Black Oak Arkansas, an Arkansas-based Southern Rock band formed in 1963 and then known as The Knowbody Else, achieved fame with a name change and a signing with Atco Records. Their 1971 self-titled debut rewarded the band with a Gold designation and seemingly unending fame for the next five years with a release of 11 albums during this peak period. They left behind quite a lively legacy with some legendary sets including High On The Hog (1973) and its well-known single, “Jim Dandy”.
On August 28, HNE Recordings (Cherry Red UK) will revisit the classic band with a 5CD box that will revisit the band’s first three studio issues as well as a previously released expanded and complete version of the band’s Gold-selling Raunch ‘N’ Roll Live from 1973 in two concert settings. (This 5CD set is the first in a series of Black Oak Arkansas catalog refresh offerings.) The box, to be called When Electricity Came To Arkansas 1971-1973. There will be two bonus tracks from the first album – the radio edit and mono edit of “Lord Have Mercy On My Soul”.
When Electricity Came To Arkansas 1971-1973 – Black Oak Arkansas
CD1 (Black Oak Arkansas – 1971)
01 Uncle Lijiah
02 Memories At the Window
03 The Hills of Arkansas
04 I Could Love You
05 Hot And Nasty
06 Singing The Blues
07 Lord Have Mercy on My Soul
08 When Electricity Came to Arkansas
Bonus Tracks
09 Lord Have Mercy On My Soul (Single Edit)
10 Lord Have Mercy On My Soul (Mono Edit)
CD2 (Keep the Faith – 1972)
01 Keep The Faith
02 Revolutionary All-American Boys
03 Feet On Earth, Head in Sky
04 Fever In My Mind
05 The Big One’s Still Coming
06 White-Headed Woman
07 We Live on Day To Day
08 Short Life Line
09 Don’t Confuse What You Don’t Know
CD3 (If An Angel Came To See You, Would You Make Her Feel At Home? – 1972)
01 Gravel Roads
02 Fertile Woman
03 Spring Vacation
04 We Help Each Other
05 Full Moon Ride
06 Our Minds Eye
07 To Make Us What We Are
08 Our Eyes Eré on You
09 Mutants Of the Monster
CD4 (Raunch ‘N’ Roll Live (1973) – Over Here – Paramount Theatre – Portland, OR – December 1, 1972)
01 Gettin’ Kinda Cocky
02 Fever In My Mind
03 Uncle Liljah
04 Keep The Faith
05 Mutants Of the Monster
06 Hot Rod
07 Lord Have Mercy On My Soul
08 Full Moon Ride
09 When Electricity Came to Arkansas
10 Dixie
11 Hot And Nasty
12 Up
13 Movin’
CD5 (Raunch ‘N’ Roll Live (1973) – Way Over Yonder – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA – December 2, 1972)
01 Getting’ Kinda Cocky
02 Fever In My Mind
03 Uncle Liljah
04 Gigolo
05 Mutants Of the Monster
06 Hot Rod
07 Movin’
08 Full Moon Ride
09 When Electricity Came to Arkansas
10 Hot And Nasty
11 Up