Bear Family Rhythm & Blues CDs – Where Soul Began

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Big John Greer - Rocks (CD)
Big John Greer: Big John Greer - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17743

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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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James Brown - Rocks (CD)
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Louis Jordan - Rocks (CD)
Louis Jordan: Louis Jordan - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17769

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Wynonie Harris - Rocks (CD)
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Chicago Rocks Vol.1 (CD))
Various: Chicago Rocks Vol.1 (CD)) Art-Nr.: BCD17771

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Bear Family Records Rocks Vol. 1 (CD)
Various: Bear Family Records Rocks Vol. 1 (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17734

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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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Etta James - Rocks (CD)
Etta James: Etta James - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17750

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Big Joe Turner - Rocks
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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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The Doctor's In! (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Piano Red A.k.a. Dr. Feelgood: The Doctor's In! (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15685

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4-CD box (LP-size) with 20-page book, 122 tracks. Playing time approx. 301 mns. For pure enjoyment, for simple rockin' good music, nothing can match Willie Perryman a.k.a. Piano Red a.k.a. Doctor Feelgood. He was an albino R&B singer...
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Out Of New Orleans (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) (First Edition)
Fats Domino: Out Of New Orleans (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) (First... Art-Nr.: BCD15541

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Archive Copy - First Edition 1993 It's every recording that Fats Domino made for Imperial between 1949 and 1962 In those years, he just about defined New Orleans R&B as it became rock 'n' roll. There's terrific variety here, amazingly...
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Rock With A Sock (CD)
Mickey Baker: Rock With A Sock (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15654

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1-CD with 28-page booklet, 28 tracks. Playing time approx. 77 mns. Mickey Baker is the greatest R&B session guitarist of all time (as well as half of Mickey & Sylvia). He has made plenty of solo records through the years and this set...
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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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6-CD box (LP-size) with 16-page book, 152 tracks. Playing time approx. 419 mns. The Orioles weren’t just another vocal group – they were the spark that ignited modern R&B and laid the foundation for Doo-Wop and early Pop. Sonny Til,...
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Spellbound 1955-74 (2-CD)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Spellbound 1955-74 (2-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15530

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2-CD with 36-page booklet, 48 tracks. Playing time approx. 136 mns. Esquerita may have been one of rockin'est cats ever, but Screamin' Jay' Hawkins was certainly the weirdest. A true original who has been steadily recording for more than...
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Love Is Strange (2-CD)
Mickey & Sylvia: Love Is Strange (2-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15438

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2-CD with 52-page booklet, 60 tracks. Playing time approx. 154 mns. 'Love Is Strange' and much, much more! A total of 60 tracks from the most distinctive and unique act in Fifties R&B. Mickey Baker was the master guitar player and Sylvia...
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Cool It Baby (CD)
The Treniers: Cool It Baby (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15418

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(Bear Family Records) 18 tracks (48:32)
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Hey Sister Lucy (CD)
The Treniers: Hey Sister Lucy (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15419

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(Bear Family Records) 18 tracks (45:57) 16 page booklet At any given time, the Treniers were either two, three or four brothers. Perhaps their finest moment, as far as exposure goes, came in the late '56 movies 'Don't Knock The Rock' and...
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Clyde McPhatter Live At The Apollo (LP)
Clyde McPhatter: Clyde McPhatter Live At The Apollo (LP) Art-Nr.: BFX152718

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(Bear Family Records) 20 tracks - High Quality re-issue of the 1964 Mercury LP from the (now deleted) 1987 8-LP Box Set BFX15271 'Rhythm And Soul 1959–1965'
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Memphis Days Vol.2 (CD)
Howlin' Wolf: Memphis Days Vol.2 (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15500

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1-CD with 8-page booklet, 19 tracks. Playing time approx. 51 mns. A companion to Volume 1, this includes all the released Chess masters from Memphis together with out-takes of both the issued and unissued recordings. A total of 19 songs...
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Memphis Days Vol.1 (CD)
Howlin' Wolf: Memphis Days Vol.1 (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15460

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1-CD with 12-page booklet, 21 tracks. Playing time approx. 61 min. Hailed by fans and critics as one of the greatest blues CDs ever issued! For SUN Records founder Sam Phillips, Chester Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf remained the greatest...
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Rockin' With Big John (3-CD)
Big John Greer: Rockin' With Big John (3-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15554

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​(Bear Family Records) 72 tracks The sound quality of this CD from Bear Family is simply incredible! This CD is a must-have! Aggressive, loud, and excellent guitar playing by W. Johnson But although Greer would never be mistaken for a...
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Got You On My Mind
Varetta Dillard: Got You On My Mind Art-Nr.: BCD15431

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-Got You On My Mind (1951/52 'Sun') (60:38/21) (Die frühen Wolf-Titel in UNGLAUBLICH guter Qualität!! Ein Hammer! Agressiv, laut, Super-Gitarre von Willie Johnson / the sound quality of this 'Bear Family' CD is simply unbelievably...
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The Wild Sound Of New Orleans (CD)
Allen Toussaint: The Wild Sound Of New Orleans (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15641

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1-CD with 16-page booklet, 26 tracks. Playing time approx. 77 mns. Although he has been the presiding genius of New Orleans R&B since the late Fifties, Allen Toussaint has made relatively few recordings under his own name. These are his...
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The Lovin' Bird - Complete Recordings 1956-1961 Vol.2 (CD)
Varetta Dillard: The Lovin' Bird - Complete Recordings 1956-1961... Art-Nr.: BCD15432

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Varetta Dillard's name is rarely, if ever, mentioned alongside Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker among the great early thrushes of mid-'50s R&B ... and yet her voice and talent were certainly on the same plane as the aforementioned legends....
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The Be-Bop Boy with Walter Horton and Mose Vinson (CD)
Joe Hill Louis: The Be-Bop Boy with Walter Horton and Mose... Art-Nr.: BCD15524

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1-CD with 24-page booklet, 26 tracks. Playing time approx. 74 mns. Joe Hill Louis must have been Sun president Sam Phillips' favorite bluesman. He recorded him for The Phillips, Chess, and Sun. The Sun tapes (1952-'53) are here,...
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Sock It To Me Baby (CD)
Esquerita: Sock It To Me Baby (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15504

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1-CD with 8-page booklet, 13 tracks. Playing time approx. 31 mns. If you've heard Esquerita's psychotic recordings for Capitol (1958-59), you probably already know what to expect whenever his name is dropped. If you haven't ... well,...
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Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night feat. Damita Jo (CD)
Steve Gibson's Red Caps: Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night feat. Damita... Art-Nr.: BCD15490

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(Bear Family Records) 28 tracks (71:27) 16 page booklet The Red Caps, one of the early black vocal groups to succeed in the pre and post-war eras, were unusual in a most functional respect: not only were they a fine vocal group in and of...
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Shout!
The Isley Brothers: Shout! Art-Nr.: BCD15425

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Shout! was quite simply one of the greatest R&B records of all time, and it's here with all of the Isleys' epochal RCA recordings from 1959-60. Other titles include both the single and LP versions of Respectable as well as the complete,...
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Shrimp Boats A-Comin' - There's Dancin' Tonight
Jerry Jackson: Shrimp Boats A-Comin' - There's Dancin' Tonight Art-Nr.: BCD15481

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Jerry Jackson was an R&B-pop singer in New York in the early 1960s, and his New York ska version of 'Shrimp Boats' has become a cult club favorite in Europe. Elvis fans will be interested in Jerry Jackson's original version of 'It Hurts...
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