The London Bo Diddley Sessions

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Select	[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars with reviewer Bruce Eder stating "Bo's presence was somewhat overwhelmed by the massive number of session musicians involved (well-meaning though they may have been) and more so, because Bo was still looking for a new sound, ... The songs are pretty fair -- a mix of soul and funk -- with elements of his old sound, and this is probably the best compromise he achieved during this phase of his career, between the old and the new".[1]

All tracks by Ellas McDaniel except where noted

1. "Don't Want No Lyin' Woman" – 3:58
2. "Bo Diddley" – 2:54
3. "Going Down" (Allen Toussaint) – 2:54
4. "Make a Hit Record" – 4:59
5. "Bo-Jam" – 3:31
6. "Husband-In-Law" (Sam Dees, Jimmy Lewis, Frederick Knight) – 3:32
7. "Do the Robot" – 5:40
8. "Sneakers on a Rooster" (Dees, Dee Camon) – 2:41
9. "Get Out of My Life" – 5:09

• Recorded at Ter-Mar Studio, Chicago, IL (tracks 3, 6 & 8) and London, England (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9)

• Bo Diddley – vocals, guitar
• Ray Fenwick (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9) - guitar
• Gerald Sims (tracks 3, 6 & 8) - guitar
• Phil Upchurch (tracks 3, 6 & 8) – guitar
• Roy Wood (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9) – bass
• Richard Evans (tracks 3, 6 & 8) - bass
• Tennyson Stephens – piano (tracks 3, 6 & 8)
• Eddie Hardin – organ (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9)
• Arthur Hoyle, Frank Gordon, Murray Watson – trumpet (tracks 3, 6 & 8)
• Steve Galloway – trombone (tracks 3, 6 & 8)
• Clifford Davis – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (tracks 3, 6 & 8)
• Gene Barge – tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 6 & 8)
• Willie Henderson – baritone saxophone (tracks 3, 6 & 8)
• Keith Smart – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9)
• Robert Crowder, Brian Grice – drums, percussion (tracks 3, 6 & 8)
• Nigel Grainge – percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9)
• Charles Grimar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9), Derf Reklan Raheem (tracks 3, 6 & 8) – congas
• Cookie Vee – tambourine, vocals
• Richard Evans - arranger