"A TASTE OF SWING TIME"

Fine collection of 1950’s classic R&B/Blues from the Swing Time label.trax:

1. Be Bop Baby Blues - The Johnny Otis Band 2. That's Your Last Boogie - The Johnny Otis Band 3. Every Day I Have The Blues - Lowell Fulson 4. Street Walking Woman - Lowell Fulson 5. Times Gettin' Tougher - Jimmy Witherspoon 6. Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon 7. Chica Boo - Lloyd Glenn 8. I Can't Stay Here - Lloyd Glenn 9. Fat Meat'n Greens - Lloyd Glenn 10. Wine - O - Baby Boogie - Big Joe Turner 11. Lovin' A Married Woman - Earl Brown 12. Sinner's Prayer - Lowell Fulson 13. Blue Shadows (Unknown Take) - Lowell Fulson 14. Faye's Boogie - Frantic Faye Thomas 15. Pretty Papa Blues (Alt. Take To Be Linked) - Paula Watson 16. Raggedy Daddy Blues - Dell Graham w/Lowell Fulson 17. Alligator Meat (Vocal) - Joe Swift w/Johnny Otis Band 18. You Can Stay But That Jive's Got To Go - Dusty Brooks 19. Going To Get Straight - Felix Gross 20. House Rockin' Blues - Jimmy McCracklin 21. Rough and Rocky Road - The Nightengale Jubalaires 22. He's My Rock - The Soul Stirrers 23. B and O Blues (Unknown Alternate Take) - Charles Brown 24. Snuff Dippin' Mama - Charles Brown

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"The Bluesville Years" Vol. 5 - Mr. Brownie & Mr. Sonny 1960-62

The musical partnership of Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry stood the test of time and quality wise hardly ever wavered below magnificent. This 17-track collection is culled from four excellent Bluesville vinyl albums from the early 1960s and features numerous fine moments. Starting with five selections from Brownie's first solo album for the label, we find the duo augmented with the presence of Bennie Foster on second guitar with Brownie handling all the vocals. Sonny's solo sides emanate from two separate sessions, the first of which features Brownie's famous brother Stick ("Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee") contributing guitar on three tracks which also include J.C. Burris on second harmonica behind Terry. The second 1960 session features Lightnin' Hopkins as a somewhat chaotic backup guitarist behind Sonny on two cuts. The compilation closes with seven romping, loosely played tracks from a live performance at the Philadelphia folk club, the Second Fret in April of 1962. The oddball instrumentation on several tracks and the guest turns by Stick and Lightnin' makes this a Brownie and Sonny a cut above the usual and worth seeking out. (Cub Koda, Allmusic)

trax:

01 Jump, Little Children 02 Lonesome Day 03 The Killin' Floor 04 I Don't Know the Reason 05 Everyday I Have The Blues 06 I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More 07 Four O'clock Blues 08 I'm Gonna Get On My Feets Afterwhile 09 Diggin' My Potatoes 10 One Monkey Don't Stop the Show 11 Evil Hearted Me 12 Spread the News Around 13 Custard Pie 14 Wholesale Dealin' Papa 15 Motorcycle Blues 16 Hand in Hand 17 I Woke Up One Morning And I Could Hardly See

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Lightnin' Hopkins "The Gold Star Sessions" Vol. 2 1991

“These two volumes round up all of Hopkins' seminal recordings, all recorded for the Houston-based Gold Star label between 1947 and 1950 the majority are either definitive postwar Texas blues performances (even shades of Zydeco appear on `Zolo Go') or vividly reveal what Hopkins learned from Texas Alexander and other early influences.” --Mike Joyce, The Washington PostI've got several friends here in Austin that are Lightin' Hopkins fanatics. I've always liked him a lot too, but I've always thought of him as a lesser contemporary to Mance Lipscomb, considering that his style is not as versatile, therefore defining him 'second best' of the two. Felt that way for years. A few weeks ago I was returning to Austin from a road trip taken to Ruidoso, New Mexico. Somewhere way out in west Texas I was fumbling through the CD collection trying to figure out which to insert and decided to put on something I had not listened to in a while, volume 1 of this two volume Gold Star series (did not own volume 2 at the time). Perhaps it was the multiple circumstance of mood, setting, terrain, and weather all of which magically combined to allow me to 'hear' this music for the first time of sorts, even though I had played the CD on numerous occasions previous. Having ample time and space to patiently consider the characteristics of this particular recording, several facts gradually unfolded: Firstly, although Lipscomb and Hopkins were certainly contemporaries, there is a world of difference in their respective styles which therefore dictates that you cannot compare or rank one to the other, not unless you are in the habit of comparing apples to oranges. Those qualities in Hopkins style which I had previously considered inferior, I now understood to be nothing of the sort. Example: It's probably true that every song Hopkins ever recorded is, to a certain extent, the same song. Yet, what makes it so is the time limitation of the 78 rpm record. In effect, his music is a continual stream of consciousness. It is the quintessential example of the artist's work being his life and his life being his work. Hopkins actually COULD have gone on playing for the duration of the CD without there having been a break from one song to the next. He had no preconceptions, nor did he consider a single note he was playing previous to having played the note. The music flowed from his being in much the same fashion that time ticks off a clock.

Well, the first thing I did upon returning from Ruidoso was to do something I should have done ten years ago after purchasing Volume 1 of the series - I purchased Volume 2. There is no difference in quality between the two. Suffice to say, if you truly are a fan of Hopkins, you cannot own but one of the volumes, you must have them both. One final comment: I've listened to a lot of Hopkins through the years, and with the exception of the Herald Recordings, which are phenomenal, his earlier recordings, those on which he has no accompanists, are the most devastating to me personally. The 'Complete Alladin Recordings' along with 'Jake Head Boogie' in particular, are prime examples. Of course there are exceptions, but Lightin's abrupt, deeply personal sense of timing was a completely self contained phenomena which precluded any other individual being able to effectively accompany him, for it was virtually impossible to anticipate to where he was going or when he would be leaving. Hopkins' journey was fated to be traveled without the comfort of companionship. It was a road he could only travel alone. --Amazon customer review

trax:

1. Walking Blues 2. Shining Moon 3. Ida May 4. Mercy 5. Automobile Blues 6. Glory B. Blues (Blue Bird Blues) 7. All I Got Is Gone 8. Whiskey Blues 9. European Blues 10. What Can It Be 11. Lonesome Home 12. Appetite Blues 13. Lightning Blues 14. Hammond Boogie (Organ Boogie) 15. Rollin' Woman Blues 16. Jail House Blues 17. T-Model Blues 18. No Mail Blues 19. Ain't It A Shame 20. Old Woman Blues 21. Untrue Blues 22. Henny Penny Blues 23. Jackstropper Blues 24. Grievance Blues

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JIMMY YANCEY "Blues & Boogie" + FREDDIE MITCHELL "Boogie Bash"

To clear up any possible cause of confusion: although the front cover of this reissue reproduces the front sleeve of Jimmy Yancey's original Blues and Boogie LP, this CD actually combines two albums by two separate artists. One is Yancey's Blues and Boogie; the other is the less famous Freddie Mitchell's Boogie Bash (the spine and back cover do make it clear that the disc contains both of these records, with the booklet reproducing the front cover of Boogie Bash for good measure). What's the link? Well, both were issued as 10" LPs (in the 1940s, according to the sparse liner notes) on the X label, and both are grounded in bluesy boogie, though in quite different ways. Yancey's piano is the only instrumental backing on Blues and Boogie, recorded near the end of his life, mixing instrumentals (which dominate the program) and vocal numbers.
The Freddie Mitchell LP is a lively full-band boogie that mixes late-period big-band jazz with early R&B, the mixtures varying according to the track. Songs like "Moon Dog Boogie" feature some really down 'n' dirty sax, while others are jazzier and give the piano more prominence. He even gets into a Latin groove on "Mama Inez" and "Mary Anne," indicating that perhaps he wasn't certain which way the popular trends of the day would blow and gamely took his chance with a few, though the quality on everything is good. Overall, the decision to combine these two obscure albums from the same label and era into one CD is a reasonable one, as both will appeal to fans of blues-R&B-jazz-flavored boogie in different ways. (Allmusic)trax JIMMY YANCEY:
01 Yancey Stomp 02 State Street Special 03 Tell 'Em About Me 04 Five O'Clock Blues 05 Yancey's Bugle Call 06 Death Letter Blues 07 Crying In My Sleep 08 28th And Dearborntrax FREDDIE MITCHELL:

09 Moon Dog Boogie 10 Home Sweet Home 11 Mama Inez 12 Mary Anne 13 Long Lean Daddy 14 Roll 'Em Boogie 15 National Emblem 16 The Wedding March 17 Louise 18 I Got Your Boogie

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"The Bluesville Years" Vol. 4 - In The Key Of The Blues 1959-61

In the Key of Blues features an all-piano fest with boogies and blues from Mercy Dee Walton, Little Brother Montgomery, Curtis Jones and still more from Sykes and Memphis Slim. (Cub Koda, Allmusic)trax:

1. One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee Walton 2. My Little Angel - Mercy Dee Walton 3. After The Fight - Mercy Dee Walton 4. Five Card Hand - Mercy Dee Walton 5. Mother Earth - Memphis Slim 6. Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery 7. Pleading Blues - Little Brother Montgomery 8. No Special Rider - Little Brother Montgomery 9. Something Keeps Worrying Me - Little Brother Montgomery 10. Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - Willie Dixon w/Memphis Slim 11. Number Nine - Roosevelt Sykes 12. Set The Meat Outdoors - Roosevelt Sykes 13. Miss Ida - Roosevelt Sykes 14. She Ain't For Nobody - Roosevelt Sykes 15. Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Curtis Jones 16. Weekend Blues - Curtis Jones 17. Please Say Yes - Curtis Jones 18. Low Down Worried Blues - Curtis Jones 19. Tired Of You Clowning - Sunnyland Slim 20. Harlem Can't Be Heaven - Sunnyland Slim

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Lightnin' Hopkins "The Gold Star Sessions" Vol. 1 1990

Original recordings by Bill Quinn at Gold Star Studios in Houston, Texas between 1947 and 1950.A previous reviewer found fault with the sound quality of this disc, which features some of the earliest recordings of Texas blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins. Well, no real argument there. Sound quality does vary, sometimes widely, and recordings made directly from old 78s (as most of these were) more than 50 years ago just are not going to be perfect. But marvelous music does not have to be pristine; anyone who rejects songs this great because of sound quality is going to miss out on incalculable treasures. Anyone who truly loves blues can look past the hisses (and the CD is not unlistenable). There is strong music here. Only a couple up-tempo boogies. It's mostly just Lightnin' and his guitar and the beautiful sound they make, although there is a cool track of Lightnin' playing his impression of zydeco on a sort of roller-rink sounding organ and one fun cut with a small combo. This would easily get 5 stars on basis of the music. It deserves 4 1/2 but I have to give it 4 in this ratings system, solely because of the sound. It might be fun if somebody tried to clean these up using the latest noise reduction equipment. Anyway, Volume 2 in this series is just as good, and for true perfection buy the better-sounding "The Complete Aladdin Recordings", cut at about the same time and featuring the same kind of stellar Texas country blues. --Amazon customer review

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1. Short Haired Woman 2. Baby Please Don't Go 3. Going Home Blues (Going Back and Talk to Mama) 4. Automobile Blues 5. Big Mama Jump 6. Loretta Blues 7. Seems Funny Baby 8. Thunder and Lightning Blues (Coolin' Board Blues) 9. Grosebeck Blues 10. Tim Moore's Farm 11. Lightning Boogie 12. Traveler's Blues 13. Goodbye Blues 14. Unkind Blues 15. Fast Life Woman 16. Zolo Go (Zydeco) 17. You Don't Know 18. Treat Me Kind 19. Somebody Got to Go 20. Death Bells 21. Mad With You 22. Airplane Blues 23. Racetrack Blues 24. Unsuccessful Blues

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LONNIE JOHNSON "He's A Jelly Roll Baker" 1939-1944

This 20-song collection covers 1930s and '40s material in which Johnson primarily performs blues tunes, doing salty, sassy, mournful, and suggestive numbers in a distinctive, memorable fashion. His vocals on "Rambler's Blues," "In Love Again," the title cut, and several others, are framed by brilliant, creative playing and excellent support from such pianists as Blind John Davis, Lil Hardin Armstrong, and Joshua Altheimer. This is tight, intuitive music in which Johnson set the tone and dominated the songs. If you're unaware of Lonnie Johnson's brilliant blues material, here's an excellent introduction. (ALLMUSIC)Lonnie Johnson (1899? -- 1970) was a highly successful bluesman during the course of his long career. Yet today his urbane, sophisticated sound does not get the attention that it merits. This CD, "He's a Jelly Roll Baker" includes 20 songs Lonnie Johnson recorded in Chicago between 1939 and 1944 for the Bluebird label of RCA. The CD makes a good complement to a CD of Johnson's earliest recordings, dating from 1925 to 1932, "Steppin' on the Blues" available on Columbia's "Roots N Blues" Series. The "Stepppin' on the Blues" CD features Johnson in a variety of styles, but it emphasizes his skills as a guitarist.

Between 1932 and 1939, Johnson made few recordings. He performed occasionally in clubs but made his living as a factory worker. (Late in life, Johnson was to work again as a doorman at a Phiadelphia hotel.) In 1939, Johnson moved to Chicago, performed steadily and with great success in nightclubs, and made the recordings included on this CD.

The CD "He's a Jelly Roll Baker" emphasizes Johnson's smooth suave singing style. Johnson's lyrics describe life in the growing African American communities of Chicago and other large cities as he sings of love and betrayal, loneliness, and, in the song "Chicago Blues" trying to make one's way in a world of cynicism, greed and indifference. Many of these songs are delivered in an uptempo, lively style creating a sense of irony and tension between the lyrics and the music that is characteristic of the blues. Johnson sings with a highly fluid jazz-influenced rhythm and is frequently ahead of the beat of his instrumental accompaniment.

Johnson was known for tough, unsentimental lyrics and for songs with more than a hint of misogyny. The song "Nothing but a Rat" describes in the harshest terms Johnson's contempt for a man who has moved in with the family of the protagonist of the song and stolen his wife. The song "Watch Shorty" tells of a mover who unfailingly suceeds in stealing the women of other men. Many songs feature extended solo guitar breaks by Johnson, playing on a single string, including "That's Love", "Lazy Woman Blues", "I did all I could" among others. Several of the songs also feature a rolling blues piano played by Lil Armstrong.

My favorite song on this CD is Johnson's signature piece, "The Loveless Blues" ("Careless Love") performed here by Johnson alone in a smooth singing style with brief guitar interludes.

I also enjoyed the ballad-style slower paced songs, including the elegant "That's Love", "I did all I could", and "In love again." These songs, sentimental, suave and showing the influence of Vaudeville, show Johnson in a different light than the harsher more earthy lyrics of many of his other songs. Finally, I enjoyed Johnson's famous recording of "Crowing Rooster Blues" which sings raucously of the plight of the working-man in the city and of unfaithfulness.

The blues have been enjoying a deserved revival in American consciousness for the past several years. Listeners wanting to understand and explore the blues will enjoy getting to know the artistry of Lonnie Johnson. - Robin Friedman, BLUES MONTHLY

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01 Why Women Go Wrong 02 Nothing But A Rat 03 Jersey Belle Blues 04 The Loveless Blues 05 I'm Just Dumb 06 Get Yourself Together 07 Crowing Rooster Blues 08 That's Love 09 Somebody's Got To Go 10 Lazy Woman Blues 11 Chicago Blues 12 I Did All I Could 13 In Love Again 14 The Last Call 15 Rambler's Blues 16 Baby Remember Me 17 He's A Jelly Roll Baker 18 When You Feel Low Down 19 The Victim Of Love 20 Watch Shorty

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"THE BLUESVILLE YEARS" Vol.3 - Beale Street Get-Down 1961

This third volume in Prestige's Bluesville series brings together sides that were recorded in Memphis and New York City and produced by Sam Charters, and that originally appeared on six different vinyl albums. The set of Furry Lewis tracks and the session with Memphis Willie B. were both recorded at the Sun studios in Memphis, while the Memphis Slim cuts emanate from a New York session. All three sets were recorded in 1961. Lewis is in top-notch form, as is Borum, both accompanying themselves on guitar. Slim's tracks are solo as well, as he moves between piano and organ on a batch of originals and a nice take on Leroy Carr's "Mean Mistreatin' Mama." This series distills a lot of so-so albums down to their very best tracks. A terrific bargain. (Cub Koda, Allmusic)

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1. John Henry - Furry Lewis 2. When My Baby Left Me - Furry Lewis 3. Shake 'Em on Down - Furry Lewis 4. Back on My Feet Again - Furry Lewis 5. Goin' to Kansas City - Furry Lewis 6. Casey Jones - Furry Lewis 7. I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis 8. Brownsville Blues - Memphis Willie B. 9. Country Girl Blues - Memphis Willie B. 10. The Stuff Is Here - Memphis Willie B. 11. Every Day I Have the Blues - Memphis Willie B. 12. I Have Found Somebody New - Memphis Willie B. 13. Dying Mother Blues - Memphis Willie B. 14. Mailman Blues - Memphis Willie B. 15. Steady Rolling Blues - Memphis Slim 16. Mean Mistreatin' Mama - Memphis Slim 17. Three-in-One  - Memphis Slim 18. Letter Home - Memphis Slim 19. Two of a Kind - Memphis Slim

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Lightnin' Hopkins "Lightnin' Hopkins" 1990

Recorded: January 16, 1959 by Samuel B. Charters in Houston, Texas.Originally released as The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins, Smithsonian/Folkways' Lightnin' Hopkins was recorded in 1959. Upon its initial release, it was a pivotal part of the blues revival and helped re-spark interest in Hopkins. Before it was recorded, the bluesman had disappeared from sight; after a great deal of searching, Sam Charters found Hopkins in a rented one-room apartment in Houston. Persuading Lightnin' with a bottle of gin, Charters convinced Hopkins to record ten songs in that room, using only one microphone. The resulting record was one of the greatest albums in Hopkins' catalog, a skeletal record that is absolutely naked in its loneliness and haunting in its despair. These unvarnished performances arguably capture the essence of Lightnin' Hopkins better than any of his other recordings, and it is certainly one of the landmarks of the late-'50s/early-'60s blues revival. -- Thom Owens, AllMusic (5/5 stars)

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01 - Penitentiary Blues 02 - Bad Luck And Trouble 03 - Come Go Home With Me 04 - Trouble, Stay 'Way From My Door 05 - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 06 - Goin' Back To Florida 07 - Reminiscences Of Blind Lemo 08 - Fan It 09 - Tell Me, baby 10 - She's Mine

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CHAMPION JACK DUPREE "Shake Baby, Shake" Groove/Vik 1956/57

This great album features all 17 songs recorded by Jack Dupree for Vik and Groove in 1956 and '57 including eight songs not originally issued plus five alternate takes. Dupree had a long career starting in the late 30s and continuing unbroken up to his death in 1992. These are some of his most energetic performances - in addition to his great vocals and powerhouse piano he is joined by the brilliant Larry Dale on guitar, Al Lucas on bass, Willie Jones or Gene Moore on drums and Pete Brown/ts on a few cuts. The songs are mixture of slow intense blues (Down The Lane/ Story Of My Life/ My Baby's Like A Clock, whismsical semi novelty items (Just Like A Woman/ Woman Trouble Again/ Rocky Mountain) and a lot of hard driving rockers (Old Time Rock 'n Roll/ Shake Baby Shake/ You're Always Crying The Blues/ The Wrong Woman and even a country & western flavored piece Lollipop Baby. On a couple of the cuts he is joined on vocals by the gruff voiced Mr. Bear (Teddy McRae) for some witty repartee. Great music, excellent sound. (Roots & Rhythm)trax:

01 Just Like A Woman 02 Old Time Rock And Roll 03 Down The Lane (unissued) 04 Dirty Woman 05 Rocky Mountain 06 Lonely Road Blues (take 3) 07 When I Got Married (unissued) 08 Story Of My Life (unissued) 09 The Ups (unissued) 10 Down The Lane (unissued) 11 Old Time Rock And Roll (unissued fast version) 12 Story Of My Life (unissued fast version) 13 Shake Baby Shake (slower version) 14 You're Always Cryin' The Blues (unissued) 15 Woman Trouble Again (unissued) 16 The Wrong Woman (unissued) 17 Shake, Baby, Shake (unissued) 18 My Baby's Like A Clock (unissued) 19 Hello Darlin' (unissued) 20 Lollipop Baby 21 Shake, Baby, Shake (faster version) 22 Story Of My Life (unissued slow version)

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"THE BLUESVILLE YEARS" Vol.2 - Feeling Down On The South Side 1963/64

Feelin' Down on the South Side culls the best of the albums that were cut in Chicago with top flight selections by Billy Boy Arnold, Homesick James, Otis Spann and James Cotton. Cotton's "One More Mile To Go" with its voodoo backup chorus from the Muddy Waters band is downright bone chilling and eerie. (Cub Koda, Allmusic)

trax:

1. Come On - Otis Spann 2. The Blues Never Die - Otis Spann 3. Feelin' Good - James Cotton 4. One More Mile To Go - James Cotton 5. Two Drinks Of Wine - Billy Boy Arnold 6. School Time - Billy Boy Arnold 7. I Love You Only - Billy Boy Arnold 8. Johnny Mae - Homesick James 9. Gotta Move - Homesick James 10. Dust My Broom - James Cotton 11. Straighten Up, Baby - James Cotton 12. Must Have Been The Devil - Otis Spann 13. I Got A Feeling - Otis Spann 14. Oh Baby - Billy Boy Arnold 15. I'll Forget About You - Billy Boy Arnold 16. Goin' By The River - Billy Boy Arnold 17. Homesick's Blues - Homesick James 18. Goin' Down Swingin' - Homesick James 19. Homesick's Shuffle - Homesick James 20. After Awhile - Otis Spann 21. Billy Boy's Blues - Billy Boy Arnold 22. The Cloud Is Crying - Homesick James

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John Lee Hooker "The Complete Chess Folk Blues Sessions" (1991) Recorded May 1966.

By 1966, Hooker’s grand tour of the record labels brought him back to Chess for whom he has recorded in 1951 and 1952. The producer was Ralph Bass. Bass cut two albums’ worth of John Lee Hooker; the first, The Real Folk Blues, was issued in October 1966; a second album was sequenced, mastered and titled – but never issued.

The first thing to become obvious, of course, is that this isn’t really folk blues. It’s John Lee Hooker – rambling, introspective, alternately menacing and tender … and mercifully plugged in. --Colin Escott (from the liner notes)

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1. I'm In The Mood 2. Let's Go Out Tonight 3. Peace Loving Man 4. Stella Mae 5. I Put My Trust In You 6. You Know I Know 7. I'll Never Trust Your Love Again 8. One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer 9. Waterfront 10. Lead Me (You Can Lead Me Baby) 11. Nobody Knows 12. Deep Blue Sea 13. I Can't Quit You Baby 14. Mustang And GTO 15. House Rent Blues 16. Catfish Blues 17. Want Ad Blues 18. This Land Is Nobody's Land

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"THE BLUESVILLE YEARS" Vol. 1 - Big Blues, Honks and Wails 1959-1963

For almost a decade Bluesville operated as a subsidiary label to the indie jazz pioneer Prestige Records. With a chaotic catalog, they issued everything from barrelhouse piano players working with hipster jazz combos to semi-pro street singers to tons of Lightnin' Hopkins albums. What we have here are the beginnings of the modern blues album as we know it. The Bluesville label captured that awkward moment in time where the blues first lost its commercial restraints and started making music of a different power and a nice cross section of it is here. The first entry in the series, Big Blues, Honks and Wails features tracks by piano giants Sunnyland Slim and Roosevelt Sykes and uptown blues belters Mildred Anderson, Jimmy Witherspoon and Al Smith paired with small, jazz oriented combos with sax legends King Curtis, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Clifford Scott honkin' away.  (Cub Koda, Allmusic)

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1. Baby How Long - Sunnyland Slim 2. The Devil is a Busy Man - Sunnyland Slim 3. Decoration Day - Sunnyland Slim 4. It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim 5. Mislead Mother - Roosevelt Sykes 6. Satellite Baby - Roosevelt Sykes 7. Pocketful of Money - Roosevelt Sykes 8. Jailbait - Roosevelt Sykes 9. Kidney Stew Blues - Mildred Anderson 10. Hello Little Boy - Mildred Anderson 11. Don't Deceive Me - Mildred Anderson 12. Money's Gettin' Cheaper - Jimmy Witherspoon 13. I've Been Treated Wrong - Jimmy Witherspoon 14. Cane River - Jimmy Witherspoon 15. Grab Me a Freight - Jimmy Witherspoon 16. Bad, Bad Whiskey - Jimmy Witherspoon 17. Mean Old Frisco Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon 18. I've Got the Right Kind of Lovin' - Al Smith 19. I've Got a Girl - Al Smith

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John Lee Hooker "Original Folk Blues…Plus" 1994

Original 1964 Modern album of Hooker's '48-'54 recordings for the label with 6 BIG value extra sides.This interesting release re-creates the look and contents of the 1964 Kent Records LP called Original Folk Blues of John Lee Hooker right down to the original sleeve art, and ups the ante by including a previously unreleased version of "Let Your Daddy Ride" as well as six other additional bonus tracks. Most of these cuts were recorded with Bernie Besman in Detroit in fascinatingly primitive fashion between 1948 and 1954, and were then shipped to the Bihari Brothers' Modern Records imprint for release as singles. Included here are Hooker's first versions of "Boogie Chillen'," "Crawlin' King Snake," and "Sally Mae," each of which is classic Hooker, as rough and raw as a Delta wind blowing shards of glass up the Detroit River. There are some odd experiments, too, like the spooky "Cold Chills," which features an absolutely huge-sounding organ played by Buddy Johnson and some eerie, multi-tracked vocals from Hooker, with the whole recording sounding like it was tracked in a massive cavern deep in the earth with a bank of thick fog rolling over everything. These Modern releases have appeared time and time again on various Hooker collections, but there is the feel of something special about this particular package. It's all ragged and delightfully unhinged, which is the only way to go with John Lee Hooker. --Steve Leggett, AllMusic (4/5 stars)

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1. Boogie Chillen 2. Queen Bee 3. Crawlin' King Snake 4. Weeping Willow Boogie 5. Whistlin' And Moanin' Blues 6. Sally Mae 7. I Need Love So Bad 8. Let's Talk It Over 9. The Syndicator 10. Let Your Daddy Ride 11. Drifting From Door To Door 12. Baby I'm Gonna Miss You 13. Cold Chills 14. Cool Little Car 15. I Wonder Little Darling 16. Jump Me One More Time 17. Lookin' For A Woman 18. Ride 'Til I Die

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The Fuzztones "Lsd 25 - 25 Years Of Fuzz And Fury" 2005

A must-have collection of pure garage fuzz from RUDI PROTRUDI’s legendary FUZZTONES. You get twenty-five tracks of sonic fuzz action compiled by various band members from 1980 to the present.
THEE ineffable, ultimate, must-have collection of the patented trademark of pure garage fuzz guitar revival is now here in smashing fashion.A box containing a collection of 25 of the fuzziest tunes ever to come out of the Rudi Protrudi factory, compiled by historical members who have taken part in the project from 1980 to the present Could you ask for more? - from soundflat

New York City-based psychedelic/garage rock combo who played a large role in the mostly underground '60s revival during the 1980s. Led by the enigmatic Rudi Protrudi, the Fuzztones were one of the major "successes" (particularly in Europe) of the revival that flourished in 1984 that also boasted the Chesterfield Kings, the Cynics, the Miracle Workers, and Plasticland. Thanks to the praise from Ian Astbury of the Cult, the newly refitted Los Angeles-based Fuzztones were one of the few to get a major-label deal, as In Heat was released by Beggars Banquet in 1989. Due to the album's lackluster sales performance, the Fuzztones went back to the indies and disbanded a couple of years later. - Matt Carlson, All Music Guide

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1. Johnson in a Headlock 2. I Never Knew 3. One Girl Man 4. Gotta Get Some 5. Nine Months Later 6. Ward 81 7. Action Speaks Louder Than Words 8. I'm Gonna Make You Mine 9. Heathen Set 10. They're Gonna Take You Away 11. She's My Witch 12. Rise 13. Third Time's the Charm 14. Don't Blow Your Mind 15. Brand New Man 16. Bad News Travels Fast 17. Thirteen Women 18. Romilar D 19. Hurt on Hold 20. She's Wicked 21. This Sinister Urge 22. Salem Witch Trial 23. Strychnine 24. In Heat 25. Cinderella

"HOT JIVE" Vol. 2

Great collection of dance oriented R&B and rock ’n’ roll.Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public as 'Jive' in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance.

more info on jive: http://www.modernjive.com/history/history2.html

trax:

1. See You Soon Baboon - Dale Hawkins 2. Make With The Shake - The Mark Four 3. Rhumba Boogie - The Fontane Sisters 4. The Cat - Cappy Bianco 5. My Boy Flat Top - Boyd Bennett 6. Seven Nights To Rock - Moon Mullican 7. Jack Hammer Drill - George Williams 8. My Testament - The Gamblers 9. Giggles - The Tyrones 10. Better Believe It - The Kingsmen 11. Toodle Oo Kangaroo - Frank Virtuoso 12. My Little Ruby - Chan Romero 13. Rockin' Robert - The La Dell Sisters 14. Oh Baby - The Niterockers 15. Go Baby Go - The Four Tophatters 16. I'll Play Your Game - Lew Williams 17. Catfish Boogie - Rees Shipley 18. Crazy With Love - Guy Mitchell 19. The Big Beat - Fats Domino 20. Ciribiribin - The Encores 21. Guitar Man - The Moonlighters 22. 45 RPM - The Mark Four 23. Shugga Dugga - The Bonn Sisters 24. Humdinger - Big Bob Korngay 25. I've Got My Sights - Roddy Jackson 26. Watch My Signals - Bullmoose Jackson 27. Lucky Lips - Ruth Brown 28. Hey Little Lucy - Conway Twitty 29. Dixie - The Comets 30. Tennessee Rock 'n' Roll - Boyd Bennett 31. Rock A Chick A - Warner Mack 32. Don't Treat Me This Way - Dale Hawkins 33. Come On Over Rover - Glenn Mooney 34. Mary Lou - Ted Daigle 35. Slow Down - Larry Williams

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THE KAC-TIES "The Kac-Ties Greatest Hits"

The early-1960s Brooklyn, New York, doo-wop group the Kac-Ties parlayed a couple of battle-of-the-bands wins into a successful regional recording career. Featuring many of the recordings the group made for the Brooklyn-based Kape label, this collection includes the classic doo-wop rocker “Girl in My Heart” and the ballad “Let Your Love Light Shine,” as well as choice bonus a cappella ‘60s recordings of “What Did I Do Wrong” and “Walking in the Rain” that still retain their fragile beauty decades later. (Allmusic)

trax:

01 Girl In My Heart 02 Let Your Love Shine 03 Oh What A Night 04 Happy Birthday 05 Mr. Were Wolf 06 Walin' In The Rain 07 Until We Two Are One 08 Smile (Baby) 09 Too Proud To Let You Know 10 Say You Love Me 11 Let Me In Your Life 12 Donald Duck 13 Crowd With The Phony Tattoo 14 Back To The Beach 15 Over The Rainbow (Acappella) 16 What Did I Do Wrong (Acappella) 17 The Rest Of My Life (Acappella) 18 Walkin' In The Rain (Acappella) 19 I've Got To Learn To Twist (Acappella) 20 Island Of Love (Acappella)

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John Lee Hooker "Graveyard Blues" (1992) Recorded in Detroit between November 1948 and April 1950.

At the beginning of his career, Hooker's sides were leased to several different labels. This 20-song anthology of material from the late '40s and early '50s was originally released on the Sensation and Specialty labels; while the track listings indicate a timespan of 1948-50, the liner notes say that much of it was recorded in 1954. Doesn't anyone proofread these things? Anyway, this was mostly recorded solo, and boasts his characteristic spooky electric minimalist boogie sound. The Legendary Modern Recordings, covering the same era, is a better place to start for this kind of thing due to its stronger content. If you want more of the same, though, this (and Capitol's Alternative Boogie) is the next stop. -- Richie Unterberger, AllMusic (4/5 stars)

trax:

1. War Is over (Goodbye California) 2. Henry's Swing Club (alt. take of Boogie Chillen) 3. Alberta 4. Hastings Street Boogie (instrumental, alt. take of Hoogie Boogie) 5. Build Myself a Cave 6. Momma Poppa Boogie 7. Graveyard Blues 8. Burnin' Hell 9. Sailing Blues 10. Black Cat Blues 11. Miss Sadie Mae 12. Canal Street Blues 13. Huckle up Baby 14. Goin' Down Highway 51 (a.k.a. Goin' on Highway 51) 15. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On (a.k.a. Sail On Little Girl) 16. Alberta (Part 2) 17. My Baby's Got Something 18. Boogie Chillen #2 (a.k.a. I Gotta Be Comin' Back) 19. 21 Boogie (alt. take of Boogie Chillen #2) 20. Rollin' Blues (alt. take of Roll 'n' Roll)

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"HOT JIVE" - Vol 1

Great collection of dance oriented R&B and rock ’n’ roll. Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public as 'Jive' in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance.

more info on jive:

http://www.modernjive.com/history/history2.html

trax:

1. Drum Boogie - Thorsten & Gene 2. Boogie Oogie - Larry Darnell 3. Jumpin' Jack - The Three Riffs 4. Takin' The Trains Out - Lola Dee 5. Cool Baby - Charlie Gracie 6. Black Slacks - The Sparkletones 7. Something I Said - Lew Willams 8. King Cry Baby - James Intveld 9. The Cat - The Stargazers 10. Sally Was A Good Good Girl - Fats Domino 11. Penny, Nickle, Dime, Quarter - Bob Crewe 12. Down The Road A Piece - Merrill Moore 13. I'm On Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 14. Justine - Don & Dewey 15. Maybelline - Johnny Rivers 16. 2 X 9 - Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater 17. Beverly Hills Boogie - Bobby "Fats" Mizzell 18. Lipstick, Powder & Paint - Big Joe Turner 19. So Long, Good Luck & Goodbye - Weldon Rogers 20. Country Boy - Billy Lamont 21. I Thought I Told You Not To Tell Him - Maria Knight 22. Cool It Baby - The Treniers 23. Long Time No Love - Ronny Smith 24. Wiggie Waggie Woo - The Cadets 25. Pretty Baby - The Vibes 26. My Boy Flat Top - Dorothy Collins 27. Bad Bad Boy - Bobby Lollar 28. She Can Rock - Little Ike 29. Beat Me Daddy - Ella Fitzgerald 30. No Hoo Hoo - The Del-Vikings

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"Mo Betta'" - St. Louis R&B 1956-1966

Great collection of St. Louis R&B and Blues - some real rockin' stuff here!trax:

1. Peg Leg Woman - Willlie King 2. Mistreating Me - Willlie King 3. Rock & Roll Deacon - Screamin' Joe Neal 4. Tell Me Pretty Baby - Screamin' Joe Neal 5. East St. Louis - Little Aaron 6. My Baby - Little Aaron 7. Teach Me How - Johnny Williams Lee 8. St. Louis Sunset Twist - Benny Sharp 9. My Baby Has Gone - Little Miss Jesse 10. She's My Baby - Screamin' Joe Neal 11. Don't Quit Me Baby - Screamin' Joe Neal 12. Nona Baby - Johnny Williams Lee 13. Look Out Pretty Baby - Johnny Williams Lee 14. Fishtail - The Earthworms 15. My Baby Don't Need Changing - The Kinglets 16. Pretty Please - The Kinglets 17. Tell Me Why - The Rockers 18. Condition Your Heart - Little Herbert & The Arabians 19. Rumblin' Tumblin' Baby - The Emeralds 20. Wham Slam Bam - Fred Green 21. My Love - Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm 22. That's All I Need - Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm 23. It's Alright - Art Lassiter 24. Eastside Blues - Oliver Sain 25. Workin' Again - Robert Smith

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John Lee Hooker "Everybody's Blues" 1993 Recorded 1950-54

Original sessions made for Bernie Besman's Sensation Records in Detroit between 1950 and '54, Everybody's Blues is the follow-up volume to the earlier John Lee Hooker Specialty album Graveyard Blues. Featuring one of the greatest blues singers ever, either in the company of a small band or alone with his guitar, the songs include I'm Mad plus 19 other early but crucial blues cuts.John Lee Hooker reissues abound, as might be expected of a singer and guitarist who's recorded hundreds of songs for countless labels since the late '40s. What makes the 20 tracks on Everybody's Blues different from the mountain of other Hooker material available is the fact that seven of them are newly issued, and most were done in the studio with Hooker wailing and accompanying himself on guitar minus any backing chorus or production armada. Even the cuts with a supporting combo are animated and loose, with the vocal trademarks that are now established Hooker cliches sounding fresh and genuine. --Ron Wynn, AllMusic (3/5 stars)

trax:

1. Do My Baby Think Of Me 2. Three Long Years Today 3. Strike Blues 4. Grinder Man 5. Walkin' This Highway 6. Four Women In My Life (a.k.a. Women in My Life) 7. I Need Lovin' (Alt. take of Tease Me Baby) 8. Find Me A Woman (a.k.a. Reach My Goal) 9. I'm Mad 10. I Been Done So Wrong 11. Boogie Rambler 12. I Keep The Blues 13. No More Doggin' (a.k.a. No More Foolin') 14. Everybody's Blues 15. Anybody's Blues (I Love You Baby) (Alt. take of Everybody's Blues) 16. Locked Up In Jail (a.k.a. Prison Blues) 17. Nothin' But Trouble (Don't Take Your Wife's Family In) 18. I Need Love So Bad 19. Don't Trust Nobody (a.k.a. I Had a Good Girl) 20. Odds Against Me (a.k.a. Backbiters and Syndicators)

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"Rockin' On Acorn-Regent" Vol. 1 Blues - R&B - Gospel

A smorgasborg of post war sounds with killer guitar, moaning riffs and soulful sanctification!!!... PASS THE JIBLETS!!!!!...First in another great new series from Official - this time devoted to recordings made for the Savoy subsidiaries Acorn & Regent in the late 40s and early 50s. An excellent collection of jump blues, R&B and some gospel. The set starts off in fine form with the Louis Jordan flavored Killer Diller from singer/ drummer Gen Coy and his Killer Dillers. Then we have the first of two sides by powerful blues singer Old Man Mose (Mickey Champion) accompanied by The Johnny Otis Orch. with some nice guitar from Pete Lewis. Otis & his band recorded prolifically for Savoy and its subsidiaries and is also featured accompanying tough blues shouter Redd Lyte and the more mellow Mel Walker. "Fat Man" Robinson is another powerful blues shouter and does a fine Bye, Bye Roberta. On the gospel side we have the excellent singer/ guitarist Mary Deloatch with three fine songs accompanied by a male vocal quartet. Her alter ego Marylyn Scott is featured on the fine jump blues Straighten Him Out. Other artists include The Dimples Harris Trio, Hal Singer with Sir Charles Thompson Orch., the wonderfully named Sirloin Burg (a honking sax extravaganza), Johnny Crawford & Orch., The Beale Street Gang, The Patterson Singers and others. Sound quality is excellent and booklet has discographical data which seems to be drawn from an older version of the Blues Dioscography but a minor quibble on this excellent collection (FS) (Roots & Rhythm)

trax:

1. killer diller - Gene Coy & His Killer Dillers 2. kipp's blues - Old Man Mose 3. call me daddy - Dimples Harris Trio 4. i'll ride on a cloud with my lord - Mary DeLoatch & Her Guitar 5. bye, bye, roberta - "Fat Man" Robinson 6. jiblets - Hal Singer w/Sir Charles Thompson Orchestra 7. little red hen - Johnny Otis Orchestra 8. sorry woman blues - Danny Boy Cobbs w/Lucky Thompson Orchestra 9. going to canaan - Patterson Singers feat. Doretha Everett 10. straighten him out - Marylyn Scott 11. rockin' blues - Johnny Otis Orch. (vcl. Mel Walker) 12. the rockabye - Sirloin Burg & Orchestra 13. too late blues - Big John & His Orchestra 14. sawbuck - Johnny Crawford & His Orchestra 15. got it at the savoy - Al Cooper & His Original Savoy Sultans 16. bread and gravy - Martha Davis 17. the new gospel street - Mary DeLoatch 18. going to see my baby - Johnny Otis Orch. (vcl. Redd Lyte) 19. teddy bear - Beale Street Gang 20. another woman's man - Marylyn Scott 21. christ is coming - Patterson Singers 22. strange woman - Mel Walker w/The Johnny Otis Orch. 23. atlanta boogie - Tommy Brown & Orch. 24. matchbox blues - Old Man Mose 25. red cap shuffle - Johnny Crawford & His Orchestra 26. our father loves his son - Mary DeLoatch & Her Guitar 27. my heart tells me - Johnny Otis Orch. (vcl. Mel Walker)

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Big Joe Turner "Joe Turner Blues" 1996

Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." Although he had his greatest fame during the 1950s with his rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Turner's career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s. Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, with the Hall lauding him as "the brawny voiced 'Boss of the Blues'".

[read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Joe_Turner]

trax:

01 - Goin' Away Blues 02 - Roll 'Em Pete 03 - Baby Look At You 04 - Lovin' Mama Blues 05 - Cafe Society Rag 06 - How Long, How Long Blues 07 - Joe Turner Blues 08 - Beale Street Blues 09 - Wee Baby Blues 10 - Last Goodbye Blues 11 - Lucille 12 - Rock Me, Mama 13 - Corrine Corrina 14 - Lonesome Graveyard Blues

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"Blues & Gospel Kings" Vol. 1 (1945-50)

King Records presents "Blues & Gospel Kings Vol. 1," a 24-track collection of 1945-50 recordings from this pioneering label.24 tracks, 68 mins, recommended Collection of rare and often unreissued jump blues, black pop and gospel tracks recorded for the King label between 1945 and 1950. The tracks includes recording licensed from Detroit entrepreneur Joe Von Battle by bandleader King Porter and by superb singer/ piano player Detroit Count (who plays piano on the Porter sides). From Detroit's Staff label comes night club style vocalist Bobbe Caston. There's some blues shouting from Robie Kirk, ex Count Basie vocalist Walter Brown, Joe Thomas (three tracks including the great Lavender Cadillac and the drab instrumental Star Mist). Cliff Butler has the tough blues Gold Diggin' Baby and the pop ballad When You Love. On the gospel side we have The Jubileers with some fine acapella gospel and some dull pop flavored items, Paul Breckenridge & The Four Heavenly Knights, The Swan Silvertones and Spirit Of Memphis - the latter are magnificent but have been out before. In general this collection is a mixed bag with some really good sides along with a small amount of rather average material. Sound is generally excellent and booklet has discographical data but no notes. (FS) (Roots and Rhythm)

trax:

1. King Porter Special - King Porter & His Orch. 2. Where Is Your Husband At? - Robie Kirk & His Orch. 3. I'm A Liar If I Say I Don't - Walter Brown & Skip Hall's Orch. 4. God Almighty's Gonna Cut You Down - The Jubalaires 5. Lavender Coffin - Joe Thomas - His Sax & Orch. 6. Gold Diggin' Baby - Cliff Butler 7. Hastings Street Woogie Man - The Detroit Count 8. Rock-A-Ma-Soul - Paul Breckenridge & The Four Heavenly Knights 9. Call Me Darling - Bobbe Caston 10. Icky Yacki - The Jubalaires 11. You're Gonna Make A Wonderful Sweetheart - The Jubalaires 12. Vout Boogie - Slim Galliard & His Boogiereeners 13. I Done Made It Up In My Mind - Swan's Silvertone Singers 14. Star Mist - Joe Thomas & His Sax & Orch. 15. Applejack Boogie - George Hudson & His Modern Music 16. When You Love (You Should Love From The Heart) - Cliff Butler 17. Baby, You've Been Wrong - Henry Glover & His Kings Of Swing 18. She's Gone - Harold Tinsley 19. Bar Fly - King Porter & His Orch. 20. Backstage At The Apollo - Joe Thomas - His Sax & Orch. 21. Morning Blues - Tubby "Tab" Smith & His Orch. 22. Blessed Are The Dead - The Spirit Of memphis Quartet 23. Crying Blues - Cliff Butler 24. Lonesome Road - Paul Breckenridge & The Four Heavenly Knights

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Pinetop Perkins "Pinetop Perkins And Friends" 2008

These superstar guest "friends" affairs can get awfully tiresome, but this one is better than most. It was recorded over a two and a half year period when the irrepressible Chicago blues and boogie pianist was 92-94 years old, yet he seems decades younger. The songs are generally Chicago blues standards such as "Got My Mojo Working," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Look on Yonders Wall" and, Lord help us, "Sweet Home Chicago." Still, if anyone has earned the right to give these chestnuts another go-round it's Perkins. Even though he's played nearly all of them thousands of times, he's as enthusiastic and invigorated as if he'd just written these well-worn classics. The piano man is spry on the 88s, tinkling the ivories like he's half his age, especially on the jaunty "Take it Easy Baby," the lively opener. Even though producer Doug B. Nelson overdubbed many of the higher profile parts, the set sounds open and natural, avoiding the stiffness that usually results with projects such as this. Only Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan, and B.B. King can be considered major stars with the rest of the "friends" lesser known blues stalwarts such as singer Nora Jean Brusco and bassist Willie Kent (Kent passed before this disc was finally released in June, 2008). Thankfully Perkins is in such bracing form that except for King, who trades quips with him on "Down in Mississippi," nobody overwhelms or even steals the spotlight from the album's star. On the slow blues "Anna Lee," Perkins sounds positively lascivious, but in a charming, non-threatening way. He's also inspired by "Hoochie Coochie Man," with Vaughan assisting, laughing at the end like a child. Hotshot slide guitarist Eric Sardinas redeems himself for his own over the top albums with zippy work here on "Barefootin'" and especially "Mojo..." Pinetop is so loose, upbeat, and cheerful for these sessions, you'd think he had another 94 years left in him. --Hal Horowitz, AllMusic (3,5/5 stars)trax:

1. Take It Easy Baby 2. Got My Mojo Working 3. Down In The Mississppi 4. How Long Blues/Come Back Baby 5. Hoochie Coochie Man 6. Barefootin' 7. Look On Yonders Wall 8. Anna Lee 9. Sweet Home Chicago 10. Bad Luck Baby

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"THE BEST OF ALLSTAR RECORDS" (Houston, Texas)

Great and rare collection of rockabilly and country recorded between 1953 - 1964 from this Houston, Texas label.trax:

1. johnny on the spot - Red Mansel 2. rock on the moon - Daniel James 3. you locked up my heart - The Gay Brothers 4. the love that thrills - Earl Aycock 5. paper boy boogie (acetate) - Tommy Trent 6. come to the party - Johnny Watson 7. too hot to handle - Eddie Noack 8. your kind of love - Johnny Bush 9. my only one - Red Mansel 10. i'm gonna move - Daniel James 11. just for tonight - Tommy Trent 12. when i'm gone - Jerry Jericho 13. a mile to the mailbox - Tommy Trent 14. think of her now - Eddie Noack 15. big mamou - Link Davis 16. walked out - Larry Butler 17. what is it - Kenny Everett 18. tell her - Eddie Noack 19. bon-ta-ru-la - Link Davis 20. deejay swing - Don Chathey 21. zackly like you - Larry Butler 22. one more chance - Hank Mizell & Jim Bobo 23. chaperoned by a memory - Eddie Noack 24. we are the only ones - Eddie Noack 25. when the bright lights grow dim - Eddie Noack

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Pinetop Perkins "Hot Blues From A Cold Place" (Live) 1991

Pinetop Perkins is one of the last of the great Mississippi Bluesmen still performing today. He began playing Blues around 1927 and is a certified piano playing legend. He can unequivocally be classified in the same category as B.B. King, Willie Dixon and John Lee Hooker as one of the true pioneers of the Delta-to-Chicago Blues genre.
'Hot Blues From A Cold Place', is a live-in-the-studio album recorded by Pinetop Perkins in 1991, in Reykjavik, Iceland – of all places. The pianist is as delightful and effervescent as ever on this live/studio outing. The album is an interesting collaboration of cultures. The Icelandic musicians provide an energetic and respectful backdrop for the legendary pianist. Thankfully they do not attempt to duplicate the Chicago Blues sound, but they are brilliantly supportive while projecting their own cultural depth and feelings. Some of the tracks are live and the audience's enthusiasm shines through nicely. Chicago Beau’s harmonica work is at its most effective on 'Got My Mojo Workin'' and 'Just Keep on Drinking'.trax:

1. Look On Yonder Wall 2. Whiskey-Headed Woman 3. For You My Love 4. Just Keep On Drinking 5. Hi-Heel Sneakers 6. Got My Mojo Working 7. Kidney Stew Blues 8. Sunnyland Slim 9. Merry Christmas Baby

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Hallo, will auch mal wieder einen kleinen Beitrag leisten.

Um meinem Nickname etwas Tribut zu zollen sind diesmal auch einige DooWop Scheiben dabei. Enjoy the music. Beste Grüße - DooWopDaddyO

THE CAREFREE WAY TO TRAVEL TODAY! (WILDCAT RECORDS WCR 205)trax:
1. Taking The Trains Out - Lola Dee 2. Rock & Roll Train - Dorothy Collins 3. Harpsi Boogie - Bill Snyder 4. Bip Bop Bip - Pretty Boy
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COOL AND CRAZY - CHICKEN CHICKEN (GENEVA RECORDS GVEP 103)trax:
1. Chicken Chicken - The Hilltoppers 2. Who's Gonna Take You To The Prom - The Classmates 3. Tippety Top - Snooky Lanson 4. If The Shoes Fits - Dean Kelly
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THE ROCKIN' R'S - CRAZY BABY (NORTON RECORDS ED-205 - 1988)trax:
01 Crazy Baby 02 Long Tall Sally 03 Mustang 04 Mean Woman Blues 05 You Send Me 06 Bye Bye Love 07 Heat 08 Nameless 09 Gonna Snatch Me A Satellite 10 Ready Teddy 11 Ron's Raunch 12 Sweet Little Sixteen 13 Come On Over 14 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 15 The Beat
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KOOL CAD' & THE TAILFINS - LIFE COULD BE A DREAM (EULENSPIEGEL RECORDS EL-LP 1004)trax:
01 Life Could Be A Dream 02 Runaround Sue 03 She's So Fine 04 Get A Job 05 A Lover's Question 06 Rock'n'Roll Is Here To Stay 07 Remember Then 08 Chapel Of Dreams 09 Splish Splash 10 In The Still Of The Night 11 Blue Moon 12 Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goognight
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GREAT ROCKABILLY SHOWDOWN - LIVE AT DRÖHNLAND BALLROOM, NÜRNBERG, GERMANY (CUPPAMORE RECORDS 13 - 1989)trax:
1. Honey Hush - The Hot Rod Gang 2. Rawhide - The Hot Rod Gang 3. She'll Soon Be Gone - The Hot Rod Gang 4. Son Of A Bitch - The Hot Rod Gang 5. Baby Please Don't Go - The Hot Rod Gang 6. Blue Suede Shoes - All Star Session 7. Baby Blue Eyes - The Ringlets Trio 8. Mambo Rock - The Ringlets Trio 9. Standing In The Outside - The Ringlets Trio 10. Pink And Black - The Ringlets Trio 11. Train - The Ringlets Trio 12. Boppin' The Blues - All Star Session
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THE FIVE SATINS - GREATEST HITS (EMBER RECORDS 5008)trax:
01 In The Still Of The Nite 02 The Jones Girl 03 Oh Happy Day 04 Again 05 A Million To One 06 Senorita Lolita 07 Shadows 08 Paradise On Earth 09 When Your Love Comes Along 10 Wonderful Girl 11 Weeping Willow 12 Our Love Is Forever 13 Love With No Love In Return 14 A Nite To Remember 15 Toni My Love 16 The Time 17 Zippity Doo 18 All Mine
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AMIGA EP 450 443trax:
1. Motorbiene - Benny Quick 2. Alte Liebe rostet nicht - Connie Francis 3. Teeny - Drafi Deutscher 4. Ich trinke nie mehr - Alexander Curley
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HOWIE CASEY & THE SENIORS (FONTANA 267 290 TF)trax:
01 The Boll Weavil Song 02 Bony Moronie
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HASIL 'HAZE' ADKINS - THE ONE MAN BAND (DEE-JAY JAMBOREE 45-126)trax:
01 She Said 02 Truley Ruley
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The Golden Era Of Doo-Wops - The Groups Of Relic Recordstrax:
1. I Love You - Four Most 2. Unfaithful - Quinns 3. Whatcha Know New - Unique Teens 4. Our Love Is A Vow - Levees 5. Can't You See - Newtones 6. Can I Come Over Tonight - Velours 7. Hey Boy - Illusions 8. Love Only One - Teenos 9. Forgotten Spring - Martels 10. My Dear - Starlarks 11. The Breeze And I - Four Most 12. Darla, My Darlin' - Academics 13. My Memories Of You - Harptones 14. Baby Doll - Excels 15. Lonely Soilder - Illusions 16. Who Stole The Cookies - Qiunns 17. I Pray For Love - Moonglows 18. Va Va Voom - Martels 19. Your Way - Zircons 20. Run Fast - Unique Teens 21. Come On - Newtones 22. Walkie Talkie Baby - Levees 23. Heavenly Father - Starlarks 24. At My Front Door - Academics 25. Don't Say Goodbye - Kents
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The Golden Era Of Doo-Wops - The Groups Of Vita Recordstrax:
1. Valley Of Love - Chavelles 2. Sindy - Squires 3. Lips Red As Wine - Colts 4. S-Cadillac - Squires 5. Venus - Squires 6. Adorable - Colts 7. Rhythm & Blues - Titans 8. Me And My Deal - Squires 9. Hey You, Shoo Bee Ooh Be - Colts 10. Sweet Girl - Squires 11. Red Tape - Chavelles 12. Sweet Sixteen - Colts 13. So Hard To Laugh - Titans 14. Do Be Oo Be Wop Wop - Squires 15. Never No More - Colts 16. A Breath Of Air - Squires 17. Look What You're Doin' - Titans 18. Heavenly Angel - Squires 19. Honey Bun - Colts 20. Venus (alt) - Squires 21. Rhythm & Blues (alt) - Titans 22. Kwella - Colts 23. So Hard To Laugh (alt) - Titans 24. Valley Of Love (alt) - Chavelles
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A Tribute To Eddie Cochran - He's Somethin' Else!trax:
1. Little Lou - Odd Sons 2. Half Loved - Darrel Higham 3. I Remember - Admiral James T 4. Completely Sweet - Bambi Cases 5. I've Waited So Long - Transmartha 6. Drive-in Show - Star Five 7. C'mon Everybody - The Neutral Zone 8. Nervous Breakdown - Hukedicht 9. Candy Kisses - Buffalo Ballet 10. Cherished Memories - De Lorain's Stray Bullets 11. Shotgun Wedding Theme - Men From SPECTRE 12. Cotton Picker - Darrel Higham 13. Boll Weevil Song - John Lenin 14. Tell Me Why - Star Five 15. Cut Across Shorty - The Peacocks 16. Your Tomorrows Never Come - Admiral James F 17. Guilty Conscience - Aad Hollander Trio From Hell 18. Ah, Pretty Girl - Ray Garland 19. Dobro Breaks - Horsefly & Peggy Sue 20. Am I Blue - De Lorain's Stray Bullets 21. Dont't Bye Bye Baby Me - The Meat Recipes 22. Country Jam - The Magnatones 23. Love Again - Admiral James F 24. Something Else - Neutral Zone
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Night Nursetrax:

01 Where Shadows Go 02 Obsession 03 Mean Old Low Down Dirty Bastard 04 Cursed 05 Deep Sleep 06 Leathal Romance 07 Beauty Box 08 Mad Man Blows The Fuse 09 You Took Poison 10 Teenage Kaliman 11 Nude Girls Live Shows Take Away Babes 12 So Long Gone

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"HAWAII ROCK ’N’ ROLL" Bertram International Label

Great collection of rock ’n’ roll & rockabilly from this Hawaii based label.trax:

1. hey baby - Bill Lawrence 2. bye bye love - The Cousins 3. chicka chicka honey (alt) - Robin Luke 4. you're my baby - Dave Edwards 5. you can't stop me from dreaming - Robin Luke 6. bird dog - The Tilton Sisters 7. susie darlin' (alt. multiple voice) - Robin Luke 8. rock along - Tom Moffatt 9. my girl - Bob Bertram 10. strollin' blues - Robin Luke 11. humpty dumptty heart - Danny Dalton 12. walk right back - The Tilton Sisters 13. that will be the day - Ken & Karol Craig 14. chicka chicka honey - Robin Luke 15. please don't leave me - Bill Lawrence 16. i love you - Mel Calvin & The Kokonuts 17. you can't stop me from dreaming (alt) - Robin Luke 18. rockin' town - The Flames 19. marine's rock - The Lawrence Brothers Combo 20. my mummy - Mel Calvin & The Kokonuts 21. billy boy - Bill Lawrence 22. who's gonna hold your hand - Danny Dalton 23. only a dream romance - The Tilton Sisters 24. walkin' - Danny Dalton 25. silver coin - Ken Craig 26. i dreamed you'd gone - Ken & Karol Craig

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Mississippi John Hurt "The Best of Mississippi John Hurt" (2008) Recorded: 1928

This is at least the third authorized CD release of the 13 songs that Mississippi John Hurt recorded in 1928 for OKeh, which were previously available in the 1980s under license through Yazoo Records as 1928 Sessions, and in the '90s from Sony's Legacy imprint as Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings, produced by Lawrence Cohn (who also produced this CD). Musically The Best of Mississippi John Hurt is identical to Avalon Blues and 1928 Sessions. The main difference between this and the earlier Sony release is the packaging, with the cover art here made to resemble what a Mississippi John Hurt commercial 78 rpm album or early Columbia LP might've looked like. There are also some concise and informative notes from Arthur Levy, which state that this CD is the first collection of this material to be mastered off of original metal parts. The Avalon Blues CD made use of Sonic Solutions' "NoNoise" processing, which is not indicated here, suggesting that while the results are similar in fidelity -- and excellent -- this CD may have a more natural, less heavily processed sound; you'll be hard put to tell the difference in a blind listening test between the two. The listening on either is priceless, however, and you may not mind buying this disc, duplication though it may be, if it will help encourage Sony/BMG to reissue yet more blues. As to the music, it's some of the most gently graceful and powerful blues playing and singing you're likely ever to hear, beautiful and poetic, yet filled with energy and resonating with Hurt's understated yet persuasive personal magnetism and dynamism, in his singing as well as his playing. Whichever edition one hears, it's all worth getting, and spreading around far and wide. --Bruce Eder, AllMusic

trax:

01. Frankie 02. Nobody's Dirty Business 03. Ain't No Tellin' 04. Louis Collins 05. Avalon Blues 06. Big Leg Blues 07. Stack O'Lee 08. Candy Man Blues 09. Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) 10. Blessed Be The Name 11. Praying On The Old Camp Ground 12. Blue Harvest Blues 13. Spike Driver Blues

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THE SAPPHIRES "The Best Of The Sapphires: Who Do You Love"

Exactly what the title says it is, containing all of the singles and B-sides of consequence, as well as key tracks off of the group's one album for Swan. The sound is excellent throughout, and the track selection is extraordinary -- the Sapphires, who were two guys and a girl with sometime backup singers, sang about as sweetly as any Motown group of the era, and had a sound that, if a little stripped-down, was just as sophisticated. Their early records, up through "I Found Out Too Late," have an early-'60s girl-group sound, while their records beginning with "I"ve Got Mine, You Better Get Yours" suddenly start sounding like Motown productions, except that this group was more soulful than the Supremes and fully capable of crossing swords with Martha & the Vandellas. They could also sound like a really soulful version of the Ronettes, but Motown was the most clear and consistent influence by 1964 -- "Baby You've Got Me" is practically their answer to the Temptations' "Get Ready," while "Hearts Are Made to Be Broken" is more sweetly romantic, showing off the more familiar side of the group's sound. And "Slow Fizz" is one of the greatest dance numbers never to find a national audience. Wherever Carol Jackson is, one hopes she has a copy of this CD. (British import) (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)

song samples:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-the-sapphires-mw0000053007

discography

http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/sapphires.htm

Thanks to Big Daddy for the original upload.

trax:

01 Where Is Johnny Now 02 Your True Love 03 Who Do You Love 04 Oh So Soon 05 I Found Out Too Late 06 I've Got Mine You Better Get Yours 07 Where Is Your Heart 08 Gotta Be More Than Friends 09 Wild Child 10 Come On And Love Me 11 Baby You've Got Me 12 Hearts Are Made To Be Broken 13 Let's Break Up For Awhile 14 Our Love Is Everywhere 15 Thank You For Loving Me 16 Gotta Have Your Love 17 Gee I'm Sorry Baby 18 Evil One 19 How Could I Say Goodbye 20 Gonna Be A Big Thing 21 You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You 22 Slow Fizz

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Roky Erickson & the 13th Floor Elevators "The 1966-1967 Unreleased Masters Collection"

A spotty but basically worthwhile three-disc set, Collectables' 1966-1967 Unreleased Masters Collection scours the International Artists vault for previously unreleased songs, alternate takes, rehearsals, and demos of songs that appeared on The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators and Easter Everywhere, and a couple of live cuts for good measure. Its excessive length, coupled with the often-iffy sound and performance quality, makes it hard going for all but the most devout Roky Erickson fanatics; it's definitely best to be sampled no more than a disc at a time, and even then, judicious use of the forward skip button helps a lot. Most of the alternate takes sound pretty similar to the official releases, and the rehearsals are as shambolic as one would expect, especially the three falling-apart attempts at an early blues-based version of what would eventually be released as the faster, punkier "She's Got Levitation." On the positive side, the demos often feature interesting early drafts of the lyrics, and the fairly straightforward versions of folk-rock standards like "Chimes of Freedom" and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" show where the band was originally coming from. This set is strictly for the hardcore, but it's much better than most of the collections of Erickson ephemera out there. -- Stewart Mason, AllMusictrax disc 1:

01. Dust 02. You Don't Know (How Young You Are) 03. Thru the Rhythm 04. Roller Coaster 05. Monkey Island 06. Fire Engine 07. Tried to Hide 08. Fire in My Bones 09. Don't Fall Down 10. You're Gonna Miss Me 11. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own) 12. I've Got Levitation 13. Reverberation 14. Roller Coaster 15. Don't Fall Down 16. You Don't Know (How Young You Are) 17. Levitation Blues [Take #1] 18. Levitation Blues [Take #2]

1 - Previously Unreleased Alternate Take From 1967

2-9 - Previously Unreleased Alternate Mixes From 1966

10-14 - Previously Unreleased Masters Of The 13th Floor Elevators With John Ike Walton On Vocals (!!!)

15-18 - Previously Unreleased Backing Tracks And Rehearsals From "The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators"

trax disc 2:

01. Levitation 02. Roller Coaster 03. Fire Engine 04. Reverberation (Doubt) 05. Don't Fall Down 06. Tried To Hide 07. Splash 1 08. You're Gonna Miss Me 09. Monkey Island 10. Kingdom of Heaven 11. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)

Previously Unreleased Master Mix Of The 13th Floor Elevators Live At La Maison In Houston, Texas - 1967

trax disc 3:

01. The Ballad Of Hattie Carrol 02. The Chimes Of Freedom 03. Catch The Wind 04. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 05. Colors 06. Honey, Give Me One More Chance 07. One Too Many Mornings 08. I'll Sing For You 09. Lay Down Your Weary Time 10. I'm Gonna Free Her 11. Bermuda 12. Splash 1 13. May The Circle Remain Unbroken 14. The Right Track Now 15. For Brian Jones

1-9 - Previously Unreleased Roky Erickson Versions Of Songs By Bob Dylan And Donovan Leitch - 1988

10-15 - Previously Unreleased Acoustic Roky Erickson Tracks - 1975

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