Day 203: Try a little bit ah gris-gris gumbo ya-ya...

Album 690/1031

Dr John - Gris Gris (1968)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya"	Dr. John Creaux	5:36
2.	"Danse Kalinda Ba Doom"	Creaux, Harold Battiste	3:39
3.	"Mama Roux"	Creaux, Jessie Hill	2:59
4.	"Danse Fambeaux"	Creaux	4:56

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Croker Courtbullion"	Battiste	6:00
2.	"Jump Sturdy"	Creaux	2:20
3.	"I Walk on Guilded Splinters"	Creaux	7:37

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gris-Gris

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Sounds like Captain Beefheart had he come from Louisiana and not California.

Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Didn't know the artiste but really enjoyed the album, despite 'Croker Courtbullion'. Gorgeous growl of a voice - reminded me of Tom Waits and we all know how I feel about Mr. Waits. 

Album 691/1031

Buffalo Springfield - Again (1968)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
1.	"Mr. Soul"	Neil Young	Neil with Richie and Steve	2:49
2.	"A Child's Claim to Fame"	Richie Furay	Richie with Steve and Neil	2:09
3.	"Everydays"	Stephen Stills	Steve with Richie	2:40
4.	"Expecting to Fly"	Neil Young	Neil and Richie	3:43
5.	"Bluebird"	Stephen Stills	Steve and Richie	4:28

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
1.	"Hung Upside Down"	Stephen Stills	Richie and Steve with Neil and Richie	3:27
2.	"Sad Memory"	Richie Furay	Richie	3:01
3.	"Good Time Boy"	Richie Furay	Dewey	2:14
4.	"Rock and Roll Woman"	Stephen Stills	Steve with Richie and Neil	2:46
5.	"Broken Arrow"	Neil Young	Neil and Richie	6:14

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Springfield_Again

Golf's verdict: Full of familiar tunes, mainly the ones with Neil Young vocals to the fore. None of them are the equal to 'For What It's Worth', but few are. 

Maire's verdict: Became part of the background.

Album 692/1031

Derek & the Dominoes - Layla & Other Assorted Lovesongs (1970)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Looked Away"	Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock	3:05
2.	"Bell Bottom Blues"	Clapton, Whitlock	5:02
3.	"Keep on Growing"	Clapton, Whitlock	6:21
4.	"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"	Jimmy Cox	4:57

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"I Am Yours"	Clapton, Nizami	3:34
6.	"Anyday"	Clapton, Whitlock	6:35
7.	"Key to the Highway"	Charles Segar, Willie Broonzy	9:40

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Tell the Truth"	Clapton, Whitlock	6:39
9.	"Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?"	Clapton, Whitlock	4:41
10.	"Have You Ever Loved a Woman"	Billy Myles	6:52

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Little Wing"	Jimi Hendrix	5:33
12.	"It's Too Late"	Chuck Willis	3:47
13.	"Layla"	Clapton, Jim Gordon	7:05
14.	"Thorn Tree in the Garden"	Whitlock	2:53

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_and_Other_Assorted_Love_Songs

Golf's verdict: Primarily a blues jamming album with the exception of the title track. Layla, in it's full 7 minute version, is an all time great - and triggers the end of Goodfellas to start playing in my head.

Maire's verdict: Love 'Layla' but the album felt very long.

Album 693/1031

The Replacements - Let It Be (1984)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Will Dare"	Paul Westerberg	3:18
2.	"Favorite Thing"	Westerberg, Tommy Stinson, Bob Stinson, Chris Mars	2:19
3.	"We're Comin' Out"	Westerberg, Stinson, Stinson, Mars	2:21
4.	"Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out"	Westerberg, Stinson, Stinson, Mars	1:53
5.	"Androgynous"	Westerberg	3:11
6.	"Black Diamond"	Paul Stanley	2:40

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Unsatisfied"	Westerberg	4:01
8.	"Seen Your Video"	Westerberg	3:08
9.	"Gary's Got a Boner"	Westerberg, Stinson, Stinson, Mars, Ted Nugent	2:28
10.	"Sixteen Blue"	Westerberg	4:24
11.	"Answering Machine"	Westerberg	3:40

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be_(The_Replacements_album)

Golf's verdict: Not at all what I was expecting (Devo-like weirdness - I think I must have mistaken them for The Residents), but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Relatively straightforward, tuneful post-punk American guitar rock.

Maire's verdict: Okay but no more than that.