For the first time ever on CD, Raven brings together two landmark albums by veteran blues master JOHN HAMMOND - Source Point (1971) and I'm Satisfied (1972). Originally recorded for Columbia, these two albums are the missing links in a career charted by a series of popular recordings for Vanguard and Atlantic. Hammond began his career on the New York coffeehouse scene at the beginning of the first blues renaissance of the early '60s, and these albums confirm his status as one of the finest interpreters of Chicago blues. These recordings show Hammond as a more than capable band leader playing electric as well as acoustic guitar on some of the best Chicago style electric blues ever recorded. Source Point drives bitterly hard and unforgiving with Hammond tackling blues standards by Little Walter ('Tell Me Mama'), Muddy Waters ('She Moves Me'), Slim Harpo ('I Got Love If You Want It'), Howlin' Wolf ('No Place to Go') and Willie Dixon ('Mellow Down Easy'). I'm Satisfied forges a more pensive and measured atmosphere with songs by the record's producer Delaney Bramlett ('I'm Satisfied', 'I'm Gonna Leave'), Robert Johnson ('From Four Until Late') and Blind Willie McTell ('Mama 'Tain't Long Fo' Day'). 'Last Night' and 'Rock Me Baby', the two bonus tracks from Triumvirate - Dr. John, Mike Bloomfield and Hammond - highlight the distinguished company he played with, the fine articulation of his voice and superlative blues guitar licks.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

Source Point

1. I Got Love If You Want It
2. Hoo-Doo Blues
3. Mellow Down Easy
4. Takin' Care Of Business
5. She Moves Me
6. Let's Go Home
7. Tell Me Mama
8. No Place To Go
9. My First Plea
10. Junco Partner (P.D.)
11. As The Years Go Passing By

I'm Satisfied

1. Outside Your Door
2. If You Ever Need A Man
3. Man In The Road
4. Mama 'tain't Long Fo' Day
5. Farther Up The Road
6. I'm Satisfied
7. If You Got The Feelin'
8. Ride Till I Die (Jockey Blues)
9. I'm Gonna Leave
10. From Four Until Late

Bonus Tracks From Mike Bloomfield John Paul Hammond Dr. John - Triumvirate

1. Last Night
2. Rock Me Baby