.
This section lists all the trackinformation of this album
- Parchman farm
- Livin' the blues
- Leavin' blues
- Thirty-eight, thirty-two, twenty
- Bad news
- Kind hearted woman
- Out of sight
- Low down gal of mine
- Going down slow
- Advocado green
Released in 1969 was Janus Record's ABOUT BLUES.
Produced by the infamous Roy C. Ames, it was a more modern set made up
of recordings that he somehow managed to get a hold of from Huey Meaux.
The critics tended to like this one. And while there were one or two bumps in
the road, it was generally good, with "Parchman Farm," "Leavin' Blues,"
"Bad News," "Out
of Sight" and "Livin' in the Blues" leading
the pack: "Livin' in the Blues" seemed a predecessor to SECOND
WINTER. Janus put out EARLY TIMES,
the sequel, that next year.
Going Down Slow
Many of you know this, but Jim Oden was better known
as St. Louis Jimmy. The following copyrighted material appeared in a CD preview
on the 'net, and I think Johnny Winter fans might find it of interest:
"St. Louis Jimmy Oden was a respected vocalist and one
of the great early urban blues songwriters. Born in 1903 in Nashville, he moved
to St. Louis around 1917. Oden taught himself piano in the mid 1920's and was
working house parties with Big Joe Williams by 1929. Oden next paired
with Roosevelt Sykes, the two played St. Louis for a few years then moved to
Chicago. They made their first recordings for the Champion label in 1932 and
continued to record on and off together for the next several years. Oden recorded
two sessions with Big Bill Broonzy in the early 1940's. Oden's classic "Goin'
Down Slow" was recorded with Big Bill Broonzy in 1941 and has gone
on to become a Chicago blues standard. Oden continued to record steadily through
the 1940's, recording for B & W, Columbia, Bullet, Miracle and Aristocrat (with
the Muddy
Waters Band). The sides from April, 1949 include the classics, "Hard
Work Boogie" and "Your Evil Ways''. Unfortunately there is no session information
on these sides. The piano is probably played by Oden's long time partner Roosevelt
Sykes. Guitar is possibly Jimmy Rogers since Oden had recently been working
with him. "State Street Blues" is interesting since the pianist is believed
to be Oden himself. It certainly does not sound like the pianist on the first
sides and the recording was released under Oden's name. In August of 1949 Oden
teamed with Joe Brown to form the record label J.O.B. (James Burke Oden). Oden
continued to record until the mid-sixties when his health began to fail. St.
Louis Jimmy Oden died on December 30, 1977."
Bruce Vail
Review in a Dutch newspaper of the album: About Blues
