SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON & THE YARDBIRDS – Recorded Live At The Craw-Daddy Club, Richmond (London) [Remastered] – LP – Vinyl [JAN 16]

Description

LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl (2026 Remastered Mono Edition).

Charly Records proudly announces the long-awaited reissue ofthe original British mono edition of Sonny Boy Williamson & TheYardbirds Recorded Live at the Craw-Daddy Club, Richmond(London), a landmark live recording that captures a pivotalmoment in British blues history.Recorded on December 8, 1963, at the Craw-daddy Club, this electrifying performance brings together veteran Chicagobluesman Sonny Boy Williamson and rising English R&Boutfit The Yardbirds.

Originally issued in Britain in January 1966 (and released thefollowing month in the U.S. with a different running order), thealbum stands as a defining statement of the era when theblues took root in the UK. During this period, Williamsontoured Britain as part of the 2nd American Folk and BluesFestival, performing with several leading R&B and rock groups,including The Animals and The Yardbirds.

On this recording, Sonny Boy Williamson leads with vocals andharmonica, backed by the youthful energy of The Yardbirdsoffering an early glimpse of a band soon to become one ofBritains defining rock acts. Most tracks capture theirchemistry, alongside a few Yardbirds-only jams and two SonnyBoy solos, painting a complete snapshot of this historic night,and featuring a young Eric Clapton in some of his earliest
surviving performances on record.

This reissue brings the original mono edition back to life,presenting the concert exactly as first heard by fans in 1966.More than a live album, Recorded Live at the Craw-Daddy
Club, Richmond (London) captures the moment Americanblues collided with British youth, sparking a musicalrevolution that would change popular music forever.

Tracklist:

A1 Bye, Bye Bird [2:23]
A2 Pontiac Blues [3:45]
A3 Take It Easy Baby [4:09]
A4 I Don’T Care No More [3:18]
A5 Do The Weston [4:00]

B1 Mister Downchild [3:56]
B2 23 Hours Too Long [5:04]
B3 Out Of Water Coast [3:00]
B4 Baby Don’T Worry [4:28]