Live at Topanga Corral is a 1971 live album by Canned Heat. The album is taken from a 1968 concert at the Kaleidoscope in Hollywood, California and not at the Topanga Corral as the title suggests. Canned Heat was under contract to Liberty Records at the time and Liberty did not want to do a live album, so manager Skip Taylor told Liberty that the album had been recorded in 1966 & 1967 at the Topanga Corral and released the record with Wand Records to avoid legal complications.[2] The record has been bootlegged and reissued countless times, and is also known as Live at the Kaleidoscope.
| Live at Topanga Corral | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 at the Kaleidoscope in Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 46:37 | |||
| Label | Wand | |||
| Producer | Skip Taylor, Canned Heat | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
edit- "Bullfrog Blues" (Canned Heat) – 7:21
- "Sweet Sixteen" (Joe Josea, B.B. King) – 10:57
- "I'd Rather Be the Devil" (A. Leigh – actually Elmore James, Robert Johnson) – 5:10
- "Dust My Broom" (Elmore James, Robert Johnson) – 5:46
- "Wish You Would" (Billy Boy Arnold) – 8:03
- "When Things Go Wrong" (A. Leigh – actually Hudson Whittaker) – 9:08
Personnel
edit- Canned Heat
- Bob Hite – vocals
- Alan Wilson – slide guitar, vocals, harmonica
- Henry Vestine – lead guitar
- Larry Taylor – bass
- Fito de la Parra – drums
- Production
- "A Rainstory Production by Richard Moore and Michael O'Bryant" (as indicated on LP)[3]
- Skip Taylor and Canned Heat – actual Producers
Notes
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ de la Parra (2000), p.354.
- ^ LP Wand WDS 693
References
edit- de la Parra, Fito (2000). Living the Blues: Canned Heat's Story of Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival ISBN 0-9676449-0-9.