953 West

953 West is an album by the Siegel–Schwall Band.[2] Their third album on the Wooden Nickel Records label, and their seventh album overall, it was recorded at Paragon Recording Studios in Chicago in August 1973, and was released later that year.[3] It was re-released as a CD, by Wounded Bird Records, in 1999.[4]

953 West
Studio album by
Siegel–Schwall Band
Released1973
GenreBlues rock
Length40:10
LabelWooden Nickel
ProducerSiegel–Schwall Band,
Barry Mraz
Siegel–Schwall Band chronology
Sleepy Hollow
(1972)		 953 West
(1973)		 Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony Orchestra
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

The title of the album refers to the Quiet Knight, a music venue where the Siegel–Schwall Band performed many times, and which was located at 953 West Belmont Avenue in Chicago.[5] The album cover art depicts the platform of the nearby Belmont el station.

Track listing
Side one
  1. "I'd Like to Spend Some Time Alone with You Tonight My Friend" (Corky Siegel)) – 4:12
  2. "Traitor from Decatur" (Patrick Garvey) – 2:54
  3. "Good Woman" (Shelly Plotkin) – 4:10
  4. "Just Another Song About the Country Sung by a City Boy" (Danny Glicken, Siegel) – 5:23
  5. "When I've Been Drinkin'" (Big Bill Broonzy, with additional lyrics by Jim Schwall) – 4:06
Side two
  1. "Old Time Shimmy" (Rollo Radford) – 3:54
  2. "Off to Denver" (Siegel) – 3:13
  3. "I Think It Was the Wine" (Schwall) – 3:50
  4. "Reed Zone (Psychiatric Institution Blues)" (Siegel) – 5:59
  5. "Blow Out the Candle" (Schwall) – 2:25

Personnel

Siegel–Schwall Band

Production
  • Siegel–Schwall Band – producer
  • Barry Mraz – producer, engineer
  • Bill Traut – supervision
  • Eddie Balchowsky – cover art and poem

References
  1. 953 West at AllMusic
  2. 953 West at Billboard.com
  3. Wooden Nickel Album Discography Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine at Both Sides Now Publications
  4. Siegel-Schwall Band Discography at wirz.de
  5. Hoekstra, Dave (February 23, 1990). "Friends Keep the Spirit of Eddie Balchowsky Alive", Chicago Sun-Times
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