Legendary Blues Band
Red Hot 'N' Blue

Listening notes

Legendary Blues Band’s Red Hot ’N’ Blue is a 1983 vinyl release on Rounder Records, catalog number 2035. Identified under Blues, Chicago Blues, and Modern Electric Blues, it presents a concise, two-sided program of ten tracks that align with its stated genres and era.

Side A opens with Money (2:40) and proceeds through Crazy Bout That Thing (2:59) and I Almost Lost My Mind (5:41), the set’s longest track. The side continues with Streamlined Baby (2:50) and closes with Do The Get Down (2:36). With one extended performance amid otherwise compact selections, the first half balances brevity and a mid-side centerpiece of notably longer duration. The sequencing places the five tracks in an arc from a sub-three-minute opener to a mid-side stretch and back to a brisk closer.

Side B contains five cuts in a tighter time window: Loverboy (2:55), Come Back Baby (3:15), How Long (3:30), High Heel Sneakers (3:39), and Blues For Big Nate (2:59). This side maintains a consistent span of roughly three minutes per track, with High Heel Sneakers marking the side’s longest piece at 3:39 and Blues For Big Nate serving as the album’s closing statement just under the three-minute mark.

Across both sides, most tracks fall between approximately two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half minutes, with the exception of I Almost Lost My Mind at 5:41. The structure yields a ten-track set that emphasizes succinct forms, with one extended outlier, and distributes five songs per side in an even layout typical of early-1980s LP programming.

For cataloging purposes, the key identifiers are:
- Artist: Legendary Blues Band
- Title: Red Hot ’N’ Blue
- Label: Rounder Records
- Catalog number: 2035
- Year: 1983
- Format: Vinyl
- Genres: Blues; Chicago Blues; Modern Electric Blues

Track positions and durations are as follows: A1 Money (2:40); A2 Crazy Bout That Thing (2:59); A3 I Almost Lost My Mind (5:41); A4 Streamlined Baby (2:50); A5 Do The Get Down (2:36). B1 Loverboy (2:55); B2 Come Back Baby (3:15); B3 How Long (3:30); B4 High Heel Sneakers (3:39); B5 Blues For Big Nate (2:59).