Hallelujah is the fourth album by American blues rock band Canned Heat, released in 1969. It was re-released on CD in 2001 by MAM productions with four bonus tracks. It was the last album to feature classic lineup mark 1, as Vestine left the band prior to Future Blues.
Chart performance
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated August 9, 1969, peaking at No. 37 during a fifteen-week run on the chart.
Track listing
Side One "Same All Over" (Canned Heat) – 2:51 Bob Hite – lead vocals Alan Wilson – guitar Henry Vestine – guitar Larry Taylor – bass Fito De la Parra – drums Elliot Ingber – backing vocals Javier Batise – backing vocals Skip Diamond – backing vocals Ernest Lane – organ, piano "Change My Ways" (Alan Wilson) – 2:47 Alan Wilson – lead vocals, whistling, guitar Henry Vestine – guitar Larry Taylor – bass Fito De la Parra – drums "Canned Heat" (Robert Hite Jr. – actually by Tommy Johnson) – 4:22 Bob Hite – lead vocals Alan Wilson – guitar Henry Vestine – guitar Larry Taylor – bass Fito De la Parra – drums "Sic 'em Pigs" (Robert Hite Jr.; Booker T. White) – 2:41 Bob Hite – lead vocals Alan Wilson – guitar Henry Vestine – guitar Larry Taylor – bass, backing vocals Fito De la Parra – drums "I'm Her Man" (A. Leigh – actually by Bob HiteFito de la Parra, Living The Blues.(2000)) – 2:55 Bob Hite – lead vocals Alan Wilson – guitar, harmonica Henry Vestine – guitar Larry Taylor – bass Fito De la Parra – drums Mark Naftalin – organ, piano "Time Was" (Alan Wilson) – 3:21 Alan Wilson – guitar, lead vocals Henry Vestine – guitar Larry Taylor – bass Fito De la Parra – drums
Side Two "Do Not Enter" (Alan Wilson) – 2:50 Alan Wilson – guitar, lead vocals, harmonica Larry Taylor – bass Fito De la Parra – drums "Big Fat (The Fat Man)" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino; adapted by Robert Hite Jr.) – 1:57 Bob Hite – lead vocals, harmonica Alan Wilson – guitar Henry Vestine – guitar Larry Taylor – bass Fito De la Parra – drums "Huautla" (V. Wolf – actually by Fito de la Parra) – 3:33 Alan Wilson – harmonica Henry Vestine – guitar Larry Taylor – bass Fito De la Parra – drums Mike Pacheco – bongos, congas "Get Off My Back" (Alan Wilson) – 5:10 Alan Wilson – guitar, lead vocals Henry Vestine – guitar Larry Taylor – bass Fito De la Parra – drums "Down in the Gutter, But Free" (Canned Heat) – 5:37 Bob Hite – lead vocals Alan Wilson – harmonica Henry Vestine – bass Larry Taylor – guitar Fito De la Parra – drums Skip Diamond – backing vocals Elliot Ingber – backing vocals Mark Naftalin – organ, piano
Bonus tracks from 2001 CD release "Time Was" – Single Version (Wilson) – 2:34 "Low Down" (Canned Heat) – 2:30 "Poor Moon" (Wilson) – 2:43 "Sic 'em Pigs" – Single Version (Hite, White) – 1:54
Personnel LP Liberty LST-7618 Canned Heat Bob Hite – vocals, harmonica (on track 8) Alan Wilson – slide guitar, vocals, harmonica, whistling (on track 2) Henry Vestine – lead guitar, public service announcement (on track 4), bass (on track 11) Larry Taylor – bass, guitar (on track 11) Fito de la Parra – drums
Additional personnel Ernest Lane – piano (on track 1) Mark Naftalin – organ, piano (on tracks 5, 11) Javier Batiz – group vocals (on track 1) Skip Diamond – group vocals (on tracks 1, 11) Elliot Ingber – group vocals (on tracks 1, 11) Mike Pacheco – bongos and congas (on track 9)
Production Produced by Skip Taylor and Canned Heat Engineered by Richard Joseph Moore Recorded at I. D. Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CaliforniaJanuary, February, March, April, and May 1969
Charts
Chart (1969) Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs37
References
Fito De La Parra, Living The Blues. Canned Heat's story of Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival (2000)