180g Vinyl LP Reissue Mastered from the Original Tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and Manufactured at Quality Record Pressings!

An influential musician in the '60s and '70s swamp rock scene, Tony Joe White's music is as primal as a lizard's backbone. It echoes from the magnolia groves and bayous of his Louisiana childhood, and looms into the present every time the molasses and tanned-leather combination of his guitar and voice is unleashed. White himself said that the foundation of his music "comes from hearing blues singers play guitar with maybe just a harmonica or stomping their feet for accompaniment." White's most well-known hit led off this way – "Some of ya'll still never been down South...down there we've got a plant, looks somethin' like a turnip green. 'Cept it ain't." "Polk Salad Annie" was the song and cadence for delivering White's unmistakable swamp rock sound, which called to mind the sound John Fogerty whipped up on Creedence Clearwater Rivival's Bayou Country and Green River.

Released in 1969, his debut Black and White contains some of the best swamp-folk-soul-funk of the era. Besides "Polk Salad Annie," side one features several other White originals including the race relations number "Willie and Laura Mae Jones," and "Soul Francisco," a short piece of funky fluff that had been a big hit in Europe in 1968. "Aspen, Colorado" presages the later "Rainy Night in Georgia," a White composition popularized by Brook Benton. The second side of Black and White consists of covers of hits of the era including the funky "Who's Making Love" and "Scratch My Back." Dusty Springfield had a minor hit with "Willie and Laura Mae Jones," and White's songs were recorded by other performers over the years, but "Polk Salad Annie" and the gators that got her granny provided his only march in the American hit parade.

This Analogue Productions release marks the highest-quality reissue of Black and White to date. It was mastered from the original analog tape by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, and features unsurpassed plating and pressing on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl by Quality Record Pressings. The dead-silent LP playing surface captures White's voice and his strong and funky backing band in true analog majesty. Plus, included with the original liner notes is a new exclusive interview with album producer Billy Swan!

Features:
• 180g vinyl LP reissue from Analogue Productions
• Mastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
• Plate and pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Tip-on gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing
• Album notes include interview with album producer Billy Swan