Where It All Began (Bo Diddley album)


Where It All Began is an album by blues musician Bo Diddley released by the Chess label in 1972.

Reception

awarded the album 3 stars with reviewer Bruce Eder stating "Johnny Otis and Pete Welding produced this surprisingly successful soul effort by Bo, which succeeded in reshaping his sound... Unfortunately, none of this mattered to the people who still cared about Bo Diddley -- they wanted the beat and the old sound... He gave them his classics in concert, but not on this album. And it all came so late in the day: not only in terms of Bo's identification as anything but an oldies act, but as part of the history of Chess Records, that Where It All Began vanished from sight, leaving scarcely a trace or a ripple on the charts.".

Track listing

All compositions by Ellas McDaniel except where noted
  1. "I've Had It Hard" – 3:13
  2. "Woman" – 3:06
  3. "Look at Grandma" – 3:31
  4. "A Good Thing" – 2:37
  5. "Bad Trip" – 6:00
  6. "Hey, Jerome" – 3:08
  7. "Infatuation" – 3:43
  8. "Take It All Off" – 3:20
  9. "Bo Diddley-Itis" – 5:40

    Personnel