The title suggests that the record was recorded live. However, it consists … Read Full Bio ↴The title suggests that the record was recorded live. However, it consists of a studio recreation of a Carnegie Hall performance on one disc and a second disc that is identical to an LP released separately as The Best of Jimmy Reed.
From the Acoustic Sounds website:
Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall was the first blues album to truly cross over and influence a whole generation and continues to spread its influence today. Everyone from Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and countless others, were influenced by Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall.
This album includes all of his greatest hits. Jimmy not only had hits on the R&B charts but also crossed over 11 times on Billboard’s Hot 100, unheard of for a blues musician. This is not a live recording. Rather, Jimmy Reed recorded in Carnegie Hall the same set list he had performed there just a night or two previously.
Reviews:
In several respects, this is a very strange album, though the music isn’t strange at all and is in fact quite typical vintage Jimmy Reed. First, despite what the title might lead you to believe, this is not a live recording; all 23 of the tracks were done in the studio. Not only that, they weren’t even performed at New York’s famed venue Carnegie Hall, although producer Calvin Carter would later claim they were; instead, everything was cut elsewhere.
According to Pete Welding's notes to the record in the year (1961) the double LP was first issued, one-half is devoted to “recreations of some of Jimmy’s most celebrated and biggest-selling recordings,” while “the second LP here is Jimmy's celebratory recreation of his highly successful appearance at august Carnegie Hall this past May.” Even that doesn’t really clear up things, however, as it certainly seems as if in many if not all cases where songs were previously issued by Vee Jay on other Reed releases, the versions used here are identical.
In some ways, it almost does make for a greatest-hits compilation, as it contains most of Reed’s most popular tunes — “Bright Lights, Big City,” “Big Boss Man,” “Honest I Do,” “Hush Hush,” “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby,” “Going to New York,” “Take Out Some Insurance,” “You Don’t Have to Go,” and “Baby, Want You Want Me to Do.”
If this were the only Reed anthology in existence, it would serve as a pretty good overview of his highly accessible brand of R&B/blues. And as it was the best such thing available at its time of release, it was highly popular and influential, making the Top 50 at a time when few blues LPs charted.
– Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com
Analogue Productions’ cleanly pressed 45rpm version of Reed’s most famous release is not the first audiophile edition. But there’s magic lurking within these grooves that digital has never fully reproduced; the album has never sounded better. Reed’s lazy rhythmic sway, loose-limbed strumming, and unmannered singing fill the soundstage.
Guitar timbres teem with purity, and there’s ample separation between Reed’s elementary harmonica solos and Earl Phillips’ rocking-chair percussion. While the album has never been a dynamic standout, it’s hard to imagine a future incarnation getting more from the music.
– Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound
Track Listing:
Side One
01 – Bright Lights Big City
02 – I’m Mr. Luck
03 – What’s Wrong Baby
04 – Found Joy
05 – Kind Of Lonesome
Side Two
06 – Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
07 – Tell Me You Love Me
08 – Blue Carnegie
09 – I’m A Love You
10 – Hold Me Close
11 – Blue, Blue Water
Side Three
12 – Baby What You Want Me To Do
13 – You Don’t Have To Go
14 – Hush-Hush
15 – Found Love
16 – Honest I Do
17 – You Got Me Dizzy
Side Four
18 – Big Boss Man
19 – Take Out Some Insurance
20 – Boogie In The Dark
21 – Going To New York
22 – Ain’t That Lovin’ You, Baby
23 – The Sun Is Shining
Musicians:
Jimmy Reed – vocals, guitar, harmonica
“Lefty” Bates – guitar
Earl Phillips – drums, percussion
From the Acoustic Sounds website:
Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall was the first blues album to truly cross over and influence a whole generation and continues to spread its influence today. Everyone from Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and countless others, were influenced by Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall.
This album includes all of his greatest hits. Jimmy not only had hits on the R&B charts but also crossed over 11 times on Billboard’s Hot 100, unheard of for a blues musician. This is not a live recording. Rather, Jimmy Reed recorded in Carnegie Hall the same set list he had performed there just a night or two previously.
Reviews:
In several respects, this is a very strange album, though the music isn’t strange at all and is in fact quite typical vintage Jimmy Reed. First, despite what the title might lead you to believe, this is not a live recording; all 23 of the tracks were done in the studio. Not only that, they weren’t even performed at New York’s famed venue Carnegie Hall, although producer Calvin Carter would later claim they were; instead, everything was cut elsewhere.
According to Pete Welding's notes to the record in the year (1961) the double LP was first issued, one-half is devoted to “recreations of some of Jimmy’s most celebrated and biggest-selling recordings,” while “the second LP here is Jimmy's celebratory recreation of his highly successful appearance at august Carnegie Hall this past May.” Even that doesn’t really clear up things, however, as it certainly seems as if in many if not all cases where songs were previously issued by Vee Jay on other Reed releases, the versions used here are identical.
In some ways, it almost does make for a greatest-hits compilation, as it contains most of Reed’s most popular tunes — “Bright Lights, Big City,” “Big Boss Man,” “Honest I Do,” “Hush Hush,” “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby,” “Going to New York,” “Take Out Some Insurance,” “You Don’t Have to Go,” and “Baby, Want You Want Me to Do.”
If this were the only Reed anthology in existence, it would serve as a pretty good overview of his highly accessible brand of R&B/blues. And as it was the best such thing available at its time of release, it was highly popular and influential, making the Top 50 at a time when few blues LPs charted.
– Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com
Analogue Productions’ cleanly pressed 45rpm version of Reed’s most famous release is not the first audiophile edition. But there’s magic lurking within these grooves that digital has never fully reproduced; the album has never sounded better. Reed’s lazy rhythmic sway, loose-limbed strumming, and unmannered singing fill the soundstage.
Guitar timbres teem with purity, and there’s ample separation between Reed’s elementary harmonica solos and Earl Phillips’ rocking-chair percussion. While the album has never been a dynamic standout, it’s hard to imagine a future incarnation getting more from the music.
– Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound
Track Listing:
Side One
01 – Bright Lights Big City
02 – I’m Mr. Luck
03 – What’s Wrong Baby
04 – Found Joy
05 – Kind Of Lonesome
Side Two
06 – Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
07 – Tell Me You Love Me
08 – Blue Carnegie
09 – I’m A Love You
10 – Hold Me Close
11 – Blue, Blue Water
Side Three
12 – Baby What You Want Me To Do
13 – You Don’t Have To Go
14 – Hush-Hush
15 – Found Love
16 – Honest I Do
17 – You Got Me Dizzy
Side Four
18 – Big Boss Man
19 – Take Out Some Insurance
20 – Boogie In The Dark
21 – Going To New York
22 – Ain’t That Lovin’ You, Baby
23 – The Sun Is Shining
Musicians:
Jimmy Reed – vocals, guitar, harmonica
“Lefty” Bates – guitar
Earl Phillips – drums, percussion
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Jimmy Reed Lyrics
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby Know I love ya babe? Know I love ya babe? Know I…
Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth Aw shucks, hush your mouth, baby you knockin′ me out I…
Baby What You Want Me to Do? You've got me runnin' You've got me hidin' You've got me run…
Baby What's Wrong Hey baby, honey, what's wrong with you? Oh baby, honey, what…
Big Boss Man Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call Big…
Blue Blue Water When I first thought to hobo'in, hobo'in I took a freight…
Bright Lights, Big City Bright light, big city, gone to my baby's head Whoa, bright…
Found Joy Well the people have been searchin' before God sent his son…
Found Love I found true love, one worth waitin' for I found true…
Going to New York Goin' to New York Get on New York quiz show Gotta win…
Honest I Do Don't you know that I love you Honest I do... I've never…
Hush Hush Hush, hush Baby don't believe a word Hush, hush Honey don't …
I'm a Love You Come on in this house so good I want to love…
I'm Mr. Luck They call me, Mr. Lucky Bad luck don′t follow me They call…
Take Out Some Insurance If you leave me, baby, say you won't be back That…
You Don't Have To Go Whoa, baby You don't have ta go Whoa, baby You don't have t…
You Got Me Dizzy Listen ta me baby, what I said is right I'll leave…