Essential. Fenton Robinson was one of the most promising blues artists of the 70's. With a beautiful voice and guitar style he had it all to hit it big. But despite releasing several very fine albums his career never took off, mainly because his style did not appeal to the mass blues fan base who wanted it all to sound like SRV or Johnny Winter. Though he was based in Chicago, his style was jazzier and owed more to T-Bone Walker than Muddy Waters, making even more distinct. After releasing a pair of disappointing albums for 77 Records he went to Alligator Records to record this, his finest album and one of the best blues albums of the 70's. He co-produced with Bruce Igauler and they got the perfect sound and feel for what was needed for a Fenton Robinson. The backing band is terrific, which includes Mighty Joe Young, who contributes very fine and unobtrusive rhythm guitar. The song's are varied, including several terrific slow blues ("Somebody Loan Me A Dime", "Directly From My Heart To You") to more up-tempo numbers ("The Getaway", "You Don't Know What Love Is"). There are a few well chosen covers as well, including his friend Larry Davis's "Texas Flood" and the classic "Going To Chicago". Throughout Fenton's smooth guitar playing and rich vocals are out front, definitely making him the star of the album.This is an essential blues album, though it has not garnered the attention it deserves despite being as good as it is. Fenton died in 1997, and so this album is the best way to remember this truly great and under-recognized blues master. (Sam Mosley, Living Blues)
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01 Somebody Loan Me A Dime 02 The Getaway 03 Directly From My Heart To You 04 Going To Chicago 05 You Say You're Leaving 06 Checking On My Woman 07 You Don't Know What Love Is 08 I've Changed 09 Country Girl 10 Gotta Wake Up 11 Texas Flood
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FENTON ROBINSON "Somebody Loan Me A Dime"
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Thanks for discovering me this great musician! Cheers Daniel.
BONUS 1 OF 5
REIGNING SOUND - Shattered ’14 @320
http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/61224779/file.html
Shattered will be Reigning Sound’s first album for Merge and the first full LP by the group since 2009’s Love and Curses.
The band’s principal songwriter/member is Greg Cartwright, who’s been leading the shifting cast of characters since 2001. You may be familiar with some of the band’s work, as this album is preceded by five studio efforts as well as numerous EPs and live records. Or perhaps some of Greg’s other projects have been on your musical radar: The Oblivians, Parting Gifts, Compulsive Gamblers, 68 Comeback, Deadly Snakes, Detroit Cobras.
Regardless, as far as Reigning Sound is concerned, this is as good a place to start as any because through many line-up changes and mood swings, the central, constant feature is the way Greg writes songs. This particular embodiment of the band includes longtime keyboardist Dave Amels, who joined the band seven years ago when Reigning Sound recorded an album, consisting mostly of Cartwright’s songs, with former Shangri-Las lead singer Mary Weiss.
Dave proved to be key in putting together the current line-up as well. About three years ago, Greg was asked to make a promotional EP for Scion. Recordings were set to take place in Nashville where he had lined up two local friends to round out the band, but as fate would have it, both had to bow out at the last minute. Luckily, Mike Catanese, Benny Trokan, and Mikey Post—Dave Amels’ bandmates in Brooklyn soul group The Jay Vons—were up for the task. The four flew to Nashville, learned the songs, and recorded them with Greg in a couple of days. Thus was born the group that you hear on Shattered. They’ve been touring and playing together ever since, and Shattered proves that the musical union is both exciting and consistent for fans of Cartwright’s songwriting.
The album was recorded at Daptone’s Brooklyn studio (where drummer Mikey works in the office) and masterfully engineered by Wayne Gordon. The recordings are warm and punchy, a mixed bag of rockers, ballads, and something in between. There are only 11 songs on the album, but the band reckons it’s just right.
INFO
http://www.mergerecords.com/shattered
BONUS 2 OF 5
LIGHTNIN’ SLIM - High & Low Down (1971) 1995 Reissue @320
http://www32.zippyshare.com/v/30906682/file.html
Lightnin' Slim made his mark as a bluesman in the mid-50s and early 60s with a series of highly regarded releases on Excello. By the time he recorded this 1971 album with Jerry Williams, Jr. (a.k.a Swamp Dogg) at the Quinvy studio in Alabama, he'd been rediscovered after several years away from the music industry. Apparently his foundry work in the late '60s impacted his hands, as the lead playing and solos are given to Muscle Shoals legend Jesse Carr; but Slim's voice is still strong, and the rhythm battery, including Muscle Shoals regulars Clayton Ivey (piano) and Bob Wray (bass), is tight. The four-piece horn section plays charts that are often more soul than blues, adding a then-contemporary sound that's not as timeless as the album's more stripped-down tracks. The material revisits Slim's Excello titles "Bad Luck Blues" and "Rooster Blues," and includes well-selected tunes from Chuck Berry, Willie Dixon and others. Those new to Lightnin' Slim might want to start with his Excello sides, but those who are already fans (or following Swamp Dogg's career as a producer and witty liner note writer) should check this out. [©2013 Hyperbolium]
1. Spoken Intro (By Freddie North At Excello Records Sales Convention, 1972) - Lightnin' Slim
2. Rooster Blues - Lightnin' Slim
3. Things I Used To Do - Lightnin' Slim
4. Bad Luck Blues - Lightnin' Slim
5. My Babe - Lightnin' Slim
6. G.I. Blues - Lightnin' Slim
7. Oh Baby - Lightnin' Slim
8. That's All Right - Lightnin' Slim
9. Can't Hold Out Much Longer - Lightnin' Slim
10. Good Morning Heartaches - Lightnin' Slim
11. Hoodoo Blues - Lightnin' Slim
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/high-low-down-mw0000900195
BONUS 3 OF 5
Ginger Taylor's Northern Soul Banquet (Goldmine Soul Supply)
http://www45.zippyshare.com/v/50500452/file.html
Stomping 2005 collection compiled by one of the Northern Soul scenes leading DJs. Raymond 'Ginger' Taylor exerts a massive influence over today's vibrant all-nighters. Arguably the most popular of DJs, he can be found at virtually all the major venues, and has been spinning the vinyl since 1970. Goldmine is proud to have Ginger Taylor pick his special selection of Northern classics for a compilation CD and all 20 tracks will be sure to delight all followers of the music. Features tracks never before released on CD such as Johnny Gilliam's 'Room Full Of Tears'.
1. I'm Waiting - Bush, Bill
2. Love Slave - Antellects
3. Just Like You Did Me - Vernee, Yvonne
4. I Have A Girl - Magnetics (2)
5. Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl - Delorenzo, Joey
6. You've Been Away - Rubin
7. If This Is Love - Spencer, Eddie
8. Wrong Side Of Town - Four Vandals
9. You Left Me - Admirations
10. Get It Off Of My Conscience - Lovelites
11. Anything I Can Do - Collins, Will
12. Your Love's Got Me - Satin
13. She'll Come Running Back - Britt, Mel
14. Bygones - Bull
15. Sittin' In My Class - McNeir, Ronnie
16. My Baby Came From Out Of Nowhere - Hendley, Johnny
17. What More Do You Want - Toones, Gene
18. Third Window From The Right - Barlow, Dean
19. Room Full Of Tears - Gilliam, Johnny
20. When You Lose The One You Love - Smith, Buddy
INFO
http://www.amazon.com/Ginger-Taylors-Nothern-Soul-Banquet/dp/B0008F10SI
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ginger-Taylors-Northern-Soul-Banquet/release/3085737
BONUS 4 OF 5
45 Phobia (Goldmine Soul Supply)
20 Northern Soul Tracks Originally Not Released On A Single
http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/40228530/file.html
A key component of Northern soul lore is the 45 rpm single, the preferred format of the tiny independent labels whose obscure releases comprise the bulk of DJ play lists and collector want lists. But following a lucrative flood of CD reissues and other archival releases, labels large and small opened their vaults to reveal long-forgotten acetates, shelved sessions, and other buried treasures that never appeared on any official releases at all. The Goldmine Soul Supply compilation 45 Phobia: 20 Northern Soul Tracks Originally Not Released on Single assembles a choice batch of these newly discovered oldies-but-goodies, proving again the underlying Northern soul dictum that sometimes the least-known music is also the best. Bringing together both Motown hitmakers (Edwin Starr's "Has It Happened to You Yet?") and total unknowns (the Four Temples' "All of My Life"), the disc is both a worthy addition to longtime Northern soul collectors' libraries and also a fine introduction for neophyte listeners thanks to its consistent quality and admirable reach. (Allmusic)
1. Mayfield Singers - Don't Start None (2:13)
2. Roscoe Shelton - You're The Dream (2:09)
3. Magnificent Men - Keep On Climbing (1:58)
4. Edwin Starr - Has It Happened To You Yet (2:41)
5. The Capitols - Up On Top Now (2:22)
6. The Sweets - Satisfy My Baby (Inst) (2:13)
7. Four Temples - All Of My Life (2:15)
8. Robert Knight - Branded (2:55)
9. Charades - You Better Believe It (2:20)
10. Chuck Jackson - Little By Little (2:30)
11. Frank Wilson - My Sugar Baby (2:48)
12. Sharon Soul - Girl Crazy (2:47)
13. Bobby Reed - Caldonia Brown (2:27)
14. Deon Jackson - I Remember The Feeling (2:15)
15. Johnny Sayles - I'm Satisfied (2:22)
16. Popcorn Orchestra - Say It Isn't So (With Strings) (1:43)
17. Steve Mancha - He Stole A Love That Was Mine (2:42)
18. Tommy Knight - Don't Bring Back Memories (2:33)
19. O.C. Smith - Color Him Father (3:21)
20. Gloria Barnes - You Don't Mean It (3:04)
INFO
http://www.bluebeatmusic.com/product_info.php?products_id=10189
BONUS 5 OF 5
DO THE SHING A LING (Goldmine Soul Supply)
20 Northern Soul Tracks
http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/27954715/file.html
This is another confounding Goldmine compilation. On the one hand, there are plenty of seriously rare, quality soul cuts on here to make the disc worthwhile (even if it is a mere 50 minutes long), but once again, it is a typical no-frills, information-free package.
The collection celebrates the Shing A Ling dance a couple of times, and a few other dances along the way. The Isley Brothers were the first to popularize the Shing A Ling, at least in song-form, but an Ohio garage band called The Human Beinz also had some success with this upbeat dance number. The two versions of the title track featured here are by the Bean Brothers and the Liberty Belles respectively. Apparently the Shing A Ling was a big dance around 1967-68.
The dance party motif is as thematic as any Goldmine compilation ever gets these days, but the dance craze quickly gives way to a random selection of other singles, including some very easily available songs like the Ohio Players’ “Love Slips Through My Fingers” and Rose Batiste’s “I Miss My Baby”, which Goldmine seldom misses a chance to slap on to another Detroit soul compilation.
Then again, the seldom heard tracks that show up on Goldmine releases are what keeps them in business. Honey Townsend’s “The World Again” is one of those quirky tunes that has probably not been heard by many people, and this rather limited release on an obscure soul compilation from a small British label is probably the most exposure this cut has ever had. It would be a typically enjoyable Detroit soul instrumental, presumably recorded as a backing track intended for someone to sing over, but the violin playing is not syrupy, but instead it is more countrified than one would expect to hear on a soul release. Then there is something that sounds like a sitar on Tojo’s “Broken Hearted Lover”, but in such small doses that the song doesn’t lose a drop of its soul to psychedelia. The closer, an instrumental called “Midnight Brew” by Melvin Carter borrows liberally from “Respect”, but it’s changed up enough to create an acceptably ‘new’ track and title. As usual, the paltry running time and the lack of information are the drawbacks associated with Goldmine product, while the obscurity of many of these cuts renders Do The Shing A Ling a worthwhile collection. http://emangrooving.blogspot.com/2007/03/cd-review-do-shing-ling-goldmine.html
1. Dean Brothers - Shing A Ling (2:31)
2. Marylyn Barbarin - Just A Teenager (2:30)
3. Carl Carlton - Why Don't They Leave Us Alone (2:19)
4. Jimmy Castor - Magic Saxaphone (2:55)
5. Liberty Belles - Shing A Ling Time (2:33)
6. Ohio Players - Love Slipped Through My Finger (2:25)
7. Pat Lewis - Hit & Run (2:21) 8. Versatones - With A Broken Heart (2:32)
9. Duke & Leonard - Just Do The Best You Can (2:30)
10. Ravin Mads - Where Is Love (1:53)
11. Honey Townsend - The World Again (2:40)
12. Voices - Crying Has Become An Everyday (2:43)
13. Spoilers - Something About You (2:19)
14. Martha Star - Love Is The Only Solution (2:45)
15. Millionaires - You've Got To Love Your Baby (2:14)
16. New Wanderers - This Man In Love (2:42)
17. Tojo - Broken Hearted Lover (2:22)
18. Rose Batiste - I Miss My Baby (2:56)
19. Syng Mcgowan - That's What I Want (2:00)
20. Melvin Carter - Midnight Brew (2:07)
INFO
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Do-The-Shing-A-Ling/release/2100265
Lightnin Slim - High & Low Down
Released: 1971(Excello EX8018) and 1974 (Sonet SNTF770)
Reissue :1994 (In Double Package w Whispering Smith's "Over Easy")
Size: 68,3 MB
Time: 29:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Louisiana Blues
Label: Ace Records (CD CHD 578)
Art: Front
01-Spoken Intro [0:21]
02-Rooster Blues [2:41]
03-Things I Used to Do [3:12]
04-Bad Luck Blues [2:32]
05-My Babe [2:25]
06-G.I. Blues [2:34]
07-Oh Baby [2:56]
08-That's All Right [2:56]
09-Can't Hold Out Much Longer [3:42]
10-Good Morning Heartaches [3:00]
11-Hoo Doo Blues [3:17]
For a (some would say thankfully) short period at the beginning of the 1970s, there was a vogue for dressing up the blues with the trappings of the progressive rock and soul of the day. The down-home qualitities of singers like Muddy Waters were swamped by wah-wah guitars, electric pianos, busy rock drumming and overblown horn sections. Muddy's Electric Mud remains a disastrous episode, but other projects often produced more interesting results. The final Excello albums by Lightnin' Slim and Whispering Smith featured additional horn sections (more for the former, less for the latter) but the sheer grit and down-home bluesiness of the singers' vocals, more than compensated for the more adventurous instrumental stylings. Slim's album was produced by Jerry 'Swamp Dogg' Williams and comes with the usual quota of Swamp Dogg quirkiness.
thanks a lot especially for the REIGNING SOUND, Gyro1966!
I have a strange feeling Gyro wants me to listen to Lightnin' Slim.
Thanks guys!
Mose
Thank you for all the great music you give us a chance to listen to over the years.
In the last few weeks you have provided many excellent downloads from the Excello label such as Lightnin’ Slim, Slim Harpo and so on.
In the mid 60’s I had the opportunity to lay my hands on an album named “The Real R&B” and this was on 5” reel tape, yes they issued albums on that kind of media then. But now that one Is long gone:
Tracks were as follows:
The Real R & B (reel tape)
Slim Harpo – Little Queen Bee
Whispering Smith – I Tried So Hard
Silas Hogan – I’m Going In The Valley
Leon Austin – I’m So Glad
Lonesome Sundown – I Had A Dream Last Night
Lightnin’ Slim – She’s My Crazy Little Baby
Slim Harpo – I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis)
Jimmy Anderson – Goin’ Crazy Over T.V.
Silas Hogan – Dark Clouds Rollin’
Lonesome Sundown – You’re Playing Hookey
Slim Harpo – Still Rainin’ In My Heart
Earl Gaines – It’s Love Baby
Jimmy Anderson – Nothing In This World
Arthur Gunter – Baby Let’s Play House
Lightnin’ Slim – Winter Time Blues
Whispering Smith – Cryin’ Blues
Stateside TA-Sl 10112
Do you by any chance have an LP or CD that includes these tracks, preferably in @320?
I would be most grateful
//Roffe
Thank you for the new Reigning Sound!! Just a wonderful band. Most anything Mr. Cartwright's been involved in music-wise, is worth a listen. I STRONGLY believe he's better than say Jack White for example
Hi Gyro,
I'd love to hear High & Low Down, but there's no link.
Thanks for everything that you and the others do!
Thank You.
Their is a link to Hogh & Low Down. How can you not see it? It is clearly marked Bonus 2 of 5. What else can I do to help you see it? The other review of the album is only there to help you learn more about the album, since the link is above it. If this was a test question for a final exam, you would get this one wrong.
Grammar & Typo Correction:
There is a link to "High & Low Down"
i already own the fenton robinson, but if you don't, do yourself a favor and d/l it. classic early 70s guitar-oriented blues, you can't go wrong. -john
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