Golden Butter / The Best Of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Artist
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Label
- Elektra
- Catalog number
- 2EKS-2005
- Format
- LP · Compilation · Reissue
- Country
- New Zealand
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- Rock
What’s on it
Golden Butter / The Best Of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band has 18 tracks, about 1:20:29 of music. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
A1Born In Chicago
- Written-By
- Nick Gravenites
A2Shake Your Money-Maker
- Adapted By
- Paul Butterfield
A3Mellow Down Easy
- Written-By
- Willie Dixon
A4Our Love Is Drifting
- Written-By
- Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield
- A5Mystery Train
A6Look Over Yonders Wall
- Written-By
- James Clark (2)
B1East-West
- Written-By
- Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
- B2Walkin' Blues
B3Get Out Of My Life, Woman
- Written-By
- Allen Toussaint
B4Mary, Mary
- Written-By
- Michael Nesmith
C1Spoonful
- Written-By
- Willie Dixon
- C2One More Mile
C3One More Heartache
- Written-By
- Marvin Tarplin, Robert Rogers, Ronald White, Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore
C4Last Hope's Gone
- Written-By
- David Sanborn, Jim Hayne, Paul Butterfield
C5In My Own Dream
- Written-By
- Paul Butterfield
D1Love March
- Written-By
- Gene Dinwiddie, Phillip Wilson
D2Driftin' And Driftin'
- Written-By
- Charles Brown, Eddie Williams (3), Johnny Moore (2)
D3Blind Leading The Blind
- Written-By
- Andy Edlen, Paul Butterfield
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Where it came from
Released in 1972 as a double-LP compilation, Golden Butter served as a retrospective of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, a pivotal ensemble that helped bridge the gap between traditional Chicago blues and the burgeoning rock scene of the 1960s. Compiled by Elektra Records, the album gathers key tracks from the band’s influential early studio records, capturing their transition from a raw, harp-driven blues outfit into a sophisticated group that integrated jazz-inflected arrangements and extended improvisational structures.
The album's design and curation reflected Elektra’s commitment to documenting the band's evolution for a wider audience during the early 1970s. By selecting defining tracks from their first four albums, the set aimed to preserve the legacy of Paul Butterfield’s virtuosic harmonica playing and Mike Bloomfield’s searing guitar work. It received critical acclaim for providing a comprehensive overview of the group’s impact on American music, solidifying their reputation as one of the most important interracial bands of the era.
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