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Album artwork for Gris Gris by Dr John
Album artwork for Gris Gris by Dr John

Covered in a variegated spray of New Orleans mardi gras feathers and shiny voodoo baubles, Mac Rebennack's highly personal mythology was finally made real on this 1968 album. This was his first appearance made under the new guise of Dr. John Creaux, the Night Tripper. before then, he'd been a pivotal figure on the crescent city r&b circuit. Afterward, he became one of its most significant blues ambassadors. This album is a classic of the admittedly specialized psychedelic swamp-gumbo genre, boasting at least four tracks that have become cult favorites. Gris-gris Gumbo Ya-ya, Mama Roux, Jump Sturdy, and I Walk On Gilded Splinters" each delicately mix catchy choruses and weird spatial sound effects, with radical stereo separation, intensely croaking, close-quarter vocals from the doctor, pneumatic keyboard riffs, pinprick electric guitar, and booming afro-caribbean percussion. The album still stands at its original 33-minute length, with no bonus cuts unearthed, but its high density more than compensates for any brevity.

Dr John

Gris Gris

Atco Records
Album artwork for Gris Gris by Dr John
LP +

£37.99

Mono version, green vinyl.

Green
Released 16/06/2023Catalogue Number

JPR051LP

Usually dispatched in 5-10 days

Album artwork for Gris Gris by Dr John
LP

£24.99

Black
Released 15/10/2013Catalogue Number

081227971618

Usually dispatched in 5-10 days

Dr John

Gris Gris

Atco Records
Album artwork for Gris Gris by Dr John
LP +

£37.99

Mono version, green vinyl.

Green
Released 16/06/2023Catalogue Number

JPR051LP

Usually dispatched in 5-10 days

Album artwork for Gris Gris by Dr John
LP

£24.99

Black
Released 15/10/2013Catalogue Number

081227971618

Usually dispatched in 5-10 days

Covered in a variegated spray of New Orleans mardi gras feathers and shiny voodoo baubles, Mac Rebennack's highly personal mythology was finally made real on this 1968 album. This was his first appearance made under the new guise of Dr. John Creaux, the Night Tripper. before then, he'd been a pivotal figure on the crescent city r&b circuit. Afterward, he became one of its most significant blues ambassadors. This album is a classic of the admittedly specialized psychedelic swamp-gumbo genre, boasting at least four tracks that have become cult favorites. Gris-gris Gumbo Ya-ya, Mama Roux, Jump Sturdy, and I Walk On Gilded Splinters" each delicately mix catchy choruses and weird spatial sound effects, with radical stereo separation, intensely croaking, close-quarter vocals from the doctor, pneumatic keyboard riffs, pinprick electric guitar, and booming afro-caribbean percussion. The album still stands at its original 33-minute length, with no bonus cuts unearthed, but its high density more than compensates for any brevity.