Nancy Sinatra "The Very Best Of" - 24 Great Songs 2002

Summer Wine & Some Velvet Morning are the standouts here. I agree that the collabs with Hazlewood are the best tracks on this comp.

In the early 1960s, Nancy Sinatra had been recording commonplace teen pop singles such as "Cuff Links and a Tie Clip" and the Teddy Bears' "To Know Him is to Love Him" for her father Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records with little success. In 1965, veteran producer Lee Hazlewood toughened her vocal manner, added a slab of rockabilly echo, jangly acoustic guitar, tambourine, and some punchy Billy Strange horn arrangements. Their first collaboration, "So Long Babe" was a modest chart entry, but "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'", with its catchy descending bass line, became an international #1 hit and recast Sinatra's public persona from bubblegum pop singer to go-go dancer. She sang soft and sweet on her 1966 hit ... and the chart-topping 1967 duet with her father, "Somethin' Stupid".
With the go-go craze played out and the face of pop music becoming more eclectic, Sinatra teamed up with her gravel-voiced producer Hazlewood ("Summer Wine" (1966), "Jackson", "Lady Bird" (both 1967) and "Some Velvet Morning" (1968)) to create a sort of country version Sonny & Cher. Around this time she also contributed the theme song for the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice." (1967)
Her movie career at this time included starring roles in the films "For Those Who Think Young" (1964), "Marriage on the Rocks" (1965), "The Last of the Secret Agents?", "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini", "The Wild Angels" (all 1966), and "Speedway" (1968), which not only gave Elvis Presley his most important co-star in years, but allowed her to strut her stuff on "Your Groovy Self".
By 1970, the hits stopped coming and Sinatra moved on to make two LPs for RCA; her final chart entry was a double-entendre country reunion with Hazlewood, "Did You Ever" in 1971. Sinatra wouldn't record again until a heavily hyped 1995 comeback album, One More Time. She continues to record and perform all over the world, releasing the self-titled and critically acclaimed Nancy Sinatra in 2004.

trax:
01 Summer Wine (w Lee Hazlewood) 02 The Last of The Secret Agents 03 These Boots Are Made For Walking 04 Lady Bird (w Lee Hazlewood) 05 It Ain't Me Babe 06 Sand (w Lee Hazlewood) 07 So Long, Babe 08 Wishin' and Hopin' 09 Call Me 10 Storybook Children (w Lee Hazlewood) 11 The Shadow of Your Smile 12 Somethin' Stupid (w Frank) 13 Things (w Dean Martin) 14 You Only Live Twice 15 Sundown, Sundown (w Lee Hazlewood) 16 Some Velvet Morning (w Lee Hazlewood) 17 Friday's Child 18 Lightning's Girl 19 Sorry 'bout That 20 How Does That Grab You, Darlin' 21 Jackson (w Lee Hazlewood) 22 100 Years 23 My Elusive Dreams (w Lee Hazlewood) 24 Sugar Town

"THE ORIGINAL FUNK SOUL BROTHERS"

Cool collection of 16 funk classics!

trax:
1. Cold Sweat - James Brown 2. (Not Just) Knee Deep (Part 1) - Funkadelic 3. Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield 4. Koochie Koochie Koochie - Mavis Staples 5. When The Revolution Comes - The Last Poets 6. Hercules - Aaron Neville 7. Handclapping Song - The Meters 8. Can't Nickname The Truth - Sly Stone 9. The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson 10. Trespassin' - Ohio Players 11. In The Stone - Earth Wind & Fire 12. Armed And Extremely Dangerous - First Choice 13. Funky Women - Maceo & All The King's Men 14. Sport - Lightnin' Rod With Kool And The Gang 15. You Said A Bad Word - Joe Tex 16. Across 110th Street (Part 2) - Bobby Womack
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 14

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Boogie Woogie Came to Town - Louis Jordan 2. Let Me Go Home, Whiskey - Amos Milburn 3. Little By Little - Nappy Brown 4. Going Back to Chicago - Chet Oliver 5. Numbers Boogie - Doctor Ross 6. The Jig's Up - Jerry McCain 7. That's All - Etta James 8. A Fool No More - Eddie Hope 9. Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto & His Hawks 10. I Done Woke Up - Louisiana Red 11. Jumpin' from Six to Six - Jimmy Wilson & His Band 12. Rock and Roll Boogie - Jo Jo Williams & His Band 13. Alley Music - Hound Dog Taylor 14. Bring It On Back - Mister Ruffin 15. I Love You Baby - Sonny Terry & His Buckshot Five 16. Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim 17. I'm Gonna Shake It - Rosco Gordon 18. Wow Wow - Willie Egan 19. The Girl Can't Dance - Bunker Hill 20. Slow Down Baby - Bob Gaddy
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The Deviants "Ptooff" 1968

UK psych underground garage classic featuring Mick Farren and future Pink Fairies members. Includes the original cover and notes by John Peel.

Talk today about Britain's psychedelic psyxties, and it's the light whimsy of Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd, the gentle introspection of the village green Kinks, Sgt. Pepper, and "My White Bicycle" which hog the headlines. People have forgotten there was an underbelly as well, a seething mass of discontent and rancor which would eventually produce the likes of Hawkwind, the Pink Fairies, and the Edgar Broughton Band. It was a damned sight more heartfelt, too, but the more some fete the lite-psych practitioners of the modern age, the further their reality will recede. Fronted by journalist / author / wild child Mick Farren, the Deviants spawned that reality. Over the years, three ex-members would become Pink Fairies; for subsequent reunions, sundry ex-Fairies would become honorary Deviants. And though only Russell Hunter is present on Ptooff!, still you can hear the groundwork being laid. the Pink Fairies might well have been the most perfect British band of the early '70s, and the Deviants were their dysfunctional parents. In truth, Ptooff! sounds nowhere near as frightening today as it was the first (or even 21st) time out; too many reissues, most of them now as scarce as the original independently released disc, have dulled its effect, and besides, the group's own subsequent albums make this one look like a puppy dog. But the deranged psilocybic rewrite of "Gloria" which opens the album, "I'm Coming Home," still sets a frightening scene, a world in which Top 40 pop itself is horribly skewed, and the sound of the Deviants grinding out their misshapen R&B classics is the last sound you will hear. Move on to "Garbage," and though the Deviants' debt to both period Zappa and Fugs is unmistakable, still there's a purity to the paranoia. Ptoof! was conceived at a time when there genuinely was a generation gap, and hippies were a legitimate target for any right-wing bully boy with a policeman's hat and a truncheon. IT and Oz, the two underground magazines which did most to support the Deviants (Farren wrote for both), were both publicly busted during the band's lifespan, and that fear permeates this disc; fear, and vicious defiance. It would be two years, and two more albums, before the Deviants finally published their manifesto in all its lusty glory -- "we are the people who pervert your children" -- during their eponymous third album's "People Suite." But already, the intention was there. - by Dave Thompson

trax:
01 Opening 02 I'm Coming Home 03 Child Of The Sky 04 Charlie 05 Nothing Man 06 Garbage 07 Bun 08 Deviation Street

"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 13

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Corinne Corinne - Muddy Waters 2. The Twister - Paul Williams 3. I Want My Fanny Brown - Wynonie Harris 4. This Train - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 5. Mama Don't Allow - Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends 6. Hard Ridin' Mama - Wynonie Harris 7. Here Is a Little Girl - Blue Lu Baker 8. That's What I Like - Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends 9. We're Going to Boogie - Ivory Joe Hunter 10. Them Their Eyes - Varetta Dillard 11. House Party Tonight - Amos Milburn 12. Hole in the Wall Tonight - Albina Jones 13. Hollerin' and Screamin' - Little Esther 14. Rock The Joint - Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians 15. Ooh Pa Pa Dah - Babs Gonzales 16. Dog House Boogie - Hawkshaw Hawkins 17. It Ain't What You Say - Little Esther 18. Boogie At Midnight - Roy Brown 19. Turn the Lights Down Low - Little Esther & Willie Littlefield 20. Summin' Jumpin' - Bumps Blackwell
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 12

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Dig Myself a Hole - Robert Lockwood, Jr. & Sunnyland Slim 2. Talking That Talk - Jimmy Liggins 3. She's a Fine Chick - Neil Darrow & The Quarter Notes 4. Blow My Baby Back to Me - Mules Thomas 5. Twisting Linda - Jimmy Ty 6. She's Just Right for Me - Babs Gonzales 7. Buggin' Baby - George Young 8. Walking Down Hill - Otis Hinton 9. The Grind - Stomp Gordon 10. She's Something Else - Dennis Binder 11. Mother Fuyer - Dirty Red 12. Do the Dive - Sugar & Sweet 13. Ivy League Clean - The El Capris 14. Church Members' Ball - Tabby Thomas 15. Blow Little Willie - Little Walkin' Willie 16. Johnny Rhythm - The Fairlaines 17. Strange Things Happening in the Dark - Joe August 18. Twisting Beat - Phil Flowers & TNT Tribble's Combo 19. Woke Up This Morning - Chase Canfil 20. You Got Me Goin' - The Sultans
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 11

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. 21 Days in Jail - Magic Sam 2. I Was Gone - Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater 3. You Don't Have to Go - Sam Myers 4. They Just Rockin' - V. & B.B. 5. Uncle John - Al Calloway 6. Heart Hearted Woman - Eddie Burns 7. Chase'em Tom Cat - Al "TNT" Burns 8. The Thing - Curtis & The Creeps 9. How to Do the Bacon Fat - The Five Dollars 10. Tell Me Why - Morris Bailey 11. Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix 12. Mish Mash - Carrie Grant & The Grandeurs 13. Anna Mae - Brownie McGhee 14. Sea Sick and Water Bound - Bobo Jenkins 15. Honey for Sale - Chip Nelson 16. Dig Yourself - Les Cooper 17. Twist Like This - Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater 18. House Rent Party - Babs Gonzales 19. San Francisco Breakdown - Doctor Ross 20. Rockin' in the Jungle - Wailin' Bethea
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 10

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Hobo - J.D. Edwards 2. Who's in the Shack - The Barons 3. We're Gonna Shake - Arthur Gunter 4. It Must Have Been the Devil - Otis Spann 5. Hoy Hoy - Johnny Jones 6. Oogsey Moo - Jessie Hill 7. Jersey City - Bobby Long 8. Ride On Red - Louisiana Red 9. Little By Little - Junior Wells 10. She Knocks Me Out - Harold Burrage 11. Nasty Boogie - Champion Jack Dupree 12. Vincent's Boogie - Vincent Franks 13. Back Shack Track - Little Sonny Warner & Big Jay McNeely 14. Ride With Me - Little Larry 15. The Prowler - The Idols 16. Hoo Doo Say - The Sly Fox 17. Leave My Kitten Alone - Little Willie John 18. Ride Superman Ride - Stomp Gordon 19. Uncle Stan the Hip Hit Record Man - Lightnin' Hopkins 20. I Ain't Drunk - Jimmy Liggins
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Alan Price "The Best Of Alan Price" 1984

Alan Price, the quintessential British singer / songwriter of the 20th century, has enjoyed a most celebrated career in music, film and the theatre, which has spanned over 40 years. Alan began his world class musical career in the early Sixties, as the arranger and keyboardist for the legendary British rock group, The Animals. In 1965, he formed the Alan Price Set, with whom he recorded a string of chart topping hits. In the late Sixties, he embarked on a distinguished solo career. Alan continues to write and record his unique brand of music, and he performs regularly throughout Europe.

trax:
01 Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear 02 Jarrow Song 03 I Put a Spell on You 04 Angel Eyes 05 Just For You 06 In Times Like These 07 Too Many People 08 Tikle Me 09 The House That Jack Built 10 Don't Stop the Carnival 11 Barefootin' 12 Falling in Love Again 13 Shame 14 Cherie 15 Hi Lilli Hi Lo 16 Baby of Mine 17 Slow Down 18 If I Could

"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 9

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Look At That Chick - Johnny Wright 2. Run Jody Run - Jimmy Coe & The Gay Cats Of Rhythm 3. Come On Home - Jumpin' Jay 4. Twirl - Little Luther 5. Killer Diller - Jimmy Breedlove 6. Never Never - Washboard Sam 7. Please Don't Tell Me Now - Dean & Jean (Welton Young & Brenda Lee Jones) 8. Atlanta Boogie - Tommy Brown 9. I Warned You Baby - Frankie Lee Sims 10. Funny Looking Thing - Honeyboy Bryant 11. If I Had My Way - Blind Willie Johnson 12. Betty Jean - Harold Burrage 13. Bad Boogie - Lightnin' Hopkins 14. Rockhouse - Big Maybelle 15. Shake Your Boogie - Model T. Slim 16. Rock and Roll Lilly - Johnny Copeland 17. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White 18. Security - The Lovers (Tarheel Slim & Little Ann) 19. That's It Man - The Valentines 20. Little School Girl - Sugar Billy Garner
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 8

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Tell Me Who - Bobo Jenkins 2. The Dances - Phil Flowers 3. John John - Aggie Dukes 4. Miss Thing - The Silhouettes 5. Can't Stop Movin' - Johnny Chef 6. Arkansas Jane - Millionaires 7. Rhythm Rockin' Boogie - John Lee 8. Touch and Go - Wynona Carr 9. Yes Baby - George Harmonica Smith 10. My Baby Is a Good One - Otis Rush 11. A Real Good Time - Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater 12. Raise Some Sand - Jay Nelson & His Jumpers 13. Hi Yo Silver - Ricky Charles 14. Bacon Fat - Big Daddy & His Boys 15. Running Shoes - Juke Boy Bonner 16. Ramblin' Man - Larry Darnell 17. Let's Shimmy - King Coleman 18. Baby, Let's Play House - The Thunderbirds 19. I Get Weak - Tiny Lewis 20. Little City Woman - Big Bill Broonzy
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JIMMY ROGERS "Chicago's Jimmy Rogers Sings The Blues" (1973)

This is a reissue of 'Chicago's Jimmy Rogers Sings the Blues', a 1990 CD release from DCC, under license from Shelter Records, which in turn was a CD issue of 'Gold Tailed Bird' (first issued on LP in 1973 and already out of print by 1974), with 6 bonus tracks. The recordings were made in January & February of 1972 (with JJ Cale producing some of the tracks) and December 1973.
Here's the important stuff: The band has a BALL playing some of Jimmy Rogers' classic blues tunes ('You're Sweet', 'Sloppy Drunk', etc) - and it's a killer line-up: Freddie King and Louis Myers on guitars (how often do you get to hear Freddie backing others: it's worth having this disc for this fact alone!), Dave Myers on bass, Fred Below on drums, Bob Reed on piano, and of course Jimmy Rogers on vocals (who is also listed as supplying harmonica, but it could also be Louis Myers)
No dazzling technical solos or fancy arrangements here: just good grooves, classic songs, great playing (solos and accompaniments) and good fun all 'round. Buy it before THIS becomes out of print! (Amazon)

trax:
01 Act Like You Love Me 02 That_s All Right 03 You_re Sweet 04 Blues (Follow Me All Day Long) 05 Sloppy Drunk 06 Broken Hearted Blues 07 Live At Ma Bee's 08 Information Please 09 House Rocker 10 Brown Skinned Woman 11 Bad Luck Blues 12 Gold Tailed Bird 13 Slick Chick 14 I Lost A Good Woman 15 You_re The One 16 Pretty Baby 17 Dorcie Belle 18 Lonesome Blues
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 7

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Killer Diller - King Rhythm 2. Tell Me Pretty Baby - Screamin' Joe Neal 3. Jumpin' With Jarvis - Papa George Lightfoot 4. True Fine Mama - Little Julian Herrera 5. Let's Have Some Heat - Pigmeat Markham 6. I Got to Know - Guitar Crusher 7. Walk the Chalk Line - Buddy & Ella Johnson 8. Call The Doctor - Doctor Ross 9. Tootles - Lenny Capello & The Dots 10. Slow Down - Gus Jenkins 11. Pleadin' - Mercy Baby 12. Hidden Charms - Charles Clark 13. Let Me Tell You About It - Slydell 14. Say Lou - Sil Austin 15. Everybody's Gonna Roll - The Isley Brothers 16. You Keep On Doggin' Me - Sonny Terry & Jaycee Burris 17. I'm Wild About You Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins 18. Dragnet - Stomp Gordon 19. She's Mine All Mine - Eddie Lang 20. The Tequila Twist - The Valiants
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Cliff Richard & The Shadows "Do You Want To Dance" - 7"/45rpm

Moin aus dem saukalten Berlin. Hier 'ne Single von Sir Cliff und seinen Schatten. Have a rockin' weekend! - DooWopDaddyO

trax:
01 Do You Want To Dance (Take 2) 02 Love (Unreleased & Undubbed Version)
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BOBBY HALL & THE KINGS

Bobby Hall & The Kings, from Baltimore, MD, where truly one of the most under-rated R&B groups of the 50's. With a unique style featuring tight harmony and very bluesy leads, their sound was somewhere between the classic early New York sound, and that of the more soulful southern R&B groups. Their earliest efforts on JAX, which feature the lead voice of Bobby Hall, are masterpieces of the genre. Since none of their records ever received the promotion necessary to garner any airplay or sales, original copies of them are very expensive today. (Marv Goldberg)
Read all about this group here:
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Kings/kings.html

trax:
01 Why Oh Why 02 Do You Wanna Rock 03 A Sunday Kind Of Love 04 Baby Be There 05 Fire In My Heart 06 Love No One 07 I Love My Baby 08 You Made Me Cry 09 You Never Knew 10 50-50 Love 11 Search My Heart 12 Vandunt-Un-Va-Da-Song 13 Please Bring Yourself Back Home 14 Bad Girl 15 Ricky Doo Ricky Doo 16 Love Is Something From Within 17 Don't Go 18 Angel 19 Come On Little Baby 20 Till You 21 Elephant Walk 22 Your Sweet Love 23 Troubles Don't Last 24 Surrender 25 Hold Me 26 I Want To Know 27 Bumpity Bump 28 Count Your Blessings 29 How Do You Start A Romance
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 6

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Safronia - Calvin Boze 2. Rock a Little Baby - Harmonica Frank Floyd 3. The Rooster - Icky Renrut 4. Look-a-There - Mojo Watson 5. Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf - Bunker Hill 6. Hillbilly Blues - Clear Waters 7. After a While We Gonna Drink a Little Whisky - The Big Three Trio 8. That's All - Al Garris 9. I Ain't Got the Money to Pay for This Drink - The Thrills 10. Savoy Jump - Jimmy McCracklin 11. Shotgun Rider - Bo Dudley 12. Wine-O-Wine - Willis Jackson & The Four Gators 13. Go Ahead - Billy Miranda 14. Holy Mackerel - Prentice Moreland 15. I'm a Little Mixed Up - Betty James 16. Davy You Upset My Home - Joe Tex 17. Monkey Doin' Woman - Shy Guy Douglas 18. Overboard - James "Sugarboy" Crawford 19. But Officer - Sonny Knight 20. Holy Smoke Baby - Tony Allan
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DR. FEELGOOD "The BBC Sessions" 1973-1978

The conventional wisdom holds that all Dr. Feelgood recordings from the Wilko Johnson era are the gold-standard and everything else is "Other". I guess I also subscribe to that notion however I have to tell you that these Gypie Mayo tracks are very rockin'. The first 13 are very good but the remainder have a fire, grit and looseness that I don't here in the others. I suspect that this recording captures the band on a day that they felt they had something to prove to the nation and they rose to the occasion very admirably. (Amazon)

This is a companion volume to 1999's Live at the BBC, 1974-5, and a little confusing in that regard, as it was evidently intended to cover the John "Gypie" Mayo lineup of the band -- but fully 13 of the 21 cuts here go back to 1973-1975, overlapping with the contents of the earlier disc, and feature Wilko Johnson on lead guitar (not that anyone is complaining about that). Those first 13 cuts, from "She Does It Right" through "Route 66," smoke right off the CD, and easily rate alongside anything the original lineup ever generated in the studio. The eight songs that follow, from sessions on John Peel's radio show and featuring the post-Johnson lineup, are well played but several come off as less inspired and more generic despite the obvious effort being made by the band on numbers like "She's a Wind-Up" and "Baby Jane." However, the last two cuts, "Down at the Doctor's" and "Sugar Shaker," show everyone in top form and every musical nuance clicking perfectly. The sound is excellent and the annotation by Stephen Foster shows an intimate knowledge of and sincere appreciation for the group. (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)

For some reason, I expected a flood of product being released after the death of Dr. Feelgood vocalist Lee Brilleaux, but unfortunately it just hasn't happened. I guess quality is better than quantity though and "BBC Sessions 1973-1978" is a keeper. Thirteen of the 21 tracks feature guitarist/headcase/show-off Wilko Johnson, an absolute genius and the real "Master Of The Telecaster" (with all apologies to Albert Collins), casting off a barrage of chunky, greasy, and downright dirty chords, riffs, and leads, all apparently without the use of a pick. The remainder feature Johnson's replacement, John "Gypie" Mayo, who seamlessly stepped in without a hitch and surprised everyone who thought Johnson's departure meant the end of the band. Although usually branded "pub rock," Dr. Feelgood were essentially a down and dirty R&B outfit, comprised of the aforementioned Brilleaux, Johnson/Mayo, and an ace rhythm section of John B. Sparkes on bass and ominously monikered The Big Figure on drums. If "Malpractice" is still in print, it's the perfect introduction to the band and one of the great lost albums of the '70's, but "BBC Sessions 1973-1978" is a great companion piece. Recommended… (Trouser Press)

trax:
01 She Does It Right 02 I Don't Mind 03 Riot In Cell Block #9 04 Tore Down 05 Checking Up On My Baby 06 The More I Give 07 Boom Boom 08 All Through The City 09 Talk To Me Baby 10 I Don't Mind 11 I'm A Hog For You Baby 12 Keep It Out of Sight 13 Route 66 14 You Upset Me Baby 15 She's a Wind-Up 16 Baby Jane 17 Ninety Nine and a Half (Just Won't Do) 18 Night Time 19 Take a Tip 20 Down at the Doctor's 21 Sugar Shaker
Tracks 1-13 feature the original Dr. Feelgood lineup with the wonderful and one-of-a-kind Wilko Johnson on guitar
Tracks 14-21 feature Wilko's replacement Gypie Mayo rocking the six string
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 5

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Invasion - Bobby December & The Famous Renegades 2. You'd Better Find - Lavern Baker 3. Dog Wild - Jack Harris & The Arabians 4. Stop and Think - Lowell Fulson 5. Prove You Love Me Baby - Bonnie Graham 6. Take a Trip - Jimmy Vick & The Victors 7. Little Schoolgirl - Billy Garner 8. Little Ann - Jimmie "Playboy" Knight 9. Can't Stop Me - George Young 10. My Pretty Baby - Ernie Williams 11. Whatcha Gonna Do - Alan & The Flames 12. Country Boy - Nat Robertson 13. Whoa Whoa The Good Guys 14. Angel Child - Peppermint Harris 15. She Likes to Boogie Real Slow - Frankie Lee Sims 16. Movin' Out - Lightnin' Hopkins 17. Thinkin' Man's Girl - Lord Luther 18. She's My Baby - Screamin' Joe Neal 19. Come Back - Big John Greer 20. Choo Choo - The Cardinals
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"STRAWBERRY BUBBLEGUM" A Collection Of Pre-10cc Strawberry Studio Recordings 1969-1972

More than three decades on from the group's inception, 10cc remains one of British rock's most collectible acts, not for what it achieved during its lifetime, however, but for all it wrought in the ten years before then. At least two different bootlegs, the Hotlegs album and a slew of Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders reissues, have pursued the topic into the CD age, but this is the first release to officially delve into the Graham Gouldman/Kevin Godley/Lol Crème/Eric Stewart archive with any serious sense of purpose -- and it emerges a triumph. As the title implies, the emphasis is on the quartet's work as sessionmen for American bubblegummers Kasenatz-Katz, at their own Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England. Recording under such reliable brand names as Crazy Elephant and Freddie & the Dreamers, the team amassed several major American and European hits. But they also undertook a number of sessions under their own steam. Gouldman's Garden Odyssey and Tristar Airbus, latter-day Herman's Hermits vocalist Peter Cowap, Manchester City Football Club, and more trailed into the studios to record some lovely slices of pop, pursuing the Hotlegs experiment with such gems as "Umbopo," "Funky City," and a sensational reworking of "Da Doo Ron Ron." Indeed, across 23 tracks, Strawberry Bubblegum unwraps so many facets of the team's creativity that, in many ways, its eventual consolidation as 10cc saw the group reining in some of its greater excesses, to become almost one-dimensional by comparison.
Not everything on this album is amazing -- several tracks, the musicians admit, were written and recorded purely for the money. But even at their most mercenary, the four brought a perfectionist quality to the proceedings that few other jobbing sessioneers of the age would ever have bothered with. And, though the story remains woefully incomplete (wherefore John Paul Jones for a start?), still the story of 10cc has just taken one of its greatest steps forward in years. Now, how about volume two? (Dave Thompson, Allmusic)

UK ONLY. Subtitled - A Collection Of Pre-10cc Strawberry Studio Recordings 1969-1972. Emerging out of the blue in 1972 with the witty high school pop pastiche `Donna`, 10cc were quickly hailed by the era`s pundits as the ultimate studio whizz-kids, fusing classic 60s-style melodies and harmonies with the latest advances in recording technology at the band`s own Strawberry Studios in Stockport. Eric Stewart & Graham Gouldman set up Strawberry Studios in 1968 & went onto record under various guises, especially for bubblegum kings Kasenatz Katz, before forming 10cc. Those deft recording skills had actually been carefully honed during a three-year studio apprenticeship that had started in 1969, when bubblegum kings Kasenetz Katz hired Strawberry and instructed the quartet to ghost tracks that would appear (mainly in the US) under a variety of aliases that included Silver Fleet, Crazy Elephant and the Ohio Express. 23 tracks including many that are new to CD. Includes full-color fold-out sleeve with extensive liner notes, photos & other memorabilia. The quality of the songs here is mind-boggling. The talents of these guys immense as the styles swerve all over the place...you`ll hear elements that would become 10cc here, but also, Buffalo Springfiled, Stealers Wheel, Badfinger and tons and tons of amazing bubblegum sounds, including a great song they wrote for Ohio Express. But there`s plenty more of that in here, too. Check out Freddie and The Dreamers "Yummy Yummy" melody on "Susan`s Tuba"! A must for fans of early 70`s bubblegum and pastichey pop. For the first time ever, Strawberry Bubblegum anthologises the cream of those 1969-72 recordings, with the now semi-legendary Kasenetz Katz sessions - on which the band wrote, played and sung every note, even adding falsetto female backing vocals! - joined by a variety of other pseudonymous recordings and collaborations that range from pre-10cc harmony pop nuggets to glam rock-style football tributes. With every track (some never before issued in the UK) appearing on CD for the first time, Strawberry Bubblegum, which comes with comprehensive liner notes and rarely glimpsed illustrations, is the release that 10cc aficionados have been demanding for years. (Not Lame)

Between Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders, Graham Gouldman Experience but before Hotlegs and 10cc there were a number of other names 10cc recorded under. Working for Jeff Katz and his partner, Gouldman, Stewart, Godley & Creme wrote and recorded under a number of identities including The Ohio Express (although they had nothing to do with "Yummy, Yummy I've Got Love in My Tummy"), Silver Fleet, Doctor Father, Tristar Airbus, mahcester City, Crazy Elephant and many, many other names.
All these early recordings made either alone or in collaboration at Strawberry Studios (hence the title of the CD)are included here on "Strawberry Bubblegum". Recorded between 1969 and 1972, not all of these recordings charted or were good but most of them have more than a touch of 10cc and Godley & Creme. From the bluesy "Roll On" (recorded as Doctor Father) to the pure bubblegum psychedelic touches on "Sausaltio (is the place to Go)" this grand album is a snapshot to a simpler, cleverer time when musicians actually wrote music not sampled it. This will be a fun journey back to a time when power pop was just emerging, bubblegum music made AM radio hummable and rap was just a twinkle in Grandmaster Flash's eye. Anyone that likes this music would do well to also check out "Chips from the Chocolate Fireball" which simulates mid to late 60's recordings by a band called The Dukes of Stratsophere. It's really XTC ("Senses Working Overtime", "Making Plans for Nigel", "Dear God" and "The Mayor of Simpleton") masquerading as someone else for the fun of it. If only more musicians did this type of stuff the world would be a much funner place. (Amazon)

trax: 1. Sausalito (Is The Place To Go) - Ohio Express 2. Come On Plane - Silver Fleet 3. Tampa, Florida - Peter Cowap 4. Have You Ever Been To Georgia? - Garden Odyssey 5. Travelin' Man - Tristar Airbus 6. Crickets - Peter Cowap 7. Susan's Tuba - Freddie & The Dreamers 8. Today - Festival 9. Umbopo - Doctor Father 10. Safari - Peter Cowap 11. Da Doo Ron Ron - Grumble 12. The Joker - Garden Odyssey 13. Funky City - Manchester City FC 14. The Man With The Golden Gun - Peter Cowap 15. When He Comes - Fighter Squadron 16. Roll On - Doctor Father 17. Wicked Melinda - Peter Cowap 18. Willie Morgan - Tristar Airbus 19. Pig Bin An' Gone - Grumble 20. Warm Me - Festival 21. Oh Solomon - Peter Cowap 22. Boys In Blue - Manchester City FC 23. There Ain't No Umbopo - Crazy Elephant
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 4

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Hot Tamales and Bar-B-Que - Chico Chism 2. Don't Stay Out All Night - Gabriel & His Trumpet 3. Good Lovin' - Larry Hanna 4. Cotton Pickin' Mama - Claude Robinson 5. You Ain't So Such a Much - Blanche Thomas 6. Making Tracks - Sammy Johns & The Devilles 7. Rock to the Groove - Leon & The Hi-Tones 8. Parlez Vous - Bill Matte 9. My Daddy Told Me - Herman Gillespie 10. Louise - Teddy Reynolds 11. Looking for My Baby - Doc Starkes & The Nite Rider 12. Honey Why - Big John Greer 13. Love Me Like Crazy - Doc Starkes & The Nite Rider 14. He's My Texas Baby - Fran Harris & The 4 Friends 15. Irma Special - Roland Mitchell 16. Lizzie Lou - Willie Mitchell 17. That Big Fat Mama - Paul (Georgia Boy) Kimble 18. I'm Afraid I Love You - Jimmie Newsome 19. Let's Turn 'em On Tonight - Shep Tingle 20. Come Dance With Rudy - Monroe Chapman
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 3

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Bookie's Blues - Dave Barton & The Royal Playboys 2. Country Girl - Mickey Cooper 3. Shufflin' Boogie - George Jenkins 4. Leave It Alone - Max Bailey 5. Booted - The Shrewsbury Kid 6. Crazy About You Baby - Rufus Thomas 7. Keep Me On Your Mind in '59 - Austin Wright 8. Rock Everybody Rock - McKinley Mitchell & The Rhythm Rockers 9. Who's That Under My Bed? - Rich McQueen 10. Hey Hey Loretta - Joe McCoy & The Real McCoys 11. Mary Lou - John Bullard 12. Ball of Fire - Frank Linkenberg 13. Unsatisfied Mind - Calvin Johnson 14. Love Me Baby - Jesse Allen 15. Little Eva - Johnny Green 16. Tarzan - Artie Wilson 17. Get It - Georgia Lane 18. Whipped Cream - Lorenzo Holden 19. I Want My Baby - Bill Heyman 20. Too Much Goin' On - Joe McCoy & The Real McCoys
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 2

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Going Back Home - Harmonica Slim 2. Before Day in the Morning - Jimmy Anthony & The Jap Curry Blazers 3. Tick Tock - Chris Allen 4. Make Me Dance Little Ant - Joe Hughes 5. Rockin' Shoes - Tony Allen 6. She's an Upsetter - Freddie Hall & Ike Perkins 7. You Can't Stay Here - Paul Reeves & The Concords 8. Cash Box Boogie - Lowell Fulson 9. My Heart Goes Diddely Bum - Potato (Lee) Christy 10. Who Dat - Mr. Rain 11. Too Young or Too Old - Felix Monta & The Bellnotes 12. Shake Pretty Baby - Eddie "Tex" Curtis 13. What I Say - Oliver Jones 14. Let's Party - Jesse Allen 15. I'm a Good Rockin' Daddy - Ray Snead 16. I Love My Baby - H-Bomb Ferguson 17. Preachin' - Julian Dash & His Sextet 18. You Drive Me Crazy - Joan Shaw 19. No More Dogging Around - Rufus Thomas 20. All Night Long - Wynonie Harris & The Royals
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 2 - Vol. 1

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Everything's Gonna Be Alright Tonight - King Perry & The Pied Pipers 2. I'm the Fat Man - Big John Greer & The Rhythm Rockers 3. Something's Wrong - Herbert “Woo Woo” Moore 4. Great Big Hunk of Man - Jimmy Nelson 5. Let's Drink Some Whiskey - Al Jackson 6. Runaway - Jesse Stone 7. Hush Your Lyin' Mouth - Sax Kari & HisBallin' Blues Band 8. Beer Bottle Boogie - Mr. Swing 9. Court Room Blues - Johnny Otis 10. Woman Don't Want a Good Man No More - Earl Jackson 11. I Want to Know - Vivian Verson & The Red Calhoun Orchestra 12. Oh Baby - The Bob Kent Orchestra 13. Say Baby - Willie Johnson 14. All Shook Out - Moohah (AC Williams) 15. Korea - The Bob Kent Band 16. Gonna Bring My Baby Back - Mr. Swing 17. Wild Life - Rudy Greene 18. The Devil Is Mad - Dorothea Fleming 19. What's Shakin' - Ralph Wilson 20. My Baby's Gone Away - Eddie Riff & Mickey Baker
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 15

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Woo Woo Baby - Eddie Carroll & The Montclairs 2. Your Car Machine - Guitar Tommy Moore 3. That's Allright With Me - Louis Payne Orchestra 4. That's Where It's At - Baby Wayne 5. Meet You In The Morning - Stick McGhee 6. Collins' Shuffle - Albert Collins 7. Let's Ball - Ray Snead 8. Sad Head Blues - Mr. Sad Head 9. Moving On Now - Charlie Brantley Orchestra 10. Little Annie - Ford Nelson Quintet 11. Hook Line And Sinker - Fats Witherspoon 12. Tell Me What's The Matter - T.J. Fowler with Frank Taylor 13. That Ain't Right - Jimmie Crawford 14. Fade Away Baby - Ray Snead 15. Talk To Me - Bob Williams Orchestra 16. California Baby Boy - Melvin Smith 17. Somebody Help Me - Leon Tarver 18. Will Call - Joe Jones 19. Screamin' In My Sleep - Gene Parrish 20. I'm Your Rockin' Man - Herman Manzy
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 14

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Unwelcome Blues - Johnny "Blues" Taylor 2. Big Daddy Slack - Madman Taylor 3. Got The Boogie Woogie Blues - Willie Johnson 4. Raid On Cedar Street - Tom "Shy Guy" Douglas 5. Rock And Roll The Blues - Nicky Lee 6. Long Tall Papa - Erline Harris 7. San Quentin Bait - Charlie "Boogie Woogie" Davis 8. Anytime You Can Ring My Bell - Arbee Stidham 9. Rockin' Rhythm - Pee Wee Barnum 10. Man's Brand Boogie - Billy Wright 11. Cool Kind Lover - Jesse Thomas 12. Down On The Farm - Al Franklin Combo with Leroy Jones 13. Lot Of Shakin' Lot Of Livin' - Piano Slim & His Rockin' Four 14. Pack Your Clothes - Harmon Hump Jones 15. Hallelujah Rock And Roll - Sandra Grimm 16. I Ain't Botherin' Nobody - Guitar Tommy Moore 17. Nursery Rhyme Rock - Percy Welch 18. Oh Baby - Barbara Lynn 19. Back Door Man - Percy Welch 20. The Duke Walks - Duke Jenkins
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 13

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Oh Oh Mojo - Johnny Duke & The Volcanos 2. Take Your Fine Frame Home - Billy Gayles w\Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm 3. Chicken Stuff - Hop Wilson 4. My Baby's Gone - T.V. Slim (Oscar Wills) 5. Fi Fo Fum - Lorin Dean 6. Be My Love - Freddie Coaster 7. Rock & Roll In The Groove - Cledus Harrison 8. Wild Track - Guitar Frank 9. Flat Foot Sam - T.V. Slim (Oscar Wills) 10. I 'm Leaving This Town - Mr. Bo 11. A Pretty Girl Dressed In Brown - Eugene Jefferson 12. Let 's Do The Wiggle - Mable Franklin 13. Shoo Shoo Chicken - Charles Sheffield with Big Sambo's Swingsters 14. Don't Freeze On Me - Jessie Mae 15. She Just Won't Be True - Joe Conwright & His Lucky Seven 16. It 's Too Late - Bill Johnson 17. House Rocker's Jamboree - Tucker Coles 18. Rock This Morning - Jesse Allen 19. Brand New Neighborhood - Fletcher Smith 20. Nobles Shuffle - Jimmy Milner & His Blue Ribbon Band
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 12

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Mama - Jimmy Smith 2. You 're Killing Me - Milt Trenier & His Solid Six 3. Talkin' About You - Piney Brown 4. Red Red Wine - Milton Buckner 5. You Bring Out The Wolf In Me - Piney Brown 6. Oh Babe - Jimmy Preston & Burnetta Evans 7. My, Oh My - Max "Scatman" Bailey 8. Eatin' And Sleepin' Blues - Lemmy Johnson 9. Let 's Get Together - Jimmy Lewis 10. I'm Telling You Baby - Bumps Myers 11. Flip Our Wigs - Milt Trenier & His Solid Six 12. Big Man - Carl Matthews 13. Till My Baby Comes Back - Jimmy Crawford 14. Your Money Ain't Good Enough - Cheri Lynn 15. I 'm Out Of My Mind - Melvin Smith 16. Mean Poor Gal - Fletcher Smith 17. Hackensack Mama - Johnny "Blues" Taylor 18. Onion Breath Baby - Elroy Peace 19. Baby Baby - Katie Webster & Ashton Conroy 20. I Just Can't Help It - Eddie Alston
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Huelyn Duvall With Mike Bell & The Belltones "Baby, Make A Move" (GOOFIN EP GR220)

Hi, erstmal allet Jute für 2013… und ein bisschen Mucke: der alte 50's Haudegen Huelyn Duvall im Zusammenspiel mit Mike Bell und seinen Mannen. Rock on! Gruß DooWopDaddyO

Huelyn Duvall is a bona fide Texas Rockabilly legend. He was in the centre of that rocking hillbilly storm that ravaged America in the mid 50s, gigging alongside the biggest names in rock'n'roll. Impossibly handsome, Duvall had a savage way with a guitar and a bopping tune that quickly gained him national attention. His hard hitting waxings for Challenge (Three Months to Kill), Starfire (It's No Wonder) and other labels are desirable collector items today. The continuing release of unissued masters from his recording sessions with Danny Wolfe and Tooter Boatman's Chapparals have only served to enhance his glowing reputation amongst Rocking diehards.
A lesser performer would be happy to rest on their laurels and trade on past glories. But this Texas Rockabilly Legend is made of sterner stuff.
Huelyn has continued to release top-quality rockers throughout his career, and remains in constant demand to headline at the biggest Rockabilly music festivals around the world. Duvall is held in such high esteem among his fellow musicians that the most talented young players from the Rocking scene are proud to play alongside him. For this outstanding EP he is joined by Finland's hottest new combo, Mike Bell And Thehe Belltones. Mike, Kali, Iikku and Japi have been tearing it up at the major weekenders, and to see them joining forces with Huelyn on Goofin' Records is a musical match made in heaven.
This record is sure to have DJs and record hops filling honky tonk hardwood floors everywhere. From the infectious foot-tapper Little Bit of Lovin', via stomping Stina Lee to the KILLER bopper Baby Make a Move - here is a slab of vinyl that will FORCE you to dance! - Bill Smoker

trax:
01 Baby, Make A Move 02 Stina Lee 03 Give The Dog A Bone 04 Little Bit Of Lovin'
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THE MOVE "Singles A's & B's - Hits and Rarities"

This CD is the best set available if you want to get the best of this great and sadly neglected band (in the U.S.anyway). it contains all the single A and B sides to all their classic singles. Much appreciated is the fact the record company licenced the band's EMI output so you get classic Move tracks like "California Man", "Chinatown and "Do Ya" and they've included the long lost "Vote For Me" as well and the full "Somethin Else from The Move" live EP as the last six tracks on disc 2. There is no more perfect Move compilation in existence. (Amazon) This collection is now out of print.

Hits & Rarities / Singles A's & B's is a nicely put together double-CD set from Repertoire Records -- it's actually a more expansive version of Edsel Records' Omnibus: The 60s Singles A's & B's issued that same year, assembling the Move's 40 official U.K. single releases (or, more properly, non-LP releases, since there are some EP sides represented), all dating between 1966 and 1974 (that latter date is a result of the belated 45 rpm issue of "Do Ya"). It's safe to say that no band this side of the Beatles (and perhaps not even them) ever packed more creative and challenging elements into their 45's, on the A-sides as well as the B-sides, than the Move did. Though they released four albums during this same period, the latter were so infrequent that they couldn't be the group's main vehicle for expression or experimentation -- it was the 7" platters that served this purpose, and it's even more to the credit of Roy Wood and company that they were able to pull that off successfully for five years. From the little vocal vamp inspired by Gustav Holst's The Planets at the end of "The Disturbance" to the reed accompaniment on "Flowers in the Rain," the gently lusting lyric buried amid the psychedelia-soaked "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree," and the little near-quote from "Heat Wave" in the opening of "Vote for Me," there's just a lot going on in all of the group's songs, and one must give them credit for getting a lot of this recorded in the first place -- assembled together, it all makes for an imposing, at times almost overpowering collection of sounds, not just because of the innovations that they worked into their pop sides, but also the fact that, creative as they ever got, the Move always played their stuff hard, with a good attack on their instruments -- even "Blackberry Way," for all of its seeming debt to "Penny Lane," is played a lot harder than the Beatles ever attacked their instruments on the latter song, pushing that volume very hard (until "Curly," the Move never even issued a single side with an acoustic guitar in the foreground of the mix, and that was a fluke). For completeness' sake, the Italian version of "Something" closes out the first disc -- the second opens with the advent of the Jeff Lynne lineup of the band, kicking off with Wood's "When Alice Comes Back to the Farm" and Lynne's "What," which debuts the vocal/instrumental mix around Lynne's voice that would become the template for the Electric Light Orchestra. That disc gets to 20 songs by encompassing the five live songs off of the Something Else EP and the one odd song, "Useless Information," off of a Spanish EP. (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)

This is a career spanning best of which will delight and surprise many 60s pop/rock fans. Surprise? Yes - it's taken me till 2000 to check out The Move's records and I've been buying 60s music since 1972. They should be up there with The Kinks, The Small Faces, The Hollies and even, possibly, The Who (with whom they have many stylistic similarities) as the greatest of The Beatles' rivals.
In fact, don't buy this at all. One listen to the likes of "Fire Brigade", "Lemon Tree", "Curly", "Hello Susie", "Tonight" or "Do Ya?" and you'll want the entire catalogue: This band, and especially chief songwriter Roy Wood, should be world famous. Attention all Beatles / Who / Small Faces / Kinks / Byrds / Love fans! BUY CDs BY THE MOVE NOW! (Trouser Press)

trax CD 1:
01 Night Of Fear 02 The Disturbance 03 I Can Hear The Grass Grow 04 Wave Your Flag And Stop The Train 05 Flowers In The Rain 06 (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree 07 Cherry Blossom Clinic 08 Vote For Me 09 Fire Brigade 10 Walk Upon The Water 11 Wild Tiger Woman 12 Omnibus 13 Blackberry Way 14 Something 15 Yellow Rainbow 16 Curly 17 This Time Tomorrow 18 Brontosaurus 19 Lightning Never Strikes Twice 20 Something (Italian Version)
trax CD 2:
01 When Alice Comes Back To The Farm 02 What? 03 Kilroy Was Here 04 Turkish Tram Conductor Blues 05 Beautiful Daughter 06 Ella James 07 No Time 08 Tonight 09 Don't Mess Me Up 10 My Marge 11 Chinatown 12 Down On The Bay 13 California Man 14 Do Ya 15 So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star 16 Stephanie Knows Who 17 Something Else 18 It'll Be Me 19 Sunshine Help Me 20 Usless Information
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 11

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. I Wanna - Cry Baby Curtis 2. Down On My Knees - Walter Vaughn 3. It's Your Voodoo Working - Charles Sheffield 4. You Know It Ain't Right - Charles Walker 5. Talk About A Party - Boogaloo (Kent Harris) & His Gallant Crew 6. Hello Miss Sims - Garland The Great 7. Saturday Night - Kansas City Jimmy 8. My Baby Is A Boxer - Junior Tamplin 9. You Look Bad - Danny “Run Joe” Taylor 10. How About Rockin' With Me - Piney Brown 11. I'm Clappin' And Shoutin' - Bumps Myers & His Frantic Five 12. Cheating Woman - Kansas City Jimmy 13. You Better Stop - Junior Ryder (Morris Rider) 14. That 's Right Baby - Piney Brown 15. Bashful And Blue - Floyd Tumbam Orchestra 16. Be Seein' You In My Dreams - Al Savage & The Joe Morris Orchestra 17. Decorate The Counter - Rufus Thomas 18. They Where Right - Joe Fritz 19. Hole In The Ground - The Freddie Kohlman Orchestra 20. Oh What A Fool - Joe "Google Eyes" August
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"SOUTHERN BLUES" Volume 2

The second of two installments from British label Acrobat, Southern Blues, Volume 2 brings together an interesting set of 78s from American blues artists. There are some well-known names here (Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Boy Fuller), but most of the singers are relatively obscure, and the rarity of the tracks is the strength of this compilation. Highlights include Henry Thomas' "Bull Doze Blues" (the reed part here was taken note for note to form the intro to Canned Heat's "Going Up Country," a hit 60 years later), Pink Anderson's "Gonna Tip Out Tonight," and Peg Leg Howell's "Rolling Mill Blues." (by Steve Legget, Allmusic)

trax:
1. Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell 2. Gone Dead On You Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 3. Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant 4. Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan 5. Three Woman Blues - Blind Willie McTell 6. Superstitious Blues - Hattie Burleson 7. Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas 8. Lonesome Trail Blues - Emma Wright 9. Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson 10. Rolling Mill Blues - Peg Leg Howell 11. Pennsylvania Woman Blues - Six Cyclinder Smith 12. Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newburn 13. South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker 14. Atlanta Moan - Barbecue Bob 15. Howling Wolf Pt 1 - Funny Papa Smith 16. Diddle Da Diddle - Georgia Cotton Pickers 17. Katy Crossin' Blues - Texas Alexander 18. BD Woman's Blues - Lucille Bogan 19. Rag Mama Rag - Blind Boy Fuller 20. Ninth Street Stomp - Bernice Edwards 21. Sundown Blues - Blind Norris 22. Sweet Woman Blues - Georgia Slim 23. Fannie Mae Blues - Pinetop Burks 24. Alberta - Stick Horse Hammond 25. If You Change Your Ways Woman - Cool Papa Smith
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 10

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. If It's Too Late - J.L. Smith 2. Set A Date - Homesick James & Hound Dog Taylor 3. No More - Johnny Fuller 4. Don't You Wanna Man Like Me - Jay Nelson 5. She 's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve 6. Midnight Blues - Baby Calloway 7. Ways Of A Man - Guitar Shorty 8. Come By There - Nat Cool Cat 9. Just To Be Close To You - Paul Perryman 10. I Weep - B.B. Brown 11. I'm Not To Blame - The Carter Brothers 12. Don't Cry No More - Eugene Jefferson 13. I Love You - Elton Anderson 14. My Baby Didn't Come Home - Harmonica Fats 15. Tummer Tee - Rosco Gordon 16. Do Right Baby - Bily Gayles 17. Rock And Roll Radio - Joe Boots 18. Little Miss Bibbity Bobbity Bom - Otis Riley 19. Alice Mae Blues - Sonny Boy Williams 20. Knock Need Rooster - Hank Moore
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"SOUTHERN BLUES" Volume 1

The first of a two- volume set from British label Acrobat, Southern Blues, Volume 1 brings together an interesting group of 78s from American blues singers. There are a few well- known names here (Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Bukka White), but most of the selections are by more obscure artists, which is the real strength of this compilation. Highlights include rare tracks from Geeshie Wiley ("Skinny Leg Blues"), and Garfield Akers ("Dough Roller Blues"). (by Steve Legget, Allmusic)

trax:
1. I'm Leaving Town - William Harris 2. Mistreatin' Blues - Frank Stokes 3. Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson 4. Dry Land Blues - Furry Lewis 5. Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy 6. Elder Green Blues - Charley Patton 7. Never Drive A Stranger From You Door - Willie Harris 8. Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers 9. Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport 10. Skinny Leg Blues - Geeshie Wiley 11. Stop And Listen Blues - Mississippi Sheiks 12. I Let My Daddy Do That - Hattie Hart 13. Little Girl In Rome - Otto Virgial 14. It's Cold In China Blues - Mississippi Moaner 15. The Ins And Outs Of My Girl - Bo Carter 16. Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band 17. Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson 18. Lonesome World - Robert Lee McCoy 19. Spider Bite Blues - James Berry 20. Special Streamline - Bukka White 21. Jailhouse Blues - Sleepy John Estes 22. Mozelle Blues - Tommy McClennan 23. Standin' By My Window - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 24. Anna Mae - Cecil Gant 25. No Good Woman Blues - Rudy Greene
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 9

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. I Love My Baby - Big Joe Turner 2. Forgive Me Baby - Elmo Nixon 3. Love Me Baby - Bernie Hardison 4. Evil Man Blues - Doctor (Bob) Gaddy 5. Big Legged Woman - Jimmy "Mr. Blues" Williams 6. Betty Jane - Max "Scatman" Bailey 7. Make Haste - Mr. Sad Head (William A. "Sunny" Thomas) 8. Dream Blues - Gene Parrish 9. Let's Make Love Tonight - Earl Williams 10. Rampaging Mama - Blow Top Lynn & His House Rockers 11. Baby Rock Me - Pat Valdelar 12. Shout Baby Shout - L.C. Williams 13. Love Me Pretty Baby - Max "Scatman" Bailey 14. Papa Said Yes, mama said no, no, no - Lee Graves 15. Candy - Moohah (AC Williams) 16. Good Jax Boogie - Dave Bartholomew 17. Come Back Baby - King Perry 18. Oooh Baby - Bobby Jackson 19. Come On Rock Little Girl - Smokey Smothers 20. So Worried - Charles Williams
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 8

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Satisfied With My Lovin' - Marty Lewis 2. Good Rockin' Mama - Good Rockin' Sammy "T" Taylor 3. Wolf Pack - Kid Thomas 4. I Got A New Car - Irvin "Big Boy" Groves 5. Ramble - Albert Washington 6. Bye Bye Baby - Roy Perkins 7. She Don't Want Me - H-Bomb Ferguson 8. The Dance - Lord Tennyson 9. No Do You Hear - Earl Gaines 10. Down In The Bottom - Howlin' Wolf 11. Slowly Loosin' My Mind - Willie Wright 12. Can't This Be Mine - Freddie Hall & His Aces 13. Rock Me Daddy - Laurie Tate 14. I'm A Mojo Man - Lonesome Sundown 15. Start All Over Again - Smokey Joe 16. Sleeping In An Ocean Of Tears - Brooks Brown 17. Come On Home - Prince Charles 18. You Better Hold Me - James Reed 19. Roller Coaster - Little Walter 20. Big Leg Woman - Willie King (Billy Gayles) with The Ike Turner Orchestra
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THE WANDERERS "Best Of: For Your Love" (1953-1962)

"Best Of" - I guess that's better than "Greatest Hits" for a vocal group which barely scraped the bottom of the charts with their most commercially successful efforts. That's not to say that their music wasn't good, it was just "out of time." While the group recorded from 1953 to 1963, the bulk of their output, mainly on M-G-M's Cub subsidiary, from 1958 to 1962, consisted of so-called "standards," often harking back to the 1930s, not exactly something a circa 1960 DJ would be likely to take off and run with. As a few sidelights, note that one of their Savoy tracks is actually entitled Hey Mae Ethyl NOT Hey Ethyl Mae, as it appears on the insert's track list; and that their 4 tracks for Decca in 1954 billed the group as "The Singing Wanderers."
Ray Pollard was the group's principal lead singer, and Unca Marvy Goldberg tells their story better than I ever could on his Website, so I refer you to him for in-depth group details. I must say that, in the main, these guys gave quality performances, and I recommend their works highly to all lovers of vocal group harmony. (R&B Review)
Read all about The Wanderers here:
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Wanderers/wanderers.html

trax:
01 For Your Love 02 A Teenage Quarrel 03 Only When You're Lonely 04 I Could Make You Mine 05 There Is No Greater Love 06 Please 07 I'm Waiting In Green Pastures 08 I'll Never Smile Again 09 Great Jumpin' Catfish 10 Thinking Of You 11 She Where's My Ring 12 As Time Goes By 13 My Shining Hour 14 I'm Not Ashamed 15 A Little Too Long 16 Two Hearts On A Window Pane 17 Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego 18 Collecting Hearts 19 I Walk Through A Forest 20 Sally Goodheart 21 Somebody Else's Sweetheart 22 I Need You More 23 Three Roses 24 Don't Drop It 25 Hey Ethylmae 26 My First, Last And Only Girl 27 We Could Find Happiness 28 Say Hey, Willie Mays 29 Don't Do Nothing I Wouldn't Do 30 Wrong Party Again
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"SOUL SHOTS" Vol 4 - Urban Blues - A Collection Of Sixties Soul Classics

Originally released as a stellar vinyl series, Rhino's Soul Shots changed drastically when it went over to CD. Where the vinyl editions concentrated on specific styles, the CDs tended to focus on just the hits and the brightest little-known gems -- which is by no means a bad thing. In fact, in this format the Soul Shots series is one of the best soul collections available, offering a healthy dose of wonderful, pure unadulterated soul on each disc. (Allmusic)

trax:
1. Driving Wheel - Little Junior Parker 2. Stormy Monday Blues - Bobby "Blue" Bland 3. Feel So Bad - Little Milton 4. Hi-Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker 5. Sweet Sixteen - Pt. 1 - B.B. King 6. Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells 7. Tramp - Lowell Fulsom 8. Don't Answer The Door - Pt. 1 - B.B. King 9. Homework - Otis Rush 10. I Pity The Fool - Bobby "Blue" Bland 11. First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy 12. Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World) - Little Milton 13. Trash Talkin' - Albert Collins 14. I Need Someone (To Love Me) - Z.Z. Hill 15. Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon 16. I Don't Know What You've Got But It's For Me - Pt. 1 - Little Richard
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 7

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Tough Enough - The Bees 2. Easy Livin' Plan - Rufus Thomas 3. Rock Around - Wally Mercer 4. Crazy Baby - The Team Mates 5. Trouble Up The Road - Jackie Brenston 6. Calling All Cows - The Blues Rockers 7. I Wanna Be The Only One - Kip Anderson 8. Mad At You - Buddy Rogers 9. You Got Me - Bobby "Blue" Bland 10. Try Your Love - Johnnie Cook 11. I Don't Care - Sherman Evans 12. You Move Me - Otis Blackwell 13. Shake That Thing - Finney Mo 14. Bye Baby Bye - Doc Palmer 15. All Around The World - Jackie Dunham 16. Blood Hound - Mojo Watson 17. Everything Is Cool - Pork Chops 18. Don't Cut Out On Me - Tender Slim 19. Run Along Baby - The Premiers 20. Sugar Babe - Buster Brown
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"SOUL SHOTS" Vol 3 - A Collection Of Sixties Soul Classics

Originally released as a stellar vinyl series, Rhino's Soul Shots changed drastically when it went over to CD. Where the vinyl editions concentrated on specific styles, the CDs tended to focus on just the hits and the brightest little-known gems -- which is by no means a bad thing. In fact, in this format the Soul Shots series is one of the best soul collections available, offering a healthy dose of wonderful, pure unadulterated soul on each disc. (Allmusic)

trax:
1. Cool Jerk - The Capitols 2. I Do - The Marvelows 3. Agent Double-O-Soul - Edwin Starr 4. It's All Right - The Impressions 5. Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood 6. Tainted Love - Gloria Jones 7. Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations 8. I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd 9. The Entertainer - Tony Clarke 10. Let Love Come Between Us - James & Bobby Purify 11. Voice Your Choice - The Radiants 12. I'm So Proud - The Impressions 13. When I'm Gone - Brenda Holloway 14. Pouring Water on a Drowning Man - James Carr 15. Smooth Operator - Sarah Vaughan 16. Eight Men, Four Women - O.V. Wright 17. Temptation 'Bout to Get Me - The Knight Brothers 18. Stay in My Corner - The Dells
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 6

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. 3 X 7 = 21 - Jewel King 2. Hey Girl, Hey Boy - Oscar McLollie & Jeanette Baker 3. 7 - 11 - The Gone All-Stars 4. It's Me - Lee Andrews & The Hearts 5. Rock, H-Bomb, Rock - H-Bomb Ferguson 6. You 're Mine - Bobby & Ron 7. Sick And Tired - Lula Reed 8. The Undertaker - Sonny Walker 9. Much Later - Jackie Brenston 10. Lookin' For My Baby - Harmon Hump Jones 11. I Ain't Guilty - The Crawford Brothers 12. Talk To Me Baby - The Table Toppers featuring Little Enis 13. Bring It On Back - Mr. Ruffin 14. Bloody Tears - Johnnie Littlejohn 15. It's A Thing You Gotta Face - Polka Dot Slim 16. I Think You 're Lying - Big Daddy 17. Yo Yo Twist - Sherman Evans 18. Twisting Beat - Phil Flowers 19. Looking For My Baby - Little Papa Joe 20. Beggin' Papa Blues - Freddie Clark
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"SOUL SHOTS" Vol 2 - A Collection Of Sixties Soul Classics

Originally released as a stellar vinyl series, Rhino's Soul Shots changed drastically when it went over to CD. Where the vinyl editions concentrated on specific styles, the CDs tended to focus on just the hits and the brightest little-known gems -- which is by no means a bad thing. In fact, in this format the Soul Shots series is one of the best soul collections available, offering a healthy dose of wonderful, pure unadulterated soul on each disc. (Allmusic)

trax:
1. Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor 2. She's Looking Good - Rodger Collins 3. Heartbeat - Gloria Jones 4. Searching For My Love - Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces 5. Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman 6. Love Makes The World Go Round - Deon Jackson 7. Love Makes A Woman - Barbara Acklin 8. I've Been Hurt - Bill Deal & The Rhondels 9. Oh, What A Night - The Dells 10. Time Is Tight - Booker T. & The MG's 11. Can I Change My Mind - Tyrone Davis 12. Workin' On A Groovy Thing - Patti Drew 13. I Wake Up Crying - Chuck Jackson 14. Mr. Dream Merchant - Jerry Butler 15. Oogum Boogum Song - Brenton Wood 16. The Monkey Time - Major Lance 17. Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations 18. Hypnotized - Linda Jones
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 5

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Real Lovin' Mama - Floyd Dixon 2. The Blues Pick On Me - Peppermint Harris 3. Pony Express - Freddie Mitchell 4. Hey Now - Tony Grimes 5. Ho Ho Ho - Tiny Grimes & The Rocking Highlanders 6. Just Won't Let Her Go - Jimmy McCracklin 7. Jumpin' Tonight - Big Joe Turner 8. Shufflin' Boogie - Luke Jones 9. Mumbles Blues - Paul Bascomb 10. Wine Wine Wine - Floyd Dixon 11. Adam Bit The Apple - Big Joe Turner 12. Drinking Beer - J.B. Summers & Tiny Grimes 13. Gotta Cut Out - Jimmy McCracklin 14. Ooh Little Girl - Floyd Dixon 15. Blues Jump The Rabbit - Big Joe Turner 16. Hey Mr. J. B. - Tiny Grimes 17. She Felt Too Good - Jimmy McCracklin 18. Oh Gee Oh Wee - Charlie & Ray 19. I Gotta Go Home - Gene & Eunice 20. I Wanna Make Love To You - Jimmy McCracklin
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"SOUL SHOTS" Vol 1 - A Collection Of Sixties Soul Classics

The 11-volume Soul Shots series, originally issued on vinyl in the late '80s, are the best general overview compilations of soul music. They've since been condensed into a four-CD series which reprises some of the highlights from the records and adds some new tracks. As many of the songs from the original 11-volume set didn't make it onto the CDs, the vinyl editions, which are still easy to find, are still recommended, and even necessary, for the soul conneisseur. Volume One, with the focus on raucous uptempo numbers, has a characteristic mix of stars (James Brown, Jackie Wilson) with important minor figures (Jackie Lee, J.J. Jackson, Dyke & The Blazers, Robert Parker). With thorough liner notes, these compilations are great ways to catch up on a lot of the best one- and two-shot artists of the soul era. (Allmusic)

trax:
1. But It's Alright - J.J. Jackson 2. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown & The Famous Flames 3. We Got More Soul - Dyke & The Blazers 4. Summertime - Billy Stewart 5. Rescue Me - Fontella Bass 6. I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify 7. Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders 8. Black Pearl - Sonny Charles & The Checkmates Ltd. 9. Love Is A Hurtin' Thing - Lou Rawls 10. The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio 11. Night Train - James Brown & The Famous Flames 12. Hard To Handle - Patti Drew 13. Funky Broadway, Pt. 1 - Dyke & The Blazers 14. Two For The Price Of One - Larry Williams & Johnny Watson 15. My Pledge Of Love - The Joe Jeffery Group 16. La-La Means I Love You - The Delfonics 17. Soul Serenade - King Curtis 18. Stay With Me - Lorraine Ellison
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"RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL" Box 1 - Vol. 4

Here's a massive 30 Cd, 600 song Rockin' R&B / BLUES / BLACK ROCK 'N' ROLL set. Loaded with both legends and obscurities, this collection is now out of print.

trax:
1. Mad Blues - Big Joe Turner 2. Chitlin' Ball - King Porter 3. Leona's Boogie - Duke Henderson & King Perry 4. Goomp Blues - Johnny Otis 5. What's Your Name - Joe Swift 6. Boogie Rambler - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 7. Lollipop Mama - Wynonie Harris 8. After Dark Blues - Billy Wright 9. You Can't Stay Here - Pearl Reaves 10. You Did Me Wrong - Big Mama Thornton 11. Rattlesnakin' Daddy - Madonna Martin 12. Rockin' And Jumpin' - Honey Brown 13. Sally Zu Zazz - Big Joe Turner 14. Big Fat Mama - King Perry 15. Madonna's Boogie - Madonna Martin 16. Ain't Talkin' To You Baby - Sheri Washington 17. Work With It - Dell Graham 18. You Oughta Quit It - Ann Carter 19. Wait Now - King Perry & His Orchestra 20. Siesta With Sonny - Ivory Joe Hunter
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