1. Buster Brown - Fannie Mae (2:56)
2. Jimmy Jones - Handy Man (2:00)
3. Barrett Strong - Money (2:33)
4. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - I'll Take Care Of You (2:16)				play
5. Dee Clark - How About That (2:39)
6. Rosco Gordon - Just A Little Bit (2:06)
7. Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (Baby You've Got What It Takes) (2:43)
8. Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around (2:45)
9. Jimmy Reed - Baby, What You Want Me To Do (2:25)
10. Billy Bland - Let The Little Girl Dance (2:19)
11. Irma Thomas - Don't Mess With My Man (2:17)
12. Mary Johnson - I Love The Way You Love (2:36)
13. Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry (2:54)
14. Ray Bryant Combo - The Madison Time (3:06)
15. James Brown & The Famous Flame - Think (2:46)
16. Bobby Marchan - There Is Something On Your Mind (2:47)
17. Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo, pt 1 (2:17)
18. Jon Thomas & Orchestra - Heartbreak (2:50)
19. Fats Domino - Walking To New Orleans (1:59)
20. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful (2:42)
21. The Shirelles - Tonight's The Night (1:56)
22. Jimmy Charles & The Revelletts - A Million To One (2:30)
23. Sugar Pie DeSanto - I Want To Know (3:00)
24. Hank Ballard - Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go (2:25)
25. Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart (2:46)
26. Brook Benton - Kiddie (2:37)									play
27. Ike & Tina Turner - A Fool In Love (2:51)
28. Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay (1:34)
29. The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me (2:27)
30. Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much (2:34)
31 - Gary U.S. Bonds - New Orleans

What is it about hearing Jimmy Jones' original 1960 version of the song "Handy Man" that makes one feel like James Taylor should have been prosecuted for song desecration in the 1970s? Checking out the 1960 volume in the German Bear Family label's Blowing the Fuse series makes a dead-set, open-and-shut case. This baby has 31 cuts, all of them burners. The thing opens with Buster Brown's "Fannie Mae," and after Jones' cut, Barrett Strong tears the mother down with the original version of "Money"! The blues are here, too, with Jimmy Reed's smash "Baby, What You Want Me to Do." There is just so much here, from the biggest hits -- and there are plenty, like Maurice Williams' "Stay," Fats Domino's "Walking to New Orleans," and Howlin' Wolf's read of Willie Dixon's "Spoonful" -- to the near ones -- like Sugar Pie DeSanto's "I Want to Know," the Shirelles' "Tonight's the Night" (speaking of criminals, Neil Young should never have been allowed to write a song or title an album with this moniker; the man has no respect), and Hank Ballard's "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go," to name a few. The '60s dawned with plenty of great music: just check the original of "Ooh Poo Pah Doo, Pt. 1," by Jessie Hill. All of these tracks were consumed massively before the mass consumption of the transistor radio! Of course, there were real record stores then, and people gobbled up singles because there were so few albums to buy. Of course, it's going backwards now: today everyone picks rock the iPod way, and the culture for that stuff has just blown away like a tumbleweed. Nonetheless, anybody interested in the greatest singles that rock & roll, R&B, blues, and soul had to offer in the '50s and early '60s needs to scope out these platters from Bear Family. ---Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire ulozto gett bayfiles

back

1. James Brown & The Famous Flame - Try Me (2:31)
2. The Fiestas - So Fine (2:19)
3. Eugene Church - Pretty Girls Everywhere (2:54)
4. Lavern Baker - I Cried A Tear (2:35)
5. Lloud Price - Stagger Lee (2:22)
6. The Impalas - Sorry (2:33)
7. Brook Benton - It's Just A Matter Of Time (2:28)				play
8. Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City (2:25)
9. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - The Twist (2:35)
10. The Creasts - 16 Candles (2:51)
11. Don & Dewey - Farmer John (2:28)
12. Dave 'Baby' Cortez - The Happy Organ (2:00)
13. Big Jay McNelly - There Is Something On Your Min (3:32)
14. The Falcons - You're So Fine (2:25)
15. Chuck Berry - Almost Grown (2:21)
16. Dinah Washington - What A Diiff'rence A Day Makes (2:29)	play
17. The Drifters - Theres Goes My Baby (2:10)
18. Ray Charles - What'd I Say (part 1 & 2) (6:29)
19. Phil Phillips With The Twiligh - Sea Of Love (2:23)
20. The Clovers - Love Portion No. 9 (1:51)
21. Dee Clark - Hey Little Girl (2:17)
22. The Isley Brothers - Shout (part 1 & 2) (4:35)
23. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (3:19)
24. Tha Spacemen - The Clouds (2:47)
25. Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes (2:51)
26. Fats Domino - I Want To Walk You Home (2:20)
27. Bo Diddley - Say Man (3:11)
28. The Coasters - Poison Ivy (2:41)
29. Jackie Wilson - You Better Know It (1:59)

Blowing the Fuse: 29 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1959 is among the finer entries in this excellent series issued by the Bear Family label. For starters just look at the list of artists that appear here: James Brown, Lavern Baker, Lloyd Price, Bo Diddley, Jackie Wilson, Brook Benton, the Coasters, the Flamingos, and more. It's loaded. Just looking over the contents makes a serious music listener wistful for a culture where the juke box still thrived everywhere, from diners to bars and even bowling alleys. These early sides by some of the greatest R&B artists are not to be missed. Brown's "Try Me," drips with so much lonely ache, you want to help him find his woman. Likewise, the lonely sax blowing behind Baker is a response to her every brokenhearted line. Price's "Stagger Lee" is one of the great reads of the song -- whether Greil Marcus likes it or not -- the groove is tight, tough, and it sounds like the unfolding of an epic, and it all happens in two-minutes-and-22 seconds. There's also a smoking version of Wilbert Harrison's stroller "Kansas City." Hank Ballard's "The Test" is rawer than the Chubby Checker version, which is why the latter was probably the hit. There isn't a track on this monster that doesn't shimmy, shake, or groove, and you need it. Period. ---Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire ulozto gett bayfiles

back

1. The Hollywood Flames - Buzz, Buzz, Buzz (2:17)
2. Gene Allison - You Can Make It If You Try (2:08)
3. Lee Allen - Walkin' With Mr. Lee (2:26)
4. Roy Hamilton - Don't Let Go (2:32)
5. The Chantels - Maybe (2:50)
6. Sam Cooke - I'll Come Running Back To You (2:13)
7. Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly (2:11)
8. The Silhouettes - Get A Job (2:46)
9. Little Willie John - Talk To Me, Talk To Me (2:42)
10. Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk (2:42)
11. Huey 'Piano' Smith - Don't You Just Know It (2:33)			play
12. The Monotones - Book Of Love (2:20)
13. Chuck Willis - What Am I Living For (2:26)
14. Bobby Freeman - Do You Wanna Dance (2:34)
15. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (2:40)
16. The Danleers - One Summer Night (2:12)
17. The Johnny Otis Show - Willie And The Hand Jive (2:34)
18. Larry Williams - Slow Down (2:44)
19. The Coasters - Yakety Yak (1:53)
20. Jerry Butler - For Your Precioius Love (2:45)
21. Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin (2:34)
22. Bobby Hendrix - Itchy Twitchy Feeling (2:28)
23. The Shields - You Cheated (2:25)
24. The Olympics - Western Movies (2:22)						play
25. Ruth Brown - This Little Girl's Gone Rockin (1:46)
26. The Imperials - Tears On My Pillow (2:17)
27. Dee Clark - Nobody But You (2:24)
28. Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops (2:42)
29. Harvey & The Moonglow - ten Commandments Of Love (3:58)
30. Clyde McPhatter - A Lovers Question (2:32)
31. Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Loving (1:38)

While the 1958 volume in the Bear Family label's Blowing the Fuse series may not have as many utterly well-known hits, that doesn't mean it's not every bit a treasure trove of fine music. Far from it, and it does have its share; Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode," Johnny Otis' "Willie and the Hand Jive," Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops," Fats Domino's "Whole Lotta Loving," the Monotones' "Book of Love," and Bobby Freeman's' "Do You Wanna Dance" all qualify in this category, as does Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly." But there are other smoking cuts such as Roy Hamilton's rock & roll and R&B hybrid "Don't Let Go," the early soul of Sam Cooke's early solo effort "I'll Come Running Back to You," and Little Willie John's "Talk to Me, Talk to Me." But the side opens with the inimitable wail of the Hollywood Flames' "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz," which is early rock & roll as it engaged doo wop. And then there's the scorching original version of "Rockin' Robin" by Bobby Day. In other words, it's about as necessary as a record of early rock & roll and R&B can be. Get it. ---Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire ulozto gett bayfiles

back

1. Fats Domino - Blue Monday (2:16)
2. Lavern Baker & The Gliders - Tom Dandy (2:12)
3. Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange (2:54)
4. Clarence Frogman' Henry - Ain't Got To Home (2:22)
5. Ivory Joe Hunter - Since In Met You Baby (2:44)
6. The Gladiolas - Little Darlin' (2:21)
7. Little Junior Parker - Next Time You See Me (2:38)
8. The Dell-Vikings - Come Go With Me (2:38)
9. Ruth Brown - Lucky Lips (2:08)
10. Lloyd Price - Just Becouse (2:46)
11. The Coasters - Searchin' (2:42)
12. Little Richard - Lucille (2:25)
13. Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' (2:10)						play
14. Johnnie & Joe - Over The Mountain, Across The (2:15)
15. Chuck Willis - C. C. Rider (2:29)
16. Larry Williams - Short Fat Fannie (2:24)
17. Chuck Berry - School Day (2:42)
18. The Velvetones - Glory Of Love (2:51)
19. Richard Berry - Louie Louie (2:11)						play
20. The Bobettes - Mr. Lee (2:12)
21. The Five Royales - Think (2:35)
22. Roy Brown - Let The Four Winds Blow (2:03)
23. The Tuneweavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby (2:19)
24. Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee (3:00)
25. Huey 'Piano' Smith - Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie (2:15)
26. Andre Williams - Jailbait (3:23)
27. Oscar - 'TV Slim' Wells' - Flat Foot S (2:10)
28. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Farther Up The Road (2:59)
29. Ernie Freeman & His Combo - Raunchy (2:15)
30. Jackie Wilson - Real Petite (2:43)

When was the last time there was a year like 1957 -- on the charts, that is? Germany's Bear Family label has created an amazing series in their Blowing the Fuse project. Each volume features chart and jukebox sellers of all stripes of R&B. Take a good long look at this volume and try to stop yourself from whistling in amazement. From Fats Domino's "Blue Monday" and "I'm Walkin'" and LaVern Baker's smoking "Jim Dandy" (you mean you thought that Black Oak Arkansas' camped-up read was a BOA original? Shame on you!) to Slim Harpo's "I'm a King Bee," Roy Brown's "Let the Four Winds Blow," and Ruth Brown's "Lucky Lips," it's such a killer year that it almost seems like everything coming later in the genre was superfluous. Sure, it's ridiculous to say such a thing when it was great until 1970, but there's more here to enjoy to make a small case. Andre Williams' hysterical and greasy "Jailbait," Huey "Piano" Smith's "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (remember how great the Johnny Rivers cover on Imperial was? It doesn't hold a candle to this), Richard Berry's "Louie, Louie," Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Farther Up the Road," and Jackie Wilson's "Reet Petite" are just a few others. Right. What are you waiting for? ---Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire ulozto gett bayfiles

back

01 – The Cadillacs – Speedo 
02 – Bo Diddley – Pretty Thing 
03 – The Platters – The Great Pretender 
04 – Ruth Brown & The Rhytmakers – I Want To More 
05 – The Teenagers – Why Do Fools Fall In Love 
06 – The Ernie Freeman Combo – Jivin’ Around 
07 – The Teen Queens – Eddie My Love 
08 – Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin 
09 – Bobby Mitchell – Try Rock And Roll 
10 – Ray Charles – Drown In My Own Tears 
11 – The Moonglows – We Go Together 
12 – Little Richard – Long Tall Sally 					play
13 – James Brown – Please, Please, Please 
14 – Fats Domino – I’m In Love Again 
15 – Big Joe Turner Feat Van Walls – Boogie Woogie Country Girl 
16 – Clyde McPhatter – Treasure Of Love 
17 – The Cleftones With Jimmy Wright – Little Girl 
18 – Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven 					
19 – Little Willi John – Fever 							play
20 – Chuck Willis – It’s To Late 
21 – Shirley & Lee – let The Good Times Roll 
22 – Little Richard – Rip It Up 
23 – The Five Satins – In The Still Of The Nite 
24 – Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk (1) 
25 – Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk (2) 
26 – The Cadets – Stranded In The Jingle 
27 – The Heartbeats – A Thousand Miles Away 
28 – Jimmy Reed – You’ve Got me Dizzy 
29 – Roy Montrell – That Mellow Saxophone 
30 – Big Walter – Pack Fair And Square

Germany's Bear Family label has created an amazing series in their Blowing the Fuse project. Each volume features chart and jukebox sellers of all stripes of R&B, soul, and early rock & roll. From the looks of things, 1956 was a wild and woolly year with Bo Diddley ("Pretty Thing"), Chuck Berry ("Roll Over Beethoven"), and Little Richard ("Rip It Up" and "Long Tall Sally") all making this set. But it's not all rock & roll. Clyde McPhatter's "The Great Pretender" is here, as are Ray Charles' "I'll Drown in My Tears" and Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightnin'," just to name a few more. Also in the register are James Brown's early soul with "Please, Please, Please" and Big Joe Turner's proto-rock & roll/R&B hybrid "Boogie Woogie Country Girl," and there are two items that cannot be forgotten, the Cadillacs' amazing "Speedoo" and Little Willie John's classic of classics, "Fever." Add in fine sound (no "reprocessed for stereo" crap here), fine liner notes, and a handsome package. Along with the rest of the series, this is a must-own. Simply put, these are the best year-by-year compilations out there. ---Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire ulozto gett bayfiles

back

1. Tweedlee Dee - Scott, W. 
2. Reconsider Baby - Fulson, L. 
3. Sincerely - Freed, Alan 
4. You Don't Have to Go - Reed, J. 
5. The Wall Flower (Roll With Me Henry) - James, E. 
6. Earth Angel - Belvin, Jesse L. 
7. I Got a Woman - Charles, Ray 
8. Ko Ko Mo - Forrest, Gene 
9. Pledging My Love - Robey 							play
10. My Babe - Dixon, Willie 
11. Flip, Flop and Fly - Calhoun, Charles 
12. What'cha Gonna Do - Ertegun, A. 
13. Story Untold - Griffin, L. 
14. Bo Diddley - McDaniel, Ellas 
15. Don't Be Angry - Brown, Nappy 
16. Why Don't You Write Me? - Hollins, L. 
17. It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day) - Jarrett, Ted 
18. Ain't It a Shame - Bartholomew						play 
19. Feel So Godo - Lee, Leonard 
20. Maybellene - Berry, Chuck 
21. I Hear You Knocking - Bartholomew, Dave 
22. At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama) - Abner, E. 
23. Don't Start Me to Talkin' - Williamson 
24. Only You (And You Alone) - Ram, Buck 
25. When You Dance - Jones, A. 
26. Tutti Frutti - LaBostrie, Dorothy 
27. Hands Off - Bowman 
28. Smokey Joe's Café - Leiber, Jerry 
29. All Around the World - Turner, Titus

Blowing the Fuse is a killer series of compilation CDs issued by Germany's premier archivist label, Bear Family. Subtitled "R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox," each volume is compiled by year. 1955 was a pivotal year for jukeboxes across the United States as rhythm & blues and rock & roll collided in the cultural atom smasher. This volume contains 29 affirmed classics of the early postwar years. The more well-known tunes of the era are given great balance by some nearly forgotten gems that are juxtaposed in the brilliant sequencing -- by producer Dave "Daddy Cool" Booth. This batch opens with LaVern Baker's awesome "Tweedle Dee," and is followed by Lowell Fulson's stellar "Reconsider Baby." The big names of the era are packed in tight here, from Etta James and Jimmy Reed to Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. But there are tunes that have all but disappeared into the smoke and ether of pop culture history such as the Jacks' "Why Don't You Write Me," the Nutmegs' "Story Untold," and Nappy Brown's ' "Don't Be Angry." Add to this Louis Brooks' gorgeous "It's Love Baby," and the spectrum is complete. The package is beautiful with Colin Escott's liner notes detailing every cut, accompanied by photographs and a lovely digipack. Sound quality is as good as it can be for archival material, making this a fine introduction to postwar R&B for the novice and a killer chronological listen for the connoisseur. --- Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire ulozto gett bayfiles

back

1. Gee - Davis
2. You're So Fine - Jacobs, W.
3. Saving My Love for You - Johnson, S.
4. I'll Be True - Morris, Joe
5. I Didn't Want to Do It - Smith, A.
6. A Sunday Kind of Love - Bell, Barbara
7. I Do - Pauling
8. I'm Just Your Fool - Johnson, Woodrow
9. The Things That I Used to Do - Guitar Slim
10. Lovey Dovey - Curtis, Eddie
11. It Should Have Been Me - Curtis, Memphis
12. Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite - Carter, Calvin
13. Big Heavy (Blue Light Boogie) - Eggleston, C.
14. Work With Me Annie - Ballard, H.
15. Jock-A-Mo - Crawford, James "Su
16. I Just Want to Make Love to You - Dixon, Willie 
17. I Feel So Sad - Willis, C. 
18. Sh-Boom - Edwards, William
19. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Calhoun, Charles
20. Oh What a Dream - Willis, Chuck 
21. Riot in Cell Block #9 - Leiber, Jerry
22. Honey Love - McPhatter, C.
23. Evil Is Goin' On - Dixon, Willie 
24. Opp Shoop - Gunter, Shirley						play
25. Jump Children - Bartholomew, Dave				play
26. Gloria - Navarro, Esther
27. You Upset Me Baby - Josea, J.
28. Hearts of Stone - Jackson
29. All Night Long - Gray, J.

Blowing the Fuse is a killer series of compilation CDs issued by Germany's premier archivist label, Bear Family. Subtitled "R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox," each volume is compiled by year. 1954 was a boom year for jukeboxes across the United States as rhythm & blues and rock & roll maintained their collision course. This volume contains 29 affirmed classics of the early postwar years. The more well-known tunes of the era are given great balance by some nearly forgotten gems that are juxtaposed in the brilliant sequencing -- by producer Dave "Daddy Cool" Booth. Highlights from this volume are the Spiders' "I Didn't Want to Do It," the Cadillacs' "Gloria," the Chords' "Sh-Boom," Ray Charles' "It Should Have Been Me," and Dave Bartholomew's "Jump Children." The package is beautiful with Colin Escott's liner notes detailing every cut, accompanied by photographs and a lovely digipack. Sound quality is as good as it can be for archival material, making this a fine introduction to postwar R&B for the novice and a killer chronological listen for the connoisseur. ---Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire ulozto bayfiles

back

1 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean Brown 
2 Baby Don't Do It "5" Royales 
3 Gabbin' Blues Big Maybelle 
4 Whoopin' & Hollerin' Forest 
5 Hound Dog Thornton 
6 Big Ten-Inch Record Jackson 
7 I'm Gone Shirley & Lee 
8 Please Love Me King 
9 Soft Bradshaw 									play
10 Dream Girl Jesse & Marvin 
11 I'm Mad Mabon 
12 I Wanna Know Du Droppers 
13 Clock Ace 
14 Get It Royals 
15 Please Don't Leave Me Domino 
16 Crying in the Chapel Orioles 
17 Hittin' on Me Johnson 
18 Good Lovin' Clovers 
19 Mess Around Charles 
20 Shake a Hand Adams 
21 One Scotch, One Bourbon, OneBeer 
22 Honey Hush Turner 
23 Blues With a Feeling Little Walter 
24 Marie Four Tunes 
25 I Had a Notion Morris 
26 Feelin' Good Little Junior's Blue Flames 
27 T.V. Is the Thing (This Year) Washington			play 
28 Money Honey McPhatter 
29 Drunk Liggins

Blowing the Fuse is a killer series of compilation CDs issued by Germany's premier archivist label, Bear Family. Subtitled R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox, each volume is compiled by year. This volume contains 29 affirmed classics of the early postwar years, and proves that 1953 was a boom year for jukeboxes across the United States. The more well-known tunes of the era are given great balance by some nearly forgotten gems that are juxtaposed in the brilliant sequencing -- by producer Dave "Daddy Cool" Booth. While there are certainly no weak spots in this slab, there are some cuts that stand above the rest. Buddy & Ella Johnson's "Hittin' On Me" is one, and Tiny Bradshaw's "Soft" is another. The Du Droppers weigh in with "I Wanna Know," as does Jimmy Liggins' with "Drunk." Johnny Ace's "The Clock" is here, as is B.B. King's "Please Love Me," Fats Domino's "Please Don't Leave Me," and Ray Charles' "Mess Around." In addition, there are cuts by Big Maybelle, Jesse & Marvin, Ruth Brown, Amos Milburn, Clyde McPhatter with the Drifters, the Clovers, Big Mama Thornton ("Hound Dog"), and Bull Moose Jackson ("Big Ten-Inch Record"). The package is beautiful, with Colin Escott's liner notes detailing every cut, accompanied by photographs and a lovely digipack. The sound quality is as good as it can be for archival material, making this a fine introduction to postwar R&B for the novice and a killer chronological listen for the connoisseur. ---Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire ulozto bayfiles

back

1. Big Joe Turner - The Chill Is On (2:46)
2. The Swallows - It Ain't The Meat (2:34)
3. B. B. King - 3 O'Clock Blues (3:01)
4. John Greer - Got You On My Mind (2:40)
5. Roscoe Gordon - Booted (3:05)
6. The Griffin Brothers' Orchestra - Weepin' And Cryin' (3:21)
7. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (2:46)
8. Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine (2:28)						play
9. Charles Brown - Hard Times (3:04)
10. Dinah Washington - Wheel Of Fortune (2:15)
11. The Orioles - Baby, Please Don't Go (2:23)
12. Tiny Bradshaw - The Train Kept A-Rollin' (2:46)
13. Fats Domino - Goin' Home (2:11)
14. The Clovers - One Mint Julep (2:27)
15. Lester Williams - I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use (2:13)
16. Jimmy Forrest - Night Train (3:00)
17. Marie Adams - I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks (2:42)
18. The Dominoes - Have Mercy Baby (2:23)
19. The Dominoes - Have Mercy Baby (3:11)
20. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (2:31)
21. Ruth Brown - 5-10-15 Hours (3:12)
22. The Four Blazes - Mary Jo (2:35)							play
23. Johnny Ace - My Song (3:01)
24. Smiley Lewis - The Bells Are Ringing (2:26)
25. Varetta Dillard - Easy, Easy Baby (2:38)
26. Little Walter - Juke (2:45)
27. Little Caesar - Goodbye Baby (2:29)
28. Willie Mabon - I Don't Know (3:08)
29. The Ravens - Rock Me All Night Long (2:44)

Blowing the Fuse is a killer series of compilation CDs issued by Germany's premier archivist label, Bear Family. Subtitled "R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox," each volume is compiled by year. 1952 was a boom year for jukeboxes across the United States. This volume contains 29 affirmed classics of the early postwar years. The more well-known tunes of the era are given great balance by some nearly forgotten gems that are juxtaposed in the brilliant sequencing -- by producer Dave "Daddy Cool" Booth. Big Joe Turner and Van "Piano Man" Walls open the set with "The Chill Is On," followed by the Swallows doing "It Ain't the Meat." B.B. King's classic "3 O'Clock Blues," precedes one of those rather obscure, but deeply satisfying cuts: Johnny Greer's "Got You on My Mind." Other fine tracks from the margins include Varetta Dillard's "Easy, Easy Baby," the Four Blazes "Mary Jo," Willie Mabon & His Combo's "I Don't Know," and the Griffin Brothers Orchestra whose "Weepin' and Cryin'" is one of the finest cuts on the entire collection. Other notables here range from Ruth Brown and Little Walter to Jimmy Forrest and Dinah Washington and Johnny Ace. The package is beautiful with Colin Escott's liner notes detailing every cut, accompanied by photographs and a lovely digipack. Sound quality is as good as it can be for archival material, making this a fine introduction to postwar R&B for the novice and a killer chronological listen for the connoisseur. --- Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire ulozto gett bayfiles

back

1. Amos Milburn - Bad, Bad Whiskey (2:56)
2. Joe Liggins - Little Joe's Boogie (2:49)
3. Floyd Dixon - Telephone Blues (3:13)
4. Piano Red - Rockin' With Red (2:26)
5. Louis Jordan - Lemonade (3:14)
6. The Four Buddies - I Will Wait (2:19)					play
7. Johnny Otis - Rockin' Blues (2:49)
8. Margie Day - Little Red Rooster (3:02)
9. Charles Brown - Black Night (3:04)
10. Lucky Millinder - I'm Waiting Just For You (2:35)
11. Jackie Brenston - Rocket '88' (2:47)
12. Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:38)
13. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man (2:28)
14. James Wayne - Tend To Your Business (2:29)
15. Joe Turner with. Vann Walls - Chains Of Love (3:20)
16. Lloyd Glenn - Chica Boo (2:20)
17. The Treniers - Go! Go! Go! (2:21)
18. The Five Keys - The Glory Of Love (3:07)
19. 'Pepermint' Harris with Maxwell Davis - I Got Loaded (2:26)
20. Johnny Hodges - Castle Rock (2:48)
21. The Larks - Eyesight To The Blind (2:51)
22. Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes (2:39)					play
23. Jimmy Nelson & The Peter Rabbit Trio - 'T' 99 Blues (3:05)
24. Tiny Bradshaw - Walkin' The Chalk Line (2:39)
25. John Lee Hooker - I'm In The Mood (3:05)
26. The Clovers - Fool, Fool, Foool (2:30)
27. Earl Bostic - Flamingo (2:39)
28. Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years (2:41)

This seventh volume -- of 11 in the Bear Family Blowing the Fuse series -- is another case of the woollier and wilder side of R&B as it moved into the 1950s. The 28 tracks from 1951 showcased here offer sure signs of the music's big bang that would erupt as rock & roll in just a few short years. While many of the artists here have appeared on the other volumes in the series, it nonetheless remains stellar in both selection and sound. Sure, Amos Milburn's "Bad, Bad Whiskey," and Joe Liggins' "Little Joe's Boogie" have appeared on dozens of compilations, but hardly juxtaposed against Margie Day's read of "Little Red Rooster," Muddy Waters' "Long Distance Call," the Larks' "Eyesight to the Blind," or Tiny Bradshaw's "Walkin' the Chalk Line." What's more, other well-known R&B pharaohs like Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, the Treniers, Johnny Otis and Peppermint Harris (with Maxwell Davis on "I Got Loaded") are here as well. The number of groups coming out of the woodwork on this set, such as the Four Buddies, the Larks, the Clovers and the Dominoes showcase a shift in the way these comps were arranged and produced -- by Dave "Daddy Cool" Booth. One of the treasures here is Joe Turner with Van "Piano Man" Walls on the inimitable "Chains of Love," which is underscored later by Earl Bostic's swaggering "Flamingo." The set closes with the Howlin' Wolf burner "How Many More Years." Each of these 28 cuts have their own set of liner notes by Colin Escott, and the digipack itself is just to die for. ---Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire ulozto gett bayfiles

back