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1	The Hard Way Written-By – Otis Spann	5:00
2	Take A Little Walk With Me Written-By – Robert Lockwood Jr.	3:23
3	Otis In The Dark Written-By – Otis Spann	4:32
4	Little Boy Blue Written-By – Robert Lockwood Jr.	3:38
5	Country Boy Written-By – Otis Spann	4:22
6	Beat-Up Team Written-By – Otis Spann	5:57
7	My Daily Wish Written-By – Robert Lockwood Jr.	4:10
8	Great Northern Stomp Written-By – Otis Spann	4:13
9	I Got Rumbling On My Mind #2 Written-By – Robert Lockwood Jr.	4:00
10	Worried Life Blues Written-By – Otis Spann	4:22
Hidden Bonus Tracks*
11	Spann And Bob Written-By – Otis Spann, Robert Lockwood Jr.	3:19
12	Can’t Stand Your Evil Ways (Take 2) Written-By – James B. Oden	3:43
13	Talkin’ The Blues (Take 1) Written-By – St. Louis Jimmy Oden	5:42
14	Baby Child (Take 3) Written-By – Andrew McMahon	4:26
15	Cow Cow Blues Written-By – Cow Cow Davenport	4:16
16	Beat-Up Team (First Version) Written-By – Otis Spann	6:36

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Fine Recording Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Candid Productions Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Candid Productions Ltd.

Credits

• Engineer – George Piros
• Guitar, Vocals – Robert Lockwood Jr.
• Liner Notes, Supervised By – Nat Hentoff
• Piano, Vocals – Otis Spann

Notes

Recorded 23rd August 1960.

* = Tracks 11-16 are hidden bonus tracks and are not listed anywhere on the artwork. These tracks were originally on the Japanese releases on P-Vine Records and on the limited-edition Mosaic box set.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Label Code: LC 0585
• Barcode (USA): 708857900121
• Barcode (Europe): 031397900123

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CJM 8001	Otis Spann	Otis Spann Is The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Candid	CJM 8001	US	1960
CJS 9001	Otis Spann	Otis Spann Is The Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Candid	CJS 9001	US	1960
GJ-86	Otis Spann	I Giganti Del Jazz 86 ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Curcio	GJ-86	Italy	1982
CJS9001	Otis Spann	Otis Spann Is The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, 180)	Candid, Pure Pleasure Records	CJS9001	UK	2017
CCR 1003	Otis Spann	Otis Spann Is The Blues ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Crosscut Records	CCR 1003	Germany	1983