Blind Lemon Jefferson was the first bona fide blues performer to be recorded when he sat down in front of a microphone in the spring of 1926, and the very first line of the first song that Jefferson tracked went "well, the blues come to Texas, lopin' like a mule," which is an apt description, since early Texas blues musicians were a varied and stubborn lot, but there was a certain joyful boldness in their playing, and as a group, they rivaled the more celebrated Mississippi Delta blues contingent. This four-disc set from Britain's JSP Records collects what is essentially the complete recorded works of several early Texas (and western Louisiana) blues performers who recorded in the 1920s and 1930s, including Henry Thomas, Pete Harris, Willard "Ramblin'" Thomas, Willie Reed, Oscar "Buddy" Woods, Smith Casey, Coley Jones, George "Little Hat" Jones, Jesse "Babyface" Thomas, and Black Ace (Babe Kyro Lemon Turner aka Lemon Turner). You can hear the strong influence of Blind Lemon Jefferson on several of these musicians, especially Pete Harris and Smith Casey (although Casey's proto-talking blues, "Army Mule in No Man's Land," included here, is as singular as they come), both of whom were recorded by Alan Lomax, but performers like Henry Thomas, who often featured pan pipes and a banjo-derived guitar style known as rapping, are closer to the archaic sound of traveling medicine show minstrels than to the emerging blues style of the time. There is a wealth of tracks here, but a couple of things stick out at first hearing, including the fine slide guitar tone of Ramblin' Thomas; the minor-chord, open-tuning lap slide style of Buddy Woods, who flirts with a kind of early form of Western swing; and the jauntiness of Little Hat Jones, whose songs "Kentucky Blues" and "Bye Bye Baby Blues" are simply a delight. Everything here is available elsewhere from labels like Yazoo and Document, but there is something to be said for having all of these early bluesmen together in one package, and that makes this set well worth seeking out for serious fans of early blues. (Steve Leggett, Allmusic)
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trax disc 1:
HENRY THOMAS
01 John Henry 02 Cottonfield Blues 03 Arkansas 04 The Fox And The Hounds 05 The Little Red Caboose 06 Bob Mckinney 07 Red River Blues 08 Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More Chance 09 Run, Mollie, Ren 10 Shanty Blues 11 Woodhouse Blues 12 Jonah In The Wilderness 13 When The Train Comes Along 14 Bull Doze Blues 15 Don't Ease Me In 16 Texas Easy Street 17 Texas Worried Blues 18 Fishing Blues 19 Old Country Stomp 20 Charmin' Betsy 21 Lovin' Babe 22 Railroadin' Some 23 Don't Leave Me Here
PETE HARRIS
24 Jack O'diamonds 25 Is You Mad At Me 26 Blind Lemon's Song 27 Carrie
trax disc 2:
WILARD 'RAMBLIN' 'THOMAS
01 So Lonesome 02 Hard To Rule Women Blues 03 Lock And Key Blues 04 Sawmill Moan 05 No Baby Blues 06 Ramblin' Mind Blues 07 No Job Blues 08 Back Gnawing Blue 09 Jig Head Blues 10 Hard Dallas Blues 11 Hard Dallas Blues (Take 4) 12 Ramblin' Man 13 Poor Boy Blues 14 Good Time Blues 15 New Way Of Living Blues 16 Ground Hog Blues 17 Shake It Fall 18 Ground Hog Blues No. 2 19 Little Old Mama Blues
WILLIE REED
20 Dreaming Blues 21 Texas Blues 22 Leavin's Home 23 Goin' Back To My Baby 24 Some Low Down Ground Hog Blues 25 All Worn Out And Dry Blues
trax disc 3:
1. Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers (Ed Schaffer & Oscar Woods) 2. Home Wreckin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers (Ed Schaffer & Oscar Woods) 3. Evil Hearted Woman Blues - Oscar Woods 4. Lone Wolf Blues - Oscar Woods 5. Don't Sell It ( Don't Give It Away) - Oscar Woods 6. Muscat Hill Blues - Buddy Woods with the Wampus Cats 7. Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods with the Wampus Cats 8. Baton Rouge Jam - Buddy Woods with the Wampus Cats 9. Jam Session Blues - Buddy Woods with the Wampus Cats 10. Low Life Blues - Buddy Woods with the Wampus Cats 11. Token Blues - Buddy Woods with the Wampus Cats 12. Come On Over To My House Baby - Buddy Woods with the Wampus Cats 13. Look Here Baby, One Thing I Got To Say - Oscar (Buddy) Woods 14. Sometimes I Get To Thinkin' (Take 1) - Oscar (Buddy) Woods 15. Don't Sell It - Oscar (Buddy) Woods 16. Sometimes I Get To Thinkin' (Take 2) - Oscar (Buddy) Woods 17. Boll Weevil Blues - Oscar (Buddy) Woods 18. Shorty George - Smith Casey 19. Santa Fe Blues - Smith Casey 20. Hesitating Blues - Smith Casey 21. Two White Horses Standing In A Line - Smith Casey 22. Jack O'Diamonds - Smith Casey 23. Mournful Blues - Smith Casey 24. East Texas Rag - Smith Casey
trax disc 4:
1. Army Mule In No Man's Land - Coley Jones 2. Traveling Man - Coley Jones 3. Drunkard's Special - Coley Jones 4. The Elder's He's My Man - Coley Jones 5. New Two Sixteen Blues - Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 6. Two Strings Blues - Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 7. Rolled From Side To Side Blue - Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 8. Hurry Blues - Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 9. Little Hat Blues - Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 10. Corpus Blues - Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 11. Kentucky Blues - Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 12. Bye Bye Baby Blues - Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 13. Cross The Water Blues - Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 14. Cherry Street Blues - Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 15. Down In Texas Blues - Jesse 'Babyface' Thomas 16. My Heart's A Rolling Stone - Jesse 'Babyface' Thomas 17. Blue Goose Blues - Jesse 'Babyface' Thomas 18. No Good Woman Blues - Jesse 'Babyface' Thomas 19. Trifling Woman - Black Ace (B.K. Turner) 20. Black Ace - Black Ace (B.K. Turner) 21. You Gonna Need My Help Someday - Black Ace (B.K. Turner) 22. Whiskey And Women - Black Ace (B.K. Turner) 23. Christmas Time Blues - Black Ace (B.K. Turner) 24. Lowing Heifer - Black Ace (B.K. Turner)
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"TEXAS BLUES" Early Blues Masters From The Lone Star State
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THE MELODIANS
Rivers of Babylon: The Best of the Melodians 1967-1973
Trojan Records 1997
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One of the most criminally overlooked staples of the Jamaican musical tradition is the vocal trio. From the early days of the Wailers to Inner Circle's instantly familiar "Bad Boys" vocal trios have provided a sweet, harmonic counterpoint to the Dread imagery and driven rhythms of Reggae music. The Melodians may very well have been the best of these vocal trios. Ever. Their sweet falsettos and Motown-inflected vocal arrangements soar over some of the hardest rocksteady ever recorded - it's almost like hearing the emergence of early reggae caught on tape! I cannot recommend this record highly enough - both as a document of a crucial transition period in Jamaican pop music; and as an amazingly smooth, funky, danceable record. -- Amazon.com
When I moved to Boston in December 1973 the people I knew there (in fact half the city, maybe) were abuzz with talk of the 1972 Jimmy Cliff movie, "The Harder They Come" and there seemed to be a Reggae craze blossoming on college campuses. Reggae? I had never heard of it before. I had lived in Colorado for the previous four years and I fancied myself as some sort of Hippie Cowboy. Picture the Burritos or the Lost Planet Airmen and that was the look and lifestyle with which I arrived in Boston. But within a couple of months I had seen the movie, heard the music, and knew what the fuss was about. And it seemed the soundtrack was being heard everyday, everywhere. Gradually, I think, the craze burned out but my love of the rocksteady beat continued. And thank you Jillem for helping that love survive through your frequent Reggae posts.
What I like most about the Melodians (besides their always on-pitch harmonies) is their R&B influences and Motown appeal. Truly a great group and a fine compilation. -- JohnnyDiego
Allmusic Bio: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-melodians-mn0000474648/biography
1. You Don't Need Me
2. I'll Get Along Without You
3. You Have Caught Me
4. Let's Join Hands (Together)
5. Come on Little Girl
6. Little Nut Tree
7. You Are My Only Love
8. Swing and Dine
9. I Could Be a King
10. Sweet Rose
11. It Comes and Goes
12. Ring of Gold
13. You've Got It
14. Personally Speaking
15. When There Is You
16. Everybody Brawlin
17. Sweet Sensation
18. It's My Delight
19. A Day Seems to Long
20. Say Darling Say
21. Rivers of Babylon
22. It Took a Miracle
23. Your Destiny
24. Lock Love Away
25. Passion Love
26. Black Man Kingdom Come
The Melodians:
Brent Dowe
Tony Brevett
Trevor McNaughton
THANK YOu for the Texas early blues! Cheers Daniel, from Spain...
BONUS 1 OF 6
RICHARD THOMPSON - Still ’15 @320
It seems after more than four decades of record-making, Richard Thompson has decided he prefers to have a musician in the producer's chair rather than a studio wiz. After producing himself since 2005's Front Parlour Ballads, Thompson recruited fellow guitar ace Buddy Miller to oversee the sessions for 2013's Electric, which featured some of Thompson's best six-string work in years. Two years later, Thompson has returned with Still, which finds him working with another songwriter of note, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. The sessions for Still were recorded at the Loft, Wilco's personal recording studio and rehearsal space in Chicago, and Tweedy and Jim Elkington (who has worked with Eleventh Dream Day and Jon Langford & Skull Orchard) sit in on some tracks. Though the sound and approach of the album is a shade more ambitious and adventurous than much of Thompson's work in the new millennium, rest assured this sounds very much like a Richard Thompson album, spare and clean and allowing his songs and guitar work to take center stage at all times. One of the best things about Still is that Tweedy clearly respects Thompson enough to stay out of his way, and the intimacy of numbers like "Josephine" and "Beatnik Walking" capture a feel that suggests you're sitting in the room with Thompson and his rhythm section (Taras Prodaniuk on bass and Michael Jerome on drums). And when the production does add some layers to the songs, they complement the material nicely, such as the spectral keyboards on "Broken Doll." Thompson sounds both comfortable and confident on Still, playing and singing with incisive force while maintaining a natural feel that recalls the man's legendary live shows, and songs like "No Peace, No End," "Patty Don't You Put Me Down," "Broken Doll," and "Dungeons for Eyes" show Thompson remains a peerless songwriter. And if closer "Guitar Heroes" stops and starts too much to keep up its momentum, hearing Thompson put his own spin on the style of his favorite pickers -- including Django Reinhardt, Les Paul, and Chuck Berry -- is a hoot. If fans were wondering if Jeff Tweedy would turn Still into Thompson's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the news (good or bad) is that Tweedy helped Thompson make just the sort of album that's made him one of our greatest legacy artists, and it's an example of why Thompson is still worth hearing 43 years into a career that shows no signs of stopping. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)
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BONUS 2 OF 6
THE JAM - About the Young Idea: The Very Best of the Jam '15 @320
Universal Music will released a new limited edition Jam compilation in June that will include some previously unavailable recordings.
About The Young Idea: The Best of The Jam is being issued to coincide with a new comprehensive exhibition at Somerset House in London which features unprecedented access to the band’s archive.
The two-CD collection offers 47 tracks and features a few demos including the previously unreleased demo of Takin’ My Love.
CD One
1. In The City (radio ad)
2. In The City
3. Art School
4. Away From The Numbers
5. Takin’ My Love (demo – previously unreleased)
6. All Around The World
7. The Modern World
8. In The Street Today
9. News Of The World
10. David Watts
11. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
12. Billy Hunt
13. To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have A Nice Time)
14. English Rose
15. In The Crowd
16. ‘A’ Bomb In Wardour St.
17. Strange Town
18. The Butterfly Collector
19. When You’re Young
20. Smithers-Jones
21. The Eton Rifles
22. Thick As Thieves
23. Private Hell
24. Saturday’s Kids
25. The Burning Sky (demo)
CD Two
1. Going Underground
2. Dreams Of Children
3. Start!
4. Liza Radley
5. Pretty Green
6. Monday
7. That’s Entertainment
8. Man In The Cornershop
9. Boy About Town
10. Funeral Pyre
11. Absolute Beginners
12. Tales From The Riverbank
13. Town Called Malice
14. Precious
15. Ghosts
16. Just Who Is The Five O’Clock Hero?
17. Carnation
18. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
19. Beat Surrender
20. Move On Up
21. Shopping
22. Pop Art Poem
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BONUS 3 OF 6
GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR - Mystery Glue ’15 @320
If Graham Parker had been given a dollar every time someone called him an "angry young man" in the '70s, he and his band could probably have driven a fleet of Porsches from gig to gig, but with the passage of time, Parker hasn't mellowed so much as he's evolved into a different sort of cranky guy, with the same wit and verbal acuity but a good bit more charm. If Parker used to be a more R&B-influenced Elvis Costello, a man with enough rage that he could tell God where to get off, in 2015 he's the Larry David of rock, a shade bitter but likable and funny to boot, and his backing band the Rumour has aged just as well, hitting less hard than they once did but gaining a swing and a groove that reminds us these guys were the All Stars of the pub rock scene once upon a time, where unpretentious and easygoing music ruled the day. Cut in an efficient six days, Mystery Glue is Parker's second album since reuniting with the Rumour in 2011, and though this doesn't rock with the impact of their '70s masterpieces like Heat Treatment or Squeezing Out Sparks, it sounds absolutely right for its time and place, with Parker easing his way through a set of songs that confirm he hasn't lost his touch as a lyricist and the Rumour giving him just the sound and the space that he needs. While Parker is more than capable of going dark and dramatic on the ominous "Fast Crowd" and the rueful "Flying into London," for the most part he sings with a sharp but inviting humor about his past versus his present ("Pub Crawl"), the state of the world ("Slow News Day"), the youthful misdeeds of himself and others ("I've Done Bad Things"), and his recent adventures in show business ("My Life in Movieland"). And if the Rumour seem more willing to stay out of Parker's way in the 21st century, their support is emphatic and adds just the right touch, especially Bob Andrews on keyboards, Steve Goulding on drums, and the guitars of Brinsley Schwarz and Martin Belmont. Mystery Glue isn't an album about aging gracefully so much as aging right, and this is just about perfect for a 64-year-old Graham Parker, a proud survivor who lives to gripe another day, putting him far ahead of plenty of his peers. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)
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BONUS 4 OF 6
Rough Guide to East Coast Blues (2015) @320
Undoubtedly the most varied and fun loving form of country blues, the East Coast blues was influenced by the ragtime traditions of the early twentieth century and pioneered by some of the greatest blues guitarists that ever lived.
Featuring many legendary guitarists including Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller. Includes the little known masterpiece "South Carolina Rag", by the legendary guitarist Willie Walker.
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Blind Blake - Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around
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Curley Weaver - No No Blues
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Luke Jordan - Church Bells Blues
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Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag (Take 1)
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Bumble Bee Slim - Greasy Greens
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Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues
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Blind Willie McTell - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You
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Carl Martin - Old Time Blues
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Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Gonna Tip Out Tonight
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10.
William Moore - One Way Gal
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11.
Barbecue Bob - Honey You Don't Know My Mind
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12.
Blind Boy Fuller - Truckin’ My Blues Away No. 2 (Take 2)
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Julius Daniels - Ninety Nine Year Blues (Take 2)
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14.
Bull City Red - I Saw The Light
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15.
Buddy Moss - Hard Road Blues
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16.
Georgia Cotton Pickers - She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day
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Josh White - Lord, I Want To Die Easy
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Tarter & Gay - Brownie Blues
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Reverend Gary Davis - O Lord, Search My Heart
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Charley Lincoln - Jealous Hearted Blues
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Fred McMullen - DeKalb Chain Gang
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Sonny Terry - Harmonica Stomp
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23.
Floyd Council - Runaway Man Blues
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24.
Brownie McGhee - Unfair Blues
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BONUS 5 OF 6
LEON BRIDGES - Coming Home '15
Leon Bridges is 25, and his debut "Coming Home" sounds like it was recorded in the fifties or sixties. His simple organic soul/blues/gospel sound recalls Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding and Sam Cooke with references to New Orleans and The Mississippi.
Concise at 10 tracks, his smoky world weary vocals shine on every track, from the bluesy title track, the Doo-wop-laced "Better Man" which finds him declaring that he loves her "Better than all those Jezebels lurking under perfumed sheets", while "Brown Skin Girl" is a horn-peppered slowly swinging piece.
Upping the tempo are the bouncy "Smooth Sailin'" and "Flowers", while "Shine" is an organ-driven blues/hymnal ballad. Highlight has got to be the autobiographical "Lisa Sawyer", an ode to his mother set to a strolling pace and soothing harmonies (of "Pa pa doos"). Closing is the acoustic tambourine-garnished gospel-tinged ballad "River" with a lovely bridge which finds him harmonising with some haunting female vocals.
Produced by Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block of indie rock band White Denim, the album was recorded on vintage analogue equipment virtually live. Right from the retro cover art to the throwback sound, this sounds like a lost classic rediscovered. Leon Bridges is the real deal. (Record Runner)
Leon was the breakout artist of 2015's SXSW, and performed to capacity crowds at A-level events including Heartbreaker at Willie Nelson's ranch, the Gorilla-vs-Bear HypeHotel showcase, Spotify House and Saint David's Church. His soulful, movement based performances and adept backing band garnered strong reviews from a variety of top-level media including the New York Times, Billboard and Grantland amongst many others.
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BONUS 6 OF 6
DAVID BOWIE - David Bowie (1967) (Deluxe 2010) @320
UK 'Deluxe Edition 53-track digitally remastered 2-CD album set - Originally released in 1967, this 2010 deluxe issue of David Bowie's eponymously titled debut album comprises original stereo and mono mixes of the album stunningly remastered by Peter Mew and Tris Penna at Abbey Road Studios, making this the first time that the mono mix has been available in any format since the late '60s and is obviously the first time on CD, and is expanded with a selection of singles, unreleased stereo mixes, the legendary unreleased single 'London Bye Ta-Ta' and 5 Previously Unreleased tracks recorded for John Peel's Top Gear programme in 1967. Comes complete with a picture booklet containing extensive sleevenotes by Tris Penna and Kevin Cann. (Crawdaddy)
A vast sonic improvement over the 1997 Deram Anthology! CD #1: The original first album in mono and stereo...CD #2: singles, b-sides, rarities ("London Bye Ta-Ta", "Ching-a-Ling", "When I'm Five"...and live radio performances of some of the songs) A very extensive booklet and packaging. For many Bowie fans (and myself), this was the David Bowie that I discovered years after I had heard Ziggy and Aladdin Sane...and it fits right in with the chameleon thing: cool songs, weird songs, strange ones too...Bowie. Again, I really must stress the sound of this remaster is stunning! (Record Runner)
This much underrated early debut is a must for any Bowie fan. Though the music at this point lacks the sophistication of his later work, the lyrics are brilliant and the production is excellent. His early work shows him to be one of the wittiest lyricists of his time. This album is a thoughtful jab at all the pretensions of the 60's. It makes a connection with far stranger artists such as the Bonzo Dogs and Frank Zappa, but is more clever and dignified than either.
Somehow, this album makes the whole rest of Bowie's career fall into place, and made me even more mindful of the underlying wit present in all his other albums. This album may seem strange at first, but it grows on you. I find myself loving it more with each listening, which is odd for an album full of "novelty songs". It proves to be so much more.
I would also recommend The Deram Anthology 1966-1968 as a more complete collection of early Bowie recordings, but some of the added songs were unwelcome intrusions next to the coherence of this album as it was originally released. I myself own both and wouldn't part with either of them. (Melody Maker)
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Brilliant! Thanks for the Richard Thompson 'Still' album. Any sign of the 5-track ep from the deluxe version. Keep on rocking (er, riding your pony!!)
Gyro - Thank you for the Thompson, Jam and Parker! (Any sight of a new disc by Frank Turner? He's sort of a young man's Billy Bragg.)
The above: LEON BRIDGES - Coming Home '15 is @320
Gyro,thank you for,"The Jam"...and your ear.
Gyro thanks for the Thompson/Jam/Parker
On a Thompson note does anyone have a remaster of Richard & Linda's "Pour Down Like Silver"?
Thanks
@JohnnyDiego
In 1964 I was at the Saturday Morning Pictures (Movies) when during the intermission they played My Boy Lollipop by Millie. I can remember exactly where I was standing and looking up and thinking what was this music I had never heard before. It was "upside down" in rhythm and I was hooked forever.
Lemon flag --
Thanks. I had forgotten Little Millie Small. Kind of Ska before anyone in the U.S. really knew what Ska was.
So I went to YouTube, typed in My Boy Lollipop reggae, and greatly enjoyed what I found there.
Tanx all!
Loving the Melodians and the Leon Bridges. Keep that soul alive thanks.
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