The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (G+/G+) – LP, AU 1966
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East-West is an LP by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band from 1966 released on the Elektra label.
About this album
East-West is a landmark 1966 blues-rock album that helped expand the Chicago blues template into something louder, looser and more exploratory. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band mix electrified blues, R&B covers and extended improvisation, with the title track becoming a key statement of the era’s growing psychedelic ambition. Its blend of covers such as Walkin' Blues and Work Song with the sprawling original East-West showed how hard the band could push beyond strict song form without losing the urgency of the blues. Widely regarded as one of the group’s defining releases, it remains an influential bridge between traditional electric blues and the emerging rock underground.
Genre: Blues
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:A1 Walkin' Blues
A2 Get Out Of My Life, Woman
A3 I Got A Mind To Give Up Living
A4 All These Blues
A5 Work Song
B1 Mary, Mary
B2 Two Trains Running
B3 Never Say No
B4 East-West