JOHNSON, LONNIE-BLUES BY LONNIE JOHNSON.. (US IMPORT) CD NEW

2 ALBUMS ON 1 CD Plus 1 BONUS TRACKThis essential release presents two of Johnson’s finest studio albums for Prestige’s Bluesville label during his early- ’60s comeback: the great Blues by Lonnie Johnson (1960), and the equally magnificent Losing Game (1961). Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at his studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, both LPs display greater sensitivity and maturity than the seminal masterpieces Johnson cut between the 1920s and the 1940s. These two sensational albums have been remastered and packaged together in this special collector’s edition, which also contains a bonus track from the same period, an excellent version of W.C.Handy’s “St. Louis Blues”.PERSONNEL:LONNIE JOHNSON, guitar and vocals (also piano on track 15), plus:ON TRACKS [1-12]:Hal Singer (tenor saxophone), Wendell Marshall (bass),Claude Hopkins (piano), Bobby Donaldson (drums).ON TRACKS [13-24]: Solo recordings by Lonnie Johnson.ON TRACK [25]: Elmer Snowden (second guitar), Wendell Marshall (bass).Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, March-December 1960.INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLETTRACKS:01. DON’T EVER LOVE02. NO LOVE FOR SALE03. THERE’S NO LOVE04. I DON’T HURT ANYMORE05. SHE DEVIL06. ONE SIDED LOVE AFFAIR07. BIG LEG WOMAN08. THERE MUST BE A WAY09. SHE’S DRUNK AGAIN10. BLUES ‘ROUND MY DOOR11. YOU DON’T MOVE ME12. YOU WILL NEED ME13. NEW ORLEANS BLUES14. MY LITTLE KITTEN SUSIE15. EVIL WOMAN16. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES17. MOANING BLUES18. SUMMERTIME19. LINES IN MY FACE20. LOSING GAME21. NEW YEARS BLUES22. SLOW AND EASY23. FOR WALLS AND ME24. YOU WON’T LET ME GO25. ST. LOUIS BLUES (*)(*) Bonus track