Monday, December 02, 2013

Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 3


Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 3


Tracks
02 Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City (1959)
24 The Cliques - The Girl In My Dreams (1956)
25 Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs - Sugar Shack (1963)
26 Big Jay McNeely & Band - There Is Something On Your Mind (1959)
29 Tony & Joe - The Freeze (1958)

1994 Ace CDCHD 497 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 4


Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 4


Tracks
02 Nappy Brown - Little By Little (1957)
03 The Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong (1961)

1994 Ace CDCHD 500 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 5


Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 5


Tracks
03 Dale & Grace - I'm Leaving It Up To You (1963)
06 Santo & Johnny - Sleepwalk (1959)
07 Eddie Fontaine - Nothin' Shakin' (1958)
13 Freddy Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie (1959)
19 Rosco Gordon - Just A Little Bit (1960)
27 The Jive Bombers - Bad Boy (1957)
29 Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl (1962)
30 The Spaniels - Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight (1954)

1995 Ace CDCHD 600 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 6


Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 6


Tracks
03 Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Black Slacks (1957)
05 Harvey & The Moonglows - Ten Commandments of Love (1958)
11 The El Dorados - At My Front Door (1955)
18 Johnny Ace - Pledging My Love (1954)
25 Huey Piano Smith & the Clowns - Don't You Just Know It (1958)
30 The Rivingtons - Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow (1962)

1997 Ace CDCHD 650 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 7


Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 7


Tracks
01 Warren Davis - Book Of Love (1958)
02 Dale Hawkins - Susie-Q (1957)
05 Ritchie Valens - Come On, Let's Go (1958)
06 Ernie K-Doe - Mother In-Law (1961)
08 Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise (1959)
18 Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That (1961)
22 The Bobbettes - Mr. Lee (1957)
27 Cleveland Crochet - Sugar Bee (1961)

1998 Ace CDCHD 700 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Sunday, December 01, 2013

Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 8


Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 8


Tracks
04 The Impalas - Sorry, I Ran All The Way Home (1959)
12 Nappy Brown - Don't Be Angry (1955)
14 Gene Vincent & His Bluecaps - Lotta Lovin' (1957)
21 Stanford Clark - The Fool (1955)
22 The Cadillacs - Speedoo (1956)

1999 Ace CDCHD 750 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 9


Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 9


Tracks
01 Joe Barry - I'm A Fool To Care (1961)
03 Dion And The Belmonts - I Wonder Why (1959)
20 Little Willie John - Fever (1956)

2001 Ace CDCHD 800 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 10


Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 10


Tracks
03 The Coasters - Searchin' (1954)
05 Lloyd Price - Just Because (1957)
10 The Cleftones - Little Girl Of Mine (1956)
19 Jerry Butler - For Your Precious Love (1958)
24 Rusty York - Sugaree (1959)
25 The Chords - Sh-Boom (1954)
27 The Charms - Hearts Of Stone (1954)
29 Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Ain't Got No Home (1956)

2002 Ace CDCHD 850 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 11


Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 11


Tracks
12 Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange (1957)
13 Carl Mann - Pretend (1959)
16 Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll (1956)
18 Jimmy Bowen With The Rhythm Orchids - I'm Stickin' With You (1957)
28 The Robins - Smokey Joe's Cafe (1955)

2007 Ace CDCHD 1200 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 12


Golden Age of American Rock & Roll Vol. 12


Tracks
04 The Rays - Silhouettes (1957)
08 Slim Harpo - Rainin' In My Heart (1961)
13 Etta & Harvey - If I Can't Have You (1960)
14 The Five Royales - Think (1957)
21 Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart (1960)
22 John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (1962)

2011 Ace CDCHD 1280 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Saturday, November 02, 2013

The Specialty Story


The Specialty Story


Tracks
Disc 1
07 Roy Milton - True Blues (1947)
13 Camille Howard - X-Temporaneous Boogie (1948)
21 Roy Milton - The Hucklebuck (1949)
23 Joe Liggins And His Honeydrippers - The Honeydripper (1949)

Disc 2
01 Joe Liggins - Pink Champagne (1950)
05 Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love (1950)
09 Percy Mayfield - Lost Love (1951)
16 Percy Mayfield - Prayin' For Your Return (1951)

Disc 3
03 Jesse & Marvin - Dream Girl (1953)
07 Prof. Alex Bradford - Too Close to Heaven (1954)
13 H-Bomb Ferguson - She's Been Gone (1953)
19 Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used To Do (1953)
20 Earl King - I'm Your Best Bet Baby (1954)
25 The Soul Stirrers - One More River (1954)

Disc 4
04 Lil Millet & His Creoles - Rich Woman (1955)
05 Clifton Chenier - Squeeze Box Boogie (1956)
08 Little Richard - Slippin' and Slidin' (1956)
12 Little Richard - Rip It Up (1956)
15 Roy Montrell - (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone (1956)
19 Big Boy Myles - Just to Hold My Hand (1956)
20 Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
22 Art Neville - Oooh-Whee Baby (1957)
23 Larry Williams - Just Because (1957)
26 Eugene Church - Open Up Your Heart (1957)

Disc 5
05 Don and Dewey - Leavin' It All Up To You (1957)
07 Larry Williams - Bony Maronie (1957)
09 Sam Cooke - I'll Come Running Back To You (1957)
11 Larry Williams - Slow Down (1958)
13 Don and Dewey - Justine (1958)
16 Jerry Byrne - Lights Out (1958)
17 The Soul Stirrers - The Love Of God (1959)
24 Don and Dewey - Farmer John (1959)
25 Don & Dewey - Big Boy Pete (1959)

1994 Specialty 5SPCD-4412-2 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Percy Mayfield


Poet Of The Blues


Tracks
01 - Please Send Me Someone To Love
02 - Prayin' For Your Return
23 - Nightmare

1990 Specialty SPCD 7001-2 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Billy Ward & The Dominoes


Best Of The 50's Masters


Tracks
03 - Lucinda (1957)
11 - Yours Forever (1952)
14 - Do It Again (1957)

2000 Varese Sarabande 302 066 102 2 (320KB MP3 + CD)

Modern Vocal Groups Vol. 3


Modern Vocal Groups Vol. 3


Tracks
05 The Flairs - My Daling, My Sweet (1955)
06 Shirley Gunter & The Queens - That's The Way I Like It (1955)
09 The Five Bells - My Cutie Pie (1955)
12 Arthur Lee May and The Crowns - Do The Bop (1955)
24 The Five Bells - Please Remember My Heart (1955)

1999 Ace CDCHD 741 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Modern Vocal Groups Vol. 4


Modern Vocal Groups Vol. 4


Tracks
03 Shirley Gunter & the Flairs - I Just Got Rid of a Heartache (1956)
09 The Poka-Dotts - A Ting A Ling (1954)
21 Marvin and Johnny - Let Me Know (1955)

2000 Ace CDCHD 764 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Friday, November 01, 2013

Carla Thomas


Carla (1966)


Tracks
03 - Let Me Be Good To You

2004 Collectables COL-CD-6704 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Isaac Hayes


Hot Buttered Soul (1969)


Tracks
01 - Walk On By
02 - Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
04 - By The Time I Get To Phoenix

2003 MFSL UDSACD 2005 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)
2008 Stax Japan UCCO-9511 (CD)


Black Moses (1971)


Tracks
01 - Never Can Say Goodbye

1989 Stax 2SCD-88006-2 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)


Shaft (1971)


Tracks
01 - Theme From Shaft
14 - Do Your Thing

1986 Stax VDP-1110 - Stax Greatest Hits (320KB MP3 + CD)
2008 Stax Japan UCCO-9514 (CD)

Johnnie Taylor


Wanted One Soul Singer (1967)


Tracks
01 - I Got to Love Somebody's Baby
04 - Where Can a Man Go from Here
07 - Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
09 - I Had a Dream

1991 Atlantic 7 82253-2 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)


Who's Making Love (1968)


Tracks
01 - Who's Making Love

2000 Stax CDSXE 130 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)
2009 Stax Japan UCCO-9545 (CD)

William Bell


A Little Something Extra


Tracks
05 - You Got Me Where You Want Me (Version No.1)

1991 Ace CDSXD 037 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

The Doors


The Doors (1967)


Tracks
03 - The Crystal Ship
04 - Twentieth Century Fox

1992 DCC Gold GZS-1023 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)
2007 Elektra/Warner Japan WPCR-12716 (CD)


Strange Days (1967)


Tracks
01 - Strange Days
03 - Love Me Two Times
06 - Moonlight Drive
07 - People Are Strange
10 - When The Music's Over

1992 DCC Gold GZS-1026 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)
2007 Elektra/Warner Japan WPCR-12717 (CD)


Waiting For The Sun (1968)


Tracks
01 - Hello, I Love You
02 - Love Street
06 - The Unkown Soldier
09 - We Could Be So Good Together

1993 DCC Gold GZS-1045 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)
2007 Elektra/Warner Japan WPCR-12718 (CD)


The Soft Parade (1969)


Tracks
01 - Tell All The People
02 - Touch Me
03 - Shaman’s Blues
06 - Wild Child
07 - Runnin’ Blue
09 - The Soft Parade

2009 Audio Fidelity Gold AFZ-038 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)


Morrison Hotel (1970)


Tracks
02 - Waiting For The Sun
04 - Peace Frog
05 - Blue Sunday
06 - Ship Of Fools
13 - Waiting For The Sun [Bonus Track]

2009 Audio Fidelity Gold AFZ-037 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)
2007 Elektra/Warner Japan WPCR-12720 (CD)


L.A. Woman (1971)


Tracks
01 - The Changeling
02 - Love Her Madly
03 - Been Down So Long
04 - Cars Hiss By My Window
05 - L.A. Woman
06 - L'America
07 - Hyacinth House
08 - Crawling King Snake
09 - The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)
10 - Riders On The Storm

1993 DCC Gold GZS-1034 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Dennis Alcapone


Guns Don't Argue: The Anthology '70-77


Tracks
Disc 1
03 - Spanish Omigo
04 - Shades of Hudson
12 - Upsetter Version
17 - King Of Kings (aka King Of Glory)

Disc 2
01 - Pop A Version
04 - Africa Stand
15 - Judgement Day
17 - Wake Up Jamaica
23 - My Voice Is Insured For $Half Million
27 - Jah Guide Us

2005 Trojan TJDDD240 FLAC (320KB MP3 + FLAC)


Forever Version (1971)


Tracks
01 - Nanny Version
02 - Run Run
03 - Riddle I This
04 - Baby Version
06 - Version I Can Feel
07 - Forever Version
18 - Forever Version

2007 Heartbeat 11661-7823-2 (320KB MP3)


Musical Liquidator [King Of The Track] (1974)


Tracks
02 - Girl Of My Dream
03 - Here I Come
05 - Memory Lane
08 - Jamaica Way
11 - Musical Liquidator
13 - Tour The World

1995 Jamaican Gold JMC 200.225 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

The Viceroys


The Viceroys at Studio One


Tracks
01 - Maga Down
04 - Love Jah
09 - Love And Unity
11 - Don't Cry
12 - Guarantee My Love

1995 Heartbeat CD HB133 (320KB MP3 + CD)

The Kingstonians


Sufferer (1970)


Tracks
01 - Your Love
02 - Singer Man
03 - Sufferer
04 - Hold Down
05 - I'll Be Around
06 - Winey Winey

1991 Attack CDAT 114 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)
2017 Doctor Bird DBCD 03 (CD)

Junior Byles


Beat Down Babylon (1972)


Tracks
Disc 1
06 Beat Down Babylon
07 A Place Called Africa
10 Poor Chubby
17 Africa Stand

Disc 2
01 Curley Locks
02 Lock And Key
08 The Long Way
09 The Longer Way
17 Cutting Razor
23 Curley Locks [Alt Version]

2020 Doctor Bird DBCDD060 (320KB MP3 + CD)


129 Beat Street Ja-Man Special


Tracks
01 - Chant Down Babylon [Extended]
02 - Know Where You're Going
04 - Remember Me [Extended]

1998 Blood And Fire BAFCD 023 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)


Curly Locks


Tracks
05 - A Place Called Africa
06 - Africa Stand
07 - Long Way
08 - When Will Better Come
09 - Informer Man
10 - Curly Locks
15 - Got the Tip
18 - Cutting Razor

1997 Heartbeat CDHB 208 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Leroy Smart


Best of Leroy Smart (1977)


Tracks
01 - Sharon
04 - Ballistic Affair
05 - Without Love
06 - Jehovah
08 - Badness Don't Pay
09 - Pride And Ambition
10 - Jah Jah

1997 Channel One JJ-CD-033 (320KB MP3 + CD)

Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Best of the Girl Groups


Best of the Girl Groups Vol. 1


Tracks
01 The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
02 The Chiffons - He's So Fine
03 The Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love
05 Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song ( It's In His Kiss)
07 The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
08 The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)
11 The Dixie Cups - People Say
17 The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss

1990 Rhino R2 70988 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Flamin' Groovies


Supersnazz (1969)


Tracks
03 - Laurie Did It
10 - Brushfire
11 - Around The Corner

1990 CBS WK 75054 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)
2013 Culture Factory 850703003026 (CD)


Teenage Head (1971)


Tracks
01 - High Flyin' Baby
02 - City Lights
03 - Have You Seen My Baby?
04 - Yesterday's Numbers
05 - Teenage Head
07 - Evil Hearted Ada
08 - Doctor Boogie
09 - Whiskey Woman

1999 Buddha 744659627 2 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)
2013 Culture Factory 850703003033 (CD)


Groovies Greatest Groovies


Tracks
01 - Shake Some Action
03 - Slow Death
10 - Don't You Lie To Me

1989 Sire 929 948-2 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

The Zion Travelers


The Dootone Masters


Tracks
01 - (We'll Understand It Better) Bye And Bye
03 - Packing Up
04 - Every Time I Feel The Spirit
10 - God I'll Live
12 - I've Started
25 - Lord I'll Go

1996 Ace CDCHD 637 (320KB MP3 + CD)

Kimberley Rew


The Bible Of Bop (1982)


Tracks
02 - Stomping All Over The World
03 - Nothing's Going To Change
04 - Fighting Someone's War
05 - My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long
06 - Walking In The Dew
07 - Fishing
08 - Hey, War Pig
09 - Give Me Some Of That Love

2010 Kyboside Records 692952 (320KB MP3 + CD)

Hotel Lights


Firecracker People


Tracks
02 - Dream State Flying
03 - Down
04 - Flicker In My Eye
06 - Firecracker People
10 - Nobody Let You Down

2008 Bar None BRN-CD-188 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Monday, September 02, 2013

Treasure Isle Version Affair Vol. 1


Treasure Isle Version Affair Vol. 1


Tracks
01 The Jamaicans - Peace & Love
02 U-Roy - Peace & Love
03 Ken Parker - True True True
04 U-Roy - True True True
05 John Holt - I See Your Face
08 The Techniques - Queen Majesty
09 Dennis Alcapone - My Voice Is Insured
10 Freddy McKay - Love Is A Treasure
11 Lizzy - Love Is A Treasure
12 Joya Landis - Moonlight Lover
13 Dennis Alcapone - Wake Up Jamaica
15 Dennis Alcapone - Judgement Day
17 Phillis Dillion - Picture On The Wall
18 Dennis Alcapone - Picture On The Wall

1992 Lagoon LG2-1062 (320KB MP3 + CD)

Solid Gold From The Vaults Vol. 1


Solid Gold From The Vaults Vol. 1


Tracks
06 Stranger Cole - Help Wanted
07 Johnny & The Attractions - I'm Moving On
10 Cornell Campbell - Music Keep On Playing
11 J.J. Allstars - Soup

1991 Trojan CDTRL 291 (320KB MP3 + CD)

Solid Gold From The Vaults Vol. 2


Solid Gold From The Vaults Vol. 2


Tracks
01 The Maytals - Treating Me Bad
12 U-Roy - Sharper Than A Razor
15 Lloyd The Matador - Singer Man

1991 Trojan CDTRL 293 (320KB MP3 + CD)

The Birth Of Trojan (Duke Reid Rocksteady 1967)


The Birth Of Trojan (Duke Reid Rocksteady 1967)


Tracks
02 Roland Alphonso & The Supersonics - Never To Be Mine (O Solo Mio)
03 Tony & Dennis - Folk Song
04 Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Starry Night
05 The Three Tops - It's Raining
06 The Three Tops - The Sound Of Music
07 Alton Ellis - Ain't That Loving You
08 Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Tommy's Rocksteady
12 Phyllis Dillon - A Thing Of The Past
15 Alton Ellis - Why Birds Follow Spring
16 Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Soul Rock
17 Freddie McKay - Love Is A Treasure
19 Dobby Dobson - Loving Pauper
20 Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Sir Don

2002 Trojan 06076 80328-2 (CD)
2002 Trojan TJACD034 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Ernest Ranglin


Below The Bassline


Tracks
03 - King Tubby Meets The Rockers
04 - Satta Massagana
05 - 54-46 (Was My Number)
06 - Ball Of Fire
11 - Below The Bassline

1996 Island Jamaica Jazz IJCD 4002 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)

Sunday, September 01, 2013

Rockin' Bones - 1950s Punk & Rockabilly


Rockin' Bones - 1950s Punk & Rockabilly


Tracks
Disc 1
13 Johnny Powers - Long Blond Hair Red Rose Lips
18 Link Wray - Rumble
24 Bill Allen - Please Give Me Something

Disc 2
13 Pat Cupp - Long Gone Daddy
18 Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock
19 Warren Smith - Ubangi Stomp
22 Bob and Lucille - Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe
24 Gene Vincent - Woman Love

Disc 3
01 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
05 Boyd Bennett - Move
06 Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac
13 Johnny Cash - Get Rhythm
14 Johnny Burnette - Rock Billy Boogie
15 The Rockin R's - Crazy Baby
16 Dale Hawkins - Susie-Q

Disc 4
04 Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
05 Jack Scott - The Way I Walk
16 Billy Lee Riley - Flyin' Saucers Rock 'N' Roll
20 Charlie Feathers - One Hand Loose
24 Don Wade - Oh Love

2006 Rhino R2 73346 (320KB MP3 + FLAC)