UK Soul Legend Noel McKoy..new single release exclusive

Mckoy ‘Makin Love’ (out 24th Nov 2013)

With a two-decade-plus career that has already encompassed reggae (The Albions), rock (Impact) and acid jazz (The James Taylor Quartet) plus a prestigious BBC 2 Jazz Award, one of UK soul’s legendary figures, Noel McKoy, is releasing his first album in 20 years with his band ‘McKoy’ which includes his three siblings: Cornell, Robin and Junette.

McKoy are a family affair, lead by Noel Mckoy. Though it’s been 20 years since their last release, the band made a conscious decision to make an album with ‘an old school flavour with a new school approach’.  The album features the talents of General Levy, Vanessa Simon, Terri Walker, Marlon Cotton and Braydz. ‘Makin Love’ is the first single to be released from the album and is due out on 24th November.

Noel McKoy is perhaps best known for his work as lead vocalist with Acid Jazz Legends James Taylor Quartet recording three albums and touring 10 times around the world with the band. Since then he has worked with some of the most talented artists in the industry including Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Martha High, Atlantic Star, Terry Callier, Cliff Richard, Lenny Henry, Jessie J, Paloma Faith and none other than Stevie Wonder.

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• Makin' Love is the first release from the ‘Cut From The Same Cloth’ album (out 3rd Nov)
• Met & jammed with Stevie Wonder @ his O2 performance
• Noel performed with the Guy Barker jazz band for the Olympics celebration with Junior Giscombe and Natalie Williams in July 2013
• Noel will be guesting with Joey Negroys band Sunburst at the Jazz Cafe in November
• UK/European tour this September   
• Previous project won Jazz Album in the BBC 2 Jazz Awards (Best Album)

2001 was the year Noel picked up best Jazz album for his vocal and writing work on Jean Toussaint’s “A street below the Underground” Album for the BBC Radio 2 Jazz awards.

Over the past 20 years Noel is known in the teaching arena for the work he does with young people which involves vocal exercises, empowering and mentoring.  

Along with a whole host of successful projects in recent years, one of which leading Noel to Jam with Stevie Wonder Noel has reformed Mckoy with his siblings and they are back in a big way with album ‘Cut From The Same Cloth’ and the lead single ‘Makin Love’ released on Mckadelic Records

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Album launch party 4^th October @ The Bedford in Balham

FISHDOCTOR...New Surf Inspired Tracks 'Atlantic' & 'Seasons'..Beachy tunes from Brooklyn dudes

Fresh catch of the day, Fishdoctor, are riding high on their surf inspired tunes! Treat your ears to their sweet, jangly sounds with these free downloads of their latest tracks:

Atlantic - https://soundcloud.com/ fishdoctor/atlantic

Seasons - https:// soundcloud.com/fishdoctor/ seasons

Warning: Their songs emit mellow vibes of joy and may induce head bobbing and hip swaying!

Fishdoctor embraces a certain depth of intimacy with their new video for “Atlantic” that perfectly matches the strumming highs and crooning voices of the song. Eyes will happily get lost in this wistful journey of a song. The video is a compilation of a band members’ family home video footage from the 1940’s. A majority of the shots were filmed at the beaches of Long Island, NY where most of the band grew up. The mix of intricate intensities of the song allows the video to build into an evocative nostalgia overload.

 

Boz Scaggs...first album 1969..Muscle Shoals plus Duane Allman

Muscle Shoals plus Duane Allman plus Boz....a classic 

Combining the same rhythm section that propelled the great Atlantic soul singers like Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding with the legendary lead guitarist Duane Allman just as he was forming his great band, former Steve Miller Band guitarist and aspiring singer Boz Scaggs released his debut solo album in 1969.

"Boz Scaggs" is another candidate for the greatest overlooked, unjustly forgotten album of the classic rock era. It wasn't overlooked in its own day. Back when FM radio was "free form" and could play 10 minute-long cuts, the amazing "Loan Me a Dime," a delicately soulful blues wail that evolves into a monstrous Allman guitar workout, was a staple, especially at night. But the whole album is as good as that climactic moment. "I'll Be Long Gone," is an emotional inspiration, "Look What I Got" has the emotional directness of The Band and "Sweet Release" is heavenly soul. The album is sequenced beautifully and it is almost flawless.

Boz Scaggs was born Royce Scaggs, June 8, 1944, in Ohio. Scaggs moved to Plano, Texas at an early age. His interest in music was sparked by his childhood friendship with Steve Miller. They were budding young artists that both attended St. Mark's Preparatory School in Dallas. It was Miller who taught Scaggs the fundamentals of guitar playing and gave him the encouragement to sing.

1. I'm Easy
2. I'll Be Long Gone
3. Another Day (Another Letter)
4. Now You're Gone
5. Finding Her
6. Look What I Got
7. Waiting For A Train
8. Loan Me A Dime
9. Sweet Release

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Jukeboxes...a short history and guide...part one

"Cheap bars playing lively jazz and blues music were called "jook-joints", and therefore an instrument out of which music emitted was, defacto, a "jook-box"..

I found this article in a Collectors magazine and thought it was interesting and very appropriate for this blog. For those of us who are old enough to remember the original jukeboxes, they were a great source of entertainment and kept us amused for many a night. It wasn't only the music that was pumping out of them but the physical appearance also made them an iconic and cultural part of our lives. Thankfully they have survived over the years, with a few modern technological improvements and modifications, and are now collectible items.

                                   

The Doors...Morrison Hotel

The next-to-last Doors album, recorded prior to Jim Morrison's still mystery-shrouded death in a Parisian bathtub, Morrison Hotel eschewed much of the band's previous penchant for baroque musical, poetic, and philosophical pretensions (this was, after all, the back-to-roots era of the Beatles' Let It Be, the Stones' Let It Bleed, and Dylan's Nashville Skyline). Instead, the Doors circa 1970 wisely seeped themselves in a bluesy, no-frills approach that might have hinted at creative exhaustion in a lesser band. Instead, the Doors of "Roadhouse Blues" and "Peace Frog" reinvented themselves into arguably one of the greatest bar bands ever, with Morrison's well-documented demons frolicking in a welcome new ambience. "Waiting for the Sun" and "Ship of Fools" may hearken back to the band's cabalistic and Kurt Weill leanings, respectively, but framed in an edgier, more effective way. --Jerry McCulley (Amazon review)

                                    

Pink Floyd..The Piper At the Gates of Dawn..Classic Debut Album by the Masters of Psychedelic Rock

Before Pink Floyd became (deservedly) famous in the mid-70's for Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, and later for The Wall, they were a different band--they were Syd Barrett's band. Instead of the epic, moody, atmospheric, trippy rock forged primarily by the synergy of Roger Waters and David Gilmour later on in Pink Floyd's existence, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn finds the band making music that is very much of its time (1967). The music that became known as "psychedelic" is loosely defined as music that combines creative sonic textures and surprising sounds with bizarre, often whimsical lyrics to either simulate or enhance a drug experience. With the Beatles just down the hall in Abbey Road Studios recording Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Pink Floyd (named after obscure American blues men Pink Anderson and Floyd Council) were on the cutting edge of the British psychedelic scene while recording The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. (Amazon review)

This debut still endures today as a classic of its genre, thanks to Syd Barrett's unique vision and inimitable songwriting.

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The British Beat Explosion, Rock ‘n Roll Island edited by Jennifer Wheatley...new book release

On September 2nd, Aurora Metro Books released "The British Beat Explosion, Rock ‘n Roll Island" (ISBN 9781906582470) edited by Jennifer Wheatley, with contributions from music journalists Zoë Howe and John Platt, club owner Gina Way, exhibition curator Michele Whitby and the musicians themselves .  The book is published in association with a new exhibition, music gigs and film to celebrate the legacy of Eel Pie Island as a seminal jazz and R&B music venue in the 1950s and 1960s (see www.eelpieislandmusic.com). The book has been hailed as ‘containing a treasure trove of contributions - interviews, photographs and more – from musicians, fans, critics and the original Eel Pie clubbers’ (Dmitry M. Epstein on the Let it Rock blog).

The British Beat Explosion narrates the story of this incredible venue which became a literal and metaphorical island of culture and free expression for generations of teenagers. The vision and inspiration of one local man – Arthur Chisnall – lay behind it all.  Chisnall, with astonishing prescience, recognized that the burgeoning new tribe of teenagers would need a cultural and social space of their own, where they could both revel in their own culture and be provided with advice and information on a range of issues affecting their work, education and well-being.  Chisnall took over the management of a hotel on the island and soon made it a Mecca for fans and cutting-edge jazz musicians alike, including Ken Colyer and George Melly.

What began as a jazz club developed into a magical arena for young people to come together, experiment, improvise and create a new kind of music – the ‘Thamesbeat’ R & B sound - one that has been exported from the Twickenham/Richmond area to the world at large. The British Beat explosion developed in South-West London and many of the rock legends of today took their first steps to global stardom on the island: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Brian May, David Bowie, Elton John, Ronnie Wood and David Gilmour to name but a few.  Rod Stewart recently recalled his career’s beginnings on the island on the BBC television program Imagine.  The musical legacy of the Island endures strongly, with contemporary bands such as The
Mystery Jets and The Carnabys consciously exhibiting the influence of the music and the scene.  The Eel Pie phenomenon stuttered and then ended in 1971, when the Hotel burned down, and all trace of the dilapidated Club disappeared, to be replaced by new townhouses.

Chisnall succeeded gloriously in carving out this space as a separate and precious world for its young clientele, and the book carries many glowing reminiscences to this effect.

The British Beat Explosion is packed with anecdotes and descriptions, ranging from the memories of fans to fascinating insights into how musicians discovered one another. The book is an invaluable piece of research into the genealogy and development of the myriad artists who are associated with The Island, an absorbing read for anybody with an interest in contemporary culture, and – if justice is served – will go some way towards ensuring that Eel Pie Island is enshrined in the pantheon of musical venues alongside such places as The Cavern and Ronnie Scott’s.


                                                              

Santana...first album 1969...classic debut album by originators of Latin Blues Rock

This is Santana's debut album from 1969 and the first of three albums by the classic Santana lineup: Carlos Santana on guitar, Gregg Rolie on keyboards and vocals, Dave Brown on bass, Mike Shrieve on drums, and Jose Areas and Mike Carabello on percussion. The band's sound was then still strongly rooted in the blues (especially on "You Just Don't Care") and many of the performances are absolute classics -- especially the fiery organ-guitar duel on "Waiting" and the explosive "Soul Sacrifice". Those familiar with Santana's radio hits will of course recognize "Evil Ways" and their chugging version of Olatunji's "Jingo", while the laid-back Latin groove of "Treat" provides a nice respite. The album is a brilliant combination of Rock, Latin and African influence. If you like the stinging guitar and swirling organ of early Santana, then this will not disappoint.

1. Waiting
2. Evil Ways
3. Shades Of Time
4. Savor
5. Jingo
6. Persuasion
7. Treat
8. You Just Don't Care
9. Soul Sacrifice

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Van Morrison...His Band and the Street Choir..classic album from 1970

Van's 1970 album that exudes the rhythm and blues sound of his inspiration, His Band and the Street Choir appeared at a time when Van Morrison was building on the great critical successes of Astral Weeks and Moondance. His third Warner Bros. album contains a number of radio-friendly tracks clearly aimed at the singles market and few clues of the serious, brooding melancholy of Astral Weeks.

Kicking off with the jaunty "Domino," the album is generally dominated by up tempo swingers such as "Call Me Up in Dreamland," "Give Me a Kiss," and "Blue Money." The cover photography and liner notes by then wife Janet Planet reveal a smiling Morrison and hint at a new found personal contentment. This mood did not last long after Van left the artists' community of Woodstock. But even here, in "I'll Be Your Lover Too" and "Crazy Face," there are moments that are essential listening for fans of his sullen splendour and mysticism. --Rob Stewart (Amazon review)

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The Velvet Underground & Nico

When the Velvets recorded this debut in 1967, they were best known as the protégés of Andy Warhol (who designed the sleeve), and as a grating, combustive live band. Fueled by drummer Moe Tucker's no-nonsense wham and John Cale's howling viola, some of the straight-up rock & roll and arty noise extravaganzas here bear that out. But before Lou Reed was singing about sadomasochism and drug deals and writing lyrics inspired by his favorite poets, he was a pop songwriter, and this album has some of his prettiest tunes, mostly sung by Nico, the German dark angel who left the band after this disc. Even the sordid rockers are underscored by graceful pop tricks, like the two-chord flutter at the centre of the classic "Heroin." --Douglas Wolk (Amazon Review)

The Velvet Underground was little known during its lifetime; now, more than forty years after the band collapsed, it has a world-wide following--but the band's music still tends to divide listeners. You either get it or you don't. For those who DO get it, this recording, with its Andy Warhol-designed "Peel Slowly and See" cover, is a must-have.

Both Lou Reed and Nico possessed flat sounding voices, and John Cale compensated for this by down-tuning his various stringed instruments--and then the band as a whole down-tuned to Cale's pitch. This creates a slightly off-kilter, droning tone... and the result is a strangely hypnotic, frequently dark, and often unnerving sound that swirls around the songs' street-tough lyrics. At worst, it is at least interesting; at best, it is completely original. Several of the cuts have a distinct pop inflection, but the band subverts them; "Femme Fatale" has a mocking tone, and both "Sunday Morning" and "I'll Be Your Mirror" have a decidedly paranoid quality. But the cuts for which this album is most famous are about as far removed from pop as you can get: the strange exotic stutter of "All Tomorrow's Parties;" the pitch black and street scary tone of "Heroin" and "I'm Waiting For My Man;" and the whip-like accompaniment on the S and M-oriented "Venus In Furs"--all of them frequently imitated but seldom equalled.

1. Sunday Morning
2. I'm Waiting For The Man
3. Femme Fatale
4. Venus In Furs
5. Run Run Run
6. All Tomorrow's Parties
7. Heroin
8. There She Goes Again
9. I'll Be Your Mirror
10. Black Angel's Death Song
11. European Son

    

Paul McCartney ... CHOBA B CCCP (Back in the USSR) The Russian Album

The Beatles were very much influenced by 1950's rock and roll, and their early work shows plenty of proof of this. They honed their musical skills playing songs from the era in their live shows and had a great respect for the artists whose music they covered. Paul McCartney in particular was a huge fan and several rock and roll tunes were included in early Beatles albums with Paul doing most of the vocals. Over the years he has included a selection in his own concerts.

"The Russian Album" was originally released in 1991 and it's where Paul pays tribute to his favourite rock and roll artists and their hit songs. It's one of those albums that will have you bopping from the opening notes and ideal for your next party.

Amazon Review - CHOBA B CCCP--that's "Back in the USSR" to you and me--is a loose and loopy bit of rock & roll nostalgia that's at least as much fun to listen to as it was to make. Originally intended as a cold-war-busting Soviet Union-only release, popular demand finally brought it to Western ears, and it's a good thing it did. McCartney was always the Beatles' best Little Richard-inspired shouter, and this album allowed him to revisit those days on covers of "Kansas City," "Lucille," "Ain't That a Shame," and "Crackin' Up," among others. Most of the tracks sound like first takes, but that's in keeping with the vintage material, which was originally recorded in much the same way. Who says they no longer make 'em like they used to? --Daniel Durchholz

1. Kansas City
2. Twenty Flight Rock
3. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
4. I'm In Love Again
5. Bring It On Home To Me
6. Lucille
7. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
8. I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
9. That's All Right Mama
10. Summertime
11. Ain't That A Shame
12. Crackin' Up
13. Just Because
14. Midnight Special

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John Lennon...Peace Love & Truth

John Lennon's life and music has been written about and analysed many times over. Movies and documentaries have been made along with tribute albums and concerts. I'm not going to add to that here except to say that his music, not only with The Beatles but his solo work, is timeless and endearing. There have been many compilations released over the years since his death, most of them good, and any serious collector will have at least one Lennon album in their collection.

This compilation is unique as it presents John's finest song writing moments in a showcase that highlights his important ideals regarding, as the title suggests, peace, love and truth. Several of the tracks have been remixed to give them a fresh and new sound and perspective. An essential addition to your collection.

1. Give Peace A Chance (Remix 2005) (Ft The Voices Of Asia)
2. Gimme Some Truth
3. Love
4. Hold On
5. Give Peace A Chance (Y2k+)
6. Imagine
7. Bring On The Lucie (Freeda People)
8. Mind Games
9. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (Remix)
10. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
11. Power To The People
12. Real Love (Short Version) (Speech Removed)
13. Help Me To Help Myself
14. I Don't Wanna Face It
15. Bless You
16. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
17. Listen The Snow Is Falling
18. Give Peace A Chance

The Everly Brothers..1957-1962

The Everly Brothers (Don and Phil: Isaac Donald Everly, born February 1, 1937, and Phillip Everly, born January 19, 1939) are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. The duo was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

Don and Phil Everly are both guitarists and use vocal harmony mostly based on parallel thirds. With this, each line can often stand on its own as a melody line. This is in contrast to classic harmony lines which, while working well alongside the melody, are not as melodic by themselves.

For most of their recordings, Don sings the baritone part and Phil the tenor part. One exception is on "Devoted To You." Although Don is still low and Phil is high, they switch lead and harmony back and forth. Don almost always sings any lines that are sung solo (for example, the verses of "Bye Bye Love"). Among the exceptions to this rule is the Everlys' 1965 single "It's All Over," where Phil sings the song's solo lines.

In the late 1950s, the Everly Brothers were the rock 'n' roll youth movement's addition to close harmony vocal groups of which many were family bands. Among the Everly's famous counterparts in country music were The Delmore Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, Jim & Jesse (McReynolds) and The Osborne Brothers.
The duo's harmony singing had a strong influence on rock groups of the 1960s. The Beatles,The Beach Boys and Simon & Garfunkel developed their early singing styles by performing Everly covers.

This 24 track compilation contains all their early hits from the 50s and 60s.....The Everly Brothers

The Legendary Story of Sun Records...various artists

Sun Records is a record label founded in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27, 1952.
Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was notable for discovering and first recording such influential musicians as Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. (Presley's recording contract was sold to RCA Victor Records for $35,000 in 1955 to relieve financial difficulties which Sun was going through.) Prior to those records, Sun Records had concentrated on recording African-American musicians, because Phillips loved Rhythm and Blues and wanted to bring black music to a white audience. It was Sun record producer and engineer, Jack Clement, who discovered and recorded Jerry Lee Lewis, while owner Sam Phillips was away on a trip to Florida. The original Sun Records logo was designed by John Gale Parker, Jr., a resident of Memphis and high school classmate of Phillips.

The music of many Sun Records musicians helped lay part of the foundation of late 20th century rock and roll, plus it influenced many younger musicians, particularly The Beatles. In 2001, Paul McCartney appeared on a tribute compilation album titled Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records. The 2010 tribute Million Dollar Quartet is based on the famous photograph of Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis grouped round Elvis Presley at the piano, the night when the four joined in an impromptu jam at Sun Record's one-room sound studio, the "Million Dollar Quartet" of 4 December 1956.

In 1969, Mercury Records label producer Shelby Singleton purchased the Sun label from Phillips. Singleton merged his operations into Sun International Corporation, which re-released and re-packaged compilations of Sun's early artists in the early 1970s. It would later introduce rockabilly tribute singer Jimmy "Orion" Ellis in 1980 as Orion taking on the persona of Elvis Presley. The company remains in business today as Sun Entertainment Corporation, which currently licenses its brand and classic hit recordings (many of which have appeared in CD boxed sets and other compilations) to independent reissue labels. Sun Entertainment also includes SSS International Records, Plantation Records, Amazon Records, Red Bird Records, Blue Cat Records among other labels the company acquired over the years. Its website sells collectible items as well as compact discs bearing the original 1950s Sun logo.

Some of the notable recording artists at Sun were Roscoe Gordon, Rufus Thomas, who recorded solo and with his daughter Carla Thomas, Little Milton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich and Conway Twitty (who at that time recorded under his real name of Harold Jenkins).

This excellent 60 track compilation represents all the styles of music heralded by Sun Records, from earthy Blues and Country to Rockabilly and Rock'n'Roll. For anyone interested in the roots of rock and roll, this an important and historical collection. Many of these tracks were later covered by other artists early in their own careers.

Disc: 1
1. Mystery Train - Little Junior's Blue Flames
2. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
3. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis
4. Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas
5. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
6. Color And Kind (Look-A Here Baby) - Howlin' Wolf
7. Flying Saucer Rock And Roll - Billy Lee Riley
8. Ten Cats Down - The Miller Sisters
9. I Never Knew - Roy Orbison
10. Your Cheatin' Heart - Cliff Gleaves
11. Just Walking In The Rain - The Prisonaires
12. The Hucklebuck - Earl Hooker
13. Shake 'Em Up Baby - Frank Ballard
14. Willing And Ready - Ray Smith
15. Rock 'n' Roll Ruby - Warren Smith
16. Born To Lose - Carl McVoy
17. Lonely Weekends - Charlie Rich
18. I Need A Man - Barbara Pittman
19. Ubangi Stomp - Carl Mann
20. Sadie's Back In Town - Sonny Burgess
21. Groovy Train - Wade Cagle & The Escorts
22. Don't Be Runnin' Wild (Problem Child) - Ken Cook
23. Go! Go! Go! - Roy Orbison
24. Red Velvet - The Kirby Sisters
25. Greyhound Blues - D.A. Hunt
26. I Forgot To Remember To Forget - Charlie Feathers
27. Lewis Boogie - Jerry Lee Lewis
28. Peace In The Valley - Million Dollar Quartet
29. Down By The Riverside - Million Dollar Quartet
30. Who Will The Next Fool Be? - Charlie Rich
Disc: 2
1. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
2. Matchbox - Carl Perkins
3. Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames
4. Mona Lisa - Carl Mann
5. Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison
6. Guess Things Happen That Way - Johnny Cash
7. My Babe - Narvel Felts
8. It's Me Baby - Malcolm Yelvington
9. Paralyzed - Million Dollar Quartet
10. I'll Wait Forever - Anita Wood
11. Somebody Told Me - Little Milton
12. Rockin' Bandit (Dubbed Version) - Ray Smith
13. Pearly Lee - Billy Lee Riley
14. Red Hot - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
15. Uranium Rock (Alternate Take) - Warren Smith
16. Raunchy - Bill Justis
17. Got You On My Mind - The Miller Sisters
18. Just In Time - Harold Jenkins (Conway Twitty)
19. Ain't Got No Home - Carl Mann
20. Ain't Got A Thing - Sonny Burgess
21. Cheese And Crackers - Rosco Gordon
22. Got Love If You Want It - Warren Smith
23. Feelin' Low - Ernie Chaffin
24. There's Another Place I Can Go - Charlie Rich
25. Handsome Man - Barbara Pittman
26. How Long Can It Be? - Maggie Sue Wimberly
27. Goin Crazy - Mack Self
28. Rockin' Daddy - Eddie Bond
29. Cloudy - Brad Suggs
30. Goodnight Irene - Johnny Cash

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Big Joe Turner ... Shake, Rattle and Roll

Big Joe Turner, also known as The Boss of the Blues was an American "blues shouter" (a blues-music singer capable of singing un-amplified with a band) from Kansas City, Missouri. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and Roll would have never happened without him". Although he had his greatest fame during the 1950s with his rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Turner's career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s. Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during 1987.

1. Shake, Rattle and Roll
2. Honey Hush
3. Chains of Love
4. Well All Right
5. Sweet Sixteen
6. Married Woman
7. TV Mama
8. The Chill is On
9. Don't You Cry
10. Oke She Moke She pop
11. In The Evening
12. Midnight Rockin'
13. Ooo, Ouch, Stop!
14. Rock The Joint Boogie
15. Baby, Won't You Marry Me
16. Wine O Baby Boogie
17. Hollywood Bed
18. Careless Love
19. Lucille, Lucille
20. My Gal's A Jockey
21. Still In The Dark
22. Sally Zu Zazz
23. Corrine, Corrina
24. Piney Brown Blues
25. Roll 'em Pete

Big Joe Turner

The Essential LITTLE RICHARD

A-WOP-BOP-A-LOO-BOP-A-WOP-BAM-BOOM..!!

Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known by his stage name Little Richard, is an American pianist, singer and songwriter. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for over six decades. His most celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s where his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship laid the foundation for rock and roll. Penniman's hits of that period were generally characterized by playful lyrics underpinned with suggestive overtones. His music also had a pivotal impact on the formation of other popular music genres, including soul and funk. Penniman influenced numerous singers and musicians from rock to rap.

Penniman was honored by many institutions, including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was the recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in 1992 and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1994. Penniman's breakthrough hit "Tutti Frutti" was included in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, claiming the "unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music"....(text from Wikipedia)

This collection showcases 20 of his greatest hits, digitally remastered from the original session tapes.

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Elvis Presley...HitStory

There is no doubting the impact Elvis Presley has had on popular music. Many musicians have been quoted as saying that he was one of their original influences, and his legion of fans is ever growing. His recorded output has been extensive, and there are still new releases being issued regularly.

HitStory is an 90-track compilation of his chart hits. Spanning his entire career from 1954's "That's All Right" to 1976's "Way Down", this deluxe three-disc set combines two landmark collections of Elvis's indispensable smash hits with a brand new compilation of more essential Top 20 singles. HitStory features Elvis' popular hits and recent chart-topping remixes, including 'Heartbreak Hotel',''Hound Dog', 'Love Me Tender', 'Blue Suede Shoes', 'Jailhouse Rock', 'A Little Less Conversation', and 74 other iconic Presley hits. Discs one and two of Hitstory are made up of Elvis' 30 #1 Hits' and 'Elvis' 2nd To None. Disc three, The Story Continues, is a brand new compilation showcasing nineteen Top 20 singles from the Billboard Top 100

Elvis 30 #1 Hits

Elvis 2nd to None

The Story Continues

ChangesBowie...David Bowie

Known as "The Chameleon" of Rock music, David Bowie's career has seen many "changes". Starting in the early 1960's, he has created some of the most varied and always interesting music of his time and never fails to attract attention. This hits compilation contains 18 of the Thin White Duke's finest from 1969-1990. Includes 'Space Oddity', 'Changes', 'Suffragette City', 'Rebel Rebel', 'Young Americans', 'Golden Years', 'Ashes To Ashes', 'Let's Dance' and 'Blue Jean'.

ChangesBowie

River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder

Ry Cooder has many influences - from the early days as part of Taj Mahal's backing group (Ryland P Cooder, Rhythm Guitar) to the global success of Buena Vista Social Club. This collection pre-dates the latter and post-dates the former. It features 19 of his best tracks from his recordings on Warner from, 1972-1994. Includes 'Paris, Texas', 'Little Sister', 'The Pearls/ Tia Juana' and more!

Whether serving as a session musician, solo artist, or soundtrack composer, Ry Cooder's chameleon-like fretted instrument virtuosity, songwriting, and choices of material encompass an incredibly eclectic range of North American musical styles, including rock and roll, blues, reggae, Tex-Mex, Hawaiian, Dixieland jazz, country, folk, Rand B, gospel, and vaudeville. The 16-year-old Cooder began his career in 1963 in a blues band with Jackie DeShannon and then formed the short-lived Rising Sons in 1965 with Taj Mahal and Spirit drummer Ed Cassidy. Cooder met producer Terry Melcher through the Rising Sons and was invited to perform at several sessions with Paul Revere and the Raiders. During his subsequent career as a session musician, Cooder's trademark slide guitar work graced the recordings of such artists as Captain Beefheart (Safe as Milk), Randy Newman, Little Feat, Van Dyke Parks, the Rolling Stones (Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers), Taj Mahal, and Gordon Lightfoot. He also appeared on the soundtracks of Candy and Performance.

Cooder made his debut as a solo artist in 1970 with a self-titled album featuring songs by Leadbelly, Blind Willie Johnson, Sleepy John Estes, and Woody Guthrie. The follow-up, "Into the Purple Valley", introduced long time cohorts Jim Keltner on drums and Jim Dickinson on bass, and it and Boomer's Story largely repeated and refined the syncopated style and mood of the first. In 1974, Cooder produced what is generally regarded as his best album, Paradise and Lunch, and its follow-up, Chicken Skin Music, showcased a potent blend of Tex-Mex, Hawaiian, gospel, and soul music, and featured contributions from Flaco Jimenez and Gabby Pahinui. In 1979, Bop Till You Drop was the first major-label album to be recorded digitally. In the early '80s, Cooder began to augment his solo output with soundtrack work on such films as Blue Collar, The Long Riders, and The Border; he has gone on to compose music for Southern Comfort, Goin' South, Paris, Texas, Streets of Fire, Alamo Bay, Blue City, Crossroads, Cocktail, Johnny Handsome, Steel Magnolias, and Geronimo. Music by Ry Cooder (1995) compiled two discs' worth of highlights from Cooder's film work. (This biography was provided by the artist or their representative.)


1. River Come Down (PKA Bamboo)
2. UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto
3. Low-Commotion
4. Smack Dab In The Middle
5. Tattler
6. Dark End Of The Street
7. The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
8. Going Back To Okinawa
9. Money Honey
10. Why Don't You Try Me
11. Paris, Texas
12. Chloe
13. The Pearls/Tia Juana
14. I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine
15. Down In Hollywood
16. Which Came First
17. Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
18. Get Rhythm
19. Little Sister

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