22 tracks, 57 min., essential
The Checkers are surely one of
the most underrated of the 50's vocal groups. Formed when the Dominoes
underwent their first major personnel shift in early 1952, the Checkers
roster included former Dominoes bass Bill Brown and former Dominoes second
tenor Charles White. Similarities also prevailed in the shape and form of
high tenor lead Little David Baughn, who went on to sing with The Harps and
to temporarily replace Clyde McPhatter in the Drifters. Listen to Little
David's emotionally touching pipes on the beautiful House Without Windows
and I Promise You - you'd swear you were listening to C. McPhatter.
Their ballad and jump performances, recorded between 1952 and 1954, rank
among the most powerful in the pantheon of rhythm and blues harmony. The
program here includes 22 of their classic performances mostly recorded
between 1952 and 1954 plus a few later sides by a different line up. Among
the earlier gems are Flame in My Heart, Night's Curtain,
Ghost of My Baby, White Cliffs of Dover, the hilarious answer to
Sixty Minute Man, Don't Stop Dan, Mama's Daughter, and
Trying to Hold My Gal. Terrific music, impressive sound quality, a
cover photo of the group, and short but solid liner notes. Simply not a disc
to miss. (DH) THE CHECKERS: Can't Find My Sadie/ Don't Stop Dan/ Flame In My Heart/ Ghost
Of My Baby/ Heaven Only Knows/ House With No Windows/ I Promise You/ I Wanna
Know/ I Wasn't Thinkin', I Was Drinkin'/ Let Me Come Back/ Love Wasn't
There/ Mama's Daughter/ My Prayer Tonight/ Night's Curtain/ Nine More Miles
(the Faster, Faster Song)/ Oh, Oh, Oh Baby/ Over The Rainbow/ Trying To Hold
My Gal/ White Cliffs Of Dover/ Without A Song/ You Never Had It So Good/
You've Been Fooling Around
10 tracks, highly recommended
Back in stock. Reissue of the
1967 classic. Conley was Otis Redding's protégé - besides co-writing the
classic title tune (based on Sam Cooke's Yeah Man), he put out
Conley's first singles on his short lived Jotis label. The first sides are
here - I'm A Lonely Stranger/ Who's Foolin' Who/ Take Me (Just As I Am)/
I Can't Stop (No No No). Interestingly enough, there are no cover tunes
on this one, with 8 of the 10 written by Conley and/ or Otis, and the
remaining 2 co-written by Dan Penn. (GM)
Great collection of mostly up tempo R&B recorded for Gordy
between 1962 and 1968 including their great #1 R&B hit (#3 on the pop
charts) Do You Love Me - 18 tracks in all. THE CONTOURS: Baby Hit And Run/ Can You Do It/ Can You Jerk Like Me/
Determination/ Do You Love Me/ Don't Let Her Be Your Baby/ First I Look At
The Purse/ It Is So Hard Being A Loser/ Just A Little Misunderstanding/ Move
Mr Man/ Searching For A Girl/ Shake Sherie/ So Grateful/ Stretch/ Whole
Lotta Woman/ You Better Get In Line/ You Get Ugly/ Your Love Grows More
Precious Everyday
First ever CD issue of this duo's 1963-68 Checker and
Mercury sides including some that were issued as by The Carltons. Like The
Righteous Brothers, this duo was unrelated, consisting of Richard Dunbar &
James Diggs who sang with the Starfire group that recorded for Decca &
Atomic. The duo was a close harmony deep soul team, even more gospel
influenced than Sam & Dave. Except for a few exceptions, most notably a
great cover of The Everly Brothers' All I Have To Do Is Dream, the
tunes are all written by Diggs including the fantastic Temptation 'Bout
To get Me, which their only hit, plus Margaret/ Second Hand Lover/
City Life/ Easy Livin'/ Later Than You Think/ Sinking Low/ The Hand Of Faith
and more. Includes eight page booklet with notes by British soul expert
Clive Richardson. (GM/ FS)
Reissue of Clyde's first two Atlantic albums from 1958 and
'59 featuring most of his solo recordings for Atlantic. It includes a couple
of great duets with Ruth Brown including their 1955 hit Love Has Joined
Together plus other hits like Just To Hold My Hand/ Long Lonely
Nights/ Lovey Dovey/ Come What May and A Lover's Question as well
as other fine songs like Heartaches/ Rock And Cry/ I Gotta Have You/
Lucille/ When You're Sincere/ No Love Like Her Love/ Let Me Know (with
Mike Stoller on piano)/ My Island Of Dreams/ Hot Ziggity and others.
CLYDE MCPHATTER: A Lover's Question/ Bip Bam/ Come What May/ Everyone's
Laughing/ Gone/ Heartaches/ Hot Ziggity/ I Can't Stand Up Alone/ I Gotta
Have You/ I'm Lonely Tonight/ Just To Hold My Hand/ Let Me Know/ Long Lonely
Nights/ Love Has Joined Us Together/ Lovey Dovey/ Lucille/ My Island Of
Dreams/ No Love Like Her Love/ No Matter What/ Rock & Cry/ Since You've Been
Gone/ That's Enough For Me/ The Way I Feel/ Try Try Baby/ When You're
Sincere/ You'll Be There
22 tracks, 59 mins, highly recommended Barrett Strong is
usually only remembered for his R&B classic Money (That's What I Want)
recorded for Berry Gordy's fledgling Tamla label in 1960 and the company's
first number one hit. Although he never repeated that success this
collection shows that he was far from a one hit wonder and features a fine
collection of mid tempo burning R&B and soulful ballads written by the likes
of Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy and Strong himself. 10 of the tracks are
previously unissued and are every bit as good as the issued sides. In
addition to Money and the gorgeous flipside Oh, I Apologize
this set also includes You Knows What To Do/ Whirlwind/ You've Got What
It Takes (a fine cover of the Marv Johnson hit)/ Misery/ Do The Very
Best You Can/ Actions Speak Louder Than Words/ Who's Taking My Place/ Sugar
Daddy/ You're Too Young and more. (FS)
Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll -
Special Doowop Edition
● CD $18.98
The latest in Ace's great series of reissues from the
American Hit Parade of the 50s and early 60s is devoted exclusively to
doo-wop featuring 30 great sides not included in the main series. Although
devoted doo-wop collectors will probably have most of these tracks they have
rarely sounded this good thanks to Ace's state of the art remastering from
original master tapes wherever possible. It includes tracks from The
Regents, Marcels, Cleftones, Drifters, Platters, Ly-Dells, Slades, Spinners,
Rick & The Keens, The Flamingos, Diamonds, Clovers, Moonglows, Royal Jokers,
Larks and more. Includes 28 page booklet with notes on the stories behind
each songs and copiously illustrated with artist photos, label shots, sheet
music covers and advertisements. LEE ANDREWS & THE HEARTS: Try The Impossible/ THE CHARTS: Deserie/ THE
CHIMES: Once In A While/ THE CLASSICS: Till Then/ THE CLEFTONES: Heart And
Soul/ THE CLOVERS: Love, Love, Love/ THE DIAMONDS: Little Darlin'/ THE
DRIFTERS: Fools Fall In Love/ THE DUBS: Don't Ask Be (To Be Lonely)/ THE
FIVE CHANELS: The Reason/ THE FLAMINGOS: Lovers Never Say Goodbye/ THE
HARPTONES: What Will I Tell My Heart?/ THE JESTERS: The Plea/ THE LARKS:
It's Unbelievable/ THE LY-DELLS: Wizard Of Love/ THE MARCELS: Blue Moon/ THE
MOONGLOWS: Sincerely/ THE MYSTICS: Don't Take The Stars/ THE ORIOLES: Crying
In The Chapel/ THE PARAGONS: If/ THE PASSIONS: Just To Be With You/ THE
PLATTERS: The Great Pretender/ THE REGENTS: Runaround/ RICK & THE KEENS:
Peanuts/ THE ROYAL JOKERS: You Tickle Me Baby/ THE SLADES: You Cheated/ THE
SPINNERS: That's What Girls Are Made For/ THE TEENAGERS FEATURING FRANKIE
LYMON: Why do Fools Fall In Love/ THE TIMETONES: In My Heart/ THE VAN DYKES:
The Bells Are Ringing
28 tracks, highly recommended
The first of three volumes
featuring the songs of the great rock 'n roll songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. This volume features recordings made between 1951
and 1956 when the duo was starting to make a name for itself in Los Angeles
writing songs for some of the great West Coast blues and R&B singers along
with some country and pop. It includes their first compositions recorded by
Jimmy Witherspoon and The Robins in 1951 and includes their creation of
lyrics for the great jazz tune Flying Home sung here by Amos Milburn
and the original 1952 recording of Kansas City (recorded as K.C.
Loving) by Little Willie Littlefield which has now been recorded more
than 500 times! There are lots of other great sides from the likes of
Charles Brown, Roy Hawkins, Little ESther, Little Mickey Champion, Milt
Trenier, Joe Liggins, The Honey Bears, Vicki Young, Freddie Bell & The
Bellboys (doing their tame version of Hound Dog - why not Big Mama
Thornton?), Ella Mae Morse, Larry Evans, The Drifters, Edith Piaf (doing a
great French version of Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots
originally recorded by The Cheers) and more. Sound quality is superb and set
includes 16 page illustrated booklet with extensive notes. (FS) FREDDIE BELL & THE BELL BOYS: Hound Dog/ CHARLES BROWN: Hard Times/ JACK
CARDWELL: Whadaya Want/ LITTLE MICKEY CHAMPION: Lovin' Jim/ THE CHEERS:
Bazoom (i Need Your Lovin')/ THE DRIFTERS: Ruby Baby/ THE DU DROPPERS: Bam
Balam/ LARRY EVANS: What About Me/ ROY HAWKINS: Gloom And Misery All Around/
SAM "HIGHPOCKETS" HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA (VOCAL: JERR: Too Bad Sweet
Mama/ THE HONEY BEARS: It's A Miracle/ BULLMOOSE JACKSON: Nosey Joe/ ETTA
JAMES: Tears Of Joy/ JOE LIGGINS: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah/ LITTLE ESTHER:
Mainliner/ LITTLE WILLIE LITTLEFIELD: Kansas City (aka Kc Lovin')/ FRANKIE
MARSHALL: If It's The Last Thing I Do/ AMOS MILBURN: Flying Home/ ELLA MAE
MORSE: Down In Mexico/ BOBBY NUNN & THE ROBBINS: That's What The Good Book
Says (alt)/ EDITH PIAF: L'homme A La Moto (black Denim Trousers And
Motorcycle Boots)/ THE ROBINS: Ten Days In Jail/ BIG MAMA THORNTON: I Smell
A Rat/ MILT TRENIER: Squeeze Me/ WILLY & RUTH: Come A Little Bit Closer/
JIMMY WITHERSPOON: Real Ugly Woman/ VICKI YOUNG: Riot In Cell Block #9/
YOUNG JESSIE: Hot Dog
25 tracks, 63 minutes, excellent
Although Delmark covered
doo-wop on two previous issues ("Chop Chop Boom" - Delmark 703 and "Bang
Goes My Heart" - Delmark 761), this utterly fantastic collection delivers
another twenty-four cuts by The Five C's, The Drakes, The Earls, The
Strollers, The Dandeliers, The Dewtones and The Palms from the United
vaults. Dating back to the golden age of streetcorner singing, the vocals
groups here are marvelous. Hailing from in and around Chicago, these outfits
were every bit as good as any others of the time, although they lacked the
strength of sales that big hit artists enjoyed. However, that doesn't
detract from the pleasure gained from spinning this superb set. Take a trip
back in time to when singing was real and masterful from groups that started
singing in their neighborhoods by the fire hydrants, mailboxes, and corner
stores. Taken from the original master tapes, this is a thoroughly
captivating hour-plus of sharp talent that went almost unnoticed. (CR) THE DANDERLIERS: My Love/ She's Mine/ THE DEWTONES: Before I Met You/
Rockalick Baby/ THE DRAKES: Let Them Talk/ Take A Giant Step/ THE EARLS: I
Love You So/ Meet Me After School/ THE FIVE C'S: Going My Way/ Goody, Goody/
I Long For You/ My Heart's Got The Blues/ Only By You (i Want To Be Loved)/
Studio Chatter/ Tell Me/ There's No Tomorrow/ Whoo-wee Baby/ THE PALMS:
Edna/ Girl Of Mine/ I Love To Be With You/ Knew I Had A Chance/ Teardrops/
THE STROLLERS: Congo A Cha Cha Cha/ Fools Love/ Run Son
Fine collection of sides - presumably from the 60s and 70s -
no dates are give. It features recordings from some of the greatest doo-wop
group performing some of their best songs acapella, several recorded live.
It includes A Thousand Miles Away by The Heartbeats, My True Story
by The Jive Five, In My Diary by The Moonglows, Cony Island Baby
by The Excellents and more from The Chords, Elegants, Five Discs, Jesters,
Channels and others. THE AD LIBS: The Boy From New York City/ THE CHANNELS: Bye Bye Baby/ Now You
Know/ The Closer You Are/ THE CHIMES: Chop Chop/ THE CHORDS: Lulu/ More And
More/ Sh-boom/ THE DEVOTIONS: Rip Van Winkle/ THE EARLS: Looking For My
Baby/ THE ELEGANTS: Get Well Soon/ What's Your Name/ THE EXCELLENTS: Cony
Island Baby/ THE FIVE DISCS: I Remember/ Never Let You Go/ THE HARPTONES: A
Sunday Kind Of Love/ That's The Way It Goes/ THE HEARTBEATS: A Thousand
Miles Away/ After New Years Eve/ THE JESTERS: The Wind/ THE JIVE FIVE: I'm A
Happy Man/ My True Story/ Never Never/ What Time Is It/ THE KODAKS: Oh Gee
Oh Gosh/ THE MOONGLOWS: In My Diary/ Most Of All/ THE NUTMEGS: Story Untold/
THE ROB ROYS: Dream Girl/ Pizza Pie
You won't be able to stop your feet from moving once you
hear all about the jitterbug, bossa nova, pony, twist, crank, popeye, slide,
hully gully and so much more on this collection of up-tempo doo-wop from the
likes of The Blanders, Joe Lyons & The Arrows, The Calvaes, Lewis Webber,
Beau Belles, Jimmy Charles & The Revelettes, The Blendtones, Invictors,
Butchie Saunders & The Buddies, The Coajos, Bobby Lawrence & The Angelenos
and others. THE ARROWS: Indian Bop Hop/ THE BEAU BELLES: Honkey Tonk Hop/ THE
BELEGIANETTES: Do The Crank/ THE BLANDERS: Jitterbug/ THE BLENDTONES: The
Slide/ THE BUDDIES: Hully Gully Mama/ THE CALVAES: Mambo Fiesta/ THE CASUAL
AIRES: Bossa Nova Twist/ JIMMY CHARLES & THE REVELETTES: Hop Scotch Hop/ THE
CLOVERS: Bossa Nova Baby/ THE COANJOS: Do The Boomerang/ THE CORVETS: Let's
Do The Pony/ DILLARD CROM JR: Rock And Roll Boogie/ THE DAPPERS: Chicken
Twist/ DAVE & THE CARDIGANS: Cha Cha Baby/ THE DUMONTS: Do The Twist/ THE
ERDELLS: Monkey Dance/ THE FIVE SPLENDERS: The Elephant Walk/ HAROLD & THE
CASUALS: You Can Shake A Tail Feather/ THE INVICTORS: The Wiggle/ JOHNNY &
DELL: Slow Locomotion/ The Bounce/ HERMAN JONES & THE KILTS: Mashed Potato/
BOBBY LAWRENCE & THE ANGELENOS: Hully Gully Fever/ JOE LYONS & THE ARROWS:
Bop A Loop/ Shufflin Jive/ THE MAGICS: Let's Goo Ga Loo/ THE MAJESTICS:
Teach Me How To Limbo/ HERB PRICE & THE DARTS: Shimmy Shimmy Cha Cha Cha/
THE ROBINS: Doing The Popeye/ BUTCHIE SAUNDERS & THE BUDDIES: Rock And Roll
Indian Dance/ BOBBY TAYLOR: Ubangi Stomp/ LEWIS WEBBER: Queen Of Rock And
Roll
30 track collection of sides recorded for the New York based
Gem label between 1953 and '54. ANGEL FACE: Don't Ever Leave Me/ THE BLUES EXPRESS ORCHESTRA: Honkin' Away/
Mush/ DORIAN BURTON: Don't Take Your Love From Me/ JIMMY BUTLER: Cruelty For
Kindness/ That Ain't Right/ Trim Your Tree/ THE CHORDS: Daddy Loves Mommy/
In The Woods/ JIMMY CRAWFORD: 'Til My Baby Comes Back/ KING CURTIS: Tenor In
The Sky/ MELVIN DANIELS: No More Crying On My Pillow/ THE EARLS: Believe Me,
My Love/ My Marie/ Out Of This World/ Spinnin'/ THE FIVE EMBERS: All Alone/
Love Birds/ Love Tears/ Please Come Home/ THE FOUR BELLS: Long Way To Go/ My
Tree/ Only A Miracle/ Please Tell It To Me/ JOAN SHAW: Baby Come On/ Do What
You Want With Me/ Oh How I Hate To Say Goodbye/ Why Don't You LeaveMy Heart
Alone/ You Drive Me Crazy/ You Make Me Cry Myself To Sleep
The Renfro Soul Story - Priceless Los
Angeles Northern
● CD $18.98
24 tracks of uptown soul from Los Angeles recorded in the
mid 60s for the highly collectable Renfro label. Includes Bobby Wisdom,
Morris Chestnut, The Young Brothers, The Stunners, The Sequins, Buddy
McKnight/ Luke Day, John Westly and more.
Two CD set featuring a cross section of African-American
music recorded in Nashville between 1945 and 1970 and giving a brief look at
the vibrant musical scene there. It includes blues, R&B, doo-wop, soul and
pre-funk. 34 recordings are featured including Cecil Gant, Christine
Kittrell, The Varieteers, Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers, Esquerita, Larry
Birdson, Johnny Jones & The Imperial 7, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hebb, The Avons,
The Valentines, Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson and many more. It also includes
three "bonus" tracks - Little Richard doing a commercial for radio station
WLAC, an air check of WLAC dee-jay John Richbourg and theme music from Earl
Gaines. Includes booklet with notes by Ron Wynn. JOHNNY ADAMS: Reconsider Me/ ARTHUR ALEXANDER: Anna (go To Him)/ GENE
ALLISON: You Can Make It If You Try/ THE AVONS: Since I Met You Baby/ SAM
BAKER: Something Tells Me/ JIMMY BECK & HIS ORCHESTRA: Pipe Dreams/ JO JO
BENSON: Soul Shake/ LARRY BIRDSONG: Somebody, Somewhere/ RUTH BROWN: Mama,
He Treats Your Daughter Mean/ AUDREY BRYANT: Let's Trade A Little/ CLIFFORD
CURRY: She Shot A Hole In My Soul/ ESQUERITA: Rockin' The Joint/ EARL
GAINES: It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)/ White Rose (theme)/ CECIL GANT:
Nashville Jumps/ RUDY GREEN & HIS ORCHESTRA: Buzzard Pie/ ARTHUR GUNTER:
Baby Let's Play House/ BOBBY HEBB: Sunny/ JOE HENDERSON: Snap Your Fingers/
FRANK HOWARD & THE COMMANDERS: Just Like Him/ THE HYTONES: Bigger And
Better/ ETTA JAMES: What'd I Say (live)/ JOHNNY JONE & THE IMPERIAL 7:
Really, Pt. 1/ KID KING'S COMBO: Skip's Boogie/ CHRISTINE KITTRELL: L&n
Special/ Sittin' Here Drinking/ ROBERT KNIGHT: Everlasting Love/ LITTLE HANK
& THE RHYTHM KINGS: Christene/ LITTLE RICHARD: Royal Crown Hair Dressing Ad/
THE MARIGOLDS: Rollin' Stone/ THE PRISONAIRES: Just Walkin' In The Rain/
JOHN RICHBOURG: John R Theme/ernie's Record Mart Commercial /monkey Doin'
Woman/ ROSCOE SHELTON: Say You Really Care/ JOE SIMON: The Chokin' Kind/ JOE
TEX: I Want To (do Everything For You)/ THE VALENTINES: Gotta Get Yourself
Together/ THE VARIETEERS: If You And I Could Be Sweethearts
Another in this excellent series featuring 26 rare doo-wop
sides including many making their first appearance on CD - The Limelighters,
Serenaders, Calvanes, Sonny Martin & Group, Al Kent & Group, Bette McLaurin
& The Four Fellows, The Hollywood Producers, Tangerines, Cecil Price &
Group, The Valiants and lots more.
Step It Up And Go - Tearing Up The Roots Of
Rock 'n' Ro
● CD $15.98
Two CDs, 54 tracks, recommended Two CD set with 54 tracks of
country and R&B from the 40s and early 50s leading up to the emergence of
rock'n roll. This set was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the
release of Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock - certainly not the
first rock 'n' roll record as used to be claimed but one that was important
in spreading the musical culture of rock 'n roll and a number of the tracks
here have a Haley connection including a couple by Haley himself, songs that
he covered and songs f his that others recorded before. him. It includes the
original version of Rock Around The Clock by Sonny Dae & His Nights
which is very different to the Haley version. Although there are a number of
similar CD set on the market this one includes quite a few tracks not
readily available elsewhere and has tracks by The Four Clefs, Joe Turner,
Arthur Crudup, Red Foley & Roberta Lee, Margie Day, Johnny Otis Orchestra,
Moohah, Eddie Carter Quintet, Donny Knigh, Merrill Moore, Annie Laurie &
Paul Gayten, Ralph Marterie (he covers Haley's Crazy Man Crazy),
Chuck Willis, MOon Mullican, Faye Adams, Danny Overbea (Haley covered his
Forty Cups Of Coffee), Ruth Brown, Hank Williams and many more. Sound
quality is excellent and there is a 12 page illustrated booklet with notes
by Dave Penny. (FS) JOHNNY ACE & BIG MAMA THORNTON: Yes Baby/ FAYE ADAMS: I'll Be True/ THE
BLACK CATS & A KITTEN: Step It Up And Go/ RUTH BROWN: Hello Little Boy/ BOB
BURTON: Boogie Woogie Baby Of Mine/ EDDIE CARTER QUINTET: Eat 'em Up/ RAY
CHARLES: It Should've Been Me/ THE CROWS: Gee/ ARTHUR "BIG BOY" CRUDUP: I
Want My Lovin'/ SONNY DAE & HIS KNIGHTS: Rock Around The Clock/ MARGIE DAY:
Snatchin' It Back/ THE DELMORE BROTHERS: Freight Train Boogie/ THE DU-DROPPERS:
Get Lost/ RED FOLEY & ROBERTA LEE: I Gotta Have You/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD &
ELLA MAE MORSE: False Hearted Girl/ THE FOUR CLEFS: Dig These Blues/
CLARENCE GARLOW: Crawfishin'/ JIM GATLIN: The Way You're Treatin' Me/ LOU
GRAHAM: Long Gone Daddy/ RUDY GREEN: It's You I Love/ HARDROCK GUNTER: Honky
Tonk Baby/ BILL HALEY & THE SADDLEMEN: Rock The Joint/ Rockin' Chair On The
Moon/ WYNONIE HARRIS: Everybody's Boogie/ Please Louise/ GENE HENSLEE: Dig'n
And Datin'/ CHUCK HIGGINS: Motorhead Baby/ LOUIS JORDAN: Teardrops From My
Eyes/ SONNY KNIGHT: But Officer!/ ANNIE LAURIE & PAUL GAYTEN: One Sweet
Letter From You/ MOMS MABLEY & THE ORIOLES: Yes Indeed!/ ROSE MADDOX: I'm A
Little Red Caboose (on The Choo Choo Train Of Love)/ RALPH MARTIERI: Crazy
Man Crazy/ MOOHAH: All Shook Out/ THE MOONGLOWS: I've Been Your Dog (ever
Since I've Been Your Man)/ MERRILL MOORE: Red Light/ MOON MULLICAN: I Done
It/ JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA: Rock Me Baby/ DANNY OVERBEA: Forty Cups Of
Coffee/ LOUIS PRIMA: Oh Babe/ THE RAVENS: Ol' Man River/ JIMMIE REVARD:
Daddy's Got The Deep Elem Blues/ KENNY ROBERTS: Choo Choo Ch'boogie/ DICKIE
THOMPSON: 13 Women & One Man/ THE TRENIER TWINS: Ooh Look-a There Ain't She
Pretty/ THE TRENIERS: Rock-a-beatin' Boogie/ HAPPY JOE TURNER: Feelin'/ JOE
TURNER: Little Bittie Gal's Blues/ ZEB TURNER: Jersey Rock/ HANK WILLIAMS:
Move It On Over/ CHUCK WILLIS: Caldonia/ BOB WILLS: Corrine, Corrina/ Sittin'
On Top Of The World/ BIG JIM WYNN: Ee-bob-a-liba
But Officer! - More Original Jamaican Sound
System
● CD $11.98
Complementing EMI 84736-2 ("Original Jamaican Sound System")
this presents another fine collection of R&B from the 50s which was played
over sound systems in Jamaica in the 50s and early 60s. Includes sides by
Sonny Knight (the classic title song), Shirley & Lee, Fats Domino, Ernie
Freeman, Louis Prima, Lynn Hope, The Squires, The Block Busters, Maxwell
Davis ( a straight country cover of Hank Williams' Hey Good Lookin'!),
The Playmates, Etta James and other. 12 page booklet has notes, photos and
label shots - the latter including rare Jamaican pressings of some of the
titles on this collection.
A 32 track mixture of doo-wop and beat groups from Wisconsin
from the 50s and 60s including The Matadors, The Versatones, The Comic
Books, Honey & The Dew-Drops, The Hightones, The Supremes, Uniques, Chuck
Travis, Paul Steffan & The Apollos, Chuck Travis and Doo Wa Wa, The Bel-Aires
and others. Excellent sound and booklet has brief notes. THE BEL-AIRES: Don't Destroy Me/ Hey Little Girl/ I'll Be Forever Loving
You/ Just Treat Me Right/ THE COMIC BOOKS: Black Magic & Witchcraft/ Manuel/
The First Time In My Life/ THE HIGHTONES: Glad To Be Here/ HONEY &
DEW-DROPS: Confucius Say/ HONEY & THE DEW-DROPS: Come My Little Baby/ THE
MADADORS: Alright/ Girl Don't Leave Me/ THE MAR-J'S: Forever Ther'll Be A
Summer Night/ THE ROCKIN ROBINS: Remember When/ PAUL STEFFAN & THE ROYAL
LANCERS: Angel In My Eyes/ PAUL STEFFAN & THE APOLLOS: Cry Angel Cry/ Hey
Lonely One/ The Devil's Soul Is Black/ You/ THE SUPREMES: I Lost My Job/ I
Love You Patricia/ CHUCK TRAVIS: Sea Of Love/ Tear Drop Blue/ TRUC: There's
A Moon Out Tonight/ THE TWILIGHTERS: Can't You Stay A Little Longer/
Restless Love/ THE UNIQUES: Mysterious/ Picture Of My Baby/ Right Now/
Somewhere/ THE VERSATONES: Billa/ Tight Skirt & Sweater
