Amos Milburn - Blues & Rhythm Series 5158: The Chronological Amos Milburn 1952-1953

Size: 278 MB
Time: 66:19
File: FLAC
Released: 2005
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Thinking And Drinking (2:28)
02. Put Something In My Hand (3:03)
03. Trouble In Mind (2:37)
04. Squeeze My Blues Away (2:47)
05. Flying Home (2:55)
06. Roll Mr Jelly (2:44)
07. I Won't Be A Fool Anymore (3:28)
08. Long, Long Day (2:44)
09. I'm Still A Fool For You (2:26)
10. Boo Hoo (2:33)
11. Rocky Mountain (2:16)
12. Greyhound (3:07)
13. Kiss Me Again (Slow) (3:06)
14. Stormy Weather (2:29)
15. Kiss Me Again (Fast) (2:00)
16. Rock Rock Rock (2:39)
17. Three Times A Fool (2:33)
18. Why Don't You Do Right (2:46)
19. Let Me Go Home Whiskey (2:49)
20. Please Mr Johnson (2:41)
21. Let's Have A Party (Version 1) (2:33)
22. Without Someone To Call Your Own (3:36)
23. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (3:17)
24. Sorrowful Heart (2:25)

The fifth volume in Classics’ chronological survey of jump blues pianist Amos Milburn’s complete recorded work, this one concentrates on sides he released between January 1952 and June 1953, and includes three of his most famous drinking songs, “Let Me Go Home Whiskey,” “Thinking and Drinking,” and the now iconic “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer,” as well as fine versions of “Squeeze My Blues Away,” “Long, Long Day,” “Stormy Weather,” and Lil Green’s “Why Don’t You Do Right." They didn’t call it rock & roll back then, but they do now. ~Steve Leggett

The Chronological Amos Milburn 1952-1953

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Amos Milburn - Blues & Rhythm Series 5117: The Chronological Amos Milburn 1950-51

Size: 274 MB
Time: 62:55
File: FLAC
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Atomic Baby (2:44)
02. She's Gone Again (2:58)
03. Just A Fool In Love (2:50)
04. Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone (2:54)
05. Button Your Lip (2:21)
06. Sax Shack Boogie (2:52)
07. Birmingham Bounce (3:07)
08. Let's Rock A While (2:40)
09. Hard Luck Blues (3:17)
10. Two Years Of Torture (3:02)
11. Remember (2:59)
12. I'm Gonna Tell My Mama (2:51)
13. Bad, Bad Whiskey (2:58)
14. Everybody Clap Hands (2:24)
15. Tears, Tears, Tears (2:46)
16. Glory Of Love (2:25)
17. I Love You Anyway (2:47)
18. Ain't Nothing Shaking (2:57)
19. Real Crazy (2:54)
20. This Was Your Mistake - Goodbye (2:57)
21. Women, Women (3:07)
22. Just One More Drink (2:55)

Boogie piano master Amos Milburn was born in Houston, and he died there a short 52 years later. In between, he pounded out some of the most hellacious boogies of the postwar era, usually recording in Los Angeles for Aladdin Records and specializing in good-natured upbeat romps about booze and its effects (both positive and negative) that proved massive hits during the immediate pre-rock era.

The self-taught 88s ace made a name for himself as "the He-Man Martha Raye" around Houston before joining the Navy and seeing overseas battle action in World War II. When he came out of the service, Milburn played in various Lone Star niteries before meeting the woman whose efforts would catapult him to stardom.

Persistent manager Lola Anne Cullum reportedly barged into Aladdin boss Eddie Mesner's hospital room, toting a portable disc machine with Milburn's demo all cued up. The gambit worked -- Milburn signed with Aladdin in 1946. His first date included a thundering "Down the Road Apiece" that presaged the imminent rise of rock & roll. But Milburn was capable of subtler charms too, crooning mellow blues ballads in a Charles Brown-influenced style (the two would later become close friends, playing together frequently).

The first of Milburn's 19 Top Ten R&B smashes came in 1948 with his party classic "Chicken Shack Boogie," which paced the charts and anointed his band with a worthy name (the Aladdin Chickenshackers, natch). A velvet-smooth "Bewildered" displayed the cool after-hours side of Milburn's persona as it streaked up the charts later that year, but it was rollicking horn-driven material such as "Roomin' House Boogie" and "Sax Shack Boogie" that Milburn was renowned for. Milburn's rumbling 88s influenced a variety of famous artists, notably Fats Domino.

With the ascent of "Bad, Bad Whiskey" to the peak of the charts in 1950, Milburn embarked on a string of similarly boozy smashes: "Thinking and Drinking," "Let Me Go Home Whiskey," "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" (an inebriating round John Lee Hooker apparently enjoyed!), and "Good Good Whiskey" (his last hit in 1954). Alcoholism later brought the pianist down hard, giving these numbers a grimly ironic twist in retrospect. Milburn's national profile rated a series of appearances on the Willie Bryant-hosted mid-'50s TV program Showtime at the Apollo (where he gave out with a blistering "Down the Road Apiece").

Aladdin stuck with Milburn long after the hits ceased, dispatching him to New Orleans in 1956 to record with the vaunted studio crew at Cosimo's. There he recut "Chicken Shack Boogie" in a manner so torrid that it's impossible to believe it didn't hit (tenor saxist Lee Allen and drummer Charles "Hungry" Williams blast with atomic power as Milburn happily grunts along with his pounding boogie piano solo). In 1957, he left Aladdin for good.

Milburn contributed a fine offering to the R&B Yuletide canon in 1960 with his swinging "Christmas (Comes but Once a Year)" for King. Berry Gordy gave him a comeback forum in 1962, issuing an album on Motown predominated by remakes of his old hits that doesn't deserve its extreme rarity today (even Little Stevie Wonder pitched in on harp for the sessions).

Nothing could jump start the pianist's fading career by then, though. His health deteriorated to the point where a string of strokes limited his mobility and his left leg was eventually amputated. Not too long after, one of the greatest pioneers in the history of R&B was dead. ~Bill Dahl

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Amos Milburn - Blues & Rhythm Series 5077: The Chronological Amos Milburn 1948-1949

Size: 155 MB
Time: 70:48
File: FLAC
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Bewildered (2:59)
02. A&M Blues (2:57)
03. In The Middle Of The Night (2:42)
04. Won't You Kinda Think It Over? (2:48)
05. Jitterbug Fashion Parade (2:29)
06. Where Are You? (2:19)
07. My Luck Is Bound To Change (2:54)
08. Roomin' House Boogie (2:46)
09. Walkin' Blues (3:00)
10. Blue And Lonesome (2:17)
11. Bow-Wow! (3:15)
12. Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby (2:55)
13. Driftin' Blues (2:53)
14. Real Pretty Mama (2:21)
15. Untitled Boogie (1:57)
16. Johnson Rag (2:38)
17. Melting Blues (2:44)
18. Can't You See What You're Doing To Me? (2:59)
19. Play It Straight Baby (2:12)
20. Square Dance Boogie (2:54)
21. Donald's Idea (3:11)
22. Boogie Woogie (2:49)

The third volume in Classics' Amos Milburn series picks up after his biggest hit -- "Chicken Shack Boogie" from 1947 -- and offers fans 22 more tracks taken from his singles of the day on the Aladdin label. He was a huge draw, and these were the top recordings in Aladdin's catalog. Jukeboxes throughout the South, Chicago, New York, and even L.A. were featuring recordings by Milburn. This set include the original recorded versions of classics such as "Jitterbug Fashion Parade" and "In the Middle of the Night," which were among his most successful records from 1948, while 1949 saw "Roomin' House Boogie," "Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby," "Bow-Wow!," "Drifting Blues," and "Real Pretty Mama." As is standard on the Classics label, the sound is exceptional and the presentation and liner notes are comprehensive. ~Thom Jurek

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Amos Milburn - Blues & Rhythm Series 5047: The Chronological Amos Milburn 1947

Size: 154 MB
Time: 64:34
File: FLAC
Released: 2002
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. What Can I Do (3:04)
02. Bye Bye Boogie (3:07)
03. Pot Luck Boogie (2:41)
04. It's A Married Woman (2:55)
05. My Tortured Mind (2:39)
06. Don't Tell Her (2:47)
07. Hold Me Baby (2:50)
08. Chicken Shack Boogie (2:50)
09. Rapture In Bloom (2:33)
10. Hard Driving Blues (2:45)
11. I'm Gonna Leave You (2:27)
12. I Love You (2:43)
13. Pool-Playing Bles (2:42)
14. Hen Party (2:53)
15. Rocky Road Blues (2:53)
16. Lonesome For The Blues (2:56)
17. Slow Down Blues (3:04)
18. Anybody's Blues (2:52)
19. It Took A Long Long Time (2:39)
20. Wolf On The River (2:40)
21. I Still Love You (2:38)
22. Frank's Blues (2:51)
23. Empty Arms Blues (2:55)

Over the years the Classics label have done an admirable job reissuing rare jazz sessions in chronological order with great sound quality and informative liner notes. They are also dedicated to applying that same care to their outstanding Blues and Rhythm Series. This particular set features 26 tracks recorded by boogie pianist Amos Milburn from 1947, the second year of his tenure with Aladdin Records. This is highly recommended for anyone who can't get enough classic jump blues. ~Al Campbell

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Amos Milburn - Blues & Rhythm Series Classics 5018: The Chronological Amos Milburn 1946-1947

Size: 156 MB
Time: 66:26
File: FLAC
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. After Midnight (2:58)
02. My Baby's Booging (2:30)
03. Darling How Long (3:08)
04. Down The Road Apiece (3:00)
05. Amos' Blues (2:28)
06. Amos' Boogie (2:23)
07. Don't Beg Me (2:49)
08. Operation Blues (2:44)
09. Cinch Blues (2:43)
10. Everything I Do Is Wrong (2:43)
11. My Love Is Limited (2:46)
12. Blues At Sundown (2:28)
13. Money Hustlin' Woman (2:35)
14. Sad And Blue (3:07)
15. That's My Chick (3:00)
16. I've Tried To Prove My Love, Dear (4:32)
17. Mean Woman (3:09)
18. Aladdin Boogie (2:22)
19. Nickel Plated Baby (2:23)
20. Real Gone (3:09)
21. Rainy Weather Blues (3:03)
22. Train Whistle Blues (3:10)
23. Train Time Blues (3:06)

Amos Milburn was born in Houston, TX, on April 1, 1927. After serving in the Navy during the Second World War, the young pianist began performing publicly in a style derived directly from his heroes Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson. While leading a small band at San Antonio's Keyhole Club, Milburn was discovered by Lola Anne Cullum, a talent scout working for the Los Angeles-based Aladdin record label. Soon after hiring Milburn, Cullum would also sign and record a pair of fine bluesmen from Houston, Wilson "Thunder" Smith and Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins. Milburn was only 19 years old when he made his first records. This compilation documents everything he recorded between September 1946 and October 1947. As the musicians in his regular working band were considered too green to appear on records, Milburn was provided with a small backing ensemble composed of players whose names have since been forgotten, although tenor saxophonist Maxwell Davis was in charge of the group and is believed to have performed on the sides cut in 1947. The slow, soulful, and bluesy instrumental "Real Gone" is the greatest artistic achievement of the entire album. All of this action predates Milburn's big hit of 1948, "Chicken Shack Boogie," and serves as a fascinating prelude to this pianist's later work and all of the hot music he went on to inspire others to create. ~arwulf arwulf

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VA - Motown's Blue Evolution

Size: 140,6 MB
Time: 60:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Blues, Funk, Soul
Art: Front & Back

01. Sammy Ward - Who's The Fool (2:52)
02. Mable John - Take Me (3:12)
03. Sammy Ward - Part Time Love (2:51)
04. Mable John - Actions Speak Louder Than Words (2:52)
05. Sammy Ward - What Makes You Love Him (2:29)
06. Mable John - I Guess There's No Love (2:39)
07. Sammy Ward - Bread Winner (2:53)
08. Sammy Ward - Someday Pretty Baby (5:56)
09. Amos Milburn - It's A Long Long Time (3:15)
10. Amos Milburn - I'm In My Wine (Previously Unreleased) (2:36)
11. Amos Milburn - Hold Me Baby (2:38)
12. Earl King - Three Knocks On My Door (Previously Unreleased) (2:59)
13. Earl King - A Man And A Book (Previously Unreleased) (2:19)
14. Earl King - Hunger Pains (Previously Unreleased) (2:05)
15. Sammy Ward - Then You Changed (Previously Unreleased) (3:02)
16. Arthur Adams - Cold Cold Heart (Previously Unreleased) (3:06)
17. Arthur Adams - Let Me Love You Tonight (Previously Unreleased) (2:41)
18. Luther Allison - Dust My Broom (2:45)
19. Luther Allison - Into My Life (3:31)
20. Luther Allison - I Can Make It Thru The Day (But Oh Those Lonely Nights) (3:37)

From the beginning, Motown was almost exclusively devoted to soul. But they did have a few blues-oriented artists on their roster, especially in the early 1960s. Truthfully, though, this 20-track compilation isn't exactly a blues anthology. It's more like a collection of soul cuts with a bluesy feeling, by performers who had substantial or deep roots in pure blues. Mable John (Little Willie's sister) and Sammy Ward, for instance, sing R&B/soul with some bluesy shadings; jump blues veteran Amos Milburn sings modified earthy R&B, married to Motown's embryonic production machine; Earl King has a slight New Orleans flavor to his previously unreleased performances. The unknown Arthur Adams sings blues/soul crossover; Luther Allison comes by far the closest to real blues, and is the only one of the artists whose selections date from the 1970s. You can quibble about the accuracy of the compilation's theme, but it's not a bad excuse to get some interesting Motown performances out of the vaults and onto CD, though it's not truly top-drawer blues or soul. Only one of these was even a modest hit (Sammy Ward's 1960 single "Who's the Fool"), and seven tracks were previously unreleased (King and Adams never even got to officially release anything on Motown), so even seasoned Motown collectors will find much of interest here. ~Richie Unterberger

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Amos Milburn - Let's Have A Party: 1946-1961 Aladdin, Ace & King Sides (Remastered)

Size: 187,1 MB
Time: 77:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues, R&B, Rock & Roll
Art: Full

01. Rock, Rock, Rock (2:40)
02. Soft Pillow (2:18)
03. House Party (Tonight) (2:28)
04. Every Day Of The Week (2:17)
05. Chicken Shack Boogie (1947 Version) (2:49)
06. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (3:15)
07. Greyhound (3:06)
08. Down The Road Apiece (3:03)
09. I'm Gonna Tell Me Mama (2:51)
10. I'm Still A Fool For You (2:25)
11. Rocky Mountain (2:15)
12. Christmas (Comes But Once A Year) (2:31)
13. Heartaches That Make You Cry (2:41)
14. Good, Good Whiskey (3:01)
15. Trouble In Mind (2:35)
16. All Is Well (2:33)
17. Amo's Blues (2:27)
18. Let's Have A Party (2:30)
19. That's What I've Been Through (2:33)
20. I Know You Love Me (3:00)
21. Let Me Go Home, Whiskey (2:48)
22. I Want To Go Now (With Charles Brown) (2:32)
23. Educated Fool (With Charles Brown) (2:19)
24. Thinking And Drinking (2:22)
25. Chicken Shack Boogie (1956 Version) (2:31)
26. Bad, Bad Whiskey (2:57)
27. Baby, Baby All The Time (3:06)
28. Vicious, Vicious Vodka (2:59)
29. My Happiness Depends On You (2:08)

A crucial figure in the transformation of swing and jump blues into R&B and rock & roll, the legendary pianist and singer Amos Milburn pounded out some of the most hellacious boogies of the postwar era. He specialized in good-natured upbeat romps about booze and its effects (both positive and negative) that proved massive hits during the immediate pre-rock era. Such great artists as Fats Domino, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Dr. John have all cited Amos as a seminal influence on their work. This essential release compiles 29 of the finest songs Amos Milburn issued for different labels like Aladdin, Ace, and King, between 1946 and 1961. Highlights include joyous R&B, soulful blues, and seminal rock & roll tunes, such as Chicken Shack Boogie, Lets Have a Party, Bad, Bad Whiskey, Rocky Mountain, and One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer, among many others. Also featured here are lesser-known rockin numbers that are just as enjoyable as the classics. Among the material included in this edition are the 12 tracks that constituted Milburns complete 1957 LP Lets Have a Party (originally released on Score, a subsidiary of Aladdin). A celebrated album among R&B and blues aficionados of that era, it contained a magnificent selection of Amos previous recordings for the label.

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VA - Christmas Blues

Size: 115,0 MB
Time: 49:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Xmas
Art: Front

01. B.B. King - Back Door Santa (3:24)
02. Charles Brown - Merry Christmas, Baby (2:54)
03. Canned Heat - Christmas Blues (2:32)
04. John Lee Hooker - Blues For Christmas (Single Version) (3:21)
05. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - O Little Town Of Bethlehem (2:23)
06. Chuck Berry - Christmas (3:24)
07. B.B. King - I'll Be Home For Christmas (3:45)
08. Jimmy Rushing - Good Morning Blues (3:14)
09. Amos Milburn - Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby (2:53)
10. B.B. King - Christmas Celebration (3:38)
11. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Santa Claus (2:42)
12. B.B. King - Merry Christmas, Baby (3:54)
13. Chuck Berry - Spending Christmas (2:09)
14. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - You Are My Christmas (Single Version) (4:30)
15. B.B. King - Christmas Comes But Once A Year (4:13)

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VA - Christmas 'Round The Jukebox

Size: 170,3 MB
Time: 70:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues, R&B, Xmas
Art: Front

01. Joe Turner - Christmas Date Boogie (2:33)
02. The Five Keys - It's Christmas Time (2:49)
03. Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run (2:43)
04. The Drifters - White Christmas (2:27)
05. Charles Brown - Please Come Home For Christmas (2:40)
06. The Moonglows - Hey Santa Claus (2:22)
07. The Cadillacs - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (2:17)
08. Jimmy McCracklin - Christmas Time (Part 1) (2:06)
09. The Ravens - White Christmas (3:06)
10. The Ravens - Silent Night (2:49)
11. The Falcons - Can This Be Christmas (2:53)
12. Jimmy Liggins - I Want My Baby For Christmas (2:38)
13. Mabel Scott - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (2:16)
14. Charles Brown - Merry Christmas Baby (2:42)
15. Lowell Fulson - Lonesome Christmas (Part 1) (2:22)
16. Lowell Fulson - Lonesome Christmas (Part 2) (2:09)
17. Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Christmas Eve Baby (2:19)
18. Cecil Gant - Hello Santa Claus (2:49)
19. Jimmy Witherspoon - How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around (2:47)
20. The Harmony Grits - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2:05)
21. Roy Milton - Christmas Time Blues (3:02)
22. The Dominoes - Christmas In Heaven (2:41)
23. Amos Milburn - Let's Make Christmas Merry Baby (2:52)
24. Louis Jordan - May Every Day Be Christmas (3:12)
25. The Orioles - (It's Gonna Be) Lonely Christmas (3:18)
26. Big John Greer - We Want To See Santa Do The Mambo (2:19)
27. B.B. King - Christmas Celebration (2:27)

Here is a Christmas celebration attended by some of the greatest names in Rhythm and Blues. From the late 40s to the early 50s the biggest names in Blues including B.B. King, Amos Milburn, Charles Brown, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lowell Fulton, Roy Milton. The Drifters, Joe Turner and Chuck Berry sing their Christmas favourites. Being the blues of course many of the songs emphasise how lonely Christmas can be without the one you love whilst others celebrate the holiday season with joyful songs and new versions of standards like, "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town". Many of these records constantly reappeared on the R&B sales charts every year. Some like Charles Brown's original million-selling "Merry Christmas Baby" were still selling well into the soul era. Depending on your mood you can preselect these titles, pour a large Brandy and wallow in the depressive elements of a lonely Christmas or roll back the carpet put another nickel in the jukebox and have a Rockin' Christmas celebration. Either way works.

Christmas 'Round The Jukebox

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Amos Milburn - The Best Of The Aladdin Years 1946-57

Amos Milburn was one of the pioneers of piano-based R&B to emerge from Texas in the post-war years to become one of the artists who helped frame the template for rock 'n' roll, along the way enjoying a run of memorable hits from 1947 through into the mid-'50s. He developed from his beginnings as a boogie-woogie pianist to become a jump blues bandleader, scoring his first hit with "Chicken Shack Boogie", and after that helped the Los Angeles-based Aladdin label to become a major force, with his run of hits including his specialist strand of rocking booze-related hits like "Bad Bad Whiskey", "Thinking And Drinking", "Let Me Go Home Whiskey", "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" and "Good Good Whiskey".

This great-value 52-track 2-CD set comprises nearly half of the 106 A & B sides he released on Aladdin, and naturally includes all of his 19 Billboard R&B chart hits, the majority of his A sides and selected B sides. It provides a hugely entertaining showcase for his talents as a vocalist, pianist, songwriter and bandleader, with boogie-woogie and blues, hot R&B, and proto rock 'n' roll during the '50s as he competed with the wave of new artists who overtook those who had laid the groundwork. /Amazon

Album: The Best Of The Aladdin Years 1946-57 - CD 1
Year: 2016
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:28
Size: 168,1 MB
Styles: R&B, piano blues
Scans: Full

1. After Midnight (2:58)
2. My Baby's Booging (2:29)
3. Down The Road A Piece (2:59)
4. Operation Blues (2:36)
5. Money Hustlin' Woman (2:33)
6. Blues At Sundown (2:26)
7. Sad And Blue (3:06)
8. Train Time Blues (3:07)
9. Pool Playing Blues (2:41)
10. It Took A Long, Long Time (2:38)
11. Chicken Shack Boogie (2:50)
12. Bewildered (2:58)
13. A & M Blues (2:55)
14. Jitterbug Fashion Parade (2:28)
15. Hold Me Baby (2:50)
16. In The Middle Of The Night (2:41)
17. Rooming House Boogie (2:45)
18. Empty Arms Blues (2:57)
19. Let's Make Christmas Merry Baby (2:54)
20. Real Pretty Mama Blues (2:20)
21. Drifting Blues (2:52)
22. Tell Me How Long Has The Train Been Gone (2:53)
23. Johnson Rag (2:36)
24. Walkin' Blues (3:00)
25. Square Dance Boogie (2:44)
26. Birmingham Bounce (3:00)

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Album: The Best Of The Aladdin Years 1946-57 - CD 2
Year: 2016
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:57
Size: 169,2 MB
Styles: R&B, piano blues
Scans: Full

1. Two Years Of Torture (3:02)
2. Sax Shack Boogie (2:50)
3. Bad Bad Whiskey (2:59)
4. I'm Going To Tell My Mama (2:50)
5. Tears, Tears, Tears (2:46)
6. Let's Rock A While (2:38)
7. That Was Your Last Mistake (2:55)
8. Just One More Drink (2:54)
9. Ain't Nothin' Shaking (2:55)
10. Trouble In Mind (2:35)
11. Thinkin' And Drinkin' (2:24)
12. Flying Home (2:54)
13. Put Something In My Hand (2:58)
14. Roll Mr. Jelly (2:40)
15. Greyhound (3:06)
16. Let Me Go Home Whiskey (2:48)
17. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (2:55)
18. Let's Have A Party (2:31)
19. Good, Good Whiskey (3:02)
20. Milk And Water (3:10)
21. Baby, Baby All The Time (3:08)
22. Vicious, Vicious Vodka (2:56)
23. I Done Done It (2:33)
24. All Is Well (2:33)
25. House Party (2:26)
26. Soft Pillow (2:17)

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VA - Race Records 1942-1955: Black Rock Music Forbidden On US Radio

Size: 159,2+164,6+142,6 MB
Time: 67:37+69:37+60:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues, Rock & Roll
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Jay McShann & His Orchestra - Jump The Blues (3:04)
02 Jim Wynn's Bobalibans - Rock Woogie (2:41)
03 Memphis Slim & The House Rockers - Rockin' The House (2:47)
04 Amos Milburn - Aladdin Boogie (2:23)
05 Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats - Rockin' Boogie (2:28)
06 Jimmy McCracklin - Rock And Rye (2:51)
07 Wild Bill Moore - We're Gonna Rock (2:45)
08 Wild Bill Moore - Rock And Roll (2:52)
09 Goree Carter & His Hepcats - Rock Awhile (2:40)
10 Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians - Rock The Joint (2:36)
11 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Saturday Night Fish Fry (4:36)
12 Lowell Fulson's Combo - Rocking After Midnight (2:30)
13 Wynonie Harris - All She Wants To Do Is Rock (2:45)
14 Roy Milton - Information Blues (2:41)
15 Billy Wright - After Dark Blues (2:18)
16 Max Bailey - Rockin' With The Blues (2:39)
17 Doles Dickens - Gonna Rock This Mornin' (2:34)
18 Big Joe Turner - Jumpin' At The Jubilee (2:47)
19 Connie Jordan - I'm Gonna Rock (2:47)
20 Gunter Lee Carr - We're Gonna Rock (2:15)
21 Laurie Tate - Rock Me Daddy (2:30)
22 Piano Red - Rockin' With Red (2:27)
23 Piney Brown - How About Rocking With Me (2:26)
24 Great Gates - Rocking Time (2:54)
25 Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin's Rock (2:11)

CD 2:
01 Hal Singer - Rock Around The Clock (3:00)
02 Jimmy McCracklin - Rockin' All Day (2:42)
03 Tiny Bradshaw - Well Oh Well (2:42)
04 Tiny Bradshaw - I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball (2:47)
05 Doc Sausage & His Mad Lads - Sausage Rock (2:34)
06 Arthur Crudup - My Baby Left Me (2:27)
07 Tiny Bradshaw - Breaking Up The House (2:42)
08 Arleen Talley - Rock And Roll (2:27)
09 Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers - Let's Rock Awhile (2:45)
10 Roy James Brown - Good Rockin' Man (3:02)
11 Esther Phillips - The Deacon Moves In (2:45)
12 Freddy Strong - We Love To Boogie (2:50)
13 Jesse Allen - Rock This Morning (2:03)
14 Ray Snead - I'm A Good Rockin Daddy (2:37)
15 Jimmie McCracklin Sings With His Blues Blasters - Rockin' Man (3:02)
16 Little Richard - Get Rich Quick (2:14)
17 Robert Nighthawk & His Nighthawks Band - Kansas City Blues (2:34)
18 Tiny Bradshaw - The Train Kept A Rolling (2:46)
19 Johnny Otis - All Night Long (2:34)
20 Roy Brown - Rock-A-Bye Baby (2:45)
21 Fats Domino - No No Baby (2:21)
22 The Treniers - It Rocks, It Rolls, It Swings (3:02)
23 Honey Brown - Rockin' And Jumpin' (2:54)
24 Google Eyes - Rock My Soul (2:58)
25 Andrew Tibbs - Rock Savoy Rock (2:42)
26 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - My Real Gone Rocket (2:25)

CD 3:
01 Bill Doggett & His Orchestra - Give It Up (2:39)
02 Herman Manzy & His Orchestra - I'm Your Rockin' Man (2:23)
03 Professor Longhair - Rockin' With Fess (1:59)
04 Red Saunders - Hambone (2:35)
05 Esther Phillips - You Took My Love Too Fast (2:25)
06 Lewis Smiley - Lillie Mae (2:12)
07 Ray Charles - Jumpin' In The Morning (2:49)
08 Lewis Smiley - Ain't Gonna Do It (2:19)
09 Big Mama Thornton - They Call Me Big Mama (2:01)
10 Ruth Brown - Wild Wild Young Men (2:37)
11 Alan Freed - Moondog Matinée (0:25)
12 Annie Laurie - It's Been A Long Time (2:38)
13 Big Mama Thornton - I Smell A Rat (1:41)
14 Roy Brown - Mr. Hound Dog's In Town (2:30)
15 Rufus Thomas - Bear Ca (2:49)
16 Parker Junior - Feelin' Good (2:54)
17 Parker Junior - Love My Baby (2:34)
18 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - What's Goin' On (2:33)
19 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - All Night Boogie (2:14)
20 Jocko Henderson - The Rocket Ship Show (0:32)
21 Smiley Lewis - Down The Road (2:12)
22 The Treniers - Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie (2:14)
23 Big Joe Turner - Honey Hush (2:37)
24 Big Joe Turner - Shake Rattle And Roll (2:57)
25 Big Maybelle - Whole Lot Of Shakin' Goin On (2:41)
26 Sonny Terry - Ride And Roll (2:31)

The rock revolution was not televised. Elvis Presley, who launched rockabilly in 1954, did not invent rock ‘n’ roll.
This album rehabilitates the history-making, foundational records which came out of the seminal rock trend; they were present on the black circuit as early as 1949, yet banned on radio stations due to racial segregation.
These splendid—and little-known—recordings testify to the authentic sound, subversiveness and stylistic variation which characterized the birth of rock.

Race Records 1942-1955 CD 1
Race Records 1942-1955 CD 2
Race Records 1942-1955 CD 3

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Amos Milburne - Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues Vol 6

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:36
Size: 72.3 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[2:43] 1. Chicken Shack Boogie
[2:28] 2. Bad Bad Whiskey
[3:04] 3. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
[3:45] 4. Baby, Baby All The Time
[3:52] 5. Bewildered
[3:00] 6. Greyhound
[3:43] 7. Evening Shadows Coming Down
[3:35] 8. One Hour Past Midnight
[2:43] 9. Trouble In Mind
[2:40] 10. C.C. Rider

Born in Houston, one of thirteen children, by the age of five years Milburn was playing tunes by piano. He enlisted in the United States Navy when he was fifteen and earned thirteen battle stars in the Philippines, before returning to Houston and organizing a sixteen-piece band playing in Houston clubs and was Managed by William & Geneva Church. Milburn participated with the Houston jazz and blues musicians. He was a polished pianist and performer and during 1946 attracted the attention of a woman who arranged a recording session with Aladdin Records in Los Angeles. Milburn's relationship with Aladdin lasted eight years during which he produced more than 75 sides. His cover version of "Down the Road a Piece" (1946) was a blues song with a Texas boogie beat that was similar in many respects to rock music. However, none became popular until 1949 when seven of his singles got the attention of the R&B audience. "Hold Me Baby" and "Chicken Shack Boogie" landed numbers eight and nine on Billboard's survey of 1949's R&B Bestsellers. He became one of the main performers associated with the Central Avenue music scene in Los Angeles. He was also a popular touring artist, and won awards from both Down Beat magazine (Best Blues and Jazz Star) and Billboard magazine (Top R&B Artist). Among his best-known songs was "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer". During 1950 Milburn's "Bad, Bad, Whiskey" scored the top of the R&B record chart and began a series of drinking songs (none written by Milburn, but several composed by Rudy Toombs). However, there is not any evidence that Milburn had an alcohol problem.

Milburn continued his successful drinking songs through 1952 ("Thinking and Drinking", "Trouble in Mind") and was by now touring the country playing clubs. While touring the Midwest that summer, he announced that he would disband his combo team and continue as a solo act and that autumn he joined Charles Brown for a Southern concert tour. For the next few years each of his tours was composed of a series of one-nighters. After three years of solo performing he returned to Houston during 1956 to reform his band. During 1957 Milburn's releases with Aladdin Records did not sell well, and the record label, having its own problems, terminated. He tried to regain commercial success with a few more releases with Ace Records but his time had passed. Radio airplay was emphasizing on the teenage market.

Milburn's final recording was for an album by Johnny Otis (Note: On the album cover, for some reason, Milburn's name was spelled with an "e" at the end). This was during 1972 after he had been incapacitated by a stroke, so much so that Otis had to play the left-hand piano parts for his enfeebled old friend. His second stroke resulted in amputation of a leg because of circulatory problems. He died soon after at the age of 52 years from a third stroke.

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Various - Jump Blue: Rockin' The Jukes

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 66:30
Size: 152.3 MB
Styles: Jump blues, R&B, Early rock n roll
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[2:19] 1. Dave Bartholomew - Jump Children
[2:00] 2. Big T. Tyler - King Kong
[2:19] 3. The Five Keys - Hucklebuck With Jimmy
[2:46] 4. Illinois Jacquet - Flying Home (Part 1)
[2:44] 5. Big Jay Mcneely - Deacon Rides Again
[2:20] 6. Calvin Boze - Safronia B
[2:39] 7. Louis Jordan - Messy Bessy
[2:23] 8. Jimmy Liggins - I Ain't Drunk
[2:53] 9. Nellie Lutcher - Fine Brown Frame
[2:50] 10. Pigmeat Markham - See See Rider
[2:55] 11. Helen Humes - He May Be Your Man
[2:11] 12. The Clovers - Yes It's You
[2:39] 13. Pee Wee Crayton - Daybreak
[3:11] 14. Maxwell Davis - When I'm In My Tea
[2:25] 15. Peppermint Harris - I Got Loaded
[2:49] 16. Ike & Tina Turner - A Fool In Love
[2:49] 17. Amos Milburn - Sax Shack Boogie
[2:41] 18. Cleo Brown - Cleo's Boogie
[2:29] 19. Archibald - Great Big Eyes (Those Little Reds)
[2:00] 20. Roy Brown - Let The Four Winds Blow
[1:59] 21. T-Bone Walker - Teenage Baby
[2:57] 22. Lowell Fulson - Don't Leave Me Baby
[2:41] 23. Floyd Dixon - Wine, Wine, Wine
[2:22] 24. Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll
[2:38] 25. Jack The Bear Parker - I Need You, I Want You
[2:20] 26. Big Joe Turner - Jumpin' Tonight (Midnight Rockin')

Actually I was very surprised... jump blues on Blue Note? Well, not quite... Most (but not all) of the selections on this album come from the Imperial and Alladin labels... only one single is an actual Blue Note reissue... that said, many of the sides until recently were quite rare, nearly forgotten and hard to find... liberated from the vaults, this selection of hard swinging and grooving jump blues spanning the late 40's until 1960 will disappoint few fans of classic Rock and Roll/R&B, though it might be pointed out that there's a similar 2 CD collection that's even higher on my list, the now out of print Capital JUMPIN' LIKE MAD compilation.

Still, while some tracks are duplicates, others are rarities that I don't think are available anywhere else... and personally speaking, even though tunes like Safronia B, I Ain't Drunk and Fine Brown Frame can be found else where, I have no complaints about sitting through them again and again and again anyhow... I love Jump Blues and this CD has 26 tracks of it at its best... no complaints. ~Eddie Lansberg/amazon

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Various - Rockin' Retro (2-Disc set)

Album: Rockin' Retro (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 54:06
Size: 123.9 MB
Styles: R&B, Rock n roll
Year: 2012

[2:37] 1. Amos Milburn - Pot Luck Boogie
[3:09] 2. Helen Humes All-Stars - Riffin' Without Helen
[2:33] 3. Jo Jo Adams - Hard Headed Woman Blues
[2:57] 4. Buddy Harper - Effie's Boogie
[2:33] 5. Jo Evans - Goody Goody Baby
[2:44] 6. Betty Hall Jones - The Same Old Boogie
[2:38] 7. Jake Porter - Jump Safari
[2:40] 8. Geechie Smith - T-Town Jump
[2:20] 9. Crown Prince Waterford - Love Awhile
[2:31] 10. Mel Walker - Dreamin' Blues
[2:50] 11. Wynonie Harris - Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
[3:09] 12. The Robins - If I Didn't Love You So
[2:07] 13. Bobby Marchan - Snoopin' And Accusin'
[2:48] 14. Johnny Acey - Why
[3:03] 15. Charles Mingus Sextet - Swingin' An Echo
[2:44] 16. Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying
[2:27] 17. Willis Jackson & His Orchestra - Makin' It
[2:39] 18. Mary Ann Fisher - Wild As You Can Be
[3:01] 19. Little Anna Lee Sanford - Much Too Late
[2:25] 20. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Without Me, Baby

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Album: Rockin' Retro (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 54:43
Size: 125.3 MB
Styles: R&B, Rock n roll
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:40] 1. Hal Paige - Going Back To My Hometown
[2:52] 2. Wilbert Harrison - Don't Wreck My Life
[2:00] 3. Junior Lewis - Half A Heart
[2:26] 4. Sam Meyers - You Don't Have To Go
[2:41] 5. Clifton Skeeter Best - Your Heart Must Be Made Of Stone
[2:28] 6. Charlie Singleton Orchestra - Earthquake
[2:37] 7. Red Prysock - Crying My Heart Out
[2:44] 8. Champion Jack Dupree - Stumbling Block Blues
[2:20] 9. Jimmy Witherspoon - Call My Baby
[2:41] 10. Lowell Fulson - Jimmy's Blues
[3:05] 11. Allen Bunn - My Kinda Woman
[2:53] 12. Big Joe Turner - Don't Talk Me To Death
[2:53] 13. Joe Swift - Alligator Meat
[3:03] 14. Julian Dash - Lost Everything
[3:01] 15. Champion Jack Dupree - Drunk Again
[2:39] 16. Junior Lewis - Can She Give Me Fever
[2:49] 17. Mabel Scott - Gee
[2:48] 18. Little Miss Cornshucks - Cornshucks' Blues
[3:01] 19. Pete Johnson Sextette - Half Tight Boogie
[2:53] 20. Lee Young & His Band - Seeing Double

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Amos Milburn - Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: The Best Of Amos Milburn 1946-55 (3-Disc set)

Here's a very reasonable compromise between the pricey Mosaic box and EMI's incomplete single-disc treatment of Milburn's Aladdin legacy: a three-disc, 66-song package that's heavy on boogies and blues and slightly deficient in the ballad department (to that end, his smash "Bewildered" was left off). Everything that is aboard is top-drawer, though -- the booze odes, many a party rocker, and a plethora of the double-entendre blues that Milburn reveled in during his early years. The absent 1956 remake of "Chicken Shack Boogie" is a humongous omission, though. ~Bill Dahl

Album: Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: The Best Of Amos Milburn 1946-55 (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:18
Size: 138.1 MB
Styles: West Coast blues, Early R&B
Year: 1996

[2:55] 1. After Midnite
[2:26] 2. My Baby's Boogying
[2:56] 3. Down The Road Apiece
[2:24] 4. Amos' Blues
[2:26] 5. Amos' Boogie
[2:36] 6. Operation Blues
[2:39] 7. Cinch Blues
[2:39] 8. Everything I Do Is Wrong
[2:24] 9. Blues At Sundown
[2:31] 10. Money Hustlin' Woman
[3:03] 11. Sad And Blue
[3:05] 12. Mean Woman
[2:18] 13. Aladdin Boogie
[2:19] 14. Nickel Plated Baby
[3:05] 15. Real Gone
[2:59] 16. Rainy Weather Blues
[3:06] 17. Train Whistle Blues
[3:05] 18. Train Time Blues
[3:05] 19. Bye Bye Boogie
[2:38] 20. Pot Luck Boogie
[2:52] 21. It's A Married Woman
[2:36] 22. My Tortured Mind

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Album: Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: The Best Of Amos Milburn 1946-55 (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:20
Size: 138.1 MB
Styles: West Coast blues, Early R&B
Year: 1996

[2:47] 1. Hold Me Baby
[2:47] 2. Chicken Shack Boogie
[2:42] 3. Hard Driving Blues
[2:24] 4. I'm Gonna Leave You
[2:38] 5. Pool-Playing Blues
[2:46] 6. Rocky Road Blues Take 1
[2:49] 7. Rocky Road Blues Take 2
[2:52] 8. Lonesome For The Blues
[3:01] 9. Slow Down Blues
[2:49] 10. Anybody's Blues
[2:36] 11. It Took A Long, Long Time
[2:37] 12. Wolf On The River
[2:48] 13. Frank's Blues
[2:54] 14. Empty Arms Blues
[2:53] 15. A&m Blues
[2:44] 16. Won't You Kinda Think It Over
[2:26] 17. Jitterbug Fashion Parade
[2:50] 18. My Luck Is Bound To Change
[2:42] 19. Roomin' House Boogie
[2:57] 20. Walkin' Blues
[2:14] 21. Blue And Lonesome
[2:52] 22. Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby

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Album: Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: The Best Of Amos Milburn 1946-55 (Disc 3)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 61:35
Size: 141.0 MB
Styles: West Coast blues, Early R&B
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. Drifting Blues
[1:54] 2. Untitled Boogie
[2:41] 3. Melting Blues
[2:48] 4. Boogie Woogie
[2:40] 5. Atomic Baby
[2:48] 6. Sax Shack Boogie
[3:03] 7. Birmingham Bounce
[2:36] 8. Let's Rock A While
[3:13] 9. Hard Luck Blues
[2:59] 10. Two Years Of Torture
[2:54] 11. Bad Bad Whiskey
[2:44] 12. Tears, Tears, Tears
[2:59] 13. Put Something In My Hand
[2:32] 14. 1996 Digital Remaster
[2:52] 15. Flying Home
[2:45] 16. Let Me Go Home, Whiskey
[2:37] 17. Please Mr. Johnson
[2:28] 18. Let's Have A Party
[3:12] 19. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
[2:59] 20. Good, Good Whiskey
[2:41] 21. After Awhile
[3:08] 22. I Guess I'll Go

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Amos Milburn - The Very Best Of Amos Milburn

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 31:59
Size: 73.2 MB
Styles: Boogie Woogie, Piano blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:45] 1. Evening Shadows Coming Down
[3:40] 2. One Hour Past Midnight
[2:29] 3. Bad Bad Whiskey
[3:57] 4. Bewildered
[3:49] 5. Baby Baby All The Time
[3:02] 6. Greyhound
[3:01] 7. One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer
[2:47] 8. Trouble In Mind
[2:42] 9. See See Rider
[2:43] 10. Chicken Shack Boogie

Boogie piano master Amos Milburn was born in Houston, and he died there a short 52 years later. In between, he pounded out some of the most hellacious boogies of the postwar era, usually recording in Los Angeles for Aladdin Records and specializing in good-natured upbeat romps about booze and its effects (both positive and negative) that proved massive hits during the immediate pre-rock era.

The self-taught 88s ace made a name for himself as "the He-Man Martha Raye" around Houston before joining the Navy and seeing overseas battle action in World War II. When he came out of the service, Milburn played in various Lone Star niteries before meeting the woman whose efforts would catapult him to stardom.

Persistent manager Lola Anne Cullum reportedly barged into Aladdin boss Eddie Mesner's hospital room, toting a portable disc machine with Milburn's demo all cued up. The gambit worked -- Milburn signed with Aladdin in 1946. His first date included a thundering "Down the Road Apiece" that presaged the imminent rise of rock & roll. But Milburn was capable of subtler charms too, crooning mellow blues ballads in a Charles Brown-influenced style (the two would later become close friends, playing together frequently). ~excerpt from the bio by Bil Dahl

The Very Best Of Amos Milburn

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