KING B.B.
2014. Originally released in 1957 on the legendary budget label Crown, 'Singin' The Blues' compiles many of the classic '50s sides that B.B. King recorded for Los Angeles-based labels RPM, Kent and Modern. These twe..
COLLINS TOMMY
2015. Though he may not be as big a name as Buck Owens or Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins was as instrumental as either of those two legends in formulating what is known as the Bakersfield Sound. In fact, the Oklahoma ..
PRYSOCK RED
2014. Wilburt "Red" Prysock was one of the first American tenor saxophonists to take the influence of Jazz masters such as Coleman Hawkins in a distinctly R&B direction. The brother of R&B singer A..
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..
BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS
2013. Here's a fine vinyl reissue of the classic debut-LP by Buddy Holly & The Crickets. Originally dating from 1957, the album includes classic cuts s.a. 'Oh Boy!', 'Not Fade Away', 'Maybe Baby' and 'That'll Be..
MARVELETTES
2015. The third album from Motown girl group The Marvelettes, 'Playboy', was released in 1962, shortly following the success of the hit title track and the immortal 'Beechwood'. If these two floor filling classics w..
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..
MIRACLES
2014. Vinyl reissue! 1961's 'Hi, We're The Miracles' was groundbreaking in many ways. It was the very first LP released by the Motown label, it included the very first rendition of one of the Motor City's most famou..
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', ..
LLOYD PRICE
2013. Born in Kenner, Louisiana and growing up in the suburbs of New Orleans, Lloyd Price knew massive success very early when Art Rupe of Specialty Records visited New Orleans searching for new talents and heard hi..
RAY CHARLES
2015. A vinyl reissue of this classic '62 Ray Charles album, featuring reworkings of country standards in Ray Charles' inimitable pop-R&B style. SIDE 1: 1. BYE BYE, LOVE 2. YOU DONT KNOW ME 3. HALF AS MUCH..
WRAY LINK & WRAYMEN
2011. Collecting both sides of his first three EPIC singles along with a half dozen numbers, 1959s all-instrumental Link Wray's debut album introduces the power chord, the basis of modern rock guitar-playing without..
DAWSON RONNIE
2011. There were hundreds of talented rockabilly singers in the 50's, but it'd be really hard not to recognize at first listen the high-pitched voice (back then it was actually difficult for radio listeners to tell ..
WILLIS CHUCK
2011. Though well known to his fans as the 'Sheik Of The Blues', thanks to his gigantic private collection of colourful turbans he used on stage, by the end of 1957 the Atlanta-born Chuck Willis found himself crowne..
DIDDLEY BO
2011. This 1958 singles compilation by the man known as the Originator of rock and roll should need no introduction. Though never a top seller on par with his Chess Records rival Chuck Berry, Bo produced a catalog ..
HAWKINS JAY -SCREAMIN'-
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KIDD JOHNNY & PIRATES
2012. - Side A: Please Don't Touch Growl Steady Date Feelin' If You Were The Only Girl and I Were The Only Boy You Got What It Takes Yes Sir That's My Baby.,Side B: Shakin' All Over Restless Magic Of Love ..
FABIAN
2012. Introduced into the music business by Frankie Avalon at a time when record producers were looking to the South Philadelphia neighborhoods in search of teenage talents with good looks, Fabian Forte mainly began..
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..
WELLS MARY
2013. Released in August 1961, Mary Wells' debut album was the very first LP on the legendary Motown label. To hear Mary Wells rich-throated belting of the lyrics on "Bye Bye Baby" is a reminder of the eve..
EXCITERS
2013. In late 1962 The Exciters jumped up the charts with their massive Bert Berns penned, Leiber and Stoller produced 'Tell Him', a ubiquitous piece of American girl-group pop-soul that still excites audiences the ..
SHARP DEE DEE
2013. Dee Dee Sharp, a Philadelphia native, got her start with a bang in 1962 at the age of 17 when she was brought in to sing on a Chubby Checker record and ended up sticking around the studio to record a bonafide ..
WONDER STEVIE
2014. Detroit, Michigan's own Stevland Hardaway Morris - known to the world as Stevie Wonder - burst onto the scene in 1962 with this, his debut album, after being discovered by Ronnie White of The Miracles. Though ..
WONDER STEVIE
2014. Wonder's second LP, recorded and released when he was only 12 years old, is a tribute to Ray Charles. As the original liner notes state, "Little Stevie Wonder, Tamla's 11-year-old musical genius, is blind..
TURNER IKE & TINA
2014. The second Ike & Tina Turner LP was comprised of 1961-1962 recordings made in the midst of their rigorous touring schedule along the fabled "chitlin' circuit" and in between club residencies in t..
GAYE MARVIN
2014. Marvin Gaye's second LP was a who's who of the Motor City, featuring background vocals from The Supremes, The Temptations, and The Vandellas, songwriting help from Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, and the ..
LIVELY ONES
2014. The Lively Ones' third long player was originally released in 1963 on the legendary LA surf label, Del-Fi. Featuring 12 guitar and sax heavy sides, including ripping renditions of Dick Dale's 'Miserlou' and Sa..
LIGHTNIN' SLIM
2014. Louisiana bluesman Lightnin' Slim (nee Otis V. Hicks) began entertaining bar patrons in his native Baton Rouge in the 1940s. By the '50s he was releasing singles on the now legendary Excello label (the blues d..