Johnny Mars & The Oakland Boogie
Johnny Mars & The Oakland Boogie

Listening notes

Johnny Mars & The Oakland Boogie is a self-titled vinyl release credited to Johnny Mars & The Oakland Boogie, issued by Big Bear Records in 1976 under catalog number BEAR 12. Categorized under Blues and Modern Electric Blues, it presents a ten-track program split evenly across two sides. The available data specifies format as vinyl; track durations are not provided in the source listing.

Side A opens with I’ve Been Down So Long (A1) and continues with Nine Below Zero (A2), Rocket 88 (A3), Call Me (A4), and Love Is A Wonderful Thing (A5). Side B begins with Honey Bee (B1), followed by Blue Midnight (B2), Cruisin’ (B3), If I Had A Woman (B4), and closes with My Dog Can’t Bark (B5). The sequence sets out a concise, five-per-side structure consistent with many mid-1970s vinyl albums, though no side lengths or individual track timings are specified here.

For cataloging and identification, the key markers for this edition are:
- Artist: Johnny Mars & The Oakland Boogie
- Title: Johnny Mars & The Oakland Boogie
- Label: Big Bear Records
- Catalog number: BEAR 12
- Year: 1976
- Format: Vinyl
- Genres: Blues; Modern Electric Blues

The track titles listed above reflect the complete program as provided. No additional information on song authorship, recording details, personnel, pressing particulars, or release variants is included in the supplied data, and this draft makes no claims beyond what is verifiable here. Likewise, reception, influence, sound quality, rarity, and valuation are outside the scope of the current information.

This entry is intended as a clear reference point for the 1976 Big Bear Records vinyl release BEAR 12. Further documentation—such as label and jacket scans, runout inscriptions, credits, and confirmed track durations—would enhance this record’s profile once available, but the details above capture the essential identifiers and full track sequence as presently verified.