{"product_id":"diddley-bo-where-it-all-began-new-lp","title":"Diddley, Bo - Where It All Began - New LP","description":"\u003cp\u003ereissue of 1972 album.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"review-author headline\"\u003e\n\u003cspan itemprop=\"author\"\u003eReview by Bruce Eder: \u003c\/span\u003eJohnny Otis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePete Welding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproduced this surprisingly successful soul effort by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBo, which succeeded in reshaping his sound, not as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSly Stewart\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewannabe or a lounge act covering\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCreedence Clearwater Revival\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehits.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esounds comfortable and natural doing songs like \"Look At Grandma\" and \"Woman,\" and the latter is a pretty damn good song --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efinally emerged as a soul singer in his own right, and it worked, artistically at least. \"Hey Jerome\" even recalls tracks like \"Say Man\" in a not-unflattering light. Unfortunately, none of this mattered to the people who still cared about\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBo Diddley\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e-- they wanted the beat and the old sound, which was present here on \"I've Had It Hard,\" and the extraordinary \"Bo Diddley-itis,\" but not in the kind of quantity they craved. He gave them his classics in concert, but not on this album. Where It All Began\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003evanished from sight, leaving scarcely a trace or a ripple on the charts.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chess","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":67891839598745,"sku":"twj1793368324286","price":12.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/7510\/6713\/files\/diddley-bo---where-it-all-began---new-lp_1.jpg?v=1793368328","url":"https:\/\/guipureglam.shop\/products\/diddley-bo-where-it-all-began-new-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}