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Rhythm & Blues – The Sound That Started It All
If you're after gritty grooves, emotional vocals and horn-driven rhythm – this is where R&B lives. Explore the golden era of Rhythm & Blues: the 1940s to early 1960s, when the sound was raw, real and ready to roll.
From Ruth Brown to Ray Charles
From jump blues to gospel-tinged ballads, these CDs and vinyl records showcase legends and obscure gems alike. Essential for soul fans, music historians and anyone who loves their rhythm with fire.
Rhythm & Blues – The Sound That Started It All
If you're after gritty grooves, emotional vocals and horn-driven rhythm – this is where R&B lives. Explore the golden era of Rhythm &...
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If you're after gritty grooves, emotional vocals and horn-driven rhythm – this is where R&B lives. Explore the golden era of Rhythm & Blues: the 1940s to early 1960s, when the sound was raw, real and ready to roll.
From Ruth Brown to Ray Charles
From jump blues to gospel-tinged ballads, these CDs and vinyl records showcase legends and obscure gems alike. Essential for soul fans, music historians and anyone who loves their rhythm with fire.
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(Koko Mojo Records) 28 Tracks - Ecopack - Well, well. well, we got a second helping of danceable funny ones here. It takes a whole lot of bulling jive to keep the joints alive!
(Koko Mojo Records) 28 Tracks - Ecopack - Jumping jills and jiving cats, this mighty fine collection is devoted to the relation of men and women. What else is there to say? Dig these Rhythm And Blues and WAIT FOR BETTER TIMES!
(Waxtime) 12 tracks - Re-issue of the original 1961 'Prestige - Bluesville LP album Although he was relatively unknown by the listening public during his career, King Curtis gained a reputation for his rough-cutting saxophone sound thot...
(Stag-O-Lee) 32 Tracks - After the highly successful first volume in the Stag-O-Lee DJ Set series we present Volume 2. Again an 80 minute set - this time by Stuttgart based DJ Joe Whirlypop. Joe is a jack of all trades, someone who can...
(Duke Records) 12 tracks - Re-issue of the original 1958 'Duke' LP album 'That which I myself am cognizant That which I myself have seen, heard and the 'Experiences' . . . And I ain't an old man, veteran of the hardgoing Stupid with...
(Outta Sight) 16 tracks Post 1958 the Club Americana, or rather the Gunnell brothers, moved to Wardour Street, where they started the famous Friday and Saturday All-Nighters at the new Flamingo, keeping the spirit of the Americana alive....
(Outta Sight) 16 tracks The legendary Okeh Records needs little introduction to soul music fans around the world. It has been relentlessly plundered and treasured for its slue of Northern Soul classics produced by A&R manager Carl Davis...
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(BMG) 18 tracks CD with the complete RCA Victor recordings of the US group The Isley Brothers, including their groundbreaking hit »Shout« from 1959. The recordings show the early, gospel-fired energy of the later soul legends. The Isley...
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(Sleazy) There are may magic words in the universe of rock'n'roll but 'Wooly Bully' are two of the most powerful ones. In 1965 this indecipherable spell bewitched millions of young people who understood its message. And that spell has...
(El Toro) 15 tracks (36:08) Betty Everett; she of the impeccable Northern Soul credentials. The sixties Soul singer who scored a top 10 hit with the twee, but elegantly performed, Shoop Shoop Song. She experienced renewed recognition in...
(El Toro) 6 tracks 33rpm - small enterhole Betty Everett; she of the impeccable Northern Soul credentials. The sixties Soul singer who scored a top 10 hit with the twee, but elegantly performed, Shoop Shoop Song. She experienced renewed...
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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...
(Alligator Records) 12 Tracks - One of America's most famous and popular roots artists releases a groundbreaking album, produced by Steve Berlin (Los Lobos, The Blasters). Marcia Ball burns on Shine Bright with an exuberant selection of...
(Jasmine) 48 Tracks Little is really known of Mabel Louise Smith aka Big Maybelle, as with so many pioneers of R&B she was never interviewed in her lifetime and passed away in 1972 just as historians of popular culture were finally...
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(RCA) 12 tracks Cootie Williams – In Hi-Fi is an RCA release featuring the American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Cootie Williams. The original In Hi-Fi album was released by RCA Victor in 1958 and was recorded during sessions in March...
(New West) 17 tracks In my humble opinion, this is the definitive Fats Domino performance ever captured CM camera. Fats of all, like his hero Louis Armstrong a generation earlier, Fats is synonymous with New Orleans. Not to mention the...
(Vinyl Lovers) 16 tracks Bo Diddley's syncopated 'hambone beat -bump, ba-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp- has become a cornerstone of rock & roll. He surprised the music world in the mid-1950s when he unleashed a new guitar sound dominated by heavy...
(Ace Records) 24 tracks with 24 page booklet. Recorded between 1963 and 1967, two dozen of the Nitty Gritty Girl’s finest recordings for Congress and Columbia, many written by her mentor Lincoln Chase. Includes Shirley’s unforgettable...