WILSON JACKIE
2014. Detroit native Jackie Wilson, AKA "Mr. Excitement", left jump blues and R&B group The Dominoes in 1957 to pursue a solo career. The following year he released this, his debut LP, a rollicking col..
JOHNSON ROBERT
2018. This brilliant collection of Robert Johnson's vintage recordings (from 1936-1937) is essential for anyone who wants to dig into the history of the blues.
RUSH OTIS
2018. A collection of late '50s recordings from the Mississippi bluesman, produced by Chicago bluesman Willie Dixon.
WRAY LINK
2015. This is the album that Link Wray originally offered to the Cadence label in the wake of his groundbreaking debut hit 'Rumble' back in 1958. Even though people loved 'em in Washington, D.C., Link and the boys d..
KORNER ALEXIS
2017. 'R&B From The Marquee', originally from 1962, rates as one of the pillars of British blues. It's an album that heavily influenced the -then- coming generation of British invasion blues groups. Featuring or..
HOOKER JOHN LEE
2017. Here's a vinyl reissue of a somewhat forgotten album by John Lee Hooker. featuring just his guitar and vocals, 'Burning Hell' was recorded in Detroit in 1959..
GAINSBOURG SERGE
2017. A collection of very early recordings (late '50s) from Serge Gainsbourg, blending traditional chanson and big-band jazz rather than the avant garde pop that went on to define his career outside of France....
CHUCK BERRY
2017. A fine reissue of 'After School Session', the legendary first LP by the late, great Chuck Berry. Featuring such classics as 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man', 'Havana Moon', 'Too Much Monkey Business', 'School Days', ..
BERRY CHUCK
2017. A vinyl reissue of the second full-length (1958) by the original rocker, the late Mr. Chuck Berry. Without this record and this great artist, there would have been no Beatles, no Rolling Stones, no Who, no Zom..
WILLIAMSON SONNY BOY
2017. Back on wax, it's the 1959 debut-album by Sonny Boy Williamson, containing many of his early singles.
GAINSBOURG SERGE
2017. Reissued together on one LP, here are the tracks from the first two 10-inches by Serge Gainsbourg, originally released in 1958 and 1959. Expect tasteful pre-pop chansons with a smokey night club atmosphere...
ELMORE JAMES
2016. Compiling singles which were originally released on the Flair label (a subsidiary of the legendary Modern label, known for making a star out of B.B. King, among others), this 1960 LP was released only two year..
CRYSTALS
2016. Originally released in 1962, 'Twist Uptown' is the first LP from The Crystals, released on the heels of the singles chart successes of 'Uptown' and 'There's No Other (Like My Baby)'. Produced by Phil Spector a..
PERKINS CARL
2016. Raw, guttural, American rock and roll of the highest order, originally released in 1957 on Sam Phillips' immortal Sun label out of Memphis. Carl stood tall next to labelmates Elvis, Johnny and Jerry Lee, and t..
WALKER T-BONE
2016. Texas born T-Bone Walker was a staple of the L.A. blues scene for nearly 40 years, getting his start in the legendary clubs on Central Avenue. This album, which now sees a welcome reissue, was recorded during ..
CLARK DEE
2016. Chicago's Dee Clark had himself a hell of a run in the late '50s/early '60s, scoring a handful of Top 10 R&B chart hits, including the immortal title track of 'How About That'. Though he would continue rec..
BROWN JAMES
2016. 'Try Me' (1959) is the second studio album from James Brown & His Famous Flames. Featuring the all time classic #1 R&B hit single title track, which was also Brown's first appearance on the Billboard H..
FRANKLIN ARETHA
2016. Recorded at the age of 14, in 1956, under the direction of her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin, these gospel recordings of a teenage Aretha Franklin are not just a sign of the brilliance to come, they are a for..
HOWLIN' WOLF
2016. Collecting six singles released between 1960 and 1962, the self-titled 'Howlin' Wolf' album, often referred to as 'The Rocking Chair Album', is one of the most essential and immortal of Chicago electric blues ..
BOOKER T. & THE M.G.'S
2016. Vinyl reissue! the house band at memphis' legendary stax records, booker t. & the mg's played on some of the most legendary and unforgettable soul recordings in history. Or..
CASH JOHNNY
2016. Originally released in 1958, 'The Fabulous Johnny Cash' is Johnny's third full-length LP. Considered by many to be his most cohesive and fully fleshed out album, it packs a lot of punch into half an hour. With..
BROWN JAMES
2016. Reissued on vinyl, this is the legendary 1963 live album from JAMES BROWN, a.k.a. The Hardest Working Man In Show Business a.k.a. Mr. Dynamite. Backed by the Famous Flames, we hear the legendary performer at t..
KING B.B.
2016. Here's a vinyl reissue of a classic and stylistically diverse LP from Mr. King, 1963's 'Mr. Blues'. Recorded during three different sessions in 1962 and 1963, the blues legend is backed here by a variety of gr..
MONROE MARILYN
2016. Originally released in 1962, the same year that America's obsession died of an overdose of barbiturates in her Brentwood home, this Marilyn Monroe album compiles her tunes from the classic musicals 'There's No..
HOPKINS LIGHTNIN'
2016. Houston's favourite son Sam John Hopkins, better known as Lightnin', was recorded in 1959 by the legendary musicologist Samuel Charters, shortly before the folk-blues revival of the early '60s. Highly regarded..
BEACH BOYS
2016. Originally issued in 1963, 'Little Deuce Coupe' is the fourth Beach Boys album. Featuring a small handful of Top 100 hits, including the title cut, 'Be True To Your School' and 'Shut Down', 'Little Deuce Coupe..
PRESLEY ELVIS
2015. A compilation of The King's mid-'50s classics, originally released in 1958. SIDE A: 1. Hound Dog 2. Loving You 3. All Shook Up 4. Heartbreak Hotel 5. Jailhouse Rock 6. Love Me 7. Too Much SIDE B..