Bear Family Rhythm & Blues CDs – Where Soul Began

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James Brown - Rocks (CD)
James Brown: James Brown - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17775

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Chicago Rocks Vol.1 (CD))
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Destination Jail Vol.1 & Vol.2 - 55 Songs From Behind The Bars (CD)
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Let The Good Times Roll (1938-1954) (9-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Louis Jordan: Let The Good Times Roll (1938-1954) (9-CD... Art-Nr.: BCD15557

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The Jubilee Recordings (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)
The Orioles: The Jubilee Recordings (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15682

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Wynonie Harris - Rocks (CD)
Wynonie Harris: Wynonie Harris - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17746

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The Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings 1914–1969 (20-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Various: The Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings... Art-Nr.: BCD17515

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Groovin' The Blues & Rockin' The Groove (2-CD)
Various - Groove Records: Groovin' The Blues & Rockin' The Groove (2-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17411-bu

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The Cole Slaw Club - The Big Rhythm & Blues Revue (CD)
Various - Cree Records: The Cole Slaw Club - The Big Rhythm & Blues... Art-Nr.: CCD1208

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Looking for real groove, raw emotion and unforgettable voices? Our Rhythm & Blues CDs bring you classics, deep cuts and hidden gems from a genre that shaped modern music.

From Doo-Wop to Early Soul

Explore artists like Ray Charles, Ruth Brown and beyond – with rare tracks, remastered sound and beautifully designed booklets full of stories and photos.

For Collectors & R&B Fans

Whether you're a lifelong R&B lover or new to the genre, these CDs open a door to musical history. Discover the roots of soul at bear-family.de.

Looking for real groove, raw emotion and unforgettable voices? Our Rhythm & Blues CDs bring you classics, deep cuts and hidden gems from a genre that shaped modern music. From Doo-Wop to... read more »
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Bear Family Rhythm & Blues CDs – Where Soul Began

Looking for real groove, raw emotion and unforgettable voices? Our Rhythm & Blues CDs bring you classics, deep cuts and hidden gems from a genre that shaped modern music.

From Doo-Wop to Early Soul

Explore artists like Ray Charles, Ruth Brown and beyond – with rare tracks, remastered sound and beautifully designed booklets full of stories and photos.

For Collectors & R&B Fans

Whether you're a lifelong R&B lover or new to the genre, these CDs open a door to musical history. Discover the roots of soul at bear-family.de.

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Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up! - Vol. 1-4 CD-Bundle (12-CD)
Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up!: Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up! - Vol.... Art-Nr.: BCD16921-bu

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The Electric Blues CD series with English booklet at a bargain price as a bundle Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up!: Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD) - BCD16921 Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up!:...
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Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD)
Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up!: Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD16921

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3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 160-page booklet, 77 tracks. Total playing time approx. 218 mns. Part one of the most comprehensive history EVER of electrified blues on 12 electrifying CDs! Every significant artist ... every significant...
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R&B in DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin’ Rhythm and more… (16-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Various - History: R&B in DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop,... Art-Nr.: BCD17052

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Limited and numbered edition of 1,500 copies! 16-CD box set (LP-size) with 352-page hardcover book, 472 tracks. Playing time c. 20 hrs Author Jay Bruder and Bear Family received the 2022 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded...
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The Mercury New Orleans Sessions 1950 (2-LP)
Various: The Mercury New Orleans Sessions 1950 (2-LP) Art-Nr.: BFD15308

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(Bear Family Records®) 33 Tracks - Gatefold Cover You hold in your hands a slice of New Orleans music history, a time capsule which is spilling all of its contents for the first time nearly years later. Listen to the pounding rhythms,...
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The "5" Royales - Rock (CD)
The 5 Royales: The "5" Royales - Rock (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17522

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. With the fantastic Five Royales, we introduce another significant element in the transformation of African-American music from gospel to R&B to soul in...
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The Ballads Of Clyde McPhatter (CD)
Clyde McPhatter: The Ballads Of Clyde McPhatter (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17615

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1-CD (4-plated Digipak) with 32-page booklet, 29 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. We can't rewrite music history, but we would like to shine a light on a great, influential and underrated artist: Clyde McPhatter. Whoever is...
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Rocks (CD)
Clyde McPhatter: Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17614

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1-CD (6-plated Digipak) with 32-page booklet, 33 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 minutes. Long overdue two-part documentary on Bear Family dedicated to one of the greatest Gospel, Rhythm & Blues, Soul and Rock & Roll singers: Clyde...
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Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Rocks (CD)
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17537

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1-CD (trifold digipak) with 36 page booklet, 29 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. T-Bone Walker, the 'inventor of the electric blues guitar', opened the gate and young guys like Johnny 'Guitar' Watson and Clarence 'Gatemouth'...
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Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Juke Box Pearls (CD)
Ruth Brown: Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Juke Box... Art-Nr.: BCD17542

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1-CD with 36-page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 78 minutes. • Ruth Brown is not only the legendary Queen of Rhythm & Blues, she also had a baby they called Rock 'n' Roll! Her fantastic voice is genre-spanning - here is...
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A Rockin' Good Way - Juke Box Pearls (CD)
Dinah Washington: A Rockin' Good Way - Juke Box Pearls (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17520

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​1-CD Digipak with 36-page booklet, 29 tracks. Total playing time about 77 minutes. • Dinah Washington was not only called 'The Queen', she simply was 'The Queen'. • Her incredibly powerful voice, which is unparalleled, obliges us to...
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The Complete Boss Of The Blues (2-CD)
Big Joe Turner: The Complete Boss Of The Blues (2-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17505

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2-CD (6-sided Digisleeve) with 24-page booklet, 32 tracks. Total playing time approx. 134 minutes. Seriously, one of the best blues albums of all time. Masterfully, unpretentious and crazily swinging album. One of the first...
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Collector Card #203 - Jumpin' And Jivin' Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan: Collector Card #203 - Jumpin' And Jivin' Louis... Art-Nr.: BFCC203

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Collector Card - Sheet Metal 19.5x14.5 cm, 90 gram with drillholes perfect for your wall Bear Family collector's cards are tin signs in postcard or single envelope format with cultural nostalgia motifs from the good old days. These cards...
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At His Best (2-CD)
Melvin Smith: At His Best (2-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15703

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2-CD with 16-page booklet, 32 tracks. Playing time approx. 84 mns. A true obscurity from the R&B era, Smith probably gained more exposure in the mid-'50s with Doc Starks & His Niteriders than on his own solo recordings from the early...
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The Ballads Of Fats Domino (CD)
Fats Domino: The Ballads Of Fats Domino (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17530

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32 tracks. Playing time approx. 75:56 minutes. • 32 Fats Domino classics from his voluminous Imperial Records catalog • Some of his greatest hits are on board, including Blueberry Hill and Blue Monday • A wealth of lesser-known standout...
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Eat To The Beat - Dirtiest Of Them Dirty Blues (CD)
Various: Eat To The Beat - Dirtiest Of Them Dirty Blues... Art-Nr.: BCD16816

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1-CD-Album Digipak (6-plated) with 79-page booklet, 28 tracks. Playing time approx. 77 mns.​ An ultra-smutty, ultra fun party with 28 lowdown dirty blues songs. The superb digipac with 92-page-booklet contains many rare photos. An...
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Champion Jack Dupree - Rocks (CD)
Champion Jack Dupree: Champion Jack Dupree - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17536

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1-CD DigiPac (6-plated) with 36-page booklet, 29 tracks, playing time 78:14 minutes. • Multi-label compilation features Dupree classics originally on the Red Robin, Groove,Apollo, Vik, and Atlantic labels—all of them blistering rockers •...
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Rhythm And Soul 1959 - 1965 (8-LP)
Clyde McPhatter: Rhythm And Soul 1959 - 1965 (8-LP) Art-Nr.: BFX15271

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Rhythm'n'Soul 1959-65 (8-LP Box) Bear Family (8 LPs of the 'Mercury' era, plus a 112 page book (A5) with Discography I've worked with some of the top acts — Jackie Wilson, Brook Benton, Mary Johnson and so on ... but Clyde was something...
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Arthur Crudup - Rocks (CD)
Arthur Crudup: Arthur Crudup - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17555

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Arthur Crudup – Rocks Arthur ’Big Boy’ Crudup is one of the most influential bluesmen of all-time. He is the father of Rock'n'Roll! His classic tunes ' That's All Right, Mama ', ' My Baby Left Me ' and ' So Glad You're Mine ' were...
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1958 - 31 R&B Classics That Rocked The Jukebox (CD)
Various - Blowing The Fuse: 1958 - 31 R&B Classics That Rocked The Jukebox... Art-Nr.: BCD16713

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1-CD-Album Digipak (6-plated) with 88-page booklet, 31 tracks. Playing time approx 76 mns. The annual committee of the German record review awards has awarded the CD series Nowadays, when journalists talk about '50 years of pop music'...
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Smiley Lewis - Rocks (CD)
Smiley Lewis: Smiley Lewis - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD16676

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1-CD-Album Digipak (6-plated) with 24-page booklet, 36 tracks. Playing time approx. 86 mns. The most comprehensive single-disc collection available of Smiley Lewis rocking 1950s output for Imperial. Features the brilliant Studio Band at...
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Rockin' The Groove (CD)
Various - Groove Records: Rockin' The Groove (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17412

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1-CD Digipak (4-plated) with 64-page booklet, 35 tracks. Total playing time approx. 84 minutes. Two single CDs devoted to a great, unknown story in 1950s R&B history! All titles remastered from original vault tapes! Artists include Zilla...
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Live And Well (180gram Vinyl)
B.B. King: Live And Well (180gram Vinyl) Art-Nr.: BAF18013

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180gram vinyl LP, re-issue, original gatefold sleeve, 10 tracks. Total playing time approx. 48 minutes. • Produced by Bill Szymczyk ( J. Geils Band, Joe Walsh, James Gang, Eagles ) • B.B. King's first top 100 album! • Original live and...
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Bare Necessities (CD)
Various Artists: Bare Necessities (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17500P

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(Bear Family Records®) 27 tracks (71:41) digisleeve - Bare Necessities (A Quick View On 40 Years Bear Family Records) This 40th. Anniversary Bear Family Sampler was an insert in various music magazines in 2005. Remaining stock of the...
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Nashville Jumps, Blues & Rhythm 1945-1955 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Various - History: Nashville Jumps, Blues & Rhythm 1945-1955 (8-CD... Art-Nr.: BCD15864

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8-CD Box (LP-format) with c. 284-page hardbound book, 200 single tracks. Total playing time approx. 614 minutes. Early blues and R&B recorded in Nashville, Music City USA. Original recordings made for Bullet Records, Tennessee and...
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Groove Jumping! (CD)
Various - Groove Records: Groove Jumping! (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17388

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1-CD Digipak with 24-page booklet, 14 tracks. Total playing time approx. 36 minutes CD digipak reissue of classic 1983 vinyl LP. Containing 14 sizzling R&B rockers from the vaults of Groove Records , RCA Victor's legendary mid-1950s R&B...
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