George Smith (4)
Pick Your Choice

Listening notes

George Smith (4)’s Pick Your Choice is a 1983 vinyl release on Shoe Label, catalog number SL-1001. Filed under Blues, Electric Blues, and Harmonica Blues, the album presents eight tracks arranged across two sides in a conventional four-per-side sequence.

Side A comprises 17:31 of music by the provided timings: Stockholm Swing (4:15), Trouble, Trouble (4:40), Think I’ll Go Out Drinkin’ (3:19), and Baby Please (5:17). The side opens with the succinctly titled Stockholm Swing and closes with the longest cut on the side, Baby Please. Between them, the titles suggest a range of blues themes, from Trouble, Trouble to the more narrative-leaning Think I’ll Go Out Drinkin’, though only the titles and durations are available here.

Side B runs 19:47 by the listed times and opens with the album’s longest selection, Misty (8:10), followed by Bad Luck At My Door (4:40), Don’t Be Nobody’s Fool (3:47), and 52 Cards In A Deck (3:10). The placement of the extended Misty at B1 shapes the side’s profile, with the remaining three tracks clustered between just over three and under five minutes each.

Across the full LP, the provided durations total approximately 37:18. The A/B balance favors Side B by about 2:16, a distribution that fits comfortably within standard single-LP parameters of the period. The catalog entry identifies the work as a vinyl format issue; no additional formats are indicated here.

This listing reflects the known release data: artist George Smith (4), title Pick Your Choice, Shoe Label SL-1001, issued in 1983, with the track sequence and timings as noted. Beyond the genre classifications—Blues, Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues—no further claims are made here regarding personnel, recording details, reception, or other context. The information above is presented to document the album’s basic discographic particulars and track structure for reference and verification.