Gatemouth Moore
Great Rhythm & Blues Oldies Volume 7 - Gatemouth Moore

Listening notes

Blues Spectrum issued Great Rhythm & Blues Oldies Volume 7 - Gatemouth Moore as a vinyl release in 1977, catalog number BS 107. Credited to Gatemouth Moore, the LP is presented in the Blues, Chicago Blues, and Piano Blues genres. The title identifies it as Volume 7 in the Great Rhythm & Blues Oldies line. The program comprises ten tracks, sequenced evenly across two sides.

Side A gathers five titles: A1 I Ain’t Mad At You, Pretty Baby (3:09); A2 Did You Ever Love A Woman? (2:37); A3 Gate’s Christmas Blues (3:10); A4 My Mother Thinks I’m Something (3:31); and A5 Beale Street Ain’t Beale Street No More (5:56). The side opens with the concise A1 and builds to its longest cut at A5, which runs 5:56.

Side B continues with five selections: B1 Somebody Got To Go (3:22); B2 Boogie Woogie Papa (3:55); B3 Everybody Has Their Turn (3:19); B4 Were You Loving Me? (3:25); and B5 Goin’ Down Slow (3:46). The side’s timings are tightly grouped, each track under four minutes, and the album closes with B5 at 3:46.

Across the album, track durations range from 2:37 to 5:56. The sequencing places “I Ain’t Mad At You, Pretty Baby” at the start and “Goin’ Down Slow” at the end, with titles such as “Gate’s Christmas Blues,” “Boogie Woogie Papa,” and “Beale Street Ain’t Beale Street No More” anchoring the set. All information above reflects the release details as listed: artist Gatemouth Moore; title Great Rhythm & Blues Oldies Volume 7 - Gatemouth Moore; label Blues Spectrum; catalog number BS 107; year 1977; format vinyl; and the stated genre classifications of Blues, Chicago Blues, and Piano Blues.