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RHYTHM & BLUES, SOUL & DOO-WOP
Clyde McPhatter -> The Mystics
| CLYDE MCPHATTER | Atlantic 82314 | Deep Sea Ball | ● CD $11.98 |
| Clyde was born in Durham, N.C. in 1932 and died of a heart
attack in 1972. Vocally inspired by Rebert Harris of The Soul Stirrers,
McPhatter became one of the finest high tenor soul-soloists of the 50's.
Starting as a choir boy, he graduated to lead of the Mt. Lebanon Gospel
singers, who allegedly back Clyde on his first and finest Drifters
recording - Lucille (1953), omitted from this collection as are
many of his masterpieces like The Way I Feel/ Warm Your Heart/
Everyone's Laughing. The criterion here is that if it charted it must
be his best, which is utter nonsense. In 1953, after three years with The
Dominoes, Clyde recorded with The Thrasher Bros. Gospel Group until
joining the army in '54. During his service he was persuaded to sing solo,
both with and without a reconstituted set of Drifters. The CD covers the
1955-'59 period and embraces all but one of his charted sides. Standouts
include Rock & Cry/ Without Love/ Deep Sea Ball/ Come What May/
Lovey Dovey/ A Lover's Question/ Long, Lonely Nights - 19 songs in
all. Issued as part of the ongoing Remasters series, with great pics and
scanty book-notes. (OLN) |
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| CLYDE MCPHATTER & THE DRIFTERS | Collectables 6226 | Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters/ Rockin' ' Driftin' | ● CD $13.98 |
| Two LPs on one CD. |
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| CLYDE MCPHATTER | Curb 77417 | Greatest Hits | ● CD $10.98 |
| Kind of a stingy collection (only 12 tracks), but this is
still a welcome addition, considering the relative scarcity of McPhatter
discs. Three Drifters tracks are featured - Money Honey/ Honey Love/
Lucille, as well as the mid-50's solo outings A Lover's Question/
Treasure Of Love/ Without Love, all from his Atlantic Records period.
In the 60's Clyde packed up and moved to the Mercury label, waxing Lover
Please/ Little Bitty Pretty One/ Crying Won't Help You Now and more
finger-poppers. Good liner notes too. (MB) |
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| CLYDE MCPHATTER | King 559 | Clyde McPhatter With Billy Ward & His Dominoes | ● CD $9.98 |
| Includes 60 Minute Man/ Don't Leave Me This Way/ The Bells
and 9 more. |
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| CLYDE MCPHATTER | King 5006 | The Dominoes Featuring Clyde McPhatter | ● CD $9.98 |
| King and Federal label winners featuring (The Deacon
Moves In/ Love Love Love/ Pedal Pushin' Pappa/ Ain't Gonna Cry For You/
I'm Lonely and Little Esther's Weeping Willow Blues/ Heart To Heart).
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| CLYDE MCPHATTER | Plaza 60783 | The Latest & The Greatest | ● CD $18.98 |
| 32 sides recorded by Clyde between 1959 and '62 including
some of his biggest hits of the period - Ta Ta/ I Ain't Giving Up
Nothing/ These Foolish Things/ How Many Times/ This Is Not Goodbye/ High
School Social/ Let's Try Again/ Everything's Gonna Be Alright, etc. CLYDE MCPHATTER: Everybody Loves A Winner/ Everything's Gonna Be Alright/ Happiness/ Happy Good Times/ Hey Love/ High School Social/ How Many Times/ I Ain't Giving Up Nothing/ I Never Knew/ I Told Myself A Lie/ I Wanna Be The Only One/ I'll Stop Anything I'm Doing/ I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday/ Let's Try Again/ Little Bitty Pretty One/ Lover Please/ Stop/ Such A Night/ Ta Ta/ Take A Step/ The Bells/ The Best Man Cried/ These Foolish Things/ Think Me A Kiss/ This Is Not Goodbye/ Tomorrow Is A Comin'/ Twice As Nice/ What Am I Living For/ When The Right Time Comes Along/ Who's Worried Now/ Whole Heap Of Love/ You're For Me |
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| JAY MCSHANN | Stony Plain 1254 | Still Jumpin' The Blues | ● CD $15.98 |
| 11 tracks, 64 mins, recommended The Kansas City legend still jumps the blues at 83 on vocals and piano accompanied by Duke Robillard and his band and featuring a guest appearance by Maria Muldaur on a couple of songs. The material is a mix of blues, jazz and pop tunes, mostly standards, all performed with style and class - Goin' To Chicago/ Sunny Side Of the Street/ Come On Over To My House/ Say Forward, I'll March/ She's Got It and others. Also includes a 17 minute interview with some fascinating reminiscences about his early years, Charlie Parker and more. (FS) |
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| JACK MCVEA/ RABON TARRANT | Blue Moon 6031 | Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 : 1944-1945 | ● CD $15.98 |
| First of four volumes devoted to all the early recordings
(except a few that have never been found) of fine West Coast jazz saxist and
R&B pioneer Jack McVea often in the company of drummer/ vocalist Rabon
Tarrant. This volume features 20 tracks recorded in 1944 and '45 for Rhythm,
Melodisc and Apollo - the latter were recently reissued on Delmark. In
addition to Trarant's fine bluesy vocals there are also less intersting
vocals by Betty Roche and Arthur Duncan. Among the fine musicians on these
sessions are Buster Bailey, Ram Ramirez, Cappy OliverTeddy Bucker, Gene
Phillips and others. |
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| JACK MCVEA/ RABON TARRANT | Blue Moon 6032 | Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 : 1945-1946 | ● CD $15.98 |
| The second volume features another 20 tracks starting with
three more Apollo sides from 1945 and starting on his extensive Black &
White repertoire with recordings from late 1945 and early 1946. Most of this
is hard driving R&B and the fine vocals of Rabon Tarrant are prominently
featured - this set also includes two sides recorded by Tarrant with Luck
Thompson & His All Stars. |
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| JACK MCVEA/ RABON TARRANT | Blue Moon 6033 | Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 : 1946-1947 | ● CD $15.98 |
| The third volume features 20 more Black & White sides
recorded in 1946 and early '47 and includes Jack's most famous recording -
the delightful novelty Open The Door, Richard which was a #2 R&B hit
(his only hit) and supposedly sold over a million copies and inspired a host
of covers. |
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| JACK MCVEA/ RABON TARRANT | Blue Moon 6034 | Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 : 1947-1952 | ● CD $15.98 |
| This set features 16 sides recorded by McVea & His Orchestra
for Black & White and Exclusive in 1947 and also includes two sides from
1950 by McVea's trumpeter Sammy Yates with vocals by Arthur Duncan and two
sides from 1952 by Charlie Whitfield & his Orchestra with a vocal by Rabon
Tarrant. |
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| THE MEDALLIONS | Ace CDCHD 536 | Speedin' | ● CD $18.98 |
| 25 tracks, 67 min., recommended Ace continues its exploration of the Dootone/Dooto label with this comprehensive look at another solid Los Angeles-based vocal group. Led by Vernon Green and given to changing group personnel with nearly every recording session, the Medallions had a bluesy sound and are perhaps best known for their ballads, The Letter from 1954 and Magic Mountain from 1959. But, as the program here demonstrates, they were equally adept at jump tunes, particularly those that employed car metaphors. Highlights include Dance and Swing, Push Button Automobile, Dear Darling, Edna, '59 Volvo, Buick '59, I Want a Love, For Better or For Worse, The Telegram, and Shedding Tears for You. A top quality reissue job, with excellent cover art, informative notes, and several vintage photos. (DH) THE MEDALLIONS: '59 Volvo/ A Lover's Prayer/ Behind The Door/ Buick '59/ Coupe De Ville Baby/ Dance And Swing/ Dear Darling/ Did You Have Fun?/ Don't Shoot Baby/ Edna/ For Better Or For Worse/ Give Me The Right/ I Want A Love/ I Wonder, Wonder, Wonder/ I'm In Love With You/ Magic Mountain/ My Mary Lou/ Push Button Automobile/ Rocket Ship/ Shedding Tears For You/ Speedin'/ The Letter/ The Telegram/ Ticket To Love/ Unseen |
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| THE MELLO KINGS | Collectables 5020 | Greatest Hits | ● CD $11.98 |
| THE MELLO KINGS | Relic 7008 | The Mellokings | ● CD $13.98 |
| As the notes imply, The Mellokings were five teenage white
guys from Mt. Vernon, N.Y. who recorded for Al Silver's Herald label and
enjoyed a certain degree of success with a song called Tonite Tonite
issued in the spring of 1957. This CD contains all their Herald output,
including four songs which did not show up on Relic LP 5035 (two of these
are previously unreleased). The quintet sings well in a smooth
sweet-sounding way, but too often drifts into commercially trite material.
Notable songs Baby Tell Me/ 'Til There Were None/ Tonite Tonite are
all featured here. Digitally transferred from original master tapes. (OLN) THE MELLO KINGS: Baby Tell Me/ Chapel On The Hill/ Chip Chip/ Dear Mr. Jock/ Do Baby Do/ I Played The Part Of A Fool/ I Promise/ Kid Stuff/ Love At First Sight/ Once On A Windy Day/ Our Love Is Beautiful/ Penny/ Running To You/ Sassafras/ She's Real Cool/ Starbright/ Thrill Me/ Tonight, Tonight/ Valerie/ Workout |
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| THE MEMPHIS HORNS | Lucky Seven 9201 | Flame Out | ● CD $16.98 |
| 8 tracks, 40 min., good Reminiscent of The Mar-Keys' latter Stax recordings (The Memphis Horns being Stax hornmen Andrew Love on saxes and Wayne Jackson on trumpet). Very Memphis, with producer Terry Manning playing Steve Cropper's spicy riffs and fills. Drummer Howard Grimes is in there, too. Nice cover of Al Green's Let's Stay Together. Manning, Jackson and Love co-wrote five of the tunes. Itta Bena Funk carries a spiralling guitar phrase from Wanda Jackson's Funnel Of Love to great effect. Should appeal to instrumental buffs of the Memphis persuasion. (TR) |
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| THE METERS | Mardi Gras MG 1029 | Best Of The Meters - Real New Orleans Funk | ● CD $17.98 |
| 12 tracks, 36 min., essential The Meters' Josie material--and the Warner Bros. stuff too, for that matter--has been conspicuously absent from record stores despite the surging reissue market. This disc, brief though it is, offers a fair sample of the early material (1969-72), including Look-Ka Py Py, Hey Pocky A-Way, Mardi Gras Mambo, Cissy Strut, Sophisticated Cissy, and more, taken from the original master recordings. Leo Nocentelli, Art Neville, George Porter, Jr., and Joseph Modeliste were the world's greatest funk band. It's just that simple. So how about someone reissuing all their early sides? (JC) |
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| THE METERS | Rhino 70376 | Uptown Rulers! - Live On The Queen Mary | ● CD $16.98 |
| Most of The Meters' best records are out of print and
apparently won't be reissued soon. So it's especially nice to hear this
live 1975 set, with the kings of N.O. funk at the height of their rhythmic
powers. The show opens with an incredible Fire On The Bayou and
then moves quickly into the groove-laden Africa, a song built like
an armored car. As always, Art Neville & Co. throw some incongruous
covers into the show (I Want to Make It With You), but of course
their take is cooler than Bread's. Other proof of The Meters' greatness
includes the classic Mardi Gras Mambo/ Hey Pocky-A-Way/ It Ain't No
Use/ Liar and a couple of body-shaking medleys. Recommended. (JC) |
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| THE METERS | Rhino 71869 | Anthology: Funkify Your Life | ● CD $29.98 |
| Two CD set. |
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| MICKEY & SYLVIA | Bear Family BCD 15438 | Love Is Strange | ● CD $41.98 |
| Another spectacular production from Bear Family - double CD
set featuring all this duos' Rainbow, Groove and RCA recordings cut
between 1955 and 1965 - 60 tracks in all. It includes several alternate
takes and some dozen unissued songs! Their material ranged from bluesy
stuff, like their biggest hit Love Is Strange and other fine songs Rock
& Stroll Room/ Baby You're So Fine/ Going Home/ Where Is My Honey,
etc., to awful schmaltzy pop like Mommy Out De Light/ Love Lesson,
etc. Still, being on CD you can always skip over the schlock to get to the
cream! Sound, of course, is immaculate and set comes with 56 page booklet
with extensive notes by Norbert Hess, full discographical information and
lots of great photos including some atmospheric studio photos and a couple
of color shots of the duo live on stage! (FS) |
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| MICKEY & SYLVIA | Collectables 5833 | Love Is Strange | ● CD $13.98 |
| 18 track collection of Rainbow, Groove, Vik and RCA sides
from this talented duo including the smash title song plus Where Is My
Honey/ Rise Sally Rise/ Walkin' In The Rain/ There Oughta Be A Law/
Bewildered/ This Is My Story/ Love Is A Treasure/ Oh Yeah! Uh-Huh,
etc. |
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| THE MIDNIGHTERS | Famous Groove 971007 | Ring A Ling | ● CD $18.98 |
| 28 hard driving sides and bluesy ballads by this superb
group led by Hank Ballard including a few hits and lots of great lesser
known sides - Annie's Aunt Fanny/ Ow Wow Ooo Wee/ Sexy Ways/ Crazy
Lovin'/ Look A Here/ Don't Say Your Last Goodbye/ That Woman/ Ashamed Of
Myself/ Henry's Got Flat Feet/ Whatsoever You Do/ Switchie Witchie Titchie/
Early One Morning/ It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)/ Ooh Bah Baby/ Come On
And get It/ That House On The Hill, etc. Watch out for hot guitar by
Cal Green on some cuts. |
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| THE MIGHTY HANNIBAL | Norton 290 | Hannibalism! | $14.98 |
| 28 tracks, highly recommended Retrospective of this fine and original R&B artist featuring recordings from 1958 through 1972 recorded for numerous labels. Originally recording as Jimmy Shaw (his real name), he subsequently recorded as Hannibal, Mighty Hannibal and King Hannibal and hit the charts two all time classics - the intense soul ballad Hymn No. 5 (1966) - a plea from a soldier in the trenches in Vietnam and the anti drug scorcher The Truth Shall Make You Free (1972). Although nothing else quite reached that standard there is lots of fine R&B and soul in a variety of styles with hot bands. Hannibal was a very active figure on the L.A. and New York music scene, as a musician and as a pimp, and he knew everybody. The 24 page extensively illustrated booklet is by Hannibal himself and is full of interesting and frequently hilarious stories about people like Larry Williams, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Ray Charles, T-Bone Walker, Johnny Taylor and many other great characters he ran across. Even if the music wasn't as good it is the booklet alone is worth the price! (FS) |
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| THE MILLER SISTERS | Famous Groove 971021 | Please Mr. Disc Jockey | ● CD $18.98 |
| 30 tracks from mid/late 50s by New York group - Please
Mr. Disc Jockey/ Guess Who/ I Cried All Night/ Sugar Candy/ The New Hully
Gully/ The Flip Skip/ How Am I To Know/ Tell Him, etc. |
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| GARNETT MIMMS | BGO CD 268 | Cry Baby/ Warm & Soulful | ● CD $19.98 |
| Two LPs on one CD - 26 tracks in all - Cry Baby/ Until
You Were Gone/ So Close/ Baby Don't You Weep/ Cry To Me/ Wanting You/ I'll
Take Good Care Of You/ It Won't Hurt (Half As Much)/ Thinkin'/ More Than A
Miracle/ One Girl/ It's Just A Metter Of Time/ Look Away, etc. |
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| GARNET MIMMS & THE ENCHANTERS | Collectables 5248 | Cry Baby | ● CD $11.98 |
| Garnet was born in Ashland, W. VA. in 1937. During the 50's
he sang lead and recorded with The Gainors. In 1962 he formed The
Enchanters (Sam Bell, Chas Boyer, and Zola Pearnell). Garnet signed with
U.A. in '63, and was assigned to producer/ songwriter Jerry Ragovoy with
whom he cut his most lasting soul anthems or secular hymns. But The
Enchanters only backed Mimms on three tunes (they were replaced by The
Drinkard Singers), one of which, the Drifters-like A Quiet Place is
gathered here. Although the scant book-notes were lifted from U.A. LP 3305
(1963), only five of its twelve songs are included. Soul classics Cry
Baby/ I'll Take Good Care Of You/ One Girl/ For Your Precious Love/ Baby,
Don't You Weep will lift the soul. Little duplication with Charly LP
1121. Average sound quality - essential deep soul. (OLN) |
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| BOBBY MITCHELL | Bear Family BCD 15961 | I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday | ● CD $64.98 |
| Two CD set featuring all 47 tracks recorded by this outstanding
New Orleans singer and piano player for Imperial, Sho-Biz, Ron
and Rip between 1953 and 1964. 12x12 20 page book with extensive notes,
rare photos and discography. |
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| BOBBY MITCHELL & THE TOPPERS | Night Train 7079 | I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday | ● CD $15.98 |
| 18 tracks, 41 min., recommended The straight reissue of the
identically titled Mr. R&B LP 101 from 1979 with the addition of two
bonus tracks, I Love to Hold You and Just Say You Love Me.
Remaining numbers include the title cut, I'm Crying, Rack 'em
Back, The Wedding Bells Are Ringing, One Friday Morning,
Sister Lucy, Try Rock and Roll, Walking in Circles,
and Well I Done Got Over It. Great New Orleans rhythm and blues
from veteran performers, including Lee Allen on sax and Dave Bartholomew
on trumpet, all recorded between 1953 and 1963. Production values are
solid, and the liner notes very nearly match those from the original LP.
(DH) |
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| MCKINLEY MITCHELL | Waldoxy WCD 7410 | The Complete Malaco Collection | ● CD $16.98 |
| 16 track collection. |
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| WILLIE MITCHELL | Rollercoaster RCCD 3009 | Walkin' With Willie | ● CD $19.98 |
| 29 tracks, 70 min., recommended Something of a disc with a
split personality: tracks one through thirteen feature the advertised
Willie Mitchell combo with the Four Kings vocal group from Memphis, but
tracks fourteen through twenty-nine include six unadvertised artists, all
from the Swan/Lawn group of labels headquartered in Philadelphia. Part one
includes the vocals Tell It to Me Baby, Walking at Your Will,
Rag Mop, and I Want You for Myself, plus the instrumentals, The
Crawl and Bongo Beat. Part two features I Dig Rock 'n' Roll
by Earl Wade, formerly of the Cadillacs vocal group, P. S. I Love You
and I Cried by Lee Andrews, Bump Te Bump by Big Buddy Lucas,
Take It Baby and In Paradise by the Showmen, This Would
Be My Prayer by Larry Clinton, and two numbers by unknown artists. All
of the Philly cuts are from the early to mid-60's. An interesting program
over all; sound quality and liner notes are are solid. (DH) |
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| THE MONOTONES | Collectables 5427 | Who Wrote The Book Of Love? | ● CD $13.98 |
| A straight reissue of the solid Murray Hill LP of the same
name issued a few years back, newly remastered by Rhino for Collectables.
The material here is worthy of a retrospective, with a nice mix of jumps
and ballads, including two unreleased numbers, plus four alternate takes.
Specific titles include The Book of Love/ Dreams/ Soft Shadows/ You
Never Loved Me and the awkwardly titled What Would You Do If There
Wasn't Any Rock & Roll. A total of 14 tracks, clean sound, and
decent liner notes taken (xeroxed?) directly from the original LP issue.
Good stuff. (DH) |
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| THE MOONGLOWS | Dipper 211 | Vol. 1 : 1954-1956 | ● CD $18.98 |
| 26 tracks Shoo Doo Be Doo (My Lovin' baby)/ So All Alone/
Most Of All/ Doubtful/ New Gal/ Starlite/ Slow Down/ In My Diary/ let's
Go/ We Go Together/ When I'm With You/ Kiss Me Baby/ Over And Over Again
(two takes), etc. |
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| THE MOONGLOWS | Relic 7042 | On Stage - Featuring Bobby Lester | ● CD $13.98 |
| THE MOONGLOWS: 10 Commandments Of Love/ Hey Santa Claus/ In My Diary/ Just A Lonely Christmas/ Love Is A River/ Most Of All/ Please Send Me Someone To Love/ Secret Love/ See Saw/ Sincerely/ The Beating Of My Heart/ We Go Together/ When I'm With You/ Whistle My Love | |||
| THE MOONGLOWS/ THE FLAMINGOS | UGGH Records 501 | Their First Recordings | ● CD $17.98 |
| THE FLAMINGOS: Blues In A Letter/ Carried Away/ Cross Over The Bridge/ Golden Teardrops/ Hurry Home Baby/ If I Can't Have You/ Jump Children/ Kill it/ Listen To My Plea/ Plan For Love/ September Song/ Someday, Someway/ That's My Desire/ You Ain't Ready/ THE MOONGLOWS: 219 Train/ Baby Please/ Fine, Fine Girl/ Hey Santa Clau/ I Was Wrong/ I've Been Your Dog/ Just A Lonely Christmas/ Just Can't Tell No Lies/ My Gal/ My Love/ Ooh Rockin' Daddy/ Real Gone Mam/ Secret Love/ Whistle My Love | |||
| RUDY RAY MOORE | Norton CED 276 | Hully Gully Fever | ● CD $14.98 |
| 28 tracks,73 min, recommended Long before he was Dolomite & The King Of the Party Records, Rudy Ray Moore was a dancer called Prince Dumarr in the 40s, then a singer with such monikers as The Harlem Hillbilly, The Prince Of The Blues, Mr. Wiggles, The Turban Headed Man, and of course the World's Handsomest Man! These fine sides of Black Rock'n'Roll from the 50s & 60s, were released on a variety of large & small labels, from Federal to Vermont, even one, My Soul, as the lead singer of The Seniors! The 24 page liner notes consists of a long rambling autobiography by the man, with lots of rare pics, but no real discography. Includes his original version of I'm Mad With You, later covered by Moon Mullican, tunes that sound like Little Richard (Robie Dobbie), his buddies Bobby Marchan & Huey Smith, whom he toured with (Hully Gully Fever & The Flu Bug Too, covers of The Drifter's Whatcha Gonna Do, Muddy Waters' Don't Go No Farther, Faye Adams' Hurts Me To My Heart, & tunes with such fine titles as Ring-A-Ling Dong/ Scotch Fever/ Rally In the Valley, ending with a couple live tunes, with a medley of Bring It On Home To Me & I'm In Love Again, using the spoken parts to Marchan's There Is Something On Your Mind.(GM) |
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| JOHNNY MOORE'S THREE BLAZERS | Westside 217 | Los Angeles Blues | ● CD $21.98 |
| Two CD set featuring 31 tracks recorded for RCA between 1949
and 1950 by this pioneering "cocktail R&B" group including
12 previously unissued tracks! This material is making its first ever
appearance on CD. |
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| ELLA MAE MORSE | Bear Family BCD 16117 | Barrelhouse, Boogie & Blues | ● CD $129.98 |
| 5 CD box set with book featuring all her Capitol recordings. |
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| ELLA MAE MORSE | Collectables 2732 | The Very Best Of Ella Mae Morse | ● CD $14.98 |
| 21 tracks, 61 mins, highly recommended Available some years
ago as Capitol 95288. Morse cuts scads of singles for Capitol between
1951-57, giving that label its first gold single with Cow Cow Boogie,
included here. She combines country, pop, and R&B influences into a
pleasing conglomeration that sounds plenty like rock and roll some of the
time. Includes Mr. Five By Five/ Get On Board Little Children/ No Love,
No Nothin'/ Tess's Torch Song / Captain Kidd/ Buzz Me/ The House Of Blue
Lights/ Tennessee Saturday Night/ Oakie Boogie/ 40 Cups Of Coffee and
others. (FS) |
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| FRANK MOTLEY | Collectables 5305 | Dual Trumpeter | ● CD $11.98 |
| MICKEY MURRAY | Collectables 6023 | Shout Bamalama - The Very best Of Mickey Murray | ● CD $13.98 |
| 18 sides recorded for Shelby Singleton's SSS label in the
late 60s by fine Southern soulster Murray including his only hit the title
song written by Otis Redding. Also includes Try To Hide From Love/ Are
You Ready/ How Many Breaks Can One Heart take/ Sticky Sue/ Mama's Got the
Wagon, etc. |
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| THE MYSTICS | Collectables 5043 | 16 Golden Classics | ● CD $11.98 |
| Now on compact disc. 16 tracks by this white vocal quintet
who recorded for Laurie '59 thru '61. The group's sugary pop style
resembles a mixture of The Belmonts with The Elegants. However, with all
this said, their pleasing interpretations of White Cliffs of Dover
and A Sunday Kind Of Love, coupled with standouts Darling I Know
Now and Adam And Eve make this 16-cut set a worthwhile
purchase. Includes hit song Hushabye. No sleeve notes. Great
remastering. (OLN) |
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