CANNED HEAT
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Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson's 1928 "Canned Heat Blues", a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, generically called "canned heat". After appearances at Monterey and Woodstock, at the end of the 1960s the band acquired worldwide fame with a lineup consisting of Bob Hite, vocals, Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, guitar, harmonica and vocals, Henry Vestine (or Harvey Mandel) on lead guitar, Larry Taylor on bass, and Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra on drums. Two of their songs - "Going Up the Country" and "On the Road Again" - became international hits; both were re-workings of obscure blues. At the time all their albums were released for worldwide distribution. The eccentric Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, who had always suffered from depression, was said by some to have attempted suicide by driving his van off the road near Bob Hite's home in Topanga Canyon. On September 3, 1970, Wilson died at the age of 27, just weeks before the deaths of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. On April 5, 1981, having collapsed from a heroin overdose during a show at the Palomino in Los Angeles, Bob Hite was later found dead in de la Parra's Mar Vista home at the age of 38. The death of frontman Bob "The Bear" Hite was a devastating blow that most thought would end the career of Canned Heat; however Fito de la Parra kept the band alive and would lead it back into prosperity over the next few decades. This first incarnation of Canned Heat without Bob Hite was nicknamed the "Mouth Band" by Henry Vestine and was a huge hit in Australia, especially with the biker crowd. On October 20, 1997, a tired and cancer stricken Henry Vestine died in Paris, France following the final gig of a European tour. Canned Heat's popularity has endured in some European countries and Australia. In Belgium they have a particularly devoted following thanks in great part to Walter de Paduwa, aka Dr. Boogie, considered by the band as their "official historian". Other more recent deaths of band members included Bob Hite's brother, bassist Richard Hite, who died at the age of 50 on September 22nd, 2001 due to complications with cancer. Also former bassist Antonio De La Barreda died of a heart attack on February 19, 2009. From late 2008 to the Spring of 2010 did the lineup include Dale Spalding ,Barry Levenson, Greg Kage, and classic lineup hold-over and band leader Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra on drums. Harvey Mandel and Larry Taylor toured with Canned Heat during the summer of 2009 on the Heroes of Woodstock Tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. In 2010 Taylor and Mandel officially replaced Kage and Levenson. The current touring band thus consists of Dale Spalding, "Fito" de la Parra, Larry Taylor and Harvey Mandel.
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Christmas Blues
The Chipmunk Song
France
Liberty LIF 56079
Value: 20 €
Dimples / Can't Hold On Much Longer
Rollin' And Tumblin' / Got My Mojo Working
Portugal
Tecla TI 10043
Value: 45 €
Evil Woman
Amphetamine Annie
Japan
Liberty LR-2292
Value: 40 €
Future Blues
Going Up The Country
Belgium
Liberty 4C006-91821
Value: 15 €
Future Blues
The Skat
France
Liberty LBF 15395
Value: 10 €
Future Blues
The Skat
Germany
Liberty 13395
Value: 10 €
Going Up The Country
Brazil
Libert FCD-450601
Value: 15 €
Going Up The Country
One Kind Favour
Denmark
Liberty 15169 A
Value: 20 €
Going Up The Country
One Kind Favour
France
Liberty LIF 56077
Value: 10 €
Going Up The Country
Let's Work Together
France
Liberty 15381
Value: 25 €
Going Up The Country
One Kind Favour
Germany
Liberty 15169 A
Value: 10 €
Going Up The Country
One Kind Favour
Holland
Liberty LIB 56077
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Going Up The Country
One Kind Favour
Italy
Liberty LIB 9035
Value: 10 €
Going Up The Country
One Kind Favour
Japan
Liberty LR-2170
Value: 20 €
Going Up The Country
One Kind Favour
Norway
Liberty LIB 56077
Value: 20 €
Going Up The Country
One Kind Favour
Spain
Liberty H 418
Value: 10 €
Going Up The Country
One Kind Favour
Sweden
Liberty LIB 56077
Value: 30 €
Going Up The Country
One Kind Favour
USA
Liberty 56077
Value: 10 €
Going Up The Country / One Kind Favour
On The Road Again / Boogie Music
Brazil
RCA Victor FCD
Value: 15 €
Going Up The Country / One Kind Favour
On The Road Again / Boogie Music
Portugal
Liberty EP-27-22
Value: 25 €
Going Up The Country / Time Was
Poor Moon / Low Down
Australia
Liberty LYX-11.673
Value: 25 €
Got My Mojo Working
Straight Ahead
Germany
Bellaphon BO 103
Value: 10 €
Harley Davidson Blues
You Can Run, But You Sure Can't Hide
France
United Artists UP 35545
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Let's Make It
Whiskey And Wimmen
France
United Artists UA 50779
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Let's Make It
Whiskey And Wimmen
Germany
Liberty 15463
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Let's Make It
Whiskey And Wimmen
Japan
Liberty LR-2825
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Let's Make It
Whiskey And Wimmen
Portugal
United Artists N-14-29
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Let's Work Together
I'm Her Man
Denmark
Liberty LIB 56151
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Let's Work Together
I'm Her Man
France
Liberty 2C006-90980
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Let's Work Together
I'm Her Man
Germany
Liberty 15302
Value: 5 €
Let's Work Together
On The Road Again
Israel
Liberty 15002
Value: 30 €
Let's Work Together
I'm Her Man
Israel
Liberty 15002
Value: 20 €
Let's Work Together
I'm Her Man
Italy
Liberty LIB 9061
Value: 10 €
Let's Work Together
I'm Her Man
Italy
Liberty LIB 9061
Value: 15 €
Let's Work Together
I'm Her Man
Norway
Liberty 7E006-90980 M
Value: 25 €
Let's Work Together
I'm Her Man
Portugal
Liberty N-32-30
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Let's Work Together
I'm Her Man
Spain
Liberty H 566
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Let's Work Together
I'm Her Man
Sweden
Liberty LBF 15302
Value: 15 €
Let's Work Together
UK
Liberty
Value: 5 €
Let's Work Together / I'm Her Man
Going Up The Country / Boogie Music
Singapore
Liberty LES-45028
Value: 15 €
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