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| Fats Domino - Imperial Singles Vol. 3 1956-1958 30 tracks Imperial recordings |
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Ace Records 1998 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Fats Domino - Imperial Singles Vol. 4 1959-1961 The first three volumes of the Fats Domino Imperial Singles series (CDCHD 597, 649 and 689) saw New Orleans’ finest ascend from neophyte blues and boogie-woogie stylist to bona fide rock’n’roll star. With gold-plated hits of the calibre of ‘Ain’t That A Shame’, ‘Blueberry Hill’, ‘Blue Monday’ and ‘I’m Walkin’’ receding into history, it was assumed that Fats had peaked artistically. Wrong: One spin of this release will dispel that notion handsomely. In the period 1959-1961, Domino had 13 US Top 30 pop hits. Leading the way were ‘I Want To Walk You Home’ (#8), ‘Be My Guest’ (#8) and ‘Walking To New Orleans’ (#6). Indicating Fats’ absurdly high standards, of the 26 tracks presented here only two failed to chart pop or R&B (‘I Just Cry’ and ‘Good Hearted Man’). To put the era into perspective, rock’n’roll was taking an involuntary breather but R&B was brimming with self-confidence through the records of not only Fats Domino but also Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, the Drifters, Jackie Wilson and an upcoming James Brown. Even Chubby Checker’s twist craze was R&B under another name. With longtime producer and songwriter partner Dave Bartholomew (see CDCHD 1303) still firmly in control of the sessions at Cosimo Matassa’s studio, Fats was subtly ringing the necessary changes: New Orleans parade rhythms were blended with South Louisiana swamp-pop songs from Bobby Charles and Jimmy Donley; bigger bands were drafted in, with young Wardell Quezergue writing arrangements; and occasional overdubs of orchestral accompaniment (surprisingly successful) and choruses (not so) were utilised. The standout studio musicians included Domino’s trusty road-band members Lee Allen and Herb Hardesty (tenor saxophone); Walter “Papoose” Nelson and Roy Montrell (guitar); and Cornelius Coleman (drums). Bartholomew added fiery trumpet when required, while Fats’ imperious piano was ever present. In order to recapture the hit sound of the original Imperial 45s as heard over the radio, on jukeboxes and on home record players, this release is mono only. What of Fats today? As an octogenarian, he has ageing problems and no longer performs. But his stock is higher than ever following his dramatic rescue during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He was honoured, with Dave Bartholomew, by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its American Music Masters event in Cleveland last November. And Rick Coleman’s Domino biography, Blue Monday, has been published. Fats’ Imperial recordings have now assumed classical proportions. I confidently predict that “The Imperial Singles Vol 4” will be seen as one of his best – and most enjoyable – compilations. There is still one more volume in this important series to come. (John Broven’s first book, Walking to New Orleans – with its title, of course, based on Fats’ hit song – was inducted recently into the Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis, Tennessee. The US edition, entitled Rhythm & Blues in New Orleans, is still in print.) By John Broven (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2011 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Fats Domino - It's Not Over 'Till The Fat Man Sings |
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Eagle Records 1990 | LP | 12.00 € |
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| Fats Domino - Live From Austin Texas 17 tracks live from Austin City Limits 1986 |
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New West Records 2006 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Fats Domino - Million Sellers Vol. 1 & 2 two LPs on 1 CD. Originally released 1962 and 1963. All 28 tracks recorded between 1957-1960. |
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BGO Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Fats Domino - Platinum |
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Emi 2008 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Fats Domino - Rockin' On Rampant 2CD 2 CD:tä = 46 biisiä |
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Proper 2003 | 2-CD | 15.00 € |
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| Fats Domino - The Imperial Singles Vol. 5 1962-1964 The fifth and final volume in the Fats Domino Imperial singles series takes us up to 1964, and as usual covers all the A and B-sides and includes a couple of contemporary album tracks in stereo for good measure. The rest of the CD is in original mono and never waivers from the true singles masters as they were issued in the US. This volume covers the period just as Fats was cooling off chart-wise and includes singles released on Imperial after he had left for ABC Paramount in 1963. This is the least reissued period of Fats Domino but contains many gems. The booklet is packed with great pictures, period advertising and detailed information, and is a handsome companion to the previous volumes and completes the set. 1961 had been a good year for New Orleans R&B, with hits by Joe Barry, Ernie K-Doe, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Chris Kenner and Fats, but things started to cool off in '62 for our man. It was as if after ten years of hits for him, the gates were swinging open to a plethora of talent from New Orleans and Louisiana. As the 60s progressed this presence continued to be felt, with hits by Jessie Hill, Lee Dorsey, the Dixie Cups and others, while Fats’ star waned, exacerbated by a change of record company and a change in the listening tastes of young record buyers, but in retrospect it’s clear that the decline in hit records was not reflected by a drop in quality. The sides here include ‘Jambalaya’, ‘You Win Again’ and ‘Your Cheating Heart’, Fats' take on the great Hank Williams, at a time when Ray Charles was changing the face of R&B with covers of country material; some great New Orleans R&B in ‘I Hear You Knocking’, ‘You Always Hurt The One You Love’ and ‘Goin’ Home’; and superb original songs such as ‘My Real Name’, ‘Dance With Mr Domino’ and ‘Did You Ever See A Dream Walking’ – all in all a veritable feast of Fats at his best. Fats’ albums were still strong sellers, and from 1962’s “Just Domino” we have included ‘Teenage Love’ and ‘La La’ – as they were released at the time in stereo, we have included stereo masters in this collection. Fats Domino has a larger than life profile following Hurricane Katrina, and he and his producer/songwriter Dave Bartholomew have been honoured by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Today Fats’ name is up there with the great surviving rock’n’roll legends. Now’s the time to complete your library of his Imperial singles. Rest assured, take any volume from the series and you will never be less than happy, and more than likely be ready to get up and dance! By Brian Nevill (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2012 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Fats Domino - This Is Fats Domino Originally released in 1956 on the Imperial label and collecting both old and new chart-smashers, most of which were co-written with Dave Bartolomew, This is Fats Domino explains the legendary role Antoine Domino had, and still has, in New Orleans' popular culture. "Blueberry Hill", "Rockin' And Reeling", "The Fat Man's Hop"... this is the soundtrack to a trip to Bourbon Street. "Fats won't ever grow like a weed or be as tall as a building", they used to say in New Orleans, "but he's as strong as the Mississippi and he'll be around just as long". |
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Rumble Records 2012 | LP | 18.00 € |
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| Fats Domino - Walking To New Orleans 4CD Box 100 legendary Imperial Recordings 1949-1962 |
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Capitol Records 2002 | CD-Box | 60.00 € |
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| Faye Adams - I'm Goin' To Leave You 21 tracks |
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Mr R&B | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Faye Adams - Shake A Hand / I'll Be True re-issue |
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Herlad | Single/EP | 6.00 € |
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| Fieldstones - Mud Island Blues |
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Hightone / Hmg Records 2005 | CD | 20.00 € |
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| Fiestas - Oh So Fine Leaning more to the soul (rather than doowop) side of Black Music, The Fiestas career spanned nearly 20 years. This CD expands on the old Ace LP (CH 173) and includes their biggest hit So Fine (which reached No 11 on Billboard's Hot 100) plus 28 other great sides. So Fine hit No 3 on the R&B chart and then crossed to the Billboard Hot 100 tin 1959, the year following the birth of the soul movement (when hits like Jerry Butler & The Impressions, Jackie Wilson, The Falcons, Marv Johnson and The Drifters all burst on to the Black Music scene).The Fiestas hailed from Newark, New Jersey and signed to Old Town after Hy Weiss heard them "singing in the toilet next to my office. I heard them and came out of my office and that??s how I go that group. It cost me $40 to record So Fine, that's all". Many of the tracks here are presented in stereo for the first time - You Could Be My Girlfriend is in the original 2-track stereo mix. The music captures the changes going on in Black Music at the time and there are echoes of Sam Cooke, The Coasters and Jackie Wilson, though these are more to do with choice of material than the band's sound. Think Smart (the flip of their cover of Arthur Alexander's Anna), incidentally, is now a much-coveted Northern Soul rarity. |
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Ace Records 1993 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Five Keys - Out Of Sight Out Of Mind 2CD The Five Keys are one of the most revered vocal groups of the 50’s. They started and achieved legendary status with their recordings on Aladdin and Capitol. While their Aladdin recordings have been compiled many times, we found that their Capitol output was not that easy to find in its entirety, just a few albums with the hits, but leaving out many great tracks. Now, for the first time, in this package, you have all the sides they released on Capitol from 1954 until 1958 - 47 tracks, plus seven tracks backing jazz great, Jack Teagarden and two extra bonus recordings of the group on the Alan Freed Radio show. We believe that this is the greatest Five Keys Capitol package ever produced! |
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El Toro Records 2012 | CD | 23.00 € |
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| Five Keys - The 5 Keys 30 biisiä |
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East Coast Music 1996 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Five Royales - 5 Royales - The Real Thing 16 tracks |
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Dr. Horse | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Flares - Foot Stompin' 26 biisiä vuosilta 1960-1963 |
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Ace Records 2002 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Fleetwood Mac - Save me / I Loved Another Woman (Live) second hand copy. sleeve VG+ (light ringwear) record EX |
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WB 1989 | Single/EP | 4.00 € Käytetty |
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| Floyd Dixon - Cow Town Blues 26 biisiä vuosilta 1949-1951 |
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Ace Records 1999 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Floyd Dixon - Empty Stocking Blues |
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Route 66 | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Floyd Dixon - Houston Jump 16 tracks |
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Route 66 | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Floyd Dixon - Opportunity Blues 16 tracks |
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Route 66 | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Fontella Bass - Free 1972 album |
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Paula Records | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Fontella Bass - The Very Best Of 25 tracks |
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Universal Music 2006 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| Forest Lake Band - High Temperature Vanhan koulukunnan Chicago-bluesia moderneilla tulkinnoilla, rehellisellä asenteella, mukana myös omia kappaleita. Hyvä kotimainen blues yhtye Oulusta! |
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Forest Lake Band 2011 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Four Marksmen - The Birth Of Love / One Love rare 1958 original 7". Doo Wop from California. VG+ copy |
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Radio Record Co 1958 | Single/EP | 20.00 € Käytetty |
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| Frank Frost With The Night Hawks - Hey Boss Man |
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Bear Family 2012 | LP | 18.00 € |
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| Frankie Ervin - Dragnet Blues 18 tracks |
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Earth Angel | LP | 17.00 € |
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| Frankie Lymon - Rock'n'Roll Frankie Lymon's First Solo Record |
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Collector's Choice Music 2008 | CD | 9.90 € |
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| Frankie Lymon - The Lost Tapes Recorded at Executive Sound Studios in Bronx, New York. From September 3rd, 1962 through December 8th, 1965. |
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Lady Goose | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Their Greatest Recordings 2CD The most comprehensive release on CD yet of the recordings of Frankie Lymon, one of the most influential performers of the '50s. Includes all of his hits with 'The Teenagers' and solo classics like 'Why Do Fools Fall in Love', 'Baby Baby' and the unforgettable, 'I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent', as well as the A and B sides of all his US singles plus album tracks. As a pre-teen star at the age of 12 Frankie Lymon was an inspiration to scores of like minded kids in America who blossomed in the '60s like Diana Ross and Ronnie Spector and many others! |
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Jasmine Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Freddie & The Screamers - Death Letter Blues 10 tracks |
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Appaloosa 1992 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Freddie King - Taking Care Of Business 7CD Box Everything the legendary electric blues guitarist cut in the studio from 1956 to 1973 for El-Bee, Federal, King, Cotillion-Atlantic, and Leon Russell's Shelter Records! Every killer instrumental he waxed during his early 1960s hitmaking heyday, including 'Driving Sideways', 'Wash Out', 'Low Tide', and 'Remington Ride' plus his original hit recordings of 'Hide Away', 'Lonesome Whistle Blues', 'San-Ho-Zay', 'I'm Tore Down', and his piledriving 'Going Down'! Seven completely full discs including early rarities and previously unreleased alternate takes of some of his best-known Federal classics including 'You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling', 'Have You Ever Loved A Woman', and 'See See Baby', plus previously unissued Federal Recordings. An entire unissued 1968 demo session cut in Dallas that includes his rendition of J. B. Lenoir's 'The Mojo' (available in no other studio version). Incredible unpublished photos and memorabilia plus comprehensive liner notes from Bill Dahl! -- Freddie King, the legendary Texas Cannonball, was one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time whose fiery style laid the foundation of modern rock guitar. 'Rolling Stone' placed him #25 on the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time because he profoundly influenced Eric Clapton (who recorded several of King's songs including 'Hide Away', 'Have You Ever Loved A Woman', 'I'm Tore Down'), Jeff Beck ('The Stumble'), Stevie Ray Vaughan ('Hide Away'), and many others. -- 'He was the guy' said Jimmie Vaughan. 'He was powerful. It was unbelievable. And I never heard anyone play louder back then!' -- 'If I'm building a solo,' said Eric Clapton, 'I'll start with a Freddie King line. Of all the people I played with, he was the most stimulating.' -- Of the three seminal postwar blues guitarists answering to the name of King, Freddie King brought the highest energy levels to his studio exploits and probably influenced most rock axemen of all, including Eric Clapton and Jimmie Vaughan. King's innovative Texas/West Side Chicago hybrid approach was absolutely unique, and his double-threat hitmaking career as singer and instrumentalist was unmatched. No blues guitar god ever threw more of his muscular physique into his incendiary fretwork. And what a commanding, emotionally charged voice he had! This epic collection brings together for the first time in one spectacular box every released studio recording Freddie King made from 1956 to 1973. It includes both sides of his rare debut single for tiny El-Bee Records, a slew of Federal alternate takes (several previously unheard), and an entire unissued demo session from 1968 consisting of Freddie's only known studio rendition of J.B. Lenoir's The Mojo, and three dynamite untitled instrumentals. Everything King subsequently had out on Cotillion and Shelter is here, too. - There have been many Freddie King 'Greatest Hits' packages on the market over the decades focusing on one chapter of his career, but this is the ultimate tribute to one of the most influential blues guitarists the genre has ever seen. Nothing like it has ever been attempted, and no dedicated blues fan can live without it! |
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Bear Family 2009 | CD-Box | 145.00 € |
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| Freddie King - Texas Flyer 5CD Box (5-CD Boxed Set, LP-Size, with 80-Page-Hardcover Book, 64 tracks. Playing time: 363:47). -- Completes the Freddie King story, with all of his 1974-75 RSO studio recordings (some with label-mate Eric Clapton) and four jam-packed discs of sizzling mid-'70s live performances. Bear Family's first Freddie King box was one of our best-selling, best-reviewed sets EVER! This is the exciting sequel. Contains King's acclaimed 'Burglar' album, produced in England by Mike Vernon, as well as rarities and an unreleased version of 'That's All Right'. Most of the riveting live performances on this immense box are previously unreleased, and all are beautifully recorded in crisp, clear stereo. No bootleg quality sound here! Beautifully designed accompanying book features plenty of photos, a full discography, and extensive liner notes that include fresh interviews with Mike Vernon, trumpeter Darrell Leonard (who produced six of the live tracks), and one of Freddie's notable '70s sidemen, pianist David Maxwell. -- This 5-CD boxed set picks up right where Bear Family's first mammoth and highly acclaimed Freddie King box, 'Taking Care Of Business 1956-1973', left off, chronicling the last years of the great Texas-born blues guitarist's legacy with RSO Records, where, of course, Eric Clapton also recorded. King's producer, Mike Vernon, had previously founded Blue Horizon Records, England's top blues label. Vernon would helm King's first RSO album, 'Burglar,' in Great Britain; the set spotlighted Freddie's high-energy attack in a funky soul-laced setting. One song on the acclaimed album was cut in Miami with Tom Dowd producing and Eric Clapton on second guitar. Also included are several more studio-cut gems, including a previously unreleased version of Jimmy Rogers' 'That's All Right', and King's last Vernon-helmed single for RSO, done in L.A. with the city's top R&B session aces. - The other four discs capture Freddie in all his onstage glory, working his magic in front of appreciative live throngs. The great majority of these in-concert performances have never been released until now; they're all professionally recorded in sparkling stereo with Freddie's crack touring band in tow and King in typically dazzling form. The last live number dates from a month-and-a-half before Freddie's tragic December 1976 death, featuring him in a guitar-wielding guest role as Clapton sings Farther Up The Road. |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD-Box | 115.00 € |
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| Freddie Slack - Mr Freddie's Boogie (1940-1947) |
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Great Voice Of Century 2008 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Freddy King - Blues Guitar Hero 24 tracks |
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Ace Records 1993 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Freddy King - Blues Guitar Hero Vol. 2 24 tracks |
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Ace Records 2002 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Freddy King - Gives You A Bonanza Of Instrumentals King’s second all-instrumental album, Freddy King Gives You a Bonanza of Instrumentals, originally released in 1965 on King Records’ Federal subsidiary, continued the artist’s winning streak, with such memorable King originals as “Manhole,” “Freeway 75,” “Low Tide” and “Funnybone.” The 12-song LP demonstrates once again why King was one of his generation’s most revered electric guitarists. |
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Sundazed Music 2010 | LP | 20.00 € |
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| Freddy King - Goes Surfin' Syd Nathan, impresario of Cincinatti's King Records, was the epitome of the old-school indie record label owner. Always hustling, Nathan regularly beat the odds to release hit after hit in multiple genres. He'd try anything if he thought it might work, or more precisely, if he thought it would make money. After Chess Records turned down guitarist/vocalist Freddy King several times for sounding too much like B.B, King, Nathan thought that sound might actually be sellable and took a chance, signing Freddy to his Federal subsidiary label. They hit paydirt with an instrumental titled "Hide Away," which reached #5 on the R&B Chart and #29 on the Pop Singles Chart. Encouraged by the single's success, Nathan released a full album of King's instrumentals, Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King. (See what Nathan did there with the title, slipping in a reference to Freddy's big hit single? Always be closing, my friends, always be closing.) The album sold well and helped make Freddy a bankable touring act. While others would have been satisfied to move on to the next project, Syd sensed untapped potential in the LP. Meanwhile, several artists on the West Coast were making noise in the brand new surf music scene (and by "making noise," I mean selling records). Syd didn't have any surf music artists under contract, but he DID have Freddy King. Surely, Syd surmised, if the kid's went nuts for Dick Dale's guitar instrumental workouts, they could do the same for Freddy's. All he needed was a little marketing magic...GET A NEW COVER WITH SOME SURF KIDS! THROW SOME CROWD NOISE OVER TRACKS SO IT SOUNDS 'LIVE'! CALL IT...ERR...FREDDY KING GOES SURFIN'! PRESS IT AND HAVE IT ON THE SHELVES BY NEXT WEEK!!!!!!! While it may not have happened EXACTLY like that, King Records did release Freddy King Goes Surfin', an album containing the very same songs (in precisely the same running order) as Let's Hide Away... with crowd noise dubbed over the music. Did the ruse work? Though it didn't sell as well as the original, Freddy King Goes Surfin' did find an audience. Like Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger, the album's title is such a preposterous premise that it surely snagged many buyers on that fact alone. And no amount of ersatz cheering and cocktail glass tinkling could cover up the six-string genius of King and his almighty Texas tone. Need proof? Fellow Lone Star blues maven Billy F. Gibbons picked Freddy King Goes Surfin' as one of his Top Ten Favorite Blues Albums of All Time. As for Sundazed, we know not to mess with a good thing. Sourced from the original King mono masters and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Record Technology, Inc. (RTI), we are proud to present Freddy King Goes Surfin' in its original running order with its original cover art. Somewhere, Syd is chuckling to himself, remembering the time he stole a hit right out from under the Chess brothers... |
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Sundazed Music 2013 | LP | 23.00 € |
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| Freddy King - Let's Hide Away And Dance Away King scored his biggest hit with 1961’s “Hide Away,” which became his signature tune; it also became a standard for bluesy bar bands on both sides of the Atlantic, and a regular feature of Eric Clapton’s live sets. King followed “Hide Away” with a memorable series of self-penned instrumental hits, including the blues standards “San-Ho-Zay” and “The Stumble.” The aforementioned tunes are all featured on King’s all-instrumental 1961 LP Let’s Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King. Originally released on the legendary King label, it remains one of the most influential guitar albums of all time, and demonstrates why King remains a guitar icon. |
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Sundazed Music 2010 | LP | 20.00 € |
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| G.L. Crockett meets Big Walter Price - Rockin' With The Blues 28 tracks |
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Official | CD | 19.00 € |
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| Gary "U.S." Bonds - Quarter To Three/Twist Up Calypso They rarely make such well dressed albums nowadays as these two blistering, trend-setting long players. And once you have got past the packaging there is that cosmic rock'n'roll sound from another land. Ask Bruce Springsteen about it next time you see him FRANK GUIDA PRESENTS... by Cliff White Gary US Bonds is generally unfairly remembered in Britain simply as a two-hit wonder from the dance crazy days at the beginning of the 60s and/or, depending on your vintage, a brief guest of the Bruce Springsteen/Steve Van Zandt camp in the early 80s. While it is true that these have been his commercial peaks to date, there has been rather more to the career of Gary Anderson (for it is he) than immediately met the UK charts. Leaving aside his unsung period as a formidable songwriter in collaboration with Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams during the late 60s and 70s, Mr Bonds had a substantial six years or so with Frank Guida's Legrand Records out of Norfolk, Virginia, ripe for re-evaluation. Ace Records, who have already partly illustrated the case with TAKE ME BACK TO NEW ORLEANS (CDCHD 549) - a compilation of forgotten 45s and previously unissued Legrand recordings, now return to basics with this twofer CD repackage of Bonds' original duo of Legrand albums. As any fule no, the story didn't in fact start with, nor even side-track into, the city of New Orleans, except that was the title and to some extent musical spirit of Bonds' first Legrand single release and hit record on both sides of the Atlantic in November 1960 (US), January 1961 (UK). (Er, hold it-.-possible cause for debate: The New Orleans-based annotator of a recent CD of New Orleans recordings has claimed that Big Boy Myles' recording of New Orleans was the original, not a cover version of Bonds, even though Myles' 45 carried Guida-Royster's writer/publishing credits. Sounds unlikely to me. Anyhow...) Born in Florida in 1939, Anderson had relocated to Norfolk VA in the mid-50s where, after creating a buzz on the club scene, he was taken on board by local record store owner, DJ, producer and budding entrepreneur, Frank Guida. Guida had already gathered about him a cookin' coterie of the city's hottest R&B musicians, soon to include featured tenor saxman Gene "Daddy G" Barge. Add Anderson's spirited vocals, Guida's unorthodox production slant - loads of double-tracking, into the red zone distortion and back-up rumbunctiousness - plus publicity-grabbing alias for Gary US Bonds, and they were off and running with a unique series of recordings that haven't been replicated to the present day. If Phil Spector subsequently produced a Wall Of Sound on the West Coast with umpteen orchestral musicians, Frank Guida on the East Coast had already created an instant party with his unconventionally recorded little ensemble of raucous rhythm'n'bluesers. Because Bonds' topside singles - six US hits included here but in total some 25 Legrand 45s - were mostly in ricochet sound mode, his vocal talents were largely overlooked at the time except by those who listened to flipsides or bought the albums. On the doowop and proto-soul ballads, however, this reissue reminds us that Mr Bonds had far more to offer than slapstick. Out of the Clyde McPhatter school of secular sanctifying he could burn your heart when given rein to do so. With such punchy accompaniment, Gary US Bonds dance-oriented recordings had guts and vigour and a screw-convention rawness that was far more exhilarating than other pop hits of the era-.-on other tracks he was essaying a potential future soulman who perhaps missed his main chance when the climate changed from scattiness to serious. Listen for the voice while brushing up your boogaloo. Ain't nothing but a Church Street Five hoedown with soul sauce on the side the way they used to serve it in Norfolk, Virginia: all of a hot mess and no napkin. (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 1998 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Gatemouth Moore - Hey Mr. Gatemouth 27 biisiä |
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Westside 2000 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Gene & Eunice - Go On Ko Ko Mo! 28 biisiä vuosilta 1954-1960 |
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Ace Records 2001 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Gene McDaniels - Look To Your Heart 2CD The Gene McDaniels Story 1959-1961 Gene McDaniels was one of the more popular artists to come out of the 1950s R&B scene and here we present his first four LPs in one package for the first time. Includes the popular oldie '100 Pounds of Clay' and also featured are bonus singles from 1960 to 61 including 'Tower of Strength' and 'A Tear Fell' which is featured in the famous '60s movie 'It's Trad Dad' This marvellous 2CD set illustrates perfectly his immense talent to diversify into the ever evolving musical styles of the 20th Century. With fully detailed liner notes covering his whole career this CD is well worth checking out. |
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Jasmine Records 2012 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Gene Phillips - Swinging The Blues 25 biisiä vuosilta 1947-1963 |
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Ace Records 2000 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Gene Phillips And His Rhythm Aces - Drinkin' & Stinkin' More great late 40s and early 50s Louis Jordan-style jump'n'jive from one of Modern's original R&B stars. When Ray Topping assembled the first Ace CD compilation of Gene Phillips' Modern recordings a few years ago, he promised that a second volume would eventually be forthcoming. It's taken us a couple of years to make good on that promise - some of the acetates for repertoire that Ray didn't use were heavily worn or damaged in some way, and the Sound Mastering audio geniuses have had to devote long (if ultimately rewarding) hours to their restoration. But on the understanding that good things always come to those who wait, we're delighted at last to bring forth - as a valuable addition to our fast-expanding 10-inch series - Drinkin' And Stinkin', a most worthy companion to 1999's Singing The Blues (CDCHD 746). Gene Phillips was one of the first important artists to be signed by the fledgling Modern Music Company back in 1946, and probably ranks as the label's second-most important early signing behind Hadda Brooks. Even though he was only signed to the label as an artist for 3-4 years, he enjoyed a lengthy subsequent association with the Bihari brothers' West Coast R&B indie as a sideman. (It's recently been established that he played on the Oscar McLollie sessions from 1955, and indeed he may well have continued his relationship with Modern beyond then...) This CD, of course, deals with Gene's recordings under his own name. And what recordings they are! Despite an obvious debt to the oeuvre of R&B megastar Louis Jordan - and, let's face it, if your music is going to owe anything to somebody else's, Mr Jordan's is not the worst repertoire in the world to be indebted to - they are, without exception, fabulous examples of proto-R&B as it was beginning to shake the shackles of jazz, and to emerge as a valid music form in its own right. Just a few years after these sides were recorded, the Treniers made a fine record called It Rocks! It Rolls! It Swings! The music of Gene Phillips and his Rhythm Aces was, and still is, tailor-made to suit such a description... In selecting the repertoire for this set, I re-listened to every surviving take on these masters and chose those I felt were the best, regardless of whether or not the takes in question were those originally designated as the "master" by Jules Bihari. Since I've become more deeply involved in the Modern reissue programme I've realised that the Bihari-approved take was, in many case, merely the last complete one of the session in question, rather than the best one, and that there were often far better takes lurking further to the front of any given acetate or tape. In presenting these in preference to a "master" I'm certainly not trying to second-guess the Bihari brothers - I'm merely attempting to give the listener (and, hopefully, the buyer!) the best possible representation of this tremendously underrated R&B pioneer. More than half of these performances have never been reissued in any format, and 8 of the takes I've unearthed for your listening pleasure have never been issued at all! There are many treats here, from the adrenaline-fuelled R&B bounce of Boogie Everywhere, Royal Boogie and 304 Boogie (the latter titled by Mr Topping - in respect of the fact that its matrix number is MM 304!) to the witty Jordanesque blues of Stinkin' Drunk (the lyric of which provides our title here), Women Women Women and a personal favourite, Getting Down Wrong. There are also two rare opportunities to hear Gene live, coming to you from Frank Bull and Gene Norman's 1951 "Blues Jamboree". Despite the fact that these performances were severely truncated for issue (and, sadly, no original unedited acetate survives) they demonstrate what a great thing a Gene Phillips gig must have been back in the day. The 19 tracks here represent the balance of Gene's Modern/RPM catalogue, and their reissue in the 10 inch series means that at least one take of everything he recorded for the Biharis as a bandleader is now available on an Ace CD. And well might they be, for this is great music from beginning to end, and music that the passage of more than half a century has done nothing to impair its vivacity of. Gene Phillips' career as a leader may have been over long before the birth of rock'n'roll, but these stupendous recordings show that, as a vocalist and musician, he has as much claim to have been in on R&R's midwifery as any of his more famous contemporaries. by Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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