Singer: Robert Crotty
Title: Robert Crotty With Me: Loren's Collection (1979-1987)
Label: Family Vineyard ‎– FV96
Type: CD CD, Compilation All Media, Album
Country: US
Date of released: 08 Dec 2017
Category: Blues
Style: Country Blues, Delta Blues, Experimental
Size MP3 zip: 1836 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1803 mb
Rating: 4.4✭
Format: MP3 XM AAC APE WAV MIDI MP2 VOC FLAC

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Robert Crotty With Me: Loren's Collection (1979-1987)
1-1	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	TB Blues	5:00
1-2	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Come Back Baby	3:09
1-3	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Improvisation No. 5	1:22
1-4	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Golden Ring	3:13
1-5	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Improvisation No. 1	1:21
1-6	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Blow Wind Blow	3:11
1-7	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	That's All Right	4:25
1-8	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Come Back Baby	3:35
1-9	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Bye And Bye, I'm Going To See The King	2:42
1-10	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Honeymoon Blues	4:56
1-11	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Improvisation No. 3	0:58
1-12	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Improvisation No. 2	2:52
1-13	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Georgia On My Mind	1:52
1-14	–Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Somewhere Over The Rainbow	2:42
Robert Crotty Blues
2-1	–Robert Crotty	Lights Out Written-By – Mac Rebennack	2:26
2-2	–Robert Crotty	Groanin' The Blues Written-By – Willie Dixon	5:16
2-3	–Robert Crotty	When Things Go Wrong Written-By – Tampa Red	3:54
2-4	–Robert Crotty	I Love My Whiskey Written-By – Blind Blake	4:14
2-5	–Robert Crotty	TB Blues Written-By – Jimmie Rodgers	5:14
2-6	–Robert Crotty	Trouble In Mind Written-By [(Adapted)] – Richard M. Jones	3:41
2-7	–Robert Crotty	Never Let Me Go Written-By – Johnny Ace	2:50
2-8	–Robert Crotty	I'll Come Runnin' Back To You Written-By – Sam Cooke	3:39
2-9	–Robert Crotty	I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In Written By – Jack Yellen & Abe OlmanWritten-By – Abe Olman, Jack Yellen	1:18
Prove It!
2-10	–Robert Crotty	Country Man Written-By – Bo Carter	5:56
2-11	–Robert Crotty	Steady Rollin' Man Written-By – Robert Johnson	5:27

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Family Vineyard
• Copyright (c) – Family Vineyard
• Made By – Copycats Media
• Mastered At – 12K Mastering

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Loren Connors* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14)
• Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Robert Crotty
• Adapted By [Songs Adapted From The Original Songwriters] – Loren Connors* (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-8, 1-13, 1-14), Robert Crotty (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-8, 1-13, 1-14)
• Bass – Bobby Boettger* (tracks: 2-4), Paul Vitelli (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3, 2-11)
• Design [Album Design] – Eric Weddle
• Drums – Rob Mitchell (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3)
• Electric Guitar – Robert Crotty (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3)
• Engineer [Audio Restoration], Mastered By – Taylor Deupree
• Engineer [Sound] – Paul Trutnau (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3)
• Liner Notes – Tim Crotty
• Liner Notes, Sleeve Notes – Loren Connors*
• Photography By [Back Photo, Insert] – Tim Crotty
• Photography By [Back Photo] – Paul Trutnau
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Unknown Artist
• Songwriter [Songs With] – Loren Connors* (tracks: 1-3 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-12)
• Songwriter [Songs] – Robert Crotty (tracks: 1-3 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-12)

Notes

Recorded in and around New Haven, Connecticut

CD1
All songs with Loren Connors except 1-1, 1-2, 1-8, 1-13 and 1-14. 1-1 from Robert Crotty Blues LP (St. Joan, 1989); 1-5, 1-9, 1-10 appeared on "Solos and Duets Vol. 1" cassette [not in the database yet] (Daggett, 1982). Songs adapted from the original songwriters.

1-1, 1-2, 1-8, 1-9 ; 1-3, 1-5, 1-11, 1-12 ; 1-4 ; 1-6, 1-7, 1-13, 1-14 ; 1-10

CD2
2-1 to 2-9 released as Robert Crotty Blues LP, St. Joan Records 1989
2-10 and 2-11 released as Prove It! 7-inch, St. Joan Records 1988

Sleeve notes
[...], from Cardboard Boxes, 1986

Liner notes
Loren Connors, Brooklyn, NY 2016
Tim Crotty, Granby, CT March 2017

Cover photo by unknown, adapted by Connors.
Back photo by Paul Trutnau, 1979.

Booklet:
© 2017 Family Vineyard
Back:
℗&© 2017 Family Vineyard.

Track 1-8 is a live version of track 1-2.

Issued in digifile with 4 pp. insert.

On Familiy Vineyard sticker: "First anthology of the late bluesman Crotty as selected by his former playing partner. [...] Includes bonus CD reissue of Crotty's rare 1980s LP and 45"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 6 56605 40962 7
• Barcode: 656605409627
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): FV96 6745-CD-1706 17-243-03
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): FV106 6745-CD-1682 17-221-11-2
• Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI LK13
• Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI LY89
• Mould SID Code (CD1, mirrored): IFPI 3V43
• Mould SID Code (CD2, mirrored): IFPI L822

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FV96	Robert Crotty & Loren Connors*	Robert Crotty & Loren Connors* - Robert Crotty With Me: Loren's Collection 1979-1987 ‎(LP + CD, Album)	Family Vineyard	FV96	US	2017