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The title suggests that the record was recorded live. However, it consists of a studio recreation of a Carnegie Hall performance on one disc and a second disc that is identical to an LP released separately as The Best of Jimmy Reed. From the Acoustic Sounds website: Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall was the first blues album to truly cross over and influence a whole generation and continues to spread its influence today. Everyone from Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and countless others, were influenced by Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall. This album includes all of his greatest hits. Jimmy not only had hits on the R&B charts but also crossed over 11 times on Billboard’s Hot 100, unheard of for a blues musician. This is not a live recording. Rather, Jimmy Reed recorded in Carnegie Hall the same set list he had performed there just a night or two previously. Reviews: In several respects, this is a very strange album, though the music isn’t strange at all and is in fact quite typical vintage Jimmy Reed. First, despite what the title might lead you to believe, this is not a live recording; all 23 of the tracks were done in the studio. Not only that, they weren’t even performed at New York’s famed venue Carnegie Hall, although producer Calvin Carter would later claim they were; instead, everything was cut elsewhere. According to Pete Welding's notes to the record in the year (1961) the double LP was first issued, one-half is devoted to “recreations of some of Jimmy’s most celebrated and biggest-selling recordings,” while “the second LP here is Jimmy's celebratory recreation of his highly successful appearance at august Carnegie Hall this past May.” Even that doesn’t really clear up things, however, as it certainly seems as if in many if not all cases where songs were previously issued by Vee Jay on other Reed releases, the versions used here are identical. In some ways, it almost does make for a greatest-hits compilation, as it contains most of Reed’s most popular tunes — “Bright Lights, Big City,” “Big Boss Man,” “Honest I Do,” “Hush Hush,” “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby,” “Going to New York,” “Take Out Some Insurance,” “You Don’t Have to Go,” and “Baby, Want You Want Me to Do.” If this were the only Reed anthology in existence, it would serve as a pretty good overview of his highly accessible brand of R&B/blues. And as it was the best such thing available at its time of release, it was highly popular and influential, making the Top 50 at a time when few blues LPs charted. – Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com Analogue Productions’ cleanly pressed 45rpm version of Reed’s most famous release is not the first audiophile edition. But there’s magic lurking within these grooves that digital has never fully reproduced; the album has never sounded better. Reed’s lazy rhythmic sway, loose-limbed strumming, and unmannered singing fill the soundstage. Guitar timbres teem with purity, and there’s ample separation between Reed’s elementary harmonica solos and Earl Phillips’ rocking-chair percussion. While the album has never been a dynamic standout, it’s hard to imagine a future incarnation getting more from the music. – Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound Track Listing: Side One 01 – Bright Lights Big City 02 – I’m Mr. Luck 03 – What’s Wrong Baby 04 – Found Joy 05 – Kind Of Lonesome Side Two 06 – Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth 07 – Tell Me You Love Me 08 – Blue Carnegie 09 – I’m A Love You 10 – Hold Me Close 11 – Blue, Blue Water Side Three 12 – Baby What You Want Me To Do 13 – You Don’t Have To Go 14 – Hush-Hush 15 – Found Love 16 – Honest I Do 17 – You Got Me Dizzy Side Four 18 – Big Boss Man 19 – Take Out Some Insurance 20 – Boogie In The Dark 21 – Going To New York 22 – Ain’t That Lovin’ You, Baby 23 – The Sun Is Shining Musicians: Jimmy Reed – vocals, guitar, harmonica “Lefty” Bates – guitar Earl Phillips – drums, percussion Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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