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.

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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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Various: Jukebox Jive - The Birth Of Rock'n'Roll (2-CD) Art-Nr.: CDCP8270

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Red Hot About The Blues (CD)
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Risqué Blues - Big 10-Inch Record (CD)
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​Bunch of nasty Rhythm & Blues!
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The Sweethearts Of The Blues (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Shirley & Lee: The Sweethearts Of The Blues (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15960

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4-CD box (LP-size) with 32-page book, 112 tracks. Playing time approx. 273 mns. They were called 'The Sweethearts Of The Blues', and, for a decade, they made some of the most exciting and offbeat music to come out of New Orleans. Let The...
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Yes, I'm Ready (CD)
Barbara Mason: Yes, I'm Ready (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD16205

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Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Nellie Lutcher: Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15910

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4-CD box (LP-size) with 36-page book, 105 tracks. Playing time approx. 283 mns. A million miles from the cottonpatch, this was swinging, sophisticated music that effortlessly combined blues, boogie, jazz, and classic pop. Nellie Lutcher,...
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(1996/NIGHT TRAIN) 18 tracks (41:10) 1953-63 IMPERIAL SHOW BIZ & RIP
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Saxophony - Jubilee Honkers & Shouters (CD)
Various: Saxophony - Jubilee Honkers & Shouters (CD) Art-Nr.: CDNEM748

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some tracks previously unreleased. Great sound. FREDDIE KOHLMANN ORCHESTRA, JIMMY WRIGHT, RENE HALL SEXTETTE, JESSE POWELL, BUDDY LUCAS. die letzen Exemplare einer Killerscheibe
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The Jamie - Guyden Story (2-CD)
Various - Record Label Profiles: The Jamie - Guyden Story (2-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15874

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Sixty titles tell the story of one of the neglected labels in rock 'n' roll, R&B and soul. Jamie wasn't just Duane Eddy, you know! There are 60 songs here including Barbara Lynn You'll Lose A Good Thing, The Stompers Quarter To Four...
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I Love You Madly (CD)
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(1994/Nippon Columbia Japan) 16 Tracks AAD (42:49), 1948-1956 featuring Buddy Lucas, Sam Taylor and Mickey Baker! Original sealed stock.
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Julia Lee: Kansas City Star (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15770

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5-CD box (LP-size) with 32-page book, 109 tracks. Playing time approx. 309 mns. No-one handled a ribald blues like Julia Lee, but it would be wrong to think of her simply as a singer of smutty songs. A fine pianist, she surrounded...
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Minit Records Story (2-CD) Limited Edition
Various: Minit Records Story (2-CD) Limited Edition Art-Nr.: CDE230879

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(1994/EMI) 53 tracks, 2-CD DeLuxe hardcover-digipack, 20-page booklet with rare photos and session details. The Minit label story, one of New Orleans' most important labels of the 1960s!
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(Bear Family Records) 28 tracks (72:40) - 24 page booklet Here's a dancehall classic that has waited too long to come out. Rarer than rare Sixties soul classics that have become highly prized Northern Soul favorites. Titles include...
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Blowing With Roy
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Capitol Years 1962-1965 (3-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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3-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 24-page book, 77 tracks. Playing time approx. 199 mns. King Curtis was THE R&B sax player in the late '50s and early '60s. They'd cancel sessions if they couldn't get him. He made some highly regarded solo...
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A Vee-Jay Christmas
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​12 Christmas tracks from the vaults of Vee-Jay Records
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20 More Gospel Greats
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CD Compilation on CASCADE RECORDS by Various Artists - 20 More Gospel Greats
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4-CD box (LP-size) with 36-page book, 100 tracks. Playing time approx. 238 mns. As essential as the Fats Domino set, this is everything that the hard luck New Orleans bluesman cut in his short life.Smiley Lewis had one of the great blues...
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The Doctor's In! (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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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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Honkers & Bar Walkers Vol.1 (CD)
Various: Honkers & Bar Walkers Vol.1 (CD) Art-Nr.: CDDD438

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(1949-53 'United') (61:35/22) Super-Saxophon R&B Zusammenstellung von 'Delmark' mit einigen unveröffentlichten Titel / incl. some rare previously unreleased sides. JIMMY FORREST, TEDDY BRENNAN, COZY EGGLESTONE, TAB SMITH, JIMMY COE, DOC...
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