CANNED HEAT Dog House Blues Vinyl Picture Disc LP Germany 1982 NEW

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Featuring the final recordings with Bob Hite alongside new members, "Kings Of The Boogie" (it's original title) is clearly a transitional album. Many felt Canned Heat just couldn't possibly carry on with the same importance and vitality without Hite, and this release did little to dispel those notions. Not because it's a weak album, it's absolutely not; it's because of the emotion tied to the late Hite. Newcomers to the Heat will probably feel the Hite-involved cuts are a notch below the other ones, but to the hardcore longtime fans such an opinion would be considered blasphemy. And this album didn't reach many new fans due to crap distribution and basically played to the following who didn't pay much attention to the new members as they mourned Bob's untimely passing.
A shame, really, as this album is actually better than any of the preceding several Heat studio albums: it is a lot more energetic and vital and set a new standard for the ongoing Canned Heat. It would be a long seven years before the band would return with an all-new studio album, but in that time Fito and crew had won over the old fans and attracted droves of new ones to the boogie. Canned Heat not only survived, they got better. To this day "Kings Of The Boogie" or "Dog House Blues" (or whatever else it may be called) is still somewhat lost in the shuffle. But it's the sound of an enormously gifted band picking up the pieces and should not be ignored.
CONDITION: NEW. Heavy gauge plastic cover (PVC sleeve)
TRACK LISTING:
A1 Kings Of The Boogie Written-By – Adolfo De La Parra*, Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, F.M. Halby*, Raul E. Rodriguez* 3:00 A2 Stoned Bad Street Fighting Man Written-By – F.M. Halby* 3:24 A3 So Fine Written-By – Johnny Otis 3:10 A4 You Can't Get Close To Me Written-By – Adolfo De La Parra*, Henry Vestine, F.M. Halby*, Raul Rodriguez (3) 3:27 A5 Hell's Just Down The Road Written-By – Bob Hite, Henry Vestine 3:35 B1 I Was Wrong Written-By – Adolfo De La Parra*, F.M. Halby*, Raul Rodriguez (3), Richard W. Kellogg* 3:40 B2 Little Crystal Written-By – F.M. Halby* 4:14 B3 Dog House Blues Written-By – Gerald V. Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob (No. 1) Casale* 2:47 B4 Sleepy Hollow Baby Written-By – H.B. Deal*, F.M. Halby* 3:17 B5 Chicken Shack Written-By – Amos Milburn, Lola Cullum* 2:44
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