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The Progressive Blues Experiment | 
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| Artist: Johnny Winter
Label: Capitol
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 8012
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 66568
UPC: 724386656827
EAN: 0724386656827
ASIN: B0007D4MV8
Release Date: February 15, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Rollin' and Tumblin' | | • | Tribute to Muddy | | • | I Got Love If You Want It | | • | Bad Luck and Trouble | | • | Help Me | | • | Mean Town Blues | | • | Broke Down Engine | | • | Black Cat Bone | | • | It's My Own Fault | | • | Forty-Four |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Mean guitar! January 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great record, a must for any blues/rock lover. Johnny bridges the gap between blues and 70's rock and roll. My favorites are Tribute to Muddy (the best on the LP), Help Me, Got love if You Want it, and Fourty Four. Special mention to Mean Town Blues, which he nails.
Not the best recording quality, but I can just see JW tearing into his Fender XII with the six string set up.
Great album!
A must have blues album January 5, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
From the opening riffs of "Rollin' and Tumblin'" you know right away that this is a blues album you want to keep. Johnny Winter made his name primarily with blues rock, with his name getting wide recognition through his Columbia releases. But this album is a quintessential title for any blues collection. It gets dirtier with the second song, "Tribute to Muddy," and Johnny Winter would go on to have a few collaborations with Muddy Waters. One of my favorite cuts is "Mean Town Blues," which appears elsewhere on his Woodstock appearance (and not a really good example either) and a few other albums, although his other recorded live performances of this song didn't capture the rawness of the title from this album. And that is what makes this album such a classic; it's rawness, the dirty sound, like it's all one take and there it is, take it or leave it. But after listening to it, you won't want to leave it.
 "Vinyl Rules" October 20, 2007
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
Well I also have the Imperial Records origional still with the new sales sticker of $1.99 and JW has always been one of my favorites but I wanted to give it as a gift to a friend who doesn't have a record player. Imagine not having a record player in this day and age ! LOL
I have yet to hear a cd or dvd that comes near 180+ pure vinyl analogue pressing but have no choice here and thank you all that this digital is bearable.
 The walls are "Rollin' & Tumblin" with this Winter gem. July 27, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various music supplies and recordings from the 60's and 70's.
You've heard the story before. An artist makes it big and there is a mad scramble to find anything prior to their rise to fame. Often the product may be interesting but isn't at the level the consumer demands. "The Progressive Blues Experiment" is not the typical archival find. Over the years there have been at least ten different labels that have had the rights to this because of the music and not only the name.
Originally recorded in 1967 the ten tracks are a tremendous treat as we travel down a Winter road. Any doubts of the validity of this release are erased the second Muddy Water's "Rollin' & Tumblin" booms from the speakers. The version is one of the finest covers of the tune. The guitar is a sonic blast of energy played with exquisite taste. Johnny penned the next song "Tribute To Muddy." The blues shred anything in its path. A perfect follow up to the opening number. "Bad Luck & Trouble" has Winter's guitar crying the blues. If you don't sincerely pay homage the blues will spit you out like yesterday's supper. Johnny with six string in his hand seems to relish the role. The Dixon/Williamson tune "Help Me" comes at you with volcanic ashes. Nothing is left standing. Chester Burnett's "Forty-Four" is a perfect close to the festivities. Winter plays a classic blues/rock riff with gusto. The power of the band (Remember it was guitar ,bass, and drums) will leave you shell shocked.
Although even the remastered versions don't increase the ten tracks, the original configuration is all you need to appreciate a blues legend. While Johnny's music is normally thought of as part of the Columbia Records catalog, there once was a label called Imperial. You know the story, now enjoy the blues!
Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
Oh, yes July 6, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is one of my favorite JW cds. If you love the blues, then you need this now! You will NOT regret this one.
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