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RHYTHM & BLUES, SOUL & DOO-WOP
The G-Clefs -> Tiny Grimes
| THE G-CLEFS | Relic 7105 | Ka-Ding-Dong | ● CD $13.98 |
| 21 tracks, 50 min., recommended A solid overview of the
early output of this long-lasting family aggregation from Boston. Made up
of the four Scott brothers - Teddy, Chris, Tim, and Arnold - plus neighbor
Ray Gipson, the G-Clefs first hit the charts with the title track here in
1956 and then had to wait five years before they scored again with a
remake of the Four Tunes' I Understand (Just How You Feel) in 1961.
Other featured numbers, from this same time period, include Darla My
Darlin', Please Write While I'm Away, Symbol of Love, A
Girl Has to Know, Make Up Your Mind, and Sitting in the
Moonlight. Styles range from journeyman doo-wop, through smooth pop
balladry, and on into just a touch of early 60's folk. Sound quality is
excellent, with three numbers in stereo, and both liner notes and cover
graphics are up to Relic's usual high standards. (DH) |
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| EARL GAINES | Black Magic 9037 | 24 Hours A Day | ● CD $16.98 |
| 20 tracks recorded in Nashville between 1958 and 1966 by
this excellent blues & soul singer. |
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| EARL GAINES | Westside WESA 802 | Lovin' Blues - The Starday/ King Years, 1967-73 | ● CD $15.98 |
| 25 tracks recorded for the Starday/King owned Deluxe and
Hollywood labels between 1967 and 1970, several previously unissued by this
fine and versatile singer. Earl, who has recently returned to active
recording, is featured on a selection of soul, rhythm & blues and
blues. Includes My Woman/ Fruit From Another Man's Tree/ My Pillow
Stays Wet/ The Meaning Of A sad Song/ Every Day I Have The Blues/ You
Belong To Me/ What In The World Can I Call My Own/ Sixty Minute Man,
etc. |
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| DON GARDNER & DEE DEE FORD | Relic 7116 | I Need Your Lovin' | ● CD $13.98 |
| 25 tracks, 71 min., recommended. Relic's exploration of the
various labels owned and operated by the brothers Robinson continues here
with the complete output of this dynamic duo when they recorded for the
Fire label. The title tune here is by far the duet's best known number,
but, if you liked the gospel-styled fire of that number, the rest of the
program here, even though tempos vary and there are a few ballads, won't
disappoint you one bit. Among those high energy numbers are Let's Go to
the Party, Forever in Your Lover's Arms, I Got a Man, T.C.B.
(Taking Care of Business), The Quicker the Better, Bad Luck,
Exactly Like You, and, best of all, the full 5 minute and 43 second
version of I Need Your Lovin' from which the single version was
drawn. Another solid collection from Donn Fileti and Eddie Gries, the
reliable Relic guys. (DH) |
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| PAUL GAYTEN & ANNIE LAURIE | Specialty SPCD 2169 | Regal Records In New Orleans | ● CD $12.98 |
| Regal Records was formed in Linden, N.J. in 1949 by the
Braun brothers as a De Luxe subsidiary. Paul Gayten, the company's
Crescent City talent scout, introduced much star talent to the world via
the waxeries of Regal, De Luxe, and Chess Records. This CD contains two
duets by Paul and Annie Laurie, 15 Gayten-fronted solos including the
stomping Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!/ Bear Hug/ Kickapoo Juice/ Back Trackin'.
Annie Laurie's warblings add color to six songs like My Rough &
Ready Man/ Low Down Feeling and a cover of Jewel King's 3 X 7 = 21.
Two undated demos by the legendary Dave Bartholomew, plus the frantic Riding
High and wee-hours blues weeper Brand New Baby, both previously
unissued by Roy Brown. Vintage Crescent City R&B circa 1949-51. Minor
duplication with Route 66 LP #8, with great pics and extensive notes by
Specialty reissue coordinator Billy Vera. (OLN) |
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| THE GEMS/ THE MELLOHARPS | G+M 100 | The Gems Meet The Melloharps | ● CD $18.98 |
| Features 11 tracks by The Gems (The Darkest Night/ Since
I Fell For You/ Kitty From New York City/ One Woman Man, etc), 14 by
The Melloharps (My Lost Love/ Valarie/ I Lonly You/ Gone, etc) and
two by The Leopards (Valarie/ Mah Mah, Chicken Pot Pie) THE GEMS: Deed I Do/ I Thought You'd Care/ Kitty From New York City/ Monkey Faced Baby/ Old Man River/ One Woman Man/ Talk About The Weather/ The Darkest Night/ You're Tired Of Love/ `Til The Day I Die/ THE MELLO-HARPS: Ain't Got The Money/ Gone/ Gumma, Gumma/ I Couldn't Believe/ I Love Only You/ Love Is Vow/ Mah Mah/ My Bleeding Heart/ My Lost Love/ No Good/ Our Love Is A Vow/ Our Love Is A Vow/ Valerie/ What Good Are My Dreams/ THE TEENTONES: Walkie Talkie Baby/ LEOPARDS THE: Valerie |
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| GENE & EUNICE | Ace CDCHD 812 | Go On Ko-Ko-Mo! | $18.98 |
| 28 tracks, 68 mins, recommended This is exciting; the 1st ever legitimate compilation of this dynamic R&B duo. Best known for doing the original version of Ko Ko Mo, (written by Forrest Wilson Jr, AKA Gene Forrest), that was later a smash hit when covered by Perry Como!. Working with vet Jake Porter, Forrest had been a single under Porter for RPM, when he cut some 45s with backing by his group The Four Feathers. When trying to add a female voice to the Feathers he was introduced to Eunice Levy. Ko Ko Mo was an immediate hit on Combo in '54, but soon they were on Aladdin with Porter, which reissued Ko Ko Mo. This set has all their Aladdin recordings, many with nonsense titles including Bom Bom Lulu/ Hoochy Koochy & Hey Diddle Diddle, plus their other big hit The Vow. There's also a final Gene & Eunice single for Case in '59 Poco Loco & the title tune. As a bonus, not only is there the Gene Forrest RPM single, a '60 Eunice solo coupling for Combo, as well as a demo tape of Gene, Eunice & Porter trying out songs for Combo with backing just on piano! (GM) GENE FORREST: Aching And Crying/ GENE & EUNICE: Bom Bom Lulu/ Can We Forget It? (colder By The Minute) Tk 1/ Can We Forget It? (colder By The Minute) Tk 2/ Don't Treat Me This Way/ Doodle Doodle Doo/ Flim Flam/ Go On Kokomo/ Have You Changed Your Mind?/ Hi Diddle Diddle/ Hootchy Kootchy/ I Gotta Go Home/ I Know A Girl/ I'm So In Love With You/ Ko Ko Mo/ Let's Get Together/ Move It Over, Baby/ Move It Over, Baby/ Poco-loco/ Tell Me That You Love Me/ The Angels Gave You To Me/ The Vow/ This Is My Story/ This Is My Story/ You And Me/ EUNICE LEVY: Send Me Someone / Only Lovers/ I'll Never Forget You |
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| GENE & EUNICE | Case 6002 | This Is My Story | ● CD $18.98 |
| 25 tracks from mid/late 50s by fine West Coast R&B/pop
duo. Includes their hits Ko Ko Mo/ This Is My Story and Poco-Loco
and less well known cuts like The Vow/ Flim Flam/ Bom Bom Lulu/ Hootchy
Kootchy/ I Mean Love/ Don't Treat Me This Way/ Can We Forget It/ Ah! Ah
and more. A nice mix of rockers and soulful ballads with accompaniments
from top West Coast sidemen. GENE & EUNICE: Ah! Ah!/ Bom Bom Lulu/ Can We Forget It/ Don't Treat Me This Way/ Doodle Doodle Doo/ Flim Flam/ Go On Ko Ko Mo/ Have You Changed Your Mind/ Hootchy Kootchy/ I Gotta Go Home/ I Mean Love/ I'll Never Believe In You/ I'm So In Love With You/ Ko Ko Mo/ Let's get Together/ Move It Over Baby/ Poco Loco/ Strange World/ The Angels Gave You To Me/ The Vow/ This Is My Story/ Without Love/ You Drive Me Buggy/ You Think I'm Not Thinking/ You and Me |
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| BARBARA GEORGE | Collectables 5141 | I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) | ● CD $11.98 |
| Barbara George was a fine New Orleans singer who scored big
hits in the 60s. I Know is a fantastic tune that climbed the charts
in 1961. On it, Barbara's vulnerable, pleading delivery is backed by the cream
of New Orleans session men. These dozen tunes recorded for AFO show
off her range from the very soulful Love and Talk About Love
to the cool balladry of Since I Fell For You and Honest I Do.
(AE) |
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| CHARLIE GONZALES | Collectables 5310 | Charlie Gonzales | ● CD $11.98 |
| CD issue of Krazy Kat 810. Charlie Gonzales, alias Bobby
Prince, recorded jumps & ballads in the Arthur Prysock vein for Ivin
Ballen's Gotham label in 1950. The collection contains mainly laid-back
blues ballads sung in a relaxed, polished style, backed by such notable
outfits as Frank Motley & The Doc Bagby Orchestra. Includes 8
previously unissued cuts & alternate takes. (OLN) CHARLIE GONZALES: Every Dog Has His Day/ Every Dog Has His Day/ Hey Mus' I Tell/ Hi-yo Silver/ Hi-yo Silver/ I'm Free/ I'm Free/ I'm Free/ I'm Through With You/ I'm Through With You/ It's All My Fault/ It's All My Fault/ Let Me Make Love To You/ Such A Darn Fool Over You |
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| GERRY GRANAHAN | Relic 7108 | My Musical Scrapbook | ● CD $13.98 |
| 26 tracks, 58 min., recommended Granahan was something of a rock 'n' roll man for all seasons during his late 50's heyday. He recorded and scored a hit with No Chemise Please in 1958 as a solo, multi-tracked all of the voices for the Dicky Doo and the Don'ts' solid hit, Click Clack, and produced the early recordings of the Fireflies, who hit pay dirt with both You Were Mine and I Can't Say Goodbye. All of those tracks are here, plus Unchained Melody, Where's the Girl?, Too Big for her Bikini, and When Irish Eyes Are Smiling by Granahan; Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu and Flip Top Box by the Don'ts; and Stella's Got a Fella and My Girl by the Fireflies. Some cuts are pretty much straight ahead pop music, but the best numbers capture and reflect the teen spirit of the times. All other considerations are up to Relic's normal high standards. (DH) |
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| DOBIE GRAY | Collectables 5072 | The "In" Crowders | ● CD $11.98 |
| AL GREEN | EMI 27627 | I'm Still In Love With You | ● CD $12.98 |
| This album has the memorable title track, a jubilant Look
What You Done For Me, Roy Orbison's Pretty Woman, a cover of For
The Good Times, and my personal #1 Green favorite, the churning long
version of Love And Happiness plus 5 more. (JC) |
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| AL GREEN | EMI 29791 | Livin' For You | ● CD $12.98 |
| Reissue of 1973 album which delivers the smooth title track
+ Free At Last/ Let's Get Married/ Unchained Melody/ My God Is Real
and more. |
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| AL GREEN | Hi (UK) HEXCD 41 | Hi And Mighty - The Story Of Al Green | ● CD $22.98 |
| Two CD retrospective. |
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| AL GREEN | Hi (UK) LOCD 152 | Let's Stay Together | ● CD $11.98 |
| Reissue of his classic 1971 album with La La For You/ How
Can You Mend A Broken Heart/ I've Never Found A Girl, etc |
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| AL GREEN | Hi LOCD 154 | Call Me | ● CD $11.98 |
| Another fine set, this time from 1973. It includes a couple
of hits with the title tune and Here I Am, two covers in the
country vein in I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry/ Funny How Time Slips Away,
the prophetic Jesus Is Waiting and 5 more. (MB) |
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| AL GREEN | Hi (UK) 159 | Have A Good Time | ● CD $11.98 |
| Possibly the finest male soul singer of the 1970's, Green
spent the decade recording for Hi Records in Memphis. "Have A Good
Time" came out in 1976 and features the usual Hi horn, rhythm and
string sections. Not quite up to the quality of his early 70's material,
it nevertheless contains some great performances. Keep Me Cryin' is
the hit (#4 on R&B), but the filler here is worth hearing too. |
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| AL GREEN | Hi (UK) 160 | The Belle Album | ● CD $11.98 |
| With "The Belle Album" (1977), Green began writing
and producing his own songs in his own studio, as well as playing lead
guitar. The result is a classic. Both Belle and I Feel Good
made the R&B and pop charts, but neither has the power of the
gospel-fueled Loving You. The Belle Album draws its energy
from embracing the religious-sexual dualism that Marvin Gaye spent the
better part of his career struggling with. (JC) |
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| AL GREEN | The Right Stuff 53033 | Anthology | ● CD $59.98 |
| 4 CD set with 61 tracks including interviews, unreleased and
rare recordings. Has 64 page color booklet with previously unpublished
photos, complete annotation and discography. |
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| VERNON GREEN & THE MEDALLIONS | Collectables 5047 | Golden Classics | ● CD $11.98 |
| TINY GRIMES | Blue Moon BMCD 6005 | The Complete, 1944-1954, Vol 1 : 1944-1946 | ● CD $15.98 |
| 18 tracks - 8 different tunes - many with two more takes.
Sidemen includes Charlie Parker, Harold "Doc" West, Marlowe
Morris, John Hardee and others. |
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| TINY GRIMES | Blue Moon BMCD 6006 | The Complete, 1944-1954, Vol 2 : 1947-1950 | ● CD $15.98 |
| 18 different tunes - 21 tracks in all - with John Hardee,
Lucille Dixon, Jimmy Saunders, etc. |
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| TINY GRIMES | Blue Moon BMCD 6007 | The Complete, 1944-1954, Vol 3 : 1950 | ● CD $15.98 |
| 15 tunes, 19 tracks - with Ray Bryant, Ike Isaacs, Claudine
Clark, John Hardee, etc. |
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| TINY GRIMES | Blue Moon BMCD 6008 | The Complete, 1944-1954, Vol 4 : 1950-1953 | ● CD $15.98 |
| 15 tunes, 21 tracks - with "Scream,in' Jay"
Hawkins, Sir Charles Thompson, Freddie Redd, etc. |
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| TINY GRIMES | Blue Moon BMCD 6009 | The Complete, 1944-1954, Vol 5 : 1953-1954 | ● CD $15.98 |
| This set winds up the Tiny Grimes story with 10 tracks from
1953/54 including some with vocals by "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins.
To fill out the disc Blue Moon has included the complete 1949 recordings
of blues shouter J.B. Summers. |
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| TINY GRIMES | Collectables 5304 | Featuring Screaming Jay Hawkin | ● CD $11.98 |
| TINY GRIMES: Battle Of The Mass/ Drinking Beer/ Frankie And Johnny Boogie 1/ Frankie And Johnny Boogie 2/ Hawaiian Boogie/ Hey Mr J B/ Hey Now/ I'm In Love With You Baby/ My Baby's Cool/ My Baby's Left Me/ No Hug No Kiss/ St Louis Blues/ Tiny's Jump/ Why Did You Waste My Time? | |||
| TINY GRIMES | Krazy Kat KKCD 01 | Tiny Grimes & His Rockin' Highlanders | ● CD $16.98 |
| Highlights from Tiny Grimes' Gotham recordings (issued on
Krazy Kat LP's 804, 817 and 821) are brought forth on this 20 track CD.
Sadly the early Screamin' Jay Hawkins cuts are not included, but Gotham
vocalists J.B. Summers, George Grant and Claudine Clark all make
appearances, backed up by Tiny, the Rockin' Highlanders and tenor man Red
Prysock (who became an ex-Highlander soon after kilts became the band's
standard outfit). As the plentiful instrumental cuts show, Tiny was one of
the most distinctive and accomplished R&B guitarists, with a forceful
horn-like approach similar to T-Bone Walker's but even more inventive and
fluid. The sound on disc is greatly improved, due to the use of master
tapes and re-equalization. So look no further if you're after jumpin'
early rhythm and blues, with some of the finest solos and swinginest East
Coast grooves ever heard. MB) |
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| TINY GRIMES & FRIENDS | Collectables 5321 | Cats & The Fiddle | ● CD $11.98 |
| CD issue of Krazy Kat 821. 14 cuts culled from Gotham's
vaults, 5 previously unreleased and all ostensibly featuring Tiny Grimes.
Grimes' presence on some of the cuts is questionable at best but he turns
in a raucous instrumental and some driving accompaniment on tracks by J.B.
Summers & Haji Baba. The fine track by The Cats And The Fiddle (a late
incarnation) and 3 titles by The Dixieaires feature some fine vocals and
sax and guitar solos. The collection is rounded out by 2 tracks by Johnny
Davis, drummer for The Cats And The Fiddle and on a cut by the unknown
Lionel Robinson. (BG) |
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| TINY GRIMES & HIS ROCKING HIGHLANDE | Collectables 5317 | Volume 2 | ● CD $11.98 |
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