Blues / Rhythm & Blues - 1950-luku
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| VA: - The Memphis Jukebox Vol. 1 Vee-Tone Records present the secrets of the Graceland jukebox. The Memphis Jukebox Volume One is a fascinating insight into the musical tastes of the King of Rock 'n' Roll. This is the first ever release to contain the actual music contained on Elvis Presley's personal jukebox at his Graceland home. This unique collection allows listeners to experience and enjoy the music that Elvis Presley listened to whilst relaxing at home. Some of the tracks featured were actually recorded by Elvis during his career in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. The original Elvis Presley jukebox 45's were recently put to auction and purchased by Henrik Knudsen and the details published in the February 2010 issue of Record Collector magazine article by Megan Murphy, the "Secrets of Elvis' Jukebox". The 22 singles featured on this collection have been carefully selected by Vee-Tone Records to demonstrate the young Elvis Presley's wide musical tastes including Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll and Doo Wop. Many of Elvis's peers are featured including artists such as Carl Perkins, Dale Hawkins, Little Walter, The Rays, Chuck Willis, James Brown plus many more. |
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Vee-Tone Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - The Memphis Jukebox Vol. 2 |
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Vee-Tone Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - The Music City Story 3CD Ray Dobard’s Music City Records of Berkeley, California, across the Bay from San Francisco, is a catalogue of mythic proportions that has been cherished for decades by a small hardcore of R&B, vocal group and, latterly, soul fanatics. Based on the available evidence – 50-odd 45 and 78rpm releases – and a lot of hearsay and rumour, many have spent hours fantasising about the purported riches in the possession of its famously protective, zealous owner. Ace Records is thus proud to unlock the Music City vault for the edification and entertainment of the world at large with the 3CD set “The Music City Story”, an unprecedented survey of the label’s 25-year operation, and an excellent primer for Ace’s forthcoming genre- and artist-based compilations of Music City material, telling the story with many rare gems from the catalogue and a surfeit of previously unissued goodies. Although Ray Dobard experimented with recording a variety of genres, the legend of Music City is predicated on its role as a premier exponent of black rhythm and blues styles, with a strong regional flavour. Most significantly, the sound of Music City was street. Much of what appeared on the label and lies in its voluminous cache of unreleased recordings can be said to reflect the evolution of black popular music between the early 50s and the mid-1970s. It reflects reality: this is what was heard in clubs and juke joints, at high school auditoria and rec centres, rent parties or literally out on the sidewalk, with all the dissonance and unoriginality that might imply, but matched equally by huge, invigorating dollops of innocence and exuberance, and a surprising amount of inspiration. Amongst the set’s 78 tracks are names familiar to doo wop and blues collectors – the Crescendos, Gaylarks, Rovers, 5 Lyrics, Alvin Smith etc – while behind several others lurk famous names (James Brown, Lou Rawls) or others soon to be famous (Sugar Pie DeSanto, members of Sly & the Family Stone). From the raucous jump blues of Del Graham’s ‘Your Money Ain’t Long Enough’ to the hip street soul of Darondo, the breadth of genres represented is extensive, but the overall emphasis in “The Music City Story” is upon the black vocal group, be it 50s, 60s or 70s vintage. It is the rich seam of Bay Area groups mined by Music City that collectors most closely associate with the label. Dobard had only a couple of minor hits – the 4 Deuces’ popular ‘W-P-L-J’, Johnny Heartsman’s raucous ‘Johnny’s House Party’ – but kept the tape machine running pretty much constantly for much of his quarter-century in the business. It has been many years since as significant a stash as Music City’s has come to light, and accompanying the tantalising musical treats is an extensive, heavily-illustrated sleeve note detailing the label’s history. Given that the late Dobard was notorious evasive, an air of mystery has always surrounded his activities in music, but this is the first time a recounting of the Music City saga has been based upon hard data, rather than supposition. Documents, letters, tape box annotations, discographical notes, session chatter, even recorded phone conversations form a considerable body of evidence, that helps bring into focus what this fiercely independent and pioneering black entrepreneur achieved. Ray was no Dootsie Williams or Jake Porter, but nevertheless, a picture emerges of a fascinatingly complex figure, whose role in the black music scene in the mid-20th century cannot be discounted. As venerable East Bay bandleader Johnny Talbot puts it, “to me, Ray Dobard was the foundation of Bay Area music. There was hardly anyone who did anything later who didn’t bump into Ray, so he had to be a foundation.” By Alec Palao (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2011 | CD-Box | 40.00 € |
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| VA: - The Norfolk, VA. Rock'n'Roll Sound 24 biisiä vuosilta 1954-63 |
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Ace Records 1994 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - The Pomus & Shuman Story - Double Trouble 1956-1967 26 tracks |
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Ace Records 2007 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - The R&B Hits Of 1955 3CD 3CDs = 84 tracks |
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Castle Music 2005 | CD-Box | 20.00 € |
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| VA: - The Rhythm Teens 23 biisiä mm Dappers, Statics, Del-Tones, Dreamtones, Five Gents, Supremes, Georgie Manis jne |
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Norton Records 2003 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - The Street Harmony Revue Vol. 1 23 tracks |
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Crystal Ball Records 2003 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - The UK Sue Story Vol. 4 26 tracks from 1956-1966 |
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Ace Records 2006 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - These Ghoulish Things - Horror Hits For Hallowe'en 28 thorrible hitpicks fron the ghoul-den age of R&R. Be Afraid ! |
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Ace Records 2005 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - This Is DJ Choice Vol. 2 - Keb Darge & Lucinda Slim |
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Unique Records 2008 | CD | 20.00 € |
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| VA: - Thunderbike Vol. 1 18 rare tracks from the 50s and 60s. Scorchin' R&B and R&R |
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Thunderbike Records 2010 | LP | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Toast Of The Coast 1950s R&B From Dolphin's Of Hollywood Vol 1950s R&B From Dolphin's Of Hollywood Vol. 2 ! We’re often asked why we don’t put out as many R&B compilations as we used to. In part, our extensive release schedule in the past has meant that, while the well is still by no means dry, it’s not as full as it used to be. Additionally, demand has dwindled a little, as its audience gets older and less interested in ownership of CDs. Also, the relentless onslaught of lesser quality “out of copyright” issues has eaten away at the core market for R&B and given a false perspective on the true worth of material that’s being, for want of a better term, legally bootlegged. We still love R&B, and we will continue to support it as long as people keep calling for it. This month, we’re delighted to bring you another volume in our series of CDs devoted to the labels of the late John Grattan Dolphin. Our previous Dolphin compilation highlighted repertoire that Lovin’ John had recorded for release on his first label, Recorded In Hollywood. This time, the repertoire is largely drawn from the stack of tapes that Dolphin produced or bought with the intention of issuing them on his later labels, Money and Cash. With one exception, all tracks come from original mastertapes that Ace acquired from Dolphin’s widow, Ruth, some years ago. Dolphin’s scattergun approach to running his labels meant that he would be recording and releasing high profile acts like Memphis Slim, Pee Wee Crayton, Joe Houston and Jimmy Witherspoon one day, and extremely obscure ones like Vernon Anders and Al Calloway the next. For every two sides that he issued, he left two in the can. Indeed, some singers heard here, such as Ervin “Big Boy” Groves’ protégée Little Margie, recorded many sides over several sessions without so much as one finding its way onto the market. He may not have released everything he cut, but Dolphin held onto the majority of his reels of tape. Because of this, Ace can bring you another helping of quality R&B, in the direct-from-the-studio-floor quality. (There’s plenty more where this comes from. Even as you’re reading these words, another volume is being planned for release in early 2010). As we are wont to do on these occasions, we’ve enlisted the help of top notch west coast researcher-annotator Jim Dawson to tell the story behind the songs and artists - and as ever, Jim’s left no stone unturned in his quest to uncover new facts about the most terminally obscure names on this set. Half a century may have passed since John Dolphin really was the Toast Of the Coast, but his musical legacy has outlived him. Thanks to our being able to bring you compilations such as this one, it will continue to do so for many years to come. By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Toes On The Nose - 32 Surf Age Instrumentals Classic California surf-era instrumentals from the Emi Owned west coast labels; Capitol, Imperial and Liberty. Feat legendary musicians such as Gary Usher, Richie Podolor, Sandy Nelson and more |
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Ace Records 1996 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Too Late To Be Good - Vocal Harmony Vanguard 1937-52 Vocal group harmony enjoyed its golden years from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s when groups such as The Platters, The Drifters and The 4 Seasons regularly topped the national Billboard Pop and R&B Charts, but the tradition goes back much further than that, right back to the dawn of recorded sound and beyond in fact. This CD, however, concentrates on the post-war rise of the vocal ensemble in a variety of different settings - quartets, quintets, ensemble jive and jazz groups, acapella harmony units and big band vocal groups - but all architects of the modern style that would come to be known, for better or worse, as Doo Wop. |
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El Toro Records 2003 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Top Of The Tops tracks from 1950-1960. American, French and British hits from the era. |
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Magic Records 2011 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Transparent Rock Shake Rhythm 25 tracks |
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Collector Records 2008 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Turn Back The Clock 12 biisiä |
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King Records 1988 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| VA: - UK Sue Label Story: The World Of Guy Stevens 26 biisiä |
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Ace Records 2004 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - Urban Blues Volumes 1 & 2 2 vanhaa bluesklassikko kokoelma LP:tä yhdellä CD:llä. 27 biisiä |
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BGO 1999 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Very Best Of Blues Vol. 3 20 biisiä VeeJay Blues: Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Billy Boy Arnold, Eddie Taylor... |
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Collectables 2000 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Virginia Rocks 2CD 60 tracks with 72 page booklet |
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JSP Records 2009 | 2-CD | 23.00 € |
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| VA: - Welcome Back To Town - Live R&B And Jump Blues 24 biisiä |
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El Toro | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Wellcome Back to.. Town 24 biisiä R&B:tä |
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El Toro | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - What's Your Name ? 28 tracks |
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El Toro Records 2005 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - With My Little Ukulele In My Hand 4CD 4CDs = 104 tracks + 48 page illustrated booklet |
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Proper 2008 | CD-Box | 20.00 € |
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| VA: - Wolf Call! Rarities 1957-64 |
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Norton Records 1999 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Yet More Mellow Cats 'n' Kittens 24 tracks - hot R&B and Cool Blues 1945-1951 |
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Ace Records 2007 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - You Heard It Here First ! 26 classics from the 50s and 60s, heard here in their original, pre-hit versions. |
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Ace Records 2008 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - You Heard It Here First! Vol. 2 As a concept it’s a revelation – the original versions of (mostly) familiar songs that went on to become big hits by other artists. Familiarity is turned on its head as mental receptors attuned to the better-known hit versions – the received wisdom, if you like – are challenged for attention by the performers who made the original recordings to little or no acclaim. It’s a parallel universe where the reassuringly familiar landscape is a beautiful illusion. Volume 1 of “You Heard It Here First” was among our best sellers of last year and we believe that this sequel is an even stronger package. Here again are pop hits as the soundtrack to our lives – but not as we know them. Many of these original versions are exceedingly rare in vinyl form, notably Dan Penn’s self-penned original version of ‘I’m Your Puppet’ (on which Penn actually sings the line ‘I’m The Puppet’, in contrast to all the versions which followed) and the Corporation’s barnstorming ‘Candida’, subsequently a US #3 for Tony Orlando’s Dawn, though one wonders why the Corporation’s torrid original failed to make the same impact. Tony Joe White’s ‘Polk Salad Annie’, a top 10 hit on the Monument label in 1969, laid down the template for the so-called swamp rock sound and was later popularised by Elvis who had a UK hit with the song in 1973. But for all his seeming self-assurance, White had struggled to make the song work , having cut it for Monument as ‘Old Man Willis’ a year earlier before re-recording it with a fresh set of lyrics as ‘Polk Salad Annie’. Here’s how it sounded before the re-write – a truly intriguing juxtaposition. Most of Brian Hyland’s hits were written for him so it comes as a surprise to learn that his signature tune, ‘Sealed With A Kiss’, had first been recorded some two years earlier by the Four Voices, a clean-cut vocal group. That is the version which displays the apparent debt the song owed to ‘The Green Leaves of Summer’, a big hit of the day. Transmogrified by successive generations of folk and pop artists into ‘Wimoweh’ ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’, Solomon Linda’s African tribal chant, ‘Mbube’, must be one of the most misappropriated tunes in post-war pop music, though in recent years Linda began to receive the acknowledgement for his memorable if inadvertent contribution to the pop canon and we are proud to present it here. Sixties wheeler-dealer Simon Napier-Bell and TV maven Vicki Wickham took it upon themselves to pen English lyrics to a contemporary Italian hit, ’Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)’ in the back of a cab on their way to an evening meal at a restaurant in London’s West End in early 1966 – or so the redoubtable Napier-Bell has claimed in various autobiographies. Those twenty or so usefully occupied minutes produced ‘You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me’, under which title the song has provided something of a lifelong annuity for the pair. Pino Donaggio’s gorgeous Italian original of this classic power ballad is among the highlights of the set. ‘Sorrow’ was knocked out without much conscious effort as a filler for the McCoys’ first album in the wake of their 1965 mega-hit ‘Hang On Sloopy’. Maybe the producers (who also happened to write the song) missed a trick by consigning ‘Sorrow’ to makeweight status, but no matter as Brit duo the Sorrows took the song into the UK Top 10 a few months later. That was the version that inspired David Bowie’s recording but it’s the McCoys’ stripped-down original which probably packs the mightiest charm of all. The songs, compellingly sequenced, are all hits, the technicolour packaging incorporating all the prerequisite fax’n’info, gives off a warm comforting glow, and the entire concept constitutes a little bit of pop history in the making. What’s not to like? By Rob Finnis (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Zell's Girls 28 tracks collection of rare girlgroup, R&B, doowop and soul sides from Zell's, Baton and Dice recordings 1955-1970 |
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Ace Records 2007 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Varetta Dillard - Double Crossing Daddy 16 tracks |
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Mr R&B Records | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Walter Horton - Mouth Harp Maestro A straight lift on to CD for a previous vinyl only compilation, once again from the Modern vaults. This was always a very good seller at Ace, and now the sound has been cleaned up further. Norton issued two singles through Modern, the second of which appeared on their RPM subsidiary. The RPM sides "Jumpin' Blues/Black Gal" are presented here as issued, as is "Little Boy Blues", from one side of the debut outing, but "Now Tell Me Baby" appears as an alternate version. Horton cut a total of 13 sides for Modern at Sam Phillips studio in Memphis, all of which are presented here. A cut from Jim Lockhart, recorded about the same time at Phillip studio is added as are two sides from the little known Alfred 'Blue King' Harris. These were probably recorded on an early 50s field trip to the south and fit musically with the rest of the selections. |
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Ace Records 1988 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Wayne Cochran - Get Down With It ! Georgia born Wayne Cochran - the blue-eyed soul sensation who influenced Otis, Redding, Elvis and The Blues Brothers. The white knight of soul music. Recordings from 1959-1972 |
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Raven Records | CD | 20.00 € |
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| Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City 16 tracks |
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Relic Records | LP | 13.00 € |
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| Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City 22 biisiä |
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Relic Records | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Wild Jimmy Spruill - Scratch 'N Twist Rare And Unreissued New York Rhythm & Blues 1956-1962 |
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Night Train 2005 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Willie Dixon - Poet Of The Blues 21 tracks |
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Sony Music 1998 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Willie Dixon - The Willie Dixon Story 4CD |
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Proper 2012 | CD-Box | 20.00 € |
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| Willie Egans - Oh Baby / Come On |
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Mambo | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Willie Headen - Blame It On The Blues Again 28 tracks |
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Ace Records 2006 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Willie Mitchell - Walkin' With Willie 29 biisiä: Willie Mitchell & The Four Kings, Earl Wade, Lee Andrews, Big Buddy Lucas, Showmen, Larry Clinton.. |
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Rollercoaster Records 1994 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson - Later For The Gator 26 biisiä - mukana mm Ruth Brown, Eddie Mack, Bobby Smith, Cootie Williams.. |
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Acrobat Music 2005 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson - On My Own 16 tracks |
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Whiskey, Women And.. | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Wrens / Jimmy Wright - C'est La Vie re-issue |
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Rama | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Wynonie Harris - Jump Blues Magic 24 biisiä - mukana Lucky Millinder, Johnny Otis, Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea, The Hamp-Tone All Stars, Johnnie Alston.. |
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ABM 1999 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Wynonie Harris - Jump Mr Blues - The Definitive Collection 2CD |
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Fantastic Voyage 2011 | 2-CD | 15.00 € |
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| Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine 26 tracks from King label |
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Ace Records 2002 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Wynonie Harris - Mr Blues Is Coming To Town Nauhoitukset vuosilta 1942-62 |
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Route 66 | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Wynonie Harris - Oh Babe ! 15 tracks |
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Route 66 | LP | 15.00 € |
