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1	When A Guitar Plays The Blues Written-By – Hables, Johnson*	6:38
2	Chicago Smokeshop Written-By – Buchanan*	4:59
3	Mrs. Pressure Written-By – Buchanan*	4:38
4	A Nickel And A Nail Vocals – Otis ClayWritten-By – Malone*, Morrison*	4:29
5	Short Fuse Tenor Saxophone – Steele "Sonny" Seals*Written-By – Buchanan*	3:31
6	Why Don't You Want Me? Vocals – Gloria HardimanWritten-By – Osso	6:06
7	Country Boy Written-By – Bartholomew*, Domino*	3:46
8	Sneaking Godzilla Through The Alley Written-By – Buchanan*	6:15
9	Hawaiian Punch Soloist [2nd Solo], Guitar – Criss JohnsonWritten-By – Buchanan*	1:55

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Polydor K.K.
• 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

Credits

• Bass – Larry Exum
• Design [Cover] – Chris Garland
• Drums – Morris Jennings
• Engineer, Mixed By – Justin Niebank
• Guitar, Vocals – Roy Buchanan
• Keyboards – Bill Heid
• Liner Notes – Ashley Kahn
• 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.

℗ © 1985 by Alligator Records & Artist Management, Inc.
Manufactured in Japan

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: P33P-20030 11 +++++
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Price): ¥3,300

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AL 4741	Roy Buchanan	When A Guitar Plays The Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Alligator Records	AL 4741	US	1985
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