Classic Rhythm & Blues – The Roots of Modern Music

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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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Miss Etta James - Complete Modern & Kent (2-CD)
Etta James: Miss Etta James - Complete Modern & Kent (2-CD) Art-Nr.: CDCHM21085

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(ACE) 42 tracks (feat.The Peaches/Betty & Dupree(Harvey Fuqua) Thoroughly 'Modern' Etta - here's a long-overdue, definitive 2CD set containing one take of every recording Ms James made of Modern and Kent Records between 1954 and 1958,...
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Rhythm'n'Bluesin' By The Bayou
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(69:11/28) 28 Louisiana R&B and blues rockers - beltin' with rarities and boppin' with unissued tracks.
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New Breed R&B - Money Talks (CD)
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(ACE Records) 25 tracks New R&B discoveries continue to emerge and entertain the many devotees of the New Breed music cult; none more so than Kent's connoisseurs. Berna Dean's two previously unreleased recordings are by far her best....
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Wynonie Harris - Rocks (CD)
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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. The wild voice of jump blues – raw, raunchy, and revolutionary. Features Harris’ biggest R&B hits, including "Good Rockin' Tonight" – later covered by...
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All Tore Up ... Unrequited Love, Tormented Romance, Tragedy & Tearjerkers .... 1955-1968 (CD)
Various: All Tore Up ... Unrequited Love, Tormented... Art-Nr.: CDTU567

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(Tore-Up Records) 25 tracks - A great “concept album” with a series of emotional (to the point of psychological breakdowns!) R&B ballads from the 50s and mid-60s southern soul love songs, perfect for those lonely nights when you miss...
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Talking Trash - Lookey Dookey (CD)
Various: Talking Trash - Lookey Dookey (CD) Art-Nr.: CDTTRB54632

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(Rhytm & Blooz Records) 34 tracks - insanely cool rhythm & blues honkers, shouters, smoothies and greasies from the 50s (and a few from the early 60s)! 13 tracks from the Lookey-Dookey LP, 12 from the Talkin-Trash LP and 9 from Sin Alley...
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T-Bird Party! - A Swangin' Slew O' Greasy R&B - 1957-61 (CD)
Various: T-Bird Party! - A Swangin' Slew O' Greasy R&B -... Art-Nr.: CDRB5362

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(Lido Records) 17 tracks - crazy, greasy, black R&B songs - 1957-64. really wicked novelty and dance songs
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Jump and Shout (CD)
Various: Jump and Shout (CD) Art-Nr.: CD7006265

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(J&S) 26 tracks - greasy post-R&B pre-Soul dancers!
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The Singles Collection 1953-62 (2-CD)
Earl King: The Singles Collection 1953-62 (2-CD) Art-Nr.: CDADDCD3271

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(Acrobat Music) 41 tracks Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Earl King, a native of New Orleans, was one of the coterie of influential artists who helped create the distinctive style of R&B which characterised the music of the...
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Street Parade (CD)
Earl King: Street Parade (CD) Art-Nr.: CD061298-C

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(Fuel 2000) 18 tracks - new stock copy / cut out CD with mini drillhole in corner (see photo) Originally released only in the UK with a delay of nearly 10 years, King is accompanied by the Meters. Good funky blues with many bonus tracks
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Let The Little Girl Dance (CD)
Billy Bland: Let The Little Girl Dance (CD) Art-Nr.: CDCHD370

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​(Ace Records) 29 tracks A large, jovial, friendly man, Billy now runs a soul food restaurant in Harlem, where the juke box holds many of his Old Town singles. When a contingent of English R&B fans descended on the restaurant one summer...
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The Man Who Invented Soul (4-CD)
Sam Cooke: The Man Who Invented Soul (4-CD) Art-Nr.: CDMOC14519

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(Music On CD) 94 tracks This 4CD book set is essential for fans of Sam Cooke, even if it doesn't include any of his gospel recordings or the work from the last year of his career. Every few minutes, this collection is a reminder of how...
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Your Reason (CD)
Leroy Fullylove And The Tads: Your Reason (CD) Art-Nr.: CDSSM414

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(SewSiouxMee Records) 30 tracks of Arizona R&B, Doo Wops and Rockers from the Rev, Liberty Bell, Porter, and Viv labels, many masters are unreleased. Full color booklet of pictures and notes by John P. Dixon. Re-mastered audio sound.
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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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Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou - Nights Of Sin, Dirty Deals And Love Sick Souls (CD)
Various: Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou - Nights Of... Art-Nr.: CDCHD1478

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(Ace Records) 28 tracks A spicy mix of rarities, alternates and previously unissued R&B goodies from South Louisiana and S.E. Texas, where you are never too far from a bayou and some good rockin’ music. This 15th compilation in the 'By...
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Rhythm'n'Bluesin' By The Bayou - Rompin' & Stompin' (CD)
Various: Rhythm'n'Bluesin' By The Bayou - Rompin' &... Art-Nr.: CDCHD1388

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(Ace Records) 28 tracks, Letting the good times roll again, with this second visit to the dynamic South Louisiana R&B scene there is no waver in the quality of music. We’ve added the work of another Louisiana record man, Sam Montel from...
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Ask The Girl Who Knows - The Best Of 1958-69 (CD)
Claudine Clark: Ask The Girl Who Knows - The Best Of 1958-69 (CD) Art-Nr.: CDCHD1189

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(Ace Records) 24 tracks with 16 page booklet. Everything you wanted to hear by Philadelphia's mulit-talented and mysterious Claudine Clark, including some alternate takes, pseudonymous recordings, great previously unissued tracks and...
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The Monument Years (CD)
Arthur Alexander: The Monument Years (CD) Art-Nr.: CDCHD805

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(1965-72 'Monument') (77:39/28) 28 long-lost treasures by the stylish country-soul artist whose songs were recorded by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. These tracks come from the vaults of Nashville's Monument and Sound Stage 7...
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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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My Story (CD)
Chuck Willis: My Story (CD) Art-Nr.: CDWK75061

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(Sony Music Special Products) 14 tracks (40:48) AAD
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Here, There And Everywhere - Black America Sings John Lennon, Paul McCartney And George Harrison (CD)
Various: Here, There And Everywhere - Black America... Art-Nr.: CDTOP1654

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(Ace Records) 22 tracks incl. 19-page booklet The Beatles were known for their shared love of black American music. Their versions of songs by artists such as the Miracles, the Marvelettes, Arthur Alexander, Barrett Strong, the Isley...
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Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (CD)
Ray Charles & Friends: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (CD) Art-Nr.: CDTGR22422

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(Tangerine Records) 12 tracks, digisleeve
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Best of Country & Western (CD)
Ray Charles: Best of Country & Western (CD) Art-Nr.: CDTGR22482

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(Tangerine Records) 13 tracks, digisleeve A new entry in the canon of genius Ray Charles The first black artist to record a country music album His original iconic country recordings include “I Can't Stop Loving You” and “Seven Spanish...
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