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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Roy Brown - Rocks (CD)
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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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(2009/GVC) 36 tracks, recorded 1953 for the Brunswick label! A selection of great and hard-to-find Jump Rhythm & Blues tracks!
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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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(Tomato) 34 tracks, recorded in Galveston and Houston on particulary hot nights in 1989. Linernotes by Rob Bowman with b&w photos. Cut-Out CD Set with 1-cm cut (jewelcase - see photo) blow-out sale! Fats Domino – Antoine is a 2-CD...
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(Verve Records) 14 tracks Dinah Washington was one of those singers who - as Duke Ellington would have said - was simply "beyond all categories". Her subtle and inventive renditions of jazz standards have secured her a place of honor in...
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(Charly Records) 22 tracks King Federal Recordings 1945-1955
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(Prestige Elite) 16 tracks With Ike's innovative musical arrangements and Tina's powerful vocals, they forged a unique path in music. Their dynamic live shows were legendary and are still talked about with reverence today. They took the...
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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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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)
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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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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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(See For Miles Records)) 26 tracks Stateside &, Columbia  ,- It was in June 1967 that the 'Atlantic Soul Review' hit Amsterdam to play a concert at its renowned concert hall, the Concertgebouw. The star studded pack-age featured...
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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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(Acrobat) 53 tracks Big Jay McNeely was one of the pioneers of the "honking" style of tenor saxophone playing in 1950s R&B and rock'n'roll- High quality 2-CD set of 53 tracks consisting of A and B sides from his singles released on the...
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Get Ready For A Groovy And Bluesy Christmas (CD)
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1-CD with 20-page booklet, 28 tracks. Total playing time approx. 78 min. • Highly enjoyable Christmas CD with a total of 28 great tunes, favorites of the Bear Family Records® team. • Black music from the golden age of rhythm 'n' blues...
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(2001/Fuel 2000) 11 Tracks - R&B Soul hits, rarities and the liner notes by Bill Dahl! An experience! And the small cut-out hole on the inlay does not disturb! MM/Bear Family Records
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(Playback Records) 26 tracks All the original recordings released on the SSS and Pacemaker labels between 1966 and 1973 are collected here, including the unforgettable hit singles "Reconsider Me" and "Release Me", as well as some tracks...
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Twist And Shout Vol.1 - The Bert Berns Story 1960-64 (CD)
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(ACE) 26 tracks (65:08) Teen Sound, early Soul & Pop jewels of this revered New York producer-singer-songwriter. Multi Label ( Laurie/Wand/UA/Atco a.o) collection with 24 page booklet.
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(Ace Records) 26 tracks, playing time 69:38, 20 page booklet
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Kansas City - Rhythm & Blues Classics (CD)
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Queens Of The Blues (CD)
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(/Fuel 2000) 18 Tracks - Fantastic compilation made by Bill Dahl who also wrote the informative liner notes! Very rare recordings within all the smashes of these real gone Queens Of The Blues! Tremendous anthology through the decades of...
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The Ed Sullivan Years - Rhythm & Blues Revue (CD)
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(TVT) 13 tracks (32:05) 1955-1970 with 12 page booklet by Paul Williams (Crawdaddy Magazine). Bo Diddley on TV 1955!
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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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