The Blues Project

Danny Kalb & Stefan Grossman ♦ Tommy Flanders

Back-up band (uncredited) for UK only release (12/65) for Phil Ochs' "electric" version of I Ain't Marchin' Anymore

Back Door Man³ / Violets Of Dawn Dixon (2:33) / Andersen (2:55) Verve/Forecast 5004, 1/66

	Live At The Cafe Au-Go-Go
	Verve/Forecast FTS-3000
	4/66 BB [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   Village Voice (11/25/65) Ad

Side One
Goin' Down Louisiana	Morganfield	4:03
You Go, I'll Go With You	Dixon	3:45
Catch The Wind	Leitch	3:04
I Want To Be Your Driver	Berry	2:23
Alberta	arr Kooper	4:10
The Way My Baby Walks	Kulberg	3:10
Side Two
Violets Of Dawn	Andersen	2:55
Back Door Man	Dixon	3:16
Jelly Jelly Blues	Eckstine-Hines	4:45
Spoonful	Dixon	4:58
Who Do You Love?	McDaniel	5:30

Note: Recorded during the Blues Bag four-day concert on the evenings of November 24-27, 1965 at the Cafe Au Go Go in New York City
Tommy Flanders had left the band before this album was released.
 

Catch The Wind / I Want To Be Your Driver Leitch (3:05)/ Berry (2:28) Verve/Forecast 5013, 5/66

What do Sun Ra & The Blues Project have in common  ?? 

Where There's Smoke, There's Fire¹ / Goin' Down Louisiana Brass-Kooper-Levine (2:27) / Morganfield (4:04) Verve/Forecast 5019, 7/66

Newport Folk Festival(7/24/66)

 ➜ Live: 9/66, The Matrix, SF; released 2014: Live At The Matrix September 1966 

	Projections
	Verve/Forecast FTS-3008
	11/66 BB [UK: 3/68]
	Back Cover

Side One
I Can't Keep From Crying, Sometimes	arr Kooper	4:25
Steve's Song	Katz	4:55
You Can't Catch Me	Berry	4:14
Two Trains Running	Morganfield	11:20
Side Two
Wake Me, Shake Me	arr Kooper	5:15
Cheryl's Goin' Home	Lind	2:35
Flute Thing	Kooper	5:58
Caress Me Baby	Reed	7:12
Fly Away	Kooper	3:30

Note: Steve's Song should be titled September Fifth, but there was a lack of communication when printing time came about.
 

I Can't Keep From Crying, Sometimes³ / The Way My Baby Walks Kooper (2:39) / Kulberg (3:10) Verve/Forecast 5032, 11/66

No Time Like The Right Time¹ / Steve's Song³ Kooper (2:40) / Katz (3:20) Verve/Forecast 5040, 3/67 BB

Murray The K's Music In The Fifth Dimension, 3/25-4/2/67

Kooper & Katz quit to form Blood, Sweat & Tears

Monterey International Pop Festival(6/18/67)

Newport Jazz Festival(7/2/67)

	Live At Town Hall
	Verve/Forecast FTS-3025
	9/67 BB [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Introduction / (Electric) Flute Thing†	Kooper	10:25
I Can't Keep From Crying, Sometimes‡	Kooper	5:33
Mean Old Southern	arr Kooper	2:36
Side Two
No Time Like The Right Time	Kooper	2:48
Love Will Endure	Sky	2:22
Where There's Smoke, There's Fire	Brass-Kooper-Levine	2:27
Wake Me, Shake Me‡	Kooper	9:21

Note: †Town Hall (5/5/67) and ‡Stony Brook University (11/19/66); the other tracks are studio recordngs with audience dubbed in
 

Gentle Dreams¹ / Lost In The Shuffle¹ Katz-Kulberg (2:40) / McDuffy-O'Brien (2:57) Verve/Forecast 5063, 9/67

Friday Night City¹ / Reputation¹ Flanders (2:25) / Hardin (4:35) Verve/Forecast 5064, 9/67 Frank Zappa plays guitar on both sides

Danny Kalb quits for awhile
 

	Planned Obsolescence
	Verve/Forecast FTS-3046
	12/68 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody	Clark	4:31
Calypso	Kulberg-Roberts	3:41
Frank 'N' Curt: Incensed	Gregory	3:26
Turtle Dove	arr Kulberg	3:24
Mojo Hannah	Williams-Paul-Paul	3:26
Side Two
Niartaes Hornpipe	Gregory	2:09
Endless Sleep	Reynolds-Mance	3:53
She Raised Her Hand	Kulberg-Roberts	3:39
Dakota Recollection	Greene-Gregory-Kalb-Kretmar-Kulberg	12:32

Note: More accurately, this is a Sea Train album, but due to legal issues, had to release under The Blues Project name.
Follow the Sea Train story here.
 

The Best Of The Blues ProjectThe Best Of The Blues Project Verve Forecast FTS-3077, 4/69 [UK: N/R] no unique tracks

	Crosscurrents
	Cotillion 9007
	5/69
	Back Cover

Side One
Devil Round The Moon†	Grossman	4:46
Singing Songs Unsung†	Grossman	2:22
Louise, Louise	McGhee	3:12
Harvest Of Your Days†	Grossman	3:53
Requiem For Patrick Kilroy	Grossman	6:06
Side Two
Eagles On The Half†	Grossman	3:16
Death Letter Blues†	arr Kalb	4:40
Crow Black Squall†	Grossman	4:26
Woman Dear	Grossman	3:10
Danish Drone	Grossman	2:14

	The Moonstone
	Verve/Forecast FTS-3075
	10/69 [UK: 2/70]
	Back Cover

Side One
Since You've Been Gone	Flanders	2:33
Blue Water Blue	Flanders	3:02
Morning Misty Eyes	Flanders-Meckler	3:15
A Detective Story	Flanders	3:50
Purple And Blue	Flanders	2:40
The Moonstone	Flanders	4:32
Side Two
By The Mailbox We Stood	Flanders	3:12
Angel Of Mercy	Flanders	3:40
Boston Girls	Flanders	3:05
Sleepin'	Flanders	3:49
She's My Love	Flanders	4:55

The Moonstone / Between Purple And Blue Flanders (4:32) / Flanders (2:40) Verve/Forecast 3075, 10/69

	Lazarus
	Capitol SM-872
	9/71 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
It's Alright	Johnson-Turner	3:16
Personal Mercy	Blumenfeld	4:02
Black Night	Traditional	5:40
Vision Of Flowers	Kalb	3:16
Yellow Cab	Hardin	2:49
Side Two
Lazarus	Traditional	8:58
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man	Berry	3:16
Reachings	Kalb	2:54
Midnight Rain	Blumenfeld	2:39
So Far So Near	Kretmar	2:52

Note: Two originals get together one last time. No magic this time around.
 

	Reunion In Central Park
	Sounds Of The South MCA2-8003
	11/73 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover   Inner Sleeve   Inner Sleeve

Side One
Introduction: Ron Delsener	-	0:37
Louisiana Blues	Morganfield	3:38
Steves Song	Katz	3:34
Introduction: Al And Andy	-	0:42
I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes	Kooper	5:26
Side Two
You Can't Catch Me†	Berry	4:13
Introduction: Al	-	0:55
Fly Away†	Kooper	3:28
Caress Me Baby	Reed	7:36
Side Three
Introduction: Andy	-	0:35
Catch The Wind	Leitch	4:22
(I Heard Her Say) Wake Me Shake Me	arr Kooper	9:11
Side Four
Introduction: Danny Kalb	-	1:00
Two Trains Running†	Morganfield	13:30

Note: Recorded Live at the Schaffer Festival in Central Park, New York on June 24th, 1973 [not really]
Inner sleeves has pictures of the group from earlier days and the concert (see notes)
 

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