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A1	When A Guitar Plays The Blues	6:35
A2	Chicago Smokeshop	4:57
A3	Mrs. Pressure	4:35
A4	A Nickel And A Nail Vocals – Otis Clay	4:28
B1	Short Fuse Tenor Saxophone – Steele "Sonny" Seals*	3:29
B2	Why Don't You Want Me? Vocals – Gloria Hardiman	6:04
B3	Country Boy	3:44
B4	Sneaking Godzilla Through The Alley	6:14
B5	Hawaiian Punch Lead Guitar [2nd Solo] – Criss Johnson	1:51

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Alligator Records & Artist Management, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Alligator Records & Artist Management, Inc.
• Recorded At – Streeterville Studios
• Mixed At – Streeterville Studios
• Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
• Pressed By – Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.

Credits

• Bass – Larry Exum
• Design – Chris Garland
• Drums – Morris Jennings
• Engineer, Mixed By – Justin Niebank
• Guitar, Vocals – Roy Buchanan
• Keyboards – Bill Heid
• Mastered By – Tom Coyne
• Photography By – Paul Natkin
• Producer – Bruce Iglauer, Dick Shurman, Roy Buchanan
• Rhythm Guitar – Criss Johnson

Notes

Recorded and mixed at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Mastered at Frankford/Wayne, New York, N.Y.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched): AL-4741-A HUB
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched): AL-4741-B HUB
• Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side A ("¢" Etched)): MASTERING BY FRANKFORT/WAYNE NEW YORK ¢

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ALCD 4741	Roy Buchanan	When A Guitar Plays The Blues ‎(CD, Album)	Alligator Records	ALCD 4741	US	1985
AL 4741	Roy Buchanan	When A Guitar Plays The Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Alligator Records	AL 4741	US	1985
AL 4741	Roy Buchanan	When A Guitar Plays The Blues ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Alligator Records	AL 4741	Italy	2017
ALC 4741	Roy Buchanan	When A Guitar Plays The Blues ‎(Cass, Album)	Alligator Records	ALC 4741	Canada	1985
SNTF 940	Roy Buchanan	When A Guitar Plays The Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Sonet, Alligator Records	SNTF 940	UK	1985

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