If All Night Long was a great electric blues portrait, this sophomore release, given more widespread distribution via Fat Possum's deal with Capricorn, is an extension of the portrait, but with a lot more grit and grind thrown in, given a darker, deeper sound by a change in location (still Kimbrough's joint, but a different building).
The vocals are further back, buried in the thick, heavy electric mix -- some of this music here is Southern electric blues sounding about the way it might when the apocalypse is just around the corner.
Forget the fancy stuff, the polished edges, the studio touches -- there are no second takes, no overdubs, no last chances.
It's terrifyingly compelling at times.
Junior Kimbrough plays the blues with a raw edge, and it's brilliant, dark and mesmerizing -- and it's on CD, with nothing buried, nothing hidden, and nothing safe, all the sharp edges intact.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sad Days Lonely Nights | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Lonesome in My Home | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | Lord, Have Mercy on Me | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 09:54 | 22 MB | 54 MB |
| 4 | Crawling King SnakeBernard Besman, John Lee Hooker | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | My Mind Is Rambling | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 06:21 | 14 MB | 34 MB |
| 6 | Leaving in the MorningDavid Kimbrough, Jr. | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 07:19 | 16 MB | 40 MB |
| 7 | Old Black MattieTraditional | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 06:40 | 15 MB | 38 MB |
| 8 | I'm in LoveJunior Kimbrough | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 05:04 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 9 | Pull Your Clothes Off | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 04:28 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | I'm Gonna Have to Leave Here | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 06:35 | 15 MB | 36 MB |
| 11 | Sad Days Lonely Nights | Junior Kimbrough | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 64 mins | 147 MB | |||||
| 55 mins | 312 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Besman | Composer |
| 2 | Kenny Brown | Guitar, Slide Guitar |
| 3 | Larry Brown | Liner Notes |
| 4 | Garry Burnside | Bass |
| 5 | John Lee Hooker | Composer |
| 6 | Cedrick Jackson | Drums |
| 7 | David Kimbrough, Jr. | Composer |
| 8 | Junior Kimbrough | Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 9 | Robbie Norris | Engineer, Mixing |
| 10 | Robert Palmer | Producer |
| 11 | Robert Palmer | Producer |
| 12 | Keith Perler | Assistant Engineer |
| 13 | Traditional | Composer |
| 14 | Bruce Watson | Assistant Engineer, Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |