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Johnny Winter
Winter Essentials 1960-1967
Genres: Blues, Pop, R&B, Rock

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Ice Cube - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
2. School Day Blues - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
3. You Know I Love You - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
4. Geisha Rock - Johnny Winter, King
5. Oh My Darling - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
6. Creepy - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
7. One Night of Love - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
8. Hey Hey Hey Hey - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
9. That's What Love Does - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
10. Shed So Many Tears - Johnny Winter, Anderson
11. Voo Doo Twist - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
12. Ease My Pain - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
13. By the Light of the Silvery Moon - Johnny Winter, Edwards, Gus
14. Road Runner - Johnny Winter, McDaniel, Ellas
15. The Guy You Left Behind - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
16. Five After Four A.M. - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
17. Stay By My Side - Johnny Winter, Ballard, Hank
18. Broke and Lonely - Johnny Winter, Otis, Johnny
19. Crying in My Heart - Johnny Winter, Wheeler, D.J.
20. Crazy Baby - Johnny Winter, Rogers, Buck
Track Listings (20) - Disc #2
1. Reeling and Rocking - Johnny Winter, Berry, Chuck
2. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave - Johnny Winter, Price, Leo
3. Gangster of Love - Johnny Winter, Watson, Johnny [1]
4. Eternally - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
5. You'll Be the Death of Me - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
6. Leave My Woman Alone - Johnny Winter, Charles, Ray [1]
7. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye - Johnny Winter, Reed, Al
8. Hello My Lover - Johnny Winter, Toussaint, C.
9. I Had to Cry - Johnny Winter, Ames, Roy C.
10. I Won't Believe It - Johnny Winter, Mizzell, Bobby
11. Gone for Bad - Johnny Winter, Ames, Roy C.
12. Bad News - Johnny Winter, Loudermilk, John D.
13. Out of Sight - Johnny Winter, Brown, James [1]
14. Parchman Farm - Johnny Winter, Allison, Mose
15. Tramp - Johnny Winter, Fulson, Lowell
16. Don't Hide It - Johnny Winter, Boynton, Amos
17. Avocado Green - Johnny Winter, Card, Michael
18. Easy Lovin' Girl - Johnny Winter, Collins, Dennis [1]
19. Birds Can't Row Boats - Johnny Winter, Winter, Johnny
20. Leavin' Blues - Johnny Winter, Ledbetter, Huddie

CD Details

All Artists: Johnny Winter
Title: Winter Essentials 1960-1967
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Varese Sarabande
Original Release Date: 1/1/1960
Re-Release Date: 6/17/2003
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Blues, Pop, R&B, Rock
Styles: Regional Blues, Texas Blues, Electric Blues, Oldies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 030206130928

CD Reviews

Gotta Pay Your Dues.

Richard Maxwell | Rochester, NY | 02/07/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Gotta pay your dues before you play the blues. This CD covers Johnny from the age of about 14 on up. It's got lots of fifties and sixties jump because those were the times. These two discs show Johnny's progression from high school dance band player, to one of the greatest electric guitarists of all time, (for many of us he's The Best.) If your a guitarist, this CD is a must have, Johnny walks you through the alphabet of rock and roll guitar licks."

To the reviewer that only gave one star ...

Scott | Los Angeles, CA United States | 10/06/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"... yes, that is Johnny Winter singing on all the tracks (except the instrumentals). On most, it is a very young Johnny Winter, but it is Johnny Winter.

While I agree that most of the songs don't sound like Johnny Winter blues guitar master, that is kind of the whole point of this release. It's also what makes this CD so much fun. This a glimpse of a young budding musician trying different things hoping to find his niche and break out. Early on, that meant imitating whatever was getting airplay at the time. There are a number of doo wop-ie sounding songs, a few surf sounding instrumentals and even a few stabs at psychedelia.

More importantly, there are little glimpses of the Johnny Winter style that was to come. Hey Hey Hey is my personal favorite from this collection and reminds a lot of Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker. Roadrunner is also a real gem. Birds Don't Row Boats is one of the psychedelic songs I mentioned and also a lot of fun. I have all these, plus Creepy, Ice Cube, Tramp and a few others on my Ipod in my favorites list. And, yes, there are some blues songs in the collection that would fit right in on most of the albums he would release later in his career.

If you are a newcomer to blues guitar looking to sample some of the great blues guitarists, this probably isn't the CD for you. Check out Guitar Slinger, Nothing but the Blues and/or his first two albums with Columbia(Johnny Winter and Second Winter).

This release is more fore the blues fan already familiar with Johnny Winter's more notable releases and is looking to follow the path that led him to where he is today."