Artist  Luther Allison 
Album Title  Motown Years 1972-1976 
Date of Release  1996 inprint 
Genre  Blues 
Styles  Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues 
Type  compilation 
Time  71:44 
  
Allison's reign as Motown's only bluesman saw the guitarist offer competently 
executed, but basically unmemorable, blues with some soul and rock influences. 
This 17-track compilation includes selections from all three of the LPs he 
issued on the label (drawing most heavily from his second, Luther's Blues), 
and adds a previously unreleased live cut from the 1972 Ann Arbor Blues 
Festival. Pop influences can be heard in the occasional wah-wah guitar and 
brass-conscious production; Berry Gordy even co-wrote one of the tracks 
("Someday Pretty Baby"), and Randy Brecker arranged the horns on Allison's 
final Motown full-length.
 - Richie Unterberger 
 
   1.   Little Red Rooster (Dixon) - 4:10 
   2.   Raggedy and Dirty (Allison/Goodman/Kreiner/Peraino/Smith) - 3:38 
   3.   Cut You A-Loose (London) - 5:57 
   4.   Dust My Broom (James) - 2:43 
   5.   Luther's Blues (Allison) - 6:20 
   6.   Someday Pretty Baby (Gordy/Wookley) - 2:39 
   7.   Easy Baby (Dixon) - 5:17 
   8.   Part Time Love (Bradford/Wylie) - 2:44 
   9.   Now You Got It (Allison/Beam/Block/Mills) - 3:38 
   10.   K.T. (Allison/Emerson/Peraino) - 3:08 
   11.   Let's Have a Little Talk (Allison) - 7:05 
   12.   Driving Wheel (Sykes) - 5:34 
   13.   Into My Life (Allison) - 3:30 
   14.   I Can Make It Thru the Day (But Oh Those... (Charles/Ervin/Robinson) - 3:37 
   15.   That's What Love Will Make You Do (Campbell) - 3:37 
   16.   Night Life (Breeland/Buskirk/Nelson) - 3:18 
   17.   Last Night I Lost the Best Friend I Ever... [live] (Hopkins) - 4:49