title: The Party Album (Alexis Korner album)
text: # The Party Album (Alexis Korner album)
  
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  The Party Album, also known as The Party LP is a 1978 live blues recording by Alexis Korner. The double album features Alexis Korner and various guest musicians singing a mix of both classic blues songs as well as some of Korner's own. The concert was a celebration of Korner's 50th birthday.
  
  The album was originally released in 1980 and re-released in 1993.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * “Things Ain't What They Used to Be” (Mercer Ellington) – 7:23
  * “Captain's Tiger” (Alexis Korner) – 3:30
  * “Skipping” (Korner) – 3:10
  * “Spoonful” (Willie Dixon) – 6:40
  * Medley – 9:06
     * “Finkles Cafe” (Korner)
     * “Dooji Hooji” (Duke Ellington)
  * “Whole Mess of Blues” (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 5:36
  * “Lining Track” (Huddie Ledbetter) – 3:15
  * “Robert Johnson” (Korner, J. Edwards) – 6:15
  * “Hey Pretty Mama” (Chris Farlowe) – 4:19
  * “Hi-Heel Sneakers” (Robert Higginbotham) – 9:15
  * “Stormy Monday Blues” (Billy Eckstein, Earl Hines) – 5:59
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Musicians
  
  * Alexis Korner – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, cowbell/backing vocals
  * Zoot Money – electric piano, vocals, backing vocals, tambourine
  * Mel Collins – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  * Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor saxophone
  * Art Themen – tenor saxophone
  * Dick Morrissey – tenor saxophone
  * John Surman – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone
  * Mike Zwerin – trombone
  * Sappho Gillet – tambourine/backing vocals
  * Chris Farlowe – vocals, tambourine
  * Eric Clapton – electric guitar
  * Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar
  * Stu Speer – drums
  * Duffy Power – harmonica
  * Paul Jones – harmonica
  * Neil Ford – electric guitar
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Alexis Korner – producer
  * Damian Korner – assistant producer, engineer
  * Andy Jackson, Pete Walsh, Gordon Vicary, Mike Robinson – assistant engineers
  