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Blues of Otis Spann/Cracked Spanner Head
Otis Spann
Blues of Otis Spann/Cracked Spanner Head
Genre: Blues
 
  •  Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (14) - Disc #2

Two sixties albums, both recorded in London for the Decca and Deram labels by Muddy Waters' pianist Otis Spann. Features a range of top British Blues players including Muddy himself on Cracked Spanner Head.

     
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All Artists: Otis Spann
Title: Blues of Otis Spann/Cracked Spanner Head
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bgo
Release Date: 7/25/2005
Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered
Genre: Blues
Styles: Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Piano Blues
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 5017261206688

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Two sixties albums, both recorded in London for the Decca and Deram labels by Muddy Waters' pianist Otis Spann. Features a range of top British Blues players including Muddy himself on Cracked Spanner Head.
 

CD Reviews

Let the buyer beware
Mad bin Tod | Ireland, TX USA | 11/04/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)

"This two cd set is actually two versions of the same album. The original one, The Blues of Otis Spann, with Muddy Waters on guitar, is a very stripped down, minimal, rough-hewn gem. Not as good as Otis Spann is the Blues, or Biggest thing since Colossus (or his work on Buddy Guys' A Man and the Blues - which is reallly astounding), it's still pretty good. Cracked Spanner Head is a remix of the Blues album with a lot of reverb, etc. added. It is not an improvement. HOWEVER, Crack Spanner includes 4 extra tracks, three of which were from the original BLues session. Why they didn't just add these to The BLues of Otis Spann and release what would have been a great single cd, is beyond me."