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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A Portrait Of A Man And His Woman (LP)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins: A Portrait Of A Man And His Woman (LP) Art-Nr.: LPTDP54114

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(Hot Line Records) 12 tracks A Portrait Of A Man And His Woman was recorded in Nashville in 1973 and is his only album for the Hot Line label there. Here Hawkins shows his most accessible side: the haunting delivery of the title track...
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The Rhythm Of The Rain - 30 Melodic Drops for Cloudy Days (CD)
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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)
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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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(Big Stir Records) 13 tracks, digipack Das brandneue Soloalbum von Sorrows and Poppes-Gründer Arthur Alexander, ...Steppin' Out!
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Nothing But Good (52-62) (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters: Nothing But Good (52-62) (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD16795

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5-CD box (LP-size) with 85-page hardcover book, 150 tracks. Playing time approx. 395 mns. Hank Ballard and The Midnighters were the first professional vocal group young James Brown ever witnessed in person. He vowed one day soon he'd be...
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Remember Me Baby (LP)
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(JSP) 10 tracks After the Second World War, there was a marked decline in interest in big bands in America. Audiences wanted something faster and more exciting - and that's where Louis Jordan comes in. His Tympany Five was a group of...
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(Nola Blue Records) 10 tracks, digisleeve. When two-time Blues Music Award nominee and budding music historian Ben Levin, 23, first contacted Lil' Jimmy Reed (Leon Atkins, 84), the two blues musicians, who lived at very different times...
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Start Movin'In My Direction - Bell Recordings
Edna McGriff: Start Movin'In My Direction - Bell Recordings Art-Nr.: BCD17276

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1-CD-Album Digipak (4-plated) with 44-page booklet, 29 tracks, playing time approx. 75 mns. The forgotten recordings of Edna McGriff a Fifties R&B star! Few ever reissued on CD, most unheard since the 1950s! Includes fabulous R&B...
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(Sunset Blvd Records) 36 tracks, digisleeve, includes 10 tracks not previously available on any other collection. The silky smooth baritone that ruled the R&B and pop charts of the '60s and '70s. Side one features previously unreleased...
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The Montreux Years (CD)
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(Montreux Jazz Festival) 14 tracks, digibook (hardcover), incl. booklet with excl. liner notes. This brand new release in the Montreux Years series is a collection of Dr. John's best performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival between...
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Because You're Mine - Hits & Rarities (2-CD)
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(Sunset Blvd.) 29 tracks, digipack. Includes the unreleased original version of "I Put A Spell On You" and two previously unreleased tracks. Includes 15 tracks not otherwise available on CD & vinyl at the time of 2023. Jalacy J....
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Late Date With Ruth Brown (CD)
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(BGO Records) 25 tracks, digipack, digitally remastered, in slipcase and with extensive new notes. Blues band guitarist Kelly's two solo albums for Mercury Records from 1969 and 1971 are released on CD for the first time. Kelly made his...
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Destination Freeway – 33 Cruisin' Deuces for your Summer Spectacular (CD)
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1-CD with 20-page booklet, 33 tracks. Total playing time approx. 78 min. Driving a car, a significant attitude to life for generations - Bear Family Records® provides the appropriate soundtrack, historical recordings from the number one...
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(Stag-O-Lee Records) 27 tracks Volume 13 and 14 of the popular "Exotic Blues & Rhythm" series on one CD. A total of 27 danceable gems from the late 50s and early 60s. As usual a wonderful mix of melancholic popcorn dancers, rhythm &...
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Groovin' The Blues (CD)
Various - Groove Records: Groovin' The Blues (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17411

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1-CD Digipak (4-plated) with 64-page booklet, 33 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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(Stag-O-Lee Records) 16 tracks, Vintage Rhythm And Blues Cuts... "For Dancer Only" is the legendary club night of Bill Kealey, the equally hard-drinking and busy collector and hunter from Dublin. Almost every weekend he is on the road...
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(Belmont) 10 tracks. Each song a secret treasure, each line a colourful memory and every chorus a celebration of life itself. A bohemian life, of course! Groovy Southern Rock and laid-back Urban Soul merge into epic pop songs that make...
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Flyin' High - A Collection Of Phoenix Blues, Rhythm, and Spirit From The 1950's And 60's (CD)
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(Southwest MusicalArts Foundation Records) 27 tracks A power packed collection of 27 vintage tracks of urban and back porch blues, soul searching ballads, rockin' R&B and testifying gospel from Phoenix, Arizona. This relesae will shed...
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On The Dancefloor With A Twist Again! - 23 More Tunes to Twist It Up (CD)
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1-CD (Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 23 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. The CD album 'On The Dancefloor With a Twist' (BCD17666) released in the summer of 2022 on Bear Family Records® was enthusiastically received by fans and...
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Gaz's Rockin Blues (40th Anniversary Special) (CD)
Various: Gaz's Rockin Blues (40th Anniversary Special) (CD) Art-Nr.: CDSTAGO182

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(Stag-O-Lee) 28 tracks Stag-O-Lee is proud to continue its DJ set series with a Champions League record layer and entrepreneur. Gaz Mayall, son of blues hero John Mayall, is an integral part of the London club scene. More than 40 years...
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I Need Your Lovin' - The Fire Records Sessions (CD)
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford: I Need Your Lovin' - The Fire Records Sessions... Art-Nr.: CDSBR7031

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(Sunset Boulevard Records) 27 tracks, digisleeve The duo of Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford hit the charts nationwide in 1962 with "I Need Your Lovin'," a Top 20 pop and R&B hit along the lines of Ike & Tina Turner. This reissue of their...
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