Mungo Jerry – In The Summertime (1970)

01. In The Summertime (Ray Dorset) - 3:29		play
02. See Me (Ray Dorset) - 3:52
03. Movin' On (Paul King) - 4:09
04. Maggie (Ray Dorset) - 4:09			play
05. Mother Fucker Boogie (Ray Dorset, Paul King, Colin Earl, Mike Cole) - 2:48
06. Daddie's Brew (Colin Earl) - 3:36
07. Mighty Man (Ray Dorset) - 4:43
08. Baby Let's Play House (Arthur Gunter) - 2:50
09. Johnny B. Badde (Ray Dorset) - 3:01
10. San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller) - 3:38
11. Sad Eyed Joe (Paul King) - 2:49
12. My Friend (Ray Dorset) - 2:36
13. Peace In The Country (Ray Dorset) - 3:00
Bonuses:
14. Tramp (Ray Dorset) - 4:59
15. Mungo's Blues (Woody Guthrie) - 5:46

Personnel:
- Ray Dorset (Raymond Edward Dorset) - vocals, electric & 6- and 12-string acoustic & steel guitars, kazoo, harp
- Paul King (Paul Malcolm King) - vocals, banjo, 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, harp, jug, kazoo
- Colin Earl - piano, harpsichord
- Mike Cole (Michael Maurice Cole) - bass
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- Johnny van Derrick – violin

The title-track is still one of the most beguiling (if casually sexist) hits of its era, but the other 14 songs are even more interesting: Jesse Fuller-influenced jug band ("San Francisco Bay Blues," "See Me") and Tampa Red-style kazoo blues ("Maggie"), as well as the influence of Piano Red ("Mighty Man") and credible instrumental blues-rock ("Mother Fucker Boogie"). The hit "Johnny B. Badde" is here, and the band also covers rock & roll standards like "Baby Let's Play House," done in a surprisingly authentic manner for 1970. One of the CD reissue's two bonus tracks, "Tramp," busts up the mood a bit, with its fiddle accompaniment and a decidedly mournful tone, but the other, the hard-driving Howlin' Wolf-style "Mungo's Blues," which offers a tastefully lean Hubert Sumlin-influenced guitar solo, fits in perfectly with the existing album. The transfers are clean and bright, and the annotation is extensive. ---Bruce Eder, allmusic.com

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