"RED ROBIN R&B STORY"

Heady sounds from one of Harlem's hippest indie labels of the 50s – the Red Robin imprint, home to a rich array of blues, R&B, and vocal group numbers! The company had a relatively small roster, but really helped its artists find the right sort of groove – in some cases to flourish at a level they'd never done before, in others to get a great start before moving onto bigger fame elsewhere – but still always at a level that had them giving their best! This 2CD package features three dozen numbers from the 78rpm era – the kind of heavy platters that kept Harlem moving in the years between swing and soul – on cuts that include "Hard Rock" and "The Hammer" by Red Prysock, "Shake Baby Shake" and "Drunk Again" by Champion Jack Dupree, "Juicy Fruit" by Tiny Grimes, "Can't Do Sixty No More" and "Go Back" by The Du Droppers, "Daisy" and "Don't Dog Your Woman" by Brownie McGhee, "Doggin My Heart Around" by Sonny Terry, "Earthquake" by Charlie Singleton, "Bobby's Boogie" by Morris Lane, "The Man I Crave" by Sadie Birch, "I've Got A Feeling" and "Tippin" by The Topps, and "You Didn't Give Me A Chance" by Sandra Grimes.  © 1996-2014, Dusty Groove, Inc.

trax disc 1:

1. Shake Baby Shake - Champion Jack Dupree 2. Don't Dog Your Woman - Brownie McGhee 3. Jackpot - Red Prysock 4. Too Much Competition - Allen Bunn 5. Come On And Love Me Baby - The Du-Droppers 6. Be Good To Yourself - Sandra Grimes 7. Bobby's Boogie - Morris Lane 8. Doggin' My Heart Around - Sonny Terry 9. Won't You Come Home Baby - The Topps 10. Hard Rock - Red Prysock 11. Stumbling Block Blues - Champion Jack Dupree 12. Juicy Fruit - Tiny Grimes 13. The Man I Crave - Sadie Birch 14. Chain Me Baby (Blues Of Desire) - The Du-Droppers 15. Earthquake - Charlie Singleton 16. I've Got A Feeling - The Topps 17. Wiggles - Red Prysock 18. Drunk Again - Champion Jack Dupree

trax disc 2:

1. Shim Sham Shimmy - Champion Jack Dupree 2. My Kind Of Woman - Allen Bunn 3. Jump For George - Red Prysock 4. Can't Do Sixty No More - The Du-Droppers 5. Daisy - Brownie McGhee 6. Ghost Town - Morris Lane 7. What Do You Do - The Topps 8. Highway Blues - Champion Jack Dupree 9. Crying My Heart Out - Red Prysock 10. You Didn't Give Me A Chance - Sandra Grimes 11. Never Trust A Woman - Charlie Singleton & Freddie Jackson Vocal 12. Harmonica Hop - Sonny Terry 13. I Want To Love You Baby - The Serenaders 14. Second Floor Rear - Tiny Grimes 15. Go Back - The Du-Droppers 16. Number Nine Blues - Champion Jack Dupree 17. Tippin' - The Topps 18. The Hammer - Red Prysock

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The Skatalites and Friends "In The Mood For Ska" The Moonska Years 2004

Recall does its typically great double-disc reissue thing and compiles a slew of sides by the Skatalites recorded originally for the Moonska label. The most amazing thing in the long life of this band is that the quality never suffered even when the recording techniques got better. There are numerous vocalists here including Laurel Aitken, Lord Tamano, King Bravo, and Doreen Shaffer, among others. The band plays more than its fair share of instrumentals, as well, and of course, the late, great Tommy McCook was in the house. Recommended. --Thom Jurek, AllMusic

trax disc 1:

1. Freedom Sounds 2. Eastern Standard Time 3. Four Corners 4. Bridge View 5. Simmer Down - with Doreen Shaffer 6. Sugar Sugar - with Doreen Shaffer 7. Come Down - with Laurel Aitken 8. Confusious 9. El Pussycat 10. Freedom 11. Guns Of Navarone 12. Phoenix City

trax disc 2:

1. In The Mood For Ska - with Laurel Aitken 2. Come Down - with Laurel Aitken 3. Bad Minded Woman - with Laurel Aitken 4. Rude Boy Dreams - with Laurel Aitken 5. How They Laughed - Tommy McCook feat. Lord Tanamo 6. Don Drummond, The Man With The Big Trombone - Tommy McCook feat. Lord Tanamo 7. Golden Love - Tommy McCook feat. King Bravo 8. Loving Princess Diana - Tommy McCook feat. King Bravo 9. Be Honest With Me - Tricia and The Supersonics 10. Can't You See - Tricia and The Supersonics 11. Toasters Back In Town - Tricia and The Supersonics

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Motown - The History 1964-1965 - Mid Sixties - Vol 2

Big thanks for "the Groovesville review" and Viva Detroit!!! - Magic Kaic's Musictrax:

1. When I'm Gone - Brenda Holloway 2. What Good Am I Without You - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston 3. Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 4. (Girl) Why You Wanna Make Me Blue - The Temptations 5. Why Do You Want To Let Me Go - Marv Johnson 6. Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 7. Ask The Lonely - The Four Tops 8. That's What Love Is Made Of - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 9. Candy To Me - Eddie Holland 10. Come See About Me - Diana Ross & The Supremes 11. Needle In A Haystack - The Velvelettes 12. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Marvin Gaye 13. Baby Don't You Do It - Marvin Gaye 14. Baby Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes 15. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) - Kim Weston 16. Too Many Fish In The Sea - The Marvelettes 17. My Girl - The Temptations 18. Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 19. Can You Jerk Like Me - The Contours 20. Back In My Arms Again - Diana Ross & The Supremes 21. He Was Really Sayin' Something - The Velvelettes 22. Shotgun - Jr Walker & The All Stars 23. Stop! In The Name Of Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes 24. It's Growing - The Temptations 25. Your Unchanging Love - Marvin Gaye 26. The Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 27. I'll Be Doggone - Marvin Gaye

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"AGE / CHIEF BLUES STORY"

WOW!!!!...Who would have thought that in this downsized age of limited releases and catalog reductions that someone would put out such a FINE collection of great guitar laden blues from the 60's... This is some of our FAVORITE releases from the period... Earl Hooker is all over it and the MAGIC SAM & ELMORE JAMES tracks are classics... Once again, the rarities are sublime... BIG MOOSE & THE JAMS recording of The Bright Sounds with EARL HOOKER is a stone cold smoker... Hidden gems include the 6 RICKEY ALLEN sides and the REGGIE BOYD guitar workouts… (BlueBeat Music)Chief Records, along with its Age and Profile subsidiaries, was an independent Chicago label that operated from 1957 to 1964 in the shadow of another independent Chicago record label, Chess Records, and explored much of the same R&B and blues avenues. This two-disc, 36-track set collects classic sides from the Chief catalog, including Junior Wells' “Messing with the Kid,” Elmore James' “Cry for Me Baby,” Lillian Offitt's “Shine On,” Sonny Lantz's “Blues for Sonny,” and many other sides that shared in the birth and evolution of modern Chicago blues. (Allmusic)

trax disc 1:

1. Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells 2. Will My Man Be Home Tonight - Lillian Offitt 3. Look Out Mable - G. "Davy" Crocket 4. It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James 5. Every Night About This Time - Magic Sam 6. I Can't Believe It - Frank Butler 7. Blues In D Natural - Earl Hooker 8. I Love My Baby - Melvin Smith 9. I Feel So Strange - Bobby & Lucy 10. Oh Mama - Lillian Offitt 11. Cry For Me Baby - Elmore James 12. Did You Ever Love Somebody - G. "Davy" Crocket 13. I Could Cry - Junior Wells 14. My Love Is Your Love - Magic Sam 15. Try And Understand - Melvin Smith 16. Shine On - Lillian Offitt 17. It's Nothing - Bobby & Lucy 18. Universal Rock - Junior Wells & Earl Hooker

trax disc 2:

1. Cut You A-Loose - Ricky Allen 2. This Little Voice - A.C. Reed 3. Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker 4. You'd Better Be Sure - Ricky Allen 5. Nothing But Poison - Reggie "Guitar" Boyd 6. Lotta Loving - A.C. Reed 7. Bright Sounds - Big Moose & The Jams 8. Swear To Tell The Truth - Earl Hooker 9. Help Me Mama - Ricky Allen 10. That Ain't Right - A.C. Reed 11. Nothing But Good - Reggie "Guitar" Boyd 12. Catch Up With Your Crowd - Ricky Allen 13. I Stay Mad - A.C. Reed 14. Can I Come Back Home - Ricky Allen 15. Off The Hook - Big Moose & The Jams 16. I Wanna Be Free - A.C. Reed 17. Ouch! - Ricky Allen 18. Blues For Sonny - Sonny Lantz

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The Skatalites "Hog In A Cocoa" 1998

Slice of pure ska heaven! The perfect antidote to the idea that the whitened, insipid, post-Two-Tone dreck masquerading as "ska" nowadays is even close to being worthy of the name. This is the pure sound of early 60's Jamaica - it swings, it captivates, and most of all it conveys real feeling. Genuine ska is among the most uplifting of musical forms and here it is purveyed by the masters such as Justin Hines, The Maytals and, of course, the *only* ska band worthy of the name : The Skatalites. Buy it. --Amazon customer reviewThis is a great collection of classic ska performed by the Skatalites (generally considered the greatest of the first-wave ska bands) with various vocalists and recorded at Duke Reid's Treasure Isle studio in the mid-'60s. There are original versions of much-covered classics ("Housewife's Choice" by Derrick & Patsy, "Penny Reel" by Eric Morris and Baba Brooks) as well as obscure tracks by artists who would later gain worldwide fame ("The Higher the Monkey Climb," by Justin Hinds & the Dominoes, "When I Call Your Name," by Stranger & Patsy). Then there are the obscure tracks by artists who have remained obscure, sometimes deservedly so (as in the case of the hapless and out of tune Marguerita). Throughout the album, the Skatalites provide a relentlessly high-energy and almost supernaturally tight groove; even when the tempos are relatively slow, there's a tensile power to the band's sound that makes each track special. Highly recommended. --Rick Anderson, AllMusic [Rating: 4/5 stars]

Notes:

Recorded between 1963-66 at Treasure Isle Studios & West Indies Records Ltd, Kingston, Jamaica.

This compilation was originally released in 1991.

trax:

01. The Maytals with The Skatalites / John James 02. Stranger, Patsy and Baba Brooks with The Skatalites / Yea Yea Yea Baby 03. Justin Hinds and The Dominoes with The Skatalites  / The Higher The Monkey Climbs 04. Shanley Duffus with The Skatalites / Rukumbine 05. Owen Grey and Leon Silvera with The Skatalites / Next Door Neighbour 06. Eric Morris and Duke Reid with The Skatalites / What A Man Doeth 07. Justin Hinds and The Dominoes with The Skatalites  / Over The River 08. Stranger Cole and Techniques with The Skatalites / Run Joe 09. Stranger and Patsy with The Skatalites / Hog In A Cocoa 10. Eric Morris with The Skatalites / Samson 11. Derrick and Patsy with The Skatalites  / Housewife's Choice 12. Stranger and Patsy with The Skatalites / When I Call Your Name 13. Marguerita with The Skatalites / Woman Come 14. Eric Morris and Baba Brooks with The Skatalites / Penny Reel

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Motown - The History 1963-1964 - Mid Sixties - Vol 1

Hi Everyone, and thanks for the info on the Motown box, here is CD 2, but I'm affraid that I will be not able to go further than CD 10. Until then... enjoy! - Magic Kaic's Musictrax:

1. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby - Marvin Gaye 3. Micky's Monkey - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 4. You Lost The Sweetest Boy - Mary Wells 5. As Long As I Know He's Mine - The Marvelettes 6. Can I Get A Witnes - Marvin Gaye 7. Just Loving You - Kim Weston 8. Whats Easy For Two Is Hard For One - Mary Wells 9. I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 10. When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes - Diana Ross & The Supremes 11. Quicksand - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 12. Leaving Here - Eddie Holland 13. You're A Wonderful One - Marvin Gaye 14. The Way You Do The Things You Do - The Temptations 15. Can You Do It - The Contours 16. Try It Baby - Marvin Gaye 17. In My Lonely Room - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 18. My Guy - Mary Wells 19. Devil With The Blue Dress - Shorty Long 20. Just Ain't Enough Love - Eddie Holland 21. The Girl's Alright With Me - The Temptations 22. I'll Be In Trouble - The Temptations 23. You're My Remedy - The Temptations 24. Where Did Our Love Go - Diana Ross & The Supremes 25. Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops 26. Sweet Thing - The Detroit Spinners 27. I Like It Like That - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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"JEWEL / PAULA SOUL STORY"

A treasure trove of southern soul – all pulled from the legendary Jewel and Paula record labels! The pair were part of the Louisiana mini-empire built by Stan Lewis, out of Shreveport – and the music offers a wonderful criss-crossing of styles at the time – partly because of the labels' work in blues and gospel as well, and partly because of Stan's literal placement at the crossroads between a few different southern music scenes! The package features some key hits, and even more well-chosen obscure numbers – the kind of soulful singles that always make every Jewel or Paula record well worth checking out. Titles include "You've Got Me Tamed" by Clay Hammond, "Guilty" by Jakie Day, "How Are You Fixed For Love" by Little Johnny Taylor, "I Need Someone" by The Wallace Brothers, "Guess I'll Have To Take What's Left" by Little Charles, "Oh My Love" by The Objectives, "Sweet 94" by Buster Benton, "It Takes Two To Do Wrong" by Bobby Patterson, "Do You Feel The Same Way" by Tommie Young, "Dreaming Out Of Season" by The Montclairs, "I Want Everybody To Know" by Fontella Bass, and "Help Wanted" by Jessie Anderson.  © 1996-2014, Dusty Groove, Inc.

trax disc 1:

1. Nothing Takes The Place Of You - Toussaint McCall 2. Oh My Love (Come Back To Me) - The Objectives 3. Guess I Have To Take What's Left - Little Charles 4. I Had My Heart Set On You - Billy Joe Young 5. Why Did You Leave Me - Johnny & Jon 6. Don't Pity Me - The Carter Brothers 7. I'll Do It For You - Toussaint McCall 8. I Can't Stand To See You Go - Joe Valentine 9. The Love Of My Man - Barbara West 10. What You Gonna Do - Lonnie & Floyd 11. Put It Where I Can Get It - Jerry McCain 12. Without A Woman - Ted Taylor 13. Congratulations Baby - Barbara West 14. In The Same Old - Tommy Ridgley 15. I Need Someone - The Wallace Brothers 16. I Wanna Keep - Ola V. Harper 17. Losers Win Sometimes - Billy Keene 18. How Can A Broke Man Survive - Little Johnny Taylor

trax disc 2:

1. Something Strange Is Goin' On In My House - Ted Taylor 2. You've Got Me Tamed - Clay Hammond 3. How Are You Fixed For Love - Little Johnny Taylor 4. Do What You Think Is Best - Buddy Ace 5. Guilty - Jackie Day 6. That's When I'll Stop Loving You - Willie Rogers 7. Loosen These Pains And Let Me Go - Albert Washington 8. How Do You Spell Love - Bobby Patterson 9. It's Not How Long You Make It - Shay Holiday 10. Dreaming Out Of Season - The Montclairs 11. I Want Everybody To Know - Fontella Bass 12. It Takes Two To Do Wrong - Bobby Patterson 13. (Standing In The) Safety Zone - Roscoe Robinson 14. Help Wanted - Jesse Anderson 15. Checking Out - Lee "Shot" Williams 16. Do You Feel The Same Way - Tommie Young 17. It's Alright - Bobby Rush 18. Sweet 94 - Buster Benton

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Motown - The History 1959-1963 - In The Beginning - Vol 1

Hi RYP, I found nothing on this serie, if you do, don't hesitate to add a comment. Enjoy! - Magic Kaic's MusicMotown, The History. 21 CD box set. It was released by Britannia Music Co. or someone in that vein.Discs one to eight are 60's, nine to fifteen are 70's and discs sixteen to twenty one are 80's. It's not a bad box set but there are a lot better. Picked up mine about 16years ago. - Anonymous

trax:

1. Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong 2. Shop Around - Smokey Robinson & The Miracle 3. Bye Bye Baby - Mary Wells 4. Ain't It Baby - Smokey Robinson & The Miracle 5. I Don't Want To Take A Chance - Mary Wells 6. What's So Good About Goodbye - Smokey Robinson & The Miracle 7. Please Mr Postman - The Marvelettes 8. Playboy - The Marvelettes 9. The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells 10. I'll Try Something New - Smokey Robinson & The Miracle 11. Jamie - Eddie Holland 12. (You're My) Dream Come True - The Temptations 13. You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells 14. Beechwood 4-5789 - The Marvelettes 15. Do You Love Me - The Contours 16. Stunburn Kind Of Fellow - Marvin Gaye 17. Shake Sherrie - The Contours 18. Two Lovers - Mary Wells 19. Let Me Go To The Right Way - Diana Ross & The Supremes 20. Pride And Joy - Marvin Gaye 21. Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye 22. You 've Really Got A Hold On Me - Smokey Robinson & The Miracle 23. Contract Of Love - Stevie Wonder 24. A Breath Taking Guy - Diana Ross & The Supremes 25. Your Old Stand By - Mary Wells 26. Locking Up My Heart - The Marvelettes 27. Come And Get These Memories - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 28. Fingertips (Part 2) - Stevie Wonder

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Leadbelly - Important Recordings 1934-1949 (2006)

JSP's four-CD Leadbelly box is an appropriately massive monument to a man whose power and intensity sometimes threatened to overwhelm the recording technology of his day. Ninety-six sides skim the surface of his prolific output during the last 15 years of Huddie Ledbetter's life, beginning with a selection from the Lomax field recordings cut during the summer of 1934 at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, and ending with an excerpt from a live concert at the University of Texas in Austin six months before his death in 1949. Forty-three examples from the Library of Congress sessions skim the surface of his sizable contribution to that archive, and are followed by a judicious selection of records he cut for seven commercial labels during a period when his brusque delivery was generally considered too brash and bracing for the average American listener. For a potent distillation of the man's approach to life and music, go directly to the hypnotically paced "Leaving on the Morning Train Blues" (disc 1 track 19), a nearly-ten-minute narrative that develops into Ledbetter's definitive statement on the blues as a possessing entity.Virtually every facet of Leadbelly's repertoire is solidly represented here. He was an accomplished storyteller who specialized in folk ballads and ditties, as well as topical pieces inspired by current events and social protest songs that helped to fuel the emerging modern civil rights movement. There are love songs and work songs, many of them tracing back to slavery, plantations, prisons, and chain gangs. Leadbelly's Bluebird, Asch, and Capitol recordings include collaborations with the harmonizing Golden Gate Quartet, guitarist Josh White, and blues harpist Sonny Terry. While in Hollywood in 1944, he recorded for Capitol with Western swing sideman Paul Mason Howard, fresh from his tenure with Tennessee Ernie Ford and heard here on autoharp. A 1946 session for the east coast Disc label has him backed by Terry, Brownie McGhee, New Orleans bassist Pops Foster, and a nearly inaudible Willie "The Lion" Smith. Leadbelly's own multi-instrumentalism is documented by his concertina ("John Hardy" and "Corn Bread Rough"), barrelhouse piano ("Eagle Rock Rag") and tap dancing ("Green Corn"). From the very opening of "Western Cowboy," Leadbelly's voice has an elemental, penetrating quality that wells up throughout the entire collection. Note that "In New Orleans" is better known as "House of the Rising Sun," and "Gallis Pole" is the taproot of the popular Led Zeppelin version and a later visitation by Alvin Youngblood Hart. For even greater immersion in Leadbelly's music, try Document's multi-volume survey which digs deeper into the Library of Congress strata. There you will find (on Vol. 4, DOCD 5594) the original 1935 two-part realization of "Whoa Back Buck (Whoa Goddamn)", the exciting prologue to the version he recorded with the Golden Gate Quartet in June 1940. In this way, JSP's Leadbelly box becomes a portal through which the rest of his legacy is clearly discernable. - -arwulf arwulf, AllMusic

trax Disc 1:

01. Western Cowboy 02. Blind Lemon Blues 03. Midnight Special 04. Irene 05. C.C. Rider 06. Governor O.K. Allen 07. Julie Ann Johnson 08. I'm Sorry Mama 09. Take A Whiff On Me 10. Boll Weevil 11. The Titanic 12. Green Corn 13. Po' Howard 14. De Kalb Blues 15. Frankie And Albert 16. Queen Mary 17. The Hindenburg Disaster (Part 1) 18. The Hindenburg Disaster (Part 2) 19. Leaving On The Morning Train Blues 20. The Bourgeois Blues

trax Disc 2:

01. Roberta (Part 1) 02. Roberta (Part 2) 03. Packin' Trunk Blues 04. C.C. Rider 05. Becky Deem, She Was A Gamblin' Girl 06. Honey, I'm All Out And Down 07. Four Day Worry Blues 08. You Can't Lose Me, Charlie 09. New Black Snake Moan 10. Alberta 11. Baby, Don't You Love Me No More 12. Ox Drivin' Blues 13. Death Letter Blues (Part 1) 14. Death Letter Blues (Part 2) 15. Kansas City Papa 16. Red River Blues 17. Forth Worth And Dallas Blues 18. You Don't Know My Mind 19. Daddy I'm Coming Back To You 20. My Friend Blind Lemon 21. Mr. Tom Hughes' Town 22. Shorty George 23. Matchbox Blues 24. Yellow Jacket 25. T.B. Woman Blues

trax Disc 3:

01. Pig Meat Papa 02. Bull Cow 03. My Baby Quit Me 04. Frankie And Albert (Part 1) 05. Frankie And Albert (Part 2) 06. Poor Howard - Green Corn 07. The Gallis Pole 08. Pick A Bale Of Cotton 09. Whoa Back, Buck 10. Midnihgt Special 11. Rock Island Line 12. Good Morning Blues 13. T.B. Blues 14. Red Cross Store Blues 15. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On 16. I'm On My Last Go-Round 17. New York City 18. Grey Goose 19. Stew Ball 20. Take This Hammer 21. Can't You Line 'Em 22. Ham An' Eggs 23. On A Monday 24. John Henry 25. How Long 26. Ain't You Glad

trax Disc 4:

01. John Hardy 02. Where Did You Sleep Last Night 03. Pretty Flowers In Your Backyard 04. In New Orleans 05. Outskirts Of Town 06. Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues) 07. In The Evenin' When The Sun Goes Down 08. Jim Crow Blues 09. Mr. Hitler 10. Corn Bread Rough 11. Ella Speed 12. Rock Island Line 13. Tell Me Baby 14. Take This Hammer 15. Irene (Goodnight Irene) 16. On A Christmas Day 17. Backwater Blues 18. Eagle Rock Rag 19. Sweet Mary Blues 20. Grasshoppers In My Pillow 21. Diggin' My Potatoes 22. Defense Blues 23. Easy Rider 24. Pigmeat 25. Howard Hughes 26. Shine On Me

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MORE SINGLES; SINGLES; SINGLES... HAPPY EASTER FOLKS!

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LINK WRAY + BUNKER HILL (NORTON RECORDS 046)trax:
01. Link Wray & The Raymen - Friday Night Dance Party 02. Bunker Hill & The Raymen - The Girl Can't Dance
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THE ASTRONAUTS (SHOT DOWN RECORDS SHOT 1)trax:
01 Rocket To Mars 02 Rocket Man 03 Moonshot 04 Switchblade
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MIKE BERRY WITH THE OUTLAWS (COLUMBIA 006-94035 M)trax:
01 Tribute To Buddy Holly 02 What's The Matter
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THE ROCK-A-BOPS (VINTJARN VIN 803)trax:
01 Bye Bye 02 No Regular Daddy
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THE MERSEYBEATS (FONTANA TF 431 - 1963)trax:
01 I Think Of You 02 Mister Moonlight
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TUB JOHNSON & THEE HEADCOATS (SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY SFTRI 221)trax:
01 Tubs Twist 02 Sad Sack
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LITTLE MACK + GEORGIA HINTON (CHECKER 984 - 1959)trax:
1. Little Mack - I Need Love 2. Georgia Hinton With Little Mack - I Play For Keeps
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OLYMPIC-BIG BEAT, PRAG (AMIGA 450 462)trax:
01 Olympic-Rock 02 Hully-Gully
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THE TUNE ROCKERS (PET 804 - 1958)trax:
01 No Stoppin' This Boppin' 02 Easy Does It
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JACK HAMMER WITH THE JOHNNY VAN HORN ORCHESTRA (RONNEX RECORDS POP PO 45 S 269)trax:
01 Kissin' Twist 02 Juliette
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MARK ROGERS & THE MARKSMEN (PARLOPHONE R 5045 - 1963)trax:

01 Bubble Pop [Joey's Song] 02 Hold It!

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"JUST AROUND BAKERSFIELD"

34 Country Boppers from California 1950's!trax:

1. I Used To Love You - Bill Carter 2. Yer Fer Me - Fuzzy Owen 3. Hold Still Baby - George Weston 4. Walkin' On Easy Street - Cousin Herb Henson 5. Walkin' Shoes - Duke Dickson 6. Kathleen - Wally Lewis 7. Drive Away Blues - George Rich 8. I Need You Baby - George Weston 9. Childhood Boogie - Lynn Billingsley 10. I've Been Thinking It Over - The Three Notes 11. I Wanna Feel Good - Bill Carter 12. I Wouldn't Give A Nickel - Gene Martin 13. Stood Up Blues - Custer Bottoms 14. Loose My Mind - Cousin Herb Henson 15. Why Must I Be The One - Bill Brock 16. Bumble Rumble - Sid Silver 17. You're A Luxury - Phil Brown 18. Hot Dog - Corky Jones 19. Only Fools - Wes Buchanan 20. There Goes My Love - Buck Owens 21. Rhythm And Booze - Corky Jones 22. A Night For Love - Cliff Crofford 23. There Ain't Nothing Happening To Me - Cliff Crofford 24. Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't - Duke Dickson 25. Mixed Up Rhythm & Blues - Johnny Taylor 26. Baby Baby Baby - Kenny Brown 27. Where Ever You Are - Louise Duncan 28. Give Some Love My Way - Wes Buchanan 29. Throw A Little Wood On The Fire - Kenny Brown 30. Love Fever - Pauline Parker & Marilyn Kaye 31. Puppy Dog Love - Ronnie Braham 32. Phone Me Baby - Bill Woods 33. Ask Me No Questions - Bill Woods 34. Truck Drivin' Man - Bill Woods

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Acker, Kenny and Chris {Chris Barber, Kenny Ball & Acker Bilk} (1993)

Esteemed jazz musicians Acker Bilk, Chris Barber and Kenny Ball combine instrumental talents on this emotional and original album, which features 22 classic songs.Barber/Ball/Bilk are a British traditional jazz trio comprised of trombonist Chris Barber, trumpeter Kenny Ball, and clarinetist Acker Bilk, whose individual recordings were compiled from time to time on joint best-of collections such as At the Jazz Band Ball (1994) and Boaters Bowlers & Bowties (2009). The recordings of Barber (born on April 17, 1930, in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England), Ball (born on May 22, 1930, in Ilford, Essex, England), and Bilk (born on January 28, 1929, in Pensford, Somerset, England) were first compiled jointly in 1962 on The Best of Ball, Barber & Bilk, which was released in the wake of "Stranger on the Shore." Performed by Mr. Acker Bilk & the Leon Young String Chorale and originally released in October 1961, "Stranger on the Shore" was one of the biggest hits of 1962 in not only the U.K., where it was the best-selling single of the year, but also the U.S., where it topped the Billboard singles chart for a week in May. Even though "Stranger on the Shore" isn't featured on The Best of Ball, Barber & Bilk, which includes songs by Mr. Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, and Chris Barber & His Jazz Band, the song's popularity, along with that of the British traditional jazz movement, propelled the compilation to the top of the U.K. albums chart in September 1962. From time to time over the years, the recordings of Barber, Ball, and Bilk were likewise compiled jointly. At the Jazz Band Ball (1994) is a particularly notable compilation of 1962 recordings drawn from the BBC Archives. In addition, Boaters Bowlers & Bowties (2009) is notable for its double-disc length as well as for its inclusion of "Stranger on the Shore."

trax:

01. Acker Bilk / South Rampart Street Parade 02. Chris Barber / Petite Fleur 03. Kenny Ball / Temptation Rag 04. Acker Bilk / Chelsea Cakewalk 05. Kenny Ball / American Patrol 06. Chris Barber / Yama Yama Man 07. Kenny Ball / Big Noise From Winnetka 08. Chris Barber / Sweet Sue Just You 09. Acker Bilk / Rose Of The Rio Grande 10. Kenny Ball / Livery Stable Blues 11. Chris Barber / Careless Love 12. Acker Bilk / Willie The Weeper 13. Kenny Ball / 1919 March 14. Chris Barber / Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home 15. Kenny Ball / Mood Indigo 16. Acker Bilk / Dardanella 17. Chris Barber / Bugle Boy March 18. Kenny Ball / Millenberg Joys 19. Acker Bilk / Sweet Georgia Brown 20. Chris Barber / Bourbon Street Parade 21. Kenny Ball / Dinah 22. Acker Bilk / Burgundy Street

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SINGLES; SINGLES; SINGLES... HAPPY EASTER FOLKS!

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THE ROCK-A-TEENS (ROULETTE RL 4420)trax:
01 Woo Hoo 02 Twangy
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JERRY BYRNE (SPECIALTY 635)trax:
01 Lights Out 02 Honey Baby
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LITTLE GERHARD & HIS ROCKING MEN (METRONOME DM 45-115)trax:
01 Rockin' Ghost 02 Patricia
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THE GROOVE DIGGERS (WITCHCRAFT WCI-109)trax:
01 What's Inside A Girl 02 Open House
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THE VIPERS SKIFFLE GROUP (ODEON 45-O-29 356)trax:
01 Jim Dandy 02 Maggie May
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THE MOONLIGHTERS (DEE-JAY JAMBOREE 45-121)trax:
01 Rockin' On My Guitar 02 Guitar Man
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TWIST IM ''STAR-CLUB'' 7.FOLGE - THE RATTLES (PHILIPS 345620 PF)trax:
01 Bye Bye Johnny 02 Stick And Stones
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CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS (PARLOPHONE R 5119 - 1964)trax:
01 Got My Mojo Working 02 Beautiful Dreamer
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THE SILENT ROCKERS (WILDCAT RECORD COMPANY WRC 4501)trax:
01 It's Rock'n Roll 02 My Blue Kapitän
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THE CHANTAY'S (MCA P-2704)trax:

01 Pipeline 02 Move It

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"BETTER THAN THE BEATLES!"

25 tunes that failed to oust the Fab-Four from the charts!trax:

1. I'm better than the beatles - Brad Berwick 2. We're the weavils - The Weavils 3. Here i am in love again - The Weavils 4. Buggs vs. beatle - The Buggs 5. Ain't no beatle - Gary Sanders 6. The beetle-bomb - The Exterminators 7. The spirit of '64 - Bocky & The Visions 8. It's comin' thru the door - Bobby & The Blue Jays 9. Beatle maniacs - Ray Ruff & The Checkmates 10. The guy with the long liverpool hair - The Outsiders 11. You got me bugged - The Pacers 12. I love you - Tony Rivers & The Castaways 13. Ringo comes to town - Chug & Doug 14. Ringo boy - Dorie Peyton 15. Beatle bounce - Bobby Comstock & The Counts 16. I wanna be a beatle - Gene Cornish & The Unbeetables 17. Oh misery - Gene Cornish & The Unbeetables 18. The beetle dance - Ernie Maresca 19. The beetle - Gary Usher 20. Only seventeen - The Beatle-Ettes 21. Liverpool - The Vulcanes 22. I dreamed i was a beatle - Murry Kellum 23. The boy with the beatle hair - The Swans 24. I want to be a beatle - Bobby Wilding 25. Long-hair - The Motions 26. Like Ringo - Dick Lord 27. Mr. Rek-O-Kut - Bonus Track

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"The Story Of Blue Beat, The Best In Ska 1960" 2011

A History Of Blue Beat Records. The first 25 releases from the fledgling Blue Beat label plus Bonus tracks from subsidiary labels, Melodisc and Duke from 1960. CD one features all the ‘A’ sides whilst CD two features all the ‘B’ sides, and includes many rare and sought after tracks.Record Collector - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The production values are often rough and ready, but that only adds to the music's vibrant immediacy."

This is a great two CD set covering the first year of the legendary Blue Beat label. Although the cover states "The Best in Ska" the music contained is a wonderful selection of pre-ska Jamaican blues, r&b doo-wop and shuffle. The sound quality is excellent throughout and the liner notes are superbly written and researched. --Amazon customer review

trax disc 1:

1. Boogie Rock - Laurel Aitken & The Boogie Cats 2. Dumplin's - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires 3. Manny Oh - Higgs & Wilson with Ken Richards & His Comets 4. Lollipop Girl - The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & His Group 5. My Hearts Desire - The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & His Group 6. Worried Over You - Keith & Enid with Trenton Spence & His Group 7. Fat Man - Derrick Morgan 8. Cutest Little Woman - Owen Gray with Kenneth Richards & His Band 9. Album Of Memory - The Magic Notes with Kenneth Richards & His Band 10. Jeannie Is Back - Laurel Aitken 11. Send Me - Keith & Enid with Trenton Spence & His Group 12. Don't Cry - Derrick Morgan & The Ebonies 13. Judgment Day - Laurel Aitken with Ken Richards & His Harmonisers 14. Easy Snapping - Clue J's Blues Blasters with vocal by Theophilus Beckford 15. Time To Pray (Allelujah) - The Mellow Larks with Clue J & His Blues Blasters 16. Muriel - Alton & Eddy with Clue J & His Blues Blasters 17. Lover Boy - Derrick Morgan with Duke Reid & His Group 18. Till The End Of Time - Chuck & Dobby with Duke Reid & His Group 19. Baby What You Done Me Wrong - Bobby Kingdom & The Blue Beats 20. Shockin' - Lynn Hope 21. Railroad Track - Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats 22. Cool School - Chuck & Dobby with Duke Reid & His Group 23. I Wanna Love - Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & His Group 24. More Whisky - Laurel Aitken with Duke Reid & His Group 25. Little Vilma - The Blues Busters with `Wee Willie' Williams & His Orchestra 26. Jamaica Blues - Azie Lawrence 27. Mary Lee - Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats 28. The Wasp - The Bubbles 29. Pink Lane Shuffle - Duke Reid & His Group

trax disc 2:

1. Heavenly Angel - Laurel Aitken & The Boogie Cats 2. Kissin' Gal - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires with vocal by Buddy Davidson 3. When You Tell Me Baby - Higgs & Wilson with Ken Richards & His Comets 4. Dearest Darling - The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & His Group 5. I Love You - The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & His Group 6. Everything Will Be Alright - Keith & Enid with Trenton Spence & His Group 7. I'm Gonna Leave You - Derrick Morgan 8. Running Around - Owen Gray with Kenneth Richards & His Band 9. Why Did You Leave Me - The Magic Notes with Kenneth Richards & His Band 10. If It's Money You Need - Laurel Aitken 11. People Will Say We're In Love - Trenton Spence & His Group 12. I Pray For You - Derrick Morgan & The Ebonies 13. Yea Yea Baby - Laurel Aitken with Ken Richards & His Harmonisers 14. Goin' Home - Clue J's Blues Blasters with vocal by Theophilus Beckford 15. Love You Baby - The Mellow Larks with Clue J & His Blues Blasters 16. Silky - Clue J & His Blues Blasters, featuring Ernest Ranglin, Rico Rodriquez & Roland Alphonso 17. Oh My! - Derrick Morgan with Duke Reid & His Group 18. What Makes Honey - Duke Reid's Group 19. Go Pretty Baby Go - Bobby Kingdom & The Blue Beats 20. Blue And Sentimental - Lynn Hope 21. Tell Me Darling - Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats 22. The Joker - Duke Reid's Group 23. Duke's Cookies - Duke Reid's Group 24. Parapinto Boogie - Lloyd Clarke with Duke Reid & His Group 25. Early One Morning - The Blues Busters with Luther `Wee Willie' Williams & His Orchestra 26. Come Rumble And Tumble With Me - Azie Lawrence 27. Lonesome Lover - Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats 28. Bopping In The Barnyard - The Bubbles 29. Low Down Dirty Girl - Laurel Aitken with Duke Reid & His Group

"SCREAMING GOSPEL HOLY ROLLERS" Vol. 1

Vee-Tone Records delivers 22 screamin' and hollerin' Black Gospel recordings compiled by Radio DJ and TV presenter Mark Lamarr. Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Volume One focuses on the greatest era of Black Gospel music, the 50's and early '60's. As the title implies, this collection contains some of the wildest Black Gospel ever recorded, the torrid opening track "Don't You Know Me Thomas" by The Reverend Crum And his Mighty Golden Keys pretty much sets the tone for the entire album.

Featuring a cross section of record labels including Specialty, Savoy, Gospel, Vee-Jay and Peacock, this well presented collection includes sleeve notes by Mark Lamarr and a detailed discography. The influence of Black Gospel music on Rock n Roll cannot be underestimated and this collection clearly demonstrates the cross over between non secular and secular music in the 50's & 60's.

trax:

1. Don't You Know Me Thomas - Reverend Crum & His Mighty Golden Keys 2. How Much I Owe You - The Radio Four 3. In The Morning - Rev. Gatemouth Moore & His Gospel Singers 4. I'm So Glad - The Famous Ward Singers 5. He's The Same Today - The Kelly Bros. 6. Jonah - The Famous Davis Sisters 7. My Robe Will Fit Me - The Original Five Blind Boys 8. I Can't Believe It - The Gospel Chordettes 9. Jesus Will Meet Me - The Mighty Gospel Giants 10. Jesus Is A Waymaker - The National Independent Gospel Singers Of Atlanta, Georgia 11. Finally Made It In - The Hightower Brothers 12. I Put My Trust In Thee - Marie Knight 13. He Will Welcome Me There - The Sensational Nightingales 14. When I Rise In The Morning - The Drinkard Singers 15. I'm A Royal Child - Rev. Kelsey 16. Jesus Gave Me Water - The Stars Of Faith (Listed as Marion Williams) 17. Pay Day (Put Our Time In) - Prof. Chas. Taylor 18. I'm A Soldier - The Original Five Blind Boys 19. Take The Lord Along With You - Rev. Gatemouth Moore & His Gospel Singers 20. Get Away Jordan - The Grace Gospel Singers 21. Shake My Mothers Hand - The Voices Of Jordan 22. Goodbye Mother - The Happyland Singers & Blind Boys Of Alabama

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"SCREAMING GOSPEL HOLY ROLLERS" Vol. 2

Vee-Tone Records delivers 22 more screamin' and hollerin' Black Gospel recordings compiled by Radio DJ and TV presenter Mark Lamarr.trax:

1. It's Getting Late - The Voices Of Jordan 2. Walk Along With Me - The National Independent Gospel Singers Of Atlanta, Georgia 3. Higher - The Grace Gospel Singers 4. All Over Me - Reverend Crum & His Mighty Golden Keys 5. Two Wings - Utah Smith 6. Come By Here - The Hightower Brothers featuring Little Sugar 7. By And By - Reverend Gatemouth Moore & His Gospel Singers 8. He's A Mighty Rock - The Joy Harmonizers 9. Packin' Up - Marion Williams 10. Prayer Changes Things - The Gate City Singers 11. The Storm Is Passing Over - Marie Knight 12. I Saw The Light - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 13. Standing By The Way - The Kingdom Bound Singers 14. He Won't Deny Me - The Swan Silvertones 15. Leaning On The Everlasting Arm - Reverend Gatemouth Moore & His Gospel Singers 16. What He's Done For Me - The Famous Davis Sisters 17. I've Been Born Again - Blind Boys Of Alabama & The Happyland Singers 18. Something's Got A Hold Of Me - The Soul Keepers (lead Cornelius Underwood) 19. Ain't That A Shame - The Sensational Saints Of Ohio 20. Blood Done Signed My Name - The Radio Four 21. I Must Live Until Morning - Charles Taylor & The Charles Taylor Singers 22. Our Trust In God - The Voices Of Jordan

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Ritchie Blackmore "Take It!" Sessions 63-68 - 1998

For Ritchie Blackmore fans, Take It! is indispensible; compiling two dozen early tracks, the collection paints a cohesive portrait of the guitarist at the outset of his career. Recorded during the Beat boom era of the mid-'60s, these rare cuts capture Blackmore working in a wide range of styles, moving from the sappy ballads of Jess Conrad to the blistering instrumentals of the Lancasters. Most engaging are a series of sides with the Outlaws, many of them in support of Gene Vincent. --Jason Ankeny, AllMusic (Rating: 4/5 stars)Take It: Sessions '63-'68 is a wonderful album for anyone who is a fan of Ritchie Blackmore or his powerful bands Deep Purple, Rainbow & Blackmore's Night. It is wonderful to here where he started as a session player. Some people might find it silly, well it is, in a great way my favorite song is Satan's Holiday which is reminiscent of Hall Of The Mountain King. If you love to hear where great musicians started then this cd is for you. Ritchie was a great session player and now one of the greatest guitarist of all time. Other great session guitarists are/were Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, & Keith Moon, They all have a legacy so give this one a listen. --Amazon customer reviewtrax:

01. The Outlaws / Shake With Me 02. The Raleigh Rounders / The Bike Beat Pt. 2 03. The Raleigh Rounders / The Bike Beat Pt. 1 04. Gunilla Thorne / Go On Then 05. Michael Cox / I've Been Thinking 06. Houston Wells and the Outlaws  / Living Alone 07. Houston Wells and the Outlaws  / Galway Bay 08. Gene Vincent and the Outlaws  / Dance To The Bop [Live] 09. Gene Vincent and the Outlaws  / Catch Me A Rat [Live] 10. The Outlaws / As Long As I Live [Live] 11. The Outlaws / Only For You 12. Heinz / I Get Up In The Morning 13. Davy Kaye / A Fool Such As I 14. Jess Conrad / It Can Happen To You 15. Burr Bailey and the Sixshooters / Like A Bird Without Feathers 16. Silas Dooley Jr / The Birds And The Bees 17. Silas Dooley Jr / Something At The Bottom Of The Garden 18. Ritchie Blackmore Orchestra  / Getaway 19. Ritchie Blackmore Orchestra  / Little Brown Jug 20. The Lancasters / Satan's Holiday 21. The Lancasters / Earthshaker 22. The Sessions / Let Me In 23. Ronnie Jones / Satisfy My Soul 24. Boz / Down In The Flood

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JO-EL SONNIER "Cajun Young Blood" (The Goldband Recordings 1967-1970)

Cool collection of 28 sides recorded at Goldband Studios in Lake Charles, Louisiana in the late sixties and early seventies. Sonnier is an accomplished traditional Cajun accordionist and singer, and some of the sides here are in the straight-ahead Cajun mold. But this was also a time at which outside influences were creeping into the region, and this stuff is most interesting when it absorbs odd traces of rock, blues, and country. "Jump Little Frog," for instance, has an organ that wouldn't sound out of place on a Sir Douglas Quintet record; "Rolling Pin (Special)" has a fuzzy rock guitar; "Monkey On My Back" is a classy honky-tonkish tune. He sure sounds like he's trying to replicate Norman Greenbaum's classic guitar riff from "Spirit in the Sky" on "Tasso Gumbo." That might sound too off-the-wall for Cajun purists, but for the general listeners that means that this is a far more diverse, and hence more enjoyable, Cajun anthology than most. ~ Richie Unterberger, Allmusic Guide

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01 Jump Little Frog 02 Rolling Pin (Special) 03 I'm Leaving You 04 Durald Waltz 05 The Bean 06 I'd Like To Forget (Version 1) 07 Monkey On My Back 08 Little Petite 09 The One I Love 10 Johnny B. Goode 11 Cafe Sho 12 (My) Blue Letter 13 Fee Fee Poncho 14 Hurricane Audry 15 Auntie's Peanuts (Pestache Ah Tante Nana) 16 There's No Goodbyes 17 Didn't Come Home 18 Tasso Gumbo 19 Valse De Rose Marie 20 (Ship Of) Broken Heart 21 My 50 Cents 22 Legend Of Iry LeJeune 23 Monkey Played Fiddle 24 We Passed Your Door 25 I'd Like To Forget (Version 2) 26 Aye Yeah 27 Last Waltz 28 Big Wheel Rolling

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"BEAT AT ABBEY ROAD" 1963-1965

Abbey Road Studios was one of the busiest recording studios in England during the British Invasion boom of the early to mid '60s. The studio was constantly booked and magic was created within the studio's walls, with many charting hits having been taped there. The Beatles even named an album after the place! This 28 track compilation features cuts recorded at the legendary studio 1963-65.  (Allmusic)trax:

1. Love Of The Loved - Cilla Black 2. I'm In Love - The Fourmost 3. The Cruel Sea - The Dakotas 4. If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - Freddie & The Dreamers 5. Roll Over Beethoven - Pat Wayne & The Beachcombers 6. The Answer Is No - Keith Powell & The Valets 7. Please Mr. Postman - Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders 8. Shake, Shake, Shake - Tony Rivers & The Castaways 9. 5-4-3-2-1 - Manfred Mann 10. Bad Time - The Roulettes 11. Come On Back - The Hollies 12. You're No Good - The Swinging Blue Jeans 13. I Should Have Known Better - The Naturals 14. She's My Girl - Bobby Shafto 15. When You Walked In The Room - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 16. Look At Me - The Whirlwinds 17. I'm the One Who Loves You - The Paramounts 18. Things Will Never Be The Same - The Four Just Men 19. What A Sweet Things That Was - Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders 20. I'll Wait For You - Gerry & The Pacemakers 21. I Gotta Woman - The Black Nights 22. I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys - The Toggerty Five 23. Blue Ribbons - The Paramounts 24. Tired Of Trying, Bored With Lying, Scared Of Dying - Manfred Mann 25. The Name Game - Dean Ford & The Gaylads 26. Candy To Me - Martin Raynor & The Secrets 27. Break-A-Way - Beryl Marsden 28. The Day Will Come - Rod Stewart

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Gerry & The Pacemakers "At Abbey Road 1963-66"

EMI was always somewhat dismissive of Gerry & the Pacemakers; compared to, say, the Hollies, they were never treated with a lot of respect. Part of this may have to do with the fact that after their initial handful of hits, the group ended up being distinctly more popular in America for a lot longer than they were in England, where they were quickly overwhelmed by the maturing of the British Invasion at home in 1964-1965. This 28-song CD is a welcome change, assembling not only all of the group's hits, in order and in state-of-the-art sound (and many listeners will be surprised how hard this band did rock and what a hard, steady rhythm section they had), but also very worthwhile rarities like "Hello Little Girl" and oddities such as "Girl on a Swing" and a cover of Paul Simon's "Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine," both remnants of the group's unfinished third British album. Everything is in mono, the way it was intended to be heard (and which really boosts the power of Les Chadwick's bass work and Freddie Marsden's drumming, even on "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"). Casual listeners will love this disc for the sheer diversity of sounds -- juxtaposing their bluesy rendition of George Gershwin's "Summertime" and a pounding, rippling version of Larry Williams' "Slow Down" (a great showcase for Les McGuire's piano) -- and the crisp, clean sound, showing the band off as a romping, stomping quartet and not just the smiling British Invasion popsters that their U.S. singles seemed to make them out to be. It's not complete by any means -- See for Miles Records' The EP Collection is still the only place to find the killer live tracks off of the Gerry in California EP -- but its got enough rarities, B-sides, and forgotten tracks to impress the hardcore fan, without remotely boring or overwhelming someone who only wants the five or six hits they remember. What's more, the notes and the session and discography information finally give this band the respect they earned long ago. (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)

trax:

01 How Do You Do It 02 Away From You 03 I Like It 04 You'll Never Walk Alone 05 Chills 06 A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues 07 Hello Little Girl 08 Summertime 09 Slow Down 10 I'm The One 11 You've Got What I Like 12 Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying 13 Show Me That You Care 14 It's Gonna Be Alright 15 It's Just Because 16 Ferry Cross The Mersey 17 I'll Wait For You 18 Why Oh Why 19 I'll Be There 20 Reelin' And Rockin' 21 Whole Lotta Shakin Going On 22 Rip It Up 23 You Win Again 24 It'll Be Me 25 Walk Hand In Hand 26 La La La 27 Girl On A Swing 28 Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine

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"Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel" 1945-1958 [Disc 4 of 4] 2009

This wonderful four-disc, 105-track box of postwar Afro-American gospel releases from the 1940s and 1950s was compiled by record collector and gospel historian Opal Louis Nations, and it perfectly captures what was surely a golden age for black gospel. Gospel as we now know it emerged in the South in the early '30s, an outgrowth of the right to assemble and the advent of gospel songwriters like Thomas A. Dorsey (who had sung previously in the secular arena as Georgia Tom), who brought the blues to church, tossed in some ragtime piano rhythms, and almost single-handedly created the genre to the point that his compositions were simply known as "Dorseys." Then, in the early '40s, performers like Sister Rosetta Tharpe added a kind of theatricality (not to mention electric guitar) to the mix, and this generous box chronicles the confluence of all this. There is so much to marvel at here, including the opening track, "Walk Around," by the Five Soul Stirrers, Tharpe's jazzy, bluesy "Didn't It Rain" (complete with her concise electric guitar runs), the Five Blind Boys of Alabama's beautiful and haunting "Mother's Song," Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers' intimate "Pilgrim of Sorrow" (the take included here has some off microphone conversation that only adds to the song's feel of immediacy), Lou Rawls & the Pilgrim Travelers' doo wop-inflected (before doo wop was even a named genre) "Come Home," and Sister Marie Knight's uptown jazz version of "Trouble in Mind," a song that had long been performed as a secular blues, albeit with a high degree of spiritual overtones. Gospel, of course, traveled back to the secular side of the tracks when soul arose in the 1960s, but the roots of that explosion are here in this delightful collection. --Steve Leggett, AllMusic

trax:

01. Cleophus Robinson & Sister Josephine Jones / I Can See So Much 02. O.V. Wright & The Sunset Travelers / Sit Down and Rest Awhile 03. Evelyn Freeman & The Exciting Voices Chorus / Didn't It Rain 04. Inez Andrews & The Caravans / I'm Not Tired Yet 05. Hardie Clifton & The Brooklyn All Star Singers / Careless Soul 06. Consolers / Glad To Be In That Number 07. Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers / Walk With Me 08. Jackie Verdell & The Davis Sisters / I've Been Changed 09. Ira Tucker & The Dixie Humming Birds / Let's Go Out To The Programs (Part 2) 10. Ollie Nightingale & The Dixie Nightengales / I've Been Lifted 11. Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes / Love Lifted Me 12. Leon Lumpkins & The Gospel Clefs / Open Our Eyes 13. Rosie Wallace & The Imperial Gospel Singers / My Father's House 14. Gospel Tones / Roll, Jordan, Roll 15. Sister Rosetta Tharpe / Didn't It Rain 16. Roberta Martin & The Roberta Martin Singers / Rock My Soul 17. Paul Arnold & The Gospelaires / It's A Pity 18. 'Little Sugar' & The Hightower Brothers / Come By Here 19. Della Reece & The Meditations / Hard To Get Along 20. Brother Joe May / Mother Bowed 21. Willie Joe Ligon & The Mighty Mighty Clouds Of Joy / Jesus Is Real 22. Johnnie Taylor & The Soul Stirrers / The Love Of God (Take 1) 23. Marion Williams & The Stars Of Faith / When I Lay This Body Down 24. Howard 'Slim' Hunt & The Supreme Angels / Jesus Le Me Sleep 25. Victory Five / I Never Knew 26. Clara Ward Singers & Sam Whinham / Didn't It Rain

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"THE SOUL CLAN" (Jewel/Paula/Ronn Records)

Excellent comp of obscure southern soul duos in the Sam & Dave style. There’s some excellent tough and gritty 60’s soul on this rare P-VINE compilation! (This comp is long out of print)trax:

The Patterson Twins

1. If I Ever Got You Back 2. Back In Love Again The Patterson Twins 3. Come To Me 4. I Got Some Problems 5. Good Thing 6. He's A Loser 7. To Be Lonely 8. Looking For A Lover

Johnny & Jon

9. Christmas In Viet Nam 10. Why Did You Leave Me

The Wallace Brothers

11. I Need Someone 12. Airbone Shuffle 13. I Stayed Away Too Long 14. My Baby's Gone 15. Woman, Hang Your Head In Shame 16. My Mother- In -Law

Ted & Little Johnny Taylor

17. Pretending Love 18. Walkin' The Floor

Lonnie & Floyd

19. You Got To Feel It 20. What You Gonna Do

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AL SEARS & HIS ORCHESTRA "The Big Raw Tone" (1945 - 1951)

By 1945 tenor saxophonist Albert Omega Sears (1910-1990) had worked with Elmer Snowden, Roy Eldridge, Helen Humes, Andy Kirk, Lionel Hampton, Arnett Cobb, Budd Johnson, and Lester Young. This insightful retrospective allows an unprecedented overview of Sears' middle period, providing important context for the powerful tenor's later recordings by including highlights from his years with Duke Ellington. Sears is also featured in front of an "All Star Rhythm Section" with Gene Schroeder at the piano; as part of an Ellingtonian front line with Rex Stewart's Big Eight; as a fortifying force in the Johnny Hodges Orchestra; and as leader of his own bands in 1951 and 1952. Admirers of this exciting and all-too-often overlooked musician who don't mind having ten tracks in duplicate might want to match this compilation with Ocium's excellent survey, Al Sears and His Orchestra: The Big Raw Tone, also released in 2003. It's all meat. (Allmusic)Similar to the now deleted Bear Family CD. A major tenor sax player of both the big band and 50's rock 'n roll eras, Sears began his professional career in the late 20's, while still in his teens. During the 30's and 40's, he lent his blues-based style of play to various jazz ensembles including Chick Webb's orchestra, Andy Kirk and his Cloud of Joy, and, after W.W. II, Duke Ellington's orchestra. In the 50's he was both a session musician and a leader of his own recording aggregations for Coral, RCA, and Herald. The 23 tracks on this disc, recorded between 1945 and 1953, are about evenly split between those tracks which still have a big band jazz feel and those which lean toward rhythm & blues, with fine performances throughout. Several of the cuts feature vocals. Highlights include Brown Boy, the forerunner of the Jive Bombers later hit retitled Bad Boy, Mag's Alley, Fo-Yah, Groove Station, and the rockin' Huffin' And Puffin'. This also includes Johnny Hodges 1951 hit Castle Rock with Sears taking the lead. Excellent sound and 16 page booklet has informative notes and full discographical info. (Roots & Rhythm)trax:

01 Searsy 02 Long Long Ago 03 125th Street, New York 04 Shake Hands 05 The Skin Lad 06 Brown Baby 07 Baltimore Bounce 08 Now Ride The "D" Train 09 Azores (Below The Azores) 10 Groove Station 11 Marshall Plan 12 Berry Well 13 Steady Eddie 14 Nell Don't Wear No Button-Up Shoes 15 Huffin' And Puffin' 16 Sear-Iously 17 Mag's Alley 18 Fo-Yah 19 In The Good Old Summertime 20 Ivory Cliffs 21 Easy Ernie 22 Vo-Sa 23 Castle Rock

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"Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel" 1945-1958 [Disc 3 of 4] 2009

This wonderful four-disc, 105-track box of postwar Afro-American gospel releases from the 1940s and 1950s was compiled by record collector and gospel historian Opal Louis Nations, and it perfectly captures what was surely a golden age for black gospel. Gospel as we now know it emerged in the South in the early '30s, an outgrowth of the right to assemble and the advent of gospel songwriters like Thomas A. Dorsey (who had sung previously in the secular arena as Georgia Tom), who brought the blues to church, tossed in some ragtime piano rhythms, and almost single-handedly created the genre to the point that his compositions were simply known as "Dorseys." Then, in the early '40s, performers like Sister Rosetta Tharpe added a kind of theatricality (not to mention electric guitar) to the mix, and this generous box chronicles the confluence of all this. There is so much to marvel at here, including the opening track, "Walk Around," by the Five Soul Stirrers, Tharpe's jazzy, bluesy "Didn't It Rain" (complete with her concise electric guitar runs), the Five Blind Boys of Alabama's beautiful and haunting "Mother's Song," Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers' intimate "Pilgrim of Sorrow" (the take included here has some off microphone conversation that only adds to the song's feel of immediacy), Lou Rawls & the Pilgrim Travelers' doo wop-inflected (before doo wop was even a named genre) "Come Home," and Sister Marie Knight's uptown jazz version of "Trouble in Mind," a song that had long been performed as a secular blues, albeit with a high degree of spiritual overtones. Gospel, of course, traveled back to the secular side of the tracks when soul arose in the 1960s, but the roots of that explosion are here in this delightful collection. --Steve Leggett, AllMusic

trax:

01. Reverend H.B. Crum & The Golden Keys / So Glad I'm Here 02. Dixieland Singers / Our Prayer 03. Little Joe Cook & The Evening Star Quartet / Jesus, I'll Never Forget 04. James Phelps & The Gospel Song Birds / God's Creation 05. Kelly Brothers / Prayer For Tomorrow 06. Royal Travelers / Yes It's Me Lord, That Came To Thee 07. Nappy Brown & Selah Jubilee Singers / Who So Ever Will 08. Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers / Pilgrim Of Sorrow (Take 1) 09. Southern Travelers / I Can See Everybody's Mother 10. Argo Gospel Singers / He's Alright With Me 11. Johnnie Taylor & The Highway Q.C.'s / I Was So Happy 12. Candi Staton & The Jewel Gospel Trio / Jesus Is Listening 13. Mitchell Aires Quintet / Lord, Will I Meet Them Again 14. Original Gospel Stars / I Want To Go To Heaven 15. Julius 'June' Cheeks & The Sensational Nightingales / Burying Ground 16. Roscoe Robinson with Huey Bown & The Silver Quintette / Sinner's Crossroads 17. Joe Hinton & The Spirit Of Memphis / I Need Thee 18. Mavis & The Staples Singers / Uncloudy Day 19. Claude Jeter & The Swan Silvertones / Jesus Remembers 20. Judy Clay & The Drinkard Singers with intro by Joe Bostic / That's Enough 21. Morgan Babb & The Philco Singers / Wonder How Long 22. Bessie Griffin & The Gospel Consolators with Johnny Adams / Every Now And Then (Take 2) 23. Archie Brownlee & The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi / Let's Have Church 24. Lou Rawls & The Pilgrim Travelers / Come Home

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"This Is Louisiana" 2001

"...It underlines the bayou country's claim as the ultimate musical melting popy ina continent that's hardly short of them..." - Mojo (Publisher) (4/01, p.118)Singer Ernie K-Doe once declared, "I'm not sure, but I'm almost positive, that all music came from New Orleans". While K-Doe's claim might be viewed as a bold exaggeration, had he included the rest of the state of Louisiana in his proclamation, he would actually be pretty close to the truth.

For someone who likes Louisiana music but isn't a collector, and wants to start exploring some of the back roads with some familiar guideposts along the way, this 18-song collection of Louisiana-made records is a good sampler or introductory vehicle. Spanning the late '50s to the late 20th century, it might be subtitled "Swamp Pop and Cajun from Bayou Country," but actually its range is a little broader. It also has some early New Orleans rock & roll from Frankie Ford and Huey "Piano" Smith, whose "Sea Cruise" and "Don't You Just Know It" were big hits. These, and possibly Rockin' Sidney's "My Toot Toot," are the only cuts that are likely to be known to most non-specialist listeners. You also get swamp pop by Johnnie Allan; down and dirty swamp pop on Danny James' "Boogie in the Mud"; Cajun music by Nathan Abshire, Shirley Bergeron, Cookie & the Cupcakes, and Cleveland Crochet (whose "Sugar Bee" actually made the Top Hundred); zydeco on Rockin' Sidney's "My Toot Toot"; and early soul by Tammi Lynn. Certainly the selection is idiosyncratic; no one would deny that "Sea Cruise" and "My Toot Toot" are classics of their styles, but Danny White's classy early-'60s bluesy ballad "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye," or Rod Bernard's not-too-amusing British Invasion satire "Recorded in England," are more the sorts of obscurities that will be valued by serious collectors. Take this as an interesting quilt of well-remembered and relatively unremembered items, though, and it's a pretty good representation of some distinctively Louisiana-bred styles. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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01 THE PROMISED LAND - Johnnie Allan 02 SEA CRUISE - Frankie Ford 03 PINE GROVE BLUES - Nathan Abshire & the Pine Grove Boys 04 LACHE PAS LA PATATE - Jimmy 'C' Newman 05 SUGAR BEE - Cleveland Crochet and Band 06 KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE - Danny White 07 RECORDED IN ENGLAND - Rod Bernard 08 ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT - Belton Richard 09 DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT - Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns 10 MATHILDA - Cookie & his Cupcakes 11 EQUAND J'ETAIS PAUVRE - Dewey Balfa And Friends 12 JOLIE BLONDE - Jimmy 'C' Newman 13 MY TOOT TOOT - Rockin' Sidney 14 RECONSIDER ME - Margaret Lewis 15 FRENCH ROCKING BOOGIE - Shirley Bergeron Alphee Berger 16 LA VALSE DE GRAND BOIS - The Balfa Brothers 17 BOOGIE IN THE MUD - Danny James 18 MOJO HANNAH - Tami Lynn

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ROY HOGSED "Snake Dance Boogie" (1951-1954)

It will always remain a mystery, why the people at Captiol never put out an album by this very rhythmic country trio with a hot fiddle and hot accordion accompaniment. In the early 50's even single records were released in Europe by the late Roy Hogsed. Even rockabilly fans are crazy about this music. (Roots & Rhythm)Born in Arkansas, Roy Hogsed (b. 1919, d. 1978) relocated to San Diego at the beginning of his career. He was responsible for one of the most original sounds in post-war country music, often throwing in elements of the not-yet articulated styles of rockabilly and rock & roll. His Rainbow Riders Trio combined accordion, guitar and slapped-bass rhythm to help produce hits like his version of "Cocaine Blues." Several other hits were made by him with a larger band format, including "Snake Dance Boogie," "Let Your Pendulum Swing," and "Aint a Bump in the Road." His career lasted from 1947, when he made his first singles for Coast Records to 1954, when he made his last record for Capitol. He had a limited impact on the larger country music scene, largely because of his location in San Diego instead of another musical powerhouse like Nashville or L.A., but his music remains a fascinating anomaly regardless. (Allmusic)

trax:

01 Snake Dance Boogie 02 Let Your Pendulum Swing 03 Put Some Sugar In Your Shoes 04 Stretchin`A Point Or Two 05 Mean, Mean Woman 06 Don`t Bite The Hand That`s Feeding You 07 The Red We Want Is The Red We`ve Got 08 You`re Just My Style 09 Shuffleboard Shuffle 10 Poco Tempo 11 I`m Gonna Get Along Without Tou Now 12 I`m Hurtin` Again 13 Do You Call That A Sweetheart? 14 Who Wrote That Letter To Old John 15 Babies And Bacon 16 Too Many Chiefs And Not Enough Indians
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"Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel" 1945-1958 [Disc 2 of 4] 2009

This wonderful four-disc, 105-track box of postwar Afro-American gospel releases from the 1940s and 1950s was compiled by record collector and gospel historian Opal Louis Nations, and it perfectly captures what was surely a golden age for black gospel. Gospel as we now know it emerged in the South in the early '30s, an outgrowth of the right to assemble and the advent of gospel songwriters like Thomas A. Dorsey (who had sung previously in the secular arena as Georgia Tom), who brought the blues to church, tossed in some ragtime piano rhythms, and almost single-handedly created the genre to the point that his compositions were simply known as "Dorseys." Then, in the early '40s, performers like Sister Rosetta Tharpe added a kind of theatricality (not to mention electric guitar) to the mix, and this generous box chronicles the confluence of all this. There is so much to marvel at here, including the opening track, "Walk Around," by the Five Soul Stirrers, Tharpe's jazzy, bluesy "Didn't It Rain" (complete with her concise electric guitar runs), the Five Blind Boys of Alabama's beautiful and haunting "Mother's Song," Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers' intimate "Pilgrim of Sorrow" (the take included here has some off microphone conversation that only adds to the song's feel of immediacy), Lou Rawls & the Pilgrim Travelers' doo wop-inflected (before doo wop was even a named genre) "Come Home," and Sister Marie Knight's uptown jazz version of "Trouble in Mind," a song that had long been performed as a secular blues, albeit with a high degree of spiritual overtones. Gospel, of course, traveled back to the secular side of the tracks when soul arose in the 1960s, but the roots of that explosion are here in this delightful collection. --Steve Leggett, AllMusic

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01. Bessie Griffin & The Caravans / Let Us Run 02. Fairfield Four / Come Over Here 03. Ann Cole & The Colmanaires / Out On The Ocean Sailing 04. Phil Phillips & The Gateway Quartet / Four & Twenty Elders 05. Mahalia Jackson & The Belleville Choir / No Matter How You Pray 06. Jones Brothers Quartet / Amazing Grace 07. Mayflower Singers / Ship Of Zion 08. Keys Of Heaven / Jeasus Bears The Cross 09. Prisonaires / My God Is Real 10. Tony Harris & The Traveling Four / All On The Altar 11. Violinaires / Another Soldier Gone 12. Sister Marie Knight & The Sam Price Trio / Trouble In Mind 13. Afro Quintette / Toll The Bells 14. Detroit Harmonettes / I Need Thee 15. Bells Of Joy / There'll Be No More Sorrow 16. Ever Ready Gospel Singers / One Day When I Was Walking (I'm In His Care) 17. Gene Allison & Israelite Travelers / Send My Child Home To Me 18. Pilgrim Jubilees / Angel 19. Skylight Singers / Lord Have Mercy 20. Brother Bill Louis (Reverend Utah Smith) / Two Wings Flying Home (Parts 1 & 2) 21. Little Johnny Taylor & The Stars Of Bethel / There Is A Fountain 22. Swanee Quintet / Cry Sometime 23. Madame Ernestine Washington & The Milleraires / Holding On (Part 2) 24. Zion Travelers / Where Is My Wandering Child 25. Reverend Ballenger & Willie Dixon / This Train 26. Reverend James Cleveland & The Caravans / Old Time Religion 27. Rebert H. Harris & Christland Singers / Nothing Will Move Me (From The Love Of God)

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"In The Beginning" The Mod Story

Featuring 50 tracks from 1959-1962 that shaped the early English MOD movement.trax disc 1:

1. Last Night - The Mar-Keys 2. Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes 3. Just A Little Bit - Roscoe Gordon 4. Watch Your Step - Bobby Parker 5. When You See Me Hurt - Carl Lester & The Showstoppers 6. Hurricane - Dave 'Baby' Cortez 7. (Do The) Mashed Potato Pt1 - Nat Kendricks & The Swans 8. Turn On Your Love Light - Bobby 'Blue' Bland 9. If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - James Ray 10. I Like It Like That Pt1 - Chris Kenner 11. Whole Lotta Woman - The Contours 12. My Girl Josephine - Bill Black 13. Hey Baby! - Bruce Channel 14. Shop Around - The Miracles 15. Shout - The Isley Brothers 16. The Hunch - Paul Gayten 17. I'm A Man - Bo Diddley 18. Bye Bye Baby - Mary Wells 19. Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters 20. Gonzo - James Booker 21. You Better Move On - Arthur Alexander 22. Baby It's You - The Shirelles 23. Well, I Told You - The Chantels 24. Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles 25. You Can't Sit Down Pt1 - Phil Upchurch

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1. The Mountain's High - Dick & Dee Dee 2. Hey Little Girl - Dee Clark 3. Pony Time - Don Covay 6. I Pity The Fool - Bobby 'Blue' Bland 7. Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & The Starliters 8. Volcano - Billy Preston 9. Searchin' - The Coasters 10. Sweets For My Sweet - The Drifters 11. Hide Away - Freddie King 12. A Certain Girl - Ernie K. Doe 13. The Snake - Maximillian 14. Satisfied With My Lovin' - Marty Lewis 15. Buttered Popcorn - The Supremes 15. Don't You Just Know It - Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns 16. A Fool In Love - Ike & Tina Turner 17. My Babe - Little Walter 18. Stick Shift - The Duals 19. Ain't It Baby - The Miracles 19. Peanut Butter - The Marathons 20. Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs 21. I Just Want To Make Love To You - Etta James 22. What'd I Say Pt1 - Ray Charles 23. Mamma Said - The Shirelles 24. Twist & Shout - The Top Notes 25. You Can't Sit Down Pt2 - Phil Upchurch

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