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| Tinez Roots Club - Something You Got great swing group from the Netherlands |
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Rhythm Bomb Records 2009 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Tiny + Tim / Eddie Ware - Love At First Sight / Lima Beans |
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Excelsior | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Tiny Bradshaw - Breaking Up The House 2CD 2CDs = 43 tracks |
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Proper 2002 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Tiny Grimes And His Rocking Highlanders - Featuring Screamin' Jay Hawkins 14 tracks |
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Collectables 1990 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Tiny Tones - Precious This band has no bass. The internationally aclaimed guitarist Jussi "Jo Buddy" Raulamo plays all bass lines, solos and comps with his personally interesting style and sound. He plays his guitar through an old Salora tube radio from 1953 and that gives him the lovely earthly sound. By the way, the American Blues Revue Magazine wrote about his guitar gear in it's May -issue 2001! The singer Susanne "Susse" Raulamo bangs her Bodhran drum with her hand, drum stick and a wooden scoop of which she's very fond of. Now, have you ever seen anyone putting some gas on the rock' n' roll tune with a wooden scoop? People have been simply blown away with her voice! In short: It can make the hair of the hardest miserable beetle to rise! "Her voice reminds me of Emmylou Harris, Norma Waterson and Victoria Williams." (Jussi Niemi, a Finnish music journalist) She can also "fly" and swing when she sings - the voice with the right attitude is there. The married couple that has sold their souls complitely to music sigs both separatelly and together as their voices blend heavenly together. Behind them you find their musical rhythm master - the back bone - drummer Juppo Paavola. He has a very imaginative and playful style - and sometimes he just settles for the more simpler things. The music is a rare and versatile mix of American roots stuff such as: New Orleans R & B, Folk, Country, Swing, Rockabilly, Mambo, Latin, Spirituals, Ragtime, Celtic Ballads, Cajun, Zydeco, Rock 'n' Roll, Bluegrass, Downhome Blues spiced even with some wild "Indian" and "voodoo" flavours. "This Finnish singer is "a big star" because of her voice, songs and her ability to put her soul into them. She is enchanting, roaring, caressing, alluring and drifting farther away at the same time" "She sings ballads of this time without throwing herself into melancholy - she is filled with hope and immovable peace." |
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Ram Bam Records 2002 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| Titty Bar Tim Blues Band - Milk Shaka Kouvolalaisista pitkän linjan muusikoista koostuvan Titty Bar Tim Blues Bandin ensimmäinen pitkäsoitto, Finnish Blues Societyn sekä Kymen Juurimusiikki ry:n yhteistyössä tuottama "Milk Shaka" on tullut uunista ulos FBS:n Blue North -levymerkiltä. Ahkerasti keikkaileva Titty Bar Tim Blues Band ammentaa tyylinsä Chicagon bluesklubeilta, joista bändi on käynyt hakemassa mallia lukuisia kertoja viime vuosien kuluessa. Persoonallinen kokoonpano höystää musiikkiaan rehevällä huumorilla, mutta maustaa sitä välillä kantaaottavuudellakin, eikä pelkää myöskään asiaan kuuluvaa, joskus varsin kukkoilevaakaan blues-roots-asennetta! Uudella levyllä bändin rouhevaa menoa kuullaan kymmenellä raidalla, jotka kaikki ovat bändin laulaja-kitaristi-harpisti Titty Bar Timin eli Timo Heikkilän käsialaa lukuun ottamatta yhtä instrumentaalikappaletta, jonka on tehnyt kitaristi Mike Kurkiin. Bändi on aiemmin julkaissut neljä kappaletta vuonna 2011 ilmestyneellä, mairittelevia arvioita saaneella Blues Line Finland -kokoelmalevyllä (BNCD 010, levyllä mukana myös yhtyeet SupraFonics ja Tuff Times). Myönteistä huomiota saavutti sekä musiikkinsa että kansitaiteensa osalta myös Titty Bar Tim Blues Bandin kesällä 2012 julkaisema vinyylisinkku (Evil Weed / Mike’s Boogie). |
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Blue North Records 2013 | CD | 20.00 € |
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| Todd Rhodes & His Orchestra - Blues For The Red Boy: The Early Sensation Recordings 28 biisiä |
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Ace Records 2002 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Tom Armstrong - Sings Heart Songs |
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Carswell Records 1999 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Tom Morley And 78 Rpm - Major And Minor Swing |
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Brownstone Recordings 1997 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Tom Principato - Guitar Gumbo |
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Dixiefrog Records 2005 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| Tomcats - Tomcats still sealed, unplayed copy. just one copy left. |
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Rivera Records 1984 | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Tommy Edwards - It's All In The Game - The MGM Recordings 2CD Tommy Edwards shot to fame in 1958 with his ‘beat ballad’ update of the old standard It’s All In The Game, which topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the R&B chart and the UK singles chart, selling 3.5 million copies worldwide. It made a star out of the singer/songwriter from Richmond, Virginia, who was then 36 years old. Edwards had first recorded the song for MGM in 1951 but this remake for the rock’n’roll era transformed his career. Edwards first made an impact as an R&B artist as early as 1946 when he penned ‘That Chick’s Too Young To Fry’ for Louis Jordan. Subsequently, his songs were recorded by Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, the Four Tops and even Donny & Marie Osmond. Tommy sadly passed away at the tender age of 47 but 15 October is now ‘Tommy Edwards Day’ in his home town as a mark of respect. This 2-CD set offers four albums and several singles A’s and B’s from Tommy Edwards’ ‘purple patch’ with MGM, following the global success of It’s All In The Game. All are taken from the original master tapes in the US MGM vaults, resulting in the majority of the tracks being presented in true stereo and have been re-mastered. Accompanied by a fully illustrated and annotated colour booklet. The package includes his subsequent US hits: Please Love Me Forever (#61), Love Is All We Need (#15), remakes of two more of his earlier hits – Please, Mr. Sun (#11), The Morning Side Of The Mountain (#27) – Mr Melancholy Baby (#26), It’s Only The Good Times (#86), I’ve Been There (#53), I Looked At Heaven (#100), (New In) The Ways Of Love (#47), Honestly And Truly (#65), Don’t Fence Me In (#45), I Really Don’t Want To Know (#18) and It’s Not The End Of Everything (#78). |
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Shout Records 2012 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Tommy Edwards - The Hits And More 2CD Tommy Edwards was a vocalist, pianist and composer who made an impact in early R&B circles. Features all 21 of his chart hits including, 'Please Mr Sun', 'My Melancholy Baby' and his biggest hit 'It's All in the Game' which became an R&B and pop staple. His version of, 'A Fool Such As I' went on to be recorded by Elvis Presley for whom it sold millions. Although Tommy died in 1969, his material hasn't been readily available but the 53 tracks here stand out and show what a great vocalist he was. This is a fine mixture of standards and hits from one of R&B's early stars. |
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Jasmine Records 2012 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Tony Allen - Here Comes The Nite Owl! - West Coast R&B And DooWop 1954-61 New Orleans-born, Los Angeles raised Anthony Penia Allan cut one of the all time great 45s of doo-wop, ‘Nite Owl’, at his first important recording session. It was immediately huge in his adopted hometown, and was just about to break nationally when Allen decided to move from Specialty, for whom it was recorded – to another label. Despite having a potential hit on its hands Specialty withdrew its support for ‘Nite Owl’ and for its budding superstar. The record didn’t chart and Tony Allen’s career never really ignited thereafter. Always hungry for a hit, Allen hopped from label to label throughout the second half of the 1950s, recording for just about all of the most important imprints in and around the Los Angeles area in his quest for instant success. His reluctance to stay contracted to any given label, if things were not working out as quickly as he wanted them to, certainly didn’t work in his favour from a career-building standpoint. But the records Allen cut between 1954 and 1962 showed that he definitely had the talent to become a big star, even if his abundant desire for that to happen overnight often resulted in rapid contract termination. Tony Allen recorded for around a dozen labels in a little less than seven years. Ace’s “Here Comes The Nite Owl” – named for his career song – gathers together all of his surviving work for just four of them, namely Dig/Ultra, Ebb, Kent/Modern and the aforementioned Specialty. Several rare singles are included along with the Crown album “Rock And Roll With Tony Allen And The Night Owls”. Individually and collectively, the tracks give a picture of a highly talented vocalist who could cut it just as cleanly on up-tempo rockers as he could on lugubrious doo wop ballads. There’s plenty of both types of material on show here, and all tracks are presented from the original master tapes. Of course, Tony was by no means the only kid on his particular block who could do this, but one can’t help feeling that, had he allowed only one label to develop his career rather than move from company to company on what must often have been little more than a whim, he might be regarded with the same sort of worldwide admiration as his peers Jesse Belvin and Richard Berry, rather than just as the man who gave the rock ‘n’ roll world ‘Nite Owl’ and a few other goodies. The bootleggers already made hay, down the years, with a hefty chunk of Allen’s catalogue. However, more than two-thirds of the sides featured on this, the first ever 100% legit Tony Allen CD, here have never been digitised before, and several have never been issued at all. It’s been a long time coming, but those who continue to write and e-mail us for more vintage rhythm & blues releases will surely be glad that the ‘Nite Owl’ is finally making a well-deserved appearance in the Ace catalogue. By Tony Rounce (ACE RECORDS) |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Tony And Barbara / The Charmers - Check Yourself / Lesson From The Stars |
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Comet Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Tortilla Flat - Big Fish Hot Legs Los Flying Tortillas Alive at Goofin' Around Rock & Roll Club ! |
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Bluelight Records 2001 | CD | 9.90 € |
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| Tortilla Flat - Every Kinda Wimmen Rhythm & Blues / R&R - a great band from Helsinki, Finland - if You like Fabulous Thunderbirds - You'll like this. |
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Goofin Records 1992 | LP | 10.00 € |
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| Tortilla Flat - Margarita / Los Flying Tortillas Only 500 copies made of this 45 by this great Helsinki based Rhythm & Blues / R&R group. We have less than 10 copies available. If You like Fabulous Thunderbird and similar bands - You'll enjoy this 45 as well. |
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Goofin Records 1991 | Single/EP | 8.00 € |
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| Totta's Blueband - Pärlor jo instituaalisen kova ruotsalainen blues yhtye. 12 biisiä |
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Bonnier Music 2008 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Tren-Teens / Hazel McCollum - My Baby's Gone / Annie's Answer |
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Flash | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Treniers - Go Go Go 26 tracks. Digipacks sleeve. Great package ! |
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Proper 2004 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Treniers - Rock (1-CD, digipack with 64-page booklet, 32 tracks, playingtime: 82:31), No early 1950s band swung harder than the Treniers; this disc is a non-stop musical riot! The Treniers were a direct influence on '50s rock 'n' roll pioneers Bill Haley & His Comets, Freddie Bell & the Bellboys, Jimmy Cavallo, and many more! They starred in some of the early rock movies! First cross-licensed compilation that includes all of the Treniers' classic rockers for London, OKeh, Epic, Vik, and Brunswick, as well as Milt Trenier's hottest solo sides. Includes two versions of their biggest seller, Go! Go! Go! ' one with small combo and the other with big band. Bill Dahl's extensive liner notes include an in-depth interview with Milt Trenier. Long before anyone ever coined the phrase rock'n'roll, the Treniers were rocking and rolling. They were also jumping, jiving, and tearing up gin joints and lounges from Vegas to Wildwood. A crazier onstage outfit has yet to be minted; the Treniers entertained inebriated high rollers in Vegas lounges with the same non-stop hijinks they displayed in the groundbreaking rock'n'roll movies 'The Girl Can't Help It' and 'Don't Knock The Rock.' Identical twins Claude and Cliff Trenier were the ringleaders, though this family affair soon expanded to encompass younger brother Milt, who tore it up on his own before he joined the act. Supersonic alto saxist Don Hill was a charter member whose stratospheric wails were as integral to the Treniers' attack as Claude and Cliff's infinitely swinging vocals, while pianist/bandleader Gene Gilbeaux provided the glue that kept it all from spinning out of control. -- 'The Treniers Rock' brings together the aggregation's wildest 1950-1957 jump numbers for London, OKeh (including their '51 Top Ten R&B smash Go! Go! Go!), Epic, Vik, and Brunswick. In 1951, the Treniers cut a little ditty called It Rocks! It Rolls! It Swings!, and this disc does precisely that with the rip-roaring jumps Hadacole That's All, Rocking On Sunday Night, Rockin' Is Our Bizness, Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie (written for the Treniers by their pal Bill Haley), the humorously chauvinist Oh! Oh! (Get Out Of The Car), Rock 'n' Roll Call, and the infamous Poon-Tang!, along with an array of Milt's solo gems for good measure. The Treniers were influential to a platoon of young rockers: Freddie Bell & the Bellboys, Jimmy Cavallo, even Haley and his Comets. They'll flip your wig! |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Treniers - Rockin' Is Our Bizness 10 tracks |
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Sony Music Special Products 2000 | CD | 14.00 € |
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| Treniers - This Is It - The Treniers In The '50s 30 tracks |
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Rev-Ola 2008 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Treniers - You're Killin' Me 16 tracks. With Milt Trenier |
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Dr. Horse | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Trickbag - Goin' Downtown |
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Magic Production 2012 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Trickbag - Tailor-Made |
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Magic Production 2006 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Turner Moore - I'll Be Leaving You / Rock The Blues Away Two mega rare rockers on one platter! A frantic four minute party! |
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Norton Records | Single/EP | 6.00 € |
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| Tyrone And The Nuports / Gerry And The Gems - Just One Of Those Things / Come Along blue vinyl |
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Wax Trax Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Tyrone Hibbs And The Hip-Shakers - Let's Jump Tonight |
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Ace Records 1995 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Tyrone Vaughan - Downtime |
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Blues Boulevard Records 2013 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Unkool Hillbillies - Unkool And Proud |
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Unkool Music 2005 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA. - Greasy Rock'n'Roll Vol. 14 |
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Blakey Records 2010 | LP | 14.00 € |
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| VA. - Postcards From Los Angeles 1958-1964 - The Dore Story A one-man operation run at street level for more than two decades, Hollywood’s Dore label launched the careers of Phil Spector and Jan & Dean in the late 1950s and built upon these early triumphs with an extensive catalogue of pop, rock and soul 45s during the 60s before branching successfully into comedy in the early 1970s. The story of Doré records is inextricably linked with that of its owner, Lew Bedell, who entered the music business in 1955 having worked as a minor professional entertainer in the preceding years. Pop music was different back then and never more so than in California, where Hollywood’s dominance of the entertainment scene meant that Los Angeles was scarcely aware of its music industry until hotshot producers such as Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, Snuff Garrett and Lou Adler finally put the town on the recording map in the mid-1960s. Individualists such as Bedell were usually referred to as “characters” or as being “larger than life”, suggesting they were caricatures of some sort, but Bedell, for all his eccentricities, was somehow too pragmatic a man to fit that description. Doré began as a subsidiary of Era, a Hollywood label best known for mainstream pop hits such as ‘Chanson D’Amour’ and ‘The Wayward Wind’. Bedell had founded Era with his cousin Herb Newman before breaking away to run Doré alone. In 1958, it got off to a flying start with ‘To Know Him Is To Love Him’ by the Teddy Bears, a worldwide hit, followed a few months later by Jan & Dean’s ‘Baby Talk’. The major labels had lost touch with the street and it was largely left to LA’s scattering of independents to set teenagers’ turntables spinning on the West Coast. It was the age of the walk-in deal on LA’s so-called record row, an area of Hollywood populated by small labels wheeling and dealing from storefronts or backrooms. Some went in the blink of an eye but Doré stayed, moving seamlessly from rock and pop into soul music in the mid-60s. In this climate of spontaneous deal-making and low recording costs, Bedell was regularly approached by would-be’s and wanna-be’s, some of whom may have had something on the ball. Herb Alpert, Shel Talmy and Mike Curb were just a few who brought their first productions to Doré and there are some interesting connections: aside from Spector and Jan & Dean, the Walker Brothers and Vince Taylor all come into the story. 25 of the 28 tunes on this first volume of “The Doré Story” appear on legitimate CD for the first time, all taken from the original masters, including previously unissued rockabilly from cult figure Joel Scott Hill, two ultra-rare rock instrumentals by Bobby Fry, the guitarist Vince Taylor brought over with him from America in 1958. There’s exquisite doo wop, some featuring that cherished East LA “Barrio” sound, early teen rock from John Maus of the Walker Brothers and a rare instro featuring Scott Walker himself. Doré is becoming a collected label. Many of the original Doré 45s are now beginning to fetch quite big money, helped by the aura of mystique that surrounds the label and its distinctive logo. The generously proportioned, specially designed package includes a 18,000-word newly researched profile of Doré and Lew Bedell, artist biographies and many never-before seen photographs and illustrations. “The Doré Story” is an engaging snapshot of that moment in time before lawyers and accounts took over the music biz and things were simpler and probably more fun. By Rob Finnis (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2011 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - 100 Hot Rhythm & Blues Tunes from The R&B Years 1947 4CDs featuring 100 R&B Hits From 1947 |
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Secret Records Limited 2005 | CD-Box | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - 100 Hot Rhythm & Blues Tunes from The R&B Years 1950 4CDs = 100 R&B Hits from 1950 |
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Secret Records Limited 2004 | CD-Box | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - 18 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 7 Featuring "This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix" ! Newly remastered from the finest copies of the original 78 rpm records. |
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Blues Images 2009 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - 1957 British Hit Parade Vol. 6 Part 1 4CD 4CDs = 98 tracks |
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Acrobat Music 2008 | 2-CD | 19.00 € |
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| VA: - 1957 British Hit Parade Vol. 6 Part 2 4CD 4CDs = 89 tracks |
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Acrobat Music 2008 | CD | 19.00 € |
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| VA: - 1958 British Hit Parade -Greatest Hits Vol. 7 Part 2 4CD with 48 page booklet |
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Fantastic Voyage 2009 | 2-CD | 19.00 € |
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| VA: - 1958 British Hit Parade Vol. 7 Part 1 4CD 4CDs = 101 tracks |
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Fantastic Voyage 2009 | 2-CD | 19.00 € |
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| VA: - 21st Century Doo Wop 26 biisiä Doo Wop biisejä - myös uusia yhtyeitä: Riffs, Mello Kings, Demensions, Roomates, Crosstones, Ovations etc |
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Ace Records 2002 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - 3 Shades Of The Blues |
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Relic Records | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - 75 Pumpin' Piano Greats 3CD |
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Fantastic Voyage 2009 | 2-CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector perhaps the greatest Christmas album in the world |
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Phil Spector Records 2002 | CD | 19.00 € |
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| VA: - A Rock'n'Roll Dance Party 26 tracks |
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Ace Records 2006 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Ace Story Vol. 1 A little over 30 years ago, the R&B and rock’n’roll loving directorate of Chiswick Records decided that it might be fun to start a sister label, which did for the recordings of what was then a mere 20 years previously what Chiswick was doing for the more current stuff. Chiswick itself had sprung from small beginnings involving two men with a market stall full of golden oldies both common and rare, so this was not something that surprised too many people who witnessed the birth of this new reissue label – which shared the name of one of the most famous imprints in rock’n’roll/R&B history and which, in 2010, still goes by the name of Ace Records. The American Ace label, run out of Jackson Mississippi by shrewd record man Johnny Vincent, was a veritable sweet shop of great 50s and early 60s music. Ted Carroll and Roger Armstrong had been selling vast quantities of original Ace 45s on the Rock On stall, and when Ted broached the prospect of licensing some Ace masters for UK issue/reissue with Johnny Vincent, he not only said yes but gave Ted his blessing to use the Ace name as an outlet for these, and other, reissues. Thus it was that UK Ace was able to successfully mine Vincent’s trove of musical treasures and that Ted, Roger and expert Ray Topping were able to compile – among other things – five fabulous volumes of “The Ace Story”. These original albums stayed in catalogue for years, until the deal ran out and Vincent decided to take his catalogue elsewhere. Of all the old vinyl UK Ace albums, they are among the most asked-for on CD by those who bought them decades ago and want to indulge themselves in a newly digitised version. Over the course of the next year-and-a-bit, we’ll be reissuing all five volumes of “The Ace (Ms) Story” using the original covers. Each volume will be augmented with additional classics that wouldn’t fit the finite running time of a long player, Some tracks will have been reissued many times since we first compiled them in the late 1970s and early 1980s, while others have barely been heard in public since the aspiring hopefuls in question stood before the mic in, usually, Cosimo’s Recording Studio in downtown New Orleans and did their bit to let the good times roll. Each set offers a fabulous overview of New Orleans R&B, and some of the greatest music of their time. We’re sure we don’t need to reintroduce you to Huey Smith, Frankie Ford, Earl King, Jimmy Clanton, Bobby Marchan, Frankie Lee Sims and other members of our company. And we’re sure you’ll greet them with warm appreciation, no matter how many times you might have heard some of the biggest hits that we obviously couldn’t leave out… …Ace is back on Ace. And this is the story, morning glory… By Tony Rounce (ACE Records website) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - Ace Story Vol. 2 We weren’t in the least bit surprised at how well our expanded CD reissue of “The Ace (USA) Story Volume 1” was received. It’s been one of the most requested items in the “Why don’t you reissue more of your old vinyl albums on CD” stakes for years and, frankly, we’d have been more surprised if it hadn’t gone down well. In fact, it’s gone down so well that we’ve advanced the release of the second volume to satisfy public demand. The remaining three volumes are to be expanded and digitised during the course of next year. As with the previous and forthcoming collections, Volume 2 is enhanced by the addition of a dozen bonus tracks that complement those selected many years ago for the original vinyl LP. Johnny Vincent may not have been a musician himself, but he certainly knew which musicians would make his 45s and albums sound as great as they did. By employing hands-on A&R men of the calibre of Huey “Piano” Smith, sax king Alvin “Red” Tyler and the young Mac “Dr John” Rebennack, who commanded respect among their musical peers, he always ensured that Ace’s rhythm tracks would personify the sound of New Orleans at its best. The beauty of a catalogue such as Vincent’s is that there are so many great records in it that there’s no question of turning to anything not so good in an attempt to fill a CD. Volume 2 offers more of what Volume 1 delivered: the unbeatable goodtime New Orleans rock’n’roll and R&B for which Ace was famous (although one or two tracks were recorded outside of the Crescent City, next door in Houston). Several Ace label stalwarts inevitably make their welcome return, but we also encounter a number of highly talented people who briefly figured in Johnny Vincent’s discography – and who, but for the lack of a hit record, may have figured more prominently than they did. Our roll call includes 40s R&B megastars Amos Milburn and Charles Brown duetting on Huey Smith’s rocking ‘Educated Fool’, Edgar “Big Boy” Myles and Issachar “Junior” Gordon stepping out from premier vocal groups the Shaweez and the Spiders respectively, more great stuff from blues kings Frankie Lee Sims and Julius “Mercy Baby” Mullins, a brilliant example of the early work of Crescent City legend Eddie Bo and more from the inevitably top quality repertoire of Ace mainstays Frankie Ford, Jimmy Clanton, Bobby Marchan and Huey Smith. If this music doesn’t cure your blues and put a smile on your face, it really is about time you gave some thought to having that check-up from the neck up. By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - Ace Story Vol. 3 Even though we knew people wanted them, from the amount of letters and e-mails we got asking us to restore it them catalogue, we’re still pleased with the continuing sales and acclaim we’ve received for the expanded CD reissues of our “Ace Story” vinyl LPs. The appreciation for the two volumes that appeared in 2010 has showed us that there’s still a significant market for the kind of package upon which we built our reputation some 30 years ago. Here on the third volume, the tracks that appeared on the original vinyl LP are joined by eight more goodies from the vault of Ace Records of Jackson, Mississippi, each selected to complement those originally chosen by Ted Carroll, Roger Armstrong and Ray Topping back in the early 1980s. Although nearly all of the featured tracks have been issued on CD at some point, most have been out of circulation for at least a decade and we’re mighty glad to restore them all to catalogue. Johnny Vincent’s little label might have been based one state over, and a few hundred miles away, but there is no more consistent provider of the great New Orleans sound of the 1950s than Ace. The sheer exuberance of Huey Smith’s ‘Little Liza Jane’ and ‘Everybody’s Whalin’’ and the crackling excitement of Bobby Marchan’s ‘Loberta’ (finally heard here in mastertape quality for the first time in 52 years) sound as fresh today as they did when committed to tape. The sessions Vincent cut elsewhere on blues acts such as Mercy Baby and Frankie Lee Sims are just as vital now as they ever were. And even the tracks Johnny bought or leased in, represented by Jerry McCain and Sonny Boy Williamson II, have a quality that immediately identifies them as Ace. John Vincent Imbragulio was one of the most astute A&R men of his time, with a vision matched only by the quality of his catalogue and the timeless hits that came out of it. For dancing or listening, there’s really no better way to have a good time than by slipping this compact disc into your player and, to coin a phrase from Earl King’s ‘Darling Honey Angel Child’, let the good times roll! Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2011 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - Ace Story Vol. 4 The five original volumes of “The Ace (MS) Story” were part of the backbone of our catalogue during our early days. They disappeared for a long while after our licensing agreement with Johnny Vincent expired, but we were delighted to restore three of the original five to catalogue in 2010 and 2011. Judging by their sales figures, we were not the only ones to be delighted. This fourth volume more than matches the quality of the first three. Some of its inclusions are among the rarest singles on any of Vincent’s labels. The advent of eBay and GEMM might have made some of them a little more accessible than they used to be, but the tracks by Johnny Angel, Dicky Williams, Albert Scott and Jesse Allen still command high prices. Among the less rare (but no less good) sides are seldom reissued cuts by New Orleans mainstays Huey Smith, Alvin “Red” Tyler and Eddie Bo, as well as no less than three classic Joe Tex cuts in best-ever sound! As with previous volumes in this series, the original 16 tracks of the vinyl edition have been augmented by eight other gems from Vincent’s vaults. These include Ace’s debut release (and the original of Little Richard’s ‘Slippin’ And Slidin’’), Al Collins’ ‘I Got The Blues For You’ and the label’s first-ever hit in Earl King’s ‘Those Lonely, Lonely Nights’. Collectors will also be thrilled to hear Huey Smith’s ‘Don’t You Know Yockomo’ at the same speed as the vinyl 45 for the first time on CD and the single master of Bobby Marchan’s ‘You Can’t Stop Her’ from a recently located tape source. In fact, all but three of these tracks are appearing here from transfers of the original tapes, some of which have only previously appeared from second or third-generation copy tapes. Great music in its greatest ever fidelity – what’s not to love? The original vinyl series concluded with a fifth volume, the expanded version of which should be with you towards the end of this year. The good news is that the CD series will be extended to incorporate a sixth and final volume containing rarities and unissued material that was not available to the compilers of the original vinyl series. Betcha can’t wait for that! By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2012 | CD | 17.00 € |
