Legacy Recordings Releasing 30th Anniversary Edition Of Texas
Flood, The Album Debut Of Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble,
Featuring Previously Unreleased Philadelphia Live Set From 1983
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy Recordings,
the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announces the
release of an expanded two-disc 30th anniversary edition of
Texas Flood, the electrifying debut album by the
American blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble,
available everywhere Tuesday, January 29,
2013.
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A live sensation on the Austin,
Texas club circuit since the late 1970s, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble--Stevie
Ray (guitar, vocals), Tommy Shannon
(bass) and Chris "Whipper" Layton (drums)--turned in a particularly
memorable show at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1982, catching the ears of
David Bowie (who enlisted
Stevie Ray for his Let's Dance
album) and Jackson Browne (who
offered the band free use of his Los
Angeles recording studio). Accepting the offer,
Stevie Ray and Double Trouble
recorded several tracks over a whirlwind three days (with day one
mainly devoted to setting up equipment) with the resultant tracks
grabbing the attention of legendary record producer John Hammond, who'd discovered and signed Bob
Dylan, Count Basie, Billie Holiday,
Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Benny
Goodman, Aretha Franklin and
many others. Hammond brought Stevie
Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble to Epic Records, which
released the remastered tracks as Texas Flood in
1983.
Executive produced by John
Hammond, the original Texas Flood album was
produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton and engineer Richard Mullen. The Legacy Edition of
Texas Flood is produced by Gregg Geller (who, as head of Epic's A&R
1983, signed Stevie Ray Vaughan and
Double Trouble to the label).
An immediate and surprising success, Texas Flood
peaked at #38 on the Billboard 200 while "Pride and Joy" shot up to
#20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album's title
track was nominated for a Best Traditional Blues Performance Grammy
while "Rude Mood" grabbed a Grammy nom for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance. The album has sold more than 2 million copies
since its original release.
Originally released on Epic Records on June 13, 1983, Texas Flood, an
unapologetic apotheosis of electric blues supercharged for a
post-disco post-punk pop world, introduced audiences to a
soul-filled sound that existed outside both the mainstream and
underground tastes of its era. The album opened the gates of a
fiery blues resurgence with Stevie Ray
Vaughan signature compositions like "Pride and Joy" and
"Love Struck Baby" flowing naturally
alongside covers of deep blues and R&B standards by Howlin'
Wolf, the Isley Brothers, Buddy Guy
and Larry Davis.
Disc One of the 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition
of Texas Flood includes the original album in
its entirety with the bonus track "Tin Pan Alley" (aka "Roughest
Place in Town").
Disc Two of the newly expanded Texas Flood will
premiere a previously unavailable hour's long set of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble live at
Ripley's Music Hall in Philadelphia. Recorded on October 20, 1983 for a WMMR broadcast, the
extraordinary Ripley's performance finds Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble coming
straight out of the gun already at an undeniable peak of their
formidible powers.
Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble - Texas
Flood
(2 CD 30th Anniversary Legacy
Edition)
Disc One - Texas Flood
Love Struck Baby
Pride and Joy
Texas Flood
Tell Me
Testify
Rude Mood
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Dirty Pool
I'm Cryin'
Lenny
Bonus track:
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town)
Executive Producer: John
Hammond
Produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Richard Mullen and Double
Trouble
Disc Two - Live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, October
20, 1983
Testify
So Excited
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Pride and Joy
Texas Flood
Love Struck Baby
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town)
Little Wing/Third Stone From The Sun
Previously unreleased
The 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition of Texas Flood
includes extensive liner notes by noted music historian
Ashley Kahn (A Love Supreme: The
Story of John Coltrane's Signature
Album; Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis
Masterpiece). In his notes, Kahn writes, "The story of
Texas Flood—more than any other recording by the
guitarist—is the story of Stevie
Ray. The album stands closest to his personal roots, roots
that grew from a loamy mix of deep Southern blues, Texas R&B,
and white-boy rock 'n' roll. It echoes his earliest triumphs
as a guitarist, and serves as the triumphant finish-line to a
ten-year run of hustling and scuffling that began in 1973, when the
Dallas-born, 18-year old left home
for the Austin music
scene."
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