Howlin' Wolf "The Wolf Is At Your Door" The Singles As & Bs 1951-1960 (2011)

Howlin' Wolf was a primal force in the history of the blues and worthy to be labelled one the most important and influential blues artists of the past 50 years. This is the first time that his music has been presented in this way featuring the A and B sides from every single he released between 1951 and 1960. Fantastic and iconic tracks such as 'Smokestack Lighting', 'Spoonful' and 'How Many More Years' helped to inspire the British blues movement of the 1960s including a little band called the Rolling Stones! Fully detailed liner notes cover his entire career top this superb 2CD off perfectly.trax CD 1:

01. Moaning At Midnight 02. How Many More Years 03. The Wolf Is At Your Door 04. Howlin' Wolf Boogie 05. Getting Old And Grey 06. Mr. Highway Man 07. Saddle My Pony 08. Worried All The Time 09. Oh Red 10. My Last Affair 11. All Night Boogie 12. I Love My Baby 13. No Place To Go 14. Rockin' Daddy 15. Baby How Long 16. Evil Is Going On (Evil) 17. I'll Be Around 18. Forty Four 19. Who Will Be Next 20. I Have A Little Girl 21. Come To Me Baby 22. Don't Mess With My Baby

trax CD 2:

01. Smokestack Lightning 02. You Can't Be Beat 03. I Asked For Water 04. So Glad 05. Goin' Back Home 06. My Life 07. Somebody In My Home 08. Nature 09. Sittin' On Top Of The World 10. Poor Boy 11. I Didn't Know 12. Moanin' For My Baby 13. I'm Leaving You 14. Change My Way 15. Howlin' Blues 16. I Better Go Now 17. I've Been Abused 18. Mr. Airplane Man 19. The Natchez Burning 20. You're Gonna Wreck My Life 21. Who's Been Talking 22. Tell Me 23. Howlin' For My Darling 24. Spoonful

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FENTON ROBINSON "Somebody Loan Me A Dime" 1974

One of the most subtly satisfying electric blues albums of the '70s. Fenton Robinson never did quite fit the "Genuine Houserocking Music" image of Alligator Records -- his deep, rich baritone sounds more like a magic carpet than a piece of barbed wire, and he speaks in jazz-inflected tongues, full of complex surprises. The title track hits with amazing power, as do the chugging "The Getaway," a hard-swinging "You Say You're Leaving," and the minor-key "You Don't Know What Love Is." In every case, Robinson had recorded them before, but thanks to Bruce Iglauer's superb production, a terrific band, and Robinson's musicianship, these versions reign supreme. (Bill Dahl, Allmusic)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)trax:

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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Howlin' Wolf "Live in Europe 1964" 1964/2007

2007 archive release from the Blues legend. The live performances contained within were recorded in Bremen, German in 1964, catching Wolf at work during his prime. 16 tracks including 'Shake For Me', 'Rockin' The Blues', 'All My Life' and more.Of the myriad circulating live Wolf albums of dubious fidelity and legality, this is the best of the bunch, both from an audio standpoint and the pronouncement in the booklet that royalties were indeed being paid to Wolf's widow. This is Wolf's portion of the show as part of the traveling American Folk Blues entourage, the first festival type presentation of the whole blues spectrum to invade Europe. This 1964 tour is the one that brought the real thing to locales where he had previously been only a name on a phonograph record, and the romantic notions projected into the sound that record gave off. With somewhat subdued but nonetheless solid support from right hand man Hubert Sumlin on lead guitar, Sunnyland Slim on piano, Willie Dixon on upright bass, and Clifton James on drums, Wolf runs through a 45-minute set loaded with classics and presented with a positively genial charm. The lack of Wolf's regular rhythm section (although Dixon played bass on many of the records from this period) lends a different flavor to these versions. Many of the selections seem mistitled here ("Tell Me What I've Done" is "I Didn't Mean To Hurt Your Feelings," "Shake For Me" is "Shake It For Me," "May I Have A Talk With You" is "Love Me," etc.), but as this November 6th performance in Bremen, Germany unfolds, it becomes apparent that the odd titles come from Wolf's introductions. Everything is stretched to a nice, comfortable length here, as Wolf sets both mood and pace, with no tune clocking in at anything less than four minutes and "Goin' Down Slow" and "Forty-Four" reaching the six- and seven-minute mark. Even though the drums and Sumlin's guitar are perhaps muted in the mix more than they should be, the overall sound shows just how well these blues veterans worked together. Just how essential this performance is to a Wolf collection would be in debate, but once you're under the spell, you want to hear it all, and this is a fine addition for someone who's in it for the long haul. --Cub Koda, AllMusictrax:

01. Shake For Me 02. Love Me Darlin' 03. (I Believe) I'll Dust My Broom 04. I Didn't Mean To Hurt Your Feelings 05. Rockin' The Blues 06. All My Life 07. Going Down Slow 08. Howlin' For My Baby 09. Fortyfour

Bonus tracks (Studio, Outtakes):

10. Highway 49 11. Little Red Rooster 12. Wang Dang Doodle 13. Built For Comfort 14. Killing Floor 15. Poor Boy 16. Smile At Me

Tracks 1-9 recorded in Bremen, Germany on 6th November 1964.

Personnel: Howlin' Wolf (vocals, guitar, harmonica).

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GENE AUTREY "Booger Rooger Saturday Nite" Blues Singer 1929 - 1931

I just love this CD, here he is, the squeaky-clean idol of Hollywood's 'Singing' Cowboys', yodeling about booze, women, and jail. Blues and folk music is fundamental to what eventually became the cowboy, western, and country genres, and Gene demonstrates here that prior to his 'Cowboy' fame, he had a solid grip on the blues. He emulates the style of blues legend Jimmie Rodgers, but each track, including the 10 original compositions, is genuinely convincing. Gene's voice & timing are wonderful, and his playing competent, especially when backed up by Roy Smeck's banjo or delicious steel guitar. Before I heard this recording I felt that Gene's major contribution to music was 'Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer' and a bunch of movieland hokum, but, as with 'Roy Rogers' early 'Sons Of The Pioneers' recordings (pre 1938), I have come to find that these cowboy-era musicians were at their best before Hollywood re-fabricated them. If you are a fan of Gene Autry 'The Cowboy', this CD will surprise you, if you're not it may surprise you even more, and if you're a fan of Jimmie Rodgers, this is definitely your stuff. (The Jimmie Rodgers Monthly)If your concept of a blues singer embraces the sound of country music singer Jimmie Rodgers, as well as a Muddy Waters sideman like Jimmy Rogers, then this collection will make perfect sense to you. This superlative collection of Autry's earliest recordings for various Columbia budget labels like Melotone, Banner, Velvet Tone, Diva, and Oriole casts the latter-day cowboy hero in direct competition with Rodgers, sometimes recording covers of well-known hits by the Singing Brakeman. While seven of the 23 tracks collected here are Rodgers tunes (and superlative covers they are, too), ten of them are from Autry's pen, an indication that he not only had his own ideas to impart, but had figured the game out early from a business standpoint as well. On the majority of tracks, Autry is only accompanied by his yodeling and his acoustic guitar, but the addition on certain tracks of Roy Smeck on steel guitar or banjo certainly spices things up while allowing Autry to play some nifty fills in tandem. The biggest surprise, of course, is how comfortable Autry sounds on all of this material, clearly enjoying himself while finding his own voice as the sessions progress toward his "cowboy singer" breakthrough, only a year away from the last of these recordings. Yes, Gene Autry sang the blues and was pretty good at it, too. A landmark in country music's history while clearly demonstrating the cross-genre appeal of the blues as a musical form accessible to everyone. (Cub Koda, Allmusic)

trax:

01 Birmingham Daddy [Album Version] 02 The Rheumatism Blues [Album Version] 03 Dallas County Jail Blues 04 Jail-House Blues [Album Version] 05 I'm Atlanta Bound [Album Version] 06 In The Jailhouse Now No. 2 [Album Version] 07 Bear Cat Papa Blues 08 Wildcat Mama Blues 09 High Steppin' Mama Blues [Album Version] 10 A Yodeling Hobo 11 T.B. Blues 12 California Blues (Blue Yodel #4) [Album Version] 13 Slu-Foot Lou [Album Version] 14 Stay Away From My Chicken House [Album Version] 15 Waiting For A Train [Album Version] 16 Frankie And Johnny 17 Do Right Daddy Blues 18 Blue Yodel No. 5 [78rpm Version] 19 My Rough And Rowdy Ways [Album Version] 20 Left My Gal In The Mountains 21 I've Always Been A Rambler [Album Version] 22 Dust Pan Blues 23 That's Why I Left The Mountains [Album Version]

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Elmore James "The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings" 1995

Even though this Box is entitled "The Complete Fire and Enjoy Recordings", it is not complete, the "Anna Lee" session is missing. FYI: Four songs are not sung by Elmore, the songs "only" feature him playing guitar.This three-disc set mirrors Capricorn's double box set of the same material. The Collectables set offers more alternate takes and stray vocals from Sammy Myers and an unidentified female vocalist, recorded at the same sessions, with Elmore contributing guitar, many of the tracks in true stereo. But the liner-note information is scant, and the lack of a proper booklet makes this set an also-ran compared to the more sensibly ordered and far better annotated Capricorn set, garish box graphics and all. Further points are docked for the inclusion of two tracks that certainly aren't Bobby Robinson recordings, the first version of "Make My Dreams Come True" and "I Can't Stop Lovin' You." --Cub Koda, AllMusic

trax CD 1:

01. Make My Dreams Come True 02. Bobby's Rock 03. The Sky Is Crying 04. Held My Baby Last Night 05. Dust My Broom 06. Baby Please Set A Date 07. Rollin' & Tumblin' 08. I'm Worried 09. Done Somebody Wrong 10. Fine Little Mama 11. I Can't Stop Lovin' You  12. Early One Morning 13. I Need You Baby 14. Strange Angels 15. She Done Moved (Inst.) 16. Something Inside Me 17. You Don't Have To Go (Vocals by Sam Myers) 18. Stranger Blues 19. Stranger Blues (Alt. version) 20. My Bleeding Heart 21. Standing At The Crossroads 22. One Way Out

trax CD 2:

01. Got To Move 02. Person To Person 03. So Unkind 04. My Kind Of Woman 05. Woke Up Screamin' & Cryin' [Unknown Vocalist] 06. Do It If You Wanna [Unknown Vocalist] 07. Shake Your Money Maker 08. Look On Yonder Wall 09. Poor Little Angel Child [Vocals by Sam Myers] 10. Mean Mistreatin' Mama [Take 1 - Incomplete] 11. Mean Mistreatin' Mama [Take 2 - Alternate] 12. Mean Mistreatin' Mama 13. Sunnyland Train 14. You Know You're Wrong [Take 1 - Incomplete] 15. You Know You're Wrong [Take 2 - Alternate] 16. You Know You're Wrong [Take 3 - Master] 17. Going Back Home Again 18. Look Up On The Wall 19. Find My Kind Of Woman [Take 1] 20. Find My Kind Of Woman [Take 3] 21. Dust My Broom [Alternate Take] 22. My Baby's Gone 

trax CD 3:

01. Hand In Hand (Take 1) 02. Hand In Hand (Take 3) 03. Hand In Hand (Take 4) 04. I've Got A Right To Love My Baby 05. Everyday I Have The Blues 06. Dust My Broom (Alt. take) 07. It Hurts Me Too 08. Talk To Me Baby 09. Can't Stop Loving My Baby 10. She's Got To Go 11. Pickin' The Blues 12. Twelve Year Old Boy 13. Up Jumped Elmore (False start) 14. Up Jumped Elmore 15. Up Jumped Elmore (Black Snake Slide) 16. I Believe 17. I Gotta Go Now 18. Make My Dreams Come True (Alt. take) 19. Back In Mississippi (Studio conversation)

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YOUNG & WILD - FILMED AT THE 15TH ROCKABILLY RAVE (DVD-RIP)

Bevor es wieder Fussi gibt hier etwas visuelles. - DooWopDaddyO

"PRISON BLUES" (Catfish)

The nomadic lifestyle of the blues performer in the American South in the 1920s and '30s, coupled with the necessity of plying one's trade in juke joints and gin mills, often led to incarceration, and songs about jailhouses and prison farms abound. Catfish Records, a fine blues reissue label out of London, has collected some two dozen of those laments here, remastered from the original 78s. They range from the familiar (Leadbelly's "Midnight Special") to the obscure (Peg Leg Howell's "New Prison Blues," which contains the line "drink your blood like wine," cribbed by Bob Dylan for "Stuck Inside of Mobile"), from the resigned (Blind Boy Fuller's "Big House Bound") to the humorous (in "Christmas in Jail, Ain't That a Pain," Leroy Carr pleads with Santa to give him a break). Also includes Bukka White's thundering original version of "Parchman Farm Blues." (Steve Leggett, Allmusic)

trax:

1. Chain Gang Blues - Kokomo Arnold 2. Big Rock Jail - Ed Bell 3. He's In The Jailhouse Now - Jim Jackson 4. Prison Blues - Alice Moore 5. Jailhouse Fire - Buddy Boy Hawkins 6. Christmas Jail-Ain't That A Pain - Leroy Carr 7. Penitentiary Bound Blues - Sylvester Weaver 8. Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 9. Midnight Special - Leadbelly 10. County Jail Special - Champion Jack Dupree 11. The County Farm Blues - Mae Glover 12. New Prison Blues - Peg Leg Howell 13. De Kalb Chain Gang - Fred McMullen 14. The County Farm Blues - Bo Carter 15. Alabama Prison Blues - Jesse Wadley 16. County Jail - Big Maceo 17. Crime Doesn't Pay - Merline Johnson 18. County Jail Blues - 'Funny Paper' Smith 19. Big House Bound - Blind Boy Fuller 20. Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels 21. Doin' A Stretch - Blind Blake 22. Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White 23. Prisoner Bound - Frank Busby

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Elmore James "The Final Sessions" New York, February 1963 (2006)

The man that put the slide in slide. He influenced everybody: Jeremy Spencer, Duane Allman, Mick Taylor, Brian Jones, George Thorogood etc. etc.The various white lead guitar gods who began to garner so much critical press during the rock explosion of the late '60s owe more than a lot to Elmore James. While working as a radio repairman in the early '50s, James spent hours rewiring speakers and amplifiers so that they would deliver the kind of harsh and distorted sound he favored when he played electric guitar through them, and that act of rebuilding amps alone would have made him an unsung hero to rock guitarists everywhere a decade or so later, but James also happened to be a pretty damn good player himself, and there may well not be a more powerful and exciting sound on Earth than James' trademark "Dust My Broom" slide guitar riff, which bottled megawatts of power, energy, and passion into one swooping rush. No matter how many times James recycled the riff, and producers and label owners insisted on it constantly, it still generated electric chills. This set collects James' final two sessions from February 1963 in New York City, and even though he would be dead within three months of a heart attack, the emotion and power James puts on display during these sessions is every bit as strong as any other he did in his career, which should come as no surprise, since he never brought less than everything he had when he picked up a guitar or stepped to a microphone. James had been recording sides for Bobby Robinson's Fire, Fury, and Enjoy imprints since 1959, and this material has been released countless times in various configurations over the years, so there really is nothing new here, but it hardly matters. Elmore James was one monster guitar player and he was never less than that, and as these two sessions prove, he delivered on that promise right to the end. --Steve Leggett, AllMusic (Rating: 4/5 stars)trax:

01. My Baby's Gone 02. Find My Kinda Woman 03. Look On Yonder Wall (Look Up On The Wall) 04. Dust My Broom 05. It Hurts Me Too 06. Pickin' The Blues (Manhattan Slide) 07. Everyday I Have The Blues 08. I Have A Right To Love My Baby 09. Twelve Year Old Boy 10. Got To Move (She's Got To Go) 11. I Gotta Go Now 12. Talk To Me Baby (I Can't Hold Out) 13. Make My Dreams Come True 14. Hand In Hand [Take 4] 15. Can't Stop Loving My Baby 16. Dust My Broom 17. Elmore Jumps One (Up Jumps Elmore) / Black Snake Slide 18. I Believe 19. Hand In Hand [Take 1] 20. Find My Kind Of Woman [Take 1] 21. Hand In Hand [Take 3] 22. Back In Mississippi [Conversation]

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THE BEST OF CREST RECORDS "ROCKIN’ & ROLLIN’"

Crest Records was founded in 1947 as an offshoot of American Music Publishing, who handled some of the top songwriters from the early days of country music. When rhythm & blues began crossing paths with hillbilly music and spawning rock & roll, Crest was one of the many independent labels that hopped on the bandwagon, and this compilation from the German SPV label collects 30 tunes from Crest's archives. Crest's best known act was Eddie Cochran, who cut some country-flavored sides for the label and scored his first rock & roll hit with "Skinny Jim" before moving on to Liberty Records, where he recorded his best and best known work; "Skinny Jim" makes the cut here, as well as a C&W number he recorded with Bob Denton, "Pretty Little Devil." Glen Campbell also recorded some early material for Crest, and "Buzz Saw" (credited to the Gee Cees) is a tough instrumental number with Campbell's guitar work facing off against a horn section. Beyond Cochran and Campbell's juvenilia, the best known release from Crest was Tommy Dee's "Three Stars," a maudlin tribute to Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper released only a few weeks after their fatal plane crash in February 1959 (oddly, Eddie Cochran also cut a version of the tune, and his less saccharine, more heartfelt interpretation is vastly superior), and the rest of The Best of Crest Records is devoted to lesser-known material. But most of the tracks on this collection are fun stuff, ranging from swinging country boogie verging on rock (Tom Wilson's "Can You Bop" and Hank Sanders' "Been Gone a Long Time"), wild R&B ("Function at the Junction" by Smoki Whitfield), and hot instrumentals "Ridin' the Frets" by the Desert Stars) to lots of potent early rock & roll. Crest may not have been one of the great labels of the first rock & roll era, but this stroll through their catalog shows they released more than their share of top-notch singles, and there are plenty of fine sounds to be found here. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)

trax:

1. Wild Man Wild - Chromatics, Hal Jackson 2. Skinny Jim - Eddie Cochran 3. Can You Bop? - Tom Wilson 4. Stack A Records - Tom Tall 5. Been Gone A Long Time - Hank Sanders 6. Somebody To Love - Jimmy Bowen 7. Primitive Love - Tom Reeves 8. Buzzsaw - The Gee Cees 9. Lovin' Lorene - Glen Garrison 10. Rock 'N' Roll Blues - Norm Skylar 11. Umm, Kiss Me Goodnight - Buddy Lowe 12. Spotlight - Frank And Ernie 13. I.O.U. - Jack Lewis 14. Ballin' Keen - Bobby Caraway, Terry Caraway 15. Pretty Little Devil - Bob Denton, Eddie Cochran 16. Ridin' The Frets - The Desert Stars 17. You're The Reason - Bobby Edwards 18. Rockin' And Rollin' - Dick Bills 19. Can't Walk Em Off - Marty Cooper 20. Drowning All My Sorrows - Gene Bo Davis 21. What Happened Last Night? - Johnny Donn 22. Yea, Yea, Come Another Day - Tony Casanova 23. Date Bait - Bill Skidmore III 24. Bumble Twist - Phil Baugh 25. Cool Juice - Tommy Law 26. You're The Prettiest One - The Classics 27. Three Carburettors - Don Carson 28. Function At The Junction - Smoki Whitfield 29. Don't Be Bashful Little Girl - Four Young Men 30. Three Stars - Tommy Dee

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Ben Webster and Joe Zawinul "Soulmates" 1963/1991

Joe Zawinul, at the time this album was recorded, was the pianist with Cannonball Adderley's group. He was a modern stylist with an affinity for Third Stream music; he would later be a key member of the fusion group Weather Report. That he would record with Ben Webster is somewhat a mystery, but for the most part, the pairing works well. It's a well-balanced program that the group plays (Richard Davis [b] and Philly Joe Jones [d] round out the quartet, with, another surprise, Thad Jones added on cornet on half the numbers; Sam Jones [b] repalces Davis on Thad's numbers). There are a couple of slow ballad features for Ben's mournful tenor (TOO LATE NOW and COME SUNDAY), and another medium-slow version of TRAV'LIN LIGHT where Ben plays about as sexy as I've ever heard him play. Webster's own THE GOVERNOR is taken up, and Ben puts on his gruff bear suit for this one. Zawinul has a nice solo on EVOL DEKLAW NI (read it backwards), and his composition FROG LEGS has a clever boppish theme.
Thad doesn't get much of a chance to do anything, and you wonder if maybe he was in the right place at the right time and got invited into the proceedings. This album didn't set the world on fire, but it's a respectable addition to both Ben and Joe's discography. Three of the tunes had alternates made available in the LP days, and it's a surprise they weren't put on here. Oh well. --Amazon customer reviewWhat initially seems like an unlikely pairing for this session delivers on its unique pedigree with performances that do full justice to tenor legend Ben Webster and to the then up and coming pianist Joe Zawinul. Recorded in 1963 while the pianist was a member of the Cannonball Adderley Sextet, the session came about as a result of Webster's and Zawinul's sharing a New York apartment for several months. It's actually billed as Zawinul's first session as leader and Webster's last in the U.S. before his move to Europe. The tunes generally keep to mid-tempos, a pace that affords Webster the opportunity to wield the gentler side of his legendary sound. His rich, nuanced tone and magnificent phrasing are superbly in evidence. Listeners only familiar with Zawinul's soul-jazz side with Adderley and later his pioneering synthesizer work with Weather Report may be surprised at his eloquent playing here in a classic style right out of Tommy Flanagan or Red Garland. The presence of Thad Jones -- a legend in his own right -- on cornet for four tacks is a bonus. With a rhythm section rounded out by the slightly lesser legends of drummer Philly Joe Jones and bassist Sam Jones, alternating with Richard Davis, there isn't one false step on this set. It may tend to the mellower side of things, but that simply means there's more opportunity to luxuriate in Webster's peerless sound. --Jim Todd, AllMusic (Rating: 4/5 stars)

trax:

1. Too Late Now 2. Soulmates 3. Come Sunday 4. The Governor 5. Frog Legs 6. Trav'lin' Light 7. Like Someone in Love 8. Evol Deklaw Ni

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The Incredible Sucking Spongies "Let There Be Surf" 2002

This is Belgium's Incredible Sucking Spongies first demo. About half well chosen covers, the set is spunky and quite cool. 8 surfable instrumentals and one lone vocal titled "Spongies Theme pt. II." - Phil Dirt"The Incredible Sucking Spongies", is a fine surf/instro combo, founded in 1997 on the exotic beach of Antwerp. Ex-members of the combo "Los Huertos" (Jan Dean on lead guitar, Phill B on bass and Dick RosenDale on drums) joined forces with Dick VdB (rhythm guitar).

Adventures in country & western, sixties classics, mysterious exotica, jazz and obscure TV tunes created a unique sound mix, all combined to an exciting Surf Cocktail with both spongies originals, bizarre interpretations and classic hits.

In 2002, the first professional recordings were made and won the Demopoll contest on national radio station Studio Brussel. The winning track "Sad Moose" was released in September '02 on the Demopoll promo cd.

Our promo cd "Let There be Surf!.." was rewarded with 4 stars by the legendary Phil Dirt (Reverb Central, Santa Cruz, CA, USA) THE reference in surf music!..

A new member joined the band: fresh GoGo Girl "Lolita Tequila"!.. Just experience the blasting "spongies" live shows with its notorious on stage dance act!..

trax:

01 The Wedge 02 Call Guys 03 Spongies Theme Part 2 04 Sad Moose 05 Humble Bee - Bah-A-Ree-Bah 06 Jipiee 07 Sputnics Theme 08 Collega's Theme 09 Wild Goose 10 A Night In Tunesia

"THELMA’S DETROIT COLLECTIVE"

This is the second volume on the Thelma Records story issued by Northern soul freaks Goldmine. The 24 selections here focus mainly on releases from the cult labels Thelma and Ge Ge, with a couple from Apollo. Here is the place to hear the demo version of "Hit and Run" by a very young Martha Reeves, the inimitable Joey Kingfish covering the Professionals' "Did My Baby Call," the three A-sides from Martha Starr, a few from Billie Kennedy, and, of course, Emanual Laskey and the early O'Jays. Tom Storm is in the house, as is Joe Matthews himself. In addition, there are rare singles by the Fabulous Peps, the Fabulous Playboys, Mancha, the Professionals, Eddie Hill, the San Remo Golden Strings, Holidays, and the Thelma All Stars. Perhaps more than anything else, this gives yet another side of the Thelma story, a label considered even by Northern soul fans to be as collectible or as aesthetically valuable as Motown. Those points are arguable of course, but one listen to the material here offers a solid view of all things Detroit soul in the 1960s. Ingeniously arranged and produced sessions, great songs, and phenomenal singers are what gave Motown its moniker, and the Thelma, Ge Ge, and Apollo labels were no exception. This, the sound of the 1960s, marked a time of great promise, a musical terrain in which anything was possible as long as you had the chops and the opportunity to cut a single. The music here is timeless, savvy, and sexy as hell. Thelma's Detroit Collective is essential listening for any fan and/or collector of soul music. (Thom Jurek, Allmusic) @320

trax:

1. I'm Lonely - Martha Starr 2. She's My Beauty Queen - Joe Mathews 3. This a Groovy Generation - Billie Kennedy 4. I Can Hear You Crying - Eddie Hill 5. It's Too Bad Baby - Martha Starr 6. Making Up Time - The Holidays 7. Honkey Tonk Woman - The Fabulous Playboys 8. This Love I Have for You - The Fabulous Peps 9. Lucky to Be Loved (By You) - Emanuel Laskey 10. Sweet Louie - Martha Starr 11. Whirlpool - Steve Mancha 12. Still Hungry - The San Remo Strings 13. I Love You - Tom Storm & The Peps 14. Is It Worth It All - Joe Mathews 15. What Did I Do Wrong - Emanuel Laskey 16. I Wanna Be Your Girl - Martha Starr 17. Sweet Things - Billie Kennedy 18. Did My Baby Call - Joey Kingfish 19. She's Going to Leave You - The Fabulous Peps 20. Let's Party - The Thelma All Stars 21. Miracles - The O'Jays 22. That's the Way Love Is - Tom Storm & The Peps 23. I'll Love You Forever - The Holidays 24. Hit & Run - Martha Reeves

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"Still Paying Our Dues" Atlantic Northern Soul (Where It’s At)

The title of track 21 sums this project up. Al Perkins' swinging slab of Memphis marvellousness, Nothing Is Impossible might well serve as the motto for Kent's long-standing servant of soul, Ady Croasdell, and also for his quest to bring you the greatest dance recordings of the 60s and 70s in the finest possible sound. Having ceaselessly badgered the owners of the Atlantic catalogue for a chance to assemble their best known soul tracks into collections that do much to define the genre they represent, he's at last getting to grips with what they've got in a manner that can only be described as splendid. Having already given us the discotheque-oriented 60s overview that was last month's blockbusting At The Club (CDKEND 168), the erstwhile Harboro' Horace now points your feet a few hundred miles up the motorway with a stack of tracks that have ignited Northern dancefloors for three decades or more. - See more at: http://acerecords.co.uk/still-paying-our-dues#sthash.TmzfbFnw.dpuf

INFO: http://acerecords.co.uk/still-paying-our-dues

trax:

1. Please Operator - Tony & Tyrone 2. Feels Good - Bobby Wilson 3. Angel Baby (Don't You Ever Leave Me) - Darrell Banks 4. You Got To Pay Your Dues - The Drifters 5. Catch Me I'm Falling - Esther Phillips w/The Dixie Flyers 6. Take Your Love And Run - Barbara Lynn 7. Send Him Back - The Pointer Sisters 8. Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me - Sister Sledge 9. Here I Go Again - Archie Bell & The Drells 10. Thank You Baby For Loving Me - The Soul Brothers Six 11. Crazy Baby - The Coasters 12. Fireman - Vala Reegan & The Valarons 13. Don't You Even Care - Leslie Uggams 14. Bye Bye Baby - Dee Dee Sharp 15. Frantic Escape - The Innocent Bystanders 16. (I've Got To Find) Happiness - The Ambassadors 17. Candy - The Astors 18. What Can A Man Do - Ben E. King 19. Can't You See (You're Losing Me) - Mary Wells 20. Bar-B-Q - Wendy Rene 21. Nothing Is Impossible - Al Perkins 22. Choppin' Around - Jimmy Wisner 23. Bring Your Love Back To Me - Linda Lyndell 24. Today's Man - Mark Putney 25. Coming Home To You Baby - The Crossroads

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The Ugly Ducklings "Somewhere Outside" 1967/1998

The Ugly Ducklings were a five piece garage rock group based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, most notable during the mid 1960s. They released six singles in 1966 and 1967 on the Yorktown and Yorkville labels, and one album, Somewhere Outside in 1967. In the summer and fall of 1967, the band's fifth single "Gaslight" became a Top 40 hit across Canada, peaking at #17 on the RPM Chart, and reaching #1 on CHUM 1050 in Toronto on October 2 that year, displacing The Rolling Stones' 2-sided hit, "Dandelion" b/w "We Love You". Their first three singles also made the local 1050 CHUM AM charts in Toronto.The Ugly Ducklings were probably the best-known Canadian garage rock group of the mid-'60s. Formed in Toronto's famed Yorkville area in 1965, the band flourished in the many coffeehouses around the Yorkville district as a Rolling Stones cover band before becoming The Ugly Ducklings and attracting the attention of the local independent Yorktown Records label. The band recorded a single, "Nothin'," which became a Canadian hit, and opened for the Rolling Stones in 1966 when the Stones played Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. The bandmembers were quickly becoming local heroes, and in 1967 the album Somewhere Outside was released on Yorktown. The album contained nine original compositions as well as two cover songs. The band drew heavily from the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, and the Pretty Things style with a raunchy R&B/rock sound. The album sold well in the Toronto area, but due to a lack of national distribution the band failed to break out across the rest of the country. It wasn't until many years later, after the band broke up, that the album became a collector's item, and original pressings of Somewhere Outside on the Yorktown label fetched hundreds of dollars among collectors. The popularity of the album has led to it being bootlegged in many European countries over the years, but most versions suffer from poor sound. This legitimate reissue, complete with the original album graphics, by Unidisc has been digitally mastered for superb sound quality and is available at a budget price. -- Keith Pettipas, AllMusic (Rating: 4/5 stars)trax:

1. Nothin' 2. Do What You Want 3. She Ain't No Use To Me 4. Just In Case You Wonder 5. Not For Long 6. I Ain't Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore 7. Hey Mama (Keep Your Big Mouth Shut) 8. 10:30 Train 9. That's Just The Thought That I Had In My Mind 10. Postman's Fancy 11. Windy City (Noise At The North End)

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"So Soulful 70’s" Atlantic - Where It's At

When you hear of a project (say a 70s compilation from Atlantic Records and associated labels), you start to think of the tracks you would select for such a broad and daunting task. Then, when you see the actual track listing, you automatically think of the tracks that have been left off. The real skill in producing compilations is to make them so interesting that the listener is left wanting a Volume 2, even before the CD has cycled into its repeat mode. This compilation is one of these - with tracks that have been (or still are) on record collectors' wants lists. - See more at: http://acerecords.co.uk/so-soulful-70s#sthash.zM0heYzg.dpuf

INFO: http://acerecords.co.uk/so-soulful-70s

trax:

1. Kiss My Love Goodbye - Bettye Swann 2. Save Your Love For Me - Vivian Reed 3. Fragile, Handle With Care - Sam Dees 4. I'm So Happy - Prince Phillip Mitchell 5. Come On, Let Me Love You - Moses Smith 6. Call On Me - The Dynells 7. Thanks For Nothing - Na Allen 8. You'll Wake Up Wiser - Bettye LaVette 9. Thin Line Between Love And Hate - The Persuaders 10. Just My Way Of Loving You - Garland Green 11. What Good Am I - The T.S.U. Toronadoes 12. You Got The Best Of Me - Ronn Matlock 13. Got To Get You Back - Sons Of Robin Stone 14. Calling For Your Love - The Enticers 15. Love Bandit - Patti & The Lovelites 16. Come On Back To Me Lover - Margie Joseph 17. (Daddy Hotstuff) You're Too Hot To Hold - Barbara Lynn 18. Supernatural Thing (Part 1) - Ben E. King 19. Loving You Is Mellow - Major Harris 20. Let Me Show You - Larry Wu 21. Baby Don't Hold Your Love Back - The Bridge 22. The Rising Cost Of Love - Darrow Fletcher 23. That's Understanding - The Patterson Singers 24. Suspicious Minds - Dee Dee Warwick

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"Harmonica Blues" 1998

Nice collection of blues harmonica 24-bit remastered, processed under Cedar and No Noise sound restoration system. No info about recording years, the audio sounds clean.trax:

01. Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson / Good Morning Shool Girl 02. Willie Hatcher, Robert Lee Mc Coy, Speckled Red, Sonny Boy Williamson / Suzie Q 03. Son Bonds & Hammie Nixon / Trouble Blues 04. Jazz Gillum / I Want You By My Side 05. Yank Rachell & Sonny Boy Williamson / It Seems Like A Dream 06. Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry / Three Ballad Blues 07. Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Wlliamson / Highway 49 08. Robert Hill / Im Going To Writhe 09. Sonny Terry / Sweet Woman 10. Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Wlliamson / Baby Please Don't Go 11. Brownie McGhee / Prison Woman Blues 12. George Clarke / Prisoner's Blues 13. Rhythm Willie & Peetie Wheatstraw / You Can't Stop Me From Drinking 14. Frank Edwards / Three Woman Blues 15. Robert Nighthawk & Big Joe McCoy / Three Ball Blues 16. De Ford Bailey / Muscle Shoals Blues 17. Leroy Williams / Uncle Sam Done Called 18. Alfred Lewis / Friday Moan Blues

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KING CURTIS "King's Rock" (1950's Recordings)

Fantastic collection of King Curtis' hard to find recordings from the 50's, all in one place!trax:

1. I'll Be There - Melvin Daniels & King Curtis Orch 2. Boogie In The Moonlight (AKA: Lean Chicks) - Melvin Daniels & King Curtis Orch 3. Hey Hey Little Girl - Melvin Daniels & King Curtis Orch 4. Untitled Instrumental #1 - King Curtis 5. Untitled Instrumental #2 - King Curtis 6. Untitled Instrumental #3 - King Curtis 7. Wine Head - King Curtis 8. I've Got News For You - King Curtis 9. Tenor In The Sky - Melvin Daniels & King Curtis Orch 10. No More Crying On My Pillow - Melvin Daniels & King Curtis Orch 11. Movin' On - King Curtis & His Orch 12. Rockabye Baby - King Curtis & His Orch 13. Rib Joint - Sam Price Quintet w/King Curtis 14. After Hour Swing - Sam Price Quintet w/King Curtis 15. Tishomingo - Sam Price Quintet w/King Curtis 16. Back Room Rock - Sam Price Quintet w/King Curtis 17. Bar-B-Q Sauce - Sam Price Quintet w/King Curtis 18. Ain't No Strain - Sam Price Quintet w/King Curtis 19. Chicken Out - Sam Price Sextet w/King Curtis 20. Jive Joint - Sam Price Sextet w/King Curtis 21. Gulley Stomp - Sam Price Sextet w/King Curtis 22. King's Rock - King Curtis 23. Dynamite At Midnight - King Curtis 24. Steel Guitar Rag - King Curtis & His Orch 25. The Stranger - King Curtis & His Orch 26. Wicky Wacky Pt 1 - King Curtis & His Orch 27. Wicky Wacky Pt 2 - King Curtis & His Orch 28. Watch That Action - O.C. & The Holidays 29. The Tuttle - O.C. & The Holidays 

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JOE CARTER "Mean & Evil Blues" ’76 (P-Vine)

Joe Carter's lone recorded effort for the tiny Barrelhouse label remains to this day one of the great lost blues albums of the ‘70s, if not at the top of the list. On the surface, its content could not be more at odds with the standard blues album of that decade; a two guitars-drums-no bass combo running through a set of Chicago staples largely plucked from the repertoires of Muddy Waters and Elmore James, minus any modern embellishments, recorded in studio environs that could best be described as crude. But the intensity and emotional commitment radiates off of Carter like laser beams on every single track, making the starkness of this album all the more appealing. With a guitar tone from his massive Epiphone hollow body that cuts like a knife coupled with a voice that wavers between phlegmatic, stentorian and utterly agonized (the second verse of "Treat Me the Way You Do"), Carter creates a mood on these sides so loaded with ambience that the listener is immediately sucked in from beginning to end. As real as any Hound Dog Taylor Alligator album of the period minus the good time slant, this is eerie, late-night, juke-joint music of the highest order. Currently MIA on compact disc (as of press time), its non-appearance is one of the great tragedies of the reissue field, considering the dearth of lesser albums from this period being re-released. Needless to say, its appearance in any form is a worthwhile addition to any blues collection. (Cub Koda, Allmusic)

trax:

01 Take A Little Walk With Me 02 Honey Bee 03 Rock Me 04 I'm Worried 05 It Hurts Me Too 06 Shake Your Moneymaker 07 Sloppy Drunk 08 Treat Me The Way You Do 09 Dust My Broom 10 Blow Wind Blow 11 Hoochie Coochie Man

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"Blues Spirit" Vol 7-10 of 10 - 2004

I couldn't find a review for this box set but as you can see this box includes many of the big names in blues plus also some lesser know artists. No info about recording dates. Sound quality variable from track to track. Enjoy the blues! --Toxxytrax CD 07:

01. T-Bone Walker / I'm In An Awful Mood 02. Bessie Smith / Baby Won't You Jump With Me 03. Lightnin' Hopkins / I Can't Stay Here In Your Town 04. Leadbelly / Death Letter Blues 05. Lonnie Johnson / Four Hands Are Better Than Two 06. Sonny Terry / Harmonica Stomp 07. T-Bone Walker / Don't Leave Me Baby 08. Crayton / After Hours Boogie 09. Sonny Boy Williamson I / Better Cut That Out 10. T-Bone Walker / Stormy Monday 11. Sonny Boy Williamson I / Hoodoo Hoodoo 12. Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band / Blues At Midnight 13. Bessie Smith / Cold In Hand Blues 14. John Lee Hooker / Goin' Mad Blues 15. Joe Williams / Every Day 16. Brownie Mcghee / Got To Find My Little Woman 17. Big Joe Williams / Brother James 18. Jimmy Yancey / Two O' Clock Jump

trax CD 08:

01. John Lee Hooker / Four Woman In My Life 02. Muddy Waters / I Fell Like Going Home 03. Lightnin' Hopkins / Can't Do Like You Used To 04. Bessie Smith / Aggravatin' Papa 05. Big Billy Broonzy / Big Billy Blues 06. Blind Boy Fuller / I Want Some Of Your Pie 07. Alice Moore / Grass Cutter Blues 08. Blind Boy Fuller / Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind 09. Sonny Boy Williamson I / Good Gal Blues 10. Big Bill Broonzy / Horny Frog 11. Brownie McGhee / Death Of Blind Boy Fuller 12. Big Joe Turner / I'm In Sharp When I Hit The Cost 13. Jelly Roll Morton / Harmony Blues 14. Blind Boy Fuller / Brownskin Sugar Plum 15. Sonny Terry / Train Whistle Blues 16. Lightnin' Hopkins / Come Back Baby 17. Big Joe Turner / Nobody In My Mind 18. Laurindo Aleida Bud Shank / Noctambulism

trax CD 09:

01. Bessie Smith / Down Hearted Blues 02. Leadbelly / Alabama Bound 03. John Lee Hooker / Grinder Man 04. Lightnin' Hopkins / Have To Let You Go 05. Sonny Boy Williamson I / I Win The War Blues 06. Hot Lips Page / Evil Man's Blues 07. Mary Johnson / Delmar Avenue 08. T-Bone Walker / Bobby Sox Baby 09. Brownie McGhee / Back Door Stranger 10. Lightnin' Hopkins / Can't Get That Woman Out Of My Mind 11. Sonny Boy Williamson I / Black Gal Blues 12. T-Bone Walker / I Got A Break Baby 13. Big Bill Broonzy / Come Home Early 14. Sonny Terry / Fox Chase 15. John Lee Hooker / I'm In The Mood 16. Sonny Boy Williamson I / Good Gravy 17. Sonny Terry / Hot Headed Woman 18. Sleepy John Estes / Brownsville Blues

trax CD 10:

01. John Lee Hooker / Boogie Chillen 02. Muddy Waters / Country Blues 03. T-Bone Walker / Dream Girl Blues 04. Lightnin' Hopkins / Fast Mail Rambler 05. Bessie Smith / He's Gone Blues 06. Mississippi John Hurt / Candy Man Blues 07. Memphis Slim / Grinder Man Blues 08. John Lee Hooker / House Rent Boogie 09. Big Bill Broonzy / Friendless Blues 10. John Lee Hooker / Black Man Blues 11. Skip James / Devil Got My Woman 12. John Lee Hooker / Alberta 13. Big Bill Broonzy / Bull Cow Blues 14. Lonnie Johnson / Backwater Blues 15. John Lee Hooker / I Want To Shout 16. Big Bill Broonzy / Good Jelly 17. Big Joe Turner / I Got Love For Sale 18. Tennessee Ernie Ford / I'll Never Be Free

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"Looking Good" Mod Club Classics

Looking Good: Mod Club Classics is a 20-song compilation that attempts to recapture the feeling of a night out at a mod club at the height of the mod scene in the late '60s. The music is a mix of soul (Northern, Southern, and uptown), R&B, soul-jazz, and funky blues that is sure to get feet tapping and fingers snapping. The disc flows very smoothly from track to track and contains some stellar songs from big-time artists like B.B. King (the down-and-dirty "I've Got Papers on You Baby"), Ike & Tina Turner (the dead funky "I Can't Believe What You Say"), and Junior Wells (the rocking "Checking on My Baby"). Other highlights include Young-Holt Trio's groovy "Wack Wack," the original "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry, the heartbreaking "I Keep Forgetting" by the amazing Chuck Jackson, Lowell Fulson's razor sharp "Tramp," and Sugar Pie DeSanto's peppy "Do the Whoo Pee." Mod scholars could argue the inclusion of some of the tracks and wonder where some of their favorites are, but the fact remains that this is one darn good dance party disc. So leave any objections at the door, roll back the carpet, and experience (as the disc labels itself on the back cover) "a symphony in midnight blue mohair." ~ Tim Sendra, Allmusic

INFO: http://acerecords.co.uk/looking-good-mod-club-classics-1

trax:

1. Do The Whoo Pee - Sugar Pie DeSanto 2. Who's Been Warming My Oven? - James Carr 3. She's Looking Good - Rodger Collins 4. Wack Wack - Young-Holt Trio 5. I Can't Believe What You Say - Ike & Tina Turner 6. Lay This Burden Down - Mary Love 7. Keep My Woman Home - Danny White 8. Checking On My Baby - Junior Wells 9. Wade In The Water - Little Sonny 10. I Got A Woman - Billy Hawks 11. Have Love Will Travel - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs 12. Don't Bother Me No More - Mongo Santamaría 13. I Keep Forgetting - Chuck Jackson 14. Make Me Yours - Bettye Swann 15. Tramp - Lowell Fulson 16. Louie Louie - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs 17. Mama Julie - Terry & Jerry 18. I've Got Papers On You Baby - B.B. King 19. Parchman Farm - Mose Allison 20. Hole In The Wall - George Stone

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I KNOW IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL BUT I LIKE IT...

Rockige Grüße aus der Hauptstadt & frohe Pfingsten allerseits. - DooWopDaddyO

ROCK & ROLL PARTY (JAN 33-8009 MONO - 1980)trax:
1. Playtoy - The Interludes 2. Hum Baby - Little Jerry 3. Have Mercy Miss Percy - Long Tall Marvin 4. Rock Baby Rock - Bob Hicks 5. Bom Do Va - Toby & Ray 6. Eloping - Benny England 7. Trip To The Moon - Wesley Reynolds 8. Stompin' - The Night Owls 9. Crazy Legs - Gene Lewis 10. Rootie Tootie Baby - Lee Mitchell 11. Me And My Guitar - The Interludes 12. Curfew - Gene Davis 13. Let's Paint The Town - Al Sweatt 14. Bop Baby Bop - Brad Suggs 15. Short Fat Ben - Phil Barclay 16. Mad Mama - Jane Bowman
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KID THOMAS (NORTON RECORDS EP-110)trax:
01 Rockin' This Joint Tonite 02 You Heard What I Said 03 Wail Baby Wail 04 Lookie There
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THE MONO MEN "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" (ESTRUS RECORDS ES 101 - 1993)trax:
01 Wrecker! 02 Phantom of Lane 12 03 Little Miss 3-B 04 Switchblade 05 Reset 06 Warm Piston 07 Mr. Eliminator 08 Rumble
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LAS VEGAS GRIND VOL. 2 aka LOUIE's LIMBO LOUNGE (Strip Rec 002)trax:
1. The Wiggle - JACK HAMMER 2. Panic - THE NOISEMAKERS 3. Give Her The Axe, Max! - ART ROBERTS 4. The Whip - THE FRANTICS 5. Torture Rock - THE ROCKIN' BELMARX 6. Honkin' At Midnight - FRANK MOTLEY & HIS MOTLEY CREW 7. Wild Man Walk - THE EBONETTES 8. Oomp Boomp - THE RHYTHM ADDICTS 9. Baghdad Rock - THE SHEIKS 10. Beaver Shot - The PERISCOPES 11. The Joker - BOB BUNNY 12. On The Rocks - THE EPICS 13. Hooty Sapperticker - BARBARA & THE BOYS 14. The Twistin' Boogie - MYRON COHEN 15. Enough Man! - BOBBY CHRISTIAN 16. Louie Oversees A Recording Session With One Of His Artists... - Louie Oversees 17. Talk About A Party - LEE BRAUN 18. Drunken Guitar - THE LUSHES 19. Hiccups - THE EMPALLOS 20. Ah-So! - THE HIGHLIGHTS
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SLIPPIN' & SLIDIN' THROUGH THE ROCK'N'ROLL JUNGLE (FORREST RECORDS 4-EST 317)trax:
1. slippin' & slidin' - The Citations 2. across the bay - Joe Richie 3. jam session twist - Ronnie Villar & The Fire Dons 4. every night - Bob Carter & The Roulettes 5. betty ann - Wayne Haas 6. waggle part II - Donnie Boyd & His Phantom Guitar 7. let your hair down baby - Everett Carpenter 8. hey sweet honey - The Sailor Boys 9. beer bust blues - The Scotsmen 10. scotch mist - The Scotsmen 11. jitterbug joe - The Night Hawks 12. cincinnati rock - Cliff Nash & The Rockaways 13. jupiter c - Pat & The Satellites 14. train rock - Johnny Boni & His Triumphs 15. i can't help it - Bing Day 16. the coo - Wayne Cochran
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NPR - ARCHIVE SERIES VOL.1 (LPM-7301 - MONO)trax:
1. I'm In Love With You - Cliff Bennett 2. The Hearse - Al Casey 3. Sock It To The Judge - Freddie Cannon 4. Beach Party - The Fendermen 5. Gas Money - Jan & Arnie 6. Billy Boy, Billy Boy - Janis Martin 7. Shish Kebab Black - The Albions 8. Run Chicken Run - Link Wray 9. Rockin' This Joint Tonight - Kid Thomas 10. Miserlou - Dick Dale 11. Sham Rock - The Royal Teens 12. Torture - The Fendermen 13. I Think You Jiving Me - Huey & Jerry 14. Train To Nowhere - The Champs
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RED HOT ROCK'N'ROLL (RED HOT RECORDS RH-101)trax:
1. Shot Rod (Damon Records Version) - Conny & The Bellhops 2. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On - The Royale Monarchs 3. Rock Ya Baby - Jim McCrory 4. Mystery Train - Johnny Wallen 5. Hey Pop, Give Me The Keys To The Car - The Mike Pedicin Quintette 6. Teenage Partner - The Super-Phonics 7. High Time Rock - The Rocktones 8. Rockin' The Blues - Peggi Griffith 9. Rockin' Mary - Wes Griffith 10. My Babe - The Royale Monarchs 11. First Man On Mars - Jackie Fautherre 12. Look What You've Gone And Done - The Floyd Dakil Combo 13. Get Ready Baby - Dudley Callicut 14. Rockin' Piano, Outta Tune Guitar - Don Ruby 15. Wiggle Walkin' Baby - Roy Moss 16. Downtown Twist - Bob Carter 17. Oh, What Love Is - Jack Bailey 18. Phil's Boogie - The Phil Goodman Trio
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ROCK AND ROLL AGAIN VOL.5 (COLLECTOR RECORDS CL 1017)
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1. Right String, But Wrong Yo Yo - Larry Brinkley 2. Jackson Dog - Larry Brinkley 3. Move Over Rover - Larry Brinkley 4. I Hate To Leave You - Larry Brinkley 5. Twist All Night Long - Larry Brinkley 6. Tornado Twist - Larry Brinkley 7. Puppy Love - Tony Snider 8. Lonely Heart - Joe Rickman 9. Underwater - The Frogmen 10. The Girl Can't Dance - Bunker Hill 11. Bullwhip Rock - The Cyclones 12. Nelda Jane - The Cyclones & Bill Taylor 13. Tattle Tale - Jimmy Dane 14. Please Have Mercy - Jimmy Dane 15. If I Had Me A Woman - Blacky Vale
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HO-DAD HOOTENANNY! BEER-BLAST '65! (HO-DAD#40-OZ)trax:
1. jambalaya - The Hurrricanes 2. my kinda woman - The Images 3. alfred e goes surfin' - The Madmen 4. justine - The Rangers 5. study hall - The Warner Bros Combo 6. little louie - The Customs Five 7. soapy - Mickey & The Clean Cuts 8. the baldie stomp - The Deacons 9. you've got me hurtin' - The Passions 10. round randy - The Moguls 11. say mama - The Chy Guys 12. don't look now - Them 13. pier x - The Mystery Men 14. wildman - The Mysterians 15. nobody - The Barracudas 16. shortnin' bread - Johnny & The Uncalled 4 17. introduction to the sonics - The Sonics 18. snow skiing - The Rangers
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The James Deans Of The Dole Queue - Rockabilly Revolution (Raucous Records RAUCD 055)trax:

1. Ole River Blue - The Caravans 2. Heart So Cold - The Crawdads 3. OI' Greyhound - The Lone Stars 4. No Show Dole Cheque Blues - The Sureshots 5. If I Tell You I'm Lonely - The Wigsville Spliffs 6. I Guess It Must Be Love - Inspector Tuppence & The Sexy Firemen 7. So Good - The Hayriders 8. Blame It On The Flame - The Jumpin' Jacks 9. You Were The World To Me - Billy G's & The Hillbilly Playboys 10. Till The End Of Time - The Chubbtones 11. I'm On Fire - The Sureshots 12. Honey, Could You Lend Me Some Dough - The Crawdads 13. It Ain't Easy - The Wigsville Spliffs 14. I Guess It Must Be Love - Inspector Tuppence & The Sexy Firemen 15. Get Out - The Hayriders 16. Dark Blue Sea - Fractured 17. D.H.S.S. In The Sky - The Lone Stars 18. Demolition Man - Boz Boorer 19. Lonesome Me - The Crawdads 20. Never Did Drink Whiskey - The Jumpin' Jacks

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"Blues Spirit" Vol 4-6 of 10 - 2004

I couldn't find a review for this box set but as you can see this box includes many of the big names in blues plus also some lesser know artists. No info about recording dates. Sound quality variable from track to track. Enjoy the blues! --Toxxytrax CD 04:

01. Muddy Waters / I Be Bound To Write To You 02. John Lee Hooker / Do My Baby Think Of Me 03. Leadbelly / Eagle Rock Rag 04. Lightnin' Hopkins / West Cost Blues 05. Jelly Roll Morton / Blue Blood Blues 06. Brownie McGhee & Blind Boy Fuller / Good-Bye Now 07. Champion Jack Dupree / Warehouse Man Blues 08. Blind Willie Mc Tell / Georgia Rag 09. Arthur Big Boy Crudup / Crudup's After Hours 10. T-Bone Walker / Hard Pain Blues 11. Kokomo Arnold / Fool Man Blues 12. Big Joe Williams / I'm Getting Wild About Her 13. Jelly Roll Morton / West End Blues 14. Muddy Waters / 32-20 Blues 15. T-Bone Walker / I Know Your Wig Is Gone 16. Big Joe Williams / Highway 49 17. Brownie McGhee / Be Good To Me 18. Mississippi John Hurt / Avalon Blues

trax CD 05:

01. Bessie Smith / Beale Street Mama 02. Lightnin' Hopkins / Blues (That Mean Old Twister) 03. Muddy Waters / I Be's Troubled 04. John Lee Hooker / Hobo Blues 05. Sonny Terry / Custard Pie Blues 06. Brownie McGhee / Coal Miner Blues 07. Leadbelly / Fort Worth And Dallas Blues 08. Sonny Terry / Harmonica and Washboard Breakdown 09. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee / Baby Let's Have Some Fun 10. Arthur Big Boy Crudup / Give Me a 32-20 11. Big Joe Williams / 49 Highway Blues 12. Bessie Smith / Easy Come, Easy Go Blues 13. T-Bone Walker / Goodbye Blues 14. Alice Moore / I'm Going Fishing Too 15. Champion Jack Dupree / Cabbage Greens No. 1 16. David Edwards / Don't Be So Evil 17. Alice Moore / Money Tree Man 18. Memphis Minnie / Moonshine

trax CD 06:

01. Lightnin' Hopkins / Honey Babe 02. John Lee Hooker / I Need Lovin' 03. Bessie Smith / Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) 04. T-Bone Walker / I'm Gonna Find My Baby 05. Leadbelly / Four Day Worry Blues 06. Sonny Terry / Harmonica Blues 07. Big Joe Williams / Baby Please Don't Go 08. Brwonie McGhee / Dealing With The Devil 09. Bukka White / Aberdeen Mississippi Blues 10. Big Joe Williams / Break 'em On Down 11. Big Joe Turner / Going' To Chicago Blues 12. Sonny Terry / Beer Garden Blues 13. Crayton / Blues After Hours 14. T-Bone Walker / Don't Give Me The Runaround 15. Mississippi John Hurt / Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) 16. Leadbelly / Easy Rider 17. Muddy Waters / I Can't Be Satisfied 18. Big Bill Broonzy / W.P.A. Rag

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"I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL" 2005

Inspired by his experience producing the legendary Solomon Burke's Grammy-winning 2002 comeback album, producer-singer-songwriter Joe Henry became passionate about recording more music with other surviving soul music icons. Henry's vision was realized when some of his favorite living artists-Ann Peebles, Billy Preston, Mavis Staples, Irma Thomas, and Alan Toussaint recorded a mix of classic and original songs in Hollywood's famed Capitol studios. Some sessions overlapped and the artists collaborated, some tracks spotlight a singularly masterful voice...all are inspired-and inspiring. (The Soul Monthly)In the mighty annals of soul history, few regions can compare with the Southern states in terms of output and contributions. Countless names (and obscure anonymous dusties) along with signature warm and up-front productions have made Southern soul an almost instantly identifiable sound. What makes I Believe to My Soul so intriguing is that it's been nearly five decades in the making -- with an interweaving of five soul juggernauts who cross paths yet again in their careers to record new versions of older material. Producer Joe Henry assembled Ann Peebles, Irma Thomas, Mavis Staples, Allen Toussaint, and Billy Preston together over the span of a week and invited them in for recording sessions. Much like those records of yesterday, the results are immediately warm, inviting, and highly intimate; even with the advancements in technology and digital culture, these songs transcend ones and zeros and sound like they were committed to analog tape. Even decades on from their creative primes of life, these five artists prove that age ain't nothing but a number -- they riff and jam with one another as if they were returning to the fountain of youth. It's an ambitious set that is pulled off with class and grace, and one that hopefully will see a follow-up in the near future. (Allmusic)
Even though he has released nine albums of his own in more than two decades in the music business, Joe Henry may best be known as the producer of soul man Solomon Burke's 2002 comeback record, Don't Give Up on Me. Now Henry hopes to do for soul what Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club did for Cuban music, convening R&B legends Allen Toussaint, Billy Preston Irma Thomas, Mavis Staples and Ann Peebles for one week at Hollywood's Capitol Studios. But rather than rehashing the past in individual sessions, Henry assembled a house band (led by Toussaint) and demanded newly written or freshly interpreted songs. While her most recent solo release Have A Little Faith makes Staples appearance here less critical, her duet with Preston (whose organ playing is splendid) on "That's Enough"is a highlight. But the real stars are Thomas and the piano-driven rendition of Tom Jans' "Loving Arms,"and the underrated Peebles, who reinvents Bob Dylan's "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" from Nashville crooning to Beale Street believable. --Scott Holtertrax:

1. You Must Have That True Religion - Mavis Staples 2. Both Ways - Billy Preston 3. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You - Ann Peebles 4. The Same Love That Made Me Laugh - Irma Thomas 5. Mi Amour - Allen Toussaint 6. Keep On Pushing - Mavis Staples 7. As One - Billy Preston 8. Loving Arms - Irma Thomas 9. River Boat - Allen Toussaint 10. That's Enough - Mavis Staples & Billy Preston 11. Turvalon - Allen Toussaint 12. When The Candle Burns Low - Ann Peebles 13. We Are One - Allen Toussaint

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"Blues Spirit" Vol 1-3 of 10 - 2004

I couldn't find a review for this box set but as you can see this box includes many of the big names in blues plus also some lesser know artists. No info about recording dates. Sound quality variable from track to track. Enjoy the blues! --Toxxytrax CD 01:

01. John Lee Hooker / Helpless Blues 02. Bessie Smith / Careless Love Blues 03. Lightnin' Hopkins / You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore 04. Arthur Big Boy Crudup / Keep Your Arms Around Me 05. Jelly Roll Morton / If Someone Would Only Love Me 06. John Lee Hooker / Crawlin' King Snake 07. Dr. Clayton / 41 Blues 08. Bessie Smith / Gulf Coast Blues 09. Arthur Big Boy Crudup / Dirt Road Blues 10. John Lee Hooker / Boom Boom 11. Memphis Minnie / Bumble Bee 12. Big Joe Turner / I Got My Discharge Papers 13. Big Bill Broonzy / Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down 14. Lonnie Johnson / Keep What You Got 15. John Lee Williamson / Bad Luck Blues 16. Big Bill Broonzy / How You Want It Done 17. Brownie McGhee / I'm A Black Woman's Man 18. Champion Jack Dupree / Dupree Shake Dance

trax CD 02:

01. Lightnin' Hopkins / Feel So Bad 02. John Lee Hooker / Henry's Swing Club 03. Bessie Smith / Dying Gambler's Blues 04. Muddy Waters / Burr Clover Blues 05. Sonny Terry / All Alone Blues 06. Blind Boy Fuller / I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy 07. Big Bill Broonzy / It's Your Time Now 08. Jelly Roll Morton / Fussy Mabel 09. Champion Jack Dupree / Chain Gang Blues 10. Big Joe Turner / Howlin' Winds 11. Huddie 'Leadbelly' Ledbetter / Good Morning Blues 12. John Lee Williamson / Black Panther Blues 13. Roosevelt Sykes / 15c A Day 14. Muddy Waters / Gypsy Woman 15. John Lee Williamson / I Have Got To Go 16. Big Joe Turner / Johnson And Turner Blues 17. Robert Johnson / Cross Road Blues 18. Brownie McGhee / Born For Bad Luck

trax CD 02:

01. John Lee Hooker / Hard Headed Woman 02. Muddy Waters / You Gonna Miss Me 03. Blind Boy Fuller / Bye Bye Baby Blues 04. Sonny Terry / Blowing The Blues 05. Jelly Roll Morton / Each Day 06. Robert 'Barbecue Bob' Hicks / Barbeque Blues 07. John Lee Williamson / Check Up On My Baby Blues 08. Sonny Terry / Crow Jane Blues 09. Leadbelly / I'm On My Last Go Round 10. John Lee Hooker / Find Me A Woman 11. Champion Jack Dupree / Gamblin Man Blues Champion 12. Leroy Carr / Good Woman Blues 13. Jelly Roll Morton / High Society 14. John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson / Wiskey Headed Blues 15. John Lee Hooker / Huckle Up Baby 16. Big Joe Williams / I Know You Gonna Miss Me 17. Brownie McGhee / I'm Callin' Daisy 18. Big Joe Turner / I'm Still In The Dark

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"Tell Me What'd I Say" The Atlantic Story 1955-1960

50 classic tracks make up this digitally remastered 2CD set that tells the story of Atlantic Records 1955-1960. All star contributions included are from Ray Charles, LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, The Drifters, Professor Longhair and many more.trax disc 1:

1. Jim Dandy - LaVern Baker 2. Leave My Woman Alone - Ray Charles 3. Money Honey - The Drifters 4. Honey Hush - Big Joe Turner 5. Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Robins 6. Mr. Lee - The Bobbettes 7. A Lover's Question - Clyde McPhatter 8. Lucky Lips - Ruth Brown 9. Hey Doll Baby - The Clovers 10. Hoy Hoy - Little Johnny Jones 11. Empty Arms - Ivory Joe Hunter 12. Bop A Dee, Bop A Doo - Hal Willis 13. Adorable - The Drifters 14. Rakin' And Scrapin' - Dean Beard w/The Crew Cats 15. T Bone Shuffle - T-Bone Walker 16. Flip, Flop And Fly - Big Joe Turner 17. Humpty Dumpty Heart - LaVern Baker 18. Drown In My Own Tears - Ray Charles 19. Devil Or Angel - The Clovers 20. My Baby - Chuck Willis 21. Have You Seen My Baby - Choker Campbell & His Band Featuring Harold Young 22. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown 23. There Goes My Baby - The Drifters 24. Come Back My Love - The Cardinals 25. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair

trax disc 2:

1. Searchin' - The Coasters 2. Tipitina - Professor Longhair 3. Sh-Boom - The Chords 4. Shake, Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner 5. What'd I Say - Ray Charles 6. It's Too Late - Chuck Willis 7. Blue Velvet - The Clovers 8. Since I Met You Baby - Ivory Joe Turner 9. Passing Time - The Cookies 10. Thirty Days - Clyde McPhatter 11. Pledge Of My Love - The Penguins 12. Shuffle In The Gravel - Young Jessie 13. Corrine, Corrina - Big Joe Turner 14. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Ray Charles 15. Just Like A Fool - The Robins 16. Jim Dandy Got Married - LaVern Baker 17. Party Party - Dean Beard 18. Love, Love, Love - The Clovers 19. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Stick McGhee 20. Papa Ain't Salty - T-Bone Walker 21. Fools Fall In Love - The Drifters 22. Got The Water Boiling - The Regals 23. Don't Say Goodnight - The Bobbettes 24. Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters 25. The End Of The Story - The Cardinals

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"Trojan Presents Ska" 40 Jamaican Rude-Boy Sounds 2011

Ska was the national sound of Jamaica throughout the early sixties, its irresistible rhythms dominating the music scene until the onset of rock steady late in 1966. In 1964, following the success of a number of hits in the style, it became the first home-grown genre to reach a global audience go 'outernational', with most major UK and US companies signing jamaican acts. Although ska had run its course within a couple of years, the sound was later revived by a plethora of British based bands such as Madness, the Specials and the Selector and has since continued to remain popular around the globe. This collection brings together 40 of the biggest ska hits from its golden age, featuring some of the greatest exponents of the style, from the Skatalites and Byron Lee to Desmond Dekker and the Maytals, and by so doing presents the best introduction to the style yet to see issue.

trax disc 1:

01. Theo Beckord / Walking Down King Street 02. Owen Gray / My Darling Patricia 03. Cecil Lloyd and Dee's Group / Dee's Special 04. Derrick Morgan / (Went To) The Hop 05. Jimmy Cliff / Miss Jamaica 06. Derrick and Patsy / Housewife's Choice 07. Desmond Dekker / Honour Your Mother And Father 08. Jimmy Cliff / Hurricane Hattie 09. Derrick Morgan / Forward March 10. Lord Creator / Man To Man 11. Ernest Ranglin / Exodus Ska 12. Bob Marley / Judge Not 13. The Skatalites / Fly Right 14. Jimmy Cliff / King Of Kings 15. Eric ''Monty'' Morris / Sammy Dead 16. Stranger and Patsy / Come Back 17. Keith and Ken / I Won't Love You Anymore 18. The Four Aces / Hoochy Coochy Kai Po 19. Eric ''Monty'' Morris / Oil In My Lamp 20. The Maytals / It's You

trax disc 2:

01. Byron Lee and the Dragonaires / Tear Up (aka Fat Back) 02. Eric ''Monty'' Morris / Beautiful Garden (aka In The Garden) 03. The Granville Williams Orchestra / Honky Tonk Ska 04. Stranger, Ken and Patsy / What A Day 05. Desmond Dekker and the Four Aces / Get Up Adinah 06. The Charmers / Try Me One More Time 07. The Blues Busters / I Won't Let You Go 08. The Maytals / When I Laugh 09. Byron Lee and the Dragonaires / Frankenstein Ska 10. Winston Samuels / You're The One I Love 11. Carlos Malcolm and his Afro Jamaican Rhythms / Bonanza Ska 12. The Blues Busters / Wings Of A Dove 13. The Maytals / Never You Change 14. Tommy McCook and the Supersonics / Out Of Space 15. Lee Perry / What A Good Woodman 16. David Isaacs / I'd Rather Be Lonely 17. The Granville Williams Orchestra / Hi Life (aka High Life) 18. The Spanishtonians / Rudie Get Plenty 19. The Rulers / Don't Be A Rude Boy 20. Sir Lord Comic and his Cowboys / The Great Wuga-Wuga

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THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS "The First Family Of Soul" The Best Of

Though fans of the Jackson 5 or the Staple Singers would love arguing the claim of the title, the Five Stairsteps recorded some solid Windy City soul during the late '60s and early '70s, just a small step below the level of the Chi-Lites or the Impressions (whose Curtis Mayfield signed the group to his Windy C label and produced much of their material). Since their only well-known hit, "O-o-h Child," was also one of their last, it's appropriately relegated to the end of this collection, though neophytes may find it a difficult chore waiting 16 tracks to get to it. Easing the way are a pair of early Mayfield gems -- "You Waited Too Long" and "Danger! She's a Stranger" -- both superb examples of yearning, baroque soul. "Playgirl's Love" would've been a perfect fit on an Impressions LP, while a cover of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Ooo Baby Baby" proved a splendid choice of material. Though hit-seekers may prefer the Greatest Hits or Encore Collection sets, fans of the breezy Chicago sound or smooth supper-club soul will find much on this Buddha compilation to love. (Allmusic)trax:

01 You Waited Too Long 02 Danger! She's A Stranger 03 Come Back 04 Playgirl's Love 05 World Of Fantasy 06 Ooh Baby Baby 07 Don't Waste Your Time 08 You Don't Love Me 09 Behind Curtains 10 The Girl I Love 11 Ain't Gonna Rest (Till I Get You) 12 The Touch Of You 13 Something's Missing 14 Don't Change Your Love 15 Baby Make Me Feel So Good 16 We Must Be In Love 17 O-O-H Child

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Tommy McCook and the Supersonics "Pleasure Dub" 2009

Pressure Sounds is delighted to be able to finally add a Treasure Isle album to the catalogue! Duke Reid's nephew Errol Brown, who would go on become one of the key engineers at Bob Marley's Tuff Gong Studio, mixed Pleasure Dub and this album has never been re-pressed since its initial release! The original twelve vinyl LP tracks, including cuts to rock steady classics such as The Right Track by Phyllis Dillon, The Tide Is High from The Paragons and Things You Say You Love by The Jamaicans, a.o. The records made at Treasure Isle are as immediately recognisable as those made at Brentford Road at Duke Reid's arch rival's Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd's Studio One!Famed (notorious, actually) reggae producer Duke Reid was one of the most powerful and successful figures in Jamaican music during the ska and rocksteady eras, and his Treasure Isle studio on Bond Street in Kingston was a mecca for the island's A-list stars. While the question of who really invented dub will forever be clouded in controversy, there is no question that Duke Reid's early recordings of the great reggae toaster U-Roy were of seminal importance; it is from this source that an entire river of popular music would later flow, and there is a clear and essentially unbroken line leading from those early dub-with-DJ recordings to modern hip-hop and remix culture.

Pleasure Dub brings together an excellent selection of classic dub versions from the early days of Treasure Isle -- such deathless rocksteady hits as the Paragons' "Tide Is High" (versioned here as ''Dub with Strings''), Phyllis Dillon's "The Right Track" (''Tracking Dub''), and the Jamaicans' "Things You Say You Love" (''Rema Skank'') are presented here, and the music is not only thoroughly enjoyable, but also somewhat educational: this is transitional music, more sprightly than reggae but not nearly as headlong and galloping as ska, and the dub mixes tend to be raw and experimental and very exciting. The backing tracks (or ''rhythms'') presented here were all provided by Skatalites alumnus Tommy McCook and his crack session band the Supersonics; during this period there was probably no better session ensemble anywhere in Jamaica. A couple of the CD-only bonus tracks feel like filler, but for the most part this is an utterly essential dub collection. [Rick Anderson, AllMusic.  Rating: 4/5 stars]

trax:

01. Tracking Dub 02. Love Dub 03. Dub With Strings 04. Lift Off 05. Ride De Dub 06. Rema Skank 07. Bond Street Rock 08. Many Questions 09. The Attorney 10. Silver Hour 11. Twilight Rock 12. Dreads Leaving Babylon 13. Side Walk Doctor 14. I Shave The Barber 15. Barbering 16. Seven Eleven (7-11) 17. I See Your Face Version 18. Scrubit (featuring Lizzy)

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THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS "The Complete Curtis Mayfield Years" The First Family Of Soul 1966-1969

The Definitive Windy C and Curtom Collection. This is a great package of all the 5 Stairsteps early stuff. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why they never got the recognition they deserved. With Curtis Mayfield behind them this should have been a slam dunk. Even today, outside of Phily and New York, they remain unknown except for "Ooh Child". "World Of Fantasy","You Waited Too Long", "Come Back" are all great songs that most people have never heard. (Soul Detective)A pair of killer albums from The Five Stairsteps – 1967's self-titled set for Windy C – plus '68's Love's Happening by The Five Stairsteps & Cubie – together with bonus track on this great set from Outta Sight UK! The Five Stairsteps album is a landmark batch of sweet soul – recorded by the still youthful group that included a 13 year old Kenny Burke! The kids were brought together by their parents Clarence and Betty Burke, but it was Curtis Mayfield who really gave them a push – as he discovered them, produced them, and wrote some excellent songs for them during their best early years. Mayfield's sweet soul style forged with The Impressions runs through most of these tracks – and although the group is young, they really do a fantastic job with the material, and infuse it with a soulfulness way past their years. Titles include "Danger She's A Stranger", "World Of Fantasy", "Ooh Baby Baby", "Don't Waste Your Time", and "Behind Curtains". Love's Happening might be the best record ever by this Chicago soul group! The record's got a full batch of original tracks written and produced by Mayfield – including their amazing, funk steeped version of "Don't Change Your Love", with a breakbeat that lit up the sampler culture for years! That raw drum sound is in effect on even the more delicate numbers, and the lead vocals and harmonies soar or sink deep to the soul, as the groove demands. There's also some kind of tripped out touches in the production in spots, making for a nice balance of sweet soul and leftfield touches. Kind of an underappreciated effort in the grand scheme of Curtis Mayfield productions, but wholly essential! Other titles include "Stay Close To Me", "New Dance Craze", "Baby, Make Me Feel So Good", and "Little Young Lover". 5 bonus singles in the set: "Ain't Gonna Rest (Til I Get You)", "You Can't See", "Change Of Pace", "Madame Mary" and "We Must Be In Love".  © 1996-2014, Dusty Groove, Inc.

trax:

01 Danger! She's A Stranger 02 The Girl I Love 03 Come Back 04 The Touch Of You 05 You Waited Too Long 06 Playgirl's Love 07 World Of Fantasy 08 Ooh, Baby, Baby 09 Don't Waste Your Time 10 You Don't Love Me 11 Behind Curtains 12 Ain't Gonna Rest (Till I Get You) [Bonus Track] 13 You Can't See (Bonus Track) 14 Change Of Pace (Bonus Track) 15 Stay Close To Me 16 Don't Change Your Love 17 Love's Happening 18 Little Young Lover 19 I'm The One Who Loves You 20 Little Boy Blue 21 Your Love Has Changed 22 I Made A Mistake 23 Baby, Make Me Feel So Good 24 New Dance Craze 25 Madame Mary 26 We Must Be In Love

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