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Light: On The Southside - 2LP - Flash
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07/18/2025
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From 1975 to 1977, Chicago photographer Michael L. Abramson hit Perv's House, Pepper's Hideout, The High Chaparral, The Patio Lounge, and The Showcase Lounge, not to capture the artists on these South Side stages, but instead to pop off a half-dozen rolls every night on the crowd. The Grammy-nominated Light: On The South Side gathers 100 of Abramson's finest snaps, spread across 132 glorious hardback bound pages. Housed in a gorgeous slipcase with the 12"x12" monograph is the double vinyl set Pepper's Jukebox, a 17-track compilation of Chicago blues in transition, as heard from both the stage and the Wurlitzer. Tracklisting: Arlean Brown - I'm A Streaker Baby Bobby Rush - Bowlegged Woman Ricky Allen - No Better Time Than Now Little Mac Simmons - The Same One Lady Margo - This Is My Prayer Andrew Brown - You Made Me Suffer Artie White - Gimmie Some Of Yours Lucille Spann - Women's Lib Hugh Hawkins - Bring It Down Front Slim Willis Band - I Sayed That Little Ed & the Soundmasters - It's A Dream Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black (Inst.) Walter "Butterball" Davis - Baby Watcha' Doing Willie Williams - Detroit Blues Little Mac Simmons - Goose Walk Detroit Jr - Young Blood Willie Davis - I Learned My Lesson James Kind - California Lady