Toward the Blues explained

Toward the Blues
Type:	Album
Artist:	Chain
Cover:	Toward the Blues.jpg
Released:	1971
Studio:	T.C.S. Studios (Melbourne)
Genre:	Blues
Length:	42:38
Label:	Infinity Records
Producer:	Chain and John Sayers
Prev Title:	Chain Live
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Live Again
Next Year:	1972

Toward the Blues is a studio album by the Australian blues band Chain that reached No. 6 on the Kent Music Report albums chart.^[1] It is listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums (2010).^[2]

The 30th anniversary edition (September 2001) of the album added an 's' to the word Toward of the album title, Towards the Blues.

Track listing

All songs written by Phil Manning, Barry Harvey, Barry Sullivan and Matt Taylor; except where noted.

Original edition

1. "32/20" (Robert Johnson, Traditional arranged by Chain)
2. "Snatch It Back and Hold It" (Junior Wells)
3. "Boogie"
4. "Booze Is Bad News Blues"
5. "Albert Gooses Gonna Turn the Blues Loose"
6. "Black and Blue"

30th anniversary edition

1. "Black and Blue" (single version)
2. "Judgement"
3. "Blow in D"
4. "Thirty Two Twenty Blues" (Robert Johnson, Traditional arranged by Chain)
5. "Snatch It Back and Hold It" (Junior Wells)
6. "Boogie"
7. "Booze Is Bad News Blues"
8. "Albert Gooses Gonna Turn the Blues"
9. "Black and Blue" (original album version)

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David . . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book . . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 .
2. Book: . O'Donnell . John . John O'Donnell (music journalist) . Creswell . Toby . Toby Creswell . Mathieson . Craig . Craig Mathieson . Hardie Grant Books . October 2010 . . 978-1-74066-955-9 .