The Excello Singles Anthology by Slim Harpo (CD, Aug-2003, 2 Discs, Hip-O)

Album Features
UPC:	602498069080
Artist:	Slim Harpo
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2003
Record Label:	Hip-O
Genre:	Blues, Harmonica
Number Of Discs:	2

Track Listing
DISC 1: THE EXCELLO SINGLE ANTHOLOGY:
1. I'm a King Bee
2. I Got Love If You Want It
3. Wondering and Worryin'
4. Strange Love
5. You'll Be Sorry One Day
6. One More Day
7. Buzz Me Babe
8. Late Last Night
9. Blues Hangover
10. What a Dream
11. Don't Start Cryin' Now
12. Rainin' in My Heart
13. I Love the Life I'm Living
14. Buzzin'
15. I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis)
16. Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King)
17. Still Rainin' in My Heart
18. We're Two of a Kind
19. Sittin' Here Wondering
20. What's Goin' on Baby
21. Harpo's Blues
22. Please Don't Turn Me Down

DISC 2: THE EXCELLO SINGLE ANTHOLOGY:
1. Baby Scratch My Back
2. I'm Gonna Miss You Like the Devil
3. Shake Your Hips
4. Midnight Blues
5. I'm Your Bread Maker, Baby
6. Loving You (The Way I Do)
7. Tip on in, Pt. 1 - (Part 1)
8. Tip on in, Pt. 2 - (Part 2)
9. I'm Gonna Keep What I've Got
10. I've Got to Be with You Tonight
11. Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu
12. Mailbox Blues
13. Mohair Sam
14. I Just Can't Leave You
15. That's Why I Love You
16. Just for You
17. Folsom Prison Blues
18. Mutual Friend
19. I've Got My Finger on Your Trigger
20. Price Is Too High, The
21. Rainin' in My Heart - (take, overdubbed version)
22. Jody Man

Details
Playing Time:	119 min.
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Mixed
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Producers: J.D. Miller, Bob Holmes, Slim Harpo, Aaron Varnell, Lynn Ourso, Jr.Compilation producers: Pat Lawrence, Dana G. Smart.Recorded between 1957 & 1971. Includes liner notes by John Broven.Personnel: Slim Harpo (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Jimmy Johnson , Rudolph Richard, Gabriel Pandy Perrodin, Jr., Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, James Johnson (guitar); Willie Parler (tenor saxophone); Sonny Martin (piano); Katie Webster, Charles Hodges (organ); Fats Perrodin (bass guitar); Clarence "Jockey" Etinne, Sammy K. Brown, Roger Hawkins, Howard Grimes (drums); Lazy Lester (percussion).Recording information: Deep South Recording Studio, Baton Rougr, LA; Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL; North Parkerson, Crowley, LA; Rouyal Recording Studio, Memphis, TN; Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, TN.Slim Harpo is among the most accessible, beloved, and commercially successful artists in blues history. The elements of Harpo's broad appeal included a genre-spanning musical approach (one hears a blend of country, rock & roll, and raucous electric blues), infectiously hooky melodies, a distinctive singing style marked by a nasal tone and careful annunciation, and Harpo's propulsive harmonica playing. Unlike many blues artists, too, Harpo stuck to one label, the Memphis-based Excello Records, whose muscular, echo-driven production and strong promotion helped push Harpo's recordings up the charts.A double-disc, 44-song package, THE EXCELLO SINGLES ANTHOLOGY is hard to beat. The lead track, Harpo's theme song, "I'm a King Bee," from 1957, is alone worth the price of admission, and sets the stage for much of the swampy, churning music to follow. But one of the bluesman's best attributes is his range, amply demonstrated here by crooning ballads ("Rainin' in My Heart"), shuffling grooves ("Baby Scratch My Back"), John Lee Hooker-esque boogies ("Shake Your Hips"), radio-friendly pop ("Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu"), and amped-up country (a cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues"). THE EXCELLO SINGLES ANTHOLOGY works as a greatest-hits package and a definitive career retrospective, making it the perfect one-stop Slim Harpo purchase.

Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...This double CD, packed with forty-four tracks, will scratch anyone's itch for Slim Harpo's jaunty, grooving R&B....These are incomparably tangy sides from a true original...
Rolling Stone (20030918)