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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Blues Christmas
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New Orleans Bounce - 30 Of His Best (CD)
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Rock On! (2-CD)
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(2015/Jasmine) 52 tracks. Twenty years of blues, boogie and ballads 1941 - 1961.
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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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The Very Best Of Jump 'n' Jive (2-CD)
Various: The Very Best Of Jump 'n' Jive (2-CD) Art-Nr.: CDNOT2564

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(2015/Not Now Music) 50 tracks
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New York Blues (King 1951-55) (CD)
Stick McGhee & His Spo-Dee-O-Dee Buddies: New York Blues (King 1951-55) (CD) Art-Nr.: CDCHD502

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Gogo Juice (CD)
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(2015/FHQ) 9 tracks. GoGo Juice is the 2015w album from one of New Orleans' premier musical ambassadors, Jon Cleary. Made in collaboration with multi-Grammy winning producer John Porter (B.B. King, Keb Mo, Ryan Adams, Los Lonely Boys)...
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Please Don't Freeze - Early Black Rock 'n' Roll, Vol.3 (CD)
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(2014/Trikont) 26 tracks. Third part of the compilation series with recordings black blues , gospel and jazz artists . Long before Elvis at Sun Studios found his hip movement , the Rolling Stones, the Mississippi Blues appropriated and...
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Talk That Talk 1958-60 (2-CD)
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(2001/Jasmine) 60 tracks
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Merry Christmas From Jackie Wilson - Al Green's Christmas Album (CD)
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(1998/Edsel) 21 tracks, original Brunswick (Jackie Wilson 1963) and Cream/Hi (Al Green 1983) recordings. Rare CD!
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The Best Of Louis Jordan (CD-Longbox)
Louis Jordan: The Best Of Louis Jordan (CD-Longbox) Art-Nr.: CDMCAD4079

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(1992/MCA) 20 Tracks (63:26), originally issued between 1941-1954 - Reissue of the 1975 Best Of 2-LP album set! 
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Let's Go Again! (CD)
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters: Let's Go Again! (CD) Art-Nr.: CDJAS919

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(2015/Jasmine Records) 29 tracks, 1960-1962 - Superb soul from one of the most influential R&B artists of the era at the peak of their success. Simply another must have collection from Jasmine. So let's go, let's go, let's go again!
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The Early Career Of Mac Rebennack Aka Dr. John (CD)
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(2015/Jasmine Records) 28 tracks - Before all the flamboyance, debatable genius and trippy-ness of Dr. 'Night Tripper' John took off in the 1970s he was simply the young Mac Rebennack. Starting in the late '50s, Rebennack gained...
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The Rockin' Spar Masters (CD)
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(2011/SUPER BIRD) 20 tracks (46:00) 1960s. His earliest recordings of original material and cover recordings under a host of pseudonyms. 8 page booklet.
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All Or Nothing (CD)
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(2013/Norton) 14 tracks Dolores “La La” Brooks, rose to fame with the Crystals, singing lead (at the age of fourteen) on the group’s Phil Spector-produced smash hits Da Doo Ron Ron and Then He Kissed Me . Brooklyn-born La La celebrates...
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Georgie Fame Heard Them Here First
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(2015/Ace) 25 tracks. A hero to several generations of mods and a genuine British musical icon, Georgie Fame made his first real impression in the UK playing his own exciting brand of jazzy soul that was informed by the kind of American...
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Look Out! Here Comes... (CD)
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(2013/EL TORO) 28 tracks 1955-61. Great collection of his pre-soul R&B and Rock & Roll recordings plus Doo Wop sides from his days as member of the Jacks/Cadets. Here comes... Ted Taylor's most complete Rhythmy & Blues And Rock And Roll...
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When The Sun Goes Down Vol.4 - That's All Right (CD)
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Where Southern Soul Began: 2 (2-CD)
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(2013/History Of Soul) 55 tracks
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All Thru Thre Night (CD)
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Voute For Voutoreenees (CD)
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Think - James Brown And The Famous Flames (CD)
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Ain't Got No Home - The Best Of Clarence 'Frogman' Henry (CD)
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(MCA) 18 tracks (41:59) original Chess Recordings 1956-64 with 16 page nots by Dave 'Daddy Cool' Booth. Deleted now - Last Chance for The Real Thing!*****
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