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NEWSLETTER #125
Rhythm & Blues, Soul & Doo Wop
VARIOUS
ARTISTS COLLECTIONS
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BGP 149 |
Ain't It Funky Now |
● CD $21.98 |
Collection of rare jazz funk from the vaults of Prestige
including rare LP cuts and in demand 45 edits of LP tracks. Includes Melvin
Sparks, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Idris Muhammad, Funk Inc, Gene Ammons, Houston
Person and others.
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C.Froggy 1001 |
West Coast Vocal Group Rarities (Plus One),
Vol. 1 |
● CD $18.98 |
27 West Coast vocal group tracks plus one bonus cuts of New
York artist Little Butchie Sanders and group. According to cover 85% of the
tracks have not been on CD before. Some fine music
though sound quality is not the greatest having excessive noise filtering
on some tracks.
JESSE BELVIN: I'm Only A Fool/ RICHARD BERRY & GROUP: Don't Cha Go/ CHARLES
BROWN & JOHNNY MOORE'S BLAZERS: My Silent Love/ BOBBY BYRD & THE VOICES: I
Want To Be Ready/ WYNONA CARR & GROUP: Should I Ever Love Again/ THE
CHALLENGERS: I Can Tell/ THE CHANTICLEERS: To Keep Your Love/ SHERYL
CROWLEY: It Ain't To Play With/ THE FIVE HOLLYWOOD BLUEJAYS: Cloudy And
Raining/ So Worried/ SHIRLEY GUNTER & GROUP: I'm Sorry/ LINDA HAYES & THE
TWIGS: I've Tried So Hard/ BEN HUGHES & TWIGS: Someday Someplace Somewhere/
THE JET ACES: Give Me A Chance/ PRESTON LOVE & GROUP: If You Ever Get
Lonesome/ OSCAR MCLOLLIE & THE HONEY JUMPERS: Roll Hot Rod Roll/ BOBBY
MILTON & DEBUTONES: A Place In Your Heart/ THE NATIVE BOYS: When I Met You/
THE ROCKETS: You Are The First One/ BOBBY SANDERS & GROUP: It Was You/
LITTLE BUTCHIE SAUNDERS & GROUP: Don't Do Me Wrong/ BILLY STAFORD & GROUP:
Papa Shotgun/ THE STARLIGHTERS: Love Cry/ THE TWILIGHTERS: I Believe/ THE
VICTORIANS: I Guess You're Satisfied/ JOHNNY WATSON & GROUP: Falling In
Love/ GEORGE ZIMMERMAN & THE THRILLS: Ain't Got The Money To Pay For This
Drink/ Whose Baby Are You
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Crystal Ball 1042 |
Rarest Of The Rare, Vol. 7 |
● CD $17.98 |
27 vocal group rarities from the 50s and 60s - 90% not
previously on CD and four previously unreleased.
THE ACCENTS: Till You Bring Your Love Back To Me/ THE CALVAES: Mambo Fiesta/
CARL CARLTON & GROUP: I Love Only You/ So What/ THE CENTURYS: Time Was
(unreleased)/ THE CONDORS: Sweetest Angel/ LANCE CURTIS & UNIQUES: Sympathy/
THE DEL CHORDS: Masha-mellow/ THE DEL TONES: Best Wishes/ THE DELL RAYS: Di
Di/ DONNIE & DREAMERS: Heaven Only Knows (unreleased)/ ROYAL THE DRIFTERS:
To Each His Own/ THE EL RAYS: (you Took) My Baby From Me/ Till The End Of
Time/ TONY EVANS: A Girl In Love/ I'm Looking Over/ BUZZY KING: Schoolboy's
Blues/ Your Picture/ TOMATO LOU: Dear Diary/ THE MAR-VELS: Somewhere In My
Life/ RONNIE & THE PREMIERS: Love Is A Good Thing (unreleased)/ THE
TORONADOS: Please Come Home/ THE UPFRONTS: I Stopped The Duke Of Earl/ JIM
VALDEZ & BLUE EVOLUTION: Daddy;s Home/ THE VOGUES: Autumn (unreleased)/
YOLANDA & THE CASTANETS: Meet Me After School/ What About Me
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Drum 001 |
From The Vaults Of Drum And Elgin Recording
Company |
● CD $18.98 |
26 tracks, 62 mins, highly recommended
Excellent collection
of sides from the late 50s and early 60s recorded by Chance Drum for his
Drum, Elgin and other labels. Most of the tracks are high class doo wop
including several tracks by the excellent Five Chesnuts featuring lead by
former Five Satins vocalist Bill Baker. This group also is featured here
backing Marvin Baskerville, Vicki Lee and Rodney Gallant. There's also fine
vocal group sounds from Anne Watts, Jimmy Mack and Betty Watts accompanied
by The Watts - Mack's I Believe I Love You is a beautiful performance
that is on the cusp between doo-wop and soul. There are also a couple of
fine rockabilly tracks featuring The Cool Notes - one with vocals by Paul
Kepler and one with Peter Concillo. There are also a couple of fine rock 'n'
roll ballads by Ralph Miranda & The Deltoros including a fine stripped down
cover of Elvis's Don't Leave Me Know. There are also a couple of girl
group sides from The Baby Dolls which are the weakest here. Sound quality is
excellent and there are brief notes on the label and artists. (FS)
THE BABY DOLLS: Boyfriend/ Is This The End/ BILL BAKER & CHESTNUTS: Chit
Chat/ Wonderful Girl/ BILL BAKER & THE CHESTNUTS: Tell Me Little Darling/
Won't You Tell Me My Heart/ MARVIN BASKERVILLE & THE FIVE CHESTNUTS: Chapel
In The Moonlight/ PETER CONCILLO & THE COOL NOTES: Pete's Blues/ THE FIVE
CHESTNUTS: Billy (aka My Kind Of Baby)/ Chi Chi/ I'm So Glad/ Love Is True/
RODNEY GALLANT: My Life With You/ S'cuse Me Baby/ PAUL KEPLER & COOL NOTES:
Betty Lou/ VICKI LEE: Crying My Heart Out/ With All My Heart/ JIMMY MACK &
THE WATTS: I Believe I Love You/ True Love Girl/ RALPH MIRANDA & DELTORO'S:
Don't Leave Me Now/ RALPH MIRANDA & THE DELTORO'S: The Flame/ THE
SILVERTONES: Hey Good Looking/ THE WALCOES: Moonlight Rock/ Tell Me Why/
ANNE WATTS & THE WATTS: Let It Be/ BETTY WATTS & WATTS: Do Me A Favor
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Einstein 509 |
Confidential Doo Wop, Vol. 9 |
● CD $18.98 |
28 tracks, 71 mins, recommended
Another fine collection of
doo-wop rarities with, apparently, 80% making their first appearance on CD.
There are a number of very fine ballads like Human by The Ad Libs,
the bluesy I'm Coming Home by The Neptunes, and a couple of the more
obscure sides by the great Flamingos. There are also cuts by Gregory Howard
& Group, The Twiliters, Universals, Teddy Lawson & The Lawson Boys, Little
Freddie & The Rockets (the novelty Too Fat), Charles Hargro & Group,
Johnny Wyatt & The Hightones, Sonny Carter & Group, The Darnells, Fat Man
Matthews & The Kittens (a fine bluesy rocker Later Baby), Maggie
Hathaway & The Robins and others. Good sound. (FS)
THE AD LIBS: Human/ THE CARNATIONS: Clown Of The Masquerade/ SONNY CARTER &
GROUP: Crying Over You/ THE CHARADES: Close To Me/ THE DARNELLS: My Little
Homing Pigeon/ THE DEL ROYALS: Who Will Be The One/ THE ECHOES: Someone/ THE
EL TORROS: Dance With Me/ THE FLAMINGOS: Helpless/ My Faith In You/ THE FOUR
BELLS: Only A Miracle/ THE FOUR BROTHERS & A COUSIN: Can It Be/ LITTLE
FREDDIE & ROCKETS: Too Fat/ CHARLES HARGRO & GROUP: Baby Oh Baby/ MAGGIE
HATHAWAY & ROBINS: A Falling Star/ THE HEARTBREAKERS: You're So Necessary To
Me/ GREGORY HOWARD & GROUP: When In Love/ HERB KENNY & THE COMETS: Only You/
TEDDY LAWSON & LAWSON BOYS: I Knew It Was You/ FAT MAN MATTHEWS & THE
KITTENS: Later Baby/ THE NEPTUNES: I'm Coming Home/ THE RADARS: Too Bad/ THE
SHAMANS: I'll Wait Forever/ THE TWILITERS: Back To School/ THE UNIVERSALS: A
Love Only You Can Give/ THE UNTOUCHABLES: Standing There/ JOHNNY WILLIAMS &
THE EMBRACEABLES: My Foolish Pride/ JOHNNY WYATT & THE HIGHTONES: Wondering
Why
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Kent 209 |
The Soul Of Money Records |
● CD $18.98 |
24 track collection of R&B and soul recorded in the 60s and
early 70s for for John Dolphin's Money label in Los Angeles. Most of these
tracks have never been issued on CD and five are previously unreleased.
JOHNNY ADAMS: Don't Wait Too Long/ Put Your Weight On It/ BOBBY ANGELLE:
It's Just Gotta Be That Way/ There Goes My Baby/ Too Much For You/ WILLARD
BURTON & THE PACIFIERS: Let Me Be Your Pacifier/ TED "SOUL" HAWKINS: Baby/
SONNY HERMAN: What About Me?/ HANK JACOBS: Elijah Rockin' With Soul (full
Version)/ KING SOLOMON: Separation/ THE LARKS: (ooh Baby) I Love You/ Come
Back Baby/ M&M'S & THE PEANUTS: Lil' Valley/ The Phillie/ MOON and MARS &
THE SOUL PRODUCERS: I'll Go Back/ DELILAH MOORE: I'll Just Walk Away/ THE
QUESTION MARKS: Don't Drop It (that's My Love You've Got)/ GWEN STEWART: You
Took Me For A Fool/ BETTYE SWANN: You Gave Me Love/ THE LARKS (aka THE
PRETENDERS): The Temptation Walk/ THE TKOS: Dancing With My Baby/ TONI and
the SHOWMEN: Try My Love/ TED WALTERS: If We All Were Rich/ ERIC WILLIAMS:
Goodbye My Love
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Kent CDKEND 210 |
King New Breed Rhythm & Blues |
● CD $18.98 |
24 tracks, 62 min, highly recommended
If you ain't too hip
'bout that New Breed thing, here's the place to start. These King/Federal
sides from '59-67, though mostly from the early 60s are a kind of middle
ground - too rough to be soul, too smooth to be R&B, though they are more on
the rough side than sweet! There's a few names here sounding a bit poppier
than usual, including Albert King (Had You Told It Like It Was, It
Wouldn't Be Like It Is), Freddy King (Now I've Got A Woman),
Johnny Watson (pre-Guitar) with I Say I Love You, Hannibal (pre-The
Mighty) with My Kinda Girl. One of the biggest hits for the label was
Little Willie John's Fever; here's a few attempts at jumping on that
bandwagon - Pneumonia by Joe Tex, She Made My Blood Run Cold
by Ike Turner, & John himself with I'm Shakin'. My fave here is
You're Welcome To The Club by Lee "Shot" Williams, later a big hit for
Little Milton as Welcome To The Club, & Tiny Topsy with Just A
Little Bit - the same song done by Roscoe Gordon who claimed authorship,
but this was recorded around the same time in a poppier vein with writing
credits to King staff including Syl Johnson! (GM)
BOBBY BYRD: I Found Out/ JAMES DUNCAN: Three Little Pigs/ THE FABULOUS DENOS:
Bad Girl/ THE FIVE ROYALES: Think/ HANNIBAL: My Kinda Girl/ LITTLE WILLIE
JOHN: I'm Shakin'/ MARY JOHNSON: Hard Forgetting Memories/ ALBERT KING: Had
You Told It Like It Was (it Wouldn't Be Like It Is)/ BOBBY KING: Thanks Mr
Postman/ FREDDY KING: Now I've Got A Woman/ Some Other Day, Some Other Time/
THE KING PINS: You're Using Me/ LLOYD NOLAN: I Don't Know About You/ WILLIAM
PATTON: Don't Be So Mean/ MIKE PEDICIN: Burnt Toast And Black Coffee/ THE
PREMIERES: I'm Better Off Now (than I Was Before)/ LULA REED & FREDDY KING:
It's Easy Child/ ROSEMARY: Not Much (do You Baby)/ JOE TEX: Pneumonia/ TINY
TOPSY: Just A Little Bit/ IKE TURNER: She Made My Blood Run Cold/ JOHNNY
WATSON: I Say I Love You/ LEE "SHOT" WILLIAMS: You're Welcome To The Club/
MIKE WILLIAMS: You Don't Want Me Around
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Kent KENCD 212 |
The Arock/ Sylvia Soul Story |
● CD $18.98 |
A collection of rare soul sides from the mid 60s recorded
for veteran tenor saxman Al Sears' Arock and Sylvia labels.
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Night Train 7131 |
Sax Kari - Fumigate Funky Broadway |
● CD $15.98 |
29 tracks, good
A collection of 29 tracks recorded in New
Orleans between 1963 and 1968 under the guidance of the remarkable Sax Kari
- a figure who appears prominently as a musician, producer, songwriter and
more from the late 40s through to the present day. His work is represented
on dozens of labels including important independents as well tiny labels
some of them run by himself. The music here represents the full range of
Kari's eclectic talents from the down home bllues of Polka Dot Slim to the
lounge music of Kari himself with The Codes. We also hear urban blues
(Warren Lee Taylor), funky New Orleans R&B (Chris Kenner), soul (Charles
"Soul" Brown) and more. There's lots of good music here that's not available
elsewhere but I find it hard to recommend this because of the poor sound
quality. Tracks are presumably mastered from worn 45s and the sound is
frequently distorted. I know these records are not that easy to come by but
I think with greater effort to track down better copies and with more care
in remastering it could have been much better. (FS)
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Olimpic 1001 |
The Olimpic Record Story |
● CD $18.98 |
26 track collection featuring 22 tracks from the Olimpic
label and four from other labels featuring some of the same artists. A
mixture of doo-wop, teen rock 'n' roll and a bit of garage band sounds.
THE AVALONS: Begin The Beguine/ Malanese/ FRANKIE BEARSE & THE VOICES: I
Cry/ No End To Love/ THE BELLTONES: (please Try) To Understand/ Swing Little
Chicken/ CALEB & THE PLAYBOYS: I'm Yours/ See About Me/ THE CASINOS: Do You
Recall/ Do You Recall (alt Version)/ The Swim/ THE CASIONS: Teach'er/ THE
DRAKES: I Made A Wish/ Old King Cole/ THE EMPERORS: Dancing In The
Moonlight/ Steve Allen/ THE JEWELS: Jimmie Lee/ The Hash/ THE MELVETTES:
Quiet Now/ Take One Step/ PHIL & THE CATALINAS: Bobby Layne/ Dancing Little
Fool/ June 30th/ Our Love Is So True/ JOYCE SPIVEY & THE MELVETTES: Angel/
Dreaming
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Pavillion 71238 |
The Lovely Ladies Of Doo-Wop, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
A second collection of female doo-wop and early girl group
sounds from the late 50s and early 60s. Includes sides by The Baby Dolls,
The Co-Hearts, Serenadettes, Rubies, Fawns, Honeybees, Teenettes, Capers,
Trickets, Tonettes, Charmettes and others. 25 tracks in all.
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Piggy 501 |
Down Memory Lane, Vol. 1 |
● CD $18.98 |
A new label with another fine helping of 24 rare doo wop
titles - very few available elsewhere. Mostly obscure groups with the
exception of Steve Gibson & The Redcaps great cover of Silhouettes
and the beautiful Ladder Of Love by The Flamingos. There are also
tracks by The Exotics, Parlaments, Chargers, Ferris & The Wheels, The
Emeralds, Episodes, Kelly Troy & The Three Jays, Sammy & The Del Larks,
Dennis & The Explorers and others.
THE CARIANS: Only A Dream/ THE CHARGERS: Dandilyon/ DENNIS & THE EXPLORERS:
Every Road (i Walk Along)/ THE DOVERS: Alice My Love/ THE EMERALDS: Why Must
I Wonder/ THE EMJAYS: Over The Rainbow/ THE EPISODES: Where Is My Love/ THE
EXOTICS: Gee/ Lorraine/ FERRIS & THE WHEELS: He Was A Fortune Teller/ THE
FLAMINGOS: The Ladder Of Love/ STEVE GIBSON & THE RED CAPS: Silhouettes/ THE
INDIVIDUALS: That's For Me/ KENNY & THE SOCIALITES: I'll Have To Decide/ THE
PARLAMENTS: My Only Love/ To Be Alone/ THE PING PONGS: You And Only You/ THE
ROCK-FELLERS: Ours/ SAMMY & THE DEL LARKS: Baby Come On/ I Never Will
Forget/ SPEEDO & THE IMPALAS: All Alone/ When My Heart Does All The Talking/
KELLY TROY & THREE JAYS: You're Lucky In Love/ THE UBANS: Gloria
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Piggy 502 |
Down Memory Lane, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
24 more vocal group obscurities.
THE CHALONS: I'm Gonna Leave My Baby/ Oh You/ THE CHESSMEN: I Believe/ THE
DEL CADES: (it Takes) Two To Fall In Love/ World's Fair Usa/ DICKIE & THE
DEBONNAIRES: Please Mr Disc Jockey/ THE EXPLORERS: On A Clear Night/ THE
FIVE BELLS: It's You/ My Pledge To You/ THE FLAMINGOS: Lover Come Back To
Me/ THE HONORABLES: Castle In The Sky/ DARLA HOOD: No Secret Now/ THE
INSPIRATIONS: The Feeling Of Her Kiss/ The Genie/ THE IRIDESCENTS: Three
Coins In The Fountain/ THE KASHMIRS: Heaven Only Knows/ THE MARKELS: Darling
I Really Love You/ THE OFF KEYS: Singing Bells/ HOWARD PAGE & THE PEARLS: I
Just Can't Stand It/ There's No Forgetting You/ RAYMOND POPE & THE LOVE
TONES: I Love Nadine/ THE PRELUDES: Lorraine/ THE TANGIERS: I Won't Be
Around/ TEDDY & THE CONTINENTALS: Do You
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Revolvo 284504 |
Mr. Rhythm Presents |
● CD $18.98 |
24 tracks, 64 mins, recommended
A fine collection of 60s and
early 70s R&B and soul mostly from Detroit and Chicago artists and,
presumably, produced by the talented Andrew Williams. Includes The Profiles,
The Five Du-Tones (including the classic Shake A Tail Feather), Sir
Mack Rice (including his original version of Mustang Sally), Andre
Williams, Paulette Parker, Bull & The Matadors (the wonderful Funky Judge),
Harold Burrage, Jeanette Williams (a great soul treatment of Hound Dog
and the superb ballad I Can Feel A Heartbreak), Johnnie Mae Matthews,
The Du-Ettes, Joyce Kennedy, Jimmy Holland and Bobby Bland. (FS)
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Titanic 44201 |
Deep Soul Discoveries, Vol. 1 |
● CD $18.98 |
Fine selection of 25 deep soul rarities. Apart from Howard
Tate and Johnny Adams who are featured on two of their lesser known tracks
most of the artists are unknowns but fine performers including Bobby Harris,
Oscar Mack, Wesley Paige, Jay Robinson, Pat Hunt, The Show Stoppers, Miss
Soul, Gene Burks, Saine, Diane Lewis, Art Grayson, Rubin Russel & others.
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Tuff 101 |
The Souful Side Of Tuff Records |
● CD $18.98 |
27 track collection of mid 60s R&B and soul from the New
York based Tuff label, best known as the home of The Corsairs and The
Jaynetts. Includes Bobby Treetop, Ronnie Savoy, The Poindexter Brothers (the
bizarre Booga Man), Jackie Day, E. Rodney Jones (best known as a dee
jay), Jimmie Raye, Ray Redmond, Bobby Copney, Johnnie & Joe, The Corsairs &
Landy Mcneil, The Fantastic Vantastics (actually Van McCoy), Tawny Williams,
Roscoe Robinson and others.
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Woody 501 |
Found In The Basement, Vol. 1 |
● CD $18.98 |
24 doo wop rarities - mostly not previously on CD and a
couple previously unreleased.
HERSHEL AMOND: Lonesome/ ANTOINE & THE KEY-NOTES: A Sunday School Romance/
ANTONIE & THE KEY-NOTES: Only In A Dream/ THE CASUALS: Tell Him/ DARREL &
THE DEL-KAYS: Daddy's Home/ THE GIRLFRIENDS: I Want To Be Happy/ No More
Tears/ THE HAIRNETS: Zip-a-dee-doo-dah/ THE HOLIDAES: Never (unreleased)/
THE INTRUDERS: All The Best/ Gonna Be Strong/ CLYDIE KING: I'm Invited To
Your Party/ MITCH & MISTYS: I'll Never/ MOOSE & THE PELICANS: We Rockin'/
O'HARA & THE HERMANY'S: Another Night Without You (unreleased)/ TIMMY
PATRICK & THE CHRISTIES: Love Came To Me/ RALPH & PATTIE: It's Not Over/
SHIRLEY J. SCOTT: Lonely Girl/ EDDIE SHAW & KNIGHTS: Lucky Star/ SONNY
SHEETS & THE TONETTES: I'm So Lonely/ Skippin' Class/ JIMMY STALLINGS:
Dreamin' In School/ I Played The Fool/ THE VARIATIONS: Will You Be Mine
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Woody 502 |
Found In The Basement, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
24 more.
THE BAN-LONS: Hay Baby/ Highest Mountain/ THE CASHMERES: Every Beat Of My
Heart/ THE CREATIONS: Cruise To The Moon (unreleased)/ I'm So Happy
(unreleased)/ GARY LEE FAUSZ & THE SAVOYS: Only You/ THE KEYNOTES:
Carelessly/ Congratulations Baby/ SANDRA LEE: I've Got To Stop Crying/ Jimmy
Love/ JACKIE LEE & THE RAINDROPS: There Goes The Lucky One/ LINDA LLOYD:
Heartache High School Usa/ MILES & ANDREW: Till The End Of Time/ MOOSE & THE
PELICANS: He's A Rebel/ THE NEWPORTS: Dream/ PAT POWDRILL: Luckiest Girl In
Town/ THE SIERRAS: Nearer My Heart/ So Many Sleepless Nights/ JOHNNY STARR:
Sleep Tight/ DICKY STOP: Ruth Ann/ ELSIE STRONG: Baby Oh Baby/ THE
TEMPLETONES: Those Oldies But Goodies/ VICKI & THE SPADES: Tell Me No Lies/
THE VIKING FOUR: I Love You Darling
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