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RHYTHM & BLUES, SOUL & DOO-WOP
Tiny Bradshaw -> Jerry Butler
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TINY BRADSHAW BRENDA & THE TABULATIONS JAMES BROWN MAXINE BROWN RUTH BROWN NAPPY BROWN & KIP ANDERSON |
DON
BRYANT RUSTY BRYANT & THE CAROLYN CLUB BAND SOLOMON BURKE SAM BUTERA |
| TINY BRADSHAW | Classics 5011 | The Chronological Tiny Bradshaw, 1934-1947 | $14.98 |
| 22 tracks, 61 mins, recommended. Though Tiny Bradshaw is best
remembered these days for his hot R&B sides cut in the early 50s his
musical career started in the 20s and he made his first recordings in
1934. The eight tracks here from 1934 feature Tiny fronting a fine swing
band and doing jive vocals in the Cab Calloway style. He next recorded in
1944 fronting a large band which included Sonny Stitt, Don Hill and Count
Hastings in the line up and over the next few years he recorded some big
band jazz with vocals by himself or the mediocre Jack Fine. At the last
session here for Savoy in 1947 he starts to adopt a more aggressive stance
in his vocals and we hear the precursor to his later R&B recordings.
This set will mostly appeal to jazz fans but blues and R&B fans will
certainly find it of interest if not that compelling. (FS) |
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| TINY BRADSHAW | King 653 | The Great Composer | ● CD $9.98 |
| 16 jumpin' sides, including some classic instrumentals with
tenor sax tornado Red Prysock. Well Oh Well/ Free For All/ The Train
Kept A' Rollin'/ Come On. |
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| BRENDA & THE TABULATIONS | Jamie 4011 | Right On The Tip Of My Tongue | ● CD $15.98 |
| 15 sides from the late 60s/ early 70s produced by Van McCoy
includng the previously unissued Sha Na Na - He Loves Me. |
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| JAMES BROWN | Polydor 511 326-2 | 20 All-Time Greatest Hits | ● CD $13.98 |
| Yet another greatest hits collection from the Godfather of
Soul, basically hitting the highest points of the JB boxed set. I Got
You/ Sex Machine/ I Got The Feelin'/ Mother Popcorn/ Give It Up Or Turnit
A Loose/ Make It Funky/ Papa's Got A Brand New Bag/ Think/ It's A Man's
World/ Try Me/ Night Train/ Cold Sweat/ Get On The Good Foot/ Papa Don't
Take No Mess/ The Payback/ Say It Loud/ Super Bad/ Hot Pants/ Get Up Offa
That Thing/ Please, Please, Please. |
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| JAMES BROWN | Polydor 527 988-2 | James Brown's Funky Christmas | ● CD $10.98 |
| JAMES BROWN | Polydor 47202 | In The Jungle Groove | ● CD $10.98 |
| This set chronicles the King- Polydor transition
period of 1969-71. The tunes here are all previously unissued unedited
versions of tunes cut down for LP cuts, or cut down even further for
singles, with most tracks here running 6-8 minutes. I Got To Move ,
has never before been issued and has the intro of the never issued title
tune edited on. It's A New Day/ Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose were
from King LPs, Funky Drummer/ Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved/ Soul
Power from King singles, are making their 1st album appearances, and Talkin'
Loud & Sayin' Nothin'/ Hot Pants are from Polydor, with Talkin'
Loud making it's first album appearance.
(GM) JAMES BROWN: It's A New Day/ Funky Drummer/ Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (remix)/ I Got To Move/ Funky Drummer - (bonus beat reprise)/ Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing (remix)/ Get Up, Get Into It And Get Involved (mono)/ Soul Power (mono, re-edit)/ Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)Blind Man Can See It - (previously unreleased, extended) |
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| JAMES BROWN | Polydor 533 052-2 | Make It Funky - The Big Payback, 1971-1975 | ● CD $31.98 |
| 2 CD's, 26 tracks 2 hours 34 min,
essential Culled from the Polydor vaults, this set includes unreleased cuts, alternate takes and hits from the albums "Hot Pants", "There it is", "Get On The Good Foot", the "Black Caesar" soundtrack, "Damn Right I Am Somebody", "The Payback", and "Hell". It's an amazing compilation documenting Brown's output for the half-decade after Bootsy left (Bobby Byrd would also split shortly thereafter but is heard briefly here). Great, straight early '70's stuff: Escape-Ism/ Hotpants/ I'm A Greedy Man/ Make It Funky. Also included are cuts representing Brown's first experiments with studio musicians, such as Billy Cobham and Joe Beck (King Heroin) and his later full-blown sessions with all-stars such as Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, Joe Farrell, David Spinoza, Hugh McCracken, Buster Williams, Steve Gadd and Pee Wee Ellis (I Got A Bag Of My Own/ Down And Out In New York City). Once guitarist Chank Nolen rejoined the fold, the funk got back on the "one" (The Payback) and when Maceo Parker returned, all hell cut loose: Poppa Don't Take No Mess/ My Thang/ Funky President (unreleased version)/ I Feel Good/ Hotpants (live) all point up Brown's rejuvenated mid-'70's career. An unbelievable two-disc blast! This music was made to do two things: dancing is one of 'em. Buy this set and figure out the other. You won't be sorry. (PL) |
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| JAMES BROWN | Polydor 843 479-2 | Live At The Apollo, 1962 | ● CD $12.98 |
| In case you haven't heard, this is quite likely the finest
live record ever, now on CD. Ranking right up there with Sam Cooke live at
Harlem Square Club 1963, Elvis' Burbank 1968 sessions, and maybe the Sex
Pistols live at Winterland, James leads his super-tight band through all
his hits at the Apollo in October 1962. Few releases document the feel and
intensity of a performance as hot as this one; the show answers any
questions about whether Brown is truly the Godfather of Soul. Highest
recommendation for those of you who believe digital is the only way to
fly. Includes I'll Go Crazy/ Try Me/ Think/ I Don't Mind/ Please,
Please, Please/ I Found Someone/ I Love You Yes I Do/ Why Does Everything
Happen To Me/ Bewildered/ Please, Please, Please/ Night Train. JS) |
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| JAMES BROWN | Polydor 849 108-2 | Star Time | ● CD $59.98 |
| In February of 1956, talent scout Ralph Bass brought James
Brown and The Famous Flames to King Records, cutting the Orioles-inspired Please
Please Please. King prez Syd Nathan hated both Brown and Please,
and tried to fire Bass in the bargain, eventually releasing the song just
to prove his contention that it was a piece of crap. The song rocketed to
Top 5 chart status, and launched the roller coaster career of one of pop
music's biggest stars. This fabulous set gathers 72 of J.B.'s best sides,
covering 28 of his prime years as a latter-day R&B hitmaker, soul
sensation, and godfather to today's hip-hop/ rap generation. Throughout
the 60's and 70's Brown was a one-man revolution, a successful black
businessman, idol to millions, a potent political force who circulated
with the Panthers, LBJ, Hubert Humphrey and even Richard Nixon, and, most
importantly, a musical visionary whose influence permeated urban black
music for decades, extending to the realms of African pop, disco, fusion
jazz and even the music of the MTV set. The cuts, chronologically ordered
over 4 CD's, are simply his best and biggest hits, some as alternate,
live, or re-mixed/re-edited versions, but mostly the original takes from
King/Federal, Dade, Try Me, Smash, Polydor, People, TK and Tommy Boy
labels, covering every significant phase from the legacy of Soul Brother
#1. An incredible 5 hours of music, including Please Please Please/ Try
Me/ Bewildered/ Good Good Lovin'/ I'll Go Crazy/ It's A Man's World/ I Got
You/ Papa's Got A Brand New Bag/ Cold Sweat/ Say It Loud/ Funky Drummer/
Get Up/ Sex Machine/ Super Bad/ Soul Power/ Get On The Good Foot/ Papa
Don't Take No Mess and dozens more. An essential purchase for anyone
with even a measurable amount of soul. (MB) |
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| MAXINE BROWN | Collectables 5116 | Golden Classics | ● CD $11.98 |
| This 12-tune collection includes Maxine's two classic soul
standards All In My Mind/ Funny, originally put out by Nomar in
1961. Both songs seem to lose impact in their transfer to long play. Gone
are the pounding bass figures on the original singles. Also included are
three gut-wrenching duets made with Chuck Jackson, the 'bad' Something
You Got (1965), Baby Take Me (1965), & the hip-shaking I'm
Satisfied. Contains the tasty cover version of James Ray's If You
Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody. Lots of excitement generated on this
Wand collection - worth the purchase if you missed out on previous
reissues. (OLN) |
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| MAXINE BROWN | Kent CDKEND 187 | Spotlight On/ Greatest Hits | ● CD $18.98 |
| Two Wand LPs plus 8 bonus tracks. MAXINE BROWN: Anything For A Laugh/ Anything You Do Is Alright/ Ask Me/ Coming Back To You/ Do It Now/ Gotta Find A Way/ He Does Something To Me (aka You Do Something To Me)/ He's The Only Guy I'll Ever Love/ I Cry Alone/ I Don't Need Anything/ I Got Love/ I've Got A Lot Of Love Left In Me/ If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody/ It's Gonna Be Alright/ Listen To My Heart/ Little Girl Lost/ Oh No, Not My Baby/ One In A Million/ One Step At A Time/ Since I Found You/ Slipping Thru My Fingers/ Soul Serenade/ We Can Work It Out/ When I Fall In Love/ Wonder What My Baby's Doing Tonight/ Wrong Number, Right Girl/ Yesterday's Kisses/ You Upset My Soul |
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| MAXINE BROWN | Kent CDKEND 949 | Oh No, Not My Baby | ● CD $18.98 |
| A great 28 track collection of Wand material recorded
between 1963 and '67 and previously on the the two LPs Kent 028, 047.
Included are remakes of her 2 Nomar hits Funny/ All In My Mind plus
Wand hits like Coming Back To You/ Oh No Not My Baby/ It's Gonna Be
Alright and others. The disc also features 7 tracks not originally
issued by Wand including the fine Baby Cakes written and produced
by Otis Redding in 1967. |
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| RUTH BROWN | Atlantic 82061 | Miss Rhythm - Greatest Hits And More | ● CD $31.98 |
| 2-CD set - 40 of her most memorable Atlantic recordings -
big hits and 4 unreleased cuts! Wow!! |
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| RUTH BROWN | Bullseye Blues 9583 | R+B=Ruth Brown | ● CD $15.98 |
| 1997 album by veteran R&B singer, mostly recorded in New
Orleans with top notch musicians - half of the tracks are arranged by
legendary New Orleans arranger Wardell Quezergue. With guest appearances
from Johnny Adams, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Bonnie Raitt.
Songs are a mix of old R&B tunes and newer compositions. (FS) |
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| RUTH BROWN | Classics 5003 | The Chronological Ruth Brown, 1949-1950 | $14.98 |
| Ruth's earliest recordings - 22 tracks covering April 1949
through December 1950 including her first unissued side Rain Is A
Bringdown with Amos Milburn on piano, a duet with her husband Jimmy
Brown and her early hits like So Long/ Teardrops In My Eyes/ I'll Wait
For You and I Know. |
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| RUTH BROWN | Collectables 6232 | Ruth Brown/ Miss Rhythm | ● CD $13.98 |
| Ruth's first two Atlantic albums from 1957 and 1959 on one
CD. Includes her early hits like Lucky Lips/ This Little Girl's Gone
Rockin'/ Jack Of Diamonds and others. |
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| RUTH BROWN | Fantasy 9661 | Have A Good Time | ● CD $14.98 |
| RUTH BROWN | Fantasy 9662 | Blues On Broadway | ● CD $14.98 |
| 1989 recording with Hank Crawford, Red Holloway et. al. |
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| RUTH BROWN | Fantasy 9665 | The Songs Of My Life | ● CD $14.98 |
| 12 tracks, 70 min., recommended Ruth Brown's new album is so
suggestive of late nights and after hours jazz clubs that it actually gets
dark out when you play it. Okay, maybe not, but it feels that way. Maybe
it's because, aside from some Hammond B-3 organ, no electronic instruments
are used. This time out Brown apparently had artistic control for a
change, selecting her producer (Rodney Jones), as well as her songs. With
a few exceptions, she chose classic ballads like God Bless The Child/
I've Got The World On A String/ Stormy Weather/ God Bless The Child.
One exception is her reading of Eric Clapton's vapid Tears In Heaven,
another is the Rodney Jones title track, the weakest cuts. Superb support
from sidemen Mike Renzi (p.), Jones (gtr.), Rufus Reid (b.), William
Galison (hca), Akira Tana (drm.), and others. (JC) |
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| NAPPY BROWN & KIP ANDERSON | Ripete 2242 | Best Of Both Worlds | ● CD $15.98 |
| 12 tracks, 38 min., highly recommended If you like your
music rockin' ala 1950s or you're into the "beach music" scene,
this CD is right for going 'down in the alley'. Both were former gospel
singers born in the Carolinas - Nappy, in 1929/Oct/12 (Charlotte, NC),Kip,
in 1945/Jan/24 (Anderson, SC). Nappy sings solo lead on "(Night Time
Is) The Right Time", "Down In The Bottom", "Don't Be
Angry" and Percy Mayfield/Ray Charles' "Hit The Road Jack"
; Kip sings solo lead on "It Should've Been Me", Hal Paige's
"Big Foot May", "Knife And Fork" and "When You're
Ugly Like Me". On the rest, they sort of encourage each other (I
wouldn't call it a duet), with Nappy singing the main lead on Jackie
Brenston's "Rocket 88", Lucky Millinder/Wynonie Harris'
"Who Threw The Whiskey in The Well", and (using his bass voice)
"You Never Had It So Good". Stick McGhee's "Drinkin' Wine
Spo Dee O Dee" gets a full-tilt Chuck Berry treatment, featuring
mostly Kip with a Nappy intro/extro & trading off wine names. It rocks
like mad and is only one of many highlights in this well recorded set.
(EL) |
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| DON BRYANT | Hi (UK) HEXCD 50 | The Complete Don Bryant on Hi Records | ● CD $18.98 |
| Two CD set featuring 52 tracks from this fine singer
including all his singles, starting in 1964, his duets with Marion
Brittnam as 1+1, his slo album "Precious Soul", nine demos and
1981 duet with his wife Ann Peebles. |
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| RUSTY BRYANT & THE CAROLYN CLUB BAND | Carolyn 101 | America's Greatest Rock 'n Roll | ● CD $17.98 |
| 23 tracks, 61 mins, recommended Fine R&B sides featuring
Columbus, Ohio sax blower Rusty Bryant. He plays in a solid honkin' style
popularized in the mid 50s by the likes of Big Jay McNeely and Red Prysock.
He plays a fine selection of instrumentals accompanied by a solid group
including his one minor hit All Nite Long (actually his version of Night
Train) plus a mix of covers and originals - Pink Champagne/ Blow,
Rusty Blow/ House Rocker/ Back Street/ Ridin' With Rusty/ The Honeydripper/
Hanka Boo/ Foot Stompin' /Honky Tonk, Part 2/ Kittyhawk, Part 2 and
others. There are a handful of vocals, a couple of them rather nondescript
but there are also a couple of fine blues (Danger Blues/ I Need Someone)
by female vocalist Janie Turner. Worth a listen. (FS) |
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| SOLOMON BURKE | Collectables 6225 | If You Need Me/ Rock 'n Soul | ● CD $13.98 |
| SOLOMON BURKE | Rhino 70284 | Home In Your Heart | ● CD $24.98 |
| Sweet Soul Music author Peter Guralnick considers
Solomon Burke to be the greatest soul singer of all time. And while Otis
Redding, James Carr or Sam Cooke may seem the more likely candidate for
such an imposing epithet, this 2 disc collection of Atlantic sides
(1962-68) makes a mighty argument for Burke. Possessed of an astounding
vocal range and true charisma, Solomon Burke could sing anything - and
he's the first one to admit it. His first hit came with the country song Just
Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms). Other big numbers from the big man
soon followed, including Cry To Me/ If You Need Me/ Got To Get You Off
My Mind/ Tonight's The Night, all here. But as often as not it's on
more minor pieces like his own The Price where his galvanizing
voice is enough to convince anyone within earshot that he deserves the
crown he wears on stage. Home In Your Heart comes with good notes,
cool photos, chart positions and dates, and session info, but of course
it's the music that makes it indispensable. 40 cuts. (JC) |
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| SOLOMON BURKE | Rounder 2053 | A Change Is Gonna Come | ● CD $15.98 |
| Fine 1986 album - Love Buys Love/ Got To Get Myself Some
Money/ Love Is All That Matters/ A Change Is Gonna Come/ When A Man Loves
A Woman , etc . |
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| SAM BUTERA | Bear Family BCD 15449 | Hot Nights In New Orleans | ● CD $21.98 |
| 19 RCA/Groove sides - some unissued tracks and alternate
takes. |
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| SAM BUTERA | Get Hip Archives 5008 | And The Wildest - On Stage | ● CD $15.98 |
| 9 tracks, 36 mins, recommended. Sam & The Witnesses lost
the rights to the name after the death of their mentor, Louis Prima, whom
they backed up for decades. Even at this late date, they're still
spreading Louis's gospel 20 years after his death (I guess, there's no
date on these recording, but they seem to be recent, in spite of the gret
50s-like cover!). Sam & crew do a great rendition of the Prima
songbook live in Vegas, including the medlis of Cella Luna/When the
Saints & Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody, plus I'm Confessin'/
When You're Smiling/ Down On Bourbon St. (GM) |
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| SAM BUTERA | Jasmine 313 | Sheer Energy | ● CD $16.98 |
| Jasmine is known for reissuing vintage jazz and vocal LP's,
but this pair of CD's doesn't conform to the program. With the lack of
useful notes, I can only assume that these are recent recordings made for
sale at live shows, probably in Vegas and/ or other spots where the Prima
legend lives on. Saxophone afficionados know that Sam Butera toted a mean
tenor onstage during those countless casino nights with Louis Prima's wild
band. A New Orleans native, Sam really had the stompin' sound of the south
in his blood, and was about the only white saxman who could hang with the
top players of the early rock and roll generation. As demonstrated on this
pair, he also took a few vocal pointers from his boss, and here he
delivers faves like Jump, Jive And Wail/ Pennies From Heaven/ Let The
Good Times Roll/ Kansas City with eerie Primaesque precision. (MB) |
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| SAM BUTERA | Jasmine 314 | By Request | ● CD $16.98 |
| As on Sheer Energy, Sam resurrects Prima's gravelly
tones with uncanny accuracy on oft-requested favorites When You're
Smiling/ Just A Gigolo/ I Ain't Got Nobody/ St. Louis Blues/ Closer To The
Bone. You Rascal You is an astonishing copy of the original
but with so many Prima reissues out now, this is destined to be a
"fans-only" curiosity. The fare is rounded out with standards
like Cabaret/ For Once In My Life, some good blues with Sam bending
his tonsils in a solid rockin' Wynonie Harris direction, the obligatory
Italian dialect number, and a couple of lackluster instrumentals. Closer
To The Bone/ Night Train also appear on the other CD. (MB) |
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| SAM BUTERA & THE WILDEST | Jasmine 319 | A Tribute To Louis Prima | ● CD $16.98 |
| SAM BUTERA & THE WITNESSES | Jasmine 346 | Louis Prima Presents The Wildest Clan/ Apache! | ● CD $14.98 |
| 24 tracks, recommended Best known as Louis Prima's backup band, with tenor saxist Butera being Luigi's right hand man, Sam's band put out numerous LPs on their own - in fact, they're STILL playing & recording! This set reissues 2 Dot LPs. The "Wildest Clan" from '60 features Sam as well as other band members, including guitarist Robin Roberts & drummer Bobby Morris, on a dozen up tempo tunes, mostly R&B & country tunes including Ko Ko Mo/ Let The Good Times Roll/ You Send Me, with the closing Swingin' Sam penned my Sam & his boss. "Apache!" from '61 has a self-explanatory sub-title - "Swingin' Sam Blows His Powerhouse Tenor Sax In 12 Great Instrumental Hits," with a couple original jams (Sam's Blues/ Sam's Boogie) along with rockin' covers, including Spanish Harlem/ Hearts Of Stone, even Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini! (GM) |
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| SAM BUTERA & THE WILDEST | Poor Boy 91092 | Still Cookin' | ● CD $14.98 |
| Tenor saxman/ vocalist Sam Butera was a mainstay of the
Louis Prima band for many years and continues to keep the style and spirit
of Louis' music alive. This collection features him with a good sized band
on a very varied selection of material blending blues, R&B, soul,
jazz, pop, even a touch of country. Among the songs and tunes are Little
Mother Won't You Please Come Home/ Bourbon Street Parade/ When A Man Loves
A Woman/ Up Against The Wall, You Redneck Mother/ Hava Nagila/ Alexander's
Ragtime Band/ Be My LOve/ Fever and more. |
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