ALBUMS THAT DESERVE ANOTHER LISTEN
Albert Collins - Trash Talkin' (1969)
02. Conversation With Collins (5:21)
03. Jawing (2:11)
04. Grapeland Gossip (2:48)
05. Chatterbox (2:24)
06. Trash Talkin' (4:03)
07. Medley: Baby What You Want Me To Do - Rock Me Baby (4:01)
08. Lip Service (3:15)
09. Talking Slim Blues (3:24)
10. Back-Yard Back-Talk (2:50)
11. Tongue Lashing (2:49)
12. And Then It Started Raining (2:42)
After seeing Albert Collins playing at the Ponderosa Club in Houston in June 1968, Canned Heat singer Bob Hite recommended Albert to Imperial Records, which was affiliated with Liberty/USA.
Between the years 1968-1970 Albert Collins recorded three albums for the Imperial label, which helped bring him from relative obscurity in the Texas club scene to national recognition with blues and rock audiences.
Of the three Imperial albums my favorite is Trash Talkin', which was recorded in Nashville in July 1969. The session was produced by Bill Hall and the backing musicians consisted of a Nashville-based lineup which included James Hooker Brown on organ, Charles Freeman on guitar, Tommy McClure on bass, Robert "Trap" Tarrant on drums, along with a horn section of session players.
The album was released by Imperial in the US in 1969, and in the UK on Liberty in 1970.
I bought the UK Liberty release of Trash Talkin' from 78 Records in Perth sometime in the early 1970s. At that time I was an art student, living at home with my folks, and Trash Talkin' was frequently on the turntable while I worked on my art assignments at the dining-room table. My mum was often nearby, either ironing clothes or pottering about in the kitchen, so she got to hear a whole heap of blues music too. Nonetheless I was startled when one afternoon she made a request for Conversation With Collins, "I like that song you play when the wives go out for the night and the husbands stay home and babysit. Put that one on."
So let's do just that, as Trash Talkin' sure deserves another listen.



















