Classic Rhythm & Blues – The Roots of Modern Music

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Etta James - Rocks (CD)
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Headin' For The Poorhouse - What To Do When Money is Through? (CD)
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On The Prowl With The Wolf (CD)
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Ike Turner - Rocks (CD)
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Bear Family Records Rocks Vol. 1 (CD)
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Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Rocks (CD)
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Let The Good Times Roll (1938-1954) (9-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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The Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings 1914–1969 (20-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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On The Dancefloor With More Fingersnaps - 31 More Pops To Make The Party Shake! (CD)
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Classic Rhythm & Blues – The Roots of Modern Music

This is where it all started. Classic R&B from the 1940s through the early 1960s laid the foundation for soul, funk and rock ’n’ roll. Raw vocals, killer grooves, and no-nonsense storytelling – the blueprint of American music culture.

From the Greats to the Labels That Built Them

Discover legends like Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, and Wynonie Harris, plus treasures from the vaults of Atlantic, Chess, Specialty and more. These CDs and vinyls are essential for collectors and true rhythm lovers.

Classic Rhythm & Blues – The Roots of Modern Music This is where it all started. Classic R&B from the 1940s through the early 1960s laid the foundation for soul, funk and rock ’n’ roll.... read more »
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Classic Rhythm & Blues – The Roots of Modern Music

Classic Rhythm & Blues – The Roots of Modern Music

This is where it all started. Classic R&B from the 1940s through the early 1960s laid the foundation for soul, funk and rock ’n’ roll. Raw vocals, killer grooves, and no-nonsense storytelling – the blueprint of American music culture.

From the Greats to the Labels That Built Them

Discover legends like Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, and Wynonie Harris, plus treasures from the vaults of Atlantic, Chess, Specialty and more. These CDs and vinyls are essential for collectors and true rhythm lovers.

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Headin' For The Poorhouse - What To Do When Money is Through? (CD)
Various - Bear Family Records: Headin' For The Poorhouse - What To Do When... Art-Nr.: BCD17763

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 78 min. We all know the situation where money is tight, barely enough for rent or a decent life. But it gets even worse! The moving 30 songs on this Bear Family...
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Etta James - Rocks (CD)
Etta James: Etta James - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17750

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 29 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. With Etta James, Bear Family Records® finally dedicates itself to the most rocking recordings of one of the most important and successful Afro-American...
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Ike Turner - Rocks (CD)
Ike Turner: Ike Turner - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17679

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 33 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. Ike Turner proved to be a challenging and polarizing character, considered moody, irascible and aggressive, even towards his partner. Despite all his...
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On The Prowl With The Wolf (CD)
Various - Bear Family Records: On The Prowl With The Wolf (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17762

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 32 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. The wolf, intelligent pack animal or lone hunter, main character in classic fairy tales and polarizing character, has long since found its way into the...
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Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Rocks (CD)
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson: Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17764

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. With Johnny 'Guitar' Watson we present an exceptionally inventive and style-defining musician in the 'Rocks' series on Bear Family Records®. As 'Young'...
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On The Dancefloor With More Fingersnaps - 31 More Pops To Make The Party Shake! (CD)
Various: On The Dancefloor With More Fingersnaps - 31... Art-Nr.: BCD17745

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. Follow-up album to our debut 'Fingersnap!' CD (BCD17718) in the 'On the Dancefloor' series on Bear Family Records®. The second installment delivers 31...
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James Cotton - Rocks (CD)
COTTON, James: James Cotton - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17651

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 27 tracks. Total playing time approx. 75 min. Bear Family Records® dedicates a CD album in the 'Rocks' series to James Cotton (1935-2017), one of the most dazzling personalities in the world of blues...
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Destination Jail Vol.1 & Vol.2 - 55 Songs From Behind The Bars (CD)
Various Artists: Destination Jail Vol.1 & Vol.2 - 55 Songs From... Art-Nr.: BCD17709-bu

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2-CD with each 12-page booklet, 55 tracks. Total playing time approx. 140 min. With 'Destination Jail', Bear Family Records® offers another intriguing collection of blues, rhythm & blues and rock'n'roll obscurities and classics from the...
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Roy Brown - Rocks (CD)
Roy Brown: Roy Brown - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17749

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1-CD Digipak with 36-page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. Roy Brown, one of the all-time greats of early rhythm 'n' blues and jointly responsible for the breakthrough success of rock and roll - ROCKS! His Good...
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Shotgun Boogie - Rhythm & Blues Goes Country Vol.1 (CD)
Various: Shotgun Boogie - Rhythm & Blues Goes Country... Art-Nr.: BCD17701

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 29 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. There has always been a lively exchange between musicians in the USA - regardless of skin color. With 'Shotgun Boogie', Bear Family Records® documents in...
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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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Two single CDs devoted to a great, unknown story in 1950s R&B history! All titles remastered from original vault tapes! Artists include Zilla Mays, Roy Gaines, the Du Droppers, George Benson (Yes! That George Benson), Sonny Terry,...
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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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9-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 47-page book, 215 tracks. Playing time approx. 623 mns. Look out! as the man himself said, 'This is it!' Throw away those old bootlegs, sell the other albums and pick up these nine little boogie woogie blue...
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Promises (CD)
Barbara Lynn: Promises (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD16208

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(Bear Family Records) 30 tracks - 16 page booklet Here is everything that the fabulous Barbara Lynn recorded for Jamie - a total of 58 tracks (BCD16207 + BCD16208) Here are all the original singles, all the original LP tracks, and a...
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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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Bear Family is nominated by Living Blues Magazine for Best Blues Album of 2023 (Reissue Recordings) for The Memphis Blues Box : Original Recordings, 1914-1969. Anyone can vote! Just visit www.livingblues.com and click on the 'Vote'...
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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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1-CD Digipak (4-plated), 17 tracks. Total playing time approx. 40 mns Compiled by DJ 'The one and only' Baster Rübsam from Hamburg. Rare and hard-to-find records, some re-issued for the first time. Classic dance floor fillers from the...
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Destination Jail Vol. 2 - 24 More Songs From Behind The Bars (CD)
Various Artists: Destination Jail Vol. 2 - 24 More Songs From... Art-Nr.: BCD17709

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1-CD with 12-page booklet, 24 tracks. Total playing time approx. 70 min. With 'Destination Jail, Vol. 2', Bear Family Records® offers another intriguing collection of blues and rhythm & blues obscurities and classics from the '40s to the...
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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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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 -page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. With more than 70 CD releases since 2002, the 'Rocks' series on Bear Family Records® is one of the most successful and extensive in our catalog....
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Bo Diddley - Rocks (CD)
Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17551

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 28 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. 28 original Bo Diddley Checker recordings from Chicago. One of the most important discs in Bear Family Records’® Rocks series. Including 3 Top 5 R&B hits:...
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The Mercury Recordings (CD)
Jimmy McCracklin: The Mercury Recordings (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15558

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1-CD with 12-page booklet, 12 tracks. Playing time approx. 34 mns. The great bluesman's most commercial and sought-after recordings from 1958-1960! Included are 3 previously unissued masters! Blues, Rock'n'Roll, and R&B collectors will...
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The Bigger The Pompadour ... - His Complete Recordings 1959-66 (2-CD)
Wayne Cochran: The Bigger The Pompadour ... - His Complete... Art-Nr.: BCD17744

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2-CD (Digisleeve) with 36 page booklet, 42 tracks. Total playing time approx. 130 min. Wayne Cochran (1939 - 2017) from Georgia, also called 'The White Knight of Soul', is remembered for his white pompadour hairstyle and the brilliant...
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On The Dancefloor With A Fingersnap - 31 Pops To Make The Party Shake! (CD)
Various: On The Dancefloor With A Fingersnap - 31 Pops... Art-Nr.: BCD17718

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. In the CD series 'On The Dancefloor With ...' featuring the best danceable music, Bear Family Records® here deals with those songs that are accompanied by...
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Lloyd Price - Lloyd Rocks
Lloyd Price: Lloyd Price - Lloyd Rocks Art-Nr.: BCD16999

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1-CD-Album Digipak (6-plated) with 51-page booklet, 34 tracks. Playing time approx. 78 minutes. • Lloyd Price helped kick-start the rock'n'roll era in 1952 ... the New Orleans great really was there at the beginning. • The only career...
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Left Behind - Black & White 'Felsted' Rockers (LP & CD, 10inch, 45rpm)
Various: Left Behind - Black & White 'Felsted' Rockers... Art-Nr.: BAF14022

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1 vinyl LP (10") with bonus CD and 16-page booklet. 13 tracks (LP), 34 tracks (CD). Total playing time: approx. 28 min. (LP), approx. 79 min. (CD). Limited deluxe-edition, pressed on orange vinyl with photo postcard. The obscure Felsted...
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The Rhythm Of The Rain - 30 Melodic Drops for Cloudy Days (CD)
Various: The Rhythm Of The Rain - 30 Melodic Drops for... Art-Nr.: BCD17723

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1 CD with 36 page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. Depending on the personal state of mind: rain can be perceived as unpleasantly wet or wonderfully refreshing. At all times and across all genres, composers and...
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Roy Milton - Rocks (CD)
Roy Milton: Roy Milton - Rocks (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17712

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time aprox. 78 min. A brimful CD compilation dedicated to the important R&B pioneer Roy Milton in the continuously updated ‘Rocks’ series on Bear Family Records®. Milton is...
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