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| Amos Milburn - Rockin' And Drinkin' 2CD A boogie woogie pianist and blues balladeer, Amos Milburn was one of the most consistently popular R&B artists of the pre rock and roll era. This 50 track 2CD set features every one of his Billboard R&B chart hits and includes classic and influential songs such as: 'Chicken Shack Boogie', 'Bad Bad Whiskey' and 'One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer'. This is a must for blues fans and of course the man himself! So pour a drink, sit back and let the 88s ace drown you in his own brand of exuberant, humorous, rowdy and boisterous rollicking fun. |
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Jasmine Records 2012 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Bailes Brothers - Remember Me |
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Bear Family 2012 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Elton Britt - The Versatile Elton Britt 2CD Featuring 59 tracks including three full LPs in stereo and the rare 6 track 10' LP with many tracks taken from rare transcriptions, most never previously appearing on CD. Many country and cowboy classics in vivid stereo including, 'Cattle Call', 'Big Rock Candy Mountain', 'Lost Highway', 'Beyond the Sunset', 'Born to Lose', 'When It's Springtime in the Rockies' along with superb, alternate versions of many of his greatest hits, 'Chime Bells', 'Lorelei' and many more not available on any other CDs! |
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Jasmine Records 2012 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Johnny Otis - That's Your Last Boogie! - The Best of Johnny Otis 3CD The Best Of Johnny Otis 1945-1960‘Godfather of Rhythm & Blues’ Johnny Otis, one of the founding fathers of rock ’n’ roll, is next up in Dave Penny’s Architects Of Rock ’N’ Roll series, represented on a stellar collection straddling his multi-faceted career between 1945-1960.By sheer tragic coincidence, Dave had Otis lined up as a prime subject when planning the series over a year ago but January 17, 2012 saw the pioneering singer, songwriter, bandleader, talent spotter, impresario and disc jockey pass away at home in California, aged 90. These carefully-selected and sequenced 83 tracks spread over three CDs now stand as an ultimate tribute to this pivotal figure.The son of Greek immigrants (real name Ioannis Alexandros Veliotes), Otis grew up in the predominantly black area of Berkeley, telling an interviewer in 1994, ‘Genetically, I’m pure Greek. Psychologically, environmentally, culturally, by choice, I’m a member of the black community.’ As such, he played a major part in creating a new sound for the growing audience of young urban blacks, starting out drumming in swing orchestras at 18. He formed a 16-piece big band in 1945, scoring his first hit with a glorious take on ‘Harlem Nocturne’. CD1’s sublime smorgasbord of big band jazz and slinky blues, entitled Barrelhouse Stomp after the Watts club he opened in 1948, features further Otis orchestra titles alongside outings with Wynonie Harris, Joe Turner, Lester Young, (future Coasters) the Robins and Little Esther Phillips.In 1949, Otis started recording for the Newark, New Jersey-based Savoy label, scoring 15 Billboard R&B chart hits between 1950-52, including number ones with Little Esther & Mel Walker which dominate CD2’s Rockin’ Blues, joined by names including the Royals and Marilyn Scott. In 1952, Otis discovered Etta James and produced Big Mama Thornton’s original version of Leiber and Stoller’s ‘Hound Dog’, while enjoying a growing career as a songwriter, already presenting the rock ’n’ roll form and attitude soon to sweep the world. While starting his lifelong vocation as a disc jockey in LA, he became a talent scout for King Records, while scoring the late fifties hits (including 1958 US top tenner ‘Willie And The Hand Jive’) featured on CD3’s Going Crazy (1952-1960). Other names included on this most rocking of selections include Etta James, Little Richard, Pete ‘Guitar’ Lewis, Johnny Ace, Sugar Pie, Faye Wilson and Mr Goggle Eyes August.Johnny’s passion, benevolence, warmth and uncanny musical clairvoyance shines through every track on this magnificent set, capturing many of his achievements at this most crucial time in musical history. That aside, it also happens to be one hell of a party album for the summer. |
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Fantastic Voyage 2012 | 2-CD | 18.00 € |
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| Memphis Slim - Rockin' The House- The Best Of The R&B Years 2CD The Best Of The R&B Years – Dazzling R&B piano pioneer Memphis Slim is the subject of the latest release in Fantastic Voyage’s highly-popular Definitive Collection series of blues sets. Compiled and annotated by blues authority Neil Slaven, the two discs of Rockin’ The House straddle Slim’s post-war years up until he became one of the foremost figures in the early ’60s folk-blues revival, spotlighting his top-notch R&B band. The 50 tracks take in recordings he made for labels such as Hy-Tone, Miracle, Premium, Mercury, Peacock, United, Vee-Jay, United Artists and Strand, and include all seven of his R&B hits Born John L. Chatman in Memphis in 1915, Slim cut his musical teeth playing anywhere from levee camps to Arkansas roadhouses then Beale Street bars, mentored by Roosevelt Sykes. He arrived in Chicago in 1937, initially bootlegging whiskey, said to have been a pimp, playing piano to pay for his gambling until cutting several singles and hooking up with Big Bill Broonzy in 1940. After World War Two, Slim started leading his R&B band, which, at times, boasted the great bassist-songwriter Willie Dixon and future Blues Brother Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy. The compilation starts in 1946 with ‘Mistake In Life’, Slim’s first release on the local Hy-Tone label, followed by further tracks for the label including the rollicking ‘Slim’s Boogie’ and trademark melancholic blues template ‘Cheatin’ Around’. He first encountered Willie Dixon recording for the Miracle label, the pair sparking their relationship on the blistering ‘Rockin’ The House’ and sublime ‘Lend Me Your Love’. From here the highlights come thick and fast: hits for Miracle, including chart-topping ‘Messin’ Around’, ‘Blue And Lonesome‘, ‘Help Me Some’, ‘Angel Child’, sonorous Premium release ‘Mother Earth’, ‘The Come Back’ (predating the stop-start groove of ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’), the autobiographical boogie of ‘Harlem Bound’, sax-enhanced outings such as ‘Train Is Comin’’, ‘Worried Life Blues’ (as covered by Keith Richards), lascivious Nick Cave fave ‘Grinder Man Blues’, the steaming vamp of ‘Steppin’ Out’ (later Eric Clapton’s showstopping showcase with John Mayall) and aching ‘Nobody Loves Me’ (the original title by which he first recorded the classic ‘Every Day I Have The Blues’, as made famous by B.B. King). The early 1950s tracks with Murphy’s riveting guitar to the fore are also represented, through to later sessions for Vee-Jay and three tracks from the 1959 Carnegie Hall concert with Muddy Waters which marked the start of the blues’ burgeoning acceptance by white audiences. From levee camps and roadhouses to Beale Street and white clubs, Slim was working his way up and was early in the charge as blues ambassador to Europe, recording several albums there before returning to Chicago to cut an exemplary batch of songs including ‘Lonesome (Blue Blues)’, ‘Four Walls’, ’Big Bertha’ and ’I’ll Keep Singing The Blues’. Based in Paris from 1962 until his death in 1988, he left a voluminous and captivating recorded legacy, of which one of its most fertile and seminal stretches is featured on this stellar set. |
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Fantastic Voyage 2012 | CD | 13.00 € |
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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 | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Criminal Records Ello, ’Ello, ’Ello, what’s all this, then Crime and punishment have always gone hand in hand in the worlds of rock’n’roll, R&B and country and western music. For decades, goodies and baddies have provided us with a life sentence of chronicling of man’s misdemeanours and subsequent incarceration. When top Ace fan Tony Watson suggested that a compilation of songs about obeying and breaking the law would be right up the street of most of those who buy our CDs, we didn’t need to be read our reissue rights to agree. With that in mind, your honours, I hereby present the case for “Criminal Records” Our line-up of heroes and villains runs the whole gamut of lawbreaking and law enforcement. Within its 60 minute audio sentence (and no time off for good behaviour) we cheer western heroes such as Gunsmoke’s “Mister” Matt Dillon and boo villains such as the fictitious (and let’s be very glad he is) ‘Bad Dan McGoon’. Our helmets are doffed to radio and TV ’tecs of the calibre of Dragnet’s Sgt Joe Friday and the legendary iron-jawed Dick Tracy, as well as some of those smoother newer fellas that came later such as 77 Sunset Strips Stu Bailey and, from the TV show of the same name, Peter Gunn. Bob Luman tells us how much he wishes he was a ‘Private Eye’ which a pre-twistin’ Chubby Checker moans that he can’t get any girl reaction, because his lady love is too busy drooling over the kind of ruggedly handsome television PIs that Luman aspires to be. Other legendary enforcers of the TV screen from the years between Friday and Bailey are also on your case and on your trail, from Alaska (Sgt Preston Of the Yukon) to Chinatown (Charlie Chan, in the Coasters’ ‘Bad Detective’). If you grew up watching the small screen when it really was a small screen, you’ll remember most of these upstanding lawmen and their relentless pursuit of justice at all costs as they came into your homes on a weekly basis. Less savoury characters that we hear from include alimony dodgers Richard Berry and Wynonie Harris; hardened lifers Jumpin’ Gene Simmons, George Jones and Hylo Brown; denizens of DWI Benjamin “Scat Man” Crothers and, with some help from Cliff “King” Solomon’s orchestra, Gigi Gryce; chain gang toiler Billy Boy Arnold and the perpetually in-the-wrong-place-at-the-wrong time Bobby Nunn of the Robins. And lest anyone think we’ve gone soft on lady lawbreakers, vivacious Vicki Young puts a Prisoner Of Cell Block H perspective on what it’s like to ‘Riot In Cell Block #9’. Personally I reckon that at least some of these guys and gals ought to have been let off with a caution. Failure to support this project will result in a visit from the no-fun police and a lifetime of listening to R and B (that’s Rihanna and Bieber) for your sins. It’s a fair cop, guv, but society is to blame. Evenin’ all. By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2012 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Elvis Heard Them Here First From his debut recording session to his last, Elvis Presley loved to reinterpret. The first song he ever cut, ‘My Happiness’, was one he probably learned from the 1948 recording by John and Sondra Steele. The last song, ‘He’ll Have To Go’, probably came via Jim Reeves (although Jim was not the first to record it – that honour went to one Billy Brown). In 24 years of studio and stage activity, Elvis cut over 150 songs that had been recorded previously – and put his own stamp on all of them, regardless of who sang them first. All of which makes him a guaranteed shoo-in for his own ‘special edition’ in Ace’s popular “You Heard It Here First” series. Most people who buy Ace CDs will already know what the originals of songs such as ‘Blue Suede Shoes’, ‘One Night’, ‘Hound Dog’ and ‘Blue Moon Of Kentucky’ sound like. We could have gone the obvious route with this project and stuck to Elvis’ revivals of R&B, blues and hillbilly material, but we’ve elected to compile “Elvis Heard Them Here First” from songs he cut after his military service put his career on hold for a while. We’ve tailored our selection to embrace the originals of some of his biggest hits – ‘Always On My Mind’, ‘Girl Of My Best Friend’, ‘Guitar Man’ – and some of his most obscure B-sides and albums cuts. Believe us, they don’t come much more obscure than Duane Dee’s ‘True Love Travels On A Gravel Road’, the Bards’ ‘Goodtime Charlie’s Got The Blues’ or Roger Douglass’ ‘Never Ending’. In doing so, we hope more than a few of even the most hardcore Elvis collectors will discover some original versions of songs they may not have even suspected were ever recorded by anyone other than Elvis. We can’t say with 100% certainty that Elvis did hear these versions first, and we’re pretty sure that, in one or two cases, he definitely didn’t. Throughout his life, Elvis grabbed music from everywhere. A voracious collector and listener, he loved nothing more than to put his own stamp on a song that he loved, particularly in the years following the ’68 Comeback Special when he was no longer bound by the constraints of what his notorious management insisted he record. The beautiful vintage Alfred Wertheimer cover shot of the young Elvis, an inevitably jam-packed booklet featuring the usual wealth of rare labels and ephemera, and a detailed sleeve note chronicling the songs in the order he cut his versions, it’s a package no Elvis fan will want to be without, even though he doesn’t sing one note. By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2012 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Jukebox Mambo Rumba and Afro-Latin accented R&B 1949-1960. Compiled by Liam Large. 22 tracks. |
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Jazzman Record Co 2012 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - Sanat: Helena Eeva - Levytyksiä Vuosilta 1942-1959 Helena Eeva on kirjoittanut tekstin lähes 160:een iskusävelmään, mutta siitä huolimatta hän on monelle tuntematon. Tutummilta sen sijaan saattavat kuulostaa hänen käyttämänsä salanimet Asser Tervasmäki, Arvi Tarvainen, Aarne Torniainen, L. Suolakivi, A. Kajo, A. Tjärbacka, Hele Neva ja H. Neva. Matti Louhivuoren vuonna 1953 laulamaan menestysiskelmään Suopursu Eeva teki tekstin Asser Tervasmäen nimimerkillä, samoin kuin Georg Malmsténin säveltä-mään Lasten liikennelauluun. Unto Monosen sävellykseen Orvon kyynel Eeva teki tekstin puolestaan Arvi Tarvaisen nimellä. Paula Koivuniemen laulama Toivo Kärjen sävellys Jos helmiä kyyneleet ois sai tekstin H. Eeva nimimerkillä. Helena Eevan merkityksestä tekstintekijänä kertoo osaltaan se, että monet hänen tekstejään esittäneistä solisteista ovat maamme parhaimpia laulajia. Hänen tekstejään ovat laulaneet mm. Olavi Virta, Henry Theel, Metro-tytöt, Kauko Käyhkö, A.Aimo, Tapio Rautavaara, Georg ja Eugen Malmstén, Sakari Halonen, Erkki Junkkarinen, Jorma Ikävalko, Jorma Lyytinen, Kalevi Korpi, Eino Grön, Eila Pellinen, Vieno Kekkonen, Ritva Simuna, Paula Koivuniemi, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Markus Allan ja Matti Salminen. Helena Eeva oli kotoisin Metsäpirtin Eevalan kylästä. Hänen kotipitäjänsä oli ensimmäisiä paikkoija, joista Talvisodan alettua taisteltiin. Suomalaisten sotien aikana syntyneet yheteiset kokemukset ja Helenan oma traaginen elämäntarina värittävätkin hänen tarinallisia ja koskettavia tekstejään. Tieto tästä tuo teksteihin syvyyttä, johon tarkkaavainen kuuntelija helposti vajoaa. Helena Eeva kuoli ennenaikaisesti vain 36-vuotiaana. |
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Artie Music 2012 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Street Corner Symphonies Vol. 1 1939-1949 1-CD DigiPac (4-plated) with 84-page booklet, 30 tracks. Playing time approx. 87 mns. --Doo-Wop is one of the foundation stones of rock 'n' roll. Bear Family will issue the defintive story of Doo-Wop from 1939-1963! Every Doo-Wop hit! Every neglected classic! Every ground-breaking record! Detailed song-by-song notes and amazing rare photos from the golden era! -- Like Rap, Doo Wop music was an urban American art-form. It was sung on street-corners, in stairwells of tenement apartments, in high school toilets ... and it was preserved for posterity in recording studios. Most of the performers were African American, and many of the songs were romantic - in sharp contrast to the bleak reality of urban African American life at the time. Doo-wop had its origins in the black pop and gospel groups of the pre-World War II era, but it flourished in the years after World War II and became a major contributing force to the evolution of rock 'n' roll. In fact, some eminent cultural historians cite records like 'Sixty Minute Man' and 'Gee' as among the first rock 'n' roll records. Both of those classics, along with many more, are on Bear Family's defintive history of Doo-Wop, 'Street Corner Symphonies.' As always, you can trust Bear Family to get it right. -- Starting in 1939 with pre-Doo-Wop acts like the Golden Gate Quartet, the Ink Spots, and the Mills Brothers, 'Street Corner Symphonies' will take the story until the end of the Doo-Wop era in 1963. The first five volumes cover the years 1939 to 1953: in other words, Doo-Wop's true golden era. There are simply too many hits to list. Just look at the track listing! Suffice to say that these were the records that provided the soundtrack to the rock 'n' roll revolution ... and the records that changed American and global popular music forever. -- This series has been compiled and annotated by R&B music's foremost scholar, Chicago's Bill Dahl, and every song comes with detailed notes and illustrations. There have been plenty of Doo-Wop compilations, even a few Doo-Wop boxed sets, but this series is the last word on the genre. Truly definitive! Every hit, every underground classic, every song that lit up the airwaves at the dawn of rock 'n' roll. Every shoop, every doop, every doo-doo-wah! |
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Bear Family 2012 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Big Joe Turner - Rocks 1-CD DigiPac (4-plated) with comprehensive booklet, 28 tracks, playing time: 70:35. -- Contains 'Roll 'Em Pete' with Pete Johnson, a record that propelled bobby-soxers into a boogie-woogie frenzy. 'Shake, Rattle And Roll' helped jump-start the rock 'n' roll revolution. It's here along with a truck-load of R&B hits including 'Honey Hush', 'Flip, Flop And Fly', 'Hide And Seek', 'Corrine Corrina', 'Lipstick, Powder And Paint' and many more. These immortal rock-till-it-hurts classics inspired an uncountable number of rockabilly covers from Elvis Presley to Jerry Lee Lewis to Shakin' Stevens. 'The quintessential American singer' said Doc Pomus. 'Rock 'n' roll would never have happened without him'. -- Big Joe Turner first shouted timeless blues couplets in the Kansas City of the '30s, partnering stomping pianist, Pete Johnson, for almost two decades. Together they ignited the boogie-woogie craze that led to the post-war emergence of R&B and ultimately, the revolution that was rock 'n' roll. This set, compiled by Trevor Cajiao, Editor of 'Now Dig This,' embraces all phases of Joe's career but concentrates, inevitably, on the hard-rocking records which made Joe a rock 'n' roll star and unlikely teen idol at the age of 43. Discs like 'Honey Hush', 'Shake, Rattle And Roll' (bowdlerised by Bill Haley), 'Flip, Flop And Fly', 'Boogie Woogie Country Girl', 'Teen Age Letter' and 'Lipstick, Powder And Paint' were among the most exciting records of the '50s and led to literally hundreds of covers by legions of rockabilly singers. -- Jump blues veteran turned rock 'n' roll patriarch, Big Joe Turner out-rocked them all! |
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Bear Family 2011 | CD | 20.00 € |
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| Carl Story - Bluegrass, Gospel And Mountain Music |
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Bear Family 2011 | CD-Box | 100.00 € |
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| Dallape - Vol. 6 Levytyksiä Vuosilta 1940-1942 Talvisota keskeytti Dallapé-orkesterin soitot kokonaan. Tarmokas orkesterinjohtaja Helge Pahlman kokosi kuitenkin Dallapén uudelleen välirauhan aikana ja se jatkoi toimintaansa osittain uudistuneella miehistöllä jatkosotaan saakka. Esiintymisiä oli poikkeusoloista johtuen vähemmän. Tästä huolimatta orkesteriin oli saatu maan parhaat vapaana olevat muusikot ja sen taso oli vähintään yhtä hyvä kuin 1930-luvun parhaina vuosina. Tästä on vankkana todisteena syksyllä 1940 ja vuoden 1942 aikana tehdyt levytykset, joita äänitettiin ennätysmäärä laadusta tinkimättä kolmelle eri levytuottajalle. |
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Artie Music 2011 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Dorothy Squires - The Voice Of The Broken-Hearted - Coming Home 3CD 3CDs = 68 tracks 1936-1949 |
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JSP Records 2011 | CD-Box | 19.00 € |
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| Fontane Sisters - Rock Love 2CD Here we focus on the Sisters transition from the music of the 1940s to the Rock & Roll of the '50s. The sisters scored million sellers such as: 'Hearts of Stone', 'Seventeen', 'The Banana Boat Song', 'Eddie My Love', 'I'm in Love Again', 'Rollin' Stone', 'Daddy-O' and 'Rock Love'. This collection is a first. It not only includes all the hits but the B sides and many choice album tracks such as 'Oh What it Seemed to Be', 'Vaya Con Dios', 'How Soon', 'Softly and Tenderly' and 'Rock of Ages'. |
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Jasmine Records 2011 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Frankie Laine - I Believe 2CD |
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Primo Collection 2011 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Georg Malmsten - Kahden Venheessä |
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Salix 2011 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Johnny Otis - Johnny Otis Story Vol. 1 1945-57 Midnight At The Barrelhouse There can’t be many people who have done more in the name of rhythm & blues than John Alexander Veliotes – Johnny Otis to his friends and fans. Johnny has packed a lot into his lifetime: author, father, painter, radio DJ, TV host, sculptor, political activist, priest, farmer and much more besides. But whatever he’s known for, it’s the music he’s been making since the mid-1940s that has always endeared him to record collectors and marked him as one of the true originators of R&B. Johnny turns 90 as 2011 draws to its close, and Ace felt that this momentous occasion should be marked by not one but two CDs in celebration of Johnny’s life and more than thirty years of recording activity. “Midnight At The Barrelhouse” is the first volume, and the repertoire embraces Johnny’s early years as a bandleader through to the peak of his worldwide popularity with his first and biggest Capitol hits. The second volume, “The Show Goes On”, will carry on with more Capitol classics and take us through to Johnny’s 1970s successes on Okeh/Epic and his own Hawk Sound label. Johnny always downplayed his skills as a vocalist but, as can be heard throughout our programme, his singing was always as enjoyable and recognisable as anyone who ever fronted his band. He can also be heard on drums and vibes throughout the set. Even though he’s not always the featured artist, his role in the creation of each and every one of these tracks is always apparent. Our selections here also showcase the great musicians from his classic early bands such as Pete “Guitar” Lewis and Devonia “Lady Dee” Williams, plus vocalists of the calibre of Marie Adams, Bobby Nunn (and the Robins), Big Mama Thornton and Little Esther. Many of these tracks will be as familiar as family to Johnny Otis devotees, but we have managed to disinter several terrific unissued cuts from the 1950s to gladden the hearts of even the most ardent completist. By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2011 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Lead Belly - Black Betty 2LP A Collection of Classic Songs from the Highly Influential Blues & Folk Legend on 2LP Gatefold 180g Vinyl. |
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Not Now Music 2011 | LP | 22.00 € |
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| Patti Page - Near To You 4CD Patti Page's record sales exceeded a staggering one hundred million! 'Tennessee Waltz' alone sold well over 10 million copies. The 'Near To You' box set brings together all her major hits and million sellers, including: 'Old Cape Cod', 'Would I Love You', 'Mockin' Bird Hill', 'The Doggie in the Window', 'Mister and Mississippi', 'I Went to Your Wedding', 'You Belong to Me', 'Allegheny Moon', 'Left Right Out of Your Heart', 'All My Love', 'With My Eyes Wide Open', and more. In addition to the plethora of hits are rare album tracks and later singles; many of which are debuting on CD. With Patti continuing to fill auditoriums to this day, with a following that continues to amaze, this wonderful 4CD set truly does celebrate a career defining class! |
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Jasmine Records 2011 | CD-Box | 22.00 € |
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| VA: - Born to Be Wild-The Country & Rockabilly Roots Of Ray Campi |
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El Toro Records 2011 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Further Mellow Cats 'N' KIttens - Hot R&B and Cool Blues The “Mellow Cats’n’Kittens” series has been a pleasure for me to work on during the past few years. I’d always admired my late friend and colleague Ray Topping’s work on the Modern catalogue and I’ve tried to maintain and build on what he started. While I don’t pretend to have Ray’s dedicated appreciation of discographical minutiae, I’d like to think that, with this and a host of other projects, I’ve also done my bit to keep alive the wonderful productions of the Modern Music Company’s founder, Jules Bihari. For the fifth volume in the series, we’ve taken the opportunity to complete the digitisation of the Modern discographies of several artists who have appeared on previous volumes, such as the Three Bits Of Rhythm and Felix Gross. We’re also premiering tracks by mainstays of the Modern catalogue that were previously thought lost (Jimmy Witherspoon’s first solo Modern track, ‘Motel’) or were undiscovered until relatively recently (our Hadda Brooks track, located on the back of a Smokey Hogg acetate). There are quality cuts by past contributors such as Sylvester “Big Duke” Henderson, the equally “Big” Jim Wynn, Herb Fisher and Johnny Alston’s Orchestra – all fine purveyors of the kind of music that lit up Central Avenue in the decade immediately following the end of WWII. Our other points of call include Houston, Texas, where we take in selections from Gory (sic) Carter’s lone Modern session, before heading south west to New Orleans for a cut by the George Alexander band that was originally disguised as the work of Ramp Davis. Back on the west coast we feature the great boogie pianist Pete “P.K.” Johnson rollin’ ’em just as he did for so long with Big Joe Turner, and jazz guitar/vocal group legend Teddy Bunn jamming with a hot trio led by Kansas City piano king Jay McShann. For those who, like me, couldn’t experience the era personally, or the venues from which music like this poured seven nights a week, it’s the next best thing to being there. As ever, deeper research has allowed us to include a copious amount of previously unissued recordings to add further spice to what is already a potent mix – 9 in total. Although this is the fifth instalment of “Mellow Cat’n’Kittens”, the contents are as strong as on any previous volume – and there’s still plenty of quality vintage Modern repertoire slated for reissue in the next few years. Jump you some boogie? We certainly can, man! By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2011 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Suomalainen Elokuvamusiikki Vol. 3 Levytyksiä vuosilta 1940-1942. Yhteensä 27 laulua. |
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Artie Music 2011 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - You Oughta See My Fanny Dance 1-CD Digipac with 52-page booklet, 31 tracks. Playing time approx. 84 minutes. - Incredibly, after all these years, there's still some prime unissued Western Swing to be heard... and Bear Family has it! Thirty-one previously unissued recordings by the giants of Western Swing's golden age: Bob Wills, Adolph Hofner, Roy Newman, and others! Some of these titles were probably withheld because they were too risqu‚! These days, they sound like the most fun ever had on record! -- Spanning 1935-42, this exciting collection brings together 31 previously unissued tracks from the Western Swing's greatest years. It features some of the music's biggest names, including Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, Adolph Hofner, Al Dexter, Roy Newman & his Boys, Leon Selph & his Blue Ridge Playboys, the Hi-Flyers and Ocie Stockard & his Wanderers. Groups that defined Western Swing before it even had a name! Sidemen include country legends like Leon McAuliffe and Moon Mullican! -- 'Previously Unissued' often implies substandard recordings. Not so here! This is full top-notch Western Swing by some of the music's best-ever performers. Hot stuff on par with - or better than - issued performances! Songs include 'You Ought To See My Fanny Dance', 'She Can't Be Satisfied', 'Fruit Wagon Gal', 'Around The Corner At Smokey Joe's', 'Who Comes In At My Back Door', 'Hash House Hattie', and 'Look Who's Squawkin''. You get the idea! |
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Bear Family 2011 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Bill Mack - Play My Boogie Bill Mack, is a larger than life character, a Country singer, successful songwriter, respected radio personality, much loved Country music DJ. On this compilation the spotlight is on his early material, the recordings on this compilation range from Hillbilly Boogie, Hillbilly Bopper's and Hank Williams, flavoured Honky Tonk ballads and the odd neo Rockabilly offering. For over sixty years he has worked with the greats of Country music and during that time he recorded and penned numerous hits that have gone on to bring success to many other artists. This is a fantastic compilation for all fans of Country music. |
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Jasmine Records 2010 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Four Tunes - Wrapped Up In A Dream 1946-58 2CD A major 2CD celebration of this early R&B vocal group's recordings released between 1946 and 1958. The Four Tunes were originally formed by an ex-member of The Ink Spots and this is the first time these 57 amazing tracks have been compiled together! Their career took off in 1953 with 'Marie' and their 1954 hit 'I Understand', both of which were later revived in the '60s by groups such as The Bachelors, The G-Clefs and Freddie and The Dreamers. The incredible harmonies and complex vocal arrangements of The Four Tunes bridged the transition between groups like The Ink Spots and the R&B groups who ruled the 50s. |
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Jasmine Records 2010 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| Hank Williams - Nashville Sessions 2LP 180 gram 2LP with printed insert. tracks from 1949-1951 |
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Doxy Records 2010 | LP | 25.00 € |
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| Hank Williams - Shreveport Sessions 2LP |
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Doxy Music 2010 | LP | 25.00 € |
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| Harmonica Frank Floyd - Mouthin' Blood Blues - Original Early Recordings |
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Hog Maw Records 2010 | 10" LP | 15.00 € |
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| Henry Theel - Kyyneleitä - Levytyksiä 1944-1954 26 kappaletta vuosilta 1944-1954 |
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Salix 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| John Wayne - In Music & Poster Art 10-CDs/1-DVD Box & Book 10 CDs/1 DVD Box Set (LP-size) with 464-page hardcover book; 316 tracks (CDs), 27 tracks (DVD); playing time CDs: 714:49). --- The greatest-ever tribute to the man they called 'Duke' on the thirtieth anniversary of his death! John Wayne is gone but not forgotten - he is still among the Top Three most popular movie actors of all time. This set includes: -- The soundtrack music to his never-to-be-forgotten westerns! -- All the title songs by the original artists! -- Songs inspired by the movies! -- A 464-page LP-sized book with a biography by historian Richard W. Bann, AND Reproductions of hundreds of his western movie posters from many different countries! -- Stills and lobby cards! -- A bonus DVD with trailers and exclusive 'behind-the-scenes' footage! A man and an actor as big as John Wayne deserves a tribute like this! --- John Wayne was America. And America ...in fact, the entire world... has not forgotten John Wayne. Thirty years after his death, the man known as 'Duke' still ranks among the Top Three most popular American film stars of all time. More than any other actor, he chose roles that glorified traditional American values and would not compromise his personal image. 'Don't apologize,' he said in 'She Wore A Yellow Ribbon,' 'it's a sign of weakness.' That was John Wayne, and that's the John Wayne celebrated here in the music and poster art from his many memorable western movies. -- This 10 CD/1 DVD collection contains the rousing soundtracks of his best-loved westerns, including 'The Searchers', 'The Alamo', 'The Sons Of Katie Elder' and 'True Grit'. The artists performing the original soundtrack songs include the Sons Of The Pioneers, Glen Campbell, The Limeliters, Ed Ames, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, and many more. Plus! bonus songs inspired by John Wayne's movies, such as Frankie Avalon's The Ballad Of The Alamo, Gene Pitney's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and Claude King's The Comancheros. The bonus DVD contains trailers and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage! -- This set contains a 464-page hardcover collector's edition book (LP-size) that includes a biography of John Wayne by acclaimed movie historian Richard W. Bann AND several hundred posters, lobby cards, and stills, reproduced in lustrous color. The artwork captures the boldness and daring of John Wayne's West. The posters are from the USA and many other countries, including Argentina, Japan, Australia, England, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, and Sweden. This is by far the most comprehensive-ever collection of the evocative music and art that accompanied John Wayne's western movie classics! Soundtracks are included from the following movies (please, see listing at the bottom of this info |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD | 175.00 € |
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| Les Paul Trio - Playing And Making The Guitar 1944-1947 2LP |
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Doxy Music 2010 | LP | 25.00 € |
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| Memphis Minnie - The Essential Recordings 2CD 2CD = 40 tracks |
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Primo 2010 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Muddy Waters - The Voice & The Guitar Of McKinley Morganfield 2LP tracks recorded 1947-1954 |
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Doxy Music 2010 | LP | 25.00 € |
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| Paul Gayten - Ain't Nothin' Happenin' 30 track (77:51) multi label collection 1947-57. The unsung Crescent City bandleader Paul Gayten made the first New Orleans R&B recordings of the post war era and had the first local hit there in 1947. As a producer, he was responsible for grooming hit singers such as Annie Laurie, Larry Darnell, Chubby Newsome, Bobby Charles und Clarence 'Frogman' Henry and became an important individual in the Chess empire before forming his own label in the late 1960s. This thirty-track compilation traces the first half of his high-voltage career in the recording business and proves how necessary he was to the birth and development of New Orleans R&B and rock'n'roll. |
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El Toro Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Boogie Woogie Fever - Collectors Choice Vol. 5 |
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El Toro Records 2010 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| VA: - Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol. 3 |
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El Toro Records 2010 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| VA: - Larkin's Jazz 4CDs = 81 tracks |
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Proper 2010 | CD-Box | 20.00 € |
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| VA: - More Miles Than Money 2CD More Miles Than Money: Journeys Through American Music is a book I researched and wrote between 2006-2008. In many ways I’d been waiting my entire life to write More Miles. Growing up in Mt Roskill – a working class suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, where there were no music venues, cinemas, pubs, nothing but churches and rugby fields – I took refuge in Mark Twain and Jack Kerouac’s adventures while AM radio (modelled on US radio) spun hits by Freddy Fender, the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Little Feat et al. I dreamed of escaping Auckland’s suburbs to ride Route 66 and Highway 61, ears and eyes open. Eventually I got to live my dream and More Miles is the story of those travels. I didn’t know it back then but Kiwi radio was often playing music akin to that which Charlie Gillett played on his Honky Tonk radio show in London. Discovering Charlie’s book The Sound Of The City sent me scouring through secondhand bookstores in search of old copies of Cream, Creem and Let It Rock, where the writings of Charlie and other likeminded journalists appeared. I’d go so far as to say that a feature Charlie wrote on the great New Orleans producer-arranger Harold Battiste (Cream #5, Sept 1971) was what initially inspired me to want to search out the largely unsung heroes of American music. At the same time as reading Charlie Gillett I was buying US imports on a variety of labels, with Arhoolie being my favourite. Mexican culture fascinated me, especially that which arose from the borderlands, the Tex-Mex/Tejano music. (Blame this on my dad taking me to see Sam Peckinpah’s westerns.) Discovering a bin full of Arhoolie Records in a downtown record shop introduced me to a treasure trove of magical Mexican American music and reading about Arhoolie founder Chris Strachwitz’s efforts to record the finest American vernacular music provided even more inspiration. Later on, Canyon Records would open my ears to how Native American culture celebrated its survival. Around the same time an uncle who loved jazz gave me Curtis Mayfield’s “Superfly” album – he found it too funky for his tastes. Talk about life-changing records: to this day Curtis remains my favourite US soul singer. I dedicated More Miles Than Money to Charlie, Chris and the indomitable spirit of Curtis Mayfield. Tragically, Charlie died earlier this year. He, like Curtis, lives on as an indomitable spirit and continues to inspire me. This compilation is, again, dedicated to Charlie, Chris and Curtis: the three Cs who helped me hear America. More Miles Than Money reflects on an America that made the mightiest music of the 20th Century. This compilation aims then to salute those who inspired me to ride US highways and document those I encountered as I wandered through honky-tonks, juke joints and barrios. Enjoy! By Garth Cartwright (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 20.00 € |
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| VA: - Smoke That Cigarette 1-CD digipack with 52-page booklet, 32 tracks, playingtime :87:34) 30 vintage cigarette-related recordings from 1940s & '50s Unprecedented combination of hillbilly and pop music, including ultra-rare tracks Includes original cigarette ads from Golden Age of radio Fully illustrated notes on society's changing views towards cigarette smoking -- As long as people have smoked cigarettes, they have written and sung songs about them. And few things have changed as dramatically as our attitudes towards smoking and smokers. Those changing attitudes are reflected in the unique collection of Smoking Songs we present here. It's a pretty amazing cross section at that, drawn mostly from the 1940s and '50s with an emphasis on hillbilly and pop music. No matter how you slice it, this is the first time that Frank Sinatra, Rev. J. M. Gates and Little Jimmy Dickens have appeared on the same compilation. And you can throw in Patsy Cline and Homer & Jethro for good measure. And what could bring them together as easily as cigarettes' -- Sit back and listen as smoking and cigarettes changed from telling the world how sexy and sophisticated you are to' well, let's just say to something less than socially desirable. Back a half a century ago that cigarette turned you into a cool, hard-boiled chick magnet. The woman' Smoking made her an alluring creature of mystery, as smoke swirled all around her. The cigarettes' They started out as sleek and romantic phallic symbols, and ended up being toxic and deadly ' colloquially referred to as 'cancer sticks.' -- All this happened almost overnight, and there is no shortage of music to document it. In addition to 30 wonderful tracks, we include some vintage cigarette ads from the Golden Age of radio. Remember, nine out of 10 doctors agree that smoking is good for you. Whether you want to be John Wayne, Marlon Brando or Frank Sinatra, the quickest path to ultra-cool is that pack of smokes in your hand. And here are the songs to prove it. Many of these tracks are quite rare, including Peggy Lee's original version of her classic tune, Don't Smoke In Bed, or the extraordinary 1939 recording of Rev. J. M. Gates' sermon about the evils of a SmokingWoman In The Street. This memorable collection also includes humorous and informative notes on society's changing views towards cigarette smoking by music historian Hank Davis, accompanied by an assortment of smoky vintage images. |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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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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| VA: - 75 Pumpin' Piano Greats 3CD |
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Fantastic Voyage 2009 | 2-CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Blues Belles with Attitude - from the Vaults Of Modern Recor As the 1940s turned into the 50s girls were supposed to sing about June and moon or the price of doggies in windows, but across town in the black juke joints a more raunchy sound could be heard. Here the girls taunted and challenged with R&B songs that spelled out far more basic emotions. The excitement generated caused many an indie record company to commit such performances to wax, knowing that jukebox sales would follow. The snag was no airplay. In America censorship was in full flow both in film and on the airwaves. This meant it was almost impossible to get major sales, which in turn means that these records are tough to find some 50+ years later. But here’s where we get lucky. The brothers Bihari, owners of Modern Records, not only recorded much of this genre, but they kept the acetates or tapes. As a result, Ace Records, who now own this material, have been able to put before you 28 tracks of early in-your-face female R&B, 18 of which are previously unissued and a further eight that have not seen prior CD release. The inspiration for this compilation was Cordella Di Milo sides, whose recordings we have released previously on a Johnny Guitar Watson CD as result of his stunning guitar backing. It dawned on us that this virtually unknown singer deserved to be featured on a collection of similarly aggressive female performances. This led to a trawl of the tracks held in the Modern files, which had not been previously issued or had not seen the light of day for over half a century. After filtering out the pop and smoother nightclub-style vocals, along with material used in the “Mellow Cats & Kittens” series, we were left with a fine collection of R&B, including some by artists of whom we know nothing, not even their names. After much research and speculation it was decided that the mystery tracks were worthy of issue even if the artists had to remain anonymous. They take their place for your enjoyment alongside stars like Little Esther and Helen Humes and lesser-knowns such as Edna Broughton and Pearl Traylor. Included are two of the best sides ever cut by Effie Smith, Jimmie Lee Cheatum’s only solo vocal and a host of other female talent, included in a mix of storming R&B and tough blues. Whether it’s Cordella De Milo telling you she ‘Ain’t Gonna Hush’, Effie Smith pronouncing ‘It’s Great To Be Rich’ or Pearl Traylor laying down ‘Daddy, Somebody’s Got To Go’, these Blues Belles have got attitude. By Ian Saddler (ACE RECORDS) |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Boogiology - The Boogie Woogie Masters 2CD Boogie Woogie was and is an important popular music; many modern music historians talk of the longevity of Rap and Hip-Hop over the last quarter of a century, well, Boogie Woogie easily matched that. But this compilation is not a collation of tracks chosen as a dry, academic history of this great, rhythmic music; this is rather a lively menu, of more than fifty cuts that assisted in the Big Bang of that cultural explosion and were rewarded by selling well-enough to achieve the giddy heights of the national US black music chart. |
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Great Voices Of The Century 2009 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol. 2 DJ AT from the Netherlands has combined a great compilation of various roots music styles from the early 1930s to the early 1960s. This CD is very good for all Your dancers out there. |
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El Toro Records 2009 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - The Roots Of Bob Dylan 4CD 3 x CD + 1 x DVD. Includes 24 page booklet |
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Proper 2009 | CD-Box | 20.00 € |
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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 € |
