Butterfield Blues Band patrila medzi priekopníkov elektrického chicagského blues v americkom rocku. Zakladateľ Paul Butterfield (1942–1987) bol jedným z prvých bielych harmonikárov, ktorí sa venovali blues, a hudobne vyrastal v Chicagu pod vplyvom stretnutia s Muddy Watersom. Skupina vznikla v roku 1963 a svojím prvým albumom vrátane skladby „Born In Chicago“ ovplyvnila desiatky ďalších kapiel.
Album The Original Lost Elektra Sessions (RSD2022) na troch čiernych vinyloch prináša pôvodne stratené štúdiové nahrávky z rokov 1964–1966. Vydané v roku 2022 ako limitovaná edícia 6.000 kópií k Record Store Day, zahŕňa 30 skladieb vrátane alternatívnych verzií, nevydaných inštrumentálok a demo nahrávok. Medzi zvýraznené tracky patria Born In Chicago, Spoonful, Mystery Train či Blues For Ruth. Materiál dokumentuje ranú energiu kapely počas formovania ich charakteristického elektricko-bluesového zvuku.
Skladby
LP1
1. Good Morning Little School Girl [02:22]
2. Just to Be with You [03:23]
3. Help Me [02:16]
4. Hate to See You Go [04:34]
5. Poor Boy [03:27]
6. Nut Popper #1 [02:25]
7. Everything's Gonna Be Alright [02:58]
8. Lovin' Cup [02:44]
9. Rock Me [02:52]
10. It Hurts Me Too [02:46]
11. Our Love Is Drifting (1997 Remaster) [03:33]
12. Take Me Back Baby [02:49]
13. Mellow Down Easy [03:05]
LP2
1. Ain't No Need to Go No Further [02:44]
2. Love Her with a Feeling [02:59]
3. Piney Brown Blues [02:14]
4. Spoonful [03:20]
5. That's All Right [03:14]
6. Goin' Down Slow [06:02]
7. Mellow Down Easy (Alternate Version Instrumental) [03:18]
8. Ain't No Need To Go Further (Alternate Version) [03:37]
9. Keep On Lovin' Me Baby (Unreleased Demo) [03:05]
10. Off The Wall (Alternate Version Instrumental) [03:25]
11. Blues With A Feeling (Alternate Version) [04:44]
LP3
1. Memory Pain (Unreleased Demo) [02:42]
2. Born In Chicago (Alternate Version) [03:33]
3. Nut Popper #1 (Alternate Version/First Take) [03:28]
4. One More Mile (Alternate Version) [03:33]
5. Love Her With A Feeling (Full length Version) [05:08]
6. Mystery Train (Alternate Version) [03:04]
7. Blues For Ruth (Unreleased Instrumental Jam) [05:46]
8. Love Song (Unreleased Instrumental) [07:22]
9. Danger Zone (Unreleased Demo) [04:07]
