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RANDB 012CD
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"This is a delicious double CD production with a 28-page booklet choked with information, pictures (the Earl Palmer one is terrific) and a discography that indicates the rhythm pattern associated with the song. The appendix gives instruction on how to speak aloud the rhythm of the beats and tap out the accented beats with your hands (difficult or what?). Let me assure you on the majority of tracks my foot jumps and I want to dance. The tracks do not appear to be common to the vast amount of PD releases -- CD 2 is very interesting with a different feel to your normal run of the mill PD -- due to their late '50s/early '60s recording dates -- It's the more obscure tracks that grab you. The number one and most essential is the quality of the recordings. They are first class and on a personal note, I now have the best copy in my collection of 'The Freeze' by Albert Collins. There is a lot to discover and long-established collectors will have the opportunity to refresh their musical diet by checking this compilation out. Highly recommended to all." --Keith Scoffham, Blues & Rhythm.
Featuring Lazy Lester, Slim Harpo, Muddy Waters, Dale Hawkins, Wynona Carr, Guitar Junior, Big "T" Tyler, André Williams, Art Neville, Bobby Freeman, B.B. King, Tommy Ridgley, Fats Domino, Paul Gayten, Eddie Cochran, Richard Berry, Charles Sheffield, Bill Doggett, Smokey Hogg, Otis Rush, Champion Jack Dupree, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Bo Diddley, Larry Williams, Leonard Carbo, Eddie Lang, Screamin' Joe Neal, The Champs, Lavern Baker, Albert Collins, Memphis Slim, Harry Belafonte, Ray Charles, Texas Ray, Arthur Alexander, Junior Wells, Willie Jones, Little Willie John, Link Wray, James Brown, Davey Cortez, Ruth Brown, The Coasters, Teddy Randazzo, Curtis Knight, Tal Miller, Renaldo Jackson, The Orioles, Barrett Strong, Charles Brown, The Isley Brothers, Cozy Cole, Bobby Hebb, Andre Williams, Phil Upchurch, Buddy Guy, Louis Brooks, The Olympics, Ford Eaglin, Chuck Berry, Gary U.S. Bonds, and Huey Piano Smith.
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RANDB 093CD
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"Most of our people have never had it so good." When Prime Minister Harold Macmillan uttered his famous era-defining phrase in the summer of 1957 he wasn't thinking of the UK's modern jazz community. Yet his words were an equally apt summary of their fortunes that year. After the bitter defeats of 1956, when America delivered reminder upon reminder of its musical superiority, London's modernists were finally fighting back. They had a new enclave, the Flamingo Club, with membership in its thousands, and a new cause celebre in the Jazz Couriers, a quintet of genuine kick-ass quality. Add to that, exciting new bands led by Don Rendell, Tony Kinsey, and Johnny Dankworth and it was clear that the first generation of the capital's "mods" were on the way up. Sleeve notes by Simon Spillett. Featuring Ronnie Scott Sextet, Dave Lee Trio, Johnny Keating All Stars, Tubby Hayes/Victor Feldman Sextet, Kenny Baker's Half Dozen, Derek Smith, Don Rendell Jazz Six, Vic Ash Plus Four, Dizzy Reece Quintet, Tony Kinsey Quintet, Jimmy Deuchar Sextet, The Jazz Couriers, Dick Heckstall-Smith Quintet, Johnny Dankworth, Kenny Graham's Afro Cubists, Melody Maker's All-Stars, Wes Montgomery, Milt Jackson, Carl Perkins Trio, Miles Davis, Horace Silver Quintet, Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble, Mose Allison, Ray Charles & Milt Jackson, Jimmy Smith Trio, Lorez Alexandria, Charles Mingus, Art Pepper, Barney Kessel, Thad Jones, Jimmy Giuffre 3, and the John Coltrane Sextet.
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RANDB 092CD
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Issued here for the first time, this previously unreleased recording is taken from a tape reel found among the personal effects of Bix Curtis, resulting in a record -- quite literally -- of a Tubby Hayes band that existed for one night only. Recorded live at Soho's legendary Flamingo club, this session captures Hayes and his men in devastating form, playing repertoire the very height of hip. Includes 16-page booklet written by Simon Spillett.
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RANDB 091CD
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Many blues fans think that British blues started with John Mayall. With no disrespect to John, they're wrong. In 1962, an LP was released on UK Decca from Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated entitled R&B From The Marquee with Cyril Davies on harmonica. Davies's recorded legacy in his lifetime as frontman and leader of a band was limited to two singles released in 1963. This release gathers together all the extant broadcasts the band made during that same year, the last of which was broadcast on December 14, 1963. Just over three weeks later, on January 7, 1964, he died after collapsing on stage at Eel Pie Island. He was 31. This album is a fitting epitaph to him.
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RANDB 116LP
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LP version. Many blues fans think that British blues started with John Mayall. With no disrespect to John, they're wrong. In 1962, an LP was released on UK Decca from Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated entitled R&B From The Marquee with Cyril Davies on harmonica. Davies's recorded legacy in his lifetime as frontman and leader of a band was limited to two singles released in 1963. This release gathers together all the extant broadcasts the band made during that same year, the last of which was broadcast on December 14, 1963. Just over three weeks later, on January 7, 1964, he died after collapsing on stage at Eel Pie Island. He was 31. This album is a fitting epitaph to him.
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RANDB 122LP
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Over sixteen fine sounding tracks mostly recorded for BBC radio. Rhythm And Blues explore the roots of UK rock n' roll with two groups fronted by Long John Baldry -- the R&B/soul review that was Steampacket and the jazzy blues of The Hoochie Coochie Men. Also featured are Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger, Rod Stewart, Steve Winwood, and Eric Burdon. Comes with full credits and extensive sleeve notes. All in excellent sound quality except side two tracks 1, 5, 6 & 7, which are lesser quality.
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RANDB 094CD
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What made Long John Baldry stand out from the British R&B singers in the mid-sixties was the width and depth of his knowledge of the blues. He'd been knocking around the SoHo folk, jazz and skiffle scene since 1955, when as a fourteen-year-old, he first taught himself to play Leadbelly numbers on the guitar. He worked with all the greats of early British R&B: Alexis Korner, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Davey Graham, Cyril Davies, before becoming a frontman himself. Over 46 fine sounding tracks -- mostly recorded for BBC radio -- Rhythm And Blues explore the broadcast material of the first groups led by Baldry; the R&B/soul review that was Steampacket, where he shared vocal duties with Rod Stewart and Julie Driscoll and the jazz 'n' blues of the Hoochie Coochie Men and Bluesology (featuring Elton John on piano). John loved to perform and this album captures him live in what was the most significant part of his career. And he doesn't disappoint. Also features Working Ensemble, Blue Flames, Vernon Girls, Ensemble with Eric Burdon, and Brian Auger & The Trinity.
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RANDB 104LP
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In 1970, Traffic toured the US as a trio: Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood. The performances on this tour were unlike any other, featuring material from the then-unreleased John Barleycorn Must Die LP. Luckily, WNEW-FM recorded the June 26th performance at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, the source of this seven track LP which includes the rare encore of "Feelin' Good" (Nina Simone). Extensive liner notes are included together with complete recording details.
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RANDB 105LP
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The fiery five-piece band that toured Europe in late 1969 unaccountably never made a studio LP, so high quality live recordings such as this are to be treasured. This set comprises seven tracks recorded in London for BBC TV's Jazz Night plus a complementary recording of "'Round Midnight" made for Italian television. The stellar line-up comprises Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJonette. Comes with full recording details and sleeve notes.
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RANDB 108LP
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This record compiles the 17 tracks recorded by the Spencer Davis Group for BBC radio in 1965. These high-quality recordings emphasize the versatility of the group across a variety of genres including UK blues boom, Tamla Motown, folk blues, and pop hits such as "Keep On Running". The collection showcases the extraordinary talents of teenager Stevie Winwood, prior to his global success with Traffic and Blind Faith. Includes complete recording details and full liner notes.
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RANDB 102LP
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This twelve-track LP captures Janis Joplin as she moves from the San Francisco rock of Big Brother to the more r&b/soul-oriented direction of The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. Each recording is taken from either an FM radio broadcast or a television appearance so sound quality is very good throughout. Songs such as "I Can't Turn You Loose" and "Raise Your Hand" were never released on a studio LP. Comes with full recording credits and sleeve notes.
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REP 048EP
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In November 1969 the Stones appeared on Ed Sullivan's influential show for the sixth and final time, sharing a bill with Ella Fitzgerald. Jagger was resplendent in a silver and black choker and a fringed cloak whilst Richards' hair was in the ascendent, complementing his see-through Dan Armstrong guitar. Sullivan announced "Gimme Shelter" as being from the band's new album Let It Bleed, to be released in the US the week after the broadcast. Some pictures of the band on the Ed Sullivan set show Wyman replaced by pianist/road manager Ian Stewart.
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RANDB 084LP
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The Iveys had been a moderately successful Swansea-based beat group in the mid-sixties performing cover versions of the latest pop and soul records before they engaged Liverpudlian Bill Collins as their manager. Collins had known the Beatles back in 1962-63 and was chummy with their road manager Mal Evans, who came along to an Iveys gig in January 1968. This led to the group being signed by Apple Records for a three-year deal. Tom Evans' composition Maybe Tomorrow was the first single. Although it bombed in the UK and USA, it was an international smash released in 20 countries worldwide. "We felt our original name was too nice. And people kept asking us if we were the old Ivy League." In November 1969, The Iveys changed their name to Badfinger to coincide with the release of their recording of the Paul McCartney song, "Come And Get It". Side one of this set contains songs recorded by the Iveys for the BBC in 1969, and side two consists of Badfinger sessions from 1970 for the BBC and a couple of tracks for the German TV program, Beat Club. Recording quality is excellent throughout except for Birthday and Nobody where unfortunately a better quality source was not available.
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RANDB 086LP
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1968 saw the first and best Jeff Beck Group at the height of their powers, with their live performances winning over audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. This LP includes 11 such tracks taken from UK and US radio broadcasts, including four songs that did not appear on the band's two studio LPs. Beck's guitar and Rod Stewart's voice made for a potent combination, ably supported by Ron Wood on bass and a succession of drummers. Sound quality throughout is excellent, full sleeve notes and credits included. Side one: recorded live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco on July 24th, 1968 and broadcast on KSAN FM radio. Side two: recorded live for BBC Top Gear 09/17/68 except one track at BBC Saturday Club 07/04/67.
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RANDB 087LP
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Tracks 1-4 recorded live in Hyde Park, London July 5th, 1969 broadcast on Dutch Radio Veronica, July 15th, 1969. Track 5 broadcast Pop Goes Sixties on December 12th, 1969. Tracks 6-8 recorded on the first show, Saville Theatre, London December 14th, 1969, broadcast US TV as Supernight of Rock'n'Roll. Tracks 19-11 recorded live at the Olympia Stadium, Detroit on November 24th, 1969 and broadcast on Detroit Tube Works WSU.
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RANDB 072CD
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Jacksonville, Florida, 1960. Charles "Hungry" Williams mentors young Clayton Fillyau after he had just joined the James Brown band: "I don't care where you put it on those drums, remember where '1' is and you'll never lose the time." Listen to Hungry on Huey Smith's "Talk To Me Baby" from 1962 and then listen to how Clayton turns it into a relentless breakbeat on James Brown's "I've Got Money". Not everything on here was cut in New Orleans. New York singer Vernon Harrel's "Slick Chick" is held together by an intriguingly syncopated bass line that hints at late '60s Studio One dub. And in case you think any of this was new, listen to Earl Palmer's sixteenth notes, off-backbeat snare accents and double-tempo hi-hats in 1953 on Professor Longhair's "Tipitina". (Serious students dig out Zutty Singleton's drum break on Victoria Spivey's "Funny Feathers" from 1929). Here you are then. 47 funky tracks from the '50s and early '60s.
Features Edgar Hayes, Professor Longhair, Chris Powell, Mose Allison, Ahmad Jamal Trio, Bill Doggett, Ernie Freeman, Earl King, Drits & Dravy, Ike & Tina Turner, Jack McDuff, James Brown, Roy Montrell, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Al Robinson, Eddie Bo, The Isley Brothers, Gino Parks, Joe "Guitar" Morris, Prince La La, Stanley Turrentine, Fabulous Playboys, Vernon Harrel, Billy Stewart, Jimmy Pace, Lee Dorsey, Ernie K-Doe, Marvin Gaye, Pistol, Porgy & The Polka Dots, Ray Johnson, Shirley Raymond, Fred Lowery, Spider Johnson, Huey "Piano" Smith, Dolores Johnson, Turquinettes, Bob Bateman, James Booker, Wallace Johnson, Roosevelt Fountain, J. C. Davis, David Rockingham Trio, and Bobby Mitchell.
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RANDB 077CD
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Funk was the name of the game in '66 with a noticeably slower tempo than in the year before. Some of these tracks were made as dance records, others as records for DJs to talk over between hits, and others still were B-side fillers where the band just jammed on. These are great grooves put down by top-flight musicians. Grab that tin of talcum powder and step on out!
Features Joe S. Maxey, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Beverly Pitts, Perry & The Harmonics, Hank Marr, Lorenzo Holden, The Limas, Oliver Sain, Johnny Hammond Smith, Junior Parker, Boss Sounds, Mark III Trio, Dino & The Dell-Tones, Bash Brannigan, The Blendells, The Corky Wilkie Band, Leon & The Burners, Chuck Rowan & His Cliques, Booker T & The MG's, Merle Saunders, The Nu-Trons, The Dukeys, Gaynel Hodge, E Rodney Jones, Johnny Talbot, Dave Bartholomew, The Wild Child, Sammie John, Harold Battiste Jr, Monk Higgins, The Soul Runners, Righteous Brothers Band, Kase Trio, The Pop-Ups, World Famous Upsetters, Little Sonny, Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, The Triumphs, Jamo Thomas, James Rivers, Four Gents, The Premiers, The Registers, Tom Douglas, The Buena Vistas, Rudy Robinson, George Semper, The Four Steps, Ramsey Lewis Trio, John Adams, Ric-Tic House Band, Charlie Earland, Leon Haywood, Gentleman June Gardner, and Eddie Bishop.
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RANDB 076CD
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Pianist Michael Garrick was among the most boldly ambitious British jazz figures of the late-1960s, tirelessly pioneering various new fusions uniting his first love -- straight-ahead jazz -- with Indian music, liturgy and poetry. Featuring two previously unreleased sessions taped in 1967 and 1969, this album charts the course of his music from post-bop convention towards an indisputably "English" jazz sound. Containing provocative live versions of several well-known Garrick compositions and an all-star cast, it truly captures the era in which UK jazz began to loosen its collar and let down its hair.
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RANDB 072LP
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1964 was the year when the Rolling Stones broke through on the international stage. By this time, they were an outstanding live band. Their sets contained an appetizing selection of R&B covers and their gigs were increasingly frenzied affairs. All the tracks on this LP were recorded live in front of audiences everywhere from the sedate BBC radio studios to a full-blown riot in the Netherlands. Included are their groundbreaking live US TV appearances with sleeve notes by Ruby Tuesday and full credits.
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RANDB 073CD
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1964 was the year when the Rolling Stones broke through on the international stage and by this time, they were an outstanding live band. Their sets contained an appetizing selection of R&B covers and their gigs were increasingly frenzied affairs. All the tracks were recorded live (except for the Stones advert for Rice Krispies) and in front of audiences everywhere from the sedate BBC radio studios to a full-blown riot in the Netherlands. Included are their groundbreaking live US TV appearances and the complete NME Pollwinners Wembley show with sleeve notes by Ruby Tuesday and full credits.
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RANDB 066LP
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Georgie Fame was different. The bulk of "rhythm and blues" groups followed the Stones image: scruffy urchins who you probably wouldn't invite around for tea, but his image was totally different. Georgie and the Blues Flames looked more like members of the Stax/Volt Revue than the Downliners Sect. And then there was the music. No harmonica and guitar Chicago blues here, Fame opted for a mix of jump blues mingled with early soul, the sort of music that had been emerging in US cities like Memphis and Detroit. Hammond and horns playing jazz, Latin, Stax, and ska. What you have on this LP is 18 songs broadcast on the BBC in 1965 -- presented here in sparkling hi-fidelity sound. Notes by Smiler Anderson.
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RANDB 065CD
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Georgie Fame was different. The bulk of "rhythm and blues" groups followed the Stones image: scruffy urchins who you probably wouldn't invite around for tea, but his image was totally different. Georgie and the Blues Flames looked more like members of the Stax/Volt Revue than the Downliners Sect. And then there was the music. No harmonica and guitar Chicago blues here, Fame opted for a mix of jump blues mingled with early soul, the sort of music that had been emerging in US cities like Memphis and Detroit. Hammond and horns playing jazz, Latin, Stax, and ska. What you have on this double-CD set is 47 songs and 17 interviews recorded for the BBC between 1964 and 1967, and all in superb quality sound.
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RANDB 070CD
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When Memphis Slim first visited Europe in 1960, he was already a twenty-year veteran recording artist, with many US 78 rpm releases behind him and a very solid reputation leading small bands in the 1940s and '50s. It's no wonder that he was able to captivate an entirely new kind of audience when he crossed the Atlantic, first as a visitor, then as a permanent resident, settling in Paris from 1962. The studios and concert halls of Europe were very different from the juke joints of the South or the nightclubs of Chicago, but it was all the same to Memphis Slim, who could grab and hold his listeners' attention wherever he played. Throughout the remainder of his life -- he died in Paris in 1988, and was buried back home in Memphis -- Slim made a great many albums, in all sorts of company, from duetting with Sonny Boy Williamson, to fronting big bands, or French beat groups, or Nashville session musicians. There were so many that the quality inevitably suffered. A blandness crept in, the performances sometimes seeming routine and even perfunctory, and his stock fell among many diehard blues fans. This is a great shame, as he deserves to be numbered among the true greats of the blues. Recordings such as the ones on this disc should help to restore him to his rightful place, as they capture him at the very start of that new era of his career, still sounding fresh, his rich and expressive voice still in its prime, still full of enthusiasm for sharing his own personal heritage of blues and boogie piano.
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RANDB 068CD
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If there was one sound guaranteed to shock in British jazz during 1966 it was that of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, the free-improvising collective centered around drummer John Stevens which that year helped establish London's Little Theatre Club as a stronghold of the "new wave". Although the avant-garde were slow in gaining a toe-hold on British jazz tastes, every so often a grass roots jazz club would take a chance on the new style, such as the night in June 1966 when the SME alighted on Greenwich's Prince Albert pub, eager to deliver their message to fresh ears. This CD set contains all the music played that night plus a 30-minute Q&A session, creating what must surely be one of the most important early documents of British "free" jazz. Disc two also adds a studio-taped session from later that year. Both sets are previously unissued and both are essential listening for those interested in the course of modern jazz development within the UK. 12-page booklet with notes by Simon Spillett.
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RANDB 066CD
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If there existed a common thread binding the music of London together in 1966 it was the blues. Whether you were an R&B fan or a modern jazz follower, this was a sound that continued to constitute the bedrock of your taste. And there was no individual better suited to allying these superficially disparate camps than the veteran American blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon who spent an extended stay in the capital that year, performing with contemporary jazzmen and R&B combos alike. Dick Morrissey's quartet (with Harry South, Phil Seamen and Phil Bates) provides the backing on these live recordings, many of which are previously unissued. For anyone wanting to know just how the Sixties "swung", this album is a must. 16-page booklet by Simon Spillett.
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