Losing Game

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Losing Game
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Studio album by
Lonnie Johnson
Released1961
RecordedDecember 28, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Blues
Length35:33
Label Bluesville
BVLP 1024
Producer Esmond Edwards
Lonnie Johnson chronology
Blues & Ballads
(1960)		Losing Game
(1961)		 Idle Hours
(1961)

Losing Game is an album by blues musician Lonnie Johnson, recorded in 1961 and released on the Bluesville label. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl wrote that "this 1960 set is a typically gorgeous solo outing that ranges from torchy standards of the Tin Pan Alley species to bluesier pursuits of his own creation". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lonnie Johnson except where noted

  1. "New Orleans Blues" – 2:24
  2. "My Little Kitten Susie" – 2:38
  3. "Evil Woman" – 2:30
  4. "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" (María Grever, Stanley Adams) – 2:29
  5. "Moanin' Blues" – 3:59
  6. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:27
  7. "Lines in My Face" – 2:50
  8. "Losing Game" – 1:52
  9. "New Year's Blues" – 2:17
  10. "Slow and Easy" – 4:18
  11. "Four Walls and Me" – 3:45
  12. "You Won't Let Me Go" (Buddy Johnson) – 3:04

Personnel

Performance

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed October 30, 2018
  2. ↑ Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed October 30, 2018
  3. ↑ Wirz' American Music: Lonnie Johnson discography accessed October 30, 2018
  4. 1 2 "Losing Game - Lonnie Johnson | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 323. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  6. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 375–376.
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