Curtis Knight & The Squires (feat. Jimi Hendrix) – You Can't Use My Name - The RSVP / PPX Sessions

 

Curtis Knight and The Squires were a New York band that was fronted by singer and guitarist Curtis Knight, formed in 10 June 1965. Both Jimi Hendrix and sax player Lonnie Youngblood were members for a while. The band is referred to as a workaday party R&B band by Billboard. The line up of the group wasn't always with the same musicians. Sax player Lonnie Youngblood had been a member. The line up pictured on the cover of the You Can't Use My Name: The RSVP/PPX Sessions album features Curtis Knight, Jimi Hendrix, Marion Booker and Ace Hall.

At some stage in 1964, Hendrix met Knight in the lobby of a Harlem residential hotel and they hit it off. Hendrix became a member of the band Curtis Knight and the Squires in October the following year. While with the band, Hendrix signed a contract with the owner of PPX Studios, Ed Chaplin for just one dollar. This would later cause major problems for Hendrix. He finally left The Squires on May 20, 1966.

1 How Would You Feel 3:50

2 Gotta Have A New Dress 3:07

3 Don't Accuse Me 3:55

4 Fool For You Baby 2:14

5 No Such Animal 4:49

6 Welcome Home 3:47

7 Knock Yourself Out (Flying On Instruments) 6:53

8 Simon Says 3:37

9 Station Break 2:31

10 Strange Things 2:55

11 Hornet's Nest 5:09

12 You Don't Want Me 2:21

13 You Can't Use My Name 0:56 

14 Gloomy Monday 3:31

Curtis Knight & The Squires

Sam & Dave – The Definitive Soul Collection 30 track compilation

 

Sam & Dave were an American soul and R&B duo who performed together from 1961 until 1981. The tenor (higher) voice was Sam Moore (1935–2025) and the baritone/tenor (lower) voice was Dave Prater (1937–1988).

Nicknamed "Double Dynamite", "The Sultans of Sweat", and "The Dynamic Duo" for their gritty, gospel-infused performances, Sam & Dave are considered one of the greatest live acts of the 1960s. Many subsequent musicians have named them as an influence, including Bruce Springsteen, Al Green, Tom Petty, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson, Steve Van Zandt, Elvis Costello, The Jam, Teddy Pendergrass, Billy Joel, and Steve Winwood. The Blues Brothers, who helped create a resurgence of popularity for soul, R&B, and blues in the 1980s, were influenced by Sam & Dave – their biggest hit was a cover of "Soul Man", and their act and stage show contained many homages to the duo.

According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Sam & Dave were the most successful soul duo and brought the sounds of the black gospel church to pop music with their call-and-response records.

1-01 A Place Nobody Can Find 2:57

1-02 Goodnight Baby 2:49

1-03 I Take What I Want 2:34

1-04 You Don't Know Like I Know 2:40

1-05 Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart) 2:24

1-06 Hold On! I'm A Comin' 2:36

1-07 I Got Everything I Need 2:57

1-08 Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody 2:37

1-09 I Don't Need Nobody (To Tell Me 'Bout My Baby) 2:59

1-10 You Got Me Hummin' 2:51

1-11 When Something Is Wrong With My Baby 3:18

1-12 Small Portion Of Your Love 2:40

1-13 I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down 2:42

1-14 May I Baby 2:41

1-15 Soothe Me (Live) 2:59

2-01 Soul Man 2:40

2-02 Broke Down Piece Of Man 2:54

2-03 The Good Runs The Bad Away 2:16

2-04 I Thank You 2:45

2-05 Wrap It Up 2:33

2-06 You Don't Know What You Mean To Me 2:10

2-07 This Is Your World 2:24

2-08 Can't You Find Another Way (Of Doing It) 2:26

2-09 Still Is The Night 2:42

2-10 Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody 3:14

2-11 Soul Sister, Brown Sugar 2:30

2-12 Come On In 2:55

2-13 Born Again 2:39

2-14 Knock It Out The Park 2:32

2-15 Don't Pull Your Love 3:16

Sam & Dave – The Definitive Soul Collection

The Yardbirds – Five Live Yardbirds / Rave Up With The Yardbirds

 

1 Too Much Monkey Business 3:52

2 I Got Love If You Want It 2:41

3 Smokestack Lightnin' 5:35

4 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 2:42

5 Respectable 5:36

6 Five Long Years 5:19

7 Pretty Girl 3:05

8 Louise 3:43

9 I'm A Man 4:34

10 Here 'Tis 5:10

Bonus Tracks

11 You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover 2:56

12 Let It Rock 2:16

13 I Wish You Would 5:53

14 Who Do You Love 4:07

15 Honey In Your Hips 2:27

16 A Certain Girl 2:17

17 Got To Hurry 2:47

18 Boom Boom 2:24

19 I Ain't Got You 1:59

20 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Studio Version) 2:44

 Five Live Yardbirds

Original 7" Tracks With Jeff Beck

1 Heart Full Of Soul

2 Steeled Blues

3 Evil Hearted You

4 Still I'm Sad

5 Shapes Of Things

6 You're A Better Man Than I

Other Collectable Yardbirds Tracks

7 The Train Kept A Rollin'

8 Jeff's Blues

9 What Do You Want

10 Boom Boom

11 Talkin'bout You

12 I Ain't Done No Wrong

13 You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover

14 Who Do You Love

Rave Up With The Yardbirds