Jimmy Witherspoon
Midnight Lady Called The Blues

Listening notes

Jimmy Witherspoon’s Midnight Lady Called The Blues is a 1986 vinyl release on Muse Records, catalog number MR 5327. Filed under Blues and Jump Blues, it presents a seven-track program split across two sides, with three selections on side A and four on side B.

Side A opens with New York City Blues (5:50), followed by The Barber (4:38) and Blinded By Love (6:46). Side B continues with Happy Hard Times (5:08), Something Rotten In East St. Louis (4:12), the title track Midnight Lady Called The Blues (6:45), and closes with Blues Hall Of Fame (3:58). The title piece appears as B3. The sequence begins with a city-specific song title and concludes with a track named Blues Hall Of Fame, while other titles reference locations such as New York City and East St. Louis.

Based on the listed timings, side A runs approximately 17:14 and side B approximately 20:03, for an overall album length of about 37:17. The B-side carries one additional track and a longer total runtime than the A-side. Among the individual cuts, Blinded By Love is the longest at 6:46, closely followed by the title track at 6:45. Blues Hall Of Fame is the shortest at 3:58. The average track length across the album is roughly five minutes and twenty seconds.

Format is specified as Vinyl; label and catalog details are Muse Records MR 5327. Year of release is 1986, and the album is categorized under Blues and Jump Blues. Track positions and durations are as follows: A1 New York City Blues (5:50), A2 The Barber (4:38), A3 Blinded By Love (6:46); B1 Happy Hard Times (5:08), B2 Something Rotten In East St. Louis (4:12), B3 Midnight Lady Called The Blues (6:45), B4 Blues Hall Of Fame (3:58).

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