Rockabilly & Early Rock & Roll Vol 123

All About The Guys Vol 04 - A Real Cool Cat (1955-1969)

01. Sonny Burns - A Real Cool Cat (1955)

02. Jackie Trent - Little Andy (1958)

03. Connie Francis - Johnny Darlin' (1962)

04. Jack Hammer - Switch Blade Operator (1966)

05. Ray Scott & The Four Recorders - Bopping Wig Wam Willie (1957)

06. Jo Ann Campbell - Eddie My Love (1961)

07. Andy Starr - Old Deacon Jones (1956)

08. Little Doug (Doug Sahm) & The Bandits - A Real American Joe (1955)

09. Dave Day - Motorcycle Mike (1957)

10. Joe Tex - Charlie Brown Got Expelled (1959)

11. The Kingbeats - I've Been A Bad Bad Boy (1964)

12. Link Davis - Trucker From Tennessee (1956)

13. Lou Walker - Little Bitty Man (1958)

14. The Mystery Trio - Willie Joe (1959)

15. Thomas Mitchell - I'm A Wise Ole Cat (1961)

16. Janis Martin - Cracker Jack (1958)

17. Andy Anderson - Johnny Valentine (1958)

18. Guido D'Amico - Jimmy Boy (1958)

19. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Who Slapped John (1956)

20. Conway Twitty - Bad Man (1969)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 269 (1945-2008)

01. Byrdie Green - In The Dark (1966) 

02. Buck Clayton - After Hours (1956) 

03. Buck Clayton & His All-Stars - You Can't Fight The Satellite Blues (1958)

04. Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy (1955) 

05. Curly Fox - Long Lost John (1972) 

06. Joe Tex - You Better Believe It Baby (1966) 

07. Joe Tex - Show Me (1968) 

08. Lonnie Brooks - A Man's Got To Do What A Man's Got To Do (1991) 

09. Wilbur Hi-Fi White & King Kolax Band - Don’t Look Now (1960) 

10. Wynonie Harris - Fishtail Blues (1954) 

11. Gatemouth Moore - Did You Ever Love A Woman (1945) 

12. Gatemouth Moore - I'm Goin' Way Back Home (1945) 

13. Gatemouth Moore & His Gospel Singers - Jesus On The Main Line (1960) 

14. Jesse Belvin - Guess Who (1960) 

15. Big Joe Turner - Midnight Special Train (1957) 

16. Sid Morris - House Party Tonight (2008) 

17. Clyde McPhatter - Lover Please (1954) 

18. Clyde McPhatter - Ta Ta (1960) 

19. Jackie Wilson - I'll Be Satisfied (1959) 

20. Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes (1955) 

21. Chuck Miller - The House Of Blue Lights (1955)

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 Hillbilly & Country Vol 160 - Honky Tonks Vol 01

Honky Tonk Baby (1939-2022)

01. Hardrock Gunter - Honky Tonk Baby (1952)

02. Joe Maphis & Rose Lee - Honky Tonk Down Town (1955)

03. Hank Williams - Honky Tonk Blues (1952)

04. Hank Williams Jr. - Honky Tonk Women (1987)

05. Loretta Lynn - I'm A Honky Tonk Girl (1960)

06. Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers - Jitter Bug Jive (1941)

07. Ernest Tubb - I Ain't Goin' Honky Tonkin' Anymore (1944)

08. Country Gazette - Honky Cat (1973)

09. Dave House - Honky Tonk Fever (1978)

10. Larry Thornton - Honky Tonk Queen (1960)

11. Bailey Anderson - Rock Me (1979)

12. Audrey Williams - Honky Tonkin' (1950)

13. Buck Owens - Close Up The Honky Tonks (1964)

14. Louie Innis - Honky Tonk Man (1950)

15. Chuck Murphy - Blue Ribbon Boogie (1951)

16. Jenny Tolman - Married In A Honky Tonk (2022)

17. Jack Rhodes & Al Petty - Al's Steel Guitar Wobble (1953)

18. Susan Marshall - I Used To Hate Honky Tonks (1992)

19. Hank Snow - The Rhumba Boogie (1951)

20. Bob Dunn's Vagabonds - Stompin' At The Honky Tonk (1939)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 268 (1951-2023)

01. Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson - River (2023) 

02. Chuck Willis - C.C. Rider (1957) 

03. John Lee Hooker - I Need Lovin' (1951) 

04. John Lee Hooker - Red House (1992) 

05. Zakiya Hooker & John Lee Hooker - Mean Mean World (1995) 

06. Saffire - It Seemed Like Such A Good Idea At The Time (1992) 

07. Teresa James & The Texas Horns - Even Santa Gets The Blues (2023)

08. Johnny Taylor - Part Time Love (1963) 

09. Jimmy Witherspoon - Goin' Round In Circles (1951) 

10. Jimmy Anderson - Naggin' (1963) 

11. Lowell Fulson - Black Nights (1965) 

12. Smokey Wilson - How Many More Times (1977) 

13. Solomon Burke - Just Out Of Reach (1961) 

14. Lil Bob & The Lollipops - Tramp (1967) 

15. Lil Bob & The Lollipops - Sweet Soul Music (1967) 

16. Lil Bob & The Lollipops - Trouble In Mind (1969) 

17. Rick Vito - I Was A Bad Boy This Year (2023) 

18. Jay Owens - Wishing Well (1992) 

19. Buddy Guy - Early In The Morning (1991) 

20. B.B. King - Sneakin' Around With You (1960) 

21. The Temptations - Romance Without Finance (1964)

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 Country, Pre-War & Acoustic Blues Vol 109

The Ladies Sing The Blues Vol 08 - Down Home Girls (1925-2024)

01. Memphis Minnie - Down Home Girl (1941)

02. Helen Humes - Cross Eyed Blues (1930)

03. Rose Hemphill - Bullyin' Well (1959)

04. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - There Is Something Within Me (1946)

05. Jenny Pope - Rent Man Blues (1930)

06. Ethel Waters - Shake That Thing (1925)

07. Victoria Spivey - Dirty Tee Bee Blues (1929)

08. Cassandra Wilson - Hot Tamales (2002)

09. Judith Dyble - Down And Out Blues (1969)

10. Rosie Mae Moore - Stranger Blues (1928)

11. Sippie Wallace - I'm A Mighty Tight Woman (1929)

12. Lucinda Williams - Hard Times Killing Floor Blues (2003)

13. Edith Johnson - Nickle's Worth Of Liver Blues (1947)

14. Ida Cox - Mojo Hand Blues (1927)

15. Sara Martin - Kitchen Man Blues (1929)

16. Sue Foley - Freight Train (2024)

17. Bertha 'Chippie' Hill - Some Cold Rainy Day (1930)

18. Sweet Pease Spivey - Cold In Hand (1937)

19. Rory Block - Cypress Grove Blues (1997)

20. Lil Green & Her Band - My Be-Bop Daddy (1949)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 267 (1948-2016)

01. Sid Morris - CC Rider (2008) 

02. Sid Morris - Union Avenue Boogie (2008) 

03. Freddie King - Have You Ever Loved A Woman (1961) 

04. Big Al Dupree - Waitin' On My Rider (1997) 

05. Big Al Dupree - Positive Thinking (1997) 

06. The Starlight Gospel Singers - Oh Lord I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion (1956)

07. Charles Big Daddy Stallings - The 3rd Ward (2016) 

08. King Kolax & His Quintette - What Have You Done To Me (1948) 

09. Danny Overbea With King Kolax Orchestra - 40 Cups Of Coffee (1953) 

10. Danny Overbea With King Kolax Orchestra - Stomp & Whistle (1954) 

11. Faye Adams - Shake A Hand (1953) 

12. Byrdie Green - Dr. Feelgood (1968) 

13. Hadda Brooks - Jump Back Honey (1952) 

14. Mack Allen Smith - I Got My Mojo Working (1962) 

15. Mack Allen Smith - Boogie Children (1964) 

16. Mack Allen Smith - Mean Ole Frisco (1965) 

17. Lloyd Price - Mailman Blues (1952) 

18. Blindside Blues Band - No One To Trust (1995) 

19. Blindside Blues Band - I'm Trying (1995) 

20. Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin' (1959) 

21. Big Mama Thornton - My Man Called Me (1957)

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 Bob's Chat

As we're getting down to the last couple of weeks before we return to Thailand we decided to play tourists and spent the day in Fremantle. Amongst other things we visited the Bon Scott memorial statue. I knew Bon Scott back in the late 1960s when he lived in Perth and he was in the Valentines. But after he moved over East and got with AC-DC I never saw him again. Anyway here are some pics of myself and my wife and my old friend Bon.

 Best Of Jazz Vol 121 - Cities & Places Vol 03

Message From Morocco (1929-2024)

01. Pat Britt - Message From Morocco (1976)

02. Clay Jenkins - Kalahari (1999)

03. Joe Magnarelli - Central Park West (2014)

04. Kevin Fort - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (2024)

05. Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Parisian Thoroughfare (1954)

06. Bill Cunliffe - Minnesota (1993)

07. Paul Barbarin - Walking Through The Streets Of The City (1950)

08. Charles Davis & The Cedar Walton Trio - Texas Moon (2003)

09. Greta Matassa - Broadway Rhythm (1991)

10. Salena Jones - Canadian Sunset (1995)

11. Joe Holiday - Cuban Nightingale (1952)

12. Hilton Ruiz - Goin' Back To New Orleans (1988)

13. Al Hall Quintet - The Rose Of Rio Grande (1947)

14. Dusko Goykovich - Bosna Calling (1971)

15. Carl Perkins - West Side (1956)

16. Muriel Grossmann - African Call (2020)

17. Harry Allen - Autumn In New York (2009)

18. Stephane Grappelli & Bill Coleman - Chicago (1973)

19. Frode Kjekstad - Hong Kong Steamer (2024)

20. Henry Red Allen - Jersey Lightning (1929)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 266 (1952-2008)

01. Magic Sam - 21 Days In Jail (1957)

02. Shakey Jake Harris & Magic Sam - Call Me If You Need Me (1958)

03. Shakey Jake Harris & Magic Sam - Roll Your Moneymaker (1958)

04. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Honey Child (1964)

05. Charles Big Daddy Stallings - Hey Big Daddy (2016)

06. Big Al Dupree - Low-Down Dirty Shame (1997)

07. Big Al Dupree - Early This Mornin' (1997)

08. Eddie Bo - I'll Keep On Trying (1959)

09. Byrdie Green - Memories Are Made Of This (1963)

10. Rhoda Scott - Moanin' (1968)

11. Phil Alvin - Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn (1986)

12. Phil Alvin & Billy Boy Arnold - Wreck Your V-8 Ford (1994)

13. Phil Alvin & Mary Franklin - What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasin' You (1994)

14. Ray Charles - The Midnight Hour (1952)

15. Big Joe Turner - Honey Hush (1953)

16. Ella Mae Morse - 40 Cups Of Coffee (1953)

17. Lonnie Johnson - Blues 'Round My Door (1960)

18. Charles Young & Andrew Jones - B.B. King Medley (1997)

19. Charles Wright & Watts 103rd St. Band - Spreadin' Honey (1967)

20. Sid Morris - Down Ensalmo Way (2008)

21. Andre Williams - Bacon Fat (1955)

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 Soul Party Vol 113 - Soul Covers Songs Vol 06 - Stormy Weather (1961-2024)

01. Judy Clay - Stormy Weather (1962)

02. The Isley Brothers - Ohio (1973)

03. Ray Charles - Yesterday (1967)

04. Alex Brown - Something (1970)

05. Etta James - Security (1968)

06. Mitty Collier - Drown In My Own Tears (1965)

07. Bobby Womack - California Dreamin' (1968)

08. Warren Storm - Tennessee Waltz (1967)

09. Aretha Franklin - Eleanor Rigby (1970)

10. Charles Sherell - Dedicated To The One I Love (1974)

11. Marian Love - I Who Have Nothing (1970)

12. The Sweet Inspirations - Unchained Melody (1968)

13. Tony Allen & The Wanderers - Everybody's Somebody's Fool (1961)

14. Johnny Adams - Cold, Cold Heart (1965)

15. Latimore - Hit The Road Jack (2013)

16. Johnnie Taylor - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (1968)

17. Kandace Springs - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2018)

18. Wilson Pickett - Hey Joe (1969)

19. William Bell - Please Help Me I'm Falling (1962)

20. Candi Staton - There Will Be Peace In The Valley (2024)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 265 (1946-2008)

01. Bobby Rush - Gotta Have Money (1968)

02. Albert King - Travelin' To California (1962)

03. Johnny Guitar Watson - Honey (1958)

04. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Jericho (1956)

05. Byrdie Green - When A Woman's In Love (1968)

06. Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield - Albert's Shuffle (1968)

07. Big Maybelle - Gabbin' Blues (1952)

08. Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters - Money Honey (1953)

09. Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - One More River (1955)

10. Tony Joe White - Stud Spider (1970)

11. Sid Morris - Bass Key Boogie (2008)

12. Little Esther & Mel Walker With The Johnny Otis Orchestra - Cupid's Boogie (1950)

13. Rev. Lawrence Roberts & The Angelic Choir - It's The Holy Ghost (1961)

14. Chuck Berry - Welcome Back Pretty Baby (1965)

15. Roosevelt Sykes - The Honey Dripper (1960)

16. Jerry McCain - She's Tough (1960)

17. Robert Parker - Barefootin' (1966)

18. Nappy Brown - Sittin' In The Dark (1959)

19. Clarence Carter - Slip Away (1968)

20. The Southern Sons - I'm Free At Last (1946)

21. The Shaw Singers - Since He Touched Me (1969)

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 Rockabilly & Early Rock & Roll Vol 122 - Rockin' Country Style Vol 05

Chew Tobacco Rag (1951-2000)

01. Zeb Turner - Chew Tobacco Rag (1951)

02. Al Ferrier - I'm The Man (1957)

03. Laura Lee Perkins - Mountain Dew (Live At The Sundowner Club, Albuquerque 1963)

04. Warren Robbe - My Chicken Pen (1958)

05. The Louvin Brothers - Red Hen Hop (1959)

06. Larry Lee Phillipson - Miami Road (1962)

07. Joe Kozak & The Frontiersmen - Hillbilly Rock (1959)

08. The Collins Kids - They're Still In Love (1956)

09. Merrill Moore - Nola Boogie (1954)

10. Leon Payne - Sweet Sweet Love (1956)

11. Scotty McKay - Jambalaya (1960)

12. Conway Twitty - You Win Again (1959)

13. Ted Daigle & The Midnighters - Red Hen Hop (1960)

14. Jimmy & Leon Short - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (1951)

15. The Trailblazers - Grandpa's Rock (1958)

16. James Burton - Mystery Train (1973)

17. Melvin Endsley - I Like Your Kind Of Love (1957)

18. Billy Hill & The Valley Boys - For Better For Worse (1951)

19. Johnny Rivers - Last Train To Memphis (1998)

20. Rip Carson & The Twilight Trio - Another Bridge To Burn (2000)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 264 (1946-2016)

01. Lightnin' Hopkins - Let Me Fly Your Kite (1951)

02. Lightnin' Hopkins - Merry Christmas (1953)

03. Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)

04. Nina Simone - Forbidden Fruit (1961)

05. Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends - Don't Come Too Soon (1949)

06. Esther Phillips - Fever (1966)

07. Byrdie Green - Night Time Is The Right Time (1968)

08. Byrdie Green - I Can't Love Without You (1968)

09. Byrdie Green - Muddy Water (1968)

10. Ella Fitzgerald - Sunny (1971)

11. Lightnin' Willie & The Poorboys - Lucky As The Devil (2016)

12. Lightnin' Willie & The Poorboys - Eyes In The Back Of My Head (2016)

13. Charles Big Daddy Stallings - Goodbye, You Gone (2016)

14. Jimmy Ponder - Funky Butt (1976)

15. Jimmy Ponder - Illusions (1976)

16. Barbara Long & Herb Geller All Stars - Mama's Talkin' Soft (1959)

17. James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby (1954)

18. Champion Jack Dupree - I'm A Doctor For Women (1946)

19. Amos Milburn - Pool Playing Blues (1948)

20. Sid Morris - Longhair's Blues Rhumba (2008)

21. Sid Morris - Texas Stomp (2008)

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 Bob's Chat

Todays "Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Volume 263" brings you 21 tracks dating from November 1940 with The Ink Spots recording "Java Jive", through to 2023 with some fiery blues from New Zealand guitarist John Williams, who once filled in for a dead drunk Jimmy Page during the Yardbird's 1967 tour of New Zealand. Other artists featured here include Earl King, Dinah Washington, James Brown, Piney Brown, The Temptations, Howlin' Wolf, Ritchie Valens, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Some of you may be surprised to see Ritchie Valens included here in a primarily blues/R&B collection, but many artists usually associated with other genres - such as country, rock 'n' roll, jazz - periodically crossed over and recorded blues/R&B. So when I come across such tracks I like to include them to bring extra variety into the compilations.

Screamin' Jay Hawkins is an artist I've always admired. He started his singing career in the early 1950s and was a very average R&B singer at a time when outstanding R&B singers/blues shouters like Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, Amos Milburn, Charles Brown, and Jimmy Witherspoon were thick on the ground. So to distinguish himself from the pack, Screamin' Jay Hawkins developed his voodoo and skulls persona and enjoyed a level of success that he probably never would have achieved had he remained a straight R&B singer.

And "Hillbilly & Country Volume 159" brings you the 2nd volume in "All About The Gals", commencing with Cotton Henry & The Oklahoma Hillbillies' 1954 tribute to one of the most famous whores of all time: Eskimo Nell. Among the other well-known, plus a few lesser-known, artists in this collection are: Kitty Wells, Merle Haggard, Webb Pierce, Waylon Jennings, Eddy Arnold, Dale Evans, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, The Willis Brothers, Jamie Hilliard, and Floyd Tillman.

Don't forget to have a look in "Bob's Cellar" as our good friend cabledogg2 frequently shares some outstanding and generally hard to find albums there. If you take a copy of anything don't forget to thank cabledogg2 for his generosity. 

Anyway, my friends dig in and enjoy.

 Hillbilly & Country Vol 159 - All About The Gals Vol 02

Eskimo Nell (1953-2023)

01. Cotton Henry & The Oklahoma Hillbillies - Eskimo Nell (1954)
02. Jamie Hilliard - I'm Going Back To My Indian Maiden (1955)
03. Kitty Wells - Queen Of The Honky Tonk Street (1967)
04. Max Powell - Night Life Queen (1968)
05. Eddy Arnold - Molly (1963)
06. Joe Paul Nichols - Shy Young Sue (1963)
07. Howdy Glenn - Has Been Honky Tonk Queen (2023)
08. Bill Morgan - Polly Drove The Wagon (1965)
09. Floyd Tillman - Daisy Mae (1962)
10. Waylon Jennings - Young Widow Brown (1967)
11. Merle Haggard - I Just Want To Look At You One More Time (1969)
12. Don Crawford - All About Women (1964)
13. The Willis Brothers - She's Living In Sin On The Back Side Of Town (1971)
14. Stringbean - Pretty Little Widow (1963)
15. Dale Evans - I'm The Rage Of The Sage (1956)
16. Durwood Haddock - The Lady Of My House (1965)
17. Jack Rhodes & Freddie Franks - Gypsy Heart (1953)
18. Ralph Blizard - The Girl I Love (2000)
19. Webb Pierce & Red Sovine - Little Rosa (1956)
20. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms (1967)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 263 (1940-2023)

01. Earl King - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (1955)

02. Piney Brown - Cream In My Coffee Sugar In My Tea (1960)

03. Charles Big Daddy Stallings - Slow Rollin' (2016)

04. Charles Big Daddy Stallings - Tonkin' U.S. Of A. (2016)

05. Charles Big Daddy Stallings - What You Want Me To Do (2016)

06. Howlin' Wolf - I'm The Wolf (1952)

07. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Person To Person (1957)

08. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - You Made Me Love You I Didn't Want To Do It (1958)

09. Spaceark - Welcome To My Door (1975)

10. Ritchie Valens - Boney Maronie (1958)

11. Ritchie Valens - Big Baby Blues (1958)

12. John Williams Blues Band - Meantown Blues (2023)

13. John Williams Blues Band - Boogie Creek (2023)

14. John Williams Blues Band - Slowtrain (2023)

15. Dinah Washington & Quincy Jones Orchestra - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby (1956)

16. Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby, You've Got What It Takes (1960)

17. East Coast - The Rock (1978)

18. The Temptations - Glasshouse (1975)

19. The Temptations - Runaway Child, Running Wild (1968)

20. James Brown - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (1969)

21. The Ink Spots - Java Jive (1940)

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