''West Side Soul'' is the debut studio album by

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musician

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. Released by

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in 1968, it is often cited as one of the key modern

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albums. The album includes a re-recording of Magic Sam's first

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single, "All Your Love" (1957), and an updated "

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", which became a popular blues anthem.

Critical reception

In an album review for

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gave the album five out of five stars and commented: In 1984, ''West Side Soul'' was inducted into the

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as a classic of blues recording. Blues historian

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wrote in the induction statement:

Track listing

Side A # "That's All I Need" – 3:40 # "I Need You So Bad" – 4:51 # "I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie)" – 4:36 # "All of Your Love" – 3:43 # "I Don't Want No Woman" – 3:38 Side B # "

" – 4:11 # "I Found a New Love" – 4:03 # "Every Night and Every Day" – 2:19 # "Lookin' Good" nstrumental– 3:11 # "My Love Will Never Die" – 4:04 # "Mama Talk to Your Daughter"

J.B. Lenoir J. B. Lenoir ( '; March 5, 1929 – April 29, 1967) was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the Chicago blues scene in the 1950s and 1960s. Life and career Lenoir was born in Monticello, Mississippi. His full given ...

wrote and recorded "Mama Talk to Your Daughter" in 1954. – 2:40

Personnel

Musicians *

– vocals, guitar * Mighty Joe Young – guitar * Stockholm Slim – piano * Earnest Johnson – bass, except tracks 1, 3, 8 * Odie Payne – drums, except tracks 1, 3, 8 * Mac Thompson – bass on tracks 1, 3, 8 * Odie Payne, III – drums on tracks 1, 3, 8 Production *Recorded – July 12 and October 25, 1967 *Album production and supervision – Robert G. Koester *Recording – Stu Black, Sound Studios

References

{{Authority control 1967 debut albums Magic Sam albums Albums produced by Bob Koester Delmark Records albums