Candid session · in the studio
August 23, 1960
Otis Spann
In the room
- Otis Spann – piano, vocal
Robert Lockwood Jr. – guitar, vocal- St. Louis Jimmy – vocal
- St. Louis Jimmy Oden – vocal
- Nat Hentoff – supervisor
The takes
45 of these 55 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
Candid numbered its masters by the tune; the take kept is the one that was issued.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | The Hard Way | CJM 8001 |
| – | Take A Little Walk With Me | CJM 8001 |
| – | Otis In The Dark | CJM 8001 |
| – | Little Boy Blue | CJM 8001 |
| – | Country Boy | CJM 8001 |
| – | Beat-Up Team | CJM 8001 |
| – | My Daily Wish | CJM 8001 |
| – | Great Northern Stomp | CJM 8001 |
| – | I Got Rambling On My Mind #2 | CJM 8001 |
| – | Worried Life Blues | CJM 8001 |
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | It Must Have Been The Devil | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| – | Otis' Blues | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| – | Going Down Slow | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| – | Half Ain't Been Told | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| – | Monkey Face Woman | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| – | This Is The Blues | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| – | Evil Ways | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| – | Come Day, Go Day | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| – | Walking The Blues | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| – | Bad Condition | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| – | My Home Is On The Delta | Not issued at the time · later on Barnaby KZ 31290 |
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | Beat-Up Team (first version) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Great Northern Stomp | Not issued at the time |
| – | Cow Cow Blues | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Walkin' The Blues | Not issued at the time |
| – | Otis In The Dark | Not issued at the time |
| – | This Is The Blues | Not issued at the time |
| – | Worried Life Blues | Not issued at the time |
| – | Country Boy | Not issued at the time |
| – | Beat-Up Team | Not issued at the time |
| – | The Hard Way | Not issued at the time |
| – | My Home Is On The Delta | Not issued at the time |
| – | It Must Have Been The Devil | Not issued at the time |
| – | Take A Little Walk With Me | Not issued at the time |
| – | Ramblin' On My Mind | Not issued at the time |
| – | Little Boy Blue | Not issued at the time |
| – | My Daily Wish | Not issued at the time |
| – | Spann And Bob | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | Monkey Face Blues | Not issued at the time |
| – | One Doggone Reason | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Strange Woman Blues | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | It Hurts Me Too | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Baby Child (take 3) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Baby Child (take 5) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Talkin' The Blues (take 1) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Talkin' The Blues (take 3) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Can't Stand Your Evil Ways (take 2) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Otis' Blues | Not issued at the time |
| – | Half Ain't Been Told | Not issued at the time |
| – | Can't Stand Your Evil Ways (take 4) | Not issued at the time |
| – | Goin' Down Slow | Not issued at the time |
| – | The Girl I Love | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Bad Condition | Not issued at the time |
| – | Come Day, Go Day (take 2) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR5-139 |
| – | Come Day, Go Day (take 3) | Not issued at the time |
55 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
