ROCKIE CHARLES "Born For You" (1996)

"Fifty-four-year-old Louisiana Native Rockie Charles emerges from the fen-sucked fog of obscurity on 'Born for You.' A singer/songwriter/guitarist known as 'The President of Soul,' he backed soul legends like Little Johnny Taylor, Percy Sledge, O.V. Wright and Otis Redding in the 1960s when he was based in Nashville. This unpretentious album of original Southern soul owes more to the music of Al Green and O.V. Wright then to blues or even 'Nawlins R&B. The five ballads suggest the influence of Percy Sledge. His sparse, clean guitar work reminds me of Stax-era Steve Cropper as it fits in perfectly with the organ and horns." - Thomas J. Cullen III, Blues Review

Although a longtime veteran of the music industry, singer/guitarist Rockie Charles and his soulful blues sound only began attracting attention during the mid-'90s. Born Charles Merick in Boothville, LA on November 14, 1942, he first emerged during the early '60s in a series of New Orleans R&B bands, taking inspiration from Earl King and Chuck Berry; auditions for the Minit and Imperial labels went nowhere, but during the middle of the decade, Charles cut a handful of sides for Black Patch, including "Sinking Like a Ship." He soon relocated to Nashville, where he backed performers including O.V. Wright, Little Johnny Taylor, and Roscoe Shelton. Upon returning to New Orleans in 1970, Charles established his own label, Soulgate, scoring a local hit with the single "The President of Soul"; however, with the rise of disco, his fortunes dwindled, and he spent the better part of the next two decades working as a tugboat captain and oyster fisherman. In 1994, however, Orleans Records producer Carlo Ditta responded to an advertisement Charles had placed in a local entertainment magazine, and two years later, the singer finally released his debut solo LP, Born for You. (jason Ankeny, Allmusic)

trax:
01 Born For You 02 Old Black Joel 03 Oh My Darling Look What You're Doing To Me 04 Festis Believe In Justice 05 Please Tell Me It Ain't For You 06 Something Is Wrong With Our Love 07 I Need Your Love So Bad, I'm About To Lose My Mind 08 Don't Let Me Go 09 I Just Called To Wish You A Merry Christmas 10 I Like To Make Love When It's Pouring Down Rain 11 There's A Rainbow Hanging Over My Shoulder
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"AS GOOD AS IT GETS JUKEBOX BLUES"

As Good As It Gets: Jukebox Blues contains 52 tracks spread out over two discs of urban and jump blues classics from the mid- to late '40s. All the big names are here, including John Lee Hooker, Amos Milburn, Wynonnie Harris, Julia Lee, T-Bone Walker, Charles Brown, Memphis Slim, and Louis Jordan. Highly enjoyable collection. (Allmusic)

trax disc 1:
1. Down The Road Apiece - Amos Milburn 2. Low Down Dog - Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 3. Big Time Mama - Champion Jack Dupree 4. Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker 5. Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker 6. Shake The Boogie - Sonny Boy Williamson 7. Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp - Peetie Wheatstraw 8. All By Myself - Big Bill Broonzy 9. Don't You Lie To Me - Tampa Red 10. He's A Jelly Roll Baker - Lonnie Johnson 11. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters 12. X-Temperaneous Boogie - Camille Howard 13. She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim 14. Three O'clock Blues - Lowell Fulson 15. Key To The Highway - Jazz Gillum With Big Bill Broonzy 16. Drippers Boogie - Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers 17. Snatch It & Grab It - Julia Lee 18. Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton 19. Wynonie's Boogie - Wynonie Harris 20. County Jail Blues - Big Maceo 21. Tiny's Boogie Woogie - Tiny Grimes Sextette 22. I'm In Sharp When I Hit The Coast - Big Joe Turner 23. Long Gone Part 1 - Sonny Thompson 24. Long Gone Part 2 - Sonny Thompson 25. Pacemaker - Memphis Slim 26. Wee Wee Hours Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
trax disc 2:
1. Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim & The Houserockers 2. I Know You're Putting Me Down - Louis Jordan 3. King Size Papa - Julia Lee 4. Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim 5. Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn 6. Better Cut That Out - Sonny Boy Williamson 7. Tomorrow Night - Lonnie Johnson 8. Gillum's Windy Blues - Jazz Gillum with Big Bill Broonzy on guitar 9. Living Room Romp - Dan Burley with Tiny Grimes on guitar 10. Hypin' Woman Blues - T-Bone Walker 11. Sally Mae - John Lee Hooker 12. My Fault - Brownie McGhee 13. You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters 14. Move Your Hand Baby - Crown Prince Waterford 15. Shack Bully Stomp - Peetie Wheatstraw 16. Driftin' Blues - Charles Brown With Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 17. Stop Truckin' & Suzie Q - Tampa Red 18. Back Door - Washboard Sam with Big Bill Broonzy on guitar 19. Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo with Tampa Red on guitar 20. Trouble In Mind - Georgia White 21. I Feel So Good - Big Bill Broonzy 22. I Want To See My Baby - Lowell Fulson 23. Goin' Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy 24. Big Fat Mama - Roy Milton 25. Good Rocking Tonight - Roy Brown 26. Sally Zu Zazz - Big Joe Turner
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Hasil Adkins "Live In Chicago" 2004

He has composed songs about cannibals, about sleeping with extraterrestrials, and about hanging his girlfriend's head on a wall because she eats too many hot dogs…

Welcome to The Adkins Diet. Genius! What you've got here is a bleary-eyed, ramshackle barf-bag of a recording ... file it under "Pure, Unadultered Dumb-Ass." Listening to it is like chugging a warm cup of what may or may not be beer. How bad do you want that buzz? Do you mind the cigarette butts? Hell no!
This is what real rock and roll sounds like ... after it's gotten all boozed up and driven head first into a concrete wall. It's impossible to turn away from the wreckage. The CD defies description on any sane, rational level. The five stars are what will be orbiting your head after you listen to this rotgut swillbender of an album. Not for the faint of heart. You have been warned. - Gregorius

trax:
01 Hazel Jean Rock 03 No More Hot Dogs 04 The Hunch 05 When I Saw You 06 Shake That Thing 07 DPA Blues 08 Reelin' And Rockin' 09 Dottie Dottie 10 Truley Ruley 11 My Special One 12 Maybellene 13 Roll Roll Train 14 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 15 Hey John 16 Sex Crazy Baby 17 'Bully Wooly' 18 Boo Boo The Cat 19 This Ain't No Rock & Roll Show 20 Foggy Mountain Top, She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain 21 Duncan 22 She Said 23 You Got Me Cryn' 24 She's Mine 25 Great Balls Of Fire

"AS GOOD AS IT GETS RHYTHM & BLUES"

Great 2 CD set of rhythm and blues music from the late 40's-early 50's , included many of the giants of the era!

trax disc 1:
1. Do Unto Others - Pee Wee Crayton 2. Lonesome Woman Blues - T-Bone Walker 3. Rock Me - Muddy Waters 4. Nobody Knows (The Trouble I've Seen) - Snooks Eaglin 5. Real Lovin' Mama - Floyd Dixon 6. That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers 7. Johnny Lee's Original Boogie - John Lee Hooker 8. After Midnite - Amos Milburn 9. Just A Feelin' - George Harmonica Smith 10. New Arrival - Guitar Slim 11. Travellin' Mood - Snooks Eaglin 12. That's Better For Me - T-Bone Walker 13. Dorcie Belle - Jimmy Rogers 14. Blow Wind Blow - Muddy Waters 15. Love Me Baby - Memphis Slim 16. You Know - Yeah - Pee Wee Crayton 17. Without My Baby - Clarence Gatemouth Brown 18. When I've Been Drinkin' - Smokey Hogg 19. Respect Me Baby - Shakey Jake 20. Long Long Way From Home - John Lee Hooker 21. Dreaming - Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow 22. House Rocker - Jimmy Rogers 23. (Mama) Talk To Your Daughter - Snooks Eaglin 24. I Got A Break Baby - T-Bone Walker & Freddie Slack 25. Blues Never Fail - Lowell Fulson 26. My Baby She's Long & Tall - John Lee Hooker
trax disc 2:
1. Jumpin' Tonight - Big Joe Turner 2. Saturday Night - Roy Brown 3. Boogie Woogie King - Jimmy Liggins 4. Alley Batting - Charles Brown 5. Juice Head Baby - Cootie Williams & Eddie Cleanhead Vinson 6. Chitlin' Ball - King Porter Orchestra 7. Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn 8. Gonna Play With Your Woman - Walter Brown 9. Easy Listening Blues - King Cole Trio 10. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days - Louis Prima 11. I Want To Fool Around With You - Charles Brown 12. Jump It With A Shuffle - Jesse Price 13. Call Operator - Floyd Dixon 14. Yours Truly - Snooks Eaglin 15. Down The Road A'piece - Amos Milburn 16. I Ain't Funk - Jimmy Liggins 17. Evening Shadows - Charles Brown 18. Play The Blues - Walter Brown 19. We're Goin' Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown 20. Pachuko Hop - Ike Carpenter Orchestra 21. Pic's Boogie - Jay McShann 22. No More Alchohol - Jimmy Liggins 23. Lights Out - Tommy Douglas 24. My Baby's Boogying - Amos Milburn 25. Blues Before Dawn - Pee Wee Crayton 26. Kiddy Boy - James Cotton
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Hasil Adkins "Poultry in Motion" 2000

CowabungaggHHHH. 'Dis here platter is it! I'ma long time Haze fan and hafta admit that his recent output can be circumspect but hold the phone Mildred cuz cousin Hasil has done it agin'! Well, close enuff as this here wax izza compilation of trax spanning five decades and all concern chicken. Chicken! A concept album about chicken! Take THAT 2112! The liner notes and pix are great because the good folks at Norton care about the Haze and the 21st century and the Haze's contribution to it. Yep. This is the perfect ceedee for any barbeque, oil change or bris. Its even got the demo version of Chicken Walk; served RAW! Mmmm. This would be a good place to start or to add to your Haze collection, sure 'nuff. Git it! - By zack zagato

Every great songwriter has their great subject, and Hasil Adkins -- rock legend, one-man band, and creator of America's slowest-rising new dance craze, "the Hunch" -- is no exception. A perusal of Adkins' back catalog reveals that "the Haze" is a man who loves his chicken, and for this set the like-minded lunatics at Norton Records have combined six new recordings with highlights from Adkins' previous albums (and a few vintage unreleased cuts) to create Poultry in Motion, a collection of 15 songs about chicken (discussed both as barnyard friends and as part of a well-balanced diet). You get "Chicken Walk," its cousin "Chicken Twist," the manic "Chicken Hunch," no fewer than three takes of "Chicken Hop" (one with previously undocumented West Virginia R&B act the Dynamiters), the warped but soulful "Chicken Blues," and "Chicken on the Bone" in which Adkins repeatedly mentions McDonalds. As a concept album, this approaches a level of genius rarely witnessed since either Tommy by the Who or We're in a Band by the New Duncan Imperials, and it's encouraging to report that the new tunes are just as wild and wondrously incoherent as the stuff the Haze bashed out in the 1950s. Wild, primitive, and primal rock & roll that's tasty either baked or deep fried -- just add beverages and you've got a meal! ~ Mark Deming

Personnel includes:
Haskil Adkins (vocals, various instruments); The Dynamiters, Miriam Linna (drums)

trax:
01 chicken walk 1956 02 chicken hunch 1999 03 chicken hop 1957 04 chicken run 1999 05 chicken wobble 1993 06 cookin' chicken 1999 07 chicken flop1986 08 chicken hop 1958 09 chicken shake 1991 10 chicken blues 1999 11 pick that chicken 1999 12 chicken twist 1962 13 chicken on the bone 1999 14 chicken walk 1955 15 chicken hop 1958

"AS GOOD AS IT GETS BOOGIE WOOGIE"

Excellent collection of many of the legendary names in boogie woogie piano!

trax disc 1:
1. Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons 2. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (vcl intro) - Clarence "Pine Top" Smith 3. Roll 'em Pete - Pete Johnson & Big Joe Turner 4. Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport 5. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis 6. Streamline Train - 'Cripple' Clarence Lofton & 'Red' Nelson 7. Yancey Special - Jimmy Yancey 8. Sugar Blues - Clarence Williams 9. Texas Stomp - Big Maceo 10. Boogie Woogie Dance - Tampa Red 11. Head-Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson & Tampa Red With Frankie Jaxon 12. Boogie Woogie Blues - Jimmy Blythe 13. Let 'em Jump - Pete Johnson 14. Jookit Jookit - Walter Roland 15. St. Louis Stomp - Speckled Red 16. Fives - Turner Parrish 17. Bass Goin' Crazy - Albert Ammons 18. Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor 19. Farish Street Jive - Little Brother Montgomery 20. Harlem Chocolate Babies - James P. Johnson 21. 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes 22. Kidman Blues - Big Maceo 23. Barrelhouse Woman - Leroy Carr 24. Boogie Woogie Blues - Albert Ammons 25. Lux's Boogie - Meade "Lux" Lewis
trax disc 2:
1. Sixth Avenue Express - Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson 2. Death Ray Boogie - Pete Johnson 3. Glendale Glide - Meade "Lux" Lewis 4. Slum Gullion Stomp - Cow Cow Davenport 5. Jump Steady Blues - Clarence "Pine Top" Smith 6. PLK Special - Jimmy Yancey 7. Strut That Thing (I Don't Know) - 'Cripple' Clarence Lofton & 'Red' Nelson 8. Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red 9. Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor 10. Suitcase Blues - Albert Ammons 11. Papa De Da Da - Clarence Williams 12. Climbin' And Screamin' - Pete Johnson 13. Chain 'em Down - Blind Leroy Garnett 14. Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - Romeo Nelson 15. Detroit Jump - Big Maceo 16. 5th Street Blues - Cow Cow Davenport 17. Randini's Boogie - Meade "Lux" Lewis 18. Chicago Stomp - Jimmy Blythe 19. Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Tampa Red w\Big Maceo 20. Albert's Special Boogie Woogie - Albert Ammons 21. Birmingham Blues - James P. Johnson 22. You So Dumb - Roosevelt Sykes 23. Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo 24. Junker Blues - Champion Jack Dupree 25. The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red 26. Whoopee Mama Blues - John Oscar
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"AS GOOD AS IT GETS CAJUN"

The As Good As It Gets series lives up to its title, dividing early influential musical genres (gospel, bluegrass, jazz, boogie-woogie, etc.) into two-disc samplers. As Good As It Gets: Cajun includes 49 classic performances from the likes of Balfas, Joe Falcon, Alex Broussard, Jimmy C. Newman, and Lawrence Walker. These collections should satisfy collectors and casual country fans alike. (Allmusic)

trax disc 1:
1. I'm Cajun Cool - Cajun Born (vocal Warren Storm) 2. Mamou Two Step - Lawrence Walker 3. La Danse De Mardi Gras - The Balfa Brothers 4. Sugar Bee - Cleveland Crochet 5. Convict Waltz - Iry Lejeune 6. Crowley Two Step - Doc Guidry & Lawrence Walker 7. Gran Prairie - Fats & His Rayne-Bo Ramblers w\Harry Choates 8. Allons A Lafayette - Joe Falcon 9. Jolie Blon - Harry Choates 10. Reno Waltz - Lawrence Walker 11. Lacassine Special - Iry Lejeune 12. Creole Stomp - Aldus Roger 13. Les Veuves De La Coulee - Happy Fats 14. Pine Grove Blues - Nathan Abshire 15. Un Autre Soir d'Ennui - Belton Richard 16. Le Sud De La Louisianni - Alex Broussard 17. Prend Donc Courage - Cleoma B. Falcon 18. Johnny Can't Dance - Aldus Roger 19. La Valse De Tolom - Jimmy C. Newman 20. Ma Belle Evangeline - Cajun Born Band (Vocal By Johnnie Allan) 21. The Back Door - D.L. Menard w\Badeaux & The Louisiana Aces 22. Mom, I'm Still Your Little Boy - Camey Doucet 23. The Lemonade Song - Leroy Broussard 24. Diga Ding Ding Dong - Aldus Roger 25. Big Texas - Papa Cairo
trax disc 2:
1. Lach Pas La Patate - Jimmy C. Newman 2. Mamou Two Step - Lawrence Walker 3. KFLY Waltz - Aldus Roger 4. L'Annee De Cinquant Sept - Alex Broussard 5. Tracks Of My Buggy - Doris Matte 6. Oh Yea Yi - Belton Richard 7. Chere Tu Tu - J.B. Fuselier 8. One More Chance - Aldus Roger 9. J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte - Cleoma B. Falcon 10. Pauvre Hobo - Rufus Thibodeaux 11. Les Flammes D'Enfer - Austin Pitre 12. I'd Rather Hve Lost You - Robert Elkins 13. Chere Alice - Lawrence Walker 14. Lafayette Two Step - Aldus Roger 15. Belisaire Waltz - Nathan Abshire 16. Step It Fast - Joe Bonsall 17. Lake Charles Shuffle - Happy Fats (& His Rayne-Bo Ramblers With Harry Choates) 18. La Valse D'Anniversaire - Blackie Forestier 19. Two Step A Hadley - The Balfa Brothers 20. Hippy Ti Yo - Jimmy C. Newman 21. La Valse De Amite (Friendship Waltz) - Doc Guidry 22. Dans La Louisanne - Vin Bruce 23. Tee Maurice Waltz - Doc Guidry 24. Raise Your Window High - Cleoma B. Falcon
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"Dusty and Forgotten"

Unknowns, Unissued and Alternative takes from Gotham's vocal harmony vaults. - Jillem

Thanks largely to the Capris, Philadelphia's Gotham label is often identified with leads who were tight-pants tenors or shrill street-corner sopranos, but in this largely unreleased set there is welcome variety in both the vocal ranges of the lead singers and in the style and tempo of the songs. There's a nice late 40's feel to East Side West Side and Away by Gotham's Four Notes and a mature 50's doo-wop feel to most of the rest of the tracks. Highlights there include The Veltones' Don't Say Goodbye, the Clickettes' Hiding My Tears with a Smile, and the Marquees' splendid I Don't Want Your Love. Fully 19 of these tracks are previously unissued. The music is generally first rate. And sound quality is solid. Definately too good to miss.~(DH)

trax:
1. East Side West Side - Gotham's Four Notes 2. Away - Gotham's Four Notes 3. I'll Never Never Let You Go - The Cats 'N The Fiddle 4. Why Don't You Love Me Now? - Doris Browne 5. Honest - The Gazelles 6. Fool Heart - The Whispers 7. I Cried And Cried - The Manhattan Four 8. Don't Say Goodbye - The Veltones 9. My Juanita - The Veltones 10. I Need You So - 1 - The Veltones 11. Now - The Veltones 12. A Fool Was I - The Veltones 13. I Need You So - 2 - The Veltones 14. Never Let Her Go - Unknown 15. Love Me Right - Unknown 16. Hiding My Tears With A Smile - The Clickettes 17. There Goes Spotnick - The Clickettes 18. Light A Candle - The Clickettes 19. Kiss Kiss - Herman Gillespie 20. Have A Good Time - Herman Gillespie 21. Bells Are Ringing - The Ballenaires 22. Have You Seen My Baby - The Ballenaires 23. Dream - The Ballenaires 24. I Don't Want Your Love - The Marquees 25. Rock My Blues Away - The Marquees
...served by Jillem...

"Xtabay's Sunshine Pop Album" 2005

One for the endless summer… a sunny compilation from one of the former music blogs "XTABAYS WORLD" - Exotioca, Lounge, Space Age Pop, Eclectica etc. (link in the blogroll - scroll down to 3 years ago)

trax:
1. Bend Me, Shape Me - American Breed 2. A Symphony For Susan - The Arbours 3. Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies - The Association 6. Rubber Ball - Bobby Vee 7. Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland 8. Kind Of A Drag - The Buckinghams 9. Spooky - Classics IV 10. Younger Girl - The Critters 11. We Could Be Happy - The Cryan' Shames 13. Allison Dozer - Every Mother's Son 14. Stoned Soul Picnic - The Fifth Dimension 15. I See The Light - The Five Americans 16. Reach Out Of The Darkness - Friend & Lover 17. Everybody Loves A Clown (1965) - Gary Lewis And The Playboys 18. I Got Rhythm - The Happenings 19. Happy - Happy Balloon 20. Come To The Sunshine - Harper's Bizarre 21. Only In America - Jay & The Americans 22. Pretty Ballerina - The Left Banke 23. Ciao Baby - Lynne Randell 24. California Home - Marc Eric 25. Beautiful Sun - The Peppermint Trolley Company 26. Louie Louie - The Sandpipers 27. Our Day Will Come - Spiral Staircase 28. Captain Sad And His Ship Of Fools (45) - The Cowsills 29. Up Up And Away - The Generation Gap 30. Susie Darlin' - Tommy Roe 31. Five O'clock World - The Vogues 32. You Were On My Mind - We Five

"AS GOOD AS IT GETS DOO WOP"

A second cousin to R&B, and the half-brother of rock & roll, doo wop is the most unabashedly romantic of all the pop genres, as it constantly serenades the night, the stars, the moon, and the tidal pull of that first love in a world where the past hardly matters, and the future never quite gets here. This two-disc collection does a wonderful job of presenting the variety of vocal approaches this genre employs and, while not strictly chronological, it has a kind of historical sweep that most compilations of doo wop lack. There is a wealth of great songs in these 60 tracks, but some of the obvious highlights include the streetwise opening track, "My Pigeon's Gone," by The Five Keys, "Speedoo" (and its sequel, "Speedoo Is Back" by the Cadillacs), "Book of Love" by The Monotones, and the sleek and bouncy "Gee" by The Crows. "I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent" by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers is here, but one wonders if Frankie really got it right when he sings "it's easy to be good/it's hard to be bad," while Jimmy Hurt & the Del-Rios ask the make or break question in "Are You Old Enough." This is a marvelous compilation, with enough variety to keep it interesting, and enough of the big hits to keep it familiar. (Steve Legett, Allmusic)

trax disc 1:
1. My Pigeon'S Gone - The Five Keys 2. Little Girl Of Mine - The Cleftones 3. Gee - The Crows 4. I'll Be Home - The Flamingoes 5. I Get So Lonely (Oh Baby Mine) - The Four Knights 6. Speedoo - The Cadillacs 7. I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers 8. Come Back My Love - The Wrens 9. Crying In The Chapel - The Orioles 10. Tell It To Me Baby - Willie Mitchell & The Four Kings 11. You Know Darling - Jimmy Hurt & The Del-Rios 12. The Hearts Of Souls - The Cleftones 13. The Glory Of Love - The Five Keys 14. Come Softly To Me - Richard Barrett & The Chantels 15. Lets Fall In Love (Tk 1) - The Willows 16. Nobody Loves Me Like You - The Flamingoes 17. Saw Your Eyes - The Four Knights 18. Gloria - The Cadillacs 19. Got A Job - The Miracles 20. Memories Are Made Of This - Byrdie Green 21. The ABC's Of Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers 22. On Sunday Afternoonhe Harptones - The Harptones 23. I Want You For Myself - Willie Mitchell & The Four Kings 24. Strollie Bun - The Blonde Bomber 25. Could This Be Magic - The Dubs 26. Daisy Mae - The Parliaments 27. I Love You Dearly - Jimmy Hurt & The Del-Rios 28. Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko Bop - Little Anthony & The Imperials 29. Maybe - The Chantels 30. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
trax disc 2:
1. Everybody's Gonna Rock 'n' Roll - The Isley Brothers 2. You Baby You - The Cleftones 3. Ling, Ting, Tong - The Five Keys 4. A Thousand Miles Away - The Heartbeats 5. seven lonely days - Viola Watkins & The Crows 6. Ka-Ding Dong - The G-Clefs 7. I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingoes 8. Lover! - The Pretenders 9. Book Of Love - The Monotones 10. Walking At Your Will - Willie Mitchell & The Four Kings 11. Honey Bunch - The Four Knights 12. Loverboy - The Cleftones 13. Oh What A Feeling - Jimmy Hurt & The Del-Rios 14. So Good, So Fine - The Harptones 15. She's The Most - The Five Keys 16. Daddy's Home - Shep & The Limelites 17. I Promise To Remember - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers 18. Hey Lena - The Desires 19. Am I The One To Blame - The Harmony Grits 20. Walking Alone - Willie Mitchell & The Four Kings 21. Speedo Is Back - The Cadillacs 22. Birdland - The Starlighters 23. Are You Old Enough - Jimmy Hurt & The Del-Rios 24. Pretty Little Girl - The Shells 25. For Sentimental ReasonsThe Cleftones - The Cleftones 26. King Of Fools - Sam Hawkins 27. Baby - The Avons 28. If You Want To - The Carousels 29. Tears On My Pillow - Little Anthony & The Imperials 30. I Want You To Be My Girl - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
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Hasil Adkins "Chicken Walk" 1995

More crazed '50s and early-'60s sides.

No one has ever taken the punk ethos of due it yourself more seriously than Hasil Adkins, and he predated those punk rockers by a good thiry years or so. I mean what I say when I compare him to a deranged Hank Williams. He has the same style of true country music but with quite a weird since of humor. His song topics range from chicken to love to decapitation to his made up dance the hunch and back to chicken. Truly he was punk before their was punk. This album in particular seems to be a really good compainion piece to another one of Hasil's many collections of his early work entitled Out to Hunch. I would check these two albums out first. The recording quality is not great but you will quickly forget that when listening to his albums. His later in life albums, like Achy Breaky Ha Ha Ha, Drinkin My Life Away, What the Hell Was I Thinking, Look At the Caveman Go, and The Wild Man are also worth getting. Huh, I just noticed someone tagged this album with the word crazy. That's awsome. - By A. Woodley

trax:
01 She Said 02 Shake That Thing 03 Ugly Women 04 Let's Slop Tonight 05 Chicken Walk 06 She's Mine 07 Tell Me Baby 08 If You Want To Be My Baby 09 Big Fat Mama 10 Get Out Of My Car 11 Doonie Boogie 12 Walk And Talk With Me 13 I Need Your Head 14 Roll Roll Train 15 I Don't Want Nobody The Way I Want You 16 I Could Never Be Blue 17 I Want Some Lovin' 18 Jenny Lu 19 Let Me Go 20 Rock The Blues 21 I Don't Love You 22 Rock'N Roll Tonight 23 Shake With Me 24 Miami Kiss 25 The Hunch 26 Duncens 27 No More Hot Dogs 28 Truly Ruly 29 Is That Right 30 Going Back To St. Louis

"AS GOOD AS IT GETS WESTERN SWING"

This is a highly recommended two-disc set featuring the best of Western swing legends at a budget price. Among the highlights from these 52 selections are Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin Mama," Bob Wills' "New San Antonio Rose," Sons of the Pioneer's "Cool Water," and Gene Autry's "Buttons and Bows." A number of these artists are represented by more than one track, encapsulating their best material that should satisfy collectors and casual country music fans alike. (Al Campbell, Allmusic)

trax disc 1:
1. Oklahoma Stomp - Spade Cooley 2. Time Changes Everything - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 3. Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter 4. Riding Down The Canyon - Gene Autry & Smilie Burnette 5. Oklahoma Hills - Jack Guthrie 6. Roving Cowboy - The Sons Of The Pioneers W/ Roy Rogers 7. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis 8. Hang Your Head In Shame - Red Foley 9. South Texas Swing - Adolph Hofner 10. New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 11. A New Moon Over My Shoulder - Tex Ritter 12. Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys 13. Detour - Jimmy Walker 14. Cool Water - The Sons Of The Pioneers 15. Easy Ridin' Papa - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies 16. Too Blue To Care - Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers 17. Hot As I Am - The Saddle Tramps 18. Home On The Range - Gene Autry 19. Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette - Tex Williams 20. Oakie Boogie - Johnny Tyler 21. Swingin' Down The Orchard Lane - The Prarie Ramblers W/ Patsy Montana & Charles Hurt 22. One Has My Heart - Jimmy Wakely 23. The Daughter Of Jole Blon' - Johnny Bond 24. Would It Make Any Difference Without You - Texas Ruby & Curly Fox 25. Sweet Talkin' Mama - Hank Penny 26. Osage Stomp - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
trax disc 2:
1. My Adobe Hacienda - Louise Massey & Her Westerners 2. I've Learned A Lot About Women - Roy Rogers 3. Take Me Back To Tulsa - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 4. Three Way Boogie - Bob Wills 13. Tennessee Saturday Night - Red Foley 14. Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon - Tex Williams 15. Shame On You - Spade Cooley 16. Gambling Polka Dot Blues - Tommy Duncan 17. Humpty Dumpty Heart - Hank Thompson 18. Take Me Back To Tennessee - Jimmy Wakely & Arthur Smith 19. I Love My Fruit - The Sweet Violet Boys 20. Pipeliner Blues - The Modern Mountaineers w/Moon Mullican 21. Stompin' At The Honky Tonk - Bob Dunn's Vagabonds 22. Little Rock A-R-K - Johnny Tyler 23. Saturday Night Boogie - Al Dexter 24. Buttons And Bows - Gene Autry 25. I Want To Be A Cowboys Sweetheart - Patsy Montana 26. Sweet Jennie Lee - Milton Brown
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"MISSISSIPPI BLUES" Anthology Of The Blues, Vol. 6

Excellent collection of blues originally on the Kent, Flair, RPM, and Modern family of labels.

trax:
1. All In My Dreams - Boyd Gilmore 2. Just An Army Box - Boyd Gilmore 3. Take A Little Walk With Me - Boyd Gilmore 4. If That's Your Gal - Boyd Gilmore 5. Ramblin On My Mind - Boyd Gilmore 6. I Love My Little Woman - Boyd Gilmore 7. Superintendent Blues - Houston Boines 8. Mnkey Motion - Houston Boines 9. Going Home - Houston Boines 10. Relation Blues - Houston Boines 11. Let's Boogie Baby - Little Milton 12. Love At First Sight - Little Milton 13. Charlies Boogie Woogie - Charlie Booker 14. Moonrise Blues - Charlie Booker 15. Rabbit Blues - Charlie Booker 16. No Riding Blues - Charlie Booker 17. If That's Your Gal - Boyd Gilmore 18. Ramblin On My Mind - Boyd Gilmore
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"TOMMYKNOCKERS BEAT CLUB" VOL. 15 - MODS AND KNOCKERS

THE CONTINUING STORY OF UNCOMPILED BRITISH SIXTIES BEAT ON 45. RARE UK BEAT 7-INCHERS. WUNDERBAR: More of the same is never enough! The Beat goes on and on... Tribute to Jon Lord included. Compiled by The Lolly Pope from his collection. Read all about this great comp here (and leave comments): ROOTS AND TRACES: SPURENSICHERUNG

trax:
1. Short Shorts (EP "What A Crazy World", Columbia,64) - Freddie & The Dreamers 2. Tell Me What You're Gonna Do (Columbia,65) - The Bo Street Runners 3. Not Guilty (Parlophone,65) - The Falling Leaves 4. I Can't Get Any Joy (Philips,65) - The End 5. Say You're Mine (Decca,65) - The Emeralds 6. Throw My Love Away (Deram,67) - The Honeybus 7. The Touch Of Your Hand (Mercury,65) - Karl Stuart & The Profile 8. Someday (EP "Take 6", Oriole,63) - Mark Peters & The Silhouette 9. (You've Got) The Gamma Goochie (Parlophone,66) - The Checkmates 10. Small Talk (Columbia,69) - The Dave Clark Five 11. One Girl City (Atlantic,69) - Fleur De Lys 12. Your Friend (Polydor,66) - The Nightriders 13. Lazy Man (Philips,67) - The Mirage 14. City Girl (Columbia,67) - The Koobas 15. I'm A Hog For You (Philips,64) - Dave Curtiss & The Tremors 16. Hold On (CBS,67) - One In A Million 17. Misfit (Parlophone,66) - Marc Bolan 18. How Long Is Time (Strike,66) - The Odyssey 19. Dream About You (Mercury,66) - The Pineapple Chunks 20. Satisfied (EP, s.t., Herald,65) - The Peacemakers 21. I'm Happy (CBS,68) - The Love Affair 22. No Other Guy (Columbia,63) - Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders 23. Let Your Hair Hang Down (CBS,67) - The Tremeloes 24. A Little Bit Of Sunlight (Decca,65) - The Majority 25. Just Because (EP "Just Because", Philips,66. Released in Singapore) - The Dee-Tees 26. I Like It Like That (Fontana,64) - The Farinas 27. Get On The Right Track (EP "On The Right Track", Mercury,65) - Kris Ryan & The Questions 28. A Love That's Died (Columbia,66) - The Herbal Mixture 29. My Heart Is Tied To You (Decca,66) - The Dimples 30. A-Minor Explosion (Polydor,66) - Don Shinn & The Soul Agents 31. Stupid Girl (Columbia,66) - The Attraction 32. In The Deep End (Parlophone,67)P "Gerry In California", Columbia,65) - The Artwoods 33. Things Go Better with Coke - Freddie & The Dreamers
Compiled by The Lolly Pope From ROOTS AND TRACES: SPURENSICHERUNG Blogspot, served by Gyro1966

Hasil Adkins "Look At That Caveman Go!" 1993

Seventeen careening, out-of-control live recordings by America's favorite rockabilly legend-lunatic. "She Goes like This" and "Devonna Rock" may be two of his wildest recordings ever, but the true highlight is a rockin' in the insane asylum version of George Jones' country classic "Today I Started Loving You Again." File under retro-alternative if the record store happened to be on the planet Mars. - by Cub Koda

Holy smoke! The Haze is a true American treasure. Doubt it? Take yerself a listen. Bite off this chunk of calamine-marinated live live live trash-art from the Appalacian Elvis. A lovely set wherein he makes certain that we know Miss Molly "sure likes to ball", he hunches-up the classic "Walkin' The Dog" by stripping it down to its essential two lines "If you don't know how to do it/I'll show you how to walk the dog". Better wear yer teflon underoos, cuz "Boo Boo the Cat" curls up in yer lap and sharpens her claws. This IS the true live Haze in his natural habitat, even though it may not include some best-loved classics like "She Said", "No More Hot Dogs" or "We Gotta Date". Still essential listening. Look for Hasil's inimitable narration in the low-budget independent film classic DIE YOU ZOMBIE BASTARDS! Long live The King. - By Hank DEE

trax:
01 Good Golly Miss Molly 02 Today I Started Loving You Again 03 Boo Boo The Cat 04 She Goes Like This 05 My Blue Star 06 Mean Woman Blues 07 Let's Do Like We Done 08 Shake That Thing 09 Hammer Hunch (The Crusher) 10 Reelin' And Rockin' 11 Me And My Baby's Goin' Steady 12 In The Wind 13 Mean Mean Woman 14 Devonna Rock 15 Still Missing You 16 Chicken Walk 17 Walkin' The Dog

"METEOR ROCKABILLIES"

Meteor Records was a record label started by the Bihari brothers, owners of Modern Records in Los Angeles, in 1952 in Memphis. The label, to be run by Lester Bihari, was a bold experiment to broaden the talent base by focusing on signing and recording Southern regional talent by having recording studios locally available. Elmore James recorded the first release, "I Believe"/"I Held My Baby Last Night". He was their biggest name also with Rufus Thomas, Junior Thompson and Charlie Feathers. The label was not a success and by 1956 it was clear that the growing teenage rock 'n roll market was not buying Southern based blues. In 1957 Meteor Records issued its last recording and the Bihari brothers consolidated their labels in Los Angeles. The last issue by Meteor was in late 1957. Although the label did not succeed economically, it was an innovative effort on the part of the Bihari brothers to broaden the musical base.

trax:
1. Mama's Little Baby - Junior Thompson & The Meteors 2. Raw Deal - Junior Thompson & The Meteors 3. Tongue Tied Jill - Charlie Feathers & Jody and Jerry 4. Get With It - Charlie Feathers & Jody and Jerry 5. Rock, Roll, And Rhythm - Wayne McGinnis w/The Swingteens 6. Lonesome Rhythm Blues - Wayne McGinnis w/The Swingteens 7. Don't Shoot Me Baby - Bill Bowen & The Rockets 8. Have Myself A Ball - Bill Bowen & The Rockets 9. All Messed Up - Jess Hooper & The Daydreamers 10. Sleepy Time Blues - Jess Hooper & The Daydreamers 11. Latch On To Your Baby - Jimmy Lamberth & The Saxons 12. Bop, Baby, Bop - Brad Suggs & The Swingers 13. Charcoal Suit - Brad Suggs & The Swingers 14. Can't Steal My Way Around - Barney Burcham & The Daydreamers 15. Much Too Young For Love - Barney Burcham & The Daydreamers 16. Curfew - Steve Carl & The Jags 17. 18 Year Old Blues - Steve Carl & The Jags 18. Gonna Shut You Off Baby - Jimmy Haggett & The Daydreamers 19. Women - Lendon Smith & The Jesters 20. Brother, That's All - Red Hadley's Wranglers 21. Real Gone Baby - The Velvetones & The Memphis Rhythm Boys 22. A Gal Named Joe - Mac Sales & The Esquire Trio 23. Yakety Yak - Mac & Jake & The Esquire Trio 24. Don't Worry 'Bout Nuthin' - Mason Dixon & The Redskins
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"ARKANSAS BLUES" Anthology Of The Blues, Vol. 5

Joe Bihari of Modern Records made several trips into the Deep South in the mid-'50s to gather field recordings of living, breathing juke joint blues players, and the recordings he brought back weren't quaint, archaic folk pieces but raw, raucous slices of electric blues. Bihari's guide in all of this was a young Ike Turner, who frequently dove in on piano at the sessions, and the resulting material is loose as a goose on moonshine, delightfully rough and ragged, and it hits like pure dynamite. Kent Records released a 12-volume LP series of the Bihari recordings in 1969 and 1970, and this volume, Arkansas Blues, was the fifth of those LPs, reissued here by Japan's P-Vine Records. Featured are juke veterans Baby Face Turner, Driftin' Slim, Sunny Blair, James "Peek" Curtis, Junior Brooks, and Robert "Dudlow" Taylor, none of whom is exactly a household name, even in the blues community, which is a shame, because these sides burn with absolute vitality. The recordings aren't technically the greatest (it sounds like just a single room microphone was used in most cases), but what they lack in sonic sophistication they more than make up for in sheer raucous energy, and even though this is the blues, it sounds down right joyous. Everyone delivers here, from the loping and loose "Blue Serenade" by Baby Face Turner (which opens the set) to Junior Brooks' haunting "Lone Town Blues" (which closes it). Sloppy, unhinged, and howling with electricity, these cuts are the real deal. (Steve Leggett, Allmusic)

trax:
1. Blue Serenade - Baby Face Turner 2. Gonna Let You Go - Baby Face Turner 3. Best Days - Baby Face Turner 4. My Little Machine - Drifting Slim 5. Good Morning Baby - Drifting Slim 6. Down South - Drifting Slim 7. My Sweet Woman - Drifting Slim 8. I Feel So Good - Drifting Slim 9. You're Getting Old, Lady - Drifting Slim 10. Shout - Drifting Slim 11. Step Back Baby - Sunny Blair 12. Send My Baby Back - Sunny Blair 13. My Baby's Gone - Sunny Blair 14. Five Foot Three Blues - Sunny Blair 15. Glad To Be Back Home - Sunny Blair 16. Lonesome - Robert Dudlow Taylor 17. Old Helena Boogie - Robert Dudlow Taylor 18. I Know - Robert Dudlow Taylor 19. Dudlow's Blues - Robert Dudlow Taylor 20. Jerusalem Blues - James "Peck" Curtis 21. Bus Fare - James "Peck" Curtis 22. 44 Blues - James "Peck" Curtis 23. She's The Little Girl For Me - Junior Brooks 24. Lone Town Blues - Junior Brooks
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"TEXAS BLUES" Anthology Of The Blues, Vol. 4

Excellent collection of blues originally on the Kent, Flair, RPM, and Modern family of labels.

trax:
1. Milford Blues - Little Son Jackson 2. Cairo Blues - Little Son Jackson 3. Unemployment Blues - Smokey Hogg 4. Bad Life Blues - Smokey Hogg 5. Meet Me Tonight - Jesse Thomas 6. Texas Blues - Jesse Thomas 7. Tomorrow I May Be Gone - Jesse Thomas 8. Gonna Write You A Letter - Jesse Thomas 9. Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore 10. Lillie Mae Blues - Alexander Moore 11. Carolina - Alexander Moore 12. If I Lose You Woman - Alexander Moore 13. Boogie Like You Wanna - Charles Bradix 14. Dollar Diggin' Woman - Charles Bradix 15. Wee Wee Hours - Charles Bradix 16. Numbered Days - Charles Bradix 17. Prison Bound - Lowell Fulsom 18. Some Old Lonesome Day - Lowell Fulsom
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"GOOD NEWS" 22 Gospel Greats (Vee Jay Label)

Fine collection of gospel from the great Vee Jay label from Chicago. During it's existence from 1953-1966 Vee Jay was one of the most important gospel labels, issuing 170 singles and 80 gospel albums.

trax:
1. I'm Going Thru - The Caravans 2. It's Jesus In Me - The Caravans 3. I'm A Rolling - The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi 4. Where There's A Will - The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi 5. Wade In Water - The Harmonizing Four 6. Father I Stretch My Hand To Me - The Harmonizing Four 7. Nobody Knows - The Highway Q.C.'s 8. Working On The Building - The Highway Q.C.'s 9. Uncloudy Day - The Staple Singers 10. This May Be The Last Time - The Staple Singers 11. Going Away - The Staple Singers 12. Good News - The Staple Singers 13. Don't Drive Me Away - The Staple Singers 14. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Staple Singers 15. Too Close - The Staple Singers 16. Great Day In December - The Swan Silvertones 17. Oh Mary Dont You Weep - The Swan Silvertones 18. How I Got Over - The Swan Silvertones 19. What About You - The Swan Silvertones 20. Brighter Day Ahead - The Swan Silvertones 21. Seek Seek - The Swan Silvertones 22. I'll Search Heaven - The Swan Silvertones
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Hasil Adkins "Wild... Wayward... Hell-Bent!" 1985

Hasil Adkins was a one of a kind rockabilly lunatic whose life and music were bizarre enough that if they had been a work of fiction, no one with any sense would have ever believed it...

...A frantic one-man band who bashed out ultra-crude rock &; roll tunes about sex, chicken, and decapitation into a wheezing reel-to-reel tape machine in a West Virginia shack, Adkins spent most of his life making music in utter obscurity until he was discovered in the 1980s and became a cult favorite in the last two decades of his life. Hasil Adkins was born to a poor family in Madison, WV, in 1939. Adkins developed a passion for music from listening to the radio as a boy; one day, after hearing a Hank Williams record, Adkins struck upon the notion that since no one else was credited, Williams must have played all the instruments himself, and while in time he learned that wasn't the case, he had already begun teaching himself to perform as a one-man band, using foot pedals to play the drums while using his hands to rock out on guitar. While Adkins' roots were in country music, when rock & roll hit in the mid-'50s, he took to it like a duck to water, and after putting together a primitive home-recording setup, he began committing his own rockabilly songs to tape… - by Mark Deming

trax:
01 She Said 02 My Baby Loves Me 03 D.P.A. On The Moon 04 Baby Rock 05 Let's Make It Up 06 Louise Wait For Me 07 I'm In Misery part1 08 Comin'Home To You N°1 09 We Got A Date 10 Reagan Blues 11 Chicken Twist 12 W.P.A. 13 The Fast Run 14 You're My Baby 15 Turn My Coat Tails Loo 16 Comin'Home To You N°2

"BLUES FROM THE DEEP SOUTH" Anthology Of The Blues, Vol. 3

Excellent collection of blues originally on the Kent, Flair, RPM, and Modern family of labels.

trax:
1. John Henry - Pinetop Slim 2. Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim 3. Fast Life - Pinetop Slim 4. Poor Boy - Pinetop Slim 5. I'm Gonna Carry On - Pinetop Slim 6. Monte Carlo - The Dixie Blues Boys 7. My Baby Left Town - The Dixie Blues Boys 8. 13 Highway - Leroy Simpson 9. Sitting Down Thinking - Big Bill Dotson 10. Dark Old World - Big Bill Dotson 11. Keep Em Down - Arkansas Johnny Todd 12. Miss Darlene - Johnny Harris 13. Wine Head Woman - Woodrow Adams 14. Baby You Just Don't Know - Woodrow Adams 15. Hawaiian Boogie (No. 1) - Elmore James 16. Please Find My Baby - Elmore James
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"ROCK BEFORE ELVIS, BEFORE LITTLE RICHARD, BEFORE CHUCK BERRY, BO DIDDLEY OR BILL HALEY"

The roots of Rock 'n' roll from a blues/R&B perspective.

All the major roots collections by major labels are limited to their own catelogues. Atlantic put out their collection... of Atlantic sides. Stax did one for Stax. Etc. But this is an independent issue so they took the best of the best from all the labels, and put them all in one place. By far the best roots of rock / early rock / pre-rock collection of all time. The guy who put this together really knew his sh%$ (Amazon) (This collection is now out of print)

trax disc 1:
1. Rock Awhile - Goree Carter & His Hepcats 2. Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris All Stars 3. I Want to Rock and Roll - Scatman Crothers 4. Amos' Blues - Amos Milburn 5. Rockin' the House - Memphis Slim & The House Rockers 6. Atlanta Boogie - Tommy Brown 7. Doby's Boogie - Freddie Mitchell Orchestra 8. I Want To Boogie Woogie - Buster Bennett Band 9. Jump the Boogie - Luke Jones w/Joe Alexander's Highlanders 10. Shufflin' Boogie - Luke Jones w/Joe Alexander's Highlanders 11. Roy Brown's Boogie - Roy Brown 12. Cleo's Boogie - Cleo Brown 13. Leroy Sent Me - Joe Brown & His Kool Kats 14. Sausage Rock - Doc Sausage 15. Ooo, Ouch, Stop! - Big Joe Turner 16. The Boogie Rocks - Albert Ammons 17. Rockola - Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats 18. The Bulldog Blues - Joe Brown & His Kool Kats 19. Rock The Joint - Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians 20. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 21. Ofay and Oxford Gray (live aircheck) - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 22. That's All Right Baby - Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
trax disc 2:
1. We're Gonna Rock This Morning - Doles Dickens 2. Rocking Chair Blues - Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers 3. Rock-A-Bye Baby - Roy Brown 4. Shout The Boogie - Memphis Minnie 5. Rock Little Baby - Cecil Gant 6. Rockin' And Jumpin' (Rock This Joint This Morning) - Freddie Mitchell Orchestra 7. Rock And Roll - Jimmy Rushing & Pete Johnson 8. House Near The Railroad Track - Tommy Brown 9. Rock Mister Blues - Wynonie Harris All Stars 10. Rock The Joint Boogie - Big Joe Turner 11. Around The Clock Blues (Pt. 1) - Big Joe Turner 12. I Feel That Old Age Coming On - Wynonie Harris All Stars 13. Leave Married Women Alone - Jimmy Cavallo Quartet 14. K & H Boogie - Big Jay McNeely 15. Everybody Get Together - The Treniers with Gene Gilbreaux Quartet 16. Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Albert Ammons 17. Strange Things Happen Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 18. T-Bone Boogie - T-Bone Walker 19. We're Gonna Rock - Wild Bill Moore 20. Rock This Joint - Jimmy Cavallo Quartet 21. Billy's Boogie Blues - Billy Wright 22. Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charles Spand 23. Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Clarence "Pine Top" Smith
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Hasil Adkins "Out To Hunch"

Thanks to DooWopDaddyO's awesome Jesse Hector rip i found this Hasil Adkins torrent. ''...this is where he really starts to drift into the Twilight Zone..." (320kb converted flac file) - Jillem

Hasil Adkins is a backwoods surrealist from rural West Virginia who spent most of the '50s, '60s, and '70s bashing ultra-crude rockabilly into an ancient reel-to-reel tape deck, one-man-band style (no overdubbing allowed -- Adkins keeps the beat with bass drum pedals while laying down the melody on guitar and howling his lyrics in a single fevered take). Adkins' approach would be odd enough no matter what his songs were about, but a quick scan of his lyrics indicates this is where he really starts to drift into the Twilight Zone; he's recorded no fewer than three tunes about decapitation, "She Said" concerns an assignation with a woman who looked "like a dyin' can of that commodity meat," and "The Hunch" describes the nation's slowest rising new dance craze like so -- "Now, if you ain't never seen nobody do the Hunch, you ain't never saw my woman! And I declare, son, you won't never see her! 'Cause I ain't got one!" Everybody clear on that? As you've no doubt gathered, Out to Hunch (compiled by Billy Miller from a decade's worth of home-recorded Adkins sessions, two of which were actually released as singles in the 1950s) doesn't sound a whole lot like anything else you've heard before, and if you're the sort of person who thinks Eric Clapton improves on Buddy Guy's guitar style, this probably won't be your bag. But if you believe that rock & roll is about passion and enthusiasm first and foremost, then Hasil Adkins has got to be one of the greatest rockers who ever walked the Earth -- even the weirdest, crudest songs bubble with wired conviction, and odd as his style may be, Hasil rocks hard on every frantic cut of Out to Hunch. A true original and a thing of wonderment, Out to Hunch is a truly singular rock & roll experience; after listening to it, hot dogs will never seem quite the same again. ~ Mark Deming (Allmusic)

trax:
01 She Said 02 No More Hot Dogs 03 Ha Ha Cat Walk Baby 04 Rockin' Robin 05 Chicken Walk 06 I'm Happy 07 Can't Help It Blues 08 We Got A Date 09 Turn My Coat Tails Loose 10 Hot Dog Baby 11 You Don't Love Me 12 Teenie Weenie Waddy Kiss 13 High School Confidential 14 Let Me Come In 15 The Hunch 16 Gee But I Love You 17 Memphis 18 Do It To Me Tonight 19 Truly Ruly 20 I Need Your Head
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"CALIFORNIA BLUES" Anthology Of The Blues, Vol. 2

Opening with the crunchy, brooding "Three Hours Past Midnight" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson, this 17-song compilation of records issued variously by such West Coast labels as Kent, Flair, RPM, and Modern moves from strength to strength, and all in high-resolution, audiophile-quality glory. Most of the material here was recorded by Oakland-based producer Bob Geddins, and while Watson is easily the biggest name present (and represented by a single track), the other performers are all well represented and worth hearing. George Smith's vocal acrobatics on the joyous, rollicking "Hey Mr. Porter" (complete with his powerful yodeling) are sandwiched between his mournful "I Found My Baby" and James Reed's rich, somber vocalizing on "The End." Reed also works in a more distinctly post-World War II dance mode on "You Better Hold Me." And the all but unknown Walter Robertson gives listeners a leaner, more forward-looking postwar brand of blues, closer to what was evolving in Chicago at the same time, on "I've Done Everything I Can" and "Sputterin' Blues" (the latter almost a novelty number with its affected stutter), supported by Johnny Fuller on guitar. And Fuller's own tracks are all great showcases for his virtuosity on his instrument, as well as offering a distinctive compositional voice. Finally, Jimmy McCracklin takes listeners into big-band blues, complete with honking sax and pounding ivories, for a driving finish on "Gotta Cut Out." The sound is superb throughout and the programming is generous -- the only flaw, if there is one, is that the notes on this release, in keeping with the CD's origins, are in Japanese without an English translation (although lyrics are provided, with their usual ludicrous phonetic constructs). (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)

trax:
1. Three Hours Past Midnight - Johnny "Guitar" Watson 2. I Found My Baby - George Smith 3. Hey Mr. Porter - George Smith 4. The End - James Reed 5. My Mama Told Me - James Reed 6. Dr. Brown - James Reed 7. You Better Hold Me - James Reed 8. I've Done Everything I Can - Walter Robertson 9. Sputterin' Blues - Walter Robertson 10. Prowling Blues - Johnny Fuller 11. Hard Times - Johnny Fuller 12. It's Your Life - Johnny Fuller 13. Buddy - Johnny Fuller 14. Back Home - Johnny Fuller 15. Johnny's Low Down Blues - Johnny Fuller 16. Just Won't Let Her Go - Jimmy McCracklin 17. Gotta Cut Out - Jimmy McCracklin
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"Better Than The Average Weekend" - Tribute to Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet 2001

A tasteful and loving tribute to Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - the guys that wrote and played all of that cool music used in the Kids in the Hall TV series. They actually recorded three full albums and a ton of singles and compilation tracks. Really!

Why Shadowy Men? What's the deal? Like a lot of fans outside of Toronto, my first exposure was through The Kids In The Hall television series. I enjoyed the show, but I just couldn't get the theme song and the link music out of my head. I finally found a store locally that had a Shadowy Men CD (specifically DIM THE LIGHTS, CHILL THE HAM), so I snatched it up. Part of me was worried that the music on the show wasn't their "real" sound. Once "Reid's Situation" started up, I couldn't help but smile. There was that *SOUND*. Catchy, melodic, but with a sense of humor thrown in. I was hooked right off. Since then, I've found other bands that remind me of the Men, but no one else seems to have quite the same formula. - Owen Gwilliam

trax:
1. Good Cop Bad Cop - The Heatscores 2. Zombie Compromise - The Dead Barons 3. Shake Some Evil - The Mulchmen 4. Egypt Texas - Insect Surfers 5. Customized - Unkown 6. Harlem by the Sea - The Neptones 7. Having an Average Weekend - Dirk Doom & Overdrive Orchestra 8. Reid's Situation - Spy-Fi (Featuring Phantom Frank) 9. Aunt's Invasion - The Sandblasters 10. Hot Box Car - Derf Zorr & Stella 11. Jackpot - Bass Playin' Ben 12. Ben Hur Picked off in a Gazebo - The Pop Defect 13. Siesta Cinema - The Deoras 14. Unwatchable/Three Piece Suit - Squid Vicious 15. That Wuz Ear Me Callin' a Hors - Breakfastime 16. Spy School Graduation Theme - Squid Vicious 17. Mecca - The Coctail Preachers 18. Algoma Reflections - The Sadies 19. Peas Porridge Rock/You Spin Me - The Surfdusters 20. They Don't Call Them Chihuahua - The Fabulous Planktones 21. Off Our Back Conrad Black - The Sawney Bean Band 22. Memories of Gay Paree - The Urban Surf Kings

"MEMPHIS BLUES" Anthology Of The Blues, Vol. 1

The first in a six CD series reissued on Japanese P-Vine label of original recordings originally on the Kent, Flair, RPM, and Modern family of labels. This is a very powerful collection of blues from some legendary performers.

trax: 1.
I'm The Wolf - Howlin' Wolf 2. The Sun Is Rising - Howlin' Wolf 3. The Way You Treat Me - Joe Hill Louis 4. Highway 99 - Joe Hill Louis 5. Western Union Man - Joe Hill Louis 6. Walter's Blues - Walter Horton 7. Little Boy Blue - Walter Horton 8. Lonesome Bedroom - Willie Nix 9. Fine And Mellow Baby - Willie Nix 10. Love My Baby - Bobby Bland & Junior Parker 11. Drifting From Town To Town (Take 1) - Bobby "Blue" Bland 12. Dry Baby - Bobby "Blue" Bland 13. Crying All Night Long - Bobby "Blue" Bland 14. Love You Yes I Do - Bobby "Blue" Bland 15. Drifting From Town To Town (Take 2) - Bobby "Blue" Bland 16. I Cried - Johnny Ace 17. Midnight Hour Journey - Johnny Ace 18. No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon 19. Just In From Texas - Rosco Gordon
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An Introduction To: "Night Train New Orleans"

Tuff City's Night Train International and Funky Delicacies imprints specialize in rare blues, jazz, and R&B material with a particular emphasis on New Orleans musicians, and the two labels' vigorous release schedules have resulted in a huge catalog of hard to find gems. This two-disc sampler concentrates on New Orleans-based performers and the diversity of styles here is impressive, ranging from boogie-woogie romps to organ-led soul-jazz instrumentals and even some brass band pieces, along with a treasure trove of vocal tracks done in fine New Orleans R&B style. Among the many highlights are Cousin Joe's ragged and rustic "Living on Borrowed Time," the horn funk of the Gaturs on "Sweet Thing," an elegant organ ballad, "Love Has Been Good," from the great (and unsung) Eddie Bo, the vaudeville folk of Doc Souchon on "Animule's Ball," James Black's eerie "Mist," the joyous brass band street stomp of the Soul Rebels on "Skin," and the late Curley Moore's easy and graceful take on "Soul Train." A wonderfully diverse -- yet still cohesive -- anthology, this one is a winner from first track to last. - by Steve Leggett, Allmusic

trax disc 1:
1. Living On Borrowed Time - Cousin Joe 2. Dixieland Rock - Jerry Raines 3. She's Taken My Part - Irma Thomas 4. Be Bop (That's The Kick I'm On) - Snookum Russell 5. Sweet Thing - Willie Tee 6. Love Has Been Good - Eddie Bo & The Soul Finders 7. I'm In A Loving Groove - Mary Jane Hooper 8. Always Picking On Me - Reggie Hall 9. Geraldine - Casanova & The Chants 10. Three Quarter Stomp (Part 2) - Preston Jackson & The Rhythm Aces 11. Trial Of Stagger Lee - Stella Johnson 12. Mary Jane - Walter "Wolfman" Washington 13. Little Jewel Of The Vieux Carre - Joe Barry 14. Popeye Joe - Ernie K-Doe 15. Get On The Moon - Julian w/Tasso & His Orchestra 16. You're On My Mind - Roy Perkins 17. Through Foolin' Around (Full Version) - Huey "Piano" Smith 18. I Done Got Over It - Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers 19. Animule's Ball - Edmond Souchon 20. Everybody Dance - Lydia Marcelle
trax disc 2:
1. Chinese Bandits - The Cheerleaders 2. Somebody New - Bobby Jay 3. Que Pasa Amigo - Clem Tervalon 4. Hammerhead - June Gardner 5. Mist - James Black 6. Crazy Feeling - J.C. Politz 7. Jolie Fille - Gene Rodrigue 8. Ape Man - Aaron Neville 9. Roy's Har-Groove - The Soul Rebels 10. Skin - The Soul Rebels 11. Baby I Love You - Johnny Adams 12. Love Is A Losing Game - The Barons 13. Never Going To Stop Loving You - The Fantoms 14. Did You Heard What I Saw - Smokey & Matt 15. The Roach - Alvin Thomas 16. Crazy Over Daisy - Jay Nelson 17. Soul Train - Curley Moore 18. Willie Knows How - Willie West 19. Here And There - Sax Kari & The Codes 20. Johnny B. Goode - Al White & The Hi-Liters
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Some Rock'n'Roll & Rockabilly EP's

Habe aus meiner Sammlung einige Rock'n'Roll & Rockabilly EP's digitalisiert (Cover sind alle dabei). Beste Grüsse aus BÄRlin ins RuhrgeBEAT - DooWopDaddyO

Jesse Hector & The Rock'n'Roll Trio - Ultra Rare British Rockabilly From 1961!!!

trax:
01 Fast Train To Memphis 02 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It 03 All By Myself 04 Nightmares
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Mickey Decker & The Galaxies (DEE-JAY JAMBOREE EP-111)

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01 Bop-A-Lena 02 Raw Hide 03 Ready Teddy 04 Jenny, Jenny
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Hayden Thompson "Here's Hayden Thompson" (SPADE RECORDS EP)

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01 Kansas City 02 That's Alright 03 Mystery Train 04 I'm Left You're Right She's Gone
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The Caravans (Scandal Records)

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01 Dirty Litt 02 Just Won't 03 My Search
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Eddie & The Flatheads "Solid Tail Wailers" (Tail Records)

trax:
01 Pretty Linda 02 Record Hop 03 Bottle To Me Baby 04 Spacecraft
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Eddie & The Flatheads "Flat Head Ford" EP (On The Hill Records)

trax:
01 Green Man 02 I Like To Go 03 Gonna Love My Baby 04 Flat Head Ford
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Little Richard "Tutti Frutti" (ACE RECORDS NS 119 MONO)

trax:
01 Tutti Frutti 02 I'll Never Let You Go 03 I Got It
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"RHYTHM & BLUES ALL STARS" Vol. 4 - Jump The Boogie

Great collection of jumping' late 40's R&B! Tons of legendary performers performing all-time classics. A must have series. (These are now out of print)

trax:
1. Dait Bait - Roosevelt Sykes 2. Wake Up Old Maid - Numa Lee Davis 3. Jump The Boogie - Luke Jones 4. Bar Fly Baby - Earl Bostic 5. Too Tight Mama - Mabel Smith 6. I'm Wise To You Baby - Jimmy Lewis 7. Midnight In The Barrelhouse - Johnny Otis 8. East Side Boogie - Buddy Banks 9. Back Street - Eddie Chamblee 10. Russell Street Hussle - King Porter 11. Fly Chick Bounce - Lonnie Lyons 12. Mello Woman Blues - Johnson Brothers 13. Black Jack Blues - J.T. Brown 14. Rocking With G.M. - Sonny Parker 15. I'm So Glad I Could Jump And Shout - Lester Williams 16. Waiting & Drinking - Calvin Boze 17. Hi-Yo Silver - Charlie Gonzales 18. Bess' Boogie - Bobby Smith 19. You Better Find A Job - Chubby Newson 20. Fat Girl Boogie - Peppermint Harris 21. Boogie Rambler - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 22. Gone After Hours - Frank "Floorshow" Culley
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"NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN" The Flip Side Of Stax 1968-1974

Stax Records was black and white coming together in a pioneering integrated music enterprise. Native Tennessean Jim Stewart founded Satellite in the late 1950s but soon joined up with sister Estelle Axton and rechristened the label Stax Records (the “St” and “ax” of Stax respectively). This ever-evolving Memphis-based label became one of the landmark touchstones of soul, R&B, and funk throughout the 1960s and 70s, its finger snapping logo brand synonymous with sonic quality and heartfelt integrity. Releasing hundreds of long players and 45-rpm singles during its heyday, the imprint and its many subsidiaries also birthed the legendary careers of Booker T & The M.G.’s, Otis Redding, and Isaac Hayes. Never To Be Forgotten: The Flip Side Of Stax 1968-1974 is Record Store Day 2012 love letter to some of the lesser-known Stax Records artists, collected and presented in a knock-out 7” vinyl box set. Containing 10 faithfully reproduced 45-rpm singles from Mable John, Bernie Hayes, Lee Sain, Melvin Van Peebles, Roy Lee Johnson & The Villagers, and John Gary Williams, in addition to label stalwarts Johnnie Taylor, Mad Lads, Emotions, and Rufus Thomas, prepare to move, groove, and be enthused. Never To Be Forgotten comes housed in a beautiful flip-top container case replete with an extensive 84-page bounded booklet brimming with informative interviews with the surviving musicians contained within and liner notes by Memphis writer Andria Lisle, candid photographs, and personal anecdotes from Stax enthusiasts and label veterans Stewart, co-owner Al Bell, and promotions manager Phillip Rauls. Plus, a free Download Card for those turntable-less moments. Order this beautiful 45 rpm only collection that is sure to be out of print soon!
http://lightintheattic.net/releases/701-never-to-be-forgotten-the-flip-side-of-stax-1968-1974

trax:
1. Running Out - Mable John 2. Shouldn't I Love Him - Mable John 3. Cool Strut Pt. 1 - Bernie Hayes 4. Cool Strut Pt. 2 - Bernie Hayes 5. Them Hot Pants Pt. 1 - Lee Sain 6. Them Hot Pants Pt. 2 - Lee Sain 7. Hijackin' Love - Johnnie Taylor 8. Love in the Streets - Johnnie Taylor 9. Sweetback's Theme - Melvin Van Peebles 10. Hoppin' John - Melvin Van Peebles 11. Gone! The Promises of Yesterday - The Mad Lads 12. I'm So Glad I Fell in Love with You - The Mad Lads 13. My Honey and Me - The Emotions 14. Blind Alley - The Emotions 15. Itch and Scratch Pt. 1 - Rufus Thomas 16. Itch and Scratch Pt. 2 - Rufus Thomas 17. The Dryer Pt. 1 - Roy Lee Johnson & the Villagers 18. The Dryer Pt. 2 - Roy Lee Johnson & the Villagers 19. The Whole Damn World Is Going Crazy - John Gary Williams 20. Ask the Lonely - John Gary Williams
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Yard Trauma "Face To Face" 1989

The groups third album released in 1988 finds them transitioning from retro garage-band to a monster steamroller incorporating many influences.

The Meat Puppets weren't the only rock band to emerge from Arizona during the '80s, as proven by the emergence of another act, Tucson's Yard Trauma. Founding members Joe Dodge (guitar, vocals) and Lee Joseph (bass) had previously done time together in a precursor band, Johnny 7, before forming Yard Trauma at the end of 1982. Although hardcore punk was taking hold locally at the time, Yard Trauma decided to experiment with such odd sounds as drum machines played through fuzzboxes, shortwave radios, and tape loops merged with poetry read on top of the wall of noise. After doing a few shows as a duo, a real drummer and a keyboard player were added to the lineup in time for a debut single, "Some People" b/w "No Conclusions," as well as a full-length, The Red Album, before splitting up in January of 1984 when Joseph relocated to Los Angeles. But after the album received favorable reviews in the underground press, Dodge and Joseph began having second thoughts. This led to the pair to writing songs by sending demos back and forth in the mail, before they reunited in Phoenix to record a sophomore effort, Must Have Been Something I Took. Dodge then followed Joseph back to Los Angeles, as the duo tried in vain to find a permanent drummer. Although they were unsuccessful (going through numerous skin beaters, including one who was briefly a member of one of G.G. Allin's many bands), Yard Trauma began building a following in Europe solely on the strength of the press attention given to their albums. 1988 saw the release of the band's third album overall, Face to Face, which included guest appearances on lead guitar by several other artists, including Brett Gurewitz from Bad Religion. Further albums followed, including 1990's Lose Your Head and 1994's Oh My God (during which time Joseph created and ran the independent label, Dionysis Records), before the duo decided to call it a day. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi

Personnel:
Joe Dodge (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Lance Kaufman (organ); Tom Larkins (drums); Lee Joseph (background vocals)

trax:
01 I'm A Man 02 Ave 03 Creeps On TV 04 Fast Pace 05 In My Head 06 Bit By Bit 07 Your Trash, My Treasure 08 See Your Face 09 One Way Ticket 10 Kick It In
Southsteel Studios, Tucson, AZ (02/1983-05/1988); Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, CA (02/1983-05/1988)

"RHYTHM & BLUES ALL STARS" Vol. 3 - Jump And Shout

Great collection of jumping' late 40's R&B! Tons of legendary performers performing all-time classics. A must have series. (These are now out of print)

trax:
1. Frantic Boogie - Jack McVea & His All Stars 2. All For The Love Of Lil - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 3. 2:00 AM Hop - Saunders King & His Rhythm 4. T-Bone Boogie - T-Bone Walker 5. Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia & His All Stars 6. Rockin' Boogie - Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats 7. Big Legs - Gene Phillips & His Rhythm Aces 8. Frettin' For Some Pettin' - Jesse Price & His Blues Band 9. Cadillac Boogie - Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy 10. Two Timin' Baby - Rabon Tarrant & Jack McVea All Stars 11. Everything I Do Is Wrong - Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 12. Working With My Baby - Calvin Boze & His All Stars 13. Harmony Grits - T.J. Fowler & His Orchestra 14. Easy Baby - Eddie "Sugarman" Penigar 15. Number Blues - Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians 16. Girl Town Blues - Dave Bartholomew & His Sextet 17. Jump And Shout - Erline Harris w/The Johnson Brothers Combo 18. The Fish - Sonny Thompson & His Orchestra 19. If I Told You Once - Big John Greer & His Rhythm Rockers 20. Way Cross Mama - John Houston & His Orchestra 21. Billy's Boogie Blues - Billy Wright & His Orchestra 22. She's Just Old Fashioned - Goree Carter & His Hepcats
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"THE DRIVERS MEET THE ACCENTS"

Two very obscure vocal groups collected in this hard to find collection.

The Drivers were from Cincinnati, and were truck drivers, which accounts for the group's name. They recorded in the late 50's. The Accents were from Brooklyn, NY, and recorded in the very late 50's to early 60's.

trax:
THE DRIVERS
01 WOMAN 02 Smooth, Slow And Easy 03 My Lonely Prayer 04 Midnight Hour 05 Oh Miss Nellie 06 Dangerous Lips 07 A Man's Glory 08 Teeter Totter 09 No One For Me 10 Doe Doe 11 Ho Ho 12 Blue Moon 13 I Get Weak 14 L-O-V-E 15 Blow Wind Blow
THE ACCENTS
16 Rags To Riches 17 I Give My Heart To You 18 Ching A Lone 19 Dreamin' & Schemin' 20 Wiggle Wiggle 21 Our Wonderful Life 22 A Hundred Wailin' Cats 23 Till You Bring Your Love Back To Me 24 Cassius Clay 25 Enchanted Garden 26 Tell Me Now 27 Autumn Leaves 28 High On A Hill 29 All I Want Is You 30 Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart
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Yard Trauma "Must Have Been Something I Took Last Night" 1985

Yard Trauma’s sophomore effort, and a pretty good one with better songs and better playing than on the first.

Yard Trauma were one of the leading Garage Punk revival bands of the 1980s. Yard Trauma were formed in Tucson (Arizona) by singer-guitarist Joe Dodge and bassist Lee Joseph, who had been playing in the Johnny Seven. The cassette Reptile House (1983), the single Some People (Iconoclast, 1983), and the mini-album Yard Trauma (Bonafide, 1984) introduced an enthusiastic gang enamoured of the Seeds, the Strawberry Alarm Clock, etc (plus Lance Kaufman's Farfisa organ). This was Lee Joseph's band, founder of Dionysus Records. Their first full album "Must've Been Something I Took Last Night" was re-released a year later by Lolita Records (Lolita 5084 / 1986) in France retitled as "No Conclusions". Although the tracks were from various sessions this is a pretty coherent record and will please garage and psychedelic heads as well.

trax:
01 Must Have Been Something I Took Last Night 02 You Don't Tell Me 03 Cry A Little Longer 04 I'm Invinsible 05 You're My Style 06 Dreamt In Colour 07 Situations 08 I've Seen You Walking 09 Tighten Up 10 Only Mistakes 11 I've Got A Girl 12 Black And White 13 NO CONCLUSION 14 JUST A DREAM 15 OVER AND OVER

CHER "The Best of the Imperial Recordings" 1965-1968

In 1965, flush from the success of Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe," Cher earned her first major solo contract with Liberty/Imperial (she had previously recorded only a few singles under aliases). With Sonny Bono enlisted as producer, Cher lit up the pop charts with the smash "All I Really Want to Do," and its follow-up, "I Go to Sleep." Although the next three years saw only inconsistent chart entries, her recordings were interesting and frequently as good as the leading lights of folk-pop, the Mamas & the Papas. And she covered most of the best folk songwriters of the time -- Dylan, Tim Hardin, John Sebastian, Paul Simon, and Jackie DeShannon. Add points for a few interesting crossovers of pop songs like "Sunny" or "Alfie" (the latter a Top 40 hit), but subtract some for a few misguided covers ("It's Not Unusual" prime among them), and The Best of the Imperial Recordings 1965-1968 is revealed as a near-necessity for '60s folk-rock fans. It includes all of her album debut, All I Really Want to Do, as well as the vast majority of her four subsequent LPs for the label (The Sonny Side of Cher, Cher, With Love, Cher, Backstage). (Allmusic)

trax disc 1:
01 All I Really Want To Do 02 I Go To Sleep 03 Needles And Pins 04 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 05 He Thinks I Still Care 06 Dream Baby 07 The Bells Of Rhymney 08 Girl Don't Come 09 C.C. Rider Blues 10 Come And Stay With Me 11 Cry Myself To Sleep 12 Blowin' In The Wind 13 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 14 Where Do You Go 15 Our Day Will Come 16 Elusive Butterfly 17 Like A Rolling Stone 18 Come To Your Window 19 The Girl From Ipanema 20 It's Not Unusual 21 Milord 22 Sunny
trax disc 2:
01 Twelfth of Never 02 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 03 Magic in the Air (I Feel Something in the Air) 04 Will You Love Me Tomorrow? 05 Until It's Time For You to Go 06 Homeward Bound 07 I Want You 08 Alfie 09 You Better Sit Down Kids 10 Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies) 11 Behind The Door 12 Sing for Your Supper 13 I Will Wait For You 14 The Times, They Are A Changin' 15 Carnival 16 It All Adds Up Now 17 Reason To Believe 18 I Wasn't Ready 19 Take Me For A Little While 20 The Impossible Dream 21 The Click Song 22 Song Called Children
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Yard Trauma "Yard Trauma" 1984

Yard Trauma from Tucson was, of course, Lee Joseph and Tim Dodge's epic psyche band.

Yard Trauma were one of the leading revival bands of the 1980s. Yard Trauma were formed in Tucson (Arizona) by singer-guitarist Joe Dodge and bassist Lee Joseph, who had been playing in the Johnny Seven. The cassette Reptile House (1983), the single Some People (Iconoclast, 1983), and the mini-album Yard Trauma (Bonafide, 1984) introduced an enthusiastic gang enamored of the Seeds, the Strawberry Alarm Clock, etc (plus Lance Kaufman's Farfisa organ). The album Must've Been Something (Dionysus, 1985) is a classic of the genre, overflowing with catchy refrains and driving rhythms (Situations, I've Seen You Walking, You're My Style, You Don't Tell Me). No Conclusions (Lolita, 1986) is a compilation. Music (LDS, 1986) collects singles, rarities and unreleased tracks. in 1986 Lee Joseph left Yard Trauma to join the Unclaimed. Face To Face (Dionysus, 1989) and Lose Your Head (Dionysus, 1990) were the last albums.

Yard Trauma:
Joe Dodge: guitar, vox / Lee Joseph: bass, vox / Lance Kaufmann: farfisa organ / Tom Larkins: drums

traxfromwax:
1. Some People 2. I Got A Girl 3. Just A Dream 4. Over And Over 5. No Conclusions 6. City Of People 7. Way It Will Be 8. Little Girl (Who Left)

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD "Complete A & B Sides" 1963-1970

Practically every one of Dusty Springfield's singles from 1963 to 1970, the hits and the "obscurities". An omission is her US hit "Wishin' and Hopin'" - but then, this 2 CD set only claims to include "all the British singles from her goldern era". This distinction reminds us that seldom did her record company choose the same A&B sides for the States as had been released in the UK. For example, her hauntingly fragile rendition of Carole King's "Goin' Back" was unbelievably never released in the States as a single - despite its top ten status in Britain. What a strong testimony this 2 CD set is to her unequalled grasp of the Phil Spectorish girl-group sound, R&B, Motown and soul. Compiled by Saint Etienne, with well-detailed liner notes by Bob Stanley, this set gives us the mono mixes, so there's no attempt made to dress up the classic mono sound. Stand out hits are: "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten" and "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" - this latter hit just keeps getting better with the passing of time. Stand out obscurities are: "I'm Gonna Leave You" (one of the few times Dusty wrote a song; this time sharing the credits with Madeline Bell and Lesley Duncan) and "Don't Say It Baby". These latter two songs ache with compelling sadness and add to the already solid case for Dusty's place as the best British female singer ever! (The 60's Enthusiast)

It's practically a cliché to say that Dusty Springfield was the greatest white soul singer to ever come out of the U.K., but like most clichés, it's a commonplace wisdom that's based in an obvious fact. While most blue-eyed soul belters sounded as if they were determined to worry a song into submission though brute force and melismatic torture, Springfield's gift was a superb instrument and the wisdom to do its work with a careful balance of emotional force and instinctive restraint (perhaps the product of her fondness for jazz and smart pop as well as rock and R&B). Springfield was also a gifted songwriter who was a shrewd judge of material, and she knew how to match her voice to either Phil Spector-esque bombast or a more subtle and elegant production, and anyone looking for a perspective on just how sure Springfield's instincts in the studio were should give a listen to this set. Complete A and B Sides 1963-1970 is just what its title says it is -- every U.K. single Dusty released during this eight-year stretch is included (except for a stray Yuletide release), with all the A-sides on disc one and the flip sides on disc two (except for the B-side to "Morning Please Don't Come," which was a solo track from her brother Tom Springfield and subsequently left by the wayside). The consistent quality of these recordings is truly a wonder -- there are no throwaway B-sides, no major artistic missteps, and every tune appears to been crafted as if Springfield and her studio helpers were convinced it could be a hit (and in a wiser alternate universe, perhaps they all were). While American fans will notice that a number of Springfield's biggest U.S. hits are missing (remarkably, "I Only Want to Be with You," "Wishin' and Hopin'," and "All Cried Out" were never released as singles in Great Britain), as a document of Dusty performing at the top of her game during her golden era, this set is all but flawless, assembled with care and boasting superb audio, and anyone who loves her music will find much to revel in. Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne contributes a fine and informative essay on Dusty Springfield in the 1960s to the liner notes. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)
Do we need yet another Dusty compilation when the market is already flooded with them? Well, the short answer is a resounding YES because Mercury finally gets it right by putting out a truly essential compilation with a theme - her Complete A & B sides released in the UK between 1963 and 1970 and the result is simply smashing. There's no messing about. The singles are in strict chronological order with the A sides on one disc and the B sides on another. They are also in rare mono - the original singles mix - unless the tapes are unavailable, in which case the familiar stereo mixes are used (eg, Losing You and Little By Little). Some of the hits are aurally very different in mono (eg, Goin' Back) and a special treat. Some of the fades also run on longer than usual (eg, In The Middle Of Nowhere and Some Of Your Lovin'). Dusty's glorious non-stop run of hits (plus a couple of unconscionable misses such as the funky Northern Soul classic, What's It Gonna Be and Clive Westlake's excellent I Will Follow You) on Disc 1 simply leaves you breathless and giddy with joy and admiration at how in the 60s Dusty was faultless in her selection of original material for singles. Songs tucked away on the B sides were almost as good. Four were even written or co-written by her (Once Upon A Time, Something Special, I'm Gonna Leave You and Go Ahead On). My own personal favourite is the little known Goffin & King girl group beat number I'll Love You For A While, given a real punchy treatment here. And you can't ask for more in terms of packaging. Eclipse has used a gorgeous photo of a sooty-eyed Dusty circa 1965 for the front cover and it's just fabulous ! Complete A & B Sides 1963-1970 is truly an essential buy. Hurry, grab yourself a copy. (Amazon)

trax disc 1:
01 I only want to be with you 02 Stay awhile 03 I just don't know what to to with myself 04 Losing You 05 Your Hurtin' Kinda Love 06 In The Middle Of Nowhere - Mono 07 Some Of Your Lovin' 08 Little By Little 09 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 10 Goin' Back 11 All I See Is You 12 I'll Try Anything 13 Give Me Time 14 What's It Gonna Be_ - Remix - Mono 15 I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten 16 I Will Come To You 17 Son Of A Preacher Man 18 Am I The Same Girl - Mono 19 A Brand New Me 20 Morning Please Don't Come 21 How Can I Be Sure
trax disc 2:
01 Once Upon A Time - Mono 02 Something Special 03 My Colouring Book - Mono 04 Summer Is Over 05 Don't Say It Baby - Mono 06 Baby Don't You Know 07 I'll Love You For A While - Mono 08 If It Hadn't Been For You 09 Every Ounce Of Strength - Mono 10 I'm Gonna Leave You 11 Go Ahead On - Mono 12 The Corrupt Ones - Mono 13 The Look Of Love 14 Small Town Girl - Mono 15 No Stranger Am I - Mono 16 The Colour Of Your Eyes [Remix] 17 Just A Little Lovin' 18 Earthbound Gypsy 19 Bad Case Of The Blues 20 Spooky
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