Hallelujah (album)

1969 studio album by Canned Heat

Hallelujah

Studio album by

Canned Heat

Released| July 8, 1969
Recorded| May 1969
Studio| I.D. Sound Recorders (Hollywood, California)
Genre|

* Blues rock
* psychedelic rock

Length| 38:04
Label| Liberty
Producer| Skip Taylor
Canned Heat chronology
| Living the Blues
(1968)  | Hallelujah
(1969)  | Future Blues
(1970)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Rolling Stone| (favorable)[2]

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.

## Track listing

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### Side One

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1. "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
2. "Change My Ways" (Alan Wilson) – 2:47
* Alan Wilson – lead vocals, whistling, guitar
* Henry Vestine – guitar
* Larry Taylor – bass
* Fito De la Parra – drums
3. "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
4. "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
5. "I'm Her Man" (A. Leigh – actually by Bob Hite[3]) – 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
6. "Time Was" (Alan Wilson) – 3:21
* Alan Wilson – guitar, lead vocals
* Henry Vestine – guitar
* Larry Taylor – bass
* Fito De la Parra – drums

### Side Two

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1. "Do Not Enter" (Alan Wilson) – 2:50
* Alan Wilson – guitar, lead vocals, harmonica
* Larry Taylor – bass
* Fito De la Parra – drums
2. "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
3. "Huautla" (V. Wolf – actually by Fito de la Parra[4]) – 3:33
* Alan Wilson – harmonica
* Henry Vestine – guitar
* Larry Taylor – bass
* Fito De la Parra – drums
* Mike Pacheco – bongos, congas
4. "Get Off My Back" (Alan Wilson) – 5:10
* Alan Wilson – guitar, lead vocals
* Henry Vestine – guitar
* Larry Taylor – bass
* Fito De la Parra – drums
5. "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

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1. "Time Was" – Single Version (Wilson) – 2:34
2. "Low Down" (Canned Heat) – 2:30
3. "Poor Moon" (Wilson) – 2:43
4. "Sic 'em Pigs" – Single Version (Hite, White) – 1:54

## Personnel

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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, California
January, February, March, April, and May 1969

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Hansen, Barret (August 23, 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone (40). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 37. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
3. ^ Fito de la Parra, Living The Blues.(2000)
4. ^ Fito de la Parra, Living The Blues.(2000)
5. ^ LP Liberty LST-7618

* Fito De La Parra, Living The Blues. Canned Heat's story of Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival (2000) ISBN 0-9676449-0-9

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Canned Heat

Bob Hite
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Henry Vestine
Larry Taylor
Adolfo de la Parra
Harvey Mandel

Studio albums|

* Canned Heat
* Boogie with Canned Heat
* Living the Blues
* Hallelujah
* Future Blues
* Vintage
* Historical Figures and Ancient Heads
* The New Age
* One More River to Cross
* Reheated

Live albums|

* Canned Heat '70 Concert Live in Europe
* Live at Topanga Corral

Collaborative albums|

* Hooker 'n Heat

Compilations|

* Let's Work Together: The Best of Canned Heat
* Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat

Singles|

* "Rollin' and Tumblin'"
* "On the Road Again"
* "Going Up the Country"
* "Let's Work Together (Let's Stick Together)"

Related articles|

* Discography
* List of band members

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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