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NEWSLETTER #129
Rhythm & Blues, Soul & Doo Wop
VARIOUS
ARTISTS COLLECTIONS
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Indigo 2523 |
The Roots Of Doo Wop |
● CD $15.98 |
Great collection of pre doo-wop vocal group sounds featuring
50 tracks recorded between 1938 and 1951.Excellent sound and informative notes by Neil Slaven.
THE BASIN STREET BOYS: I Sold My Heart To The Junkman/ Vootnay On The Votnay/
THE BEAVERS: I Gotta Do It/ THE BIG THREE TRIO: Appetite Blues/ You Sure
Look Good To Me/ THE BLENDERS: Gone/ DUSTY BROOKS: Chili Dogs/ THE CABINEERS:
Baby, Where'd You Go (to)/ THE CARDINALS: Shouldn't I Know/ THE CATS & THE
FIDDLE: Killin' Jive/ Shorty's Got To Go/ Wine Drinker/ THE CHARIOTEERS: I
Miss You So/ No Soup/ Open The Door, Richard/ THE CLOVERS: Don't You Know I
Love You/ Fool, Fool, Fool/ THE DEEP RIVER BOYS: That Chick's Too Young To
Fry/ THE DELTA RHYTHM BOYS: Dry Bones/ Never Underestimate The Power Of A
Woman/ THE DOMINOES: Sixty Minute Man/ THE DOZIER BOYS: In Every Man's Life/
THE DREAMERS: Can't Get You Off My Mind/ THE DRIFTERS: And I Shook/ THE FIVE
RED CAPS: Blueberry Hill/ Mama Put Your Britches On/ THE FIVE SCAMPS: Fine
Like Wine/ THE FOUR ACES: Garbage Man/ I'm Crying All The Time/ Richard
Ain't Gonna Open The Door/ THE FOUR BLUEBIRDS: My Baby Done Told Me/ THE
FOUR FLAMES: Tabarin/ THE HARLEMAIRES (FEATURING W HARRIS): A Ghost Of A
Chance/ THE HEARTBREAKERS: Heartbreaker/ LEWIS BRONZEVILLE FIVE: Low Down
Gal Blues/ THE ORIOLES: I'd Rather Have You Under The Moon/ It's Too Soon To
Know/ CHRIS POWELL & THE FIVE BLUE FLAMES: Hot Dog/ THE RAVENS: Bye Bye Baby
Blues/ Gotta Find My Baby/ THE ROBINS: If I Didn't Love You So/ If It's So
Baby/ THE ROYALES: Give Me One More Chance/ Too Much Of A Little Bit/ THE
SHARPS & FLATS: I Knew He Would/ SLIM & SLAM: The Flat Foot Floogie/ THE
SULTANS: Lemon Squeezing Daddy/ THE SWALLOWS: Roll, Roll Pretty Baby/ You
Will Be Mine/ THE TOPPERS: If Money Grew On Trees
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Magic Rabbit 3004 |
The Kiddie Sound - "So Young", Vol. 4 |
● CD $18.98 |
More rarities from underage doo-woppers.
BABETTE BAIN: That's It/ CARL BONAFEDE: Two Months Out Of School/ JIMMY
BRISCOE & THE LITTLE BEAVERS: Why Do Fools Fall In Love/ LITTLE CARL
CARLTON: I'll Love You Forever/ CHAD: I Want You To Be My Girl/ THE
CRUISERS: There's A Girl/ THE CUBS: Hear Wedding Bells/ LITTLE IRIS CULMER:
Show Me The Way To Your Heart/ THE DARCHAES: Y-o-u (you)/ THE DOVERS: The
Night Is Still Young/ THE EPICS: I Want To Be Your Girl/ THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS
& CUBIE: A Million To One/ DICK GRASS & THE HOPPERS: Please Dear/ BUZZY
KING: School Boy's Blues/ LARRY & THE CONSERVATIVES: Watch Your Step/ THE
LASHONS: Little Sister Beware/ LEE & BARD: Oh My Dear/ LITTLE 16 YEAR OLD
ALFRED & THE BERRY CU: Walkin' Down The Aisle/ LITTLE JOE & THE MORROCOS:
Bubble Gum/ LITTLE SANDY "C": Devotion/ LITTLE STEVIE & THE WONDERS:
Contract On Love/ LITTLE STEVE & GROUP: I See A Star/ LITTLE TOMMY & THE
CHANTES: Teen-age Lover/ THE MARQUES: Bohemian Daddy/ THE NEEVETS: You're
Gonna Pay/ DEXTER REDDING: Love Is Bigger Than Baseball/ RONNIE & THE HI-LITES:
What A Pretty Bride You'll Be/ TYRONE ROWE & THE GROUP: I'm A Go'fer/ PATTI
RUSSO & THE THREE CASUALS: My Shining Star/ LITTLE JOHNNIE SALA & GROUP: Two
Little Fishies/ TINY TIP & THE TIP TOPS: Matrimony
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Magic Rabbit 3005 |
The Kiddie Sound - "So Young", Vol. 5 |
● CD $18.98 |
| THE CAPERS: High School Diploma/ THE CAPITOLS: Day By Day/ THE CARPETS: Why
Do I/ THE CLINTONIAN CUBS: She's Just My Size/ DONNIE ELBERT: My Confessions
Of Love/ THE FOUR WINDS: Ol' Man River/ THE HEARTBREAKERS: One Two, I Love
You/ LIL JUNE & THE JANUARYS: Oh My Love/ LITTLE DIANE & RAYS: Zing Went The
Strings Of My Heart/ LITTLE JERRY: Faith Can Move A Mountain/ LITTLE MOJO:
Paula/ BOBBY MAXWEELL & EXPLOITS: You're Laughing At Me/ THE MINORTONES:
Burning Desire/ Gonna Tell The World/ THE NOBLETONES: Rock & Roll Nursery
Rhymes/ JIMMY PEMBERTON: Mathematics Of Love/ LUCKY PETERSON & GROUP: 1, 2,
3, 4/ THE PRELUDES: Kingdom Of Love/ EDDIE ROBBINS: Destiny Of A Fool/ THE
ROCKY FELLERS: My Prayer/ LITTLE JOHNNY SALA & GROUP: Casual Little Girl/
THE SPOTLITES: Trav'lin/ THE STAR CLEFS: Why Do Fools Fall In Love/ THE
STUDENTS: Because Of You/ THE TEENAGE MOONLIGHTERS: Sorry Sorry/ TINY TIP &
THE TIP TOPS: I Said A Prayer/ NAPOLEON TYCE: Sitting Here/ ROY TYSON: Oh
What A Night For Love/ THE UNIQUES: All At Once/ BABE WAYNE: That's Where
It's At/ THE YOUNG TONES: O Tell Me
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Magic Rabbit 3006 |
The Kiddie Sound - "So Young", Vol. 6 |
● CD $18.98 |
| ANTHONY & THE SOPHOMORES: I Promise To Remember/ THE BECK BROS.: I Don't
Know What You're Coming To/ BONNIE & THE LITTLE BOYS BLUE: You Better Run/
THE CAPITOLS: Little Things/ THE CARPETS: Let Her Go/ Lonely Me/ THE
CARRIBIANS: Baby/ JIMMY CASTOR & THE JUNIORS: This Girl Of Mine/ THE CO-EDS:
I Love An Angel/ THE COPASETICS: Collegian/ THE ELCHORDS: Gee I'm In Love/
GREGORY HOWARD & GROUP: Sweet Pea/ RONNIE JONES & THE CLASSMATES: Lonely
Boy/ RICHARD LANHAM & TEMPO-TONES: On Your Radio/ MUNDY LEE: Mr. Blues/ THE
LITTLE BEATS: Love Is True/ LITTLE BUTCHIE & THE VELLS: Somewhere Over The
Rainbow/ LITTLE CLYDIE & THE TEENS: Oh Me/ LITTLE HERBERT & THE ARABIANS:
Condition Your Heart/ THE NEEVETS: The Hum/ PEPE & THE ASTROS: Now Ain't
That A Shame/ THE PERSONALITIES: Yours To Command/ EDDIE ROBBINS: Dear
Parents/ BOBBY SANDERS & GROUP: It Was You/ THE TENDER TONES: I Love You So/
THE UNIQUES: A Million Miles Away/ THE VAL-CHORDS: You're Laughing At Me/
THE VERNALLS: Why Can't You Be True/ THE WOODS BROTHERS: To You My Love/ BEN
ZEPPA & THE ZEPHERS: Why Do Fools Fall In Love
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Magic Rabbit 3007 |
The Kiddie Sound - "So Young", Vol. 7 |
● CD $18.98 |
| JIMMY CASTOR & THE JUNIORS: Somebody Mentioned Your Name/ THE CLINTONIAN
CUBS: Confusion/ PAT CORDEL & THE CRESCENTS: Darling Come Back/ BILLY DAYS &
THE DIALTONES: Twenty Four Hours/ THE DEL-RAYS: Our Love Is True/ DICKY DELL
& THE BING BONGS: Ding-a-ling-a-ling-ding Dong/ THE DIALTONES: I'd Rather Go
To School/ My Friend/ THE HEART SPINNERS: I've Searched/ THE HEARTBREAKERS:
Come Back My Love/ RICHARD LANHAM & THE TEMPO-TONES: Wishing All The Time/
LIL' JUNE & THE JANUARYS: Oh What A Feeling/ LITTLE CLYDIE & THE TEENS: A
Casual Look/ LITTLE JIMMY & THE TOPS: Say You Love Me/ LITTLE JIMMY & THE
SPARROWS: Snorin'/ LITTLE LINDA & GROUP: After I Told You/ LITTLE SUZIE: The
Boy I Left Behind/ LEWIS LYMON & THE TEENCHORDS: I Found Out Why/ THE
MARQUIS: Hope He's True/ THE NOBLETONES: I Still Love You/ THE
PERSONALITIES: Woe Woe Baby/ THE PRELUDES: Vanishing Angel/ EDDIE ROBBINS: A
Girl Like You/ THE TENDER TONES: Just For A Little While/ TINY TIM & THE
HITS: Wedding Bells/ TINY TIP & THE TIP TOPS: Say It/ ROY TYSON & GROUP: The
Girl I Love/ THE UNIQUE TEENS: Run Fast/ THE VERNALLS: Raindrops/ THE YOUNG
TONES: Patricia
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Moonshine 501-2 |
Soulin', Vol. 1 |
● CD $17.98 |
28 tracks, recommended Fine collection of soul rarities
originally issued in the late 80s on two LPs. It includes lots of good
Southern soul sides. Among the highlights are Andre Williams's 1966 hit
Rib Tips, Pts 1 &2, Dobie Gray's See You At The Go Go which
sounds like Phil Spector producing The In Crowd, Fontella Bass & Tina Turner
dueting on Poor Little Fool, Tommie Young's great Everybody's Got
A Little Devil In Their Soul, the original (?) version of Lickin'
Stick by George Torrence And The Naturals, Bobby Marchan's 1966 hit
Shake Your Tambourine , I'll Do Anything by Doris Troy, written
by Gamble & Huff, Clyde McPhatter's Everybody Loves A Good Time
written by Van McCoy, Ann Mason doing Wilson Pickett's You Can't Love Me
plus cuts by Vernon Garrett, Freddy Scott, Wilmer & The Dukes, Sam Dees,
Tommy Neal, Bobby Patterson, Leon Haywood, Roy Lee Johnson and others. Sound
quality is satisfactory. (GM/ FS)
WILMER ALEXANDER JR. & THE DUKES: Give Me More More Chance/ FONTELLA BASS &
TINA TURNER: Poor Little Fool/ HAROLD BETTER: Funky Soul/ SAM DEES: Soul
Sister/ THOMAS EAST & FABULOUS PLAYBOYS: I Get A Groove/ VERNON GARRETT:
Shine It On/ DOBIE GRAY: See You At The Go Go/ CLAY HAMMOND: Dance Little
Girl/ LEON HAYWOOD: Mellow Midnight/ Soul Cargo/ ROY LEE JOHNSON: Nobodydoes
Something For Nothing/ BOBBY MARCHAN: Shake Your Tambourine/ ANN MASON: You
Can't Love Me/ CLYDE MCPHATTER: Everybody Loves A Good Time/ FLOYD MORRIS: A
Mellow Mood/ CLARENCE MURRAY: Dancing To The Beat/ TOMMY NEAL: Goin' To A
Happening/ THE PAC-KEYS: Diggin/ WILLIE PARKER: You Got Your Finger In My
Eye/ BOBBY PATTERSON: If You Took A Survey/ PEOPLE'S CHOICE: Let Me Do My
Thing/ FREDDY SCOTT: Pow City/ ROSCO SHELTON: Easy Going Fellow/ GEORGE
TORRENCE & THE NATURALS: Lickin' Stick/ DORIS TROY: I'll Do Anything/ ANDRE
WILLIAMS: Rib Tips (parts 1 & 2)/ BOBBY WILLIAMS: Baby I Need Your Love/
TOMMIE YOUNG: Everybody's Got A Little Devil In Their Soul
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Night Train 2007 |
The Best Of Drew-Blan |
● CD $22.98 |
Two CD set featuring 50 tracks of New Orleans R&B and rock &
roll recorded for Andrew Blanco's Drew-Blan labels between 1959 and 1963.
Artists featured include Jay Nelson, Peter Buck & The Dondeleers, Jimmy
Dale, Wayne & The Velvetones, The Vikings, Skinny Dynamo (a Fats Domino
imitator - surprise, surprise!)Charles Leman, Gilbert Giroir, Earl King,
Allen Orange and The Drew-Blan All Stars. 20 of the tracks are unissued
studio recordings, demos or rehearsal tapes. Some good stuff here along with
some pedestrian material and it would have made a better single CD.
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Night Train 7131 |
Sax Kari - Fumigate Funky Broadway |
● CD $16.98 |
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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Night Train 7146 |
Don't Be No Square - Get Hip To Quezerque |
● CD $16.98 |
A collection of 23 tracks recorded between 1959 and 1981 and
produced by underrated New Orleans producer/ arranger Wardell Quezerque
(pronounced "keh-zare" - hence the rhyming album title). The music is a mix
of New Orleans R&B, soul, funk and a bit of pop. 13 tracks were on
previously issued LPs/ CDs on Night Train/ Funky Delicacies or Soulville
albums. The rets are from rare singles or unissued. Artists include Elliot
Small, Wardell & The Sultans, Warren (Lee) Taylor, Irma Thomas, Reggie Hall,
Donald Lee Richardson, Joe Wilson, Tommy Val, Joe Wilson, June Gardner, Jim
Cotton and others.
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Phone Me 101 |
Lost And Forgotten, Vol. 1 |
● CD $17.98 |
Nice 24 track collection of doo-wop rarities from the 50s
and early 60s - most making their first appearance on CD. A couple of tracks have excessive digital noise filtering
but sound is mostly fine. Cute cover too.
THE CALUMETS: Every Beat Of My Heart/ HAL DAVIS: Merchant Of Love/ What Do
You Mean To Me/ THE DEL BROOKS: Darling Barbara/ THE ELGINS: Lonesome/
Pretending/ THE FIVE GENTS: I Never Told You/ THE KENTS: I Love You So/ THE
KNIGHTSMEN: Darling, Why/ SHIRLEY MCDONALD: You/ THE MONARCHS: Coming Home/
Love You, That's Why/ THE OWLS: So Lost/ GLORIA RAMSEY: My Love/ JOHNNY
REBEL: What Will You Give In Return/ Write Me A Letter/ MORRIS RODGERS & THE
CONTINENTALS: Wonders Of Love/ THE SATANS: What A Fool/ THE STINGS: Til We
Two Are One/ THE SWEET MARQUEES: I Love My Baby/ You Lied/ THE TADS: Your
Reason/ BETTE WATTS: Do Me A Favor/ Let It Be
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Soul Time 101 |
Soul Vocal Group Delights, Vol. 1 |
● CD $16.98 |
Collection of 23 soul ballads from the late 60s and early
70s - a mix of hits and rarities. Includes Skip Mahoney & The casuals, The
Notations, Ballads, Nights, Chi-Lites, Continetal Four, Manhattans, Eddie
Holman & The Larks, The Vibrations, Billy Butler & The Enchanters, The
Futures, Delfonics and others.
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Still 1162 |
Screaming Black Rockin' Rhythm & Blues |
● CD $16.98 |
25 tracks, 58 mins, highly recommended. Another fine
collection of obscure up-tempo blues and rocking R&B from the 50s and 60s -
most of it making its first appearance on CD. The opening cut How Wild
Can A Woman Be by Harold "Thunderbird" Ward is probably the weakest here
and I feared the worst but it picks up after that with fine sides by Robert
McCoy & The FIve Sins, Richard "Popcorn" Wylie (a fine version of Barrett
Strongs Money), Chris Kenner (three of his rarest sides including the
down home Don't Let her Pin That Charge On Me with harmonica), Big
Bob Dougherty, Elliot Shavers (the burning instrumental Down Home Blues),
Freddie Hall, Cledus Harrison, Rex Garvin, Larry Emmett & The Sliders,
Charlotte Cole, Lloyd Price, Baby Little & The Hardbreakers (two unissued
demos) and more. Good sound. (FS)
BABY LITTLE & THE HARDBREAKERS: Baby, Baby/ Neck Bones Every Day/ CHARLOTTE
COLE: Bless You Baby/ DAVE & BOB: Whoa Bessie/ BIG BOB DOUGHERTY: Teenage
Flip/ Why/ LARRY EMMETT & THE SLIDERS: West Coast Blues/ REX GARVIN: Oh
Yeah!/ CHUCK GREY & SANDY STANTON & THE PANICS: Push The Panic Button/ Rock
And Roll Is In My Soul/ FREDDIE HALL: Little Baby's Rock/ CLEDUS HARRISON:
Broke/ THE JAGUARS: Ginny Ginny/ CHRIS KENNER: Don't Let Her Pin That Charge
On Me/ Don't Make No Noise/ Grandma's House/ LA RENE LA RUE: I'm Glad/ SLICK
LAWRENCE: Little Mama/ ROBERT MCCOY & HIS FIVE SINS: Bye Bye Baby/ KEN
MURRAY'S BLACKOUTS OF 1959: Backstage At The Blackouts/ LLOYD PRICE: Right
Kind Of Girl/ ELLIOT SHAVERS & HIS BLAZERS: Down Home Blues/ HAROLD
"THUNDERBIRD" WARD & THE JIMMY HILL COMBO: How Wild Can A Woman Be/ ERNIE
WILLIAMS: My Pretty Baby/ RICHARD "POPCORN" WYLIE: Money
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Sundazed 11080 |
The Daisy/ Tiger Records Story |
● CD $14.98 |
25 tracks, 64 min, essential. The missing link between the
Lieber & Stoller early years & their hot girl-group years with Red Bird.
Though short -lived (the initial Tiger 200 series had 2 singles '62-63, the
100 series had 4 between '63-64 & Daisy also had 4 '63-64. This set has both
sides of all 11 singles along with 3 alternate takes. There's 3 classics
here, the original Go Now by Bessie Banks, covered note-for-note by
The Moody Blues, the hit Something You Got by Alvin Robinson & the
original version of Bossa Nova Baby by Tippie & The Clovers - the
famed Clovers group backing singer Roosevelt "Tippie" Hubbard, covered
note-for-note (including the great cheesy organ line) by Elvis. Also
includes an early Dee Dee Warwick solo side, a non-hit by The Tams, & a
blistering instrumental single Trophy Run/Burnin' by Bob Moore & The
Temps, an early feature for Roy Buchanan, who co-wrote. (GM)
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Toto 5 |
The Best Of The Rarest Doo-Wops |
● CD $19.98 |
We have limited stock of this out of print compilation. 23
tracks from the 1961-63 period - Harry & The Keyatas, The Willows, The
Dynamics, The Dontells, Five Satins, Mack Starr & The Mellows, Four Buddies,
Slim & The Twilights, The Diadems, Eugene Pitt & Group, etc.
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Wheels 103 |
Doo Wop Coast To Coast, Vol. 3 |
● CD $18.98 |
The latest in the excellent series is a collection of 27
tracks of mostly black vocal group sounds from the late 40s through the mid
50s including quite a few with a strong blues flavor. Most of the tracks are
making their first appearance on CD and includes sides by The Five Wings,
The Medallions (a previously unissued demo), The Beavers, Imperials, Maggie
Hathaway & Her Bluesmsen, Lil Greenwood & The Four Jacks, Gaynel Hodge & The
Turks, The Royal Kings, Heartbreakers, Johnny Saber & Group, Rudy West & the
Five Keys, Ella Fitzgerald & Group (an unexpected doo-wop performance from
this legendary jazz singer), The Tads (the lovely unissued Glowing Moon)
and more.
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