tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968361101897009762024-03-12T23:03:33.691+01:00The Boogie DiseaseLittle Big Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15649048664225515792noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96836110189700976.post-15178106689479513342013-06-18T17:16:00.000+02:002013-06-18T17:20:36.816+02:00Primate Vultures & Wild Grooves!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello weirdos! It's been more than two years that I hadn't posted anything on the Boogie Disease blog, and this surely because of the vinyl passion... So here's somethin' new for you, my first 60's garage compilation with my all-time favorite singles! You might know some of the tracks, but I cooked them up with a few wild gems! I also did a remastering job with most of them so you can go much higher!<br />
Enjoy "Primate Vultures & Wild Grooves!!"<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Aloha from hell, freaks & cavewomen! To prove that the "The Boogie Disease" blog & I are not dead, I'm back after a long silence with this sublime 2005 CD called "¡Cavernicola!" by Los Peyotes! For those who like to wander into the vaults of garage music and headbang to the sounds of The Sonics, The Staggers, Wau Y Los Aaargghs & especially Los Saicos, you're on the right way to the dirty land!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">These primitive argentinian/peruvian guys wearing silly bones necklaces & playing on a typical 60's garage backline are full of hate, love, peyote (who knows?), gazoline & fuzz!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">What makes the difference with this album, is that each single song's got its own mood, kind of beat, so you can't be bored at first listen... on the contrary, you always want more kicks in the butt!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Maybe my favorite one remains the fabulous Sonic's tune "The Witch", played a hundred miles an hour, and wilder than any covers you might have ever heard!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>01 - I Caveman And You<br />
02 - Fuego<br />
03 - Cry Baby<br />
04 - Mocker<br />
05 - Satanic Rite<br />
06 - El Humo Te Hace Mal<br />
07 - When I Arrive<br />
08 - Jack The Ripper<br />
09 - Te Pegaré<br />
10 - The Brotherhood<br />
11 - I Don't Mind<br />
12 - The Witch<br />
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Her mountainous stature matching the sheer soulful power of her massive vocal talent, Big Maybelle was one of the premier R&B chanteuses of the 1950s. Her deep, gravelly voice was as singular as her recorded output for Okeh and Savoy, which ranged from down-in-the-alley blues to pop-slanted ballads. In 1967, she even covered ? & the Mysterians' "96 Tears" (it was her final chart appearance). Alleged drug addiction leveled the mighty belter at the premature age of 47, but Maybelle packed a lot of living into her shortened lifespan.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Born Mabel Louise Smith, the singer strolled off with top honors at a Memphis amateur contest at the precocious age of eight. Gospel music was an important element in Maybelle's intense vocal style, but the church wasn't big enough to hold her talent. In 1936, she hooked up with Memphis bandleader Dave Clark; a few years later, Maybelle toured with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. She debuted on wax with pianist Christine Chatman's combo on Decca in 1944, before signing with Cincinnati's King Records in 1947 for three singles of her own backed by trumpeter Hot Lips Page's band.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Producer Fred Mendelsohn discovered Smith in the Queen City, re-christened her Big Maybelle, and signed her to Columbia's OKeh R&B subsidiary in 1952. Her first Okeh platter, the unusual "Gabbin' Blues" (written by tunesmith Rose Marie McCoy and arranger Leroy Kirkland) swiftly hit, climbing to the upper reaches of the R&B charts. "Way Back Home" and "My Country Man" made it a 1953 hat trick for Maybelle and OKeh. In 1955, she cut a rendition of "Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On" a full two years before Louisiana piano pumper Jerry Lee Lewis got his hands and feet on it. Mendelsohn soon brought her over to Herman Lubinsky's Savoy diskery, where her tender rendition of the pop chestnut "Candy" proved another solid R&B hit in 1956. Maybelle rocked harder than ever at Savoy, her "Ring Dang Dilly," "That's a Pretty Good Love," and "Tell Me Who" benefiting from blistering backing by New York's top sessioneers. Her last Savoy date in 1959 reflected the changing trends in R&B; Howard Biggs' stately arrangements encompassed four violins. Director Bert Stern immortalized her vivid blues-belting image in his documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day, filmed in color at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.<br />
</div>Maybelle persevered throughout the '60s, recording for Brunswick, Scepter (her "Yesterday's Kisses" found her coping admirably with the uptown soul sound), Chess, Rojac (source of "96 Tears"), and other labels. But the good years were long gone when she slipped into a diabetic coma and passed away in a Cleveland hospital in 1972.<br />
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01 - 96 Tears<br />
02 - Mellow Yellow<br />
03 - That's Life<br />
04 - There Must Be A Word<br />
05 - Eleanor Rigby<br />
06 - Love Is A Hurtin' Thing<br />
07 - I Can't Control Myself<br />
08 - Cabaret<br />
09 - Black Is Black<br />
10 - Coming On Strong<br />
11 - Egg Plant That Ate Chicago<br />
12 - Turn The World Around The Other Way<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Wild Wild Women</i> is a hard-to-find live document of Robert Gordon with Link Wray, and I was so surprised with the sound quality when I first listened to it. How COOL! Anybody who ever saw video extracts from the 1978 live @ the Musikladen, Berlin, will be thrilled to hear the two sets coming from the same show.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Get fuzzed!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Artwork: Little Big Ian</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(replaced the original one which was really awful!)</div><br />
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01 - The Way I Walk<br />
02 - Twenty Flight Rock<br />
03 - My Baby Left Me<br />
04 - Lonesome Train<br />
05 - Rumble<br />
06 - Baby What You Want Me To Do<br />
07 - Sea Cruise<br />
08 - Red Hot<br />
09 - Fire<br />
10 - Summertime Blues<br />
11 - Mystery Train<br />
12 - Baby Let's Play House<br />
13 - Rock Therapy<br />
14 - The Way I Walk<br />
15 - Mystery Train<br />
16 - Lonesome Train<br />
17 - I Sure Miss You<br />
18 - Rumble<br />
19 - Baby What You Want Me To Do<br />
20 - Band Introduction<br />
21 - Hot Dog! That Made Her Mad<br />
22 - Fire<br />
23 - The Fool<br />
24 - Wild Wild Women<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">One, Two.. you know what to do!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's the new compilation of the Senders, which I'm sure will knock you dead! When aficionados of that rhythm 'n' blues band like me got bored to always hear the same recordings, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/philippemarcade">Philippe Marcadé</a> put his turban on & headed to his Ali Baba's rock 'n roll cave dusting his lost treasures. This CD contains a lot of previously unreleased tracks ("The Ritual Dance", "I Feel Stupid", "Fat Face", Fats Domino's "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday", Shane Kai Ray's "Jungle Talk (I Want Some Of That)", Canned Heat's "Sandy's Blues", Jimmy Reed's "When Girls Do It", Lowell Fulson's "Tollin' Bells", Otis Rush's "Homework"...) and many tunes from the first EP's, singles and later albums + two great tracks featuring Johnny Thunders on studio & live @ Max's Kansas City.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I tell you, it's the one that'll make a bald man tear his hair!</div><br />
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01 - You Really Piss Me Off<br />
02 - The Ritual Dance<br />
03 - Devil Shooting Dice <br />
04 - I'm Gonna Be A Wheel<br />
05 - Baby Glows In The Dark<br />
06 - Don't F*** With Me<br />
07 - Do The Do <br />
08 - When I Die I'll Be A Ghost<br />
09 - I Feel Stupid<br />
10 - I Want Some Of That<br />
11 - Homework<br />
12 - Don't Mind Me<br />
13 - Crazy Date<br />
14 - Sixth Street<br />
15 - Sandy's Blues<br />
16 - Fat Face<br />
17 - When Girls Do It<br />
18 - It's Raining <br />
19 - I Feel So Bad<br />
20 - Tolling Bells<br />
21 - On The Ferris Wheel<br />
22 - No More Fooling Me<br />
23 - The Living End (With Johnny Thunders)<br />
24 - Daddy Rolling Stone (With Johnny Thunders) <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">By the age of 15 Crothers had taught himself enough to be playing in one of the local bars of Terre Haute frequented by Chicago gangsters, including Al Capone, looking to lie low. After time spent touring the with bands such as Montague's Kentucky Serenaders and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">Eddie Brown</span> and His Tennesseans, Scatman Crothers spent some of the 1930s on the road with his own band. It was while performing in Ohio, in 1936, that Crothers met Helen Sullivan, from nearby Steubenville. They married in 1937 and stayed together for the rest of their lives.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
The 1940s found Scatman's band working in Chicago, dabbling on the edges of the new Be-Bop scene. But by 1945 he had disbanded this group and he and Helen had moved to Hollywood to look for work with both his own small combo and as a sideman with other musician's. In 1946 he did a stint as the drummer with Slim Galliard's trio and this steady income helped him to settle on the West Coast.<br />
After leaing the the Gaillard group, in 1948 Crothers was introduced to Phil Harris, a star of the radio and of Jack Benny's program in particular. They became friends and started wrighting songs together including "Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy. Crothers recorded two more hits that same year, "On the Sunny Side of the Street" and "Dead Man's Blues." He became a regular guest on the show, and the pair would collaborate on records and in films for many years to come.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
Now installed in Los Angeles, Scatman was in just the right place for picking up the film and TV work that would define his showbusiness career over the coming years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Scatman Crothers was never what you would call a film star, but he appeared in a whole string of films starting with <i>Yes Sir, Mr. Bones</i> (1951) and ending with the unlikely <i> Transformers:the movie</i> (1986). In between he had many small parts in around 50 movies ranging from the forgettable to classics such as by far the best film adaptation of a Stephen King novel, <i>The Shining</i> (1980) directed by <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">Stanley Kubrick</span>.<br />
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This film, with the perfectionist Kubrick directing, proved difficult for all involved. <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">Jack Nicholson</span> would not bother learning the lines given him until just before shooting a scene as he knew that yet another rewrite would be in his hands by then. Nicholson had to intervene with Kubrick after 70 takes of one scene drove Scatman to the edge of breakdown.<br />
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<i>"That movie was all right to make, but you know Stanley likes to do a lot of takes. It gets kind of boring, but when you take a job you do it." - Scatman Crothers</i><br />
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The "Making of the Shining" documentary filmed by the director's 17 year old daughter Vivian, gives us a glimpse of the gruelling working methods on a Kubrick set, but also a look at Jack Nicholson, Scatman Crothers, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and others involved talking about the overall positive experience it had been.<br />
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The hard work paid off though and Scatman Crothers won a Best Supporting Actor Saturn award in 1981 for his role as Dick Hallorann, the hotel chef who shares a physic talent with the young boy Danny (played by Danny Lloyd).<br />
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Scatman Crothers was good friends with Jack Nicholson, and they appeared in four films together: <i>The King of Marvin Gardens</i> (1972), <i>The Fortune</i> (1975), <i>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</i> (1975), and <i>The Shining</i> (1980).</div><div style="color: #cccccc; text-align: justify;"><br />
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01 - Exactly Like You<br />
02 - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter)<br />
03 - Ghost Riders In The Sky<br />
04 - September Song<br />
05 - The Gal Looks Good<br />
06 - Baby Won't You Please Come Home<br />
07 - My Blue Heaven<br />
08 - Nobody Knows Why<br />
09 - St. James Infirmary<br />
10 - The Best Things In Life Are Free<br />
11 - I Got Rhythm<br />
12 - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone<br />
13 - Bonus Track: Blueberry Hill<br />
14 - Bonus Track: I'm In Love Again<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This CD is one of the most flukey and important live-blues documents you can find, rating right up there with B.B. King's Live at the Regal and the live Piano Red material from 1955. Recorded off the P.A. system at a 1961 show at the Sage Armory in Mobile, Alabama, it captures Slim Harpo in his only live concert document. Harpo's vocals are a little pushed back in the resulting recording, but his harmonica is caught really well (check out the playing and the clarity on the slow blues "You Know I Love You"), as are the guitars of Rudolph Richard and James Johnson, Willie "Tomcat" Parker's sax, and Sammy K. Brown's drums. Luckily, there's not much audience noise, so what we get is a close-up look at how the blues legend sounded on stage, doing classics like "I'm a King Bee," "Got Love if You Wants It," "Rainin' in My Heart" (his then-current hit), and songs like "Big Boss Man" and "Boogie Chillun," made famous by others. If the sound were slightly better, this would rate even higher, but any real fan should own this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">01 - Star-Time Announcement <br />
02 - I'm A King Bee<br />
03 - Buzzin'<br />
04 - I Got Love If You Want It<br />
05 - You Know I Love You<br />
06 - Lottie Mo<br />
07 - Everybody Needs Somebody<br />
08 - Big Boss Man<br />
09 - Hold Me Tenderly<br />
10 - I'll Take Care Of You<br />
11 - Boogie Chillun<br />
12 - Moody Blues<br />
13 - Sugar Coated Love<br />
14 - Star-Time Theme<br />
15 - I'm A King Bee<br />
16 - I Don't Play<br />
17 - I Got Love If You Want It<br />
18 - Little Liza Jane<br />
19 - When The Saints Go Marching In<br />
20 - Rainin' In My Heart </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Request by Mark from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sourjazz">Sour Jazz</a>.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the essential Jimmy Smith albums that all record collections should contain. Moving from Blue Note to Verve, Smith swapped the small band for the large orchestra. The instrument Smith pioneered was the Hammond B3 organ, which had been labelled "the poor man's orchestra" because of the depth of sound it could create, so when that met a real orchestra under the guidance of arranger Lalo Schifrin the result is explosive. Especially when the orchestra itself contains musicians of the class of Kenny Burrell and Thad Jones. Now remastered the album hasn't a dull moment, with blues, pop and two cracking film scores (<i>The Cat</i> and "Main Title from <i>The Carpetbaggers</i>", which is used on BBC2's <i>Money Programme</i>). Then of course there is Smith's masterful playing that never fails to raise the hairs on the spine or get the fingers clicking. A cool, swinging, fun and indispensable record.</div><br />
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01 - Theme From 'Joy House'<br />
02 - The Cat (From Joy House)<br />
03 - Basin Street Blues<br />
04 - Main Title From 'The Carpetbaggers'<br />
05 - Chicago Serenade<br />
06 - St. Louis Blues<br />
07 - Delon's Blues<br />
08 - Blues In The Night<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The deep bass voice of New Orleans R&B vocalist Benny Spellman boomed through loud and clear on many early 60's Allen Toussaint productions, but he enjoyed a major hit of his own in 1962, "Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)." Spellman spent some time with Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns before signing with Minit, where Toussaint utilized his deep pipes to full advantage as a backing vocalist behind Ernie K-Doe on "Mother-In-Law" and countless others. The Rolling Stones covered "Fortune Teller," the flip side of this hit. Spellman recorded through much of the '60s, his "Word Game" turning up on Atlantic in 1965, before he took a day gig as a beer salesman.</div><br />
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01 - Fortune Teller<br />
02 - Stickin' Witcha Baby<br />
03 - In The Night<br />
04 - Every Now And Then<br />
05 - 'Tain't It The Truth<br />
06 - Life Is Too Short<br />
07 - You Don't Love Me No More<br />
08 - Talk About Love<br />
09 - I Feel Good<br />
10 - Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)<br />
11 - I'll Never Leave You<br />
12 - It's For You<br />
13 - Word Game<br />
14 - You Got To Get It<br />
15 - Anywhere You Go<br />
16 - 10-4 (Calling All Cars)<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">This 28-track collection rounds up sessions guitar player Mickey Baker cut as a leader between 1952-1957 for such labels as Savoy, Rainbow, Groove, MGM, and Vik. Baker is best-known for his duets with Sylvia Robinson as Mickey & Sylvia as well as his incredibly prolific and influential session work. As a leader, Baker tried various styles from rock & roll ("I'm Tired") to mambo ("Guitar Mambo") to acoustic blues ("Love Me Baby") to acoustic doo wop ("Oh, Happy Day") to tough blues ("Down to the Bottom," "You Better Heed My Warning") to jump blues ("Rock With a Sock," which features some hot sax by Warren Luckey) to jazz ("Chloe," "Ghost of a Chance"), trying his hand at instrumentals and vocals and always delivering high-energy, high-quality music. There are no lost classics hidden away here, but it is nice to hear Baker get a chance to step out on his own and rock. Baker's guitar playing is almost always energetic and unrestrained and his laconic vocals are a lot of fun. He also shows a more serious side on a date for Vik in 1957. The four tracks (all of which were never issued) are calm jazz ballads that Baker plays gently and with a great deal of finesse and feeling, and they show he could have had a career as a jazz player if he had wanted.<br />
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02 - Riverboat<br />
03 - Love Me Baby<br />
04 - Oh Happy Day<br />
05 - Where Is My Honey<br />
06 - I'm Tired<br />
07 - Stranger Blues<br />
08 - I Wish I Knew<br />
09 - Down To The Bottom<br />
10 - You Better Heed My Warning<br />
11 - Midnight Hours<br />
12 - Please Tell Me<br />
13 - Shake Walkin'<br />
14 - Greasy Spoon<br />
15 - Bandstand Stomp (Ho Ho Ho)<br />
16 - Rock With A Sock<br />
17 - Old Devil Moon<br />
18 - Guitarambo<br />
19 - Spinnin' Rock Boogie<br />
20 - Chloe<br />
21 - Ghost Of A Chance<br />
22 - Man I Love<br />
23 - Bobi<br />
24 - Hello Stranger - Mickey & Sylvia<br />
25 - My Love - Mickey & Sylvia<br />
26 - Woe, Woe Is Me - Mickey & Sylvia<br />
27 - Can't Get You On The Phone - Mickey & Sylvia<br />
28 - I'll Always Want You Near - Mickey & Sylvia<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">With Bill Doggett and Freddy King alone, the King/<i>Federa</i>l labels had two of the most popular and significant instrumental R&B/rock hitmakers of the 1950s and early '60s. Both are represented by their most popular instrumental tracks (four by Doggett, three by King) here. But this compilation, assembling 24 instrumentals from 1948-1964, also demonstrates that King/<i>Federal</i> was quite active in the instrumental R&B field beyond its work with those two artists. In many of the 24 cuts (particularly the earliest ones), the label mined R&B/jazz crossover sounds with a smoky barroom flavor. Giving the sleeve a casual glance, most would assume that the material for the most part flopped upon release, but actually a few of these were big (if virtually forgotten) R&B hits, like Todd Rhodes' "Blues for the Red Boy" (from 1948), Earl Bostic's effervescent "Flamingo" (from 1951), and Sonny Thompson's shuffling "Long Gone" (1948), a groundbreaker in that it not only sat atop the R&B charts for a long time but also made the pop Top 30. Beyond that, things do get rather generic, even though there are some relatively big names like Mickey Baker and King Curtis (heard backing Washboard Bill) and future James Brown sideman Jimmy Nolen (who shines on blues guitar on the 1956 single "After Hours"/"Strollin' With Nolen"). There's no denying, however, that Doggett's massive and classic "Honky Tonk" (parts one and two are both here) and King's snazzy blues guitar instrumentals are easily the most worthwhile items on board. There is, however, one other great cut: Johnny "Guitar" Watson's astonishingly futuristic 1954 workout "Space Guitar" (released under the billing Young John Watson), one of the great relatively obscure classics of the mid-'50s.<br />
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02 - Honky Tonk, Pt. 2 - Bill Doggett<br />
03 - Hide Away - Freddie King<br />
04 - Blues for the Red Boy - Todd Rhodes<br />
05 - Flamingo - Earl Bostic & His Orchestra<br />
06 - Long Gone, Pt. 1 - Sonny Thompson<br />
07 - Long Gone, Pt. 2 - Sonny Thompson<br />
09 - Big Push - Cal Green<br />
10 - After Hours - Jimmy Nolen<br />
11 - Slow Walk - Bill Doggett<br />
12 - San-Ho-Zay - Freddie King<br />
13 - Washboard Story - Mickey Baker, King Curtis, Washboard Bill<br />
14 - Early in the Morning Blues - Johnny Otis, Johnny "Guitar" Watson<br />
15 - Green's Blues - Cal Green<br />
16 - Gainesville - Roy Gaines<br />
17 - Strollin' With Nolen - Jimmy Nolen<br />
18 - In the Morning - Mickey Baker, King Curtis, Washboard Bill<br />
19 - Space Guitar - Johnny "Guitar" Watson<br />
20 - Louisiana Hop - Pete "Guitar" Lewis<br />
21 - River Boat Dock - Mickey Baker, King Curtis, Washboard Bill<br />
22 - Let's Rock (Let's Surf Awhile) - Johnny Otis, Johnny "Guitar" Watson<br />
23 - Stumble - Freddie King<br />
24 - Hold It - Bill Doggett</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">This was the album that established Jimmy Dean as a hitmaker in the early '60s, switching from mainly gospel material to country/pop. Along with his biggest hit, "Big Bad John," the other ten tracks include "Sixteen Tons" and the light country swing of "Night Train to Memphis" and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette."</div><br />
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<div class="articleText "><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the early '60s, the growing crossover success of Berry Gordy's Tamla/Motown empire encouraged a lot of young Detroit singers, musicians, and hopeful entrepreneurs to explore the record business. There's a seemingly endless supply of Motor City soul (and rock) music from the era still being hunted down and sorted out to this day by collectors and discographers, from better-known small labels such as Golden World and Ric-Tic to one-off custom jobs.</div><div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of those youths drawn to get the bug was Gino Washington, who launched his career with "I'm a Coward" in 1962 on legendarily obscure Detroit label Correc-Tone. His second release made enough noise locally to get picked up nationally by Wand, though the military draft would come calling before stardom did. Washington managed to do some recording during furloughs and put out a few singles during his service time -- and many, many more afterwards -- though his early commercial momentum was never regained.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">His discography at Soulful Kinda Music lists a dizzying array of obscure releases continuing right into the 1980s, though few probably made it much beyond the city limits at the time. For those of us outside Detroit who aren't likely to find many of his original singles these days (or can't afford them), Washington's career has been ably documented by the inveterate record collectors over at Norton Records. Back about a decade or so ago came a "hits" collection, <i>Out of This World</i>, and following in 2002 was a second, more intriguing collection, <i>Love Bandit</i>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While the first comp may contain the cream and be a better starting point for casual listeners, the second LP is a goldmine for rare soul collectors and serious Washington fans. After starting off with a couple tracks which could have made the defacto hits collection -- "Hey I'm a Love Bandit" and "Puppet on a String," the flip of his first single -- the album takes a quick left turn into collectordom.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Drawing on unreleased material from one-of-a-kind acetates, more tracks from his post-Army days and some production work for others, the <i>Love Bandit</i> album recalls the eclectic nature of some of the comps devoted to another prolific Detroit soul man, Andre Williams, both in the often raw sound quality and the diversity of styles on display. There's harder funk numbers such as "You Should Have Been True" or the James Brown turned sideways of Nathaniel Mayer's "I Don't Want No Bald Headed Woman Telling Me What to Do." There's the sweet, if raw, group soul of "Like My Baby" and "Rat Race," two sets of lyrics which use the same backing track! And there's the classic early-Motownesque sound of Pearl Jones' "My Man," and the Northern Soul classic "I Really Love You" by The Tomangoes. As usual with Norton releases, there's also well-written and informative liner notes telling the story for those who love the details.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyone who's a serious fan of '60s Detroit soul looking for something different would be well served by checking out both of Norton's reissues of Gino Washington's recordings, which remain in print on both LP and CD. While Washington never became a star, in an odd coincidence a similarly named Indiana soul singer named Geno Washington did become a star in England in the 1960s with the Ram Jam Band, doing a high-energy revue of American soul hits of the day. A couple of the group's LPs were released here by Kapp, suffering a similar fate to Gino's records stateside ... but that's another story.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(Norton, 2002)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">01 - Hey I'm A Love Bandit</div><div style="text-align: justify;">02 - Puppet On A String</div><div style="text-align: justify;">03 - I Gotta Move On (Previously Unreleased)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">04 - 'Til The End Of Time (Previously Unreleased)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">05 - You Should Have Been True (Previously Unreleased)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">06 - Like My Baby</div><div style="text-align: justify;">07 - Everything Is Di-Jo-Be (Previously Unreleased)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">08 - My Man</div><div style="text-align: justify;">09 - Please Stay</div><div style="text-align: justify;">10 - I Really Love You</div><div style="text-align: justify;">11 - I Don't Want No Bald Headed Woman Telling Me What To Do (Previously Unreleased)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">12 - Rat Race</div><div style="text-align: justify;">13 - Doing The Popcorn</div><div style="text-align: justify;">14 - Singing In The Rain (Previously Unreleased)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">15 - Foxy Walk</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Although still a regular Blue Note artist (he would make four more albums for the company within the next year), <i>Bashin'</i> was organist Jimmy Smith's debut for Verve, a label that he would record extensively for during 1963-1972.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> On the first half of the program (reissued in full on this CD), Smith was for the first time joined by a big band. Oliver Nelson provided the arrangements, trumpeter Joe Newman and altoist Phil Woods have a solo apiece, and "Walk on the Wild Side" became Smith's biggest hit up to that point. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The final three numbers feature Smith's regular trio with guitarist Quentin Warren and drummer Donald Bailey swinging with soul as usual. The historical set (a bit of a turning point for Jimmy Smith's career) has its strong moments although it is not all that essential. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Numerous discs are available featuring the eccentric and tragic New Orleans R&B pianist James Booker usually performing solo, recorded during live gigs from the 1970s and early '80s. This disc provides an amazing collection of the earliest Booker on piano and organ backed by a full band.<br />
Booker made his recording debut in 1954 with the Imperial single "Doing the Hambone," backed with "Thinking About My Baby." During the next few years he would release equally exciting, although sporadic, singles on Chess, Ace, Peacock, and Duke, supported by some of New Orleans finest R&B musicians, including the sax section of Lee Allen, Robert Parker, and Red Tyler, drummer Earl Palmer, and bassist Frank Fields.<br />
The 1956 Chess singles "You're Near Me" and "Heavenly Angel" find Booker paired up on doo wop vocal duets with Arthur Booker (no relation). The remaining tracks are scorching dance numbers tied in with novelty/twist themes with catchy names such as "Teenage Rock," "Gonzo" (providing a national hit), "Cool Turkey," "The Duck," "The Crown," and "Beale Street Popeye."<br />
This is exceptional New Orleans R&B that provides an important piece of the James Booker musical puzzle... Even french singer Nino Ferrer used to dig James Booker by turning the song "Big Nick" into a lyrical version called "Les Cornichons"!</div><br />
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01 - Doing The Hambone<br />
02 - Thinking About My Baby<br />
03 - You're Near Me<br />
04 - Heavenly Angel<br />
05 - Teenage Rock<br />
06 - Gonzo<br />
07 - Cool Turkey<br />
08 - Smacksie<br />
09 - Kinda Happy<br />
10 - Tubby Part 1<br />
11 - Tubby Part 2<br />
12 - Cross My Heart<br />
13 - Big Nick<br />
14 - Beale Street Popeye<br />
15 - Memphis Twist<br />
16 - The Duck<br />
17 - The Crown<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">This solo disc by arguably the most brilliant of New Orleans' resplendent pianists shows off all the edge and genius he possessed. There may be moments on other discs of slightly more inspired playing (and this is arguable), but for a whole disc this one stands far from the crowd. You can hear some of the most awe-inspiring playing here that reflects the extremely broad background that he could, and did, draw from. You can hear his classical training and the brilliance of his interpretive skills in "Black Minute Waltz." He follows this with a version of Leadbelly's "Good Night Irene," which shows off his raucous bordello style of playing and voice. The disc goes on showing off the eclectic variety of influences that make up this man's music. This disc also displays the man's prodigious composing and arranging talents. Though he was regarded as eccentric and crazy, even by New Orleans' accepting standards (he was a flamboyant, black substance abuser, and a homosexual, who spent time both in Angola State Prison and a mental institution), he was considered a musical genius and thus given a certain amount of leeway. Very informative notes by Booker himself (some insight), Joe Boyd (the producer), and George Winston on Booker and his styling. An absolute must if you like New Orleans music.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Ahouhouuuuu! Here's another gem of one of my all-time favorite bluesmen, Mr. Chester Burnett! The Wolf is joined on this set by his long-time guitarist Hubert Sumlin and Chicago greats Willie Dixon and Sunnyland Slim. This performance is one of the best examples of Howlin’ Wolf at the height of his powers when he was still an enormous influence on the British Blues movement. Wolf had toured the UK with The Folk Blues Festival before undertaking a solo tour of Germany shortly after The Rolling Stones had topped the Euro charts with their version of his “Little Red Rooster”.</div><br />
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1 - Shake It For Me<br />
2 - Love Me<br />
3 - Dust My Broom<br />
4 - I Didn't Mean To Hurt Your Feelings<br />
5 - Rockin' The Blues<br />
6 - All My Life<br />
7 - Going Down Slow<br />
8 - Howlin' For My Darling<br />
9 - Forty-Four<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Although Little Milton (Milton Campbell) is chiefly remembered for his fine Chess Records sides from the '60s, his stay at Stax Records in the early '70s saw him expand his palette with horns and strings in a more soul-oriented direction, and in many ways it was his most creative period. He never strayed too far from the blues, particularly as a guitarist, but his Stax sides increasingly showcased his amazingly expressive singing, and his intense vocals on the best of these tracks is nothing short of redemptive. This generous single-disc overview of Milton's Stax years (it comes in at a little over 70 minutes in length) has a little bit of everything, from live tracks featuring his precision guitar skills to fully arranged sessions with horns and strings that spotlight his voice. The opener, a live take of "Let Me Down Easy" from the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival featuring the odd, driving drum skills of Calep Emphrey, is an emotional tour de force and is easily one of the most powerful tracks here, with Milton singing like a desperate, displaced angel. Another live cut, a version of Willie Dixon's "I Can't Quit You Baby" recorded at the Summit Club in Los Angeles in 1972, showcases Milton's lead guitar work, which is reminiscent of B.B. King but with a larger and more raw tone. Highlighting the studio tracks are the impressive "Walkin' the Back Streets and Crying" from 1972 and the loose, garage-feel of 1971's delightful "I'm Living off the Love You Give," which edges into Motown territory with its romping rhythm, backing chorus, and efficient use of both horns and a string section. Another clear highpoint here is Milton's 1973 take on Roy Hawkins' (by way of B.B. King) "The Thrill Is Gone," which is simply an ominous, desperate gem with an eerie string chart played by the Memphis Symphony. Little Milton's Chess years still contain his most clearly defined work, but as he stretched out a bit with Stax, Milton revealed that his guitar and vocal skills weren't just restricted to blues pieces. That he didn't have more commercial success with Stax is a bit of a mystery. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">(Steve Leggett)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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01 - Let Me Down Easy [Live]</div><div style="text-align: justify;">02 - I Can't Quit You Baby [Live]</div><div style="text-align: justify;">03 - That's What Love Will Make You Do</div><div style="text-align: justify;">04 - Walking The Backstreets And Crying</div><div style="text-align: justify;">05 - Blind Man [Live]</div><div style="text-align: justify;">06 - The Thrill Is Gone<br />
07 - If That Ain't A Reason (For Your Woman To Leave You)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">08 - Behind Closed Doors</div><div style="text-align: justify;">09 - If You Talk In Your Sleep</div><div style="text-align: justify;">10 - Tin Pan Alley</div><div style="text-align: justify;">11 - I'm Living Off The Love You Give</div><div style="text-align: justify;">12 - Blue Monday</div><div style="text-align: justify;">13 - Lovin' Stick</div><div style="text-align: justify;">14 - Little Bluebird</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Chris Wilson - Vocals & Guitar<br />
Cyril Jordan - Guitar & Vocals<br />
George Alexander - Bass & Vocals<br />
James Ferrell - Guitar<br />
David Wright - Drums<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Here's another Flamin' Groovies bootleg live recorded at l'Olympia in Paris, 1975.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">All rock 'n roll lovers should appreciate it! The sound is quite nice, and the show very powerful.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Have a groovy time!</div><br />
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01 - She Said Yeah<br />
02 - Let The Boy Rock 'N' Roll<br />
03 - St. Louis Blues<br />
04 - Sometimes<br />
05 - Teenage Head<br />
06 - Yes It's True<br />
07 - Misery<br />
08 - Sweet Little Sixteen (Removed, Official Released on Marilyn USMLP 1020)<br />
09 - Fall On You<br />
10 - Please Please Me<br />
11 - Please Please Girl<br />
12 - Don't You Lie To Me<br />
13 - Married Woman<br />
14 - Shake Some Action<br />
15 - Miss Amanda Jones<br />
16 - Under My Thumb<br />
17 - Big City<br />
18 - Jumpin' Jack Flash<br />
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Robert "Bob" McFadden (19 January 1923 — 7 January 2000) was a singer and voiceover actor best known for his many contributions to animated cartoons. His best known characters were Milton the Monster, Cool McCool, and the ThunderCats' Snarf. In cereal commercials, he played Franken Berry and others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">McFadden was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and was in the United States Navy in World War II when he got his start as a singer and impressionist. He went on to do an opening act for the likes of Harry Belafonte in Pittsburgh where he worked at a steel mill. McFadden continued in this vein for years until a move to New York in the mid 1960s, which resulted in a great deal of voice-over work in commercials and animation. In the late 1950s he collaborated with Rod McKuen on a single entitled "The Mummy", the "B" side "The Beat Generation" parodied the then-emerging literary community of the name; on this record, McKuen used the pseudonym "Dor" and later claimed that Bill Haley & His Comets were the band used for the recording session, though this has not been confirmed. McFadden and McKuen also released a full-length album in 1959 called "Songs Our Mummy Taught Us" (Brunswick 54056). In 1963, McFadden released the parody album "Fast, Fast Relief From TV Commercials" (Audio Fidelity AFSD 6112).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He lived in Leonia, New Jersey.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"></sup> McFadden continued to work until the late 1980s, when poor health put him into retirement. He died in Delray Beach, Florida in 2000, twelve days before he would have turned 77.</div><br />
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01 - The Mummy<br />
02 - The Shreik Of Agony (Shreik Of Agony-Cha Cha Cha)<br />
03 - Shake, Rattle And Roll<br />
04 - I Dig You Baby<br />
05 - Frankie And Igor At A Rock And Roll Party<br />
06 - Noisy Village<br />
07 - Son Of The Mummy<br />
08 - More Sing Along With The Mummy<br />
09 - Bingo<br />
10 - The Children Cross The Bridge/Inter/Colonel Bogey March<br />
11 - The Beat Generation<br />
12 - The Beverly Hills Telephone Directory Cha Cha Cha<br />
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02 - Bad<br />
03 - Turvy I<br />
04 - Afro-Caravan<br />
05 - Topsy-Turvy I<br />
06 - Topsy II (Original Version)<br />
07 - Charleston<br />
08 - Turvy II<br />
09 - Late & Crazy<br />
10 - Topsy-Turvy II<br />
11 - Crescendo<br />
12 - Topsy (Part I)<br />
13 - Topsy (Part II)<br />
14 - North Beach<br />
15 - Let There Be Drums<br />
16 - Ol' Man Mose<br />
17 - Sing! Sing! Sing! (With A Swing)<br />
18 - Big Noise From Winnetka (Part I)<br />
19 - Big Noise From Winnetka (Part II)<br />
20 - Christopher Columbus<br />
21 - A Cozy Beat<br />
22 - Rockin' Drummer<br />
23 - Indian Love Call (Part I)<br />
24 - Indian Love Call (Part II)<br />
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The rock & roll tornado lost his long battle with cancer, on february the 13th.<br />
Dale's music will never be forgotten, he had a lot of wild presence in his voice and all the instrumentals were outstanding. I don't really know what to say about him because I didn't know him personally, but I can confirm he was a real cool cat.<br />
My thoughts go to his family...Little Big Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15649048664225515792noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96836110189700976.post-45959794432947734172010-02-13T13:58:00.003+01:002010-02-13T14:12:18.866+01:00The Equals - A Retrospective Journey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHTl99lT3-_PESwVry4oFyF12-BlkYGqtkKxXiPhYJ8Tj_bUD_1_dCRfNUvBZuIfMQGdscRVKk9fVcFfsv4XUVsLfOAEXOtyf_CRLm0QIkx-j0wk6tGW68-6NQOhNouPfUeFp_kkULS9Z/s1600/The+Equals+-+Retro+Journey-cover2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHTl99lT3-_PESwVry4oFyF12-BlkYGqtkKxXiPhYJ8Tj_bUD_1_dCRfNUvBZuIfMQGdscRVKk9fVcFfsv4XUVsLfOAEXOtyf_CRLm0QIkx-j0wk6tGW68-6NQOhNouPfUeFp_kkULS9Z/s320/The+Equals+-+Retro+Journey-cover2.JPG" width="320" /></a> <b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Line-Up :<b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Derv Gordon - Lead vocals<b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lincoln Gordon - Guitar<b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eddy Grant - Guitar<b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pat Lloyd - Bass guitar<b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">John Hall - Drums</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What to say about this awesome & forgotten band? At first, I didn't know this band before watching a Senders live video @ CBGB's, covering "Baby Come Back".. yeah, I came across internet, listening to the original version, and instantly thought "Damn, I sure have heard this tune at least three times!". So four times a fool! Whatever...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some call The Equals a "skinhead band", others a "pop group", personnally I'd define it as true R&B.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>From Wikipedia</i> : </div><div style="text-align: justify;">They started rehearsing on a council estate at Hornsey Rise, North London in 1965<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_0-0"></sup>. In 1966 the group released the "Hold Me Closer" / "Baby Come Back" single, which did not capture much attention in the United Kingdom. However, in Germany and The Netherlands it went to #1 - a position its re-issue would later reach in the UK. Thus, the racially mixed London group gave President Records their only number one hit<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-500_Number_One_Hits_1-0"></sup>. A gold disc was presented to the group in June 1968 for a combined one million sales of the record<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_0-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equals#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-0"></a></sup>. The year 1968 saw the release of "I Get So Excited" which appeared in the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. It was reported in September 1969 that all five members of the group had been injured in Germany, when their car ran off a motorway in a gale<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NME_Rock_.27N.27_Roll_Years_2-0"></sup>.</div><div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A string of single releases followed up to 1970, all of which charted in the UK. The group also attracted attention as one of the few racially integrated bands of the 1960s, which was reflected in the group's name: The Equals.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Following a collapsed lung and heart infection which put him out of action at the beginning of 1971, Grant went home to Guyana<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NME_Rock_.27N.27_Roll_Years_2-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equals#cite_note-NME_Rock_.27N.27_Roll_Years-2"></a></sup>. He promptly left The Equals to pursue his solo career. In the late 1970s and early 1980s released several Top 40 singles, including "Living On The Front Line", "Electric Avenue" and "Romancing the Stone". Grant also topped the UK Singles Chart in 1982 with "I Don't Wanna Dance". Although The Equals never charted again after Grant's departure, they remained a popular live act, performing into the late 1970s and beyond.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the late 1970s, The Clash recorded a successful cover version of The Equals' song "Police On My Back". In 2006 Willie Nile released his cover of "Police on My Back" on his <i>Streets of New York</i> CD.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Equals' song "Green Light" was covered by The Detroit Cobras, on their 2007 album, <i>Tied & True</i>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The song "Baby Come Back" refused to go away. It returned in 1994, when Pato Banton scored an unexpected UK number one with his cover.</div><br />
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01 - Baby Come Back<br />
02 - I Get So Excited<br />
03 - Laurel And Hardy<br />
04 - Viva Bobby Joe<br />
05 - I Won't Be There<br />
06 - Michael And The Slipper Tree<br />
07 - Green Light<br />
08 - Help Me Simone<br />
09 - Have I The Right<br />
10 - I Can't Let You Go<br />
11 - Police On My Back<br />
12 - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys<br />
13 - Diversion<br />
14 - Honey Gum<br />
15 - I Can See, But You Don't Know<br />
16 - Funky Funky<br />
17 - Softly Softly<br />
18 - Rub A Dub Dub<br />
19 - Giddy Up A Ding Dong<br />
20 - Hold Me Closer<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a great gig in Germany, '66 :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1: Baby Come Back/2: Baby You're Sad/3: I Won't Be There/4: Hold Me Closer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P9Jz8MjYyR0&hl=fr_FR&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P9Jz8MjYyR0&hl=fr_FR&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's the great cover of "Baby Come Back" by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/philippemarcade">The Senders</a> @ CBGB's, '90 :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R2Inl9CQzno&hl=fr_FR&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R2Inl9CQzno&hl=fr_FR&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div>Little Big Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15649048664225515792noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96836110189700976.post-46993957507115833282010-01-20T00:40:00.003+01:002010-02-13T14:13:04.098+01:00Ike Turner - 1958-1959<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboTp6k46izrXTiBKiVSMv61fRGBQkoY3QHen3Xo1oa3gk1wNiZ18djqHJav8J1QxVSdmVJoNw4T3qVene7HffbTEfUTMcIBN710uxJ4YF5_PLnzN_5BIUVOVcD6Xk7IBfwAAHHXIy5YjD/s1600-h/1958-1959+Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboTp6k46izrXTiBKiVSMv61fRGBQkoY3QHen3Xo1oa3gk1wNiZ18djqHJav8J1QxVSdmVJoNw4T3qVene7HffbTEfUTMcIBN710uxJ4YF5_PLnzN_5BIUVOVcD6Xk7IBfwAAHHXIy5YjD/s320/1958-1959+Front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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(Also known as "King Cobra : The Chicago Sessions")</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ever the hustler, Ike Turner found himself picking up some extra money on a road trip through Chicago recording for Cobra Records both as a bandleader and sideman. After contributing the sparkle to several Otis Rush classics (an alternate of one of them, "Keep On Loving Me Baby" is found here) and some early Buddy Guy sides, Ike Turner also recorded a handful of sides, scant few of them seeing release until now. This CD collects them all up, including surviving alternate versions, and is a delightful fly on the wall invite to a 1950's Chicago blues session.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A rare gem & must-have for all fans of R&B!</div><br />
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01 - Matchbox (Version B)<br />
02 - (I Know) You Don't Love Me<br />
03 - You Keep On Worrying Me<br />
04 - Box Top<br />
05 - I'm Gonna Forget About You<br />
06 - Down And Out<br />
07 - You've Got To Lose<br />
08 - Walking Down The Aisle<br />
09 - Matchbox (Version B) [Alternate Take]<br />
10 - Tell Me Darling<br />
11 - I'll Weep No More<br />
12 - Keep On Lovin' Me Baby [Alternate Take]<br />
13 - (I Know) You Don't Love Me [Alternate Take]<br />
14 - You Keep On Worrying Me [Alternate Take]<br />
15 - I'm Gonna Forget About You [Alternate Take]<br />
16 - You've Got To Lose [Alternate Take]<br />
17 - Walking Down The Aisle [Alternate Take]<br />
18 - Tell Me Darling [Alternate Take]<br />
19 - I'll Weep No More [Alternate Take]<br />
20 - Matchbox (Version A)<br />
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