Chicago/The Blues/Today!
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| Chicago/The Blues/Today! | |
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| Studio album by various artists | |
| Released | 1966 |
| Recorded | 1965 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Label | Vanguard |
| Producer | Samuel Charters |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [2] |
Chicago/The Blues/Today! is a series of three albums by various Chicago blues artists. It was recorded in late 1965 by Vanguard Records and released in 1966. It was remastered and released as a three-disc set in 1999.[1][3][4][5][6]
In 1965, Samuel Charters, working for Vanguard, asked nine different blues artists to come into the studio and record several songs each, so that he could produce a sampler of Chicago blues music. The albums made a significant impression on some now-well-known American and English rock musicians, who at the time had not had much exposure to electric blues.[1][3][4][5][6]
The artists featured on Chicago/The Blues/Today! are Junior Wells, J. B. Hutto, Otis Spann, James Cotton, Otis Rush, Homesick James, Johnny Young, Johnny Shines, and Big Walter Horton. Also contributing are other musicians such as Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon, and Floyd Jones.
