NEWSLETTER #141
Rhythm & Blues,
Soul & Doo-Wop
Various Artists
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Acrobat ADDCD 3015 |
A Story Untold 1955 The Year Of Doowop |
● CD $13.98 |
50 tracks over 2 CDs Highly recommended. 1955 really was an
amazing year for Doo Wop. It's really mind blowing how much fantastic stuff
came out in such a short time! Acrobat does a great job on this
compilation--50 tracks of the best of the best, with an extensive booklet
chock full of band histories and photos. (JM)
THE BARONS: Eternally Yours/ THE CADILLACS: Speedo/ THE
CARDINALS: Come Back My Love/ The Door Is Still Open/ THE CHARMS: Two
Hearts/ THE CLEFFTONES: The Masquerade Is Over/ THE CLOVERS: Blue Velvet/
Devil Or Angel/ THE DANDERLIERS: Chop Chop Boom/ THE DIABLOS: Daddy Rocking
Strong/ Route 16/ The Way You Dog Me Around/ THE DRIFTERS: Adorable/
Steamboat/ THE EL DORADOS: At My Front Door/ THE EMPIRES: Make Me Or Break
Me/ THE FIVE KEYS: Close Your Eyes/ Ling Ting Tong/ The Verdict/ THE
FLAMINGOS: I Want To Love You/ That's My Baby (chicka Boom)/ THE FOUR
FELLOWS: Angels Say/ Soldier Boy/ THE HARPTONES: Life Is But A Dream/ THE
HEARBEATS: Crazy For You/ THE HEARTBEATS: Your Way/ THE HEARTS: Lonely
Nights/ THE LEADERS: Stormy Weather/ CLYDE MCPHATTER AND THE DRIFTERS:
Watcha Gonna Do/ THE MIDNIGHTERS: It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)/ THE
MOONGLOWS: Most Of All/ Sincerely/ THE NUTMEGS: Ship Of Love/ Story Untold/
THE ORCHIDS: You're Everything To Me/ THE PENGUINS: Be Mine Or Be A Fool/
Earth Angel/ THE PLATTERS: Only You/ The Great Pretender/ THE RAINBOWS: Mary
Lee/ THE REGALS: Got The Water Boiling/ THE ROBINS: Smokey Joe's CafÈ/ THE
SENSATIONS: Yes Sir That's My Baby/ THE SOLITAIRES: The Wedding/ THE
SPANIELS: Painted Pictures/ THE SPIDERS: 21/ Witchcraft/ THE TURBANS: When
You Dance/ THE VALENTINES: Lily Maebelle/ ANDRE WILLIAMS AND THE DON JUANS:
Going Down To Tijuana
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Acrobat ACMCD 4226 |
R&B Jukebox Hits, 1955: Volume 1
January-April |
● CD $13.98 |
Unlike similarly themed collections this one really does
contain the hits featuring 25 songs that reached the top ten in the
Billboard R&B charts between January and April of 1955 though a few actually
peaked in December, 1954. The tracks are presented chronologically opening
with Ling Ting Tong by The Five Keys and closing with Unchained
Melody by Roy Hamilton stopping along the way to hear The Moonglows, Ray
Charles, LaVern baker, Gene & Eunice, Johnny Ace, Buddy Johnson, Jimmy Reed,
Joe Turner, The Hearts, Fats Domino, The Clovers and others. Includes 16
page booklet with background notes and information on all the artists.
JOHNNY ACE: Pledging My Love/ LAVERN BAKER: Tweedle Dee/
RUTH BROWN: Bye Bye Young Men/ BUDDY AND CLAUDIA: I Wanna Hug Ya Kiss Ya
Squeeze Ya/ RAY CHARLES: Come Back Baby/ I’ve Got A Woman/ THE CHARMS: Two
Hearts/ THE CLOVERS: Blue Velvet/ THE DANDERLIERS: Chop Chop Boom/ VARETTA
DILLARD: Johnny Has Gone/ FATS DOMINO: Don’t You Know/ THE FIVE KEYS: Close
Your Eyes/ Ling Ting Tong/ GENE AND EUNICE: Ko Ko Mo/ ARTHUR GUNTER: Baby
Let’s Play House/ ROY HAMILTON: Unchained Melody/ THE HEARTS: Lonely Nights/
BUDDY JOHNSON: (Gotta Go) Upside Your Head/ LITTLE WALTER: My Babe/ THE
MOONGLOWS: Sincerely/ CLYDE McPHATTER & THE DRIFTERS: Watcha Gonna Do/ THE
PENGUINS: Earth Angel/ JIMMY REED: You Don’t Have To Go/ THE SPIDERS: 21/
JOE TURNER: Flip Flop
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Acrobat ACMCD 4227 |
R&B Jukebox Hits, 1955: Volume 2 April-July |
● CD $13.98 |
Another 25 winners starting in April with Don't Be Angry
by Nappy Brown and ending in July with Mannish Boy
by Muddy Waters and
including sides by Ivory Joe Hunter, Bo Diddley, fats Domino, LaVern Baker,
Gene & Eunice, Ruth Brown, The Marigolds, Louis Brooks & the Hi-Toppers, The
Platters (their big crossover hit Only You), The Five Keys, Ray Charles and
more.
LAVERN BAKER: Bop Ting A Ling/ That’s All I Need/ LOUIS
BROOKS AND HIS HI-TOPPERS: It’s Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)/ NAPPY BROWN:
Don’t Be Angry/ Pitter Patter/ RUTH BROWN: As Long As I’m Moving/ I Can See
Everybody’s Baby/ THE CARDINALS: The Door Is Still Open/ RAY CHARLES: A Fool
For You/ This Little Girl Of Mine/ BO DIDDLEY: Bo Diddley/ Diddley Daddy/
I’m A Man/ FATS DOMINO: Ain’t It A Shame/ THE FIVE KEYS: The Verdict/ LOWELL
FULSON: Loving You (Is All I Crave)/ GENE AND EUNICE: This Is My Story/
IVORY JOE HUNTER: Silly/ LITTLE WALTER: Roller Coaster/ THE MARIGOLDS:
Rollin’ Stone/ THE MOONGLOWS: Most Of All/ THE NUTMEGS: Story Untold/ THE
PLATTERS: Only You/ MUDDY WATERS: Mannish Boy/ HOWLIN’ WOLF: Who Will Be
Next
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Blue Note 60946 |
Blue Note Plays Ray Charles |
● CD $11.98 |
11 tracks from the Blue Note catalog featuring artists
interpreting songs written by or associated with the great Ray. Includes
I Got A Woman by Jimmy McGriff, This Little Girl Of Mine by Grant
Green, (Night Time) Is the Right Time by Freddie Roach, Hide Nor
hair by Lou Rawls plus Stanley Turrentine, Grant Green, Joe Williams and
The Three Sounds. It also includes a dut by Rawls and Ray himself on
That's Where It's At.
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Castle CMETD 1267 |
The R&B Hits Of 1955 |
● CD $22.98 |
Three CDs, 84 tracks, highly recommended
Continuing on the
series begun on Indigo (which is now owned by Castle) this three CD set
presents 84 great blues and R&B sides from 1955 - most of which made the
Billboard R&B charts. 1955 was the year that rock 'n' roll exploded on the
national scene and while black R&B singers and white hillbilly artists had
ben rockin' and rollin' for years this was the year that rock'n' roll became
a phenomena to horrify white American adults. Bill Haley topped the charts
with Rock Around The Clock in 1955 and Elvis's Sun records were
attracting attention in the South. In the meantime, New Orleans R&B singer
Fats Domino who had been a regular in the R&B charts for five years found
himself becoming a teen idol when his Ain't That A Shame reached the
top ten in the pop charts. Fats is here along with other R&B artists who
crossed over like Johnny Ace, The Penguins, Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, The
Platters, Roy Hamilton and others while plenty of artists were still, at
that time, only popular with a black audience like Etta James, Ray Charles
(he crossed over the next year), Smiley Lewis, The Hawketts, Howlin' Wolf,
The Hearts, Gene & Eunice and many more. This was also the year that white
artists started appearing in the R&B charts and this set includes crossover
sides by Bill Haley, Bobby Charles and Boy Bennet. Includes eight page
booklet with brief notes by Neil Slaven whose comments about Unchained
Melody are completely off base. (FS)
JOHNNY ACE: Anymore/ Pledging My Love/ FAYE ADAMS: You
Ain't Been True To Me/ BILLY BOY ARNOLD: I Wish You Would/ LAVERN BAKER:
Bop-ting-a-ling/ LAVERNE BAKER: Tweedle Dee/ COUNT BASIE: Everyday (parts 1
& 2)/ BOYD BENNETT & HIS ROCKETS: Seventeen/ CHUCK BERRY: Maybellene/ Thirty
Days/ BOBBY BLAND: It's My Life/ LOUIS BROOKS & HIS HI-TOPPERS: It's Love
Baby/ NAPPY BROWN: Don't Be Angry/ Pitter Patter/ RUTH BROWN: As Long As I'm
Moving/ THE CADILLACS: Speedoo/ THE CARDINALS: The Door Is Still Open/ BOBBY
CHARLES: Later Alligator/ RAY CHARLES: Blackjack/ I've Got A Woman/ THE
CHARMS: Two Hearts/ THE CLOVERS: Nip Sip/ THE DANDERLIERS: Chop Chop Boom/
BO DIDDLEY: Bo Diddley/ Pretty Thing/ VARETTA DILLARD: Johnny Has Gone/ FATS
DOMINO: All By Myself/ THE DRIFTERS: Adorable/ What'cha Gonna Do/ CHAMPION
JACK DUPREE WITH MR BEAR: Walking The Blues/ THE EL DORADOS: At My Front
Door/ THE FIVE KEYS: Close Your Eyes/ THE FIVE ROYALES: I Ain't Getting
Caught/ ERNIE FREEMAN: Jivin' Around (part 1)/ GENE & EUNICE: Ko Ko Mo (i
Love You So)/ This Is My Story/ ARTHUR GUNTER: Baby Let's Play House/ BILL
HALEY & HIS COMETS: (we're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock/ ROY HAMILTON:
Unchained Melody/ PEPPERMINT HARRIS: Cadillac Funeral/ THE HAWKETTS: Mardi
Gras Mambo/ SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS: (she Put The) Whamee On Me/ THE HEARTS:
Lonely Nights/ HOWLIN' WOLF: Don't Mess With My Baby/ Forty Four/ THE JACKS:
Why Don't You Write Me/ ELMORE JAMES: Dust My Blues/ ETTA JAMES: Good
Rockin' Daddy/ The Wallflower/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN: All Around The World/
Need Your Love So Bad/ BUDDY JOHNSON: (gotta Go) Upside Your Head/ B. B.
KING: Every Day I Have The Blues/ Ten Long Years/ EARL KING: Those Lonely,
Lonely Nights/ THE LAMPLIGHTERS: Hug A Little, Kiss A Little/ J. B. LENORE:
Mama Talk To Your Daughter/ SMILEY LEWIS: I Hear You Knocking/ LITTLE
RICHARD: Tutti Frutti/ LITTLE WALTER: My Babe/ WILLIE MABON: The Seventh
Son/ THE MARIGOLDS: Rollin' Stone/ JERRY MCCAIN: Courtin' In A Cadillac/
CLYDE MCPHATTER: Seven Days/ JAY MCSHANN FEATURING PRISCILLA BOWMAN: Hands
Off/ THE MOONGLOWS: Most Of All/ THE NUTMEGS: A Story Untold/ THE PENGUINS:
Earth Angel/ THE PLATTERS: Only You/ The Great Pretender/ JIMMY REED: You
Don't Have To Go/ THE ROBINS: Smokey Joe's Cafe/ SHIRLEY & LEE: Feel So
Good/ THE SPIDERS: Witchcraft/ THE TURBANS: When You Dance/ BIG JOE TURNER:
Flip, Flop And Fly/ Hide And Seek/ MUDDY WATERS: I Want To Be Loved/ Mannish
Boy/ JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON: Ain't It A Shame/ Hot Little Mama/ OTIS WILLIAMS'
NEW GROUP: That's Your Mistake/ SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON: Don't Start Me Talkin'/
From The Bottom
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Charly SNAJ 734 |
The Sound Stage 7 Story |
● CD $32.98 |
This 3 CD set with 78 tracks is an expanded version of
Charly's two CD set devoted to this label issued about ten years ago. This
features recordings produced by disk jockey turned record producer John
Richbourg for the Nashville based Sound Stage Seven label between 1965 and
1977 as well as cuts from Richbourg's own 77, Sound Plus and Luna labels. A
treasure trove of mostly Southern deep soul from the likes of Roscoe
Shelton, Jimmy Church, Joe Simon, The Amabassadors, Sam baker, Ella
Washington, Fenton Robinson, Moody Scott, The Electrifying Cashmeres, The
Continental Showstoppers, Jackey Beavers, Earl Gaines, Brief Encounter,
Willie Hobbs, Ann Sexton, Bobby KIng, Ella Washington and more including an
amusing talking blues Mojo Blues by the great John R. himself.
Includes 48 page illustrated booklet with extensive notes by Steve Bryant
and Clive Anderson.
THE AMBASSADORS: There's Something On My Baby's Mind/
CHUCK ARMSTRONG: How Sweet It Is/ SAM BAKER: Hold Back Girl/ I Love You/
It's All Over/ Let Me Come On Home/ Something Tells Me/ Sometimes You Have
To Cry/ Sunny/ JACKIE BEAVERS: Hey Girl/ Someone Bigger Than You Or Me/
ALDER RAY BLACK: Just Because The Package Has Been Unwrapped (doesn't Mean
The Merchandise I/ BILL BRANTLEY: A Little Bit More/ BRIEF ENCOUNTER: (don't
You See) I'm Crazy About You/ LATTIMORE BROWN: I Know I'm Gonna Miss You/
Otis Is Gone (part 1)/ PINEY BROWN: Nashville Wimmen/ JIMMY CHURCH: I Don‘t
Care Who Knows/ Right On Time/ THE CONTINENTAL SHOWSTOPPERS: Never Set Me
Free/ GEATER DAVIS: I've Got To Pay The Price/ Your Heart Is So Cold/ GWEN
DAVIS: I Can't Be Your Part-time Baby/ THE ELECTRIFYING CASHMERES: What Does
It Take (to Win Your Love)/ BETTY EVERETT: Hey Lucinda/ TED FORD: Please
Give Me Another Chance/ EARL GAINES: Hymn Number 5/ I Can't Face It/ I'll
Take Care Of You/ That's How Strong My Love Is/ You're The One/ MARGIE
HENDRIX: (i Got) Your Mama's Recipe/ Don't Destroy Me/ WILLIE HOBBS: How
Could My Baby Know/ Judge Of Hearts/ Where Did I Go Wrong/ BOBBY KING: What
Made You Change Your Mind?/ BILLY MILLS: Easy Going Fellow/ Sad Memories/
ALLEN ORANGE: V C Blues/ JOHN R: Mojo Blues/ FENTON ROBINSON: Little Turch/
Mellow Fellow/ She's A Wiggler/ The Getaway/ The Sky Is Crying/ ROSCOE
ROBINSON: I'm Burning And Yearning (for You)/ Why Are You Afraid?/ MOODY
SCOTT: I'll Find My Sunshine/ ANN SEXTON: Have A Little Mercy/ I Want To Be
Loved/ I'm His Wife (you're Just A Friend)/ You're Gonna Miss Me/ ROSCOE
SHELTON: Easy Going Fellow/ I Know Your Heart Has Been Broken/ I'm Ready To
Love You Now/ JOE SIMON: Farther On Down The Road/ Moon Walk Part 1/ Moon
Walk Part 2/ Teenager's Prayer/ The Chokin' Kind/ Who's Julie/ You Keep Me
Hangin' On/ Yours Love/ CHARLES SMITH: I'm Useless/ The Only Time You Say
You Love Me/ Why Can't I Cry/ THE SOUL AMBASSADORS: Just Like She Said She
Would/ THE TEARS OF JOY: This Is Not Your World/ THE VALENTINES: Got To Get
Yourself Together/ ELLA WASHINGTON: All The Time/ Doin' The Best I Can/ He
Called Me Baby/ I Can't Afford To Lose Him/ I Don't Care About Your Past/
Sit Down And Cry/ Too Weak To Fight
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Chess 9830155 |
Chess Soul Sisters |
● CD $14.98 |
Fine collection of female soul recorded for Chess and
affiliated labels in the 60s. Includes 16 page illustrated booklet with extensive notes.
FONTELLA BASS: I Surrender/ Rescue Me/ BARBARA CARR: Don't
Knock Love/ MITTY COLLIER: Git Out/ My Babe/ SUGAR PIE DESANTO: I Don't
Wanna Fuss/ ETTA JAMES: Fire/ Seven Day Fool/ THE JAYNETTS: Sally, Go Round
The Roses/ LAURA LEE: Dirty Man/ It's How You Make It Good/ JOY LOVEJOY: In
Orbit/ JACKIE ROSS: Take Me For A Little While/ MARLENA SHAW: California
Soul/ Liberation Conversation/ KOKO TAYLOR: Don't Mess With The Messer/
Tease Your Man/ Yes, It's Good For You/ IRMA THOMAS: Cheater Man/ We Got
Something Good
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Clifton 3025B |
Best Of Ronnie I.'s Clifton Label |
● CD $17.98 |
Fine collection of contemporary doo-wop featuring 20 tracks
drawn from Ronnie I's Clifton label including sides by The Velours, Sandra &
The Cliftonaires, Lisa & The Luvables, Ami & The Clif-Tones, Bill Baker's
satins, Cindy & The Cliftonaires, The Ecsatsies, Delmonicos, The james Myers
Quintet and more. I wonder why they used the same CD number as that from the
Eternals - we are calling this 3025B.
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Crystal Ball 1070 |
The Wally Zober Story, Vol. 1 |
● CD $17.98 |
Subtitled "writer, producer, extraordinaire", Zober is a
little known behind the scenes character who ran a number of labels in the
50s and 60s, produced a variety of artists and was a prolific songwriter.
This 29 track collection features songs written and/or produced by him and
includes sides by The El Domingos, Shirelles, Rendezvous (including one
previously unissued track), Four Embers, Four Queens & Jack (a previously
unissued cut), The Charades, Gail Keener & The Spinners, Ken Darrell & The
Rockaways, Bob Bay & The Teasers, Jody Lin & The Chardes, Fabian, Al Diaco
and others.
ALICIA & THE ROCKAWAYS: Why Can't I Be Loved/ BOB BAY &
THE TEASERS: She's A Tease/ BOBBY BRISTOL: Marilyn/ School's Out/ THE
CHARADES: Make Me Happy Baby/ Shang Lang A Ding Dong/ KEN DARRELL & THE
ROCKAWAYS: Never Comin' Back/ AL DIACO: Lover's Hideaway/ THE EL DOMINGOS:
Lucky Me I'm In Love/ Made In Heaven/ THE EPISODES: The Christmas Tree/
Where Is My Love/ FABIAN: Come On And Get Me/ THE FOUR EMBERS: But
Beautiful/ You've Been Away Too Long/ THE FOUR QUEENS AND JACK: Hey Look At
The Boy I Love (previously Unreleased)/ GAIL JENNER & THE SPINNERS: Hey
Little Tear Drop/ THE KEYTONES: One Two Three/ Sweet Chariot/ JODY LIN &
CHARADES: Why Is He Staying Away/ THE LOCOMOTIONS: Congratulations Baby/ RON
MARSHALL: Let Me Kiss You Goodnight/ EMMY ORO & KEYTONES: Is It A Sin/ THE
RENDEZVOUS: Faithfully/ THE SHIRELLES: I Want You To Be My Boyfriend/ THE
SPIRALS: Lost My Heart/ My Humble Prayer
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Crystal Ball 1071 |
The Wally Zober Story, Vol. 2 |
● CD $17.98 |
Another 29 - Sunny & The Horizons, The Rendezvous (including
two previously unissued), Locomotions, en Darrell &
The Rockaways, Lenny Welch, Mike Divivo & The
Sensations, Ivory Joe Hunter (a previously unissued demo) and more.
THE RENDEZVOUS: Twistin Stead Of Listenin' (previously
Unreleased)/ ALICIA & THE ROCKAWAYS: I'm Not Going Steady/ NANCY CAROLE: My
Joey/ The Memories We Share/ THE CHARADES: Bright Red Shiney Pants/ Let Me
Love You/ THE CHIC-LETS: I Want You To Be My Boyfriend/ THE COLONIALS: Where
Is My Love/ Why Didn't You Tell Me Girl/ THE CORONADOS: Little Moon/ KEN
DARRELL & THE ROCKAWAYS: Faleroo/ MIKE DIVIVIO & THE SENSATIONS: Forget
About Me/ THE FABULAIRES: Wedding Song/ THE FABULAIRS: Lonely Days Lonely
Nights/ THE FOUR QUEENS AND JACK: As Time Goes By (previously Unreleased)/
IVORY JOE HUNTER: The Treasures I Seek (previously Unreleased Demo)/ JODY
LIN & CHARADES: Oh Henry/ THE LOCOMOTIONS: Adios My Love/ Little Eva/ THE
RENDEZVOUS: It Breaks My Heart/ Take A Break/ The Flip (previously
Unreleased)/ THE SPINNERS: Please Stay In My Heart/ SUNNY & THE HORIZONS:
Because They Told Me/ Nature's Creation/ VINCE WAYNE: I'm Sorry (i Made You
Cry)/ LENNY WELCH: Congratulations Baby/ JIMMY WILDE: Bonnie Bonnie/ Crazy
Eyes For You
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Crystal Ball 1072 |
Doowopoly |
● CD $17.98 |
A collection of 25 doo-wop rarities from the 50s and early
60s. Many of the tracks are new to CD and two tracks by The
Fabulons are previously unissued.
THE BELL-TONES: My Pledge To You/ BARBARA BROWN & THE
JAYNELLS: Sometimes I Wonder/ MILLIE CALHOUN: This Love Will Last Forever/
THE CRESCENDORS: Sweet Dreams/ THE CROWD: I Have Nothing At All/ LARRY
DARNELL: Flame Of Love/ DAVE & THE STEREOS: Roamin' Romeo/ This Must Be
Love/ THE DEBERONS: It Only Takes One/ THE FABULONS: I Only Want You
(previously Unreleased)/ Rene (previously Unreleased)/ THE GOLDENAIRES: My
Only Girl/ PATRICK HENRY & THE VISIONS: Go Wherever Rainbows Go/ THE LARKS:
Love You So/ GLADYS PATRICK: A Letter To You/ THE SATISFACTIONS: Oh Why/ We
Will Walk Together/ JERRY STONE & THE FOUR DOTS: It's Heaven/ THE TURKS: Why
Did You/ THE TWYLIGHTS: I'm Gonna Try/ THE VELVATONES: Impossible/ THE
VIDELS: This Years Mr New/ JOHN T. WEBSTER & ANNA: A Million Teardrops/
MORRY WILLIAMS & THE KIDS: Time Runs Out/ THE WONDERS: Summer Love
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Doo-Wop Records CWR 032 |
30 Great Groups! Remember These Doo-Wops... |
● CD $17.98 |
30 vintage tunes with "Remember" in the title.
THE ATLANTICS: Remember The Night/ THE BARONS: Remember
Rita/ THE BUCCANEERS: The Stars Will Remember/ THE CAMEOS: Can You Remember/
I Remember When/ THE CASTELLES: Do You Remember/ THE CHEROKEES: Remember
When/ DAN ELLIS & THE ROYAL DUKES: You Won't Remember Me/ THE EMBERTONES: I
Remember/ THE FABULOUS FLAMES: Do You Remember/ THE FIVE BELLS: Please
Remember My Heart/ THE FIVE SATINS: Remember Me/ THE FOUR FELLOWS: Remember/
THE FOUR WINDS: Remember Last Summer/ THE FOUR XS: I'll Remember/ THE
HARPTONES: I Remember/ LITTLE JERRY: I'll Always Remember/ THE LOUNGERS:
Remember The Night/ RACHEL & THE ORIGINALS: I'll Always Remember/ THE
RIVIERAS: A Night To Remember/ ROCKY & THE MILLIONAIRES: Remember Me/ THE
SCARLETS: Remember/ THE SHUFFLES: Do You Rmemeber My Darling/ THE SINCERES:
Do You Remember/ THE SKARLETTONES: Do You Remember/ THE UNIQUES: Do You
Remember/ THE VELOURS: Remember/ MAURICE WILLIAMS & THE ZODIACS: I Remember/
JERRY WRIGHT & THE DOMANS: Do You Remember
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Dynamite DGS 140 |
Dynamite Group Sounds, Vol. 40 |
● CD $17.98 |
26 recordings 1954-1963
THE BARITONES: After School Rock/ THE BLENDAIRES: My Love
Is Just For You/ THE BLENDERS: It Takes Time/ THE BRENTWOODS: Midnight Star/
THE CALVAES: Fine Girl/ THE CHARTERS: I Lost You/ THE CREATORS: Too Far To
Turn Around/ THE CRESCENDOS: Finders Keepers/ BOBBY DALE & GROUP: Love Me
More/ THE DE VILLES: No Money/ THE EQUADORS: Stay a Little Longer/ THE FIVE
DELIGHTS: The Thought of Losing You/ THE FOSTER BROTHERS: Let's Jam/ THE
GAYLARKS: Somewhere In This World/ BOBBY HALL & THE KINGS: Fire In My Heart/
THE HI-FIVES: Just a Shoulder To Cry On/ THE L'CAPTANS: The Bells Ring Out/
THE MODERN INK SPOTS: Together/ THE PLANETTS: The Magic Age of Sixteen/ THE
PYRAMIDS: Deep In My Heart/ THE RE-VELS: So In Love/ THE SENORS: May I Have
This Dance/ THE SENSATIONS: Don't Take Your Love/ THE TOPS: An Innocent
Kiss/ THE TRINIDADS: When We're Together/ THE VOCALTONES: My Girl
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Empire Musicwerks 450 744-2 |
Chitlin Blues |
● CD $12.98 |
15 track collection of contemporary soul-blues - Little
Beaver, Candy Yam (aka Sax Kari), Ike & Val Woods, Snoopy Dean, Roach
Thompson and Eddie Holloway.
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Grapevine Soul 3001 |
Carolina Soul Survey - The Reflection Sound
Story |
● CD $19.98 |
We are now pleased to offer this superb British soul label
at a lower price, thanks to new distribution and here is the very first
issue featuring 20 tracks recorded in the 70s at Reflection Sound in
Charlotte, NC. Compiled by John Anderson, this album contains 9 unissued
tracks alternate takes and features an 8 page booklet with extensive notes
by British soul expert John Ridley. Includes the much in demand It's Your
Time To Cry by Louis King and Hello Baby by Dottie Pearson along
with tracks by Arthur Freeman, Toby King, Eldridge HOlmes, Carol Humphries,
The Marlboros and others.
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Jumble 1118 |
Boppin' |
● CD $17.98 |
Reissue of 1960 Jubilee album with 18 bonus cuts. A fine
collection of doo-wop from the early/ mid 50s by The Toppers (includes their
classic Baby Let Me Bang Your Box), The Orioles, Coney Island Kids
(their three abysmal tracks are the only real low points here),
Deke watson &
The Brown Dots, The Emanons, Marylanders, Teardrops and The Sultans.
Includes quite a few tracks not available elsewhere on CD.
THE CONEY ISLAND KIDS: Moonlight Beach/ Red Light-Green
Light/ We Want A Rock and Roll President/ THE EMANONS: Blue Moon/ Itty Bitty
Mama/ Wish I Had My Baby/ THE MARYLANDERS: Fried Chicken/ Good Old 999/ How
I Feel Without You/ I'm So All Alone/ I'm a Sentimental Fool/ Make Me Thrill
Again/ Please Love Me/ THE ORIOLES: I Miss You So/ Mission of St Augustine/
Secret Love/ THE SULTANS: You Captured My Heart/ Blues at Sunrise/ Don't Be
Angry/ Lemon Squeezing Daddy/ THE TEARDROPS: A Fool/ My Heart/ Oh Baby/ Oh
Stop It/ Stars Are Out Tonight/ The Prayer/ THE TOPPERS: Baby Let Me Bang
Your Box/ You're Laughing Cause I'm Crying/ DEKE WATSON & THE BROWN DOTS:
Brown Gal/ Why Does A Drink Make You Think
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Kent CDKEND 255 |
Kent's Cellar Of Soul, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
26 track collection of soul sides popular on the British
dance floor in the late 60s and early 70s.
BILLY BUTLER & THE CHANTERS: I Can't Work No Longer/ THE
CARLTONS: Can't You Hear the Beat/ DARROW FLETCHER: The Pain Gets a Little
Deeper/ TOMMY G & THE CHARMS: I Want You So Bad/ AL GREENE & THE SOUL
BROTHERS: Back Up Train/ LEON HAYWOOD: It's Got To Be Mellow/ THE HOLIDAYS:
I'll Love You Forever/ THE INTRIGUES: In a Moment/ J.J. JACKSON: Sho'Nuff
(Got a Good Thing Goin')/ RODDIE JOY: Come Back Baby/ AL KENT: You've Got To
Pay the Price/ KING GEORGE: Drive On James/ OTIS LEAVILL: Keep On Loving/
BOBBI LYNN: Earthquake/ THE OLYMPICS: Mine Exclusively/ PRINCE & PRINCESS:
Ready Steady Go/ JAMES & BOBBY PURIFY: Do Unto Me/ THE SPIDELLS: Hmmm, With
Feeling, Darling/ DEBBIE TAYLOR: Never Gonna Let Him Know/ JOE TEX: You
Better Believe It, Baby/ THE UNIFICS: The Beginning of My End/ THE
VIBRATIONS: Love In Them There Hills/ DEE DEE WARWICK: We're Doing Fine/
GENO WASHINGTON: Water/ BOBBY WELLS: Let's Copp a Groove/ TIMMY WILLIS: Mr.
Soul Satisfaction
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Kent CDKEND 256 |
Holding The Losing Hand - Hotlanta Soul 3 |
● CD $18.98 |
23 tracks, 74 min., highly recommended
Kent once again goes
soul diving into the GRC-related labels and comes up for airtime with
Moonsong, Clintone, and Aware imprints, featuring exceptionally fine
southern soul from studios in Birmingham and Atlanta, cut between 1970-75.
Don't be put off by the "3" in the subtitle; this is first quality material,
and nothing here has ever been reissued on compact disc (legally anyway).
Artists include Sam Dees, Frederick Knight, Bill Brandon, Dee Ervin,
Roszetta Johnson, Delia Gartrell, King Hannibal, Jimmy Lewis, C. L. Blast,
Deep Velvet, Phase Four (with an extended version of I'm So Glad),
Peggy Scott, Loraine Johnson, and the surprisingly pleasing Johnny Smith
Congregation. But be forewarned, this album will cause you to seek out the
earlier two volumes. Go Kent! (JC)
C.L. BLAST: Fools Love/ BILL BRANDON: Doing Right Don't
Wrong Nobody/ I Am Free Of Your Love/ Johnnie Mae Wright/ Stop This
Merry-Go-Round/ DEEP VELVET: Hanna Mae/ SAM DEES: Claim Jumping/ Everybody's
Trying To Get Over/ I Know Where You're Coming From/ DEE ERVIN: If It Wasn't
For The Children/ DELIA GARTRELL: Beautiful Day (Keep Moving On)/ LORRAINE
JOHNSON: Let's Make Our New Love Something Special/ ROSZETTA JOHNSON: (I
Like Making That) Early Morning Love/ A Woman's Way/ Holding The Losing
Hand/ Personal Woman/ KING HANNIBAL: Good Times/ I Got That Will/ FREDERICK
KNIGHT: We've Got To Sing Together/ JIMMY LEWIS: That's How Long I'll Be
Loving You/ PHASE FOUR: I'm So Glad (Extended Version)/ PEGGY SCOTT: Men/
JOHNNY SMITH CONGREGATION: A Better Way
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Kent CDKEND 257 |
Dave Hamilton's Detroit Dancers, Vol. 3 |
● CD $18.98 |
The third volume of sides drawn from the vaults of Detroit
soul producer Dave Hamilton features 24 tracks - most of them previously
unissued.
THE ADDITIONS: Until The End Of Time/ SIMON BARBEE: The
Wind/ THE BARRINO BROTHERS: The Bad Things (You Said To Me)/ CHARMAINE: Send
My Baby Back To Me/ CHICAGO PETE: Look Up And Smile/ CHICO & BUDDY: I Don’t
Know What You Got/ RICHARD COOMBS: I Mean You Girl/ THE EBONETTES: Side By
Side aka Just A Mistake/ THE FUTURE KIND: It Takes A Lot Of Living/ DAVE
HAMILTON: Blue Vibes/ You Did (Instrumental)/ J.T. RHYTHM: I Love The Way
You Do/ TOBI LARK: True True Love/ JAMES LATELY: Love, Friends & Money/
LITTLE ANN: Possession/ Sweep It Out In The Shed/ The Smile On Your Face/
What Should I Do (Alt version)/ PRISCILLA PAGE & PEPE THE POODLE: Throw The
Poor Dog A Bone/ ELAYNE STARR: In the Morning (When I Rise)/ THE TOKAYS:
Honest I Do/ O.C. TOLBERT: Along Came A Woman/ Goodness/ THE TOLBERT FAMILY
SINGERS: Ride The Gospel Train
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Kent CDKEND 258 |
The U.K. Sue Story, Vol. 4 |
● CD $18.98 |
The fourth volume in this series devoted to recordings
issued by Guy Stevens on the British Sue label is a delectable pot-pourri of
R&B and soul drawn from a variety of American labels.Includes
a number of tracks making their first appearance on CD.
THE ANGLOS: Stepping Stone Aka You're Fooling Me/ BUSTER
BROWN: Lost In A Dream/ JERRY BUTLER: I Stand Accused/ CLAUDINE CLARK: The
Strength To Be Strong/ THE DORSETS: Pork Chops/ INEZ & CHARLIE FOXX: La De
Da I Love You/ ROSCO GORDON: Goin' Home/ SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS: I Put A
Spell On You/ JOE HAYWOOD: Warm And Tender Love/ ALEXANDER JACKSON & THE
TURNKEYS: The Whip Aka Flea Pot/ HANK JACOBS: So Far Away/ ELMORE JAMES:
Knocking At Your Door/ GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS: Love Call/ PATTI LABELLE &
THE BLUEBELLES: Down The Aisle/ LITTLE RICHARD: Dance What You Wanna/ JIMMY
MCGRIFF: 'round Midnight/ THE NATURALS: Lenny Goofed/ BOBBY PARKER: Steal
Your Heart Away/ JIMMY REED: Odds And Ends/ HUEY "PIANO" SMITH & THE CLOWNS:
Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Part 1/ THE SOUL SISTERS: Good
Time Tonight/ THE SPIDELLS FEATURING BILLY LOCKRIDGE: Find Out What's
Happening/ TARHEEL SLIM & LITTLE ANN: You Make Me Feel So Good/ IKE & TINA
TURNER: A Fool In Love/ BABY WASHINGTON: Doodlin'/ DANNY WHITE: I'm
Dedicating My Life
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Latin Soul 2000 |
Soulful Thangs, Vol. 2 |
● CD $17.98 |
21 tracks, 69 min., highly recommended
The second volume in
this ongoing series (although Volume 1 came out 10 years ago, future
releases are reportedly in the works) is chock full of rare soul, heavy on
the ballads, including some real slow stuff, presumably from Latin soul
outfits--but some of these records are too obscure to even check. Either way
two things are certain: 1) many of these sides represent top notch late
1960s-early 1970s soul ballads, and 2) it would cost a small fortune to buy
all these as original 45 rpm records, if you could find them. For example,
Apple And The 3 Oranges True Love Will Never Die on Sagittarius
Records goes for prices approaching $1000, and The Four Dynamics' Things
That A Lady Ain't Supposed To Do (Peachtree 129) sells for twice that.
In itself, of course, rarity means nothing, but these songs don't deserve
their obscurity, especially Little Jimmy Gandy's Not Like The Others,
James Dee's Jealous Over Love, The T.S.U. Tornadoes' Got To Get
Through To You, Imported Moods' What Have You Done To My Heart,
The Steelers' Leave It Like It Is, and Natural Four's Hangin' On
To A Lie. Special mention goes to Annaraye's Will You Love My Child,
which, aside from being a pretty good song, was 30 years ahead of its time
lyrically, and even today would serve as a fitting theme song for most
daytime talk shows. Other artists include Talisman, Duke Turner, Debonaires
(some books list without the second "e"), Belita Woods, Ultimates,
Emulations, Notations, Chicago Gangsters, Compacts, Unique Blend, French
Coffee (featuring Rozlin), and Main Attraction. (JC)
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Mictlan 2002 |
Chicano Soul: San Antonio's Westside Sound,
Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
23 tracks, 61 min., highly recommended
More wonderful soul
recorded between 1961-1970 by Chicano artists in San Antonio. Most of these
guys were never known outside of San Antonio, but they should have been. One
of the few relatively big names here is Sunny & The Sunliners, but just
about everything here is so obscure it doesn't appear in the standard
reference books and price guides. This volume is ballad heavy, but the
occasional mid-tempo tune (Doc and Sal's wonderful Can't Get You Off My
Mind, comes to mind) breaks up the album. The doo wop influence appears
on various cuts, including the Cruisers An Angel Like You, and a few
tracks are drenched in Hammond B3. But if slow is the new cool, songs such
as Only One by Kenny & The Kasuals, I Can't Do Enough by
Entertainers, and To Each His Own by Sounds are the coolest things
going. Other obscure pleasures include Spider & The Playboys (My Heart
Remembers), Royal Jesters (We Go Together), Rick & The Sonics (As
Time Goes By), Eptones (No One Else But You), Royal Knights (I
Need You), and many others. Sound sources are wax (nice copies, at
least), but with music this rare, that's life. Makes me want to drive slowly
late at night. (JC)
THE CRUISERS: An Angel Like You/ DANNY & THE TEJANOS:
Listen Sweet Thing/ DINO & THE DELL-TONES: Daydream/ DOC & SAL: Can't Get
You Off of My Mind/ Laughing To Keep From Crying/ My Dream/ THE
ENTERTAINERS: I Can't Do Enough/ THE EPTONES: Making Me Cry/ HENRY & THE
KASUALS: Only One/ GEORGE JAY & THE ROCKIN' RAVENS: Say That You Love Me/
LITTLE JR. JESSE & HIS TEAR DROPS: Cry Baby/ RICK & THE SONICS: As Time Goes
By/ THE ROYAL FIVE: Someone Who Carees/ THE ROYAL JESTERS: I Want You
Around/ We Go Together/ THE ROYAL KNIGHTS: I Need You/ THE SOUNDS: To Each
His Own/ SPIDER & THE PLAYBOYS: My Heart Remembers/ SUNNY & THE SUNLINERS:
Baby I'm Lonely/ Cross My Heart/ THE THREE DUDES: Sad Little Boy/ RICKEY VEE
& THE STARDUSTERS: Taint No Big Thing
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Mid Century Music MCM 1001 |
The Great Groups - The Lost Masters, Vol. 1 |
● CD $17.98 |
24 tunes, all described as "first time on CD" though since
this CD was originally issued in 1998 this is no longer the case. Includes
Dion & The Belmonts (an alternate take of Teen Angel with studio
chatter), The Royaltones, Playboys,Rockin' Chairs,
Devotions (alternate of Snow White), Silvatones
(alternate take of Chi-Wa-Waa), The Restless Hearts (with Fred
Parris), etc.
THE CADILLACS: Woe Is Me/ THE CAMEOS: New Years Eve/ THE
CHARIOTS: Gloria/ THE DEL VIKINGS: Don't Be A Fool/ THE DEMENSIONS: Again/
THE DEVOTIONS: Snow White (alt.take)/ DION & BELMONTS: Teen Angel (alt.take)/
THE ETERNALS: My Girl/ NORMAN FOX & THE ROBROYS: Dream Girl/ LONNIE & THE
CARROLONS: Need Your Lovin/ THE MEADOWLARKS: Pass The Gin/ THE ORIENTS:
Queen Of The Angels/ THE PASSIONS: Too Many Memories/ THE PATELS: So Far
Away/ THE PENGUINS: Be Mine Or Be A Fool (alt tak)/ THE PLATTERS: Hey Now/
THE PLAYBOYS: Over The Weekend/ THE RESTLESS HEARTS: No Use In Crying/ THE
ROCKIN' CHAIRS: Please Mary Lou/ THE ROYALTONES: Crazy Love/ THE SHIELDS:
Nature Boy/ THE SILVATONES: Chi-wa-waa (alt Take)/ THE SKYLINERS: Everyone
But You/ THE SPARKLETONES: Softly
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Norton 317 |
Get In The Groove |
● CD $14.98 |
18 tracks, 80 min., good
Norton Records cultivates an image
of raucousness, releasing more untamed new music that all the majors put
together. Part holiday R&B review, part birthday celebration for Norton
Records boss man Billy Miller, this live show features Andre Williams,
Nathaniel Mayer, Lonnie Youngblood, Rudy Ray Moore (a.k.a. Dolomite), King
Coleman, Bettye Lavette, Barrence Whitfield, The Great Gaylord, The Mighty
Hannibal, and others two days after Xmas, 2003, at Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY.
Now, I enjoy screaming, ranting, and songs about genitalia as much as the
next fellow, maybe more so, but the first half of this show is marred by a
certain lack of substance. Mayer (backed by The Shanks) and his six and a
half pack of songs (more than anyone else) marks the high point, but his
always-strained voice is stretched thinner than ever. He is reintroduced for
his encore as "the pimp of all pimps," although the designation seems
unofficial. Lavette sounds good (as always) on her two songs, but one is the
everyone-back-on-stage finale and it just isn't enough. No doubt that this
show tore up the club that night, but the power doesn't always transfer to
disc very well, and something necessary is lost in translation. (JC)
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Numero 003 |
Eccentric Soul - The Bandit Label |
● CD $19.98 |
20 tracks, 70 min., essential
The story of the Bandit label
and its owner Arrow Brown is likely one of the strangest on record (pun
intended). Brown apparently lived with many nubile young women in a commune
or "family" or non-religious cult, depending on how you look at it. And when
he wasn't demanding the sexual fidelity of his harem, he was writing,
recording, and releasing some of the sweetest soul music to make its way out
of Chicago in the late 1960s and '70s--all this after (?) an apparent life
of crime (thus the label name). Many of the performances come from his
"family." Altyrone Deno Brown (Arrow's son) began recording at age 7; local
papers dubbed him Chicago's Michael Jackson, high praise at the time. Deno
Brown went on to win a Tony Award for his performance in "Raisin" (a musical
version of Lorraine Hansbury's play "A Raisin In The Sun"), before slipping
into obscurity, as most of the artists here eventually did. The recordings
collected here, never widely available outside of the Windy City, include
both sides of Linda Ballintine's only Bandit 45 (Glad About That and
You're A Habit Hard To Break, of which only 2 copies are known to
exist. One of the soul beacons here, Johnny Davis, who turns in a powerful
performance on the charger You've Got To Crawl To Me, was brutally
murdered in 1973. Most cuts are by the superb Majestic Arrows, whose lineup
changes, but whose gorgeous records were rarely surpassed by their more
commercially successful competitors. The exceptional Love Is All I Need
would by itself make this collection essential. Includes three "rehearsal"
performances found on cassette tapes belonging to Tridia Brown (Arrow's
daughter by his first marriage before the "family"), among them an a
cappella performance of Make Yourself Over, which is wonderful.
Unrelentingly good. (JC)
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Popcorn 6003 |
Rock 'n' Roll Mamas |
● CD $18.98 |
24 tracks, 61 mins, highly recommended
Terrific collection
of 24 R&B rockers from female singers - quite a few making their first
appearance on CD. Includes sides by Dolores Ware, Eunice Davis, Annisteen
Allen (her original 1954 recording of Fujiyama Mama made famous by
Wanda Jackson), Dolly Cooper (the fabulous Big Rock Inn), Myrtle
Jones, Faye Adams, Buddy & Claudia, Dolores (Baby Dee) Spriggs, Bernice
Gooden, Mildred Paige, Vikki Nelson, The Harris Sisters and others. Many
obscure names but the musical standard is very high with tough bands.
Excellent sound but no notes. (FS)
FAYE ADAMS: I've Gotta Leave You/ MARIE ADAMS: Ain't Car
Crazy/ ANNISTEEN ALLEN: Fujiyama Mama/ BABY DEE: He Ain't Mine No More/ RUTH
BROWN: Hello Little Boy/ BUDDY & CLAUDIA: I Wanna Hug Ya, Kiss Ya, Squeeze
Ya/ THE CHARMERS: Oh! Yes/ DOLLY COOPER: Big Rock Inn/ EUNICE DAVIS: Get
Your Enjoys/ Go To Work Pretty Daddy/ BERNICE GOODEN WITH ERNIE FREEMAN
ORCH: What Did I Do To You/ THE HARRIS SISTERS: Kissin Bug/ MRYTLE JONES:
I'm Alone/ MYRTLE JONES: I'm Goin' Home/ VICKY LEE: Going' Back Home To
Mama/ GLORIA LYNN: Cool Daddy/ VIKKI NELSON: Just One More Smile/ MILDRED
PAIGE: Don't You Be Too Hasty Baby/ ROSETTA PERRY: Farewell Blues/ Get Out
And Go/ DOLORES (BABY DEE) SPRIGGS: Zoom De De Ho Ho/ DOLORES WARE:
Thrill-la-dill/ MAYMIE WATTS: Quicksand/ CORA WOODS: Rocks In Your Head
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Popcorn 6004 |
Rock 'n' Roll Mamas, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
Another excellent collection of rockin' R&B by women singers
from the 50s - much of it new to CD. Includes sides by Eunice Davis, Dolores
Gibson, The Blossoms, Geneva Vallier (her You Said You Had A Woman is
the answer song to Ray Charles' I Got A Woman), Priscilla Bowman,
Carmen Davis, Sadie Birch, Bernice Gooden & The Nuggets, Tiny Topsy (two
songs including a tough cover of Lillian Offit's Miss You So),
Delores Maxwell, Gloria Gunter & Group (a great answer song to Yakety Yak
called Move On Out) and others.
MARIE ADAMS & JUNIOR RYDER: Boom Diddy Wa Wa/ SADIE BIRCH:
The Man I crave/ THE BLOSSOMS: Little Louie/ PRISCILLA BOWMAN: A spare Man/
Yes I'm glad/ MAMIE BRADLEY: I feel like a Million/ The Patty Cake/ CARMEN
DAVIS: No, no Baby/ EUNICE DAVIS: Let's have a Party/ DOLORES GIBSON: Call
me, call me, call me/ Hey, Little Boy/ BERNICE GOODEN: When I go away (The
uh huh Song)/ Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter (on a Teenage Date)/ BUDDY &
CLAUDIA GRIFFIN: I got a Secret (I ain't gonna keep)/ GLORIA GUNTER & GROUP:
Move on out/ CAMILLE HOWARD: Rock 'N' Roll Mama/ DELORES MAXWELL: My Man/
PATTI ANNE: Baby, Baby I'm in Love with you/ Shtiggy Boom/ LUCY RIVERA: IFIC/
TINY TOPSY: Miss you so/ TINY TOPSY & GROUP: Aw! Shucks baby/ GENEVA VALLIER:
You said you had a Woman (I got a Woman)/ REBECCA WILLIAMS: Thing-A-Ma-Jig
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Rounder 2185 |
A Celebration Of New Orleans Music |
● CD $15.98 |
16 tracks, 74 minutes, highly recommended
Says here that
"100% of the proceeds will be donated to Musicares Hurricane Relief 2005."
The folks at Rounder culled these tracks from various Rounder releases, and
the result is a wide range of some of the finest musicians ever to call New
Orleans home. From an Alan Lomax recording of Jelly Roll Morton performing
I'm Alabama Bound to James Booker playing Lawdy Miss Clawdy to
Irma Thomas' excellent live Second Line Medley to the insane energy of
Rebirth Brass Band's Do Whatcha Wanna, Pt. 3 to Professor Longhair's
Cuttin'
Out to the incomparable Brandford Marsalis Quartet's B's Paris Blues
this
collection is audio gumbo. Other artists include Aaron Neville, Johnny
Adams, Eddie Bo, Dirty Dozen Brass band, Harry Connick, Jr., Wild Magnolias,
Al Johnson, Davell Crawford, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Walter Wolfman
Washington, and Theryl DeClouet. Great music, great cause. (JC)
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Sounds Of Soul 2001 |
Lost Deep Soul Treasures, Vol. 5 |
● CD $17.98 |
More rarities from the 60s and 70s - 24 tracks including
Bobby Lee, Claude "Baby" Huey, Billy "Guitar" Davis,
Billie Dearborn, Jimmy Richards, The Superiors Band & Their Soul
Singers, Helene Smith, The Hesitations, Marcell Strong, Lou Pride, Billy
Woods, Bob & Earl and others. Among the highlights are the brilliant Finding
Out For Myself - a rare soul outing for West Coast bluesman Sonny
Rhodes with an atypical backing featuring two guitars and only occasional
sax, the searingly intense Friday's Child by Billie Dearborn and If
I Could Only See by Billy Woods - a secular reworking of the gospel
song If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again.
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Still 1167 |
Black Rock-Rhythm Meat |
● CD $18.98 |
25 tracks, highly recommended
Another fine collection of
rocking blues and R&B and black rock 'n' roll with an incomprehensible
title! 25 sides, most of them making their first appearance on CD, and three
previously unissued. Includes Teddy Reynolds, Johnny Stewart, Jimmy Fox, The
Vibrators (two fine rocking instrumentals with hot guitar), Jimmy Trotter
(tough vocal and exciting guitar work), Terri Lee (superb female vocalist),
The Stacattos, The Bees (fine down home blues with excellent harp), Jimmy
Anthony & The Jap Curry Blazers (really!), Roosevelt Grier (football star
proves to be a fine blues singer on his version of the Lil Green classic
Why Don't You Do Right), Little Boyd & the Blues Bees (more down home
harmonica blues), The Classics, Bob Mosley (great piano boogie), The
Penguins and more. Excellent sound and four page booklet with label shots.
(FS)
JIMMY ANTHONY & THE JAP CURRY BLAZERS: Eternal Thing/ THE
BEES: Oh Yes/ Terror (Inst.)/ GENE BURKS: Shirley Jean/ THE CLASSICS: Elmo/
SONNY FISHBACK: Gee Baby/ You Ain't Goin'Nowhere/ JIMMY FOX: Huff N Puff/
JOE GAINES & THE ORIGINAL HI-LITES: I Wanna Go Back Home/ ROOSEVELT GRIER:
Why Don't You Do Right/ JOY HAMILTON WITH THE GENE MASON SEXTET: You Got My
Nose Open Baby/ TERRI LEE: I'm No Good To You/ My-My-My/ LITTLE BOYD & THE
BLUES BEES: Don't Leave Me Baby/ Harmonica Rock(Inst.)/ BOB MOSLEY: Bobbie's
Boogie (Inst.)/ TEDDY REYNOLDS & JOHNNY SUCCESS: Rockin' With You baby/ FAY
SIMMONS: Hangin'Around/ THE STACATTO’S: Jimmy Jones/ JOHNNY STEWART: A Whole
Lot Of Lovin´/ THE STEWART BROTHERS: Sleep On The Porch/ JIMMY TROTTER:
Hungry And Thirsty/ THE VIBRATORS: Mad Man Shuffle(Inst.)/ Way Out (Inst.)
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Teenie Weenie 1026 |
The White Group Sound, Vol. 3 |
● CD $17.98 |
Fine collection of white doo-wop. 30 tracks from the 50s and
early 60s - most of it making its first appearance on CD. Includes T Bel-Airs, Van Delles (the particularly nice Time After Time),
Saints, eddy Flores with The Regimentals, The Delatones, The Catalina Six, etc.
Includes fold out booklet with many rare label shots in full color.
JOHNNY ANGEL: Doubt/ THE BEL-AIRS: Hope and Pray/ BOB &
THE DEBONAIRS: So Blue/ THE CASANOVAS: In My Land of Dreams/ THE CATALINA
SIX: Would You Believe It/ THE CHARADES: Now I'll Cry/ THE CLASSIC 4: My
Heart's Been Broken/ THE COSMOS: Angel Angel/ THE COUSINS: (Walking Down)
That Lonely Road/ THE DELATONES: Ik-Heb-Je-Lief (I Love You)/ JOEY DELL:
Only Last Night (In A Garden)/ THE EL REYS: Diamonds & Pearls/ TEDDY FLORES
WITH THE REGIMENTALS: Karen My Darling/ THE FOUR GENTS: I Refuse To Try/ THE
GALAXIES: Be Mine/ THE GATES: Letter To Dick Clark/ Wedding Bells Gonna
Ring/ THE J BROTHERS: You're My Angel/ THE NEPTUNES: A King Without A Crown/
THE PARAMOUNTS: I Know You'll Be My Love/ NICK RENA: My Darling/ THE RHYTHM
STARS: My Girl Babe/ DAVE ROBERTS: Wonderous (My Love)/ SABY & THE
ORIENTALS: Little Girl/ THE SAINTS: My Only One/ SKIP: Searching For Linda/
THE TEMPEST'S: Falling Like the Rain/ THE VAN DELLES: Time After Time/
RONNIE VARE & THE INSPIRATORS: Let Me Be Your Love/ THE YOUNG LIONS: How
Wrong You Are
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Teenie Weenie 1027 |
The White Group Sound, Vol. 4 |
● CD $17.98 |
30 more, mostly unreissued before, rarities.
THE ARC-ANGELS: Goddess/ DON BARBER & THE DUKES: I'll Be
Blue/ THE BEAU-JIVES: Brightest Star In the Sky/ THE BI-TONES: Oh How I Love
You So/ BILLY & THE PATIOS: Love Is A Story/ SONNY BLOCH & CORALAIRS: Ask Me
No Questions/ THE BOYS: It's Hopeless!/ THE CLIENTELLES: My Love/ THE
CORVAIRS: Darlin'/ GEORGIE DEE & LADDS: I Can't Go On Like This/ THE
DREAMERS: Don't Cry/ THE GATES: Summer Night Love/ THE GLENS WITH BILL
PERRY: Image of Love/ JOEL GRAYSON: My True Story/ FRANK GRIECO: To Love
Again/ JOHNNY HUDSON & RIPTIDES: Let's Run Away/ THE IRRIDESCENTS: I Found
You/ THE J BROTHERS: When I'm Alone/ THE JAVALONS: That Is Why (I Love You)/
THE MAR-VELS: Somewhere Love Is Waiting/ MARTY & THE SYMBOLS: You're the
One/ THE MONTCLAIRS: Lisa/ RAY MURRAY & THE DYNAMICS: With All My Love/ STAN
NEDITCH & RELATIONS: Honestly/ THE OUTSIDERS: Rickity-Boom-Bay-Aye/ THE
SUNLINERS: So In Love/ DANNY TRAVIS: Ever 'Since/ THE TRIDELS: Image Of My
Love/ THE TUNES: The Lie/ LEWIS WEBER: Judy
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Time Productions 102 |
The Vault Ultra Rare Vocal Group Sounds |
● CD $17.98 |
24 fine rarities. Most of them have been out on CD before
but this will particularly appeal to those who like slow songs since all the
tracks are dreamy ballads.
THE BALLADS: Somehow/ THE CALIPHS: Darling If I Had Your
Love/ THE COLUMBUS PHAROAHS: Give Me Your Love/ THE CORVAIRS: Love Her So/
THE DUBS: If I Only Had Magic/ THE EL CAPRIS: Girl Of Mine/ THE EL VENOS:
Lonely Girl/ THE EMERALDS: That's The Way It's Got To Be/ THE ENSENATORS:
Just Like Before/ THE FABULONS: Long Time Ago/ THE FAIRLANES: Writing This
Letter/ THE FIVE PENNIES: My Heart Trembles/ THE FOUR PEARLS: Look At Me/
HAROLD & THE CASUALS: Darling, Do You Love Me/ THE LADDINS: Oh How I Hate To
Go Home/ THE MAGNIFICENTS: Why Did She Go/ SMILEY MOON & THE MOONTUNES: You
Don't Understand/ THE PLAYBOYS: One Question/ THE ROYAL JESTERS: My Angel Of
Love/ THE SUPREMES: Just For You And I/ THE VELVETIERS: Oh Baby/ THE
VIBRANAIRES: Doll Face/ THE VICTORIANS: Wedding Bells/ THE VOLTONES: If She
Should Call
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Trikont 0337 |
Cheatin Soul (And The Southern Dream Of
Freedom) |
● CD $19.98 |
23 tracks, 78 min., very highly recommended
The German label
Trikont doesn't make bad albums. From Vietnamese street musicians to gospel
music to rembetika, the label watchword is eclecticism. And they also issue
great various artists packages, of which this is one. Although these are all
cheating songs (from various perspectives, to be sure) it would be difficult
(though not impossible) to find a better soul compilation of any kind.
Several tracks come from Hi Records studios, including the O.V. Wright hit
A Nickel And A Nail, Ann Peebles' Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's
Home, and Janet & The Jays' Without A Reason. Some share Jerry
Williams (a.k.a. Swamp Dogg) brilliant production and song-writing chops,
including Ruby Andrews' I Don't Wanna Wake Up, Sandra Phillips'
Some Mother's Son, and Doris Duke's If She's Your WIfe Who Am I.
Include the single by writer nonpareil George Jackson (My Desires Are
getting The Best Of Me) among the nice surprises here. Same goes for
Wendy Rene's After Laughter Comes Tears. A must for fans of southern
soul or people who just like their music to be made out of flesh and blood.
(JC)
RUBY ANDREWS: I Don't Wanna Wake Up/ BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND: I
Wouldn't Treat a Dog/ Rockin in the Same Old Boat/ CLARENCE CARTER: What Was
I Supposed to Do/ DORIS DUKE: If She's Your Wife Who Am I/ EARL GAINES: Hymn
No 5/ MARGIE HENDRIX: Don't Destroy Me/ GEORGE JACKSON: My Desires Are
Getting the Best of Me/ JANET & THE JAYS: Without a Reason/ MARGIE JOSEPH:
Never Can You Be/ LITTLE ARCHIE: I Am a Carpet/ MICKEY MURRAY: East of
Nowhere/ ANN PEEBLES: I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home/ SANDRA
PHILLIPS: Some Mother's Son/ WENDY RENE: After Laughter Comes Tears/ ANN
SEXTON: I Still Love You/ I'm His Wife (You're Just a Friend)/ JEAN STANBACK:
Next Man/ JOE TEX: I Wanna Be Free/ Love You Save/ JERRY WASHINGTON: Right
Here Is Where You Belong/ O.V. WRIGHT: I Don't Know Why/ Nickel and a Nail
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