Canned Heat - Living The Blues - Lp Vinyl Record

Fantastic set from the Heat. This album shines in the recordings of Canned Heat. Great songs absolutely great musicianship. The star of the set is "Going Up the Country" a song which is in the American lexicon of TV commercials now. But Bob Hite's song "Sandy's Blues" is an absolutely stunning tune. "Walking By Myself" is another tune which is super, and one covered by Gary Moore much later. "Parthenogenesis" is a long cut, divided into nine parts highlighted by Alan Wilson's harmonica and jaw-harp, John Mayall's great piano and Henry Vestine's great guitar. This song gives the Heat a chance to get a little psychedelic. Disc two consists of two tracks "Refried Boogie (Part I) and Refried Boogie (Part II)" which allows the Heat to play extended jams, Fito's drum solo is great. Worth snapping up if you're a Boogie fan!

I don't think I ever purchased a Canned Heat album before. My very first concert in 1968 at the San Jose Fairgrounds, I was 13 years old, Canned Heat was the headliner, and was having flight problems and not there, I had to get back to my Mom who was picking me up, so I never got to see them.I decided to purchase this based on that I wanted to go back and listen to Canned Heat as a blues band. I enjoyed the entire 2 CD, stereo (right/left-sub) remaster. It's easy for me to like these old recordings as they are what I grew up on. Not the super sonic display of recording done in today's market. Always most notable are the flat sounding drums.Sorry, I digressed, this album is fun and well recorded/remastered. I am glad I have added it to my music library and I will listen to it again. It is great for turning on in the house and listening to as I am fooling around with something else. Going up the Country is a standard, how the songs are put together on Disc 1 are great. Disc 2, Refried Boogie is fantastic but I keep hearing 1969's Ten Years Afters "Boogie On" on there Stonedhenge album that I have listened to a million times. I think Alvin and company might have stolen a bit from Canned Heat's Refried Boogie.The packaging is great and I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Canned Heat in the liner notes, John Tobler 2003.

Canned Heat's "Living The Blues" is rapidly rocketing up my "favorites of all time" list. There's something elemental about their magical blend of biker mentality & psychedelic hippie peace & love. Exactly what this world needs. They have a sound you can trust, that can vividly bring back "flashbacks" of well-meant ecstatic highs, where their music helps "keep your head together." The more you discover about Canned Heat, the more you feel sad for the ones who died too early. It's charming & amusing how, in the track "Sandy's Blues," THE BEAR refers to himself, good naturedly, as "Big Fat," and because this reviewer is from Cleveland, I understand when he cites the source of his blues as "this girl from Cleveland." Brother, I can dig it. The 20+ minute experimental track Para(whatever)Genesis, or whatever it's called, I had to hear twice to like, but now I love it and find it indespensible. But the main thing I want to say is this: I vehemently disagree with anyone who claims that the 41 minute "Refried Boogie" is "self-indulgent." WRONG! I was shocked & saddened to see that, even in the CD's liner notes, Refried Boogie is called self-indulgent. NO! In fact, not one second of Refried Boogie is boring. It's really what the boogie is all about, and features a nice bass solo and fantastic psychedelic guitar solo. I really & truly love Refried Boogie...it's as comforting as it is exciting, as stable as ecstatic, equally grounding & soaring.

After wearing out numerous copies of this on vinyl I had to have a CD of it. Parthenogenesis always catches the unsuspecting listener with surprise as Blind Owl pulls no punches on Jaw-Harp to open and close this suite of musical masterpieces and Refried Boogie (part I & II) allows the younger generation a glimpse of what made Canned Heat the Kings of Boogie. Buy this and Don't forget to Boogie!

Probably their best record, and not just because their best song, "Going to the Country" is on here. There is a great bounce to these songs. There is more variety and jams. Boogie on!

Bought a set for my grand daughters car as she was driving around with steel cords sticking out of hers. They seem to be better that the Kelly tires that I put on my car.

With the exception of a novelty item (Refried Boogie, 47 min long), a great example of Canned Heat's chemistry, just prior to the sudden loss of the extremely talented Blind Owl (Alan Wilson)

Simply put, this CD is outstanding. If you are a fan of Canned Heat, and are tired of listening to Refried Boogie with an edit in the middle, this is the disc for you. The reproduction is significantly better than the version I downloaded... and for my money, worth the price of the disc. The Refried Boogie has always been one of my favorite tunes, and to hear it well reproduced, with no edit, is something I was about to give up on. Why it took so long for this album to be released is beyond me. Somewhere I read that it was their best selling album in the 1960's and got them a gold record. Oh well, I guess that is the recording industry. Don't Forget to Boogie!!!