Stevie Ray Vaughan — Couldn't Stand The Weather [Vinyl LP · Music On Vinyl 180g]

Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble — Couldn't Stand The Weather [2× Vinyl LP · 180g · Music On Vinyl]

Details

• Format: Vinyl 2xLP, 180g
• Catalogue Number: MOVLP190
• Barcode: 8713748980603
• Genre: Blues / Blues Rock
• Label: Music On Vinyl / Epic / Sony
• Originally Released: 15 May 1984
• Released:  June 21, 2019
• Pressing: 180g audiophile 2×LP reissue on Music On Vinyl, expanded with bonus tracks, pressed at Record Industry in the Netherlands
• Condition: New & Sealed

Description

Couldn't Stand The Weather was Stevie Ray Vaughan's second studio album with Double Trouble, released in May 1984 on the back of the runaway success of Texas Flood. Where the debut had been cut in three days and released almost as an accident, this record was a deliberate step up — bigger production, wider stylistic range, and the full weight of a major label behind it. It went double platinum, made the US top 40, and cemented Vaughan's reputation as the most important blues guitarist of his generation.

The record moves from the hard shuffle of Scuttle Buttin' into the title track's swampy slow-burn; a note-for-note tribute to Jimi Hendrix on Voodoo Chile (Slight Return); the jazz-inflected instrumental Stang's Swang; and a guest turn from brother Jimmie Vaughan on the T-Bone Walker blues The Things (That) I Used To Do. Four decades later it still sounds direct, unforced and entirely alive.

This 180g 2×LP reissue on Music On Vinyl spreads the album plus bonus material across four sides, pressed by Record Industry in the Netherlands. Licensed from Sony / Epic.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Scuttle Buttin'
2. Couldn't Stand The Weather
3. The Things (That) I Used To Do

Side B

1. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
2. Cold Shot
3. Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Town)

Side C

1. Honey Bee
2. Stang's Swang
3. Hide Away (bonus)

Side D

1. Look At Little Sister (bonus)
2. Give Me Back My Wig (bonus)
3. Come On (Part III) (bonus)

Credits

• Stevie Ray Vaughan — Lead Vocals, Guitars
• Tommy Shannon — Bass
• Chris Layton — Drums
• Reese Wynans — Keyboards (later sessions)
• Jimmie Vaughan — Guitar ("The Things I Used To Do")
• Stanley Clarke — Bass ("Stang's Swang")
• Stan Harrison — Saxophone ("Stang's Swang")
• Produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble, Richard Mullen and Jim Capfer
• Reissue on Music On Vinyl, pressed at Record Industry, Netherlands