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BLUES & GOSPEL
| VARIOUS ARTISTS | King 668 | Battle Of The Blues Vol. 4 | ● CD $9.98 |
| Reissue of King 668 from 1959 featuring Eddie Cleanhead
Vinson, Roy Brown & Wynonie Harris. Cleanhead joins the fray on 6
1950-52 King sides with such esteemed sidemen as Charlie Rouse, Buddy Tate
& Tyree Glenn - Baldheaded Blues/ Good Bread Alley , etc.
Wynonie & Roy are heard on 3 each including Wynonie's Grandma Plays
The Numbers with a horn section of Cat Anderson, Cornbread Singer
& Floorshow Culley, plus Roy's classic Queen Of Diamonds (GM) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Collectables 5314 | Big Band Blues | ● CD $11.98 |
| CD issue of Krazy Kat 814. 14 tunes from the Gotham vaults
recorded in the early 50's. Mostly Jimmy Rushing and Ernie Fields, with a
cut by J.B. Summers and 3 by Tiny Tim (no, not that one!). Rushing does Lotsa
Poppa/ Fool's Blues plus 3. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Collectables 5308 | Brown Gal | ● CD $11.98 |
| CD issue of Krazy Kat 808. This volume of Gotham masters
features female boogie pianists. The first 6 tracks feature Miltone
recordings from 1946 by Roy Milton & His Solid Senders with Camille
Howard on piano and a few vocals. The credits are as originally issued, so
Camille's name is only on the When I Grow Too Old To Dream/ Sometimes
I'm Happy coupling, though Roy sings the 1st and Jimmy Grissom the 2nd
one. Also includes Milton's re-recordings of RM Blues & Milton's
Boogie , plus Camille's own vocals on Mr. Fine/ Groovy Blues/ If I
Had You . Lil Hardin Armstrong, Louis's wife and pianist during the
20s, is heard on fine R & B sides from 1950 with unknown backing
featuring a fine bluesy guitar. The title tune was later a hit for The
Jive Bombers as Bad Boy , plus this inc. previously unissued takes
of Baby Daddy & Rock It . Finally there's 2 fine boogie
instrumentals from Donnegan. (GM) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Delmark 684 | Don't You Feel My Leg | ● CD $14.98 |
| 18 tracks, 50 mins, recommended This CD features the Appollo
label's female blues singers. Blu Lu Barker is the star with nine cuts
credited to her while we also get to hear Wea Bea Booze and Baby Dee.
Barker's songs were recorded in 1946 with the Danny Barker Sextette (Danny
is a great jazz guitarist and Blu Lu's husband) and they have a
sophisticated swing to them. Wea Bea and Baby Dee are slightly more
raucous, but this release exemplifies the transition from the large bands
and dance music of the early 40's to the smaller more rockin' music that
was on the horizon. (RS) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Specialty 7065 | Jumpin' & Jivin' | ● CD $14.98 |
| 25 tracks, 65 min., recommended An all uptempo collection of
that post-World War II combination of jazz and blues known variously as
"jive" and "jump." Producer Billy Vera has deftly
combined West and East Coast styles here, derived from the Specialty and
Prestige labels, to produce a particulary solid collection, designed, one
presumes, to illustrate the liner note definitions of those terms.
Selections include Something's Goin' on in My Room by Daddy
Cleanhead, Lucy Brown by Duke Henderson, Mad Lad Returns by
Leo Parker, When the Rooster Crows by the great Joe Turner, Red
Top by King Pleasure, Ida Red by Amos Easton (Bumble Bee Slim),
Wine Woogie by Marvin Phillips, I Must Have Been an Ugly Baby
by King Perry, and Hole in the Wall by Floyd Dixon. Great music, to
be sure, recorded between 1947 and 1955, and offered here with great sound
quality and worthwhile liner notes. (DH) THE NELSON ALEXANDER TRIO: Drink Up, Light Up/ JOE CARROLL: Got A Penny, Benny?/ DADDY CLEANHEAD: Something's Goin' On In My Room/ EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS: Squattin'/ FLOYD DIXON: Hole In The Wall/ AMOS EASTON (BUMBLE BEE SLIM): Ida Red/ Sometimes/ Tiny's Boogie/ RUDY FERGUSON: Cool Goofin'/ DUKE HENDERSON: Lucy Brown/ EDDIE JEFFERSON: Stop Talkin', Start Walkin'/ JIMMY LIGGINS: Hep Cat Boogie/ ROY MILTON: Baby, Don't Do That To Me/ Baby, You Don't Know/ Gonna Leave You Baby/ If You Don't Know/ Make Me Know It/ Tell It Like It Is/ LEO PARKER: Mad Lad Returns/ KING PERRY: I Must Have Been An Ugly Baby/ MARVIN PHILLIPS: Wine Woogie/ KING PLEASURE: Moody's Mood For Love/ Red Top/ ANNIE ROSS: Twisted/ JOE TURNER: I Want My Baby (When The Rooster Crows) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Flyright 49 | Let's Ball Tonight | ● CD $16.98 |
| Despite its title, this CD is not another collection of
double entendres, although Why Don't You Eat It does fit rather
snugly into that pigeonhole. Instead, this set contains assorted late
40's/ early 50's R&B from the Gotham label. The cuts are of varying
quality and style, reflecting the transitional period when post-war
R&B moved away from the big band sound. Half are previously
unreleased, including The Jones Boys' Night Train, Lavoyde Nixon's Brewster
St. and 3 by the talented and obscure Rhythm Rockers, among others.
Well knowns like Tiny Grimes and Earl Bostic show up too. Surprisingly
good, considering these songs are taken from the bottom of Gotham's well,
though uneven is also a fair description. 23 tracks. (JC) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bear Family BCD 15864 | Nashville Jumps: Blues & Rhythm On Nashville's Independent Labels | ● CD $189.98 |
| 7 music CDs (plus one CD of interviews), 196 tracks, almost
9 hours, highly recommended (if you can afford it! Amazing eight CD set
that has been in preparation for many years featuring an overview of the
blues and R&B recordings made by some of the independent labels active
around Nashville in the 40s and early 50s including Bullet, Republic,
Excello, Nashboro, Dot and a some tiny labels that only issued a couple of
releases. It includes B.B. King's first four sides for Bullet plus sides
from Cecil Gant, Wynonie Harris, Christine Kittrell, Smokey Hogg, Big Joe
Williams, Rufus Thomas (one of his first recordings issued under the name
"Mr. Swing"!), Walter Davis, Eddie "Guitar Slim"
Jones, Louis Brooks, Julius King, Bernard Hardison (the original version
of Too Much later recorded by Elvis), The Fat Man With Sunnyland
Slim, Shy Guy Douglas, Arthur Gunter, Earl Gaines and many, many more. The
emphasis is on jump and urban blues but there are also a few superb
country blues from Julius King and Big Joe Williams and the magnificent
pre-war bluesman Walter Davis is featured on several brilliant
performances. The 8th CD has interviews with Jim Bulleit, Christine
Kittrell & Hutch Carlock. The sound quality is unbelievable,
particularly considering how bad many Bullet 78s sounded. Comes with a 272
page book, clocking in at four pounds (!) with an overview of the
Nashville music scene of the period, a 32 page listing of all releases on
all the independent labels active in Nashville during the period covered
by the set and a discussion of every single track. There are hundreds of
great and rare photos including pictures of the label of almost every
track represented, artist photos, newspaper cuttings, posters,
advertisements and other memorabilia.
DON Q AND HIS Q TONES: Baby I Don‘t Need You Now/ Private Property Blues/ RICHARD ARMSTRONG: Gene Nobles‘ Boogie/ LITTLE MAXIE BAILEY: Brownskin Woman Blues/ My Baby‘s Blues/ MAX BLUES BAILEY: Delinquency Blues/ Rocking The Blues/ Sting-a-ree/ GOOD ROCKING BEASLEY: Happy Go Lucky/ THE BIG THREE TRIO: Appetite Blues/ Don‘t Let That Music Die/ Get Up Those Stairs Mademoiselle/ Goodbye Mr. Blues/ Signifying Monkey/ Till The Day I Die/ Why Do You Do Me Like You Do/ You Sure Look Good To Me/ LARRY BIRDSONG: Pleadin‘ For Love/ THE BLUE FLAMERS: Driving Down The Highway/ Watch On/ THE BLUE JACKS: Late Night Blues/ THE BLUES ROCKERS: Johnny Mae/ DUSTY BROOKS: Chili-dogs/ LOUIS BROOKS: Almost Boogie/ Bus Station Blues/ Keep Pushing/ Wine Hangover/ TOMMY BROOKS: If You Love Me Baby/ Steam Pressing Woman/ LOUIS BROOKS WITH EARL GAINES: It‘s Love Baby/ BEULAH BRYANT: What Am I Gonna Do/ RED CALHOUN: Here Comes The Man With The Gin/ LOUIS CAMPBELL: Gotta Have You Baby/ The Natural Facts/ TUCKER COLES: Don‘t Get Excited/ House Rockers Jamboree/ T C Blues/ JACK COOLEY: Dyna-flow/ Hear My Story/ It‘s So Fine/ Tom Tom Boogie/ GAY CROSSE: Easy Rockin‘/ G.c. Rock/ No Better For You/ Tired Of Being Shoved Around/ WALTER DAVIS: I Just Can‘t Help It/ Lonely Nights/ Move Back To The Woods/ You‘ve Gotta Reap What You Sow/ THE DIXIE DOODLERS: Best Of Friends/ She Was All I Had/ SHY GUY DOUGLAS: Detroit Arrow/ I‘m Your Country Man/ New Memphis Blues/ No Place Like Home/ She‘s My Kinda Girl/ Wasted Time/ TOM DOUGLAS: Raid On Cedar Street/ CHARLIE DOWELL ORCHESTRA WITH WILLIE LEE PATTON: Allotment Blues (dear John)/ THE FAT MAN WITH SUNNYLAND SLIM: Glad I Don‘t Worry No More/ You‘ve Gotta Stop This Mess/ HELEN FOSTER: I Got A Big Fat Daddy/ Oop-de-doo/ Somebody Somewhere/ You Belong To Me/ EARL GAINES: Baby Baby What‘s Wrong/ CECIL GANT: Anna Mae/ Another Day Another Dollar/ Boogie Woogie Baby/ Boozie Boogie/ Bullet Boogie/ Cecil‘s Jam Session/ I Ain‘t Gonna Cry No More/ I Believe I‘ll Go Back Home/ I Wonder/ I‘m A Good Man But A Poor Man/ I‘m All Alone Now/ Loose As A Goose/ Nashville Jumps/ Ninth Street Jive/ Sloppy Joe‘s/ So Tired/ Take It And Get/ Three Little Girls/ Train Time/ What‘s The Matter/ You Can‘t Do Me Right/ ROBERT GILL: I Only Had A Little/ GOOD ROCKIN SAM: Don‘t Let Daddy Slow Walk You Down/ RUDY GREEN: My Mumblin‘ Baby/ TUFF GREEN: Let‘s Go To The Liquor Store/ Love My Baby/ RUDY GREEN ORCHESTRA: Buzzard Pie/ Florida Blues/ RUDY GREEN TRIO: Evil Man Blues/ No Good Woman Blues/ ARTHUR GUNTER: Baby Let‘s Play House/ Blues After Hours/ Honey Babe/ No Happy Home/ You Are Doing Me Wrong/ BERNARD HARDISON: Come To Me Baby/ Too Much/ BERNIE HARDISON: Hey Little Girl/ Love Me Baby/ Love You Baby/ Yeah It‘s True/ WYNONIE HARRIS: Dig This Boogie/ Drinkin‘ By Myself/ Lightning Struck The Poor House/ My Baby‘s Barrel House/ SMOKEY HOGG: Hard Times/ J. D. HORTON: Cadillac Blues/ Why Don‘t You Let Me Be/ SLIM HUNT: Lonesome For My Baby/ TED JARRETT: Love Love Love/ SHERMAN JOHNSON: Back Alley Boogie/ Nashville After Midnight/ EDDIE JONES: Certainly All/ Feelin‘ Sad/ B.B. KING: I Got The Blues/ Miss Martha King/ Take A Swing With Me/ When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes/ JULIUS KING: I Want A Slice Of Your Pudding/ If You See My Lover/ Mississippi Boogie/ One O‘clock Boogie/ KID KINGS COMBO: Banana Split/ Gimmick/ Now Listen Baby/ Skip‘s Boogie/ CHRISTINE KITTRELL: Black Cat Crossed My Trail/ Call His Name/ Don‘t Do It/ Every Night Of The Week/ Evil Eyed Woman/ Gotta Stop Loving You/ Heartache Blues/ I Ain‘t Nothing But A Fool/ If You Ain‘t Sure/ I‘ll Help You Baby/ L & N Special/ Leave My Man Alone/ Lord Have Mercy/ Old Man You‘re Slipping/ Sittin‘ Here Drinkin‘/ Sittin‘ Here Drinkin‘ Again/ Slave To Love/ Snake In The Grass/ The Price You Pay For Love/ You Ain‘t Nothin‘ But Trouble/ THE LEAP FROGS: Things Gonna Change/ ROOSEVELT LEE: I‘m So Sad/ LITTLE EDDIE: Darling You Know I Love You/ My Baby Left Me/ THE MARIGOLDS: Love You-love You-love You/ Rollin‘ Stone/ BILLIE MCALLISTER: 31 E. Blues/ I Go For That/ Walking In A Daze/ Well Alright Baby/ JERRY MCCAIN: That‘s What They Want/ TOMMY MCGHEE: Late Every Evening/ Poppin‘/ RED MILLER TRIO: Bewildered/ MR. SWING WITH BOBBY PLATERS ORCHESTRA: Beer Bottle Boogie/ Gonna Bring My Baby Back/ DADDY DEAN ORCHESTRA: Love Me A Long Long Time/ The Road/ BOBBY PRINCE: Please Give Me Your Love/ CHARLES RUCKLES: I Got A Feelin‘/ Pitch A Boogie Woogie/ WALTER 'TANG SMITH: Every Monday Morning Blues/ High Tone Mama/ ST. LOUIS JIMMY: Goin‘ Down Slow/ I Ain‘t Done Nothing Wrong/ JIMMY SWEENEY: Boogie Woogie Jockey/ Deep Blues/ ROOSEVELT SYKES: Candy Man Blues/ DEL THORNE: Fly Chick Blues/ I Let Him Move Me/ ROBERT TUCKER: Changeable Woman/ It Sure Costs Money To Live/ VIVIAN VERSON: I Want To Know/ Payday Lover/ CROWN PRINCE WATERFORD: Driftwood Blues/ DOC WILEY: Play Your Hand/ BIG JOE WILLIAMS: Jivin‘ Woman/ She‘s A Married Woman/ SHERMAN WILLIAMS: Baby Don‘t You Want To Go/ Baby Please Don‘t Go (skippy‘s Blues)/ I‘m Lucky With My Brown Gal/ Keep Your Man At Home/ My Flamin‘ Gal (red Head Blues)/ Ooh Wee Baby Gee/ Sherman‘s Boogie |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Moon BMCD 6011 | Obscure Blues Shouters, Vol. 2 | ● CD $15.98 |
| 16 tracks by New York urban vocalist Henry "Rubberlegs"
Williams from 1945/46 with various bands including sidemen like Dizzy
Gillespie, Vic Dickenson, Al Casey, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis &
others. There are two tracks each by Bubber Cyphers (1950), Walter
"Sandman" Howard (1950) and Sherman "Blues" Johnson
(1952) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | President PLCD 551 | Roots Of Rock 'n Roll, Vol 1 - Big Band, Blues & Boogie | ● CD $15.98 |
| 28 great sides, 1938-1945 - Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway,
Bullmoose Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Jack McVea, Wynonie Harris, etc ALBERT AMMONS: Boogie Woogie Stomp/ 'BIG' BILL BROONZY: I'm Woke Up Now/ CAB CALLOWAY: Minnie The Moocher/ ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP: Dirt Road Blues/ SLIM GAILLARD: Slim Gaillard's Boogie/ Voot Oreene/ CECIL GANT: Hit That Jive Jack/ LIONEL HAMPTON: Flying Home/ BULL MOOSE JACKSON: Honeydripper/ BUDD JOHNSON: Walk 'em/ LOUIS JORDAN: Caldonia/ Five Guys Named Moe/ THE KANSAS CITY SIX: Countless Blues/ SAUNDERS KING: SK Groove/ JULIA LEE: If It's Good/ JOE LIGGINS: I Know My Love Is True/ JACK MCVEA: Bartender Boogie/ THE RED CAPS: Boogie Beat'll Getcha/ SISTER ROSETTA THARPE: I Want A Tall Skinny Papa/ Rock Me/ Shout Sister Shout/ CLAUDE TRENIER & BIG JIM WYNN: Ee Bobaliba/ JOE & PETE JOHNSON TURNER: Roll 'em Pete/ JOE TURNER & PETE JOHNSON: It's All Right Baby/ PEE WEE WILEY & BIG JIM WYNN: Rock Woogie/ COOTIE WILLIAMS: Floogie Boo/ WYNONIE HARRIS: Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well/ BULL MOOSE JACKSON: We Ain't Got Nothin' (but The Blues) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | President PLCD 561 | Roots Of Rock 'n Roll, Vol. 5 - Adam Blew His Hat | ● CD $15.98 |
| 26 upbeat sides from late 30s to mid 40 - Lionel Hampton,
Trevor Bacon & Lucky Millender, The Three Barons, Amos Milburn, Jack
McVea, Buddy Johnson, Albinia Jones, Claude Trenier, etc. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Specialty 7028 | Shouting The Blues | ● CD $15.98 |
| 22 tracks, 57 min., recommended. If you want subtlety, look
elsewhere - this collection of Specialty shouters is a flat-out blast of
backbeats, screaming saxes, pounding pianos and lung-busting blues
singers, led by the daddy of 'em all, Big Joe Turner. Turner's 8 sides,
cut for Freedom Records around 1949, are masterpieces of the shouting
style. The lusty Adam Bit The Apple starts things rockin', and Just
A Travelin' Man ends it the same way, with plenty of charging horns
and Joe's big-voiced bragging in between. The 4 cuts by Big Maceo
Merriweather are a curious inclusion; uniformly good, but samey, and
featuring the disabled pianist on vocals only. The Don Johnson Orch.
apparently backed several shouters, with the extroverted Smilin' Smokey
Lynn taking top billing here. Of these three hot cuts, the unissued Chesterfield
Baby is the best. 4 more vintage slices of Lynn follow, plus the
crazed vocal of Larry Costello on Run, Mr. Rabbit, Run. Feel
Like Ballin' Tonight is a solid sender in the early rock'n'roll style.
H-Bomb Ferguson gets in two final bellowings (both unissued), recalling
Wynonie Harris on She's Been Gone and sending along some hot sax to
boot. Plenty of vocal classics with hoarse-power to spare. (MB) H-BOMB FERGUSON: She's Been Gone/ You Made Me Baby/ DON JOHNSON ORCHESTRA WITH SMILIN' SMOKEY LY: Chesterfield Baby/ Jacksons Blues/ State Street Boogie/ SMILIN' SMOKEY LYNN: Feel Like Ballin' Tonight/ Hometown Baby (Hip Cat)/ Lonesome Lover Blues/ Rock A Bye Baby Blues/ Run Mister Rabbit Run/ BIG MACEO: Big City Blues/ Do You Remember/ Just Tell Me Baby/ One Sunday Morning/ JOE TURNER: Adam Bit The Apple/ After A While, You'll Be Sorry/ Feelin' Happy/ I Want My Baby/ Just A Travellin' Man/ Life Is A Card Game/ Midnight Is Here Again/ Still In The Dark |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Specialty 7058 | Specialty Legends Of Jump Blues, Vol 1 | ● CD $15.98 |
| 26 tracks, 68 min., recommended The romance of jazz and
blues produced some bouncing offspring in the late-1940s and early-1950s
in the name of "jump blues," and this set offers up some
dancable examples of the form. A mix of familiar sounds from the likes of
Joe Liggins and Roy Milton play along side some racy, unreleased cuts from
King Perry & His Pied Pipers, some alternate takes from Percy
Mayfield, and some lively numbers by Joe's little brother Jimmy Liggins,
including Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man and That Song Is Gone,
which is as close as you can get to rock and roll without any hillbilly
influences. Other artists include Joe Lutcher (Nellie's brother), Big Jim
Wynn, Texas' Lester Williams, Nelson Alexander Trio, Buddy Banks, Duke
Henderson, and the relatively obscure Herman Manzy and Jesse Thomas. All
this and a cover that scores high on the cool meter. (JC) NELSON ALEXANDER TRIO: Well, Well Baby/ BUDDY BANKS: Happy Home Blues/ DUKE HENDERSON: Country Girl/ JIMMY LIGGINS: I Can't Stop It/ Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man/ That Song Is Gone/ JOE LIGGINS: One Sweet Letter/ Pink Champagne/ Rag Mop/ The Honeydripper/ JOE LUTCHER: Blues For Sale/ Traffic Song/ HERMAN MANZY: I'm Your Rockin' Man/ PERCY MAYFIELD: I Dare You Baby/ The Hunt Is On/ ROY MILTON: Oh Babe/ Rainy Day Confession Blues/ The Hucklebuck/ FRANK MOTLEY AND JIMMY CRAWFORD: Heavy Weight Baby/ KING PERRY & HIS PIED PIPERS: I Ain't Got A Dime To My Name/ I Wonder Who's Boogin' My Woogie/ Natural Born Lover/ The Duck Yas Yas/ JESSE THOMAS: Jack Of Diamonds/ LESTER WIGGINS: I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use/ BIG JIM WYNN: Muffle Joe Shuffle |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Night Train 7010 | Swing Time Shouters | ● CD $16.98 |
| 18 tracks, 48 min., recommended A fine various artist
collection focusing on the male blues artists who recorded for the West
Coast Swing Time family of labels. Volume one opens with one track by Big
Joe Turner, Wine-O-Baby Blues. This is followed by Felix Gross
singing What's Your Style, Earl Brown performing Lovin' a
Married Woman, Mickey Cooper with Had a Dream Last Night, Jimmy
McCracklin doing Gonna Have My Fun, Sylvestor Mike singing Fish
House Boogie, and Jimmy Witherspoon with Miss Clawdy B, among
others. A nice program, often on the mellow side, with other production
values high. (DH) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Night Train 7014 | Swing Time Shouters, Vol 2 | ● CD $16.98 |
| 18 tracks, 48 min., recommended Volume two in the Shouters
series features more work by most of the same singers featured on Volume
one. Jimmy Witherspoon weighs in with Big Heart and Funny Style
Baby. Felix Gross performs six numbers including Goin' to Get
Straight, Flying Baby Boogie, and Don't Make Me Late.
Earl Brown sings I Want a Little Girl. Jimmy McCracklin offers up Rockin'
Man and House Rockin' Blues, and Percy Mayfield sings Baby
You're Still a Square. Cover art closely matches volume one, and there
are no liner notes here at all. Sound quality, however, is fine. (DH) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Night Train 7012 | Swingtime Sisters | ● CD $16.98 |
| 20 tracks, 55 min., recommended Recorded between the late
40's and the early 50's, this fine compilation puts the spotlight on some
of the delightful female blues artists who recorded for the Swing Time
family of labels during its brief heyday. Featured performers include
Paula Watson with Pretty Papa Blues, A Little Bird Told Me,
and Paula's Nightmare; Frantic Faye Thomas with I'm in Town,
I Only Want You, and Faye's Boogie; Mable Scott with Googie's
Boogie, Good Lookin' Fella, Elevator Boogie, and Give
Me a Man; plus several other, lesser known artists. It's a solid
program and production values are high with solid cover graphics by artist
Max Gottfried, good sound, and informative notes. A fine addition to an
excellent series. (DH) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Collectables 5303 | The Gotham Series - House Party | ● CD $11.98 |
| U.S. CD version of Krazy Kat 803 - the first of
an extensive series of reissues from the Gotham label. Spanning '49 thru
'53, the collection includes the rocking |
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