Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Texas Flood, 1983 on Epic

Hard to believe given how fully formed the sound is, but this was the debut album for Vaughan and Double Trouble. Said to have been recorded in two days with no overdubs.

What a fantastic debut: “Love Struck Baby,” “Pride and Joy,” and the title track lead off side one. The band here is Vaughan with Tommy Shannon on bass and Chris Layton on drums – John Hammond as Executive Producer, with Richard Mullen and Vaughan sharing Producer credit.

My copy is the 2023 Vinyl Me, Please reissue, E125 in the Essentials track, on what they call “Pride & Joy” split vinyl (black and white), with listening notes by Andrew Winistorfer. Excellent pressing of a great album.

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Johnny Winter, Johnny Winter, 1969 on Columbia

Johnny Winter’s self-titled official debut album (The Progressive Blues Experiment came out the year before as a kind of unauthorized debut on Sonobeat, then sold to Imperial). Mix of blues standard covers (“Good Morning Little School Girl,” “I’ll Drown in My Own Tears,” and “Mean Mistreater”) along with Johnny Winter originals.

Winter produced, and is joined by Tommy Shannon on bass and “Uncle” John Turner on percussion – Winter plays all the guitars, vocals, and harmonica. Younger brother Edgar Winter joins on piano on “I’ll Drown in My Own Tears” and alto sax on “Good Morning Little School Girl.”

My copy – via Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA – is a 1969 pressing with the 2-Eye, “360 Sound” label. Though the cover looks rough the vinyl’s in pretty decent shape – played, but well cared for.

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