Blues Brothers, Made in America, 1980 on Atlantic

The Blues Brothers’ second album, released the same year the film came out (1980). Lots of folks are surprised (I was) that the Blues Brothers pre-existed the film – they performed on Saturday Night Live in April 1978 and put out Briefcase Full of Blues that same year.

The band on this release includes, in addition to Elwood Blues (Dan Akryod) and Jake Joliet Blues (John Belushi): Donald “Duck” Dunn (bass), Steve Jordan (drums), Paul Shaffer (organ), Murphy Dunne (Werlitzer), Matt “Guitar” Murphy & Steve Cropper (guitars), Lou Marini, Tom Scott, Tom Malone (saxes), and Alan Rubin (trumpet). The album was produced by Paul Shaffer and Bob Tischler, and recorded live at the Universal Ampitheatre.

My copy—via Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA—is an original 1980 Specialty Records pressing.

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Otis Redding, The Dock Of The Bay, 1968 on Volt.

This was the first posthumous release after Redding died in 1967, and his seventh studio album. It collected some singles, b-sides, and previously released tracks, including the title track “(Sittin’ On) The Doc of the Bay” which was cowritten by Steve Cropper and Redding. Also has a great version of “Nobody Knows You (When You’re Down And Out.”

The band here includes Booker T. Jones, Isaac Hayes, Steve Cropper, Donald “Duck” Dunn, and Al Jackson Jr. Carla Thomas joins on “Tramp.”

My copy is a 1968 pressing via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN – it’s in great shape.

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