Texas Flyer: 1974-1976

RELEASE
December 07, 2010
LABEL
Bear Family Records
GENRES
Blues, Regional Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Texas Blues

Album Review

The final volume in Bear Family's excellent Freddie King retrospective covering his final years is the one with the most surprises. Over the course of five CDs, the producers of this box have included all of RSO studio recordings and the funky soul-blues of King's Polydor album, Burglar, which Eric Clapton fans covet so much because he was listed as a second guitarist. Burglar was produced by Mike Vernon (with Tom Dowd producing a track) and another studio band that included bassist Carl Radle. Several of the album's outtakes and a studio version of Jimmy Rogers' "That's All Right" see release here for the first time. The second disc kicks off with the live Larger Than Life album. What's remarkable is that instead of the fade out on "Have You Ever Loved a Woman," the rest of the track and concert performance is provided as well. The other discs are all live. Sound quality ranges from very good to excellent; none of this stuff is bootleg material (it would be beneath Bear Family's exacting standards). The final cut on disc five is another previously hidden gem taken from a gig where Clapton sings "Further on Up the Road." The liner essay by Bill Dahl is not only informative, it's authoritative. The hardbound book includes loads of photos and a completely detailed sessionography.
– Thom Jurek, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Pack It Up
  2. My Credit Didn't Go Through
  3. I Got the Same Old Blues
  4. Only Getting Second Best
  5. Texas Flyer
  6. Pulp Wood
  7. She's a Burglar
  8. I Had a Dream
  9. Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)
  10. It's Your Move
  11. Shake Your Booty
  12. Sweet Home Chicago
  13. That's All Right
  14. Sugar Sweet
  15. TV Mama
  16. Gambling Woman Blues (I Wonder Why)
  17. Boogie Funk
  18. It's Better to Have (And Don't Need)
  19. Boogie Bump
  20. Sugar Sweet
  21. You Can Run, But You Can't Hide
  22. Woke Up This Morning
  23. Meet Me in the Morning
  24. The Things I Used to Do
  25. Ain't That I Don't Love You
  26. Have You Ever Loved a Woman
  27. Big Leg Woman (With a Short Short Mini Skirt)
  28. Woman Across the River
  29. Look on Yonder Wall
  30. Ain't No Sunshine
  31. Sweet Home Chicago
  32. Boogie Funk
  33. Little Bluebird
  34. Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)
  35. Going Down
  36. Big Leg Woman (With a Short Short Mini Skirt)
  37. Woman Across the River
  38. Signals of Love
  39. Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  40. Key to the Highway
  41. Hide Away
  42. Going Down
  43. You Sure Look Good to Me
  44. Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)
  45. Have You Ever Loved a Woman
  46. Boogie Funk
  47. Messin' with the Kid
  48. Sweet Home Chicago
  49. You're the One
  50. Woke Up This Morning
  51. Funk Instrumental
  52. Going Down
  53. The Things That I Used to Do
  54. Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)
  55. Call It Stormy Monday (Little Bluebird)
  56. Signals of Love
  57. Woman Across the River
  58. Boogie Funk
  59. Meet Me in the Morning
  60. Feeling Alright
  61. Hide Away/The Mojo
  62. Have You Ever Loved a Woman
  63. Little Bluebird
  64. Farther Up the Road