Hallelujah (album) explained

Hallelujah
Type:	album
Artist:	Canned Heat
Cover:	Hallelujah_-_Canned_Heat.jpg
Released:	July 8, 1969
Recorded:	May 1969
Studio:	I.D. Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Genre:	Blues
Length:	38:04
Label:	Liberty
Producer:	Skip Taylor
Prev Title:	Living the Blues
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Future Blues
Next Year:	1970

Hallelujah is the fourth album by Canned Heat, released in 1969. It was re-released on CD in 2001 by MAM productions with four bonus tracks. It was the last album to feature classic lineup mark 1, as Vestine left the band prior to Future Blues.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Same All Over" (Canned Heat) – 2:51
   • Bob Hite - lead vocals
   • Alan Wilson - guitar
   • Henry Vestine - guitar
   • Larry Taylor - bass
   • Fito De la Parra - drums
   • Elliot Ingber - backing vocals
   • Javier Batise- backing vocals
   • Skip Diamond - backing vocals
   • Ernest Lane - organ, piano
2. "Change My Ways" (Alan Wilson) – 2:47
   • Alan Wilson - lead vocals, whistling, guitar
   • Henry Vestine - guitar
   • Larry Taylor - bass
   • Fito De la Parra - drums
3. "Canned Heat" (Robert Hite, Jr. – actually by Tommy Johnson) – 4:22
   • Bob Hite - lead vocals
   • Alan Wilson - guitar
   • Henry Vestine - guitar
   • Larry Taylor - bass
   • Fito De la Parra - drums
4. "Sic 'em Pigs" (Robert Hite, Jr.; Booker T. White) – 2:41
   • Bob Hite - lead vocals
   • Alan Wilson - guitar
   • Henry Vestine - guitar
   • Larry Taylor - bass, backing vocals
   • Fito De la Parra - drums
5. "I'm Her Man" (A. Leigh – actually by Bob Hite^[1]) – 2:55
   • Bob Hite - lead vocals
   • Alan Wilson - guitar, harmonica
   • Henry Vestine - guitar
   • Larry Taylor - bass
   • Fito De la Parra - drums
   • Mark Naftalin - organ, piano
6. "Time Was" (Alan Wilson) – 3:21
   • Alan Wilson - guitar, lead vocals
   • Henry Vestine - guitar
   • Larry Taylor - bass
   • Fito De la Parra - drums

Side Two

1. "Do Not Enter" (Alan Wilson) – 2:50
   • Alan Wilson - guitar, lead vocals, harmonica
   • Larry Taylor - bass
   • Fito De la Parra - drums
2. "Big Fat (The Fat Man)" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino; adapted by Robert Hite, Jr.) – 1:57
   • Bob Hite - lead vocals, harmonica
   • Alan Wilson - guitar
   • Henry Vestine - guitar
   • Larry Taylor - bass
   • Fito De la Parra - drums
3. "Huautla" (V. Wolf – actually by Fito de la Parra^[2]) – 3:33
   • Alan Wilson - harmonica
   • Henry Vestine - guitar
   • Larry Taylor - bass
   • Fito De la Parra - drums
   • Mike Pacheco - bongos, congas
4. "Get Off My Back" (Alan Wilson) – 5:10
   • Alan Wilson - guitar, lead vocals
   • Henry Vestine - guitar
   • Larry Taylor - bass
   • Fito De la Parra - drums
5. "Down in the Gutter, But Free" (Canned Heat) – 5:37
   • Bob Hite - lead vocals
   • Alan Wilson - harmonica
   • Henry Vestine - bass
   • Larry Taylor - guitar
   • Fito De la Parra - drums
   • Skip Diamond - backing vocals
   • Elliot Ingber - backing vocals
   • Mark Naftalin - organ, piano

Bonus tracks from 2001 CD release

1. "Time Was" – Single Version (Wilson) – 2:34
2. "Low Down" (Canned Heat) – 2:30
3. "Poor Moon" (Wilson) – 2:43
4. "Sic 'em Pigs" – Single Version (Hite, White) – 1:54

Personnel

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Canned Heat

• Bob Hite – vocals, harmonica (on track 8)
• Alan Wilson – slide guitar, vocals, harmonica, whistling (on track 2)
• Henry Vestine – lead guitar, public service announcement (on track 4), bass (on track 11)
• Larry Taylor – bass, guitar (on track 11)
• Fito de la Parra – drums

Additional Personnel

• Ernest Lane – piano (on track 1)
• Mark Naftalin – organ, piano (on tracks 5, 11)
• Javier Batiz – group vocals (on track 1)
• Skip Diamond – group vocals (on tracks 1, 11)
• Elliot Ingber – group vocals (on tracks 1, 11)
• Mike Pacheco – bongos and congas (on track 9)

Production

• Produced by Skip Taylor and Canned Heat
• Engineered by Richard Joseph Moore
• Recorded at I. D. Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
  January, February, March, April, and May, 1969

References

1. Fito de la Parra, Living The Blues.(2000)
2. Fito de la Parra, Living The Blues.(2000)
3. LP Liberty LST-7618

• Fito De La Parra, Living The Blues. Canned Heat's story of Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival (2000)