Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Howlin' for My Darlin' [#] - Corky Siegel & Jim Schwall-Two Man Blues Band
2. I've Had All I Can Take [#][Instrumental] - Corky Siegel & Jim Schwall-Two Man Blues Band
3. Down in the Bottom
4. I Have Had All I Can Take
5. Boot Hill
6. When I Get the Time
7. I've Got to Go Now
8. Mama-Papa
9. I'll Be the Man
10. Little Babe
11. Going to New York
12. Mary
13. So Glad You're Mine
14. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
15. Break Song

Disc 2:

1. I'm a King Bee
2. Slow Blues in a
3. You Don't Love Me Like That
4. I.S.P.I. Blues (Illinois State Psychiatric Institution)
5. Bring It with You When You Come
6. My Baby Thinks I Don't Love Her
7. That's Why I Treat My Baby So Fine
8. I Liked It Where We Walked
9. Easy Rider [#]
10. I Like the Way You Rock [#]
11. Don't Want No Woman [#]
12. Sneaky Pete [#]

Disc 3:

1. Shake for Me
2. My Starter Won't Start
3. Jim Jam
4. Louise, Louise Blues
5. Wouldn't Quit You
6. You Can't Run That Fast
7. Think
8. 334-3599
9. Rain Falling Down
10. Get Away Man
11. Yes I Love You
12. I Don't Want You to Be My Girl
13. Do You Remember
14. Geronimo
15. Angel Food Cake
16. Walk in My Mind
17. Song
18. Tell Me
19. Sunshine Day in My Mind

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #160146 in Music
• Released on: 2001-04-10
• Number of discs: 3
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered

Customer Reviews

Siegel-Schwall...it just keeps getting better!!
At long last, Vanguard Records has released the first four albums recorded by the legendary Siegel-Schwall Band. This has to be the deal of the year, folks, when you consider that you get four classic albums recorded between 1966 and 1970, by the best white blues band ever, spread over three discs and sprinkled with killer previously unreleased outtakes and demos, all in STUNNINGLY CLEAN sound quality (I was so used to my old vinyl albums) and rounded out with a highly informative and eye pleasing booklet, and all for about [...]!! If you don't have this one yet, wait no longer. Buy it today!! And if you do already own it, then you've played it over and over and you know exactly what I'm talking about!

The Siegel-Schwall Band came up out of Chicago and learned from and played with the masters. I'm talking about masters like Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann...the list goes on. They were so good that Sam Charters, (the famous blues historian and archivist) produced thier first couple of albums. If HE was taken with them, you KNOW they have to be good.

By the way, the Siegel-Schwall Band are still active today and still play with all the virtuosity and conviction that is represented on "The Complete Vanguard Sessions". And don't forget to check out thier "Wooden Nickel" label output from 1971-1974 (recently reissued on the "Wounded Bird" label). They just kept getting better and better. This is the real deal, folks.

Diary Of A Band's Progress
I was a casual fan of the Siegel-Schwall band back in junior high school but hadn't thought about them in years until I saw this CD on the shelf. What a variety of music is present here!
It ranges from the primitive to the sophisticated, from the serious to the ridiculous, and from the execrable to the fabulous.
Siegel-Schwall has a very distinctive sound defined by Corky Siegel's quirky singing and harp-playing as well as the sometimes brilliant guitar work of Jim Schwall. As a blues band, it is guilty of frequently exaggerated macho posturing and a near-parody of black blues stylings. Despite that, there is much to like about the band.
Let's examine the three discs one by one. The best of disc 1 can be found on Down In The Bottom and I Have Had All I Can Take. Macho strutting is exemplified on When I Get the Time and a real swabby rendition of Hoochie Coochie Man. The lamest tunes are Mama/Papa, I'll Be The Man, Going To New York (really stinks!!),Mary, and So Glad You Are Mine. Those I describe as lame are sometimes musically enjoyable until the singing starts.
Disc 2 isn't much better. The best cuts are You Don't Love Me, the magnificent mandolin-driven Bring It With You When You Come, and That's Why I Treat My Baby So Fine. The obligatory macho statement is Don't Want No Woman. The worst are a lame rendition of I'm A King Bee, a swabby Easy Rider, and a gag-inducing I Like The Way You Rock.
The band's journey from the garage-band style to the night club style and on to the concert hall style is most evident on Disc 3. Most of the songs from the Shake! album show a definite maturing of the band's style. Most of the worst on this disc are from the Siegel-Schwall 70 album. I like Shake For Me, Louise Louise Blues, Wouldn't Quit You, Think, 334-3599, Rain Falling Down, and Tell Me. The macho cuts are You Can't Run That Fast and Get Away Man. The lamest are Jim Jam, Do You Remember, Song, and Walk In My Mind, the last being one of the five swabbiest songs on the CD.
This box set represents the diary of a band's progress during the years it recorded for Vanguard. If you are a die-hard Siegel-Schwall fan, you might well like this compilation but if you want to cut out a lot of musical clutter, I would recommend trying to find Shake! on CD by itself and you would then own most of the best the band has to offer.

The Boys are great
Album was great.The songs are exactly as I remember them. I grew up with their music and I'm glad they finally have something like this for all their fans.