Doo wop / Vocal groups
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| Satintones / The Igniters - Angel / High Flyin' Wine |
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Teen Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Satisfiers - Personality! The Satisfiers were one of the most accomplished popular vocal groups of the '40s and '50s. This compilation features several major hits all in great fidelity: 'Ole Buttermilk Sky', 'Big Brass Band From Brazil', 'Personality' and 'Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy'. Plus many great standards such as 'I Hear Music' and 'Over The Rainbow'. Fantastic orchestral arrangements by Dick Jacobs, Russ Case, George Towne and Marty Gold make this CD set a must for fans of 1940s and '50s vocal groups. |
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Jasmine Records 2009 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Scramblers - With A Touch Of Billy great young group from sweden |
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Scramblers 2007 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Senators - Loretta / Poor Little Puppet yellow vinyl |
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Golden Crest | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Senders - I Dream Of You / The Ballad Of Stagger Lee re-issue |
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Kent | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Senders - One More Kiss / Everybody Needs To Know re-issue |
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Kent | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Serenaders - Love Me Now / Gates Of Gold |
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Teen Life | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Sha-Weez - Feeling Sad / You Made Me Love You re-issue |
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Aladdin | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Shadows - You Are Closer To My Heart / I'd Rather Be Wrong Than Blue re-issue |
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Lee Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Shane Shep And The Limelites - Two Loving Hearts / I'm So Lonely (What Can I Do) re-issue |
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APT | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Shells - Baby Oh Baby / Angel Eyes re-issue |
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Johnson Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Shep & The Limelites - Three Steps From The Altar / Oh, What A Feeling re-issue |
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Hull | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Sheps - Golden Teardrops / Is It A Dream Live from 1994 |
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UGHA 1994 | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Shields - Play The Game Fair / Fare Thee Well, My Love re-issue |
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Tender | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Shirelles - Baby It's You / Give A Twist Party The third and fourth albums from this cornerstone girl group - and their guest - King Curtis - plus three bonus titles, including the rare Valli 45 that features this unknown singing over the Shirelles' vocal |
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Ace Records 2008 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Shirelles - Foolish Little Girl / It's Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World When last we left the Shirelles (“Baby It's You / The Shirelles And King Curtis Give A Twist Party” Ace CDCHD 1199), they were precariously perched at the pinnacle of pop, then suddenly abandoned by their mentor. Would our plucky foursome be able to succeed without Luther Dixon? Were there new worlds to conquer? Or was their reign as queens of rock’n’roll over? The answers to these questions (not for long; yes; and soon) can be found here in the latest of Ace’s Shirelles LP reissue series. As 1963 dawned, the girls were riding high on the Hot 100 with ‘Everybody Loves A Lover’ and “The Shirelles Greatest Hits” was their most successful long-player ever. Dixon’s defection was a concern, but the springtime Top 5 showing of the charming ‘Foolish Little Girl’ put all fears to rest. The “Foolish Little Girl” album was a strong package that deserved its chart placing. Dixon protégé Van McCoy stepped up with three strong songs. There’s an early effort by Ellie Greenwich (‘I Didn’t Mean To Hurt You’) and a sweet ballad (‘Talk Is Cheap’) by Bobs Crewe and Gaudio, braintrust behind the 4 Seasons. Most interesting, though, are two cuts produced by Sam Cooke: the hard-edged ‘Hard Times’ and ‘Only Time Will Tell’, which references previous Shirelles hits. When Coca-Cola was looking for an act to launch a long-running series of rock radio ads, the ladies notched another prestigious milestone. Then it was off to Tinseltown! The Shirelles were invited to cut a song (‘31 Flavors’) for the film It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Excepting a few teen idols, no rock-oriented act had ever been tapped by Hollywood for such a major feature. With a superstar cast headed by Spencer Tracy, this was no beach party or Alan Freed teen potboiler. The accompanying LP makes its CD debut here and a fascinating artifact it is: a hodgepodge of vault tracks; a couple of new items by Scepter’s latest A&R hand Ed Townsend; and three tunes written by the film’s composers. The title track offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear our Jersey girls warble in French (Doris), Italian, (Micki), Japanese (Beverly), Spanish and German (Shirley). After attending the Hollywood premiere, the group hit Europe for a stint at the Paris Olympia and a UK tour, capping another stellar year. Returning home triumphantly, the Shirelles headlined at the Apollo in mid-January 1964. The opening act was a young girl group from Detroit enjoying their first hit. (Cue theme from Jaws.) During the revue’s weeklong run, a quartet from Liverpool topped the American charts for the first time. It would take the well-sharpened Ginsu of a Benihana chef to cut all that irony, but consider this: the Shirelles had enjoyed an unprecedented run of success, changing the face of pop music and influencing all who followed, not least the Supremes and the Beatles. They had more than earned their enshrinement in the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame. And there was plenty of great music still to come. Stay tuned for the next volume. By Dennis Garvey (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Shirelles - Lost & Found 29 tracks |
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Ace Records 1994 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Shirelles - Sings The Golden Oldies / Spontaneous Combustion All good things must come to an end. Thus it is with tears in our eyes and handkerchiefs in hand that, this month, we bring the curtain down on our series of pairings of the Shirelles’ original Scepter albums. We’d love it to have continued for longer but, unfortunately for us all, the girls just did not release enough long players to make that happen. If you’re looking for someone to blame for that, blame Florence Greenberg – Scepter was her label, not ours. Few big (or small) girl groups of the 1960s could have achieved the level of success that they did without the pioneering work of Shirley Alston, Micki Harris, Doris Coley and Beverly Lee. The conclusion of the series is with two very rare albums, neither of which has ever been on CD before. Just three years separated the original vinyl release dates of “Sing The Golden Oldies” and the (mostly) live set “Spontaneous Combustion” but both have been out of print for more than 40 years, so it’s a really special pleasure to be the first to welcome them to the digital age. Unlike the girls other albums, neither contains major hits – but equally unlike the others, both offer specific concepts. Both are among the most prized long players among Shirelles collectors the world over. As you might expect, “Golden Oldies” concentrates heavily (but not exclusively) on the doo wop classics that the teenage Shirley, Micki, Doris and Beverly would harmonise when school was out in their Passaic, NJ hometown in the late 50s. “Spontaneous Combustion”, meanwhile, captures significant moments from a live club date in early 1967 and features an altogether more adult group of ladies, laughing and clowning with their audience and singing up a storm as they always did. While the ‘fi’ is not always as ‘hi’ as it might be, live recordings of upper echelon R&B acts from the 60s are far from commonplace and “Spontaneous Combustion” is to be treasured on that basis. As ever, the music is backed up by a booklet that’s chock full of label shots and significant ephemera, and that boasts a sleeve note by Shirelles authority-and-friend Dennis Garvey. This CD is bringing the 2-On-1 series to a close, but we have grand finale in store that will delight every hard-core Shirelles fan. A very recent trawl of the Scepter vaults has yielded enough rare stereo mixes and completely unissued tracks (including many wonderful studio sides and the rest of the “Spontaneous Combustion” show) to put together a CD of almost entirely unheard material. This is scheduled for release in early 2011 – we’ll let you know what’s going to be on it, as soon as we are able to decide ourselves. By Tony Rounce (from Ace Records website) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Shirelles - Swing The Most / Hear & Now In 1964, the Shirelles had all reached the age that would permit them to access royalties that had supposedly been accruing on their behalf. When they approached their record label, Scepter, for what they believed was owed to them, all they had coming was another think. Their big hits of the previous three years – including ‘Soldier Boy’, ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’ and ‘Mama Said’ – had seemingly amounted to very little in terms of folding money. They sued Scepter for non-payment and went on strike at what turned out to be a crucial time in respect of their future success. Not everyone was as angry with Scepter as the Shirelles were. The fall out actually proved to be a blessing in disguise for fans as, with the girls refusing to record, label boss Florence Greenberg was forced to trawl the vaults for hitherto unreleased masters. Such great singles as ‘Sha-La-La’ were the result of the vault excavation, along with two original albums that make up Ace’s fourth Shirelles 2-On-1, “Swing The Most” and “Hear & Now”. Both albums were originally released on Pricewise, a new budget subsidiary of Scepter. There’s little doubt that Mrs Greenberg saw them as potboilers, designed to keep the name of her flagship group out there while they were refusing to record. Shirelles fans saw them differently, and still do. To them – us! – these are every bit as potent as their best official releases and considerably better than some of them. “Swing The Most” in particular is full of sensational sides that might otherwise have sat on a shelf for decades, among them the original versions of ‘Oh No, Not My Baby’ and ‘Get Rid Of Him’, to name just two of its many delights. The writer credits for the unissued material on both albums reads like a who’s who of New York’s finest tunesmiths of the day – Goffin & King, Van McCoy, Ed Townsend, Don Covay, Toni Wine, Luther Dixon and others of equally incomparable calibre. From a distance of 45 years, it’s almost inconceivable to think that their first rate submissions for the girls might not have been heard at the time, but for a fall out over money. Although these albums were originally issued only in mono, many of the tracks were mixed into real stereo at the time. Wherever possible, we have gone for the stereo versions, in order to provide a fresh perspective on both familiar and unfamiliar repertoire. We have also reinstated ‘That Boy Is Messin’ Up My Mind’ into the running order of “Swing The Most” – it featured on the album cover, front and back, but never made it to the vinyl. “Swing The Most” and “Hear & Now” rank as two of the best girl group albums of all time and it’s a privilege to have them on Ace at long last. by TONY ROUNCE (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Shirelles - Tonight's The Night |
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Rumble Records 2012 | LP | 18.00 € |
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| Shirelles - Tonight's The Night / Sings To Trumpets And Strings 2 original LPs on 1 CD |
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Ace Records 2008 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow 60 min - nauhoitettu livenä Orlando, Florida 1984. |
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Quantum Leap 2005 | DVD | 9.00 € |
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| Shirley Gunter - Oop Shoop - The Flair And Modern Recordings 1953-1957 Shirley Gunter and the Queens are often cited as being the first fully-fledged female doo wop group. Even if that’s impossible to prove with 100% accuracy, they were certainly among the first in that field. What is beyond question, is the fact that their 1954 Flair recording of Oop Shoop was the first record of its kind to make a national impact, in the early days of rock‘n’roll. That’s to say that it was the first to be written and performed, with any degree of success, by a group of young black women. Although we’ve featured several of Shirley’s recordings on numerous Ace CD and vinyl compilations down the years, it’s perhaps surprising to note that we’ve never actually given the lady her own full-length album. The news of her upcoming debut UK appearance in November, at this year’s Rhythm Riot, gave us the timely reminder that we had yet to do so. Thus it was that earlier this year I had the extreme pleasure of reviewing all of Ms Gunter’s 1950s Flair and Modern tapes, with a view to putting such a compilation together – a task that I found both enjoyable and easy! A CD entitled Oop Shoop is, perhaps inevitably, the result. Shirley formed the Queens with some high school friends, largely at the urging of her famous brother Cornel – future member of the Coasters and, back in ’54, a key component of the Flairs, who were signed to the Bihari brothers’ label of that name. You can read in full about the way Shirley’s career panned out in Jim Dawson’s extensive sleevenotes, but I can tell you that it was Cornel who arranged for Shirley to audition for the Biharis and that, suitably impressed, the brothers signed her more or less on the spot. She recorded her first couple of 45s as a solo act. Fine as they were, they made little headway and it wasn’t until Shirley brought in both three high school friends and an uptempo shuffle number that she had worked up with one of said friends, Blondene Taylor, that things started to happen. Oop Shoop was cut in just a couple of takes and the rest is, well, certainly rock ‘n’ roll history at the very least! Shirley recorded a few more 78/45s with the Queens, before teaming up with the brother and the rest of the Flairs for a number of equally fine releases. Of those Headin’ Home came closest to becoming a real hit without actually making a significant national impact. Shirley then wound down her time with what was now Modern records by going out the same way she came in, with a couple more solo releases. Although she never had another hit of note, a quick listen to things like her original version of the Platters’ I’m Sorry and the catchy Ipsy Opsie Ooh will demonstrate that this was neither for the lack of trying, nor of talent. Not all of Shirley’s tapes have survived the passage of time, so there are a couple of disc dubs included here But I’m especially delighted that we have at last been able to reissue Oop Shoop itself from the original 45rpm production master tape. This was thought for many years to have permanently vanished, and up to now Ace and everybody else who’s reissued it has been using an excellent ‘safety copy’ tape. However, the actual tape for both sides of the 45 turned up in the Flip tape inventory when Ace purchased that catalogue a few years back. We don’t know how it got there, and we’re not asking questions – but we were very glad that it had found its way home, and we’re delighted to give the original tape of Oop Shoop its first digitisation in this CD! There’s little doubt that Oop Shoop’s simplistic lyric and irrepressible beat also paved the way for the future success of rockin’ fillies like the Bobbettes - or that, a little further down the line, it also provided an inspirational root for any number of Cookies, Marvelettes, Jaynettes, Chantels and Supremes that you care to mention. Our package features all of Shirley’s commercial recordings for Flair and Modern, plus three rare demos cut with just the accompaniment of a piano and the Flairs – and thus it also features almost everything she ever recorded, as beyond these there are only two isolated singles, on other labels, to complete her discography! In a recording career that barely spanned three years, Shirley had been a member of the first hitmaking female doo-wop group, she’d written or co-written many of her biggest hits and best recordings – and she’d given rock‘n’roll one of its earliest and best anthems, in the immortal Oop Shoop. She quit the recording scene, like so many of her distaff peers, to marry and raise a family. It’s a shame that she didn’t stick it out a bit longer, but her accomplishments during her active career would be more than enough to satisfy many whose time in showbusiness was thrice that of Shirley Gunter’s. By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2005 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Silhouettes - Voodoo Eyes / Bing Bong re-issue |
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Ember | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Sinclairs - For Your Precious Love / My One And Only Dreams |
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UGHA | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Six Teens - A Casual Look Barely a teenager when the song was recorded, Trudy Williams' plaintive lead on the Six Teens' A Casual Look is one of the haunting memories of the classic age of the doo wop sound. Initially taken along by her elder sister Louise to a rehearsal of the Los Angeles-based group founded by songwriter Ed Wells, Trudy was voted in as a member after they heard her voice. She became the sixth teen even though she hadn't really qualified for the title. Their first recording, done in March 1956, produced one of the most durable sounds of the vocal group era and one which is still to be heard on oldies radio today. Written by Ed Wells, A Casual Look made it to #7 on the R&B lists and #25 in the pop chart. and attracted cover versions. One of the best was by Little Clydie & The Teens on RPM which can be found on MODERN VOCAL GROUPS Vol 4 (Ace CDCHD 764). A Casual Look started a career for the group on Los Angeles' Flip label for which they recorded no less than a dozen singles. All of these are included on this CD, a collection of their complete recordings for the label. It features 25 tracks since, in addition to the version of Teenage Promise released as by the Six Teens, Trudy and her sister recorded a faster version which was released as late as 1963 as by Trudy and Louise. Label billing was something that changed quite a bit for the group. Starting with the vanilla Six Teens name, there were several records that carried the group name featuring 14 Yr. old Trudy Williams or just plain Trudy Williams. One release You're My Boyfriend / A Foolish Little Girl even foreswore the name of the group and was released as by Trudy Williams with vocal accompaniment. Despite the changes of billing, the group members were fairly much the same throughout their recording career. As well as Trudy, her sister Louise and the group's founder Ed Wells, the Six Teens comprised Kenny Sinclair, Darryl Lewis and Beverly Pecot. Louise and Beverly also 'moonlighted' for the label behind lead Richard Owens as the Ivy Leaguers and can be heard on Deposit Your Love (In The Bank Of My Heart), another Ed Wells-penned ballad, on the compilation Flip Doo Wop Vol 2 (Ace CDCHD 838). In 1957, Kenny Sinclair left the group and was replaced by Richard Owens. He then, in turn, was replaced by Jimmie Smith. Trudy and Jimmie can be heard duetting on the up-tempo So Happy. Kenny, Darryl and Jimmy also recorded for the Flip label as the Elgins. One of the keys to the the success of the group lies with the nature of the songs that Ed Wells put together for them. Many of these were 'story' songs whose lyrics progressed throughout the number as opposed to the more repetitive and more ephemeral lyrics which were quite common in the second half of the 50s. Good examples are Afar Into The Night, Only Jim, Was It A Dream Of Mine, and My Surprise. As the group grew up together through what Beverly Pecot calls the 'age of innocence', their material grew more mature in tone. This is reflected in selections like Love's A Funny That Way, Heaven Knows I Love You, That Wonderful Secret Of Love and one of the few songs not written by Ed Wells, the Richard Berry-penned A Foolish Little Girl. However the group called the changes, they unfortunately never repeated their initial success of A Casual Look and with the end of the Flip label, they went their separate ways. The 1990s saw the Six Teens re-formed and they appeared on radio and in oldies shows. Ed Wells and Richard Owens have unfortunately passed away recently, but Kenny Sinclair, Darryl Lewis and Jimmie Smith are still performing in a re-formed Elgins group, along with original member William DeVase. The Elgins will feature in the forthcoming compilation FLIP DOO WOP - VOLUME 3. Compiled by Gordon Skadberg and the guys at Early Bird Records, the CD's extensive notes feature interviews with the surviving group members. The group may never have had an album in their career but now there's a chance to hear the complete catalogue of Trudy Williams and the Six Teens on Flip Records. By Peter Gibbon (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2002 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You / One Night, One Night |
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Original Sound 1984 | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Solitaires - Walking Along - The Best Of The Solitaires 2CD Walking Along - The Best of the Solitaires: The Solitaires were one of the greatest New York based vocal groups and considering they never had anything like a national or international hit it is remarkable to consider their fame! This set features the A and B sides of all their singles through to 1960. Best known for their hit 'Walking Along', this superb set also includes the lushly atmospheric, 'Wonder Why', 'Blue Valentine' and 'I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance' plus the hits, 'The Wedding' and 'The Angels Sang'. Fully detailed liner notes covering the groups entire career. |
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Jasmine Records 2011 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Solitaires - Walking Along With The Solitaires 27 biisiä vuosilta 1954-1963 |
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Ace Records 1992 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Sonny Til & The Orioles - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me 16 tracks |
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Dr. Horse | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Sonny Til And The Orioles - Greatest Hits - Featuring Crying In The Chapel 13 biisiä |
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Collectables 1991 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Spaniels - Goodnight, Sweetheart 1953-1961 2CD Goodnight, Sweetheart 1953-1961 - Their Two Original Albums Plus Both Sides of Their Singles and More This is the most complete Spaniels package yet! For the first time their complete A and B sides of all their Vee-Jay Singles plus both of their original album releases are all featured on this great 2CD set. Includes the classics: 'Baby It's You' and 'Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight' as featured on numerous TV commercials and in movies. Fully detailed liner notes cover the entire career of this fantastic group. This is yet another superb R&B release for Jasmine that adds to the ever growing collection of early R&B groups and artists! |
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Jasmine Records 2012 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Sparrows - Love Me Tender / Come Back To Me repro |
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Davis Records | Single/EP | 6.00 € |
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| Spartans - Faith Hope And Charity / Lost re-issue |
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Capri | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Spirit Of Memphis Quartet - When Mother's Gone 14 tracks |
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Gospel Jubilee | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Squires - Me And My Deal / Sweet Girl re-issue |
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Vita Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Squires with Jackie Kelso And Orchestra - Breath Of Air / Venus re-issue |
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Vita Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Starlarks - Send Me A Picture, Baby ! / Fountain Of Love re-issue |
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Ember Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Starlighters - Whomp Whomp ! / Until You Return re-issue |
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Suncoast | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Starlings - A-Loo, A-Loo / I Gotta Go Now re-issue |
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Dawn | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Steve Gibson And The Red Caps - Boogie Woogie Ball 1943-1955 2CD If you like The Ink Spots or The Mills Brothers you will not be able to resist the harmonies that this collection of 57 original tracks has to offer! Rocking recordings such as, 'Boogie Woogie on a Saturday Night' are abundant throughout this set and later recordings feature the lead vocals of R&B diva Damita Jo before she went on to her solo career. Steve Gibson & The Red Caps were a top R&B group for decades and this wonderful 2CD set is a great introduction for the uninitiated and must have for fans alike. |
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Jasmine Records 2012 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Street Corner Society - Hey senorita / You Belong to Me |
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UGHA | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Stringbeans / Chuck Willis - Starlight / Going To The River red vinyl |
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ARC Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Suburbans - Sweet Diane Cha-Cha re-issue |
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Port Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Sun Ra And His Arkestra - Interplanetary Melodies |
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Norton Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Sun Ra And His Arkestra - Rocket Ship Rock |
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Norton Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Sun Ra And His Arkestra - The Second Stop Is Jupiter |
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Norton Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Sun Records - T-Paita / T-Shirt XL Black T-Shirt. Sizes XL |
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Sun | T-paidat | 15.00 € |
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| Superbs - Beans / My Love For You re-issue |
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Melmar | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Supremes - Greatest Hits + bonus Live In Amsterdam 1964 |
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BR Music 2003 | DVD | 15.00 € |
