"LOVE THAT LOUIE" - The Louie Louie Files

A companion piece to the Mambo Vol. 13 collection...The "Louie Louie" saga is about as interesting as any song's journey through the rock & roll folk process. Its arrangement evolved several times via several cover versions between the time author Richard Berry did the first one in 1957 and the Kingsmen had a number two hit with it in 1963. Since then it's been covered innumerable times, of course. This disc presents no less than 15 versions of the tune, as well as three pre-Berry songs that influenced the first "Louie Louie," four basic "Louie Louie" rewrites, and two "sequels" to "Louie Louie." That's 24 tracks in all, chronologically spanning Johnny Mercer's 1951 recording of "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" (a lyrical inspiration for the Berry composition) to Toots & the Maytals' 1972 reggae interpretation. The biggest coup in this rather extraordinary document is the first CD reissue of the original Richard Berry 1957 Flip recording, which had previously been license-proof. Of course, the Kingsmen's hit single is here as well, but the real treat is the variety of takes by other artists, some of them quite rare, most of them relatively little-heard. There are a half-dozen 1960s versions from the Northwest, including ones by Rockin' Robin Roberts & the Wailers (the act most responsible for reviving it into a more rock-oriented arrangement), the Kingsmen, Paul Revere & the Raiders (whose 1963 single competed head-to-head with the Kingsmen, but lost out nationally), and the Sonics. There are covers by 1960s stars the Beach Boys, Otis Redding, and the Kinks. There's the obscure mid-'60s garage version by the Swamp Rats and easy listening renditions by the Sandpipers and Sounds Orchestral. There are the sequels "Have Love Will Travel" by Richard Berry and "Louie Go Home" by Paul Revere & the Raiders. There's an attempt to revive "Louie Louie" by the lead vocalist on the Kingsmen's single, on Jack Ely & the Courtmen's "Louie Louie '66." There's even René Touzet's 1956 cha-cha "El Loco Cha Cha," which contains a riff that's very similar to the principal one of "Louie Louie." Does it get too be too much, these two dozen "Louie Louie"s or spinoffs thereof one after the other? Not really; there's a good amount of variety to the arrangements, some of the versions are really good, and it's historically fascinating. No doubt some major collectors might bewail the absence of an item or two, like the young David Bowie's cover of "Louie Go Home" (as lead singer of Davie Jones & the King Bees on the B-side of his 1964 debut single) or the Epics' wild 1965 garage soul takeoff "Louie Come Home." But this is an excellent and fun collection of the most important versions, and considerably superior to previous anthologies that have assembled multiple "Louie Louie" interpretations. It's also boosted by lengthy and fascinating (if eye-strainingly small) liner notes detailing each track and the song's evolution, augmented by interviews with some of the key figures on some of the most important recordings of the tune.(Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide)

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1. Louie Louie - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs 2. El Loco Cha Cha - Rene Touzet 3. One For My Baby [And One For The Road] - Johnny Mercer w/Paul Weston & His Orchestra 4. Havana Moon - Chuck Berry 5. Louie Louie - Rockin' Robin Roberts & The Wailers 6. Louie Louie - Little Bill w/The Adventurers & The Shalimars 7. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 8. Louie Louie - Paul Revere & The Raiders 9. Louie Louie - Don & The Goodtimes 10. Louie Louie - The Sonics 11. Louie Louie - The Beach Boys 12. Louie Louie - Otis Redding 13. Louie Louie - The Sandpipers 14. Louie Louie - The Swamp Rats 15. Louie Louie - Travis Wammack 16. Louie Louie - The Kinks 17. Louie Louie - The Sounds Orchral 18. Love That Louie - Jack E. Lee & The Squires 19. Louise Louise - H.B. & The Checkmates 20. Long Green - The Kingsmen 21. Louie Louie - Jack Ely & The Courtmen 22. Have Love Will Travel - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs 23. Louie Go Home - Paul Revere & The Raiders 24. Louie Louie - Toots & The Maytals
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WILLIE MITCHELL "Soul Serenade / Willie Mitchell Live"

Two Classic 1968 Albums!This pairing of Willie Mitchell's two 1968 album releases is a kind of no-brainer. Soul Serenade is a masterful funk record, Memphis instrumental R&B par excellence and featuring some of the most sophisticated interactions yet heard by the various members of Mitchell's band. Willie Mitchell Live, despite its questionable credentials as a live recording, features lots of single-take tracks by an augmented version of Mitchell's band (extra guitar and brass). The remastering is excellent, so crisp that the trumpet solo on "Sonny" sounds like you're about one foot from the instrument's bell, and the work of the boosted personnel on the "live" album is all beautifully delineated. (Bruce Eder, All Music Guide)

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01 Ooh Baby, You Turn Me On 02 Soul Finger 03 Cleo's Mood 04 Slippin' And Slidin' 05 Soul Serenade 06 Willie's Mood 07 Sunny 08 Pearl Time 09 Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 10 Respect 11 Have You Ever Had The Blues 12 Toddlin' 13 20-75 14 My Girl 15 Mustang Sally 16 Mercy Mercy Mercy 17 Smokie 18 Late Date 19 Tequila 20 Bum Daddy 21 Boot-Leg 22 Honky Tonk 23 I'll Be In Trouble 24 Pin Head
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Treat Her Right "Tied To The Tracks" 1989

Former Shane Champagne and Pink Cadillac singer David Champagne led the Massachusetts quartet Treat Her Right, whose style encompassed rock & roll, rockabilly, blues-rock, and swamp-rock, all with post-punk attitude. Champagne also sported a taste for avant-garde cover songs, including material by James Blood Ulmer and Captain Beefheart. Treat Her Right released its debut album in 1986; their 1989 Tied to the Tracks featured bassist Mark Sandman singing lead on several songs. Following the breakup of Treat Her Right, Sandman went on to form bass/sax/drums trio Morphine. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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01 Junkyard 02 Picture Of The Future 03 Marie 04 Big Medicine 05 Hit A Man 06 No Reason 07 Back Door 08 Tied To The Tracks 09 Hank 10 Taboo 11 King Of Beers 12 Back To Sin City
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WILLIE MITCHELL "It's What's Happenin' / The Hit Sound Of Willie Mitchell" (1966/1967)

Two more classic albums from this Memphis great! Don't miss these.trax:
01 What Now, My Love 02 The _In_ Crowd 03 Hot Cha 04 A Taste Of Honey 05 Secret Agent Man 06 Blueberry Hill 07 Bad Eye 08 634-5789 09 Honky Tonk 10 Wooly Bully 11 Java 12 The Shadow Of Your Smile 13 Mercy 14 Treat Her Right 15 When A Man Loves A Woman 16 Land Of 1000 Dances 17 So Rare 18 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 19 Searching For My Love 20 Barefootin' 21 Winchester Cathedral 22 Shotgun 23 Misty 24 Sticks And Stones
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Richard Hell & The Voidoids "Destiny Street" 1982

This is a terrific album with some of Hell's best writing, and the band is still hot. A few too many new wave mannerisms but still funky and great. I love Time, his best song, and Downtown at Dawn, Destiny Street (with a hilarious set up where he meets himself in a dream), the classic lead-off track, You Gotta Move, and so on. - By Tracing Error (NY, NY)No one ever accused Richard Hell of being the hardest working man in rock & roll, and not only did it take him five years to get around to making a follow-up to his first album, the remarkable Blank Generation, but he didn't even bother to come up with a full LP's worth of new material for 1982's Destiny Street; the opening song, "The Kid With the Replaceable Head," first appeared as a B-side to a single in 1979, and three of the album's ten tunes are covers, which hardly speaks well of his productivity. But if it's hard to imagine why it took five years to come up with Destiny Street, there's little arguing that Hell's second album is nearly as strong as his first. While the covers might seem like padding, the interpretations of the Kinks' "You Gotta Move" and Them's "I Can Only Give You Everything" are wildly passionate and overflowing with ideas and energy, and Hell's dour, jagged take on Dylan's "Going, Going, Gone" nearly surpasses the original. Robert Quine's guitar work on Blank Generation staked his claim as one of the most interesting and intelligent guitarists to emerge from the New York underground scene, and if anything, he was in even stronger form on Destiny Street, while new members Naux (on guitar) and Fred Maher (on drums) give him all the support he needs. And though Blank Generation made it clear Hell was among the brainiest members of punk's first graduating class, the handful of new originals here show he'd actually grown since his debut; on "Downtown at Dawn" and "Ignore That Door," Hell subtly but implicitly rejects the dead end of night-life decadence, "Time" is a meditation on mortality that's unexpectedly compassionate, and the title cut proved Hell had not only begun to recognize his own faults, but had even learned to laugh at them. Destiny Street sounds looser and more spontaneous than Hell's debut, but it's just as smart and every bit as powerful, and it's a more than worthy follow-up. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guidetraxfromwax:
1. The Kid With The Replaceable Head 2. You Gotta Move 3. Going Going Gone 4. Lowest Common Dominator 5. Downtown At Dawn 6. Time 7. I Can Only Give You Everything 8. Ignore That Door 9. String In Her Eyes 10. Destiny Street

Treat Her Right "Treat Her Right" 1988

"The first time I heard "I think She Likes Me", I couldn't get it out of my head for days. I searched the stores and finally found the cd and was amazed that every song had that effect on me. Bluesy rock at it's best. About as good as harmonica playin' gets, the vocals are perfect, a very reverby sound. I saw these guys open for Chris Isaac at The Bottom Line,NYC several years ago and most of the people never heard of Treat Her Right, but I knew every song and it was a great performance, I really didn't care about seeing Chris Issac after that. It's too bad these guys broke up. Their second album, "Tied to the Tracks" is just as good." - By Mr.Hardy (Winter Garden, Florida)

trax:
01 I Think She Likes Me 02 I Got a Gun 03 Everglades 04 Square 05 Trail of Tears 06 Jesus Everyday 07 You Don't Need Money 08 Don't Look Back 09 An Honest Job 10 Bringin' It All Back Home 11 Where Did All the Girls Come From?
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THE JAYHAWKS "Stranded In The Jungle"

Formed in Los Angeles, California by a Brooklyn, NY transplant, James Johnson. The Jayhawks began their long career in 1955. This CD offers you twenty-five (25) tracks covering the group, with all it’s names, up until their big change in 1960. From ’55 to ’59 the group were the Jayhawks, Vibes (not to be confused with ’54 Vibes of Bobby Thomas) and the Cleeshays. In 1960 they went on to their longest stint of recording well into the 70’s, as the Vibrations.

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01 Stranded In The Jungle 02 Counting My Teardrops 03 Everyone Should Know 04 My Only Darling 05 Don't Mind Dying 06 The Devil's Cousin 07 Love Train 08 New Love 09 Start The Fire 10 The Creature From Outer Space 11 Betty Brown 12 Misunderstanding 13 I Wish The World Owed Me A Living 14 Let's Walk, Let's Talk (W/ Danny Tyrell) 15 Lipstick Kisses (W_ Sonny Knight ) 16 What's Her Name 17 You're Only Seventeen (W/ Danny Tyrell) 18 Eat Your Mush And Hush (W/ Sonny Knight) 19 Let The Old Folks Talk 20 You Are 21 Johnnies House Party - PT. 1 (W/ Earl Palmer) 22 Johnnies House Party - PT. 2 (W/ Earl Palmer) 23 Countying My Teardrops (Unreleased) 24 The Devil's Cousin (Unreleased) 25 Stranded In The Jungle (Rehearsal Fragment)
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Richard Hell & The Voidoids "Blank Generation" 1977

Like Marquee Moon, Blank Generation is not what you expect punk rock to be, not if you've been used to the UK Subs, or the Damned, or Nirvana, or Green Day. It's trickier, sharper, funnier and more surprising in any way you can think of. And it swings. So it's a crying bloody shame Richard Hell only made one and a half other blasted records, the lazy get.If the title track didn't sum up an entire generation, it certainly captured the frazzled swagger of early punk rock. Launched from New York City's famous C.B.G.B. nightclub, the Voidoids released this debut in 1977, around the same time as Television's Marquee Moon. A rewrite of an old cornball Beat song, "Blank Generation" echoes the Sex Pistols's cries of "no future." "Love Comes in Spurts," the 1977 album's other classic, is a double-entendre both playful and menacing. The rest is the sound of Hell's nervous voice rubbing up against Robert Quine's equally nervous electric-guitar playing and an unyielding rhythm section. Steve Knopper

traxfromwax:
01 Love Comes In Spurts 02 Liars beware 03 New pleasure 04 Betrayel takes two 05 down at the rock n roll club 06 Who says 07 Blank generation 08 Walking on the water 09 The plan 10 Another world 11 Im your man 12 All the way

Clifton Chenier "Bon Ton Roulet!" 1967

Clifton Chenier was the undisputed King of Zydeco music. By mixing Cajun and French two-steps and waltzes with blues, R&B and rock and roll, he created the infectious sound of modern zydeco. Chenier was famous for his flashy onstage gear of cape and crown (and natty gold tooth), but it was his creation of joyful, exuberant and highly danceable zydeco music that made him a legend.The 'King of Zydeco's' second LP from '67 shows the strong influence of Southern Soul, Blues and Rhythm&Blues on Chenier's own style. Side a is dominated by bluesy tones and ends in a great version of the Joe Williams classic "Baby please don't go". On Side B you'll hear some songs with a more typical cajun/zydeco feel like cajun 'national anthem' "Jole Blond" or the uptempo "Ay ai ai". The record ends again with the blues in form of a nice answer/sequel to Slim Harpo's '66 song "Scratch my back". Recorded in 1966 except "Ay ai ai" in '64. - tv agetrax:
1) Bon ton roulet 2) Frog legs 3) If I ever get lucky 4) Black gal 5) Long toes 6) Baby please don't go 7) Ma negresse 8) Sweet little doll 9) Jole blonde 10) Ay ai ai 11) Can't stop loving you 12) Keep on scratching
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WILLIE MITCHELL "Solid Soul & On Top" 1968 / 1969

Two classic albums on one CD from this R&B/Soul legend. This out of print collection will set you back $200 on Amazon!In a city populated by multiple generations of musical goliaths, WIllie Mitchell was somehow still able to stand head and shoulders above most Memphians. Since his passing this January, there have been many tributes made and obits written.
While gearing up I noticed blogopolis was devoid of this smouldering coal of southern soul, so thought I'd share this classic set with y'all. I originally bought it back in the 80s for the covers of Hugh Masakela's Grazing In The Grass and Cliff Noble's The Horse . If you ask me though, the real killer thriller is the rendition of Freddie King's San-Ho-Zay, a banger for the boards and a track that falls squarely between the nascent funk sound of the time and four-on-the-floor shakers familiar to the Northern Soul scene. On the whole, this LP sounds exactly like the cover sez and how it looks: Solid. Soul. Slick. Badass. (by Cheeba, S.I.)

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01 Prayer Meetin' 02 Grazing In The Grass 03 Windy 04 Sunrise Serenade 05 The Horse 06 Groovin' 07 San-Ho-Zay 08 Up Hard 09 Monkey Jump 10 Strawberry Soul 11 Hideaway 12 Willie Wam 13 Take Five 14 Poppin' 15 Canadian Sunset 16 Ain't Too Proud To Beg 17 Louie,Louie 18 Big Power House 19 30-60-909 20 Who's Making Love 21 I Say A Little Prayer 22 Come See About Me 23 I Wish It Would Rain 24 Sunshine Of Your Love
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"THE MERCURY RHYTHM & BLUES STORY"

Great selection of tough rocking' R&B; from the mid-40's to the mid-50's from this excellent label. This is the music that laid the foundation for the rock 'n roll revolution of the late '50's.There are many songs here that haven't been on other comps before, so dig in!

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1. Sloppy Drunk - Walter Brown 2. Willie Mae - Big Bill Broonzy 3. All Around the World - Titus Turner 4. Rhythm Rockin' Blues - Rollee McGill 5. (I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole - Robert Jr. Lockwood & His Band 6. Honeydrippin' Daddy - Joe Liggins & His Orchestra 7. What That Is - Screamin' Jay Hawkins 8. Papa Said Yes, Mama Said No, No, No - Lee Graves 9. Baby Baby Blues - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra (vcl. Mel Walker) 10. Dirty Mistreater - Smokey Hogg 11. Big John - Titus Turner 12. Get Back (Black, Brown And White) - Big Bill Broonzy 13. He's The Man (He's Tall And Cool) - Vivian Greene 14. Rock Me Baby - Pat Valdelar 15. Bald Head - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers 16. She Is Going To Ruin Me - T-Bone Walker 17. Dust My Broom - Robert Jr. Lockwood & His Band 18. I'd Rather Be Like A Hermit - Frankie Ervin 19. No Mail Blues - Memphis Slim & His Orchestra 20. Talk About Me - Screamin' Jay Hawkins 21. The Love Bug Boogie - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra 22. Hey Now Baby - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers 23. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah - Joe Liggins & His Orchestra 24. I'm A Good Rockin' Daddy - Ray Snead 25. Woke Up This Morning - Arthur Prysock 26. I'm From Texas - Lee Graves 27. Mama Does The Boogie - Red Johnson & His Orchestra 28. Tomorrow - Big Bill (Broonzy) & His Big Little Orchestra
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Scruffy The Cat "High Octane Revival" 1986

This Boston combo plays good-natured countryish rock with a romantic streak — sometimes a bit too ephemeral for its own good, but always unpretentiously enjoyable. Frontman Charlie Chesterman sings the surprisingly witty lyrics (all five Scruffys write) in an earnestly bemused drawl, and the band plays in an amiably rollicking — if not particularly individual — style that's well-suited to their modest musical goals.
Both the six-song High Octane Revival (produced by Dave Minehan of the Neighborhoods) and Tiny Days (produced by ex-Waitress Chris Butler) are consistent funfests, with such winning numbers as the former's "Tiger, Tiger" and "40 Days & 40 Nights" and the latter's "Shadow Boy" and "My Fate Was Sealed with a Kiss." Multi-instrumentalist Stona Fitch left after Tiny Days, but the loss isn't evident on the inconclusive Boom Boom Boom Bingo, two new studio tracks (including the wonderful busted-heart kiss-off "You Dirty Rat") plus three live tunes, among them a decent cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway."
Produced by Jim Dickinson, the band's final album, Moons of Jupiter, is characteristically well-played and typically tuneful, but with a poignant sense of melancholy that suffuses even cheery-sounding numbers like "Capital Moonlight," "I Do" and "Betty Drops In." A bittersweet farewell.
Scruffy the Cat did make one more vinyl appearance with "Love Song #9," one side of a joint single with the Young Fresh Fellows, on the Cruddy Record Dealership (i.e., PopLlama Products) label. - Scott Schinder

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01 40 Days & 40 Nights 02 Land Of 1,000 Girls 03 Life Is Fun 04 Tiger Tiger 05 Buy A Car 06 Happiness To Go

Ben Weaver "Living In The Ground" 2003

"Weaver's bleach-boned delivery conjures nightmare visions of Tom Waits' psychotic half-brother gunning a jalopy to hell." - UNCUT"Weaver's brand of youthful rebellion comes filtered through the mad-staring eyes of a corn chewing old-timer." - Q

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01 Ella Mae 02 Bill Brown 03 Precious Time 04 Rainstorm In Iowa 05 International Flat Bed 06 Living In The Ground 07 Rose Marie 08 Dusty Mill 09 Jon Henry 10 2 Girls 11 This Train
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JOSEPH "MR. GOOGLE EYES" AUGUST "The New Orleans Blues Shouter"

Although little known to general audiences, Mr. Google Eyes looms large in the history of New Orleans R&B; -- not only did his first sides predate the recording career of Fats Domino, but many of the city's soul luminaries count him as a pivotal influence. Born Joseph Augustus on September 13, 1931, he gained his formative musical experience as a member of the First Emmanuel Baptist Church choir, but found himself most deeply attracted to the blues. As a teen, Augustus worked as a delivery boy for local restaurateur Dooky Chase, who bestowed upon him the "Google Eyes" appellation because he could rarely peel his sight away from the eatery's female clientele.
Chase also sponsored a local jazz band, and on occasion Augustus sang a few numbers, gradually earning enough money to buy his own PA system. He used the PA as a bargaining chip to sit in on other acts' sets, and in time earned a steady gig at the local Downbeat Club, appearing opposite Roy Brown. Often billing himself as "Mr. Google Eyes," sometimes he appeared as simply "Mr. G," a nickname conferred after a performance in support of Billy Eckstine, himself Mr. E.
Although Brown, Paul Gayten, and Annie Laurie were the first New Orleans R&B; artists to enter the recording studio, Augustus was not far behind, making his debut for the black-owned Coleman Records with 1946's "Poppa Stoppa's Be-Bop Blues"; he was still just 15 years old at the time, and accordingly the label proclaimed him "Mr. Google Eyes -- the world's youngest blues singer." "No Wine, No Women" soon followed, and resulted in an endorsement deal with Monogram Wine. "Rock My Soul" was another hit, and prompted Columbia Records to buy out Augustus' Coleman contract. 
His Columbia debut, "For You My Love," appeared in 1948, but too late Augustus discovered the reverse racism that led many African American-owned record retailers to boycott the largely white Columbia catalog. Sides including "Life Can Be a Hard Road to Travel," "Cryin' for You," and "Rock My Soul" followed as one decade turned into the next, and even though Mr. Google Eyes never enjoyed the same commercial success as many of his contemporaries, his records sold well enough to support a tour with singer Al Hibbler, and he also appeared at the legendary New York City jazz club Birdland on bills headlined by Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. 
After marrying a woman from Newark, NJ, Augustus settled there circa 1951. There he befriended bandleader Johnny Otis, then working A&R; for the Duke/Peacock family of labels. After his contract with Columbia expired, Augustus signed with Duke, cutting sides like 1953's "Play the Game" as well as writing Otis' smash "Please Forgive Me," but a series of bad deals and poor financial decisions left him broke, and in 1955 he relocated to California, working the Los Angeles club circuit alongside Otis in addition to making the occasional record like the Flip label release "Strange Things Happening in the Dark," credited to Joe August. 
By 1960 he was back in New Orleans, MCing an all-star revue at the Bourbon Street club Sho Bar. After his marriage dissolved, he began dating a white woman, a relationship that brought him so much grief from police that he attempted to break it off, at which point the woman shot him in the abdomen with a rifle. Augustus survived the attack, and although miscegenation charges were soon dropped, he vowed to remain as far from Bourbon Street as possible, bringing his performing career to a halt. In 1965 Augustus cut his final record, the Allen Toussaint-produced "Everything Happens at Night," again billing himself as Joe August. For years after, he worked as a bartender and MC, occasionally performing alongside Earl King and Deacon John in the New Orleans Blues Revue.(by Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide)

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01 No Wine-No Women 02 Oh Ho Doodle Lu 03 Who's Little Who Are You 04 Poppa Stoppa's Be Bop Blues 05 For You My Love 06 Life Can Be A Hard Road To Travel. 07 Young Boy 08 Crying For You 09 Oh What A Fool 10 Rock My Soul 11 Boogie With Calypso 12 Rough And Rocky Road 13 My Old Love 14 Lead Us On 15 I'm Glad You're Coming Home 16 Play The Game 17 Love Me 18 Strange Things Happen In The Dark 19 Tell Me 20 Everything Happens At Night
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Scruffy The Cat "Tiny Days" 1987

Laid-back, rootsy country-rock with witty lyrics was the order of the day for Scruffy the Cat, a Boston quintet led by singer Charlie Chesterman; however, all bandmembers contributed material. Their debut EP, 1986's High Octane Revival, was produced by the Neighborhoods' Dave Minehan, and their first full-length effort, Tiny Days, found Chris Butler, late of the Waitresses, in the producer's chair. Following the departure of multi-instrumentalist Stona Fitch, the band recorded another EP, Boom Boom Boom Bingo, in 1987, and their final LP offering, Moons of Jupiter, arrived the next year. Chesterman embarked on a solo career after the band's dissolution. - Steve Huey, All Music GuidePart of the fertile late-'80s Boston music scene that included the Blake Babies, the Lemonheads, and Buffalo Tom, when it came to making a clang, Scruffy the Cat favored traditional instruments such as harmonicas and banjos to the wall of distortion of their contemporaries. That's not to say the songs on Tiny Days don't rock, however. Using great sing-song melodies and a relentless backbeat, Scruffy transform basic pop songs like "Time Never Forgets" and "Thomas Doubter" into roots rock workouts; a New England, clam chowdery version of Jason the Scorchers or Steve Earle. - Steve Kurutz, All Music Guide

Scruffy The Cat:
Charlie Chesterman (guitar, vocals, harmonica), Stephen Fredette (guitar, vox), Mac Paul Stanfield (bass), Randall Lee Gibson IV (drums), Stona Fitch (banjo, mandolin, accordion, piano)

the trax:
1. My Baby She's Allright 2. Shadow Boy 3. Upside Down 4. Time Never Forgets 5. Thomas Doubter 6. Never, Never 7. Hello Angel 8. Momma Killed Hate 9. When Your Ship Comes In 10. My Fate Was Sealed With a Kiss 11. Tiny Days

ANNISTEEN ALLEN "Chronological Annisteen Allen 1945-1953"

While she's largely forgotten even by R&B historians, Annisteen Allen recorded quite a bit in the 1950s, though only one of her singles, "Baby, "I'm Doin' It!," was a big hit. That single -- a risque "answer" record to the Five Royales' "Baby Don't Do It" that made the R&B Top Ten in 1953 -- is here, along with 27 other tracks, mostly or wholly from the early- to mid-'50s from the sound of things (original release info, unfortunately, is not supplied). Allen's records are emblematic in many ways of both swing jazz's transition to R&B, and R&B's transition from rock & roll. Certainly the earliest sides are as much, or maybe even a bit more, swing than R&B -- a logical connection, since Allen had been a singer with Lucky Millinder. She found a yet more impressive groove, however, with later sides with more of a funky backbeat, the best of which, the outlandish "Fujiyama Mama," was famously covered yet more explosively for a rockabilly classic by Wanda Jackson. While nothing else here is quite on par with "Fujiyama Mama," it's fine '50s R&B-cum-rock& roll, Allen delivering the songs with a satisfyingly saucy style. Though not quite on the same level as somewhat similar fellow woman early rock pioneers Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker, Allen was almost as good, and the consistent material on this compilation serves as a reminder of how overlooked and underestimated her contributions were. (Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide)

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01 Oo-Oo-Ee-Bab-A-Lee-Bob 02 I Know How To Do It 03 The Blues Done Got Me & Gone 04 More More More 05 I Want A Man 06 I've Got Big Bulging Eyes 07 Arkansas 08 Give It Up 09 She Lost Her Re-Bop 10 Hard To Get Along 11 Cloudy Day Blues 12 Lies, Lies, Lies 13 Too Long 14 The Bittersweet 15 The Bluest Blues 16 Trying To Live Without You 17 My Baby Keeps Rollin' 18 Yes I Know 19 Baby I'm Doin' It 20 Wanted 21 I Don't Want No Substitute 22 Down By The River 23 My Brand Of Loving
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Scruffy The Cat "Moons Of Jupiter" 1988

All of the band members were credited with writing songs, which makes Scruffy's consistent tunefulness that much more impressive.This Boston combo plays good-natured countryish rock with a romantic streak — sometimes a bit too ephemeral for its own good, but always unpretentiously enjoyable. Frontman Charlie Chesterman sings the surprisingly witty lyrics (all five Scruffys write) in an earnestly bemused drawl, and the band plays in an amiably rollicking — if not particularly individual — style that's well-suited to their modest musical goals.
Both the six-song High Octane Revival (produced by Dave Minehan of the Neighborhoods) and Tiny Days (produced by ex-Waitress Chris Butler) are consistent funfests, with such winning numbers as the former's "Tiger, Tiger" and "40 Days & 40 Nights" and the latter's "Shadow Boy" and "My Fate Was Sealed with a Kiss." Multi-instrumentalist Stona Fitch left after Tiny Days, but the loss isn't evident on the inconclusive Boom Boom Boom Bingo, two new studio tracks (including the wonderful busted-heart kiss-off "You Dirty Rat") plus three live tunes, among them a decent cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway."
Produced by Jim Dickinson, the band's final album, Moons of Jupiter, is characteristically well-played and typically tuneful, but with a poignant sense of melancholy that suffuses even cheery-sounding numbers like "Capital Moonlight," "I Do" and "Betty Drops In." A bittersweet farewell.
Scruffy the Cat did make one more vinyl appearance with "Love Song #9," one side of a joint single with the Young Fresh Fellows, on the Cruddy Record Dealership (i.e., PopLlama Products) label. [Scott Schinder]Scruffy The Cat:
Charlie Chesterman (guitar, vocals), Stephen Fredette (guitar), Mac Paul Stanfield (bass), Randall Lee Gibson IV (drums), Burns Stanfield (keyboards) also: Fred Spencer (pedal steel guitar), Jim Dickinson (grand and toy piano), Bongo Nairobi (perc)

trax:
1. Capital Moonlight 2. Bus Named Desire 3. Betty Drops In 4. I Do 5. Beg, Borrow and Steal 6. Nova SS 1968 7. Kissing Galaxy 8. Bucknaked 9. Moons of Jupiter 10. Love So Amazing 11. Places 12. One Bad Apple 13. Just Like Cathy's Clown 14. Everything 15. 2Day 2Morrow 4Ever 16. Keith's Lament

ANNISTEEN ALLEN "Fujiyama Mama"

Overshadowed by rythm'n'blues artists like Ruth Brown, Faye Adams, LaVern Baker, etc., this one was every bit as great a talent and singer as any of them. And she could really belt out songs-what a pair of lungs! In my opinion, she was one of the great r'n'b/blues singers of all time, and as time went on, she never got the credit she was due. (BOP CAT)The Lovely Annisteen Allen was Discovered by the Legendary Louis Jordan, who Recommended her to Lucky Millinder, Then on the Lookout for a Top Notch, Sexy Female Vocalist. She Went Solo in the Early 1950s after Scoring Mega National Chart Hits with Lucky's Band, and Made Some Superb R&B Sides to Rival Those of Laverne Baker and Ruth Brown at Atlantic (She was a Much Better Singer Than Either Allegedly!) Annisteen Had Perhaps her Biggest and Most Notorious Hit in 1953 with "Baby, I'm Doin' It!" - a Saucy Answer to the Five Royales' Chart-topper "Baby, Don't Do It!". Her Most Famous Song is Undoubtedly the Explosive "Fujiyama Mama" which Wanda Jackson Turned Into a Rockabilly Classic in 1957. (Amazon)

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01 Hard To Get Along 02 Cloudy Day Blues 03 Lies, Lies, Lies 04 Too Long 05 Mr. Trumpet Man 06 I'm Waiting Just For You 2 07 Bongo Boogie 08 Bittersweet 09 Bluest Blues 10 Trying To Live Without You 11 My Baby Keeps Rollin' 12 Yes, I Know 13 Baby, I'm Doin' It '53 14 Wanted 15 I Don't Want No Substitute 16 Down By The River 17 My Brand Of Lovin' 18 Take A Chance On Me 19 I've Got Troubles 20 I've Got Troubles 21 Nothing Can Replace You 22 Fujiyama Mama 23 Wheels Of Love 24 Everybody Knows I Love You 25 G'wan About Your Business 26 Slow But Sure 27 I'm Still In Love With You 28 Mine All Mine
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LOUIS MYERS "I'm A Southern Man" 1978

Despite his vaunted reputation as a versatile standout on the Windy City circuit, Louis Myers seldom recorded as a leader. This is the best set he did as a front man; cut in 1978, it was ironically recorded in Hollywood. Fellow ex-Little Walter sideman Freddy Robinson shared guitar duties with Myers (who also played harp) on a well-produced set strong on tradition but with one eye cocked toward contemporary developments (witness Myers's stylish diatribe on "Women's Lib"). (Bill Dahl, AMG)Though he was certainly capable of brilliantly fronting a band, remarkably versatile guitarist/harpist Louis Myers will forever be recognized first and foremost as a top-drawer sideman and founding member of the Aces -- the band that backed harmonica wizard Little Walter on his immortal early Checker waxings.
Along with his older brother David -- another charter member of the Aces -- Louis left Mississippi for Chicago with his family in 1941. Fate saw the family move next door to blues great Lonnie Johnson, whose complex riffs caught young Louis's ear. Another Myers brother, harp-blowing Bob, hooked Louis up with guitarist Othum Brown for house party gigs. Myers also played with guitarist Arthur "Big Boy" Spires before teaming with his brother David on guitar and young harpist Junior Wells to form the first incarnation of the Aces (who were initially known as the Three Deuces). In 1950, drummer Fred Below came on board.
In effect, the Aces and Muddy Waters traded harpists in 1952, Wells leaving to play with Waters while Little Walter, just breaking nationally with his classic "Juke," moved into the front man role with the Aces. Myers and the Aces backed Walter on his seminal "Mean Old World," "Sad Hours," "Off the Wall," and "Tell Me Mama" and at New York's famous Apollo Theater before Louis left in 1954 (he and the Aces moonlighted on Wells's indispensable 1953-54 output for States).
Plenty of sideman work awaited Myers -- he played with Otis Rush, Earl Hooker, and many more. But his own recording career was practically non-existent; after a solitary 1956 single for Abco, "Just Whaling"/"Bluesy," that found Myers blowing harp in Walter-like style, it wasn't until 1968 that two Myers tracks turned up on Delmark.
The Aces reformed during the 1970s and visited Europe often as a trusty rhythm section for touring acts. Myers cut a fine set for Advent in 1978, I'm a Southern Man, that showed just how effective he could be as a leader (in front of an L.A. band, no less). Myers was hampered by the effects of a stroke while recording his last album for Earwig, 1991's Tell My Story Movin'. He courageously completed the disc but was limited to playing harp only. His health soon took a turn for the worse, ending his distinguished musical career. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guidetrax:
01 I_m A Southern Man 02 Short Haired Woman 03 Woman's Lib 04 Just Woke Up 05 Woman Trouble 06 Hello Strangers 07 Southbound Blues 08 All My Love In Vain 09 Kind Hearted Woman 10 Old Black Mattie
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"Golden Era Of Doowops" The Standord Records Story

When Johnny Q. asked for The Shades "Voodoo Woman" on Standord Records, I decided to send this Standord Label collection. - Gyro1966trax:
1. In The Still Of The Night - The Five Satins 2. Betty - The Centuries 3. The Dream I Had [Of You] - The Revlons 4. A Fool - The Ballads 5. The Chimes - The Shades 6. All Mine - The Five Satins 7. Tilly, Take Your Time - The Chestnuts 8. My Love - The Revlons 9. We Five Boys - The Five C's 10. The Jones Girl - The Five Satins 11. Don't Fall In Love - The Revlons 12. So Good - The Shades 13. I'm Sorry - The Five C's 14. Mary, Hear Those Love Bells - The Chestnuts 15. All Mine - The Five Satins 16. Ride Away - The Revlons 17. Voodoo Woman - The Shades 18. Crying For You - The Centuries 19. Rose Mary - The Five Satins 20. I'm So Blue - The Chestnuts 21. Wide Hoop Skirts - The Revlons 22. Time Stood Still - The Shades 23. My Darling Dear - The Five C's 24. That's My Baby - The Ballads 25. She Was The Girl - The Revlons 26. Who Knows Better Than I? - The Chestnuts 27. In The Still Of The Night [Unreleased] - The Five Satins 28. The Jones Girl [Unreleased] - The Five Satins
Files in .m4a! Lucky who uses i-Tunes!
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J.B. HUTTO "Stompin' At Mother Blues"

"Stompin'" mixes up-tempo rockers with slow, smouldering blues, and the highlights include "Evening Train", the mid-tempo grind of "Ain't It A Cryin' Shame", a driving "When I Get Drunk", and the ragged, gut-bucket "Alchohol Blues". And "Hip Shakin'", of course, but we already know that one. The tough, syncopated instrumental "Stompin' At Mother Blues" is about as subtle as anything Hutto ever recorded, and you can actually understand what he is singing on the shuffling "Lonely Heartaches"! (Amazon)This 2004 CD brings together two sessions recorded by J.B. Hutto in 1966 and 1972 respectively (and only the first one is taped at "Mother Blues", a now-defunct Chicago blues club). It is not a live album, despite the title; rather it is an interesting collection of mostly unreleased material. Only "Hawk Squat" and "Love Retirement" have been available before the release of this album, but "Stompin' at Mother Blues" is not a bunch of third-rate scrapings from the bottom of the barrel... there are several fine moments here, and Hutto's ragged, explosive slide runs are as gritty as ever.

trax:
01 Evening Train 02 Ain't It A Cryin' Shame 03 When I Get Drunk 04 My Soul 05 Hawk's Rock 06 If You Change Your Mind 07 Hip Shakin' 08 Turner's Rock 09 Married Woman Blues 10 Alcohol Blues 11 Sorry 12 Stompin' At Mother Blues 13 Lonely Heartaches 14 Love Retirement (Want Ad) 15 Studio Chatter 16 Precious Stone (Alternate) 17 Dandruff 18 Guilty Heart 19 Young Hawk's Crawl (Alternate)
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Tina Britt "Blue All the Way" …plus (1965-69)

Tina Britt is an obscure R&B singer with a rather peculiar vibrato voice, of whom very little is known, even when she had two memorable Top 40 R&B hits. Apparently, she was one of Sue Records founder Henry "Juggy Murray" Jones's favourite artists and, listening to this great selection of tracks, it is easy to understand why. Blue All The Way is her 1969 album for Minit records, which is bolstered here by 8 bonus tracks, three of them previously unreleased: ‘It's My Thing’, an answer to the Isley Bros., ‘He Put the Hurt on Me’, the finest of her three Otis Redding covers and a cool version of ‘Doctor Feel Good’. It also includes her biggest hit, the standout single penned by Ashford & Simpson and Jo Armstead ‘The Real Thing’, which climbed sure-footedly to #20 on Billboard's R&B chart. The song, like most of her early work, apes Motown arrangements and production and sounds like a thinly disguised knock-off of Martha Reeves & The Vandellas' ‘Heatwave’. It was also recorded in 1965 by The Chiffons, British singer Kim D. and Betty Everett (who made the original version); but Tina’s rendition adds a lot more pep and dancefloor groove than those. Most of the twelve tracks on the original Blue All The Way album are covers, featuring the blues of Jimmy Reed (‘Bright Lights Big City’) and Big Bill Broonzy (‘Key to the Highway’), Memphis Soul from Otis Redding (‘My Lover's Prayer’) and Don Covay (‘Sookie Sookie’), jazz from Billie Holiday (‘God Bless The Child’) and the current rock hit, Credence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Born on a Bayou’. Under the guidance of Juggy Murray, Tina takes all these classics and beats the hell out of them. Listen how Juggy captures the sound of the Memphis brass on ‘Sookie Sookie’ and delivers a huge slab of punchy funky Northern Soul! The album might have been too much of a mixture to be a commercial success, but the world has been a poorer place without any further Tina Britt recordings. Look out for the unusual album cover of Tina seated on a chair: that must have been quite futuristic in 1969! http://designermagazine.tripod.com/, http://www.rootsandrhythm.com/

trax:
01 Who Was That 02 God Bless The Child 03 When We Get On Cloud 9 04 Johnny I Love You 05 Hawg For You 06 My Lover's Prayers 07 Born On A Bayou 08 I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know 09 Sookie Sookie 10 Bright Lights Big City 11 Key To The Highway 12 You Ain't Nothing But In The Way 13 The Real Thing 14 Teardrops Fell (Every Step Of The Way) 15 Look 16 You're Absolutely Right 17 I Found A New Love 18 It's My Thing 19 He Put The Hurt On Me 20 Doctor Feel Good
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"RYTHM …AND BLUES!" 50's Blues and R&B; from Rhythm Records of San Francisco (The Don Barksdale Masters Vol.2)

Former college and NBA Basketball star Don Barksdale was but one of many who owned San Francisco's Rhythm Records during the 15 or so years that it was open for business. In the second half of the 1950's he recorded and issued a pile of music on both notable and obscure Bay Area - based African - American talents. This CD contains the best of his rare Blues and R&B sides, including storming sessions from the west coast greats Little Willie Littlefield and Roy Hawkins, and the earliest recordings of Sugar Pie De Santo. Get Rhythm …and Blues! - liner notesThe companion volume to Westside's delving into the vaults of Rhythm Records shines the spotlight on the bluesier side of the label's output. Kicking off with 10 tracks by Little Willie Littlefield, the set also features vintage tracks from Roy Hawkins (the writer and original artist of B.B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone"), Sugar Pie DeSanto, Charles Walker, Roland Mitchell and the cryptically namked Paliya and Alvin. None of this falls under the category of hard blues, but it's all solidly played stuff with a distinct West Coast edge to it. One of the early West Coast R&B labels that deserves a wider hearing. (Cub Koda, AMG)trax:
1. Mistreated - Little Willie Littlefield 2. Baby Shame - Little Willie Littlefield 3. Ruby, Ruby - Little Willie Littlefield 4. Easy Go - Little Willie Littlefield 5. I Need A Pay Day - Little Willie Littlefield 6. I Want A Little Girl - Little Willie Littlefield 7. Theresa - Little Willie Littlefield 8. The Day The Rains Came - Little Willie Littlefield 9. I Wanna Love You - Little Willie Littlefield 10. Goodbye Baby - Little Willie Littlefield 11. I Hate To Be Alone - Roy Hawkins 12. Lonesome Without You - Roy Hawkins 13. It's Love - Roy Hawkins 14. Baby Please Don't - Roy Hawkins 15. A Few Little Words - Pee Wee's All-Stars 16. Say When - Pee Wee 17. Let's Get Together - Sugar Pie & Pee Wee 18. If You Take Away Our Love - Sugar Pie & Pee Wee 19. Beautiful Love - Sugar Pie & Pee Wee 20. Stop Crying - Sugar Pie & Pee Wee 21. If I Had A Wishing Well - Paliya De Santos 22. Darling Be Mine - Paliya & Alvin 23. Just Me And You - Charles Walker & The Beatnicks 24. My Eyes On The World - Charles Walker & The Beatnicks 25. Irma Special - Roland Mitchell & Band
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"RYTHM …AND ROCK!" 50's Doo Wop and Rock 'n' Roll From Rhythm Records of San Francisco (The Don Barksdale Masters Vol.1)

Former college and NBA Basketball star Don Barksdale was but one of many who owned San Francisco's Rhythm Records during the 15 or so years that it was open for business. In the second half of the 1950's he recorded and issued a pile of music on both notable and obscure Bay Area - based African - American talents. This CD contains the best of his rare Doo-Wop and R'n'R sides, including many of the most coveted and impossible - to - afford examples of their genres. Get Rhythm …and Rock! - liner notesDon Barksdale ran Rhythm Records out of San Francisco and during the 1950s issued a spate of great R&B singles on the localized talent. This first volume spotlights 27 performances from that same time frame with the focus on the label's doo-wop and rock'n'roll sides. Kicking off with 15 year old Alice Jean Wilton and the Mondellos' "100 Years From Today," the set moves effortlessly with classic West Coast harmony offerings from the Lyrics, the Tempos, the Marcels (not the "Blue Moon"group), the Spinners (not the Detroit group), Rudy Lambert, and Ollie "Yul" McClay. There's an almost claustophobic quality to all of these recordings (this and the companion volume were mastered from the only existing masters and acetates), but the music stays charming every note of the way. A must listen for doo-wop fans. (Cub Koda, AMG)trax:
1. 100 Years From Today - Alice Jean & The Mondellos 2. Come Back Home - Alice Jean & The Mondellos 3. Happiness Street - Ollie "Yul" McClay & The Mondellos 4. Over The Rainbow - Ollie "Yul" McClay & The Mondellos 5. Daylight Saving Time - Alice Jean & The Mondellos 6. That's What I Call Love - Alice Jean & The Mondellos 7. Happiness Street - Alice Jean & The Mondellos 8. Hard To Please - Alice Jean & The Mondellos 9. My Heart - Rudy Lambert & The Mondellos 10. That's What I Call Love - Rudy Lambert & The Mondellos 11. You'll Never Know - The Mondellos 12. Promise Me - The Tempos 13. Never Let Me Go - The Tempos 14. To Love Again - The Tempos 15. Patricia - The Tempos 16. Take Me Back - Bob Jefferies & The Marcels 17. Betty Lou - The Marcels 18. Every Night - The Lyrics 19. Come Back Baby - The Lyrics 20. Marvella - The Spinners 21. My Love And Your Love - The Spinners 22. Never Let Me Go - Bob Jefferies 23. A Sunday Kind Of Love - Rudy Lambert 24. That Old Feeling - Rudy Lambert 25. 100 Years From Today (Alt) - Alice Jean & The Mondellos 26. Come Back Home (Alt) - Alice Jean & The Mondellos 27. Every Night (Alt) - The Lyrics
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"Uptown, Down South" - Excello Soul

The title implies that these are recordings cut south of the Mason-Dixon Line, but with an uptown sound; the concept is flawed. Just as you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, if you use southern musicians and producers, the product is going to sound likewise. If Diana Ross used these same hookups, she would sound like Ann Sexton or Betty Wright. However, the compilation deserves kudos despite its gray area because its selections are so scarce. To have them accessible on one CD is a musical godsend. Highlights among the 24-tracks include Roger Hatcher's glorious "Sweetest Girl in the World"; Marva Whitney's tumultuous "Don't Let Our Love Fade Away"; Skip Mahoney & the Casuals' "Running Away From Love"; Bits 'N' Pieces' "Keep On Running Away"; the Wallace Brothers' "Thanks a Lot"; and ZZ Hill's "Our Love Is Getting Better." Other saucy entrées include tracks by the Kelly Brothers, the Avons (a little-known female group), and Lucille Mathis. by Andrew Hamilton,AMG

trax:
1. I've Got To Hold Back - Freddie North 2. Sweetest Girl In The World - Roger Hatcher 3. Judy - Frank Howard 4. That's Loving You - Percy Wiggins 5. I'm Not Your Regular Woman - Lucille Mathis 6. Since I Met You Baby - The Avons 7. Don't Let Our Love Fade Away - Marva Whitney 8. Even If The Signs Are Wrong - Shirley Brown 9. Childhood Days - Bobby Powell 10. Just Another Guy - Freddie North 11. Bigger And Better - The Hytones 12. Cryin' Days Are Over - The Kelly Brothers 13. Save A Foolish Man - Lee Brackett 14. That's My Man - Marion James 15. No More Tears - Bessie Jones 16. Set Your Soul On Fire - Jerry Washington 17. Our Love Is Getting Better - Z.Z. Hill 18. Crystal Blue Persuasion - The Kelly Brothers 19. What Price For Love - Bennie Shaw 20. Thanks A Lot - The Wallace Brothers 21. I Would If I Could - The Avons 22. Keep On Running Away - The Bits 'n Pieces 23. Runnin Away From Love - Skip Mahoney & The Casuals 24. Just The Other Day - Little Johnny Truitt
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Reef Rider "Beyond the Reef" 2003

This first release from Reef Rider (Belgium) is amazing. Very well written and arranged, and played very well. An amazing selection of fresh surf and spaghetti western and fun. A marvelous CD well worth finding. - Phil Dirt at Reverb Central

Reef Rider:
Fabien FRANSSENS: guitars / Bert JACOBS: guitars / Dennis COOLMAN: bass / Tom Van HOEY: drums

trax:
1. Beyond the Reef 2. Los Cobardes 3. El Dorado 4. Body Surfin 5. El Mazunte 6. Blueberry Busstop 7. The Trembler 8. El Camino 9. Cumshot 10. Kinky Cowgirl 11. Two Sharks 12. Dance with the Devil

"Rockin' Is Not Our Business" 1998

Pop singers of the early 1959s may have suffered commercially as a result of Rock'n'Roll, but many tried bravely to come to terms with it. From the RCA vaults, here are nearly two dozen good, bad and occasionally ugly attempts - including the earliest recordings of George Benson and the Four Seasons - to meet the challenge of the big beat head on. It's square, but it rocks!On the surface, this collection would seem a tongue-in-cheek affair, cobbling together 20 white-white-white cover versions of R&B hits of the early '50s. But with scant few examples (Vaughn Monroe's version of Fats Domino's "All By Myself"), this is an interesting collection that is no laughing matter. You're not going to hear a bunch of a Caucasian singers strangling their vocal chords trying to sound Black. Instead, think of a collection of 1950s R&B tunes being treated like any other pop tune of the same time period, wide open to interpretation by the singer, producer, arranger and bandleader involved, and you've got a real close bead on what's happening here. Pulled from RCA Victor's vaults, in addition to pop singers like Monroe, Fran Warren, Helen Grayco, Don Cornell, you'll also find tracks from country's Homer and Jethro (Louis Prima's "Oh Babe!") and Dale Evans ("Please Send Me Someone to Love") we also have aboard the earliest recorded efforts of Frankie Valli and the Four Lovers ("The Girl In My Dreams") and George Benson (a prepubescent rewrite of Ray Charles' "It Should Have Been Me"). This compilation gives us a chance to re-examine history with an interesting take on music that shouldn't needlessly be racially pigeonholed. Yeah, this stuff sounds square as hell, but it was a square world back then.(Cub Koda, AMG)

trax:
1. Teardrops From My Eyes - Fran Warren w/Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra 2. For You My Love - Ray McKinley & His Orchestra 3. Oh Babe! - Homer & Jethro 4. I Need You So - Don Cornell w/Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra 5. I Don'T Know - Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra 6. I Almost Lost My Mind - Fran Warren w/Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra 7. Mama(He Treats Your Daughter Mean) - The Ramblers w/Tamara Hayes 8. Please Send Me Someone To Love - Dale Evans 9. It Should Have Been Me #2 - George Benson 10. Johnny Darling - Sandy Stewart w/The Excels & Lou Stein's Quintet 11. Oop Shoop - Helen Grayco 12. Let'S Make Up - Walter Schumann & His Orchestra 13. Nip Sip - Frankie Lester & His Orchestra 14. Ko Ko Mo - Bill Darnel & Betty Clooney w/Sid Bass & His Orchestra 15. Tick Tock - Danny Mendelsohn & His Orchestra 16. Winner Takes All - Sunny Gale 17. All By Myself - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra 18. Rollin Stone - Eddie Fontane w/The Excels & Sid Bass& His Orchestra 19. The Girl In My Dreams - The Four Lovers 20. Night Train - Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra
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WALTER BROWN w/Jay McShann's Orchestra "Forget Your Troubles & Jump Your Blues Away!" '41-'45

Blues singer Walter Brown fronted the roaring Jay McShann Orchestra (which included young alto saxist Charlie Parker) in 1941, when the roaring Kansas City aggregation cut their classic "Confessin' The Blues" and "Hootie Blues" for Decca. The Dallas native remained with McShann from 1941 to '45 before going solo (with less successful results). (Bill Dahl, AMG)

trax:
01 Hootie Blues 02 Confessin_The Blues 03 One Woman_s Blues 04 Fore Day Rider 05 New Confessin' The Blues 06 Red River Blues 07 Baby Heart Blues 08 Cryin_Won_t Make Me Stay 09 Hootie_s Ignorant Oil 10 Lonely Boy Blues 11 The Jumpin' Blues 12 Hometown Blues 13 Lonely Boy Blues 14 WB Blues 15 Sloppy Drunk 16 Lovin' A Beggar 17 Just Thinkin' 18 You Better Leave My Gal Alone 19 I'm Gonna Get Married 20 New Style Baby 21 Nasty Attitude 22 Let's Love Awhile 23 Slow Down Baby
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"MOTOWN'S BLUE EVOLUTION"

This is a very good comp. The focus here is on soul and blues from the Motown label but this is not the stuff you expect from Motown and the 60's soul hits. What we have here are tracks from Mable John, Sammy Ward, Amos Milburn, Earl King, Arthur Adams and Luther Allison. Much of it is more soul than blues but only a few cuts have any strings and nearly every track is enjoyable and some are really good. This was a surprise for me because I didn't realize that Motown had released stuff by all of these artists. Definitely worth adding to your collection - this is quality music, some of it unreleased until this CD came out. Good notes by Bill Dahl. Buy it!! (Amazon)From the beginning, Motown was almost exclusively devoted to soul. But they did have a few blues-oriented artists on their roster, especially in the early 1960s. Truthfully, though, this 20-track compilation isn't exactly a blues anthology. It's more like a collection of soul cuts with a bluesy feeling, by performers who had substantial or deep roots in pure blues. Mable John (Little Willie's sister) and Sammy Ward, for instance, sing R&B/soul with some bluesy shadings; jump blues veteran Amos Milburn sings modified earthy R&B, married to Motown's embryonic production machine; Earl King has a slight New Orleans flavor to his previously unreleased performances. The unknown Arthur Adams sings blues/soul crossover; Luther Allison comes by far the closest to real blues, and is the only one of the artists whose selections date from the 1970s. You can quibble about the accuracy of the compilation's theme, but it's not a bad excuse to get some interesting Motown performances out of the vaults and onto CD. Only one of these was even a modest hit (Sammy Ward's 1960 single "Who's the Fool"), and seven tracks were previously unreleased (King and Adams never even got to officially release anything on Motown), so even seasoned Motown collectors will find much of interest here. (by Richie Unterberger, AMG)trax:
1. Who's The Fool - Sammy Ward 2. Take Me - Mable John 3. Part Time Love - Sammy Ward 4. Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Mable John 5. What Makes You Love Him - Sammy Ward 6. I Guess There's No Love - Mable John 7. Bread Winner - Sammy Ward 8. Someday Pretty Baby - Sammy Ward 9. I'ts A Long, Long Time - Amos Milburn 10. I'm In My Wine (Previously Unreleased) - Amos Milburn 11. Hold Me Baby - Amos Milburn 12. Three Knocks On My Door (Previously Unreleased) - Earl King 13. A Man And A Book (Previously Unreleased) - Earl King 14. Hunger Pains (Previously Unreleased) - Earl King 15. Then You Changed (Previously Unreleased) - Sammy Ward 16. Cold Cold Heart (Previously Unreleased) - Arthur Adams 17. Let Me Love You Tonight (Previously Unreleased) - Arthur Adams 18. Dust My Broom - Luther Allison 19. Into My Life - Luther Allison 20. I Can Make It Thru The Day (But Oh Those Lonely Nights) - Luther Allison
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"HONKIN' THE BOOGIE"

Here are 20 tracks of pure honking, shouting, bar walking, burning Kansas City blues and R&B; from the great bandleaders of the late 1940s and early '50s. Big Jay McNeely, Joe Morris, Jay McShann, Buddy Banks, Eddie Chamblee and Cee Pee Johnson are here, just to name a few. The sound on this bad boy is more than adequate and the music is pure intense hedonism form a golden era in jazz that is not represented as well as it should be on compact disc. Acrobat does a fine job with sequencing, representation and track by track info. This is one not to miss. (Thom Jurek, AMG)

trax:
1. We're Gonna Rock - Wild Bill Moore 2. Chuck-A-Boogie - Joe Morrris & His Orchestra 3. Kicks (Scotty Can Blow) - Jay McShann 4. Roadhouse Boogie - Big Jay McNeeley 5. Cornbread - Hal Singer 6. Last Call - Eddie Chamblee 7. Chitlin' Ball - King Porter & His Orchestra 8. Banks Boogie - Buddy Banks 9. 35-30 - Paul Williams 10. Screamin' Boogie - Dick Davis Orchstra 11. Back Street - Eddie Chamblee 12. Late Freight - Sonny Thompson 13. Shipyard Woman - Jim Wynn's Bobalibans 14. After Hours - Erskine Hawkins 15. Bubbles - Wild Bill Moore 16. Should Have Rationed Myself - King Porter & His Orchestra 17. Name It & Claim It - Buddy Banks 18. The 'G' Man Got The 'T' Man - Cee Pee Johnson & Band 19. K & H Boogie - Big Jay McNeeley 20. Weasel Walk - Joe Morris
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Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper "Very Best Of Wilma Lee, Stoney Cooper & The Clinch Mountain Clan '56-'63"

As a 19-track CD that covers the duo's most commercially successful period, this should be considered the best compilation of Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper's work as a duo. Devoted to their Hickory material from 1956-1963, it features seven Top 20 hits: "Come Walk With Me," "Cheated Too," "Big Midnight Special," "The Wreck on the Highway," "There's a Big Wheel," "Johnny, My Love (Grandma's Diary)," and "This Ole House." That's less than half of the anthology; more importantly, it captures them in their artistic prime too, at a good midpoint between their Appalachian old-time country music and the more modern commercial Nashville sound (including some drums and electric instruments). Wilma Lee Cooper's vocals still jump out with an exuberance that marks her as one of the most emotional, expressive, and downright extroverted country singers of the time. The material selected for this comp is a good and diverse mix, including the near-gospel boogie of the Louvin Brothers' "There's a Higher Power," Woody Guthrie's "Philadelphia Lawyer," "The Tramp on the Street" (Wilma Lee Cooper's singing reaches sublime heights of yearning on that cut), some originals from the pen of Wilma Lee Cooper, and a reworking of the folk standard "Midnight Special" into "Big Midnight Special." "Johnny, My Love (Grandma's Diary)," one of their best hits, was written by Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant, the same team responsible for many early Everly Brothers classics. There's some real hot country and rockabilly picking, too, on songs like "Cheated Too," the rollicking "I Tell My Heart," and "There's a Higher Power." by Richie Unterberger, AMG - This CD is now out of print and hard to find.

trax:
01 I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You) 02 The Tramp On The Street 03 My Heart Keeps Crying 04 Home Sweet Home [Instrumental] 05 This Thing Called Man 06 Cheated Too 07 Walking My Lord Up Calvary Hill 08 I Tell My Heart 09 He Taught Them How 10 Come Walk With Me 11 Big Midnight Special 12 The Wreck On The Highway 13 There's A Big Wheel 14 Six More Miles 15 Johnny, My Love (Grandma's Diary) 16 This Ole House 17 Philadelphia Lawyer 18 Singing Waterfall 19 There's A Higher Power
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"ROUGH TREATMENT" The J.O.B. Records Story

Real Raw & Tough 50's Blues! (This is way out of print)The JOB label was founded in July 1949 by Joe Brown (1904 - 1976) and James Burke Oden (aka St. Louis Jimmy, 1903 - 1977). Reportedly the name of the label transposed the bluesman's initials. JOB followed a venture called Opera, which flared briefly in 1947 and 1948. Previously Joe Brown had been a boxer, and had been involved in other business ventures of which we still know little.
JOB would hold on until 1974, but its main period of sustained activity ran from late 1950 through the middle of 1954. The company's one chart hit, "Five Long Years" by Eddie Boyd, was released in July 1952. Always a "mom and pop" scale business with erratic publicity and distribution, after 1954 JOB became more of a hobby for its owner than a serious business venture. Brown tried to establish a subsidiary label called Fury in 1955; he invested in the Abco label in 1956 and started the Ruler label in 1958; in partnership with Bud Brandom, he took over the Oriole label in 1958-1959; meanwhile his interest in JOB came and went. Complete J.O.B. Records info at this fantastic site:
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/job.html

trax:
disc 1
1. Evening Sun - Johnny Shines 2. Late Hours At Midnight - LeRoy Foster 3. How Much More - J.B. Lenoir 4. Cryin' Shame - Snooky Pryor 5. Rough Treatment - Little Hudson 6. Dust My Broom (Alt) - Robert Lockwood, Jr. 7. Dark World - Floyd Jones 8. Kissing In The Dark - Memphis Minnie 9. Five Long Years - Boyd Eddie 10. Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim 11. Glad I Don't Worry No More - Alfred Wallace
12. Please Somebody - Moody Jones 13. Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor 14. Keep Drinkin' - Little Brother Montgomery 15. Rhythm Rockin' Boogie - John Lee 16. Man Around My Door - Grace Brim 17. Down Home Child - Sunnyland Slim 18. Ethel Bea - Little Son Joe 19. Ramblin' - Johnny Shines 20. Pet Rabbit - LeRoy Foster 21. Goin' Back To Memphis - Ernest Cotton 22. The Mojo - J.B. Lenoir 23. Humming Blues - John Brim 24. Boogy Fool - Snooky Pryor 25. Don't Hang Around - Little Hudson 26. Sweet Woman From Maine - Robert Lockwood, Jr. 27. Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones
disc 2
1. Aw Aw Baby - Robert Lockwood, Jr. 2. Leaving Your Town - Sunnyland Slim 3. Trouble In The Morning - John Brim 4. You've Gotta Stop This Mess - Alfred Wallace 5. Eighty Nine Ten - Snooky Pryor 6. Things Going So Tough - Little Hudson 7. Play A Little While - J.B. Lenoir 8. Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door - John Lee 9. Big World - Floyd Jones 10. Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines 11. Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim 12. Louella - LeRoy Foster 13. Blue Coat Man - Boyd Eddie 14. A Little Too Late - Little Son Joe 15. Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones 16. Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery 17. World Of Trouble - Memphis Minnie 18. Drinking Woman - John Brim 19. On The Road Again - Floyd Jones 20. Woman Trouble - Sunnyland Slim 21. Cool Driver - Johnny Shines 22. I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson 23. People Are Meddlin' - J.B. Lenoir 24. Blues Is Killin' Me - LeRoy Foster 25. Raisin' Sand - Snooky Pryor 26. Pearly B - Robert Lockwood, Jr. 27. Uh'm Beautiful - Ernest Cotton
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AMOS MILBURN "The Motown Sessions 1962-1964"

Signed to Motown years after his peak as an R&B star, Milburn's association with the label turned out to be something of a non-event, producing only an obscure album and flop single. A commercial non-event, that is; Milburn's skills were still intact, resulting in some fine if somewhat uncharacteristic performances. This compilation reissues that album (The Return of Blues Boss) and adds seven unreleased tracks. Milburn may still have been singing blues/R&B, but he was with Motown, which meant that a fair amount of soul-pop flavor inevitably seeped through. You can hear it in the occasional female backup vocals, swinging brass arrangements, and even a brief harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder on "Chicken Shack Boogie"; the arrangement on "I'll Make It Up to You Somehow" wouldn't have been out of place on an early Mary Wells single. The results are pleasantly surprising, updating Milburn's sound (which would have been quite anachronistic in the early 1960s) into the early soul era. The material is pretty strong, including both bluesy ballads and more uptempo numbers that don't totally smother his boogie-woogie roots.(by Richie Unterberger, AMG)
This CD is out of print.trax:
01 My Daily Prayer 02 My Baby Gave Me Another Chance 03 I'm In Wine 04 I'll Make It Up To You Somehow 05 Don't Be No Fool 06 In The Middle Of The Night 07 Chicken Shack Boogie 08 Bad, Bad Whiskey 09 One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer 10 It's A Long, Long Time 11 I'm Gonna Tell Mama 12 Bewildered 13 Darling How Long 14 Hold Me Baby 15 Baby You Thrill Me 16 I Wanna Go Home 17 Mama's Boy 18 I'll Leave You In His Care
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"GOTHAM HOUSE PARTY" (Late 40's-Early 50's Rockin' R&B;)

If honking saxophones are your thing, then this one's right up your alley. Featuring 14 slabs of greatness from Philadelphia's Gotham Records, everything here is either a sax honker or a jump blues shouter with strong saxophone backing. Tracks from J.B. Summers, T.N.T. Tribble, Danny Turner, Jimmy Preston, Johnny Sparrow, Tiny Grimes, Charlie Gonzales, Sax Gill, and Daisy Mae and the Hepcats make this a nonstop romp from the first blast to the end. A good one! (by Cub Koda, AMG)

trax:
1. Drinking Beer - J.B. Summers w/Tiny Grimes 2. Stomp - Bill Jennings 3. Roly Poly Mama - Harry Crafton 4. That' Right - Eddie Cole 5. Mel's Jump - Sax Gill 6. Dual Trumpet Blues - Frank Motley 7. I'm Free - Charlie Gonzales 8. Hey Everybody - Jimmy Preston 9. I Ain't Mad At You - The Jones Boys 10. House Party - T.N.T. Tribble 11. Paradise Rock - Johnny Sparrow 12. Corn Pone - Daisy Mae & Her Hepcats 13. Danny's Blues - Danny Turner 14. Red Hot Boogie - T.N.T. Tribble
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LONESOME SUNDOWN "I'm A Mojo Man" - The Best Of The Excello Singles

Unlike many of his swamp blues brethren, the evocatively monickered Lonesome Sundown (the name was an inspired gift from producer J.D. Miller) wasn't a Jimmy Reed disciple. Sundown's somber brand of blues was more in keeping with the gruff sound of Muddy Waters. The guitarist was one of the most powerful members of Miller's south Louisiana stable, responsible for several seminal swamp standards on Excello Records.
The former Cornelius Green first seriously placed his hands on a guitar in 1950, Waters and Hooker providing early inspiration. Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier hired the guitarist as one of his two axemen (Phillip Walker being the other) in 1955. A demo tape was enough proof for Miller -- he began producing him in 1956, leasing the freshly renamed Sundown's "Leave My Money Alone" to Excello.
There were plenty more where that one came from. Over the next eight years, Sundown's lowdown Excello output included "My Home Is a Prison," "I'm a Mojo Man," "I Stood By," "I'm a Samplin' Man," and a host of memorable swamp classics preceded his 1965 retirement from the blues business to devote his life to the church.
One of the swamp blues stalwarts in south Louisiana producer J.D. Miller's stable receives the deluxe treatment with a 24-song anthology spanning his 1956-1964 Excello tenure. Sundown's sparse, nasty sound was influenced by Muddy Waters as much as the prevailing bayou beat, giving an extra discernible tang to his "Leave My Money Alone," "My Home Is My Prison," and the title cut. (Bill Dahl, AMG)

trax:
01 Lost Without Love 02 Leave My Money Alone 03 My Home Is My Prison 04 Lonesome Whistler 05 I've Got The Blues 06 Don't Say A Word 07 Lonely Lonely Me 08 I'm A Mojo Man 09 Don't Go 10 I Stood By 11 No Use To Worry 12 You Know I Love You 13 If You See My Baby 14 Gonna Stick It To You Baby 15 Love Me Now 16 Learn To Treat Me Better 17 Lonesome, Lonely Blues 18 I'm Glad She's Mine 19 My Home Ain't Here 20 I Woke Up Crying (Oh What A Dream) 21 When I Had, I Didn't Need 22 I'm A Samplin' Man 23 I Wanta Know Why 24 Guardian Angel
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JIMMY MCCRACKLIN "I Had To Get With It" Best Of The Imperial & Minit Years 1965-1969

Jimmy McCracklin successfully kept up with the changing trends of music, from blues to rock & roll to soul and the blues/soul genre that he helped create. "I Had To Get With It: The Best of The Imperial & Minit Years" is compiled from his releases through the acclaimed Minit & Imperial labels, which covers his career from the mid to late 1960's. This compilation includes a number of the tracks not available on CD before, new sleevenotes and new funky artwork that sits alongside fellow Stateside releases. This CD is out of print and sells for close to $100 today.

trax:
01 The Walk 02 Looking For A Woman 03 That's The Way (It Goes) 04 Every Night, Every Day 05 I Did Wrong 06 I Had To Get With It 07 Just Got To Know 08 Think 09 Get Back 10 R.M. Blues 11 I Don't Care 12 I'll See It Through 13 Pretty Little Sweet Thing 14 What's Going On? 15 Stinger 16 You Ain't Nothing But A Devil 17 My Answer 18 Come On Home (Back Where You Belong) 19 Arkansas (Parts 1 & 2) 20 Dog (Parts 1 & 2) (Digitally Remastered 94) 21 Get Together (Digitally Remastered 94) 22 Steppin' Up In Class 23 Let The Door Hit You 24 Hookie
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THE ACTION "The Ultimate! Action"

This collection is a slightly expanded version of an LP that first appeared in 1984. This is one of the best pieces of British beat-style R&B; available, a match for the best tracks off The Beatles' Second Album, and any of the best R&B-style; numbers by the early Who. The material isn't in chronological order, although that's not a huge problem for CD listeners, but it's heavily scrambled. The stuff stands on its own, in any case -- "Harlem Shuffle," "Since I Lost My Baby," and "In My Lonely Room" are among the finest English R&B; covers of the period, and even originals like "Never Ever" (written by Alan King, Reggie King, and Mike Evans and the group-composed "Twenty Fourth Hour" are fine pieces of songwriting, with attractive hooks and choruses, and good soulful performances. One fascinating discovery unearthed on this CD, amid hits that never were (like their cover of the Marvelettes' "I'll Keep on Holding On" and the brooding, modish "Wasn't It You,") is the group's cover of the Spector-Goffin-King classic "Just Once in My Life." In contrast to the Righteous Brothers' Wall of Sound approach, the five-piece band does it by themselves with no overdubbed help, and Reggie King and company are good enough singers to pull it off, despite a few awkward moments on the fade. The attempts at experimental, quasi-psychedelic material ("Shadows and Reflections") are nicely played and sung, but they lack the depth and urgency of the group's earlier material, and it's easy to understand EMI's misgivings over the direction the group was going in, based on this evidence. As an added attraction, the production by George Martin is also among the best work of his career in rock & roll, second only to his work with the Beatles.(by Bruce Eder & Richie Unterberge, AMG)trax:
01 I'll Keep On Holding On 02 Harlem Shuffle 03 Never Ever 04 Twenty Fourth Hour 05 Since I Lost My Baby 06 In My Lonely Room 07 Hey Sha-Lo-Ney 08 Wasn't It You? 09 Come On, Come With Me 10 Just Once In My Life 11 Shadows And Reflections 12 Something Has Hit Me 13 The Place 14 The Cissy 15 Baby You've Got It 16 I Love You (Yeah!) 17 Land Of A Thousand Dances
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OTIS CLAY "Testify!" (The One-derful! Recordings '65-'68)

Testify! gathers 22 early Otis Clay tunes recorded for the Chicago-based One-derful label in the mid- to late '60s. Cut before Clay made his career defining soul hits for Hi Records in the early '70s, he chalked up some amazing gritty gospel-inflected singles, including "That's How It Is (When You're in Love)" and "A Lasting Love." This is a good introductory retrospective from this underappreciated deep soul master and is the perfect companion to any of Clay's Hi Records material. ~ Al Campbell
This CD is out of print.

trax:
01 I Testify 02 A Flame In Your Heart 03 I'm Satisfied 04 Tired Of Falling (In And Out Of Love) 05 I Paid The Price 06 I Don't Know What To Do 07 I Lost Someone 08 Nothing To Look Forward To 09 It's Easier Said, Than Done 10 Come My Dear 11 That's How It Is (When You're In Love) 12 Funny Life 13 Don't Pass Me By 14 That'll Get You What You Want 15 Wrapped Up In Her Love 16 A Lasting Love 17 Show Place 18 Cry Cry Cry 19 This Love Of Mine 20 Three Is A Crowd 21 Must I Keep On Waiting 22 Got To Find A Way
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THE EASYBEATS "Volume 3" 1966

Along with "Good Friday" (aka "Friday on My Mind"), Easybeats Vol. 3 is the most consistent of their albums. It brings together all of the very best in 1966-era rock: loud, eclectic and full of attitude. The Easybeats were rushed by their fans in every public appearance and this set explains why. "Sorry" is a full-on 1966 classic. The same goes for "Funny Feelin'" and "Goin' Out of My Mind." The additional tracks are not the ones I would have selected to couple with this particular album, as they either come from the period of their next album "Good Friday" or from their fantastic first demos recorded prior to their first album. Nonetheless, they are great tracks. (Randall E. Adams, Amazon)Like the Zombies, the Easybeats are a band that every fan of great pop music should discover. They are often unfairly lumped in the one-hit wonder category, but their output clearly shows that this was a band of depth and talent. "Sorry" is one of the most blissful moments of rock-n-roll ever recorded with it's pounding beat, driving guitars and near-perfect vocal delivery. Other standouts include "Say You Want Me," "Saturday Night" and "Goin' Out Of My Mind." (Nathan Post, Amazon)

trax:
01 Sorry 02 Funny Feelin' 03 Say You Want Me 04 You Said That 05 Goin' Out Of My Mind 06 Not In Love With You 07 Promised Things 08 The Last Day Of May 09 Today 10 My My My 11 Dance Of The Lovers 12 What Do You Want Babe 13 Can't You Leave Her 14 Hound Dog 15 Do You Have Soul? 16 Saturday Night 17 My Old Man's A Groovy Old Man 18 Historeasy 19 Mean Old Lovin' 20 I'm Happy 21 Hey Babe 22 I Don't Agree 23 Keep Your Hands Off My Babe 24 I'm Just Trying
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