A1 - I Need Some Air
A2 - Dig You
A3 - Aint Nobody's Business
A4 - It was a Big Thing
A5 - She Needs Some Loving
B1 - Someday My Baby
B2 - My Love Depends On You
B3 - No More Doggin
B4 - Walkin
B5 - Tempreture Is Rising (100.2F)

Recorded on January 9, 1969 at Tempo Sound Studio in New York City.

Otis Spann (1924 – 1970), was playing in bands in the Jackson area by the age of 14. He moved to Chicago in 1946, where he was mentored by Big Maceo Merriweather. Spann performed as a solo act and with the guitarist Morris Pejoe, working a regular spot at the Tic Toc Lounge. Spann became known for his distinctive piano style. He replaced Merriweather as Muddy Waters's piano player in late 1952 and participated in his first recording session with the band on September 24, 1953. He continued to record as a solo artist and session player with other musicians,

Biggest thing since Colossus features Otis Spann on vocals and piano, backed by his own drummer and three Fleetwood Mac members : John McVie (bass guitar), Peter Green and Danny Kirwan (guitar)

During the sixties there was the British Blues boom, containing many blues bands, one of the finest being Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. In January of 1969 Fleetwood Mac were at Chess Studios, Chicago, Jamming Willie Dixon, S.P Leary, Honeyboy Edwards, J.T Brown and longtime Muddy Waters pianist Otist Spann. The end result was the classic double album Blues Jam At Chess The rapport between the Mac and Otis Spann was such that they recorded another whole album together....Colossus. Otis Spann is his usual emotive and exciting self, feeling totally relaxed alongside his regular drummer, S.P Leary. This coupled with Peter Green's guitar playing, which is probably at it's peak on these recordings, makes for a blues album of substance.

The "golden age" of recordings was from 1955 to 1965, at the beginning of the LP and the stereo era, where pure vacuum tube amplification helped produce recordings demonstrating unparalleled fidelity and warmth, lifelike presence and illumination.

This Pure Pleasure LP was remastered by Ray Staff at Alchemy, using pure analogue components only, from the original analogue studio tapes through to the cutting head, and was pressed at Pallas, Germany.