Earl King - Blues & Rhythm Series 5174: The Chronological Earl King 1953-1955

Size: 254 MB
Time: 54:06
File: FLAC
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Have You Gone Crazy (2:10)
02. Beggin' At Your Mercy (2:29)
03. A Mother's Love (2:22)
04. I'm Your Best Bet, Baby (2:21)
05. What Can I Do (2:33)
06. 'Til I Say Well Done (2:05)
07. No One But Me (2:12)
08. Eating And Sleeping (2:16)
09. Sitting And Wondering (2:34)
10. Funny Face (2:04)
11. Baby You Can Get Your Gun (2:09)
12. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (2:26)
13. Mother Told Me Not To Go (2:24)
14. Is Everything All Right (2:49)
15. Everybody Got To Cry (2:49)
16. Little Girl (2:20)
17. My Love Is Strong (2:29)
18. It Must Have Been Love (2:37)
19. I'll Take You Back Home (2:57)
20. I Met A Stranger (2:40)
21. I'm Packing Up (2:36)
22. Nobody Cares (2:34)

An unsung guitar player and one of the Crescent City's best songwriters, Earl King mixed New Orleans R&B with just a touch of straight blues, and while he frequently wrote about the hard hazards of romance, he sang his material with a wink and a smile which made his tough times tales still feel like party music. This first volume in Classics' chronological history of King's recording career begins with both sides of his debut single for Savoy Records from 1953 when he was billed as Earl Johnson, then moves on to his sides for Art Rupe's Specialty Records from 1954 when he was billed as either Earl King or the Kings, depending on the release, and finishes with his first recordings for Ace Records from 1955 (he would remain with Ace until 1960 before switching over to Lew Chudd's Imperial Records), some of which were released under the name Handsome Earl. Whatever he was billed as, King was as efficient as he was prolific (nothing here even comes close to three minutes in length), and his songs feel like they've been around for a long time; they are a part of the very structure of New Orleans R&B. Highlights here include the bouncing "Have You Gone Crazy," the fascinating and stuttering rhythm of "'Til I Say We're Done," the late-night feel of "Sitting and Wondering" (given a boozy atmosphere by Lee Allen's tenor sax lines), and King's classic "Those Lonely, Lonely Nights." King would develop and evolve further as his career progressed, but these earliest sides have a wonderfully open feel of energy and joy, and while technically it's the blues, it's also New Orleans dance music through and through. ~Steve Leggett

Blues & Rhythm Series 5174: The Chronological Earl King 1953-1955

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VA - Shuckin' Stuff: Rare Blues From Ace Records

Size: 380 MB
Time: 150:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. Jesse Allen - Goodbye Blues (3:18)
02. Dave Dixon - I'm Not Satisfied (Alternate Take) (2:17)
03. Earl King - Those Lonely Lonely Nights (Alternate Take) (2:26)
04. Mercy Baby - Mercy's Blues (2:42)
05. Al Collins - I Got The Blues For You (2:28)
06. Bobby Marchan - Give A Helping Hand (Alternate Take) (2:53)
07. Frankie Lee Sims - What Will Lucy Do (2:23)
08. Joe Hill Louis - 4Th And Beale (2:08)
09. Al Collins - Shuckin' Stuff (2:52)
10. Earl King - Baby You Can Get Your Gun (2:06)
11. Edgar Blanchard - Let's Get It (2:30)
12. Lightnin' Slim - Bad Feeling Blues (Alternate Take) (2:55)
13. Fred McDowell - Don't Say A Mumblin' Word (3:13)
14. Schoolboy Cleve - My Baby Done Gone (2:17)
15. John Littlejohn - I Got My Nose Open (4:04)
16. Albert Scott - I Feel So Good (2:20)
17. Big Boy Crudup - Mean Old World (2:58)
18. Dave Dixon - Feeling So Low (Alternate Take) (2:25)
19. Earl King - My Love Is Strong (2:25)
20. Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin' Slim Boogie (Alternate Take) (2:44)
21. John Littlejohn - She's 19 Years Old (4:42)
22. Bad Smitty - Smokestack Lightning (4:40)
23. Joe Hill Louis - Sweetest Woman I Ever Know (2:31)
24. Boby Marchan - Pity Poor Me (Alternate Take) (3:59)
25. Mercy Baby - Silly Dilly Woman (3:39)
26. Albert Scott - I'm So Glad You're Mine (2:02)
27. Frankie Lee Sims - Hey Little Girl (2:38)

CD 2:
01. Sammy Myers - My Love Is Here To Stay (Alternate Take) (2:35)
02. Sammy Myers - Sleeping In The Ground (Alternate Take) (2:57)
03. Alabama Red - Every Day I Have The Blues (2:44)
04. Unknown Male Singer #1 - I've Been Searchin' (2:38)
05. Edgar Blanchard - Honeycomb (2:17)
06. Unknown Male Singer #1 - I'll Never Leave Anymore (2:47)
07. Little Cameron - Annie Mae (Alternate Take) (2:46)
08. Albert Scott - I'm Leaving You Baby (2:39)
09. Unknown Male Singer #1 - Every Night About This Time (3:01)
10. Unknown Male Singer #3 - Standing At The Station (3:00)
11. H-Bomb Ferguson - Baby Please (2:25)
12. Johnny Littlejohn - Hideaway (2:22)
13. Unknown Female Singer - Take Me Back Baby (3:14)
14. Unknown Male Singer #1 - Three Long Years (3:15)
15. Sammy Myers - My Love Is Here To Stay (2:05)
16. Sammy Myers - Sleeping In The Ground (3:02)
17. Alabama Red - Driving Wheel (+ Message) (4:01)
18. Bad Smitty - Standing At The Crossroads (Alternate Take) (4:01)
19. Edgar Blanchard - Lonesome Guitar (Alternative Take) (2:32)
20. Billy Tate - Lifetime In Prison Pt. 1 (3:02)
21. Billy Tate - Lifetime In Prison Pt. 2 (3:05)
22. Little Cameron - Sittin' Here Worryin' (Alternate Take) (2:16)
23. Unknown Male Singer #2 - Little Boy Blue (2:40)
24. Unknown Male Singer #4 - Pathway Of Love (3:04)
25. Albert Scott - Right At Home (2:31)
26. Unknown Male Singer #1 - Whiskey And Woman (2:08)

Subtitled - Rare Blues From Ace Records. An attractively packaged mid-price 53 track double set, compiled and mastered from the extensive tape vaults of the legendary Ace Records. Featuring top names like Earl King, Lightnin' Slim, Big Boy Crudup, Fred Mc Dowell, Sammy Myers and H-Bomb Ferguson to name a few. These two CDs combine a host of rare tracks as well as alternate takes of some of their best known songs. 2002.

Shuckin' Stuff MP3
Shuckin' Stuff FLAC

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VA - Blue Highway: Paving The Way To Your Soul

Size: 173,8 MB
Time: 73:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01 James Harman - Night Ridin' Daddy (5:17)
02 Johnny Dyer & Rick Holmstrom - Hands Off (2:56)
03 Earl King - Medieval Days (3:46)
04 Solomon Burke - Letter From My Darling (5:02)
05 Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon - Are You Serious (5:17)
06 Guitar Shorty - I Just Can't Run Away From The Blues (4:25)
07 Mike Morgan & The Crawl - Just A Lil Bit Of Your Love (4:24)
08 Terrance Simien - Come Back Home (4:04)
09 Lynn August - Love At First Sight (3:24)
10 Robert Ward - Some Things (4:49)
11 Maria Muldaur - Cajun Moon (5:00)
12 Big Joe & The Dynaflows - Big Legs (4:08)
13 Lee Rocker's Big Blue - Shame, Shame, Shame (3:34)
14 Hollywood Fats - Red Headed Woman (4:29)
15 Bobby Parker - I've Got A Way With Women (6:02)
16 W.C. Clark - You've Got To Love Me (3:35)
17 Johnny Dyer & Rick Holmstrom - Guitar Boogie Shuffle Twist (3:32)

Blue Highway

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VA - (When You Find Love You’re) Feelin’ Good (KMCD41)

Size: 161,6 MB
Time: 67:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 The Cadillacs - My Girlfriend (1:55)
02 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good (2:53)
03 Gene & Eunice - I'm So In Love With You (2:30)
04 The Classics - Gosh, But This Is Love (1:57)
05 Clyde McPhatter - I Wanna Be The Only One (2:21)
06 Shirley & Lee - Don't You Know I Love You (2:23)
07 The Gallahads - Why Do Fools Fall In Love (2:25)
08 Otis Blackwell - Wake Up Fool (2:17)
09 J.B. Lenoir - I Have Married (2:26)
10 Julie Stevens & The Premiers - Crazy Bells (2:17)
11 The Jive Five - Do You Hear Wedding Bells (2:13)
12 Johnny Otis Congregation - Wedding Boogie (2:57)
13 The Jive Five - When I Was Single (2:11)
14 Titus Turner - We Told You Not To Marry (2:15)
15 Tiny Topsy - After Marriage Blues (2:20)
16 Guitar Slim - Twenty-Five Lies (2:13)
17 Roy Hamilton - You Can Have Her (2:47)
18 The Du-Droppers - Go Back (2:41)
19 Billy Ward & His Dominoes - I Ain't Gonna Cry For You (2:04)
20 Howlin' Wolf - Worried About My Baby (2:59)
21 Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones - Cryin' In The Morning (2:09)
22 Earl King - Baby, You Can Get Your Gun (2:09)
23 T.J. Fowler - Back Biter (2:37)
24 Leroy Foster - Locked Out Boogie (2:33)
25 Clyde McPhatter - Lover Please (2:00)
26 The Sunbeams - Come Back Baby (2:29)
27 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Bad (2:41)
28 Slim Gaillard - The Dirty Rooster (Fuck Off) (2:15)

The label Koko Mojo Records focuses on the release of classic and less well known songs from the rhythm & blues area. This collection, "When You Find Love You're Feelin 'Good", is about the magic of love, the magic of moments of getting to know each other. Accordingly, the happy dancing couple on the cover can also be understood, yes, you feel good. But if you open the cover, you can see the once so happily and enthusiastically transfigured man with two suitcases in his hands and his wife, who, a toddler and a baby, obviously points him out of the house. Yes, love can tip over.

And exactly these situations are represented on this sampler with the corresponding songs. "Feelin 'Good", "I'm So In Love With You" contrast with those with titles like "After Marriage Blues" or "Worried About My Baby". And once it was called "I Wanna Be The Only One", it will later be called "You Can Have Her". Yes, that's how life can play. "My Girlfriend" opens the dance, The Cadillacs sing the doo-wop robe clapping in one hand very happily.

Little Junior Parker's song is the namesake of this collection and sings it with its blues, which actually sounds exactly like Magic Sam's song , but at that time it was also often unclear who was actually the author of a piece. Over the course of the twenty-eight tracks, we continue to encounter wind-supported rhythm & blues, pop music with string arrangements, further doo wop tracks, another pure blues by JB Lenoir , who reports on his current marriage, or the Johnny Otis Congregation , who played with the "Wedding Boogie" lets some preachers have their say.

The mix of artists consists on the one hand of relatively unknown musicians such as Gene And Eunice , Tiny Topsy or The Sunbeams , but on the other hand Howlin 'Wolf , Earl King or Clyde McPhatter can also be heard. Ultimately, this compilation represents a representative image of the music scene of colored artists, with the typical sounds of the fifties. There are also some well-known melodies, especially I refer to titles like "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", originally by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers from 1956, here in a version of The Gallahads or "Lover Please " fromClyde McPhatter . So there is a colorful mood about love, happiness, wedding, passion and disappointments.

Feelin’ Good

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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

Motown's Blue Evolution

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VA - The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2: Gumbo Ya Ya

Size: 156.6+154,1+169,9+175,6 MB
Time: 65:37+64:33+71:27+73:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: R&B, Rock & Roll
Art: Front & Back

CD 1: One Night
01. Dave Bartholomew - Four Winds (2:25)
02. Smiley Lewis - One Night (2:20)
03. Fats Domino - I Can't Go On (2:15)
04. Fats Domino - Bo Weevil (2:10)
05. Dave Bartholomew - Shrimp And Gumbo (2:08)
06. The Spiders - Witchcraft (2:40)
07. Lloyd Price - Woe Ho Ho (2:24)
08. Little Richard - Miss Ann (2:20)
09. Smiley Lewis - She's Got Me Hook, Line And Sinker (2:29)
10. Roland Cook - Tell Me Baby (2:40)
11. Roland Cook - Hear My Plea (2:16)
12. Bobby Marchan - Chickee-Wah-Wah (2:20)
13. Bobby Marchan - Don't Take Your Love From Me (2:21)
14. Fats Domino - When My Dreamboat Comes Home (2:21)
15. Little Richard - Lucille (2:28)
16. Little Richard - All Around The World (1:57)
17. Little Richard - Shake A Hand (2:54)
18. Smiley Lewis - Mama Don't Like It (2:39)
19. Bobby Charles - Laura Lee (2:13)
20. Little Richard - Jenny Jenny (2:07)
21. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (2:14)
22. Little Richard - Baby Face (2:18)
23. Little Richard - By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (2:11)
24. Little Richard - Send Me Some Lovin' (2:22)
25. Sugar Boy Crawford - She's Got A Wobble (When She Walks) (2:15)
26. Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' (2:06)
27. Tommy Ridgley - When I Meet My Girl (2:11)
28. Bobby Marchan - Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain (2:20)

CD 2: Rockin' Pneumonia
01. Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (2:16)
02. Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (Pt. 2) (2:23)
03. Charles 'Hungry' Williams - Darling (2:21)
04. Charles 'Hungry' Willians - So Worried (2:15)
05. Lee Allen - Walkin' With Mr. Lee (2:26)
06. Lee Allen - Tic Toc (2:36)
07. Paul Gayten - Nervous Boogie (2:22)
08. Shirley & Lee - Rockin' With The Clock (2:39)
09. Eddie Bo - Walk That Walk (1:50)
10. T.V. Slim - Flatfoot Sam (2:14)
11. Paul Gayten - Tired Of Cryin' (2:57)
12. Paul Gayten - Just One More Chance (2:03)
13. Bobby Mitchell - I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (2:06)
14. Allen Toussaint - Java (1:57)
15. Little Booker - Teenage Rock (1:53)
16. Jerry Byrne - Lights Out (1:55)
17. Paul Gayten - Windy (1:47)
18. Joe Tex - You Little Baby Face Thing (2:26)
19. Art Neville - Zing, Zing (2:04)
20. Art Neville - Cha Dooky-Doo (2:42)
21. Eddie Bo - Oh, Oh (2:29)
22. Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns - Don't You Just Know It (2:33)
23. Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns - Don't You Know Yockomo (2:28)
24. Jimmy Clanton & His Rockets - Just A Dream (2:32)
25. Art Neville - What's Going On (2:03)
26. Art Neville - Arabian Love Call (2:25)
27. Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Lovin' (1:42)
28. Jimmy Clanton - A Letter To An Angel (2:53)

CD 3: Sea Cruise
01. Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise (2:47)
02. Frankie Ford - Roberta (2:28)
03. Eddie Bo - I Love To Rock 'n' Roll (2:27)
04. Lee Allen - Creole Alley (2:30)
05. Huey Smith & His Clowns - Would You Believe It (I Have A Cold) (2:22)
06. Joe & Ann - Gee Baby (2:52)
07. Frankie Ford - Alimony (2:25)
08. Fats Domino - I Want To Walk You Home (2:24)
09. Earl King - Everybody's Carried Away (2:17)
10. Johnny Adams - I Won't Cry (2:20)
11. Alvin 'Red' Tyler - Snake Eyes (2:30)
12. Mac Rebennack - Storm Warning (3:21)
13. Fats Domino - Be My Guest (2:05)
14. Charles Brown - Educated Fool (2:22)
15. Professor Longhair - Go To The Mardi Gras (2:56)
16. Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much (2:34)
17. Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Pts. 1 & 2) (4:28)
18. Jessie Hill - Whip It On Me (2:22)
19. Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns - For Crying' Out Loud (2:35)
20. Lee Dorsey - Lottie Mo (2:39)
21. Aaron Neville - Over You (2:18)
22. Frankie Ford - What's Goin' On (2:02)
23. Frankie Ford - Chinese Bandits (2:04)
24. Ernie K. Doe - Mother-In-Law (2:29)
25. Fats Domino - Walking To New Orleans (2:02)
26. Roy Montrell - Mudd (2:39)
27. Aaron Neville - Show Me The Way (2:33)
28. Big Boy Miles - New Orleans (2:22)

CD 4: It Will Stand
1. Aaron Neville - Even Though (Reality) (2:40)
02. Fats Domino - My Girl Josephine (2:08)
03. Irma Thomas - Cry On (2:30)
04. Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That (1:59)
05. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - But I Do (2:23)
06. Ernie K. Doe - Ta-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta (2:43)
07. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - You Always Hurt The One You Love (2:31)
08. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Lonely Street (2:14)
09. Alvin 'Red' Tyler & The Gyros - Peanut Vendor (2:09)
10. Alvin 'Red' Tyler & The Gyros - Junk Village (2:33)
11. Fats Domino - Let The Four Winds Blow (2:04)
12. Irma Thomas - It's Too Soon To Know (3:38)
13. Aaron Neville - Let's Live (2:41)
14. Chris Kenner - Something You Got (2:52)
15. Ernie K. Doe - I Cried My Last Tear (2:15)
16. Ernie K. Doe - A Certain Girl (2:48)
17. Diamond Joe - Moanin' And Screamin' (Pts. 1 & 2) (6:44)
18. Willie Harper - New Kind Of Love (2:20)
19. Joe Barry - I'm A Fool To Care (2:22)
20. Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya (2:28)
21. The Showmen - It Will Stand (2:18)
22. The Showmen - Country Fool (1:55)
23. Joe (Mr.G) August - Everything Happens At Night (2:36)
24. Lee Dorsey - Do-Re-Mi (2:15)
25. The Del-Royals - Always Naggin' (2:43)
26. Jessie Hill - Oogsey Moo (2:47)
27. Barbara George - I Know (2:22)
28. Barbara George - Something You Got (2:45)

A staggering 112 song collection of music recorded by the person who put New Orleans on the musical map and helped launch the careers of many famous artists.

Cosimo Matassa recorded nearly all the New Orleans R & B and Rock 'N' Roll classics that emanated from one of his four recording studios during the Crescent City's golden age.

Encompassing artists like Little Richard, Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Art Neville, Huey 'Piano' Smith and many more, this 4CD compilation is bursting with monster hits that shaped the music of today.

The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2 Part 1
The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2 Part 2

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Earl King - More Than Gold: The Complete 1955-1962 Ace & Imperial Singles (Remastered Edition)

Source: CD
Size: 190,0 MB
Time: 78:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues, R&B, Soul, Rock
Art: Full

01. Come On (Remastered) (4:30)
02. Love Me Now (Remastered) (2:00)
03. Everybody's Carried Away (Remastered) (2:16)
04. Little Girl (Remastered) (2:20)
05. Is Everything Alright (Remastered) (2:50)
06. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (Remastered) (2:26)
07. Well'o Well'O Well'O Baby (Remastered) (2:39)
08. I'll Never Get Tired (Remastered) (2:24)
09. Trick Bag (Remastered) (2:44)
10. Buddy It's Time To Go (Remastered) (2:17)
11. The Things That I Used To Do (Remastered) (2:56)
12. I'll Take You Back Home (Remastered) (2:56)
13. You Can Fly High (Remastered) (2:17)
14. Come Along With Me (Remastered) (2:22)
15. You Better Know (Remastered) (2:06)
16. My Love Is Strong (Remastered) (2:29)
17. Mama And Papa (Remastered) (2:19)
18. You're More To Me Than Gold (Remastered) (2:42)
19. Those Lonely, Lonely Feelings (Remastered) (2:39)
20. Don't You Know You're Wrong (Remastered) (2:34)
21. Baby You Can Get Your Gun (Remastered) (2:09)
22. It Must Have Been Love (Remastered) (2:37)
23. Always A First Time (Remastered) (2:33)
24. A Case Of Love (Remastered) (2:06)
25. Mother Told Me Not To Go (Remastered) (2:24)
26. We Are Just Good Friends (Remastered) (2:25)
27. Weary Silent Night (Remastered) (2:38)
28. I Met A Stranger (Remastered) (2:40)
29. I Can't Help Myslf (Remastered) (2:28)
30. Don't Cry My Friend (Remastered) (2:22)
31. Don't You Lose It (Remastered) (2:35)

THE COMPLETE 1955-1962 ACE & IMPERIAL SINGLES One of the cornerstones of New Orleans blues and R&B, the great Earl King was a superb all-around singer, an unorthodox guitarist, and an inventive songwriter. He composed well-known standards such as “Come On” (which would later be covered by Jimi Hendrix on his album Electric Ladyland), “Those Lonely, Lonely Nights,” and “Big Chief” (Professor Longhair would record the most celebrated version of the latter song in 1964), just to name a few. King exemplified the funkier Crescent City sound of the time, too. This essential CD compiles all of the singles he made for the Imperial and Ace labels, between 1955 and 1962. This collector’s release also contains four additional sides by King from that period, cut for the small imprints Rex, Vin, and Post. All of these wonderful numbers form the building blocks of Earl King’s legendary musical legacy.

More Than Gold

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Earl King - Sexual Telepathy

Year: 1990
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:44
Size: 94,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Old Mr. Bad Luck (3:06)
2. I'll Take You Back Home (2:41)
3. A Weary Silent Night (3:02)
4. Time For The Sun To Rise (4:47)
5. No One More For The Road (3:12)
6. Going Public (3:18)
7. Love Is The Way Of Life (4:13)
8. Sexual Telepathy (3:53)
9. Happy Little Nobody's Waggy Tail Dog (4:27)
10. Always A First Time (3:49)
11. Make A Better World (4:09)

Reunited with a more sympathetic New Orleans rhythm section (bassist George Porter Jr., and drummer Kenny Blevins) and a funkier horn section, King excelled handsomely on this uncommonly strong outing. As we've come to expect from him, he brought a sheaf of new originals to the sessions, from a saucy "Sexual Telepathy" to a heartwarming "Happy Little Nobody's Waggy Tail Dog." Remakes of his "Always a First Time" and "A Weary Silent Night" were welcome inclusions (especially since we can't easily lay our hands on the originals!). /Bill Dahl, AllMusic

Sexual Telepathy mc
Sexual Telepathy zippy

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Earl King - New Orleans Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:26
Size: 110.9 MB
Styles: R&B, New Orleans blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:43] 1. Mother's Love
[2:55] 2. Part Of Me
[3:32] 3. Am I Your Dog
[3:20] 4. Fallin'
[3:52] 5. I'm Gonna Keep On Trying
[3:28] 6. Love Look Out For Me
[3:03] 7. Mama & Papa
[2:47] 8. Medieval Days
[4:28] 9. Some People
[3:12] 10. Street Parade
[2:35] 11. Do The Grind
[2:38] 12. Real McCoy
[2:57] 13. Up On The Hill
[3:23] 14. This Is What I Call Living
[3:25] 15. You Make Me Feel Good

Recorded at Sea-Saint Studios in 1972 with Allen Toussaint producing and the Meters also on board, New Orleans Blues is somewhat of a lost album for Crescent City singer and guitarist Earl King. The project was originally supposed to be released on Atlantic Records but never materialized, and only the wonderfully ragged and funky "Street Parade" officially saw the light of day as a single on Toussaint's Kansu label. It's a shame the album never appeared, because the combination of King and Toussaint is pure dynamite, with Toussaint's trademark horn charts pulling the best from King's expressive voice and elegant guitar work. Track after track is marvelous, stopping just short of funk and absolutely dripping with New Orleans soul. King revisits two of his older hits, "A Mother's Love," which he originally recorded for Specialty Records in 1954, and "Mama and Papa," which he cut in 1962 for Imperial Records, and in both cases the songs are recast and redefined by Toussaint's sympathetic, atmospheric production. "Fallin'" has an impressive emotional balance, while the odd "Medieval Days" shows King could handle complicated narrative material with ease, although he is at his best on powerfully soulful ballads like "You Make Me Feel Good," the closing track here. Given the history of these sessions, it is remarkable to hear how well it all fits together, and it is difficult to imagine why Atlantic didn't release it at the time. King never sounded better than he did at these sessions, and that's saying something. ~Steve Leggett

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Earl King - Hard River To Cross

Year: 1993
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:50
Size: 121,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Medieval Days (3:45)
2. Seduction (5:03)
3. Hard River To Cross (5:11)
4. Clairvoyant Lady (3:01)
5. It Hurts To Love Someone (4:32)
6. No City Like New Orleans (4:34)
7. You Better Know (3:09)
8. Big Foot (3:40)
9. Your Love Means More To Me Than Gold (5:00)
10. I'm Still Holding On (4:38)
11. Handy Wrap (4:51)
12. Love Can Save The World (5:19)

Earl King certainly remains one of New Orleans' more distinctive artists, having evolved from a disciple of Guitar Slim to one of the Crescent City’s most important songwriters, and a distinctive performer. Hard River to Cross, his new Black Top release, is another welcome helping of his unique, often quirky, but always intriguing music. King’s recent songs show a maturity in themes and lyrics that provide for tasty, funk-laden blues and soul, and still retain a distinct “New Orleans” flavor.

Most of the songs here are new, like the title track, "Seduction Lady" and "Big Foot", although he does a few remakes of such older gems as "Medieval Days", "You Better Know", and "You’re Love Means More to Me Than Gold", as well as Guitar Slim’s "It Hurts To Love Someone". King has never been a flamboyant guitarist in the manner of Guitar Slim, rather his carefully crafted, thoughtful solos serve to enhance his lyrics and vocals rather than dominate them.

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VA - A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues

Size: 148,2153,6 MB
Time: 62:16+64:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: R&B, Blues, Soul, Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Arthur Alexander - A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues (1:59)
02 Eugene Church - Pretty Girls Everywhere (2:58)
03 Clyde McPhatter - Stop (2:01)
04 Eddie Bo - Every Dog Has Its Day (2:17)
05 Ike & Tina Turner - A Fool In Love (2:34)
06 Etta James - Next Door To The Blues (2:44)
07 Little Willie John - Leave My Kitten Alone (2:31)
08 Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk (2:44)
09 Lula Reed - Your Love Keeps A-Working On Me (2:28)
10 Bo Didley - I Can Tell (3:06)
11 Nappy Brown - Don't Be Angry (2:24)
12 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Money (That's What I Want) (3:44)
13 Charles Sheffield - It's Your Voodoo Working (1:46)
14 Rosco Gordon - Just A Little Bit (2:04)
15 Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step (2:42)
16 Ruth Brown - I Burned Your Letter (2:43)
17 King, Bobby - Thanks Mr Postman (2:44)
18 Betty James - I'm A Little Mixed Up (2:48)
19 Howlin' Wolf - I've Been Abused (2:14)
20 Baby Washington - Your Mama Knows What's Right (1:53)
21 The Del Vikings - Confession Of Love (2:21)
22 Lavern Baker - Humpty Dumpty Heart (2:32)
23 Benny Spellman - Fortune Teller (2:09)
24 Earl King - Trick Bag (2:38)
25 Buddy Guy - The Treasure Untold (2:00)

CD 2:
01 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Broke And Lonely (2:56)
02 Etta James - Seven Day Fool (2:53)
03 Albert King - This Morning (2:08)
04 Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover (2:43)
05 Royal J. Abbit - Send Me Somebody (3:25)
06 James Brown - Night Train (3:13)
07 Lavern Baker - Love Me Right (1:57)
08 Eugene Church - I Ain't Goin' For That (2:17)
09 Nappy Brown - Little By Little (2:33)
10 Baby Washington - Hush Heart (2:10)
11 Richard Berry - Have Love, Will Travel (2:37)
12 Marv Johnson - Come To Me (2:20)
13 Clyde McPhatter - Tomorrow Is A-Comin' (2:23)
14 Ruth Brown - Somebody Touched Me (2:27)
15 Little Walter - My Babe (2:31)
16 Aaron Neville - Humdinger (2:38)
17 Thurston Harris - Over And Over (2:15)
18 The Midnighters - Work With Me Annie (2:45)
19 Ben E. King - A Help Each Other Romance (2:42)
20 Little Willie John - Let Nobody Love You (2:49)
21 El Pauling - Come On Let's Have A Good Time (2:42)
22 Bill Doggett - Hold It (2:29)
23 Irma Thomas - Don't Mess With My Man (2:17)
24 Freddie King - You Can't Hide (2:56)
25 Bobby Parker - Steal Yourt Heart Away (2:22)

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Various Artists - Antone's: Clifford's Picks

Year: 2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:55
Size: 154,8 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Doyle Bramhall - Too Sorry (2:46)
2. Toni Price - Chain Of Love (3:37)
3. Miss Lavelle White - You Gonna Make Me Cry (4:45)
4. Kim Wilson - If I Should Lose You (3:24)
5. Sue Foley - Gone Blind (3:44)
6. Matt Murphy - Way Down South (4:34)
7. ZuZu Bollin - Hey Little Girl (3:37)
8. Lazy Lester - Irene (3:45)
9. James Cotton - Call It Stormy Monday (6:48)
10. Barbara Lynn - I'm A Good Woman (3:17)
11. Doug Sahm - She Put The Hurt On Me (2:45)
12. Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton & Angela Strehli - I Idolize You (3:37)
13. Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy (4:18)
14. Memphis Slim - Having Fun (4:22)
15. Pinetop Perkins - Ida B (7:20)
16. Earl King - Things I Used To Do (4:12)

When Clifford Antone talks about the blues, folks listen. And when he speaks, he uses superlatives that he has earned the right to use. For the last quarter-century, the Port Arthur native has struggled to give blues a home and at the end of the century, the club, a record store and recording label bear his name in Austin. Not too shabby for a man who just wanted to give back a little of what he got from the blues.

"One of the things I have been trying to deal with all my life is why we don't honor these great musicians. It's just a real shame. How can anybody see Barbara Lynn and not want to make her one of the biggest stars in America?" Sadly, the ailing reply is that artists like Barbara Lynn, Lazy Lester, and Lavelle White aren't heard enough.

Fortunately, Cliff's Picks will remedy that social ill with 16 of the finest doses of the blues recorded over the last 15 years from performers like Memphis Slim and Eddie Taylor to Sue Foley. "I recorded everyone - Angela, James Cotton, even recorded a Kim Wilson album before 1986", says Clifford Antone. "There is so much history in the Antone's vaults, it's unbelievable." Small wonder then that Clifford Antone's label asked him to choose his favorites. /Excerpt from the liner notes

(Note: There is also another version of this album entitled "Cliff's Picks", also released in 2000, containing 14 tracks plus a bonus track featuring a 15 minutes interview with Clifford Antone.)

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Various - The Rough Guide To The Music Of New Orleans

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 101:27
Size: 232.3 MB
Styles: New Orleans Blues, Funk, R&B
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:15] 1. Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo
[3:10] 2. The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py
[3:12] 3. Earl King - Street Parade
[3:42] 4. Big Chief Monk Boudreaux - Monk's Mardi Gras
[4:41] 5. Big Chief Monk Boudreaux - Zulu King
[5:03] 6. Kermit Ruffins - Tremé Mardi Gras
[6:32] 7. Papa Grows Fun - Soul Second Line
[4:59] 8. New Orleans Nightcrawlers - - Hold 'em Joe
[4:57] 9. The Hot 8 Brass Band - Sexual Healing
[4:44] 10. Dumpstaphunk - Sheez Music
[4:11] 11. Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen - When You Get Back
[3:54] 12. Los Hombres Calientes - El Barrio
[3:50] 13. Professor Longhair - Big Chief
[3:56] 14. Dr. John - Mac's Boogie
[5:48] 15. Dr. Michael White - Basin Street Blues
[5:54] 16. Dumpstaphunk - Shake It Off
[3:57] 17. Dumpstaphunk - Meanwhile..
[6:16] 18. Dumpstaphunk - Stinky
[4:44] 19. Dumpstaphunk - Turn This Thing Around
[5:00] 20. Dumpstaphunk - Deeper
[4:44] 21. Dumpstaphunk - Oughta Know Better
[5:46] 22. Dumpstaphunk - Livin Ina Worl Gone Mad

From the 19th century African music gatherings in Congo Square to the birth of jazz and its offshoots, New Orleans is one of America's most important music cities, and with the Rough Guide to the Music of New Orleans collection, listeners get a well-rounded taste of the Crescent City's musical gumbo. The collection touches on traditional jazz torchbearers (Dr. Michael White), classic R&B (Jessie Hill, Earl King), down-home funk (the Meters), Mardi Gras-ready brass players (Kermit Ruffins, Hot 8 Brass Band), global-influenced groovers (Los Hombres Calientes), and artists on the rise (Papa Grows Funk). ~Chrysta Cherrie

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VA - Louisiana Sounds: 50 Classics Of Louisiana Music (1953-1960)

Size: 152,4+141,3 MB
Time: 64:21+59:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues, Rockabilly, R&B, Cajun
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow - Bon Ton Roulet (2:53)
02 Sugar Boy Crawford - Jock-A-Mo (2:24)
03 Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Stomp (2:54)
04 Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used To Do (2:57)
05 Clifton Chenier - Country Bred (Nobody Loves Me) (2:25)
06 Boozoo Chavis - Paper In My Shoe (2:12)
07 Hawketts - Mardi Gras Mambo (2:11)
08 Bobby Charles - See You Later, Alligator (2:47)
09 Earl King - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (2:22)
10 Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knocking (2:30)
11 Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Ain't Got No Home (2:22)
12 Bobby Charles - Take It Easy, Greasy (2:10)
13 Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee (3:01)
14 Al Ferrier - Hey Baby (2:21)
15 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Pt. 1 (2:13)
16 Lloyd Price - Just Because (2:44)
17 Jimmy C. Newman - A Falling Star (2:14)
18 Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It (2:46)
19 The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace (2:22)
20 Lightnin' Slim - My Starter Won't Work (2:48)
21 Cookie & The Cupcakes - Mathilda (3:09)
22 Lazy Lester - I'm A Lover Not A Fighter (2:42)
23 Lightnin' Slim - It's Mighty Crazy (2:33)
24 Warren Storm - Mama, Mama Look What Your Little Boy's Done (2:19)
25 Jimmy Clanton - A Letter To An Angel (2:51)

CD 2:
01 Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise (2:42)
02 Lazy Lester - Sugar Coated Love (2:43)
03 Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns - Don't You Just Know It (2:28)
04 Jimmy Clanton - Just A Dream (2:28)
05 Warren Storm - Prisoner Song (2:49)
06 Cookie & The Cupcakes - Until Then (2:29)
07 Rod Bernard - This Should Go On Forever (2:43)
08 Jivin' Gene - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (2:25)
09 John Fred & His Playboy Band - Shirley (1:50)
10 Rod Bernard - Pardon Mr. Gordon (2:05)
11 Lightnin' Slim - Rooster Blues (2:30)
12 Phil Phillips - Sea Of Love (2:20)
13 Al Terry - Watchdog (2:03)
14 Johnny Preston - Running Bear (2:35)
15 Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much (2:29)
16 Slim Harpo - Rainin' In My Heart (2:31)
17 Fats Domino - Walking To New Orleans (2:01)
18 Cleveland Crochet - Sugar Bee (2:29)
19 Johnny Preston - Cradle Of Love (2:18)
20 Big Boy Myles - New Orleans (2:24)
21 Jimmy Clanton - Another Sleepless Night (2:10)
22 Charles Sheffield - It's Your Voodoo Working (1:46)
23 Joe Barry - I'm A Fool To Care (2:17)
24 Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - (I Don't Know Why) But I Do (2:17)
25 Rusty Kershaw - Louisiana Man (2:31)

The leading sounds of New Orleans rub shoulders with the swamp blues of Baton Rouge to get the musical gumbo of blues, pop, Cajun and rockabilly you get recorded her on this superb 2CD set from Jasmine. Features such international stars as Slim Harpo, Fats Domino, Johnny Preston and many more. If you are a fan of diverse and influential music then look no further than the indigenous music that came from the great State of Louisiana.

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Earl King & Roomful Of Blues - Glazed

Year: 1986/1988
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:36
Size: 94,3 MB
Styles: Blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. It All Went Down The Drain (4:31)
2. Your Love Was Never There (4:52)
3. Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime (3:07)
4. Love Rent (4:10)
5. Three Can Play The Game (3:32)
6. Iron Cupid (3:11)
7. Somebody's Got A Tail (3:54)
8. I Met A Stranger (3:13)
9. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (3:05)
10. There's Been Some Lonely, Lonely Nights (3:17)
11. One Step Beyond Love (3:39)

Earl King and Roomful of Blues fit like a hand inside a glove and this is the proof. The New England-based band frequently played Tipitina’s in the early 1980s, and producer Hammond Scott and myself would pick Earl up at the Tastee Donuts shop on Louisiana Avenue and usher him over to 501 Napoleon on those evenings. Anyone who saw and heard Earl jam with Roomful there will tell you that it was some of the most memorable music they ever heard. Getting Earl together with the band in the studio was no-brainer. He had a book full of great new material for the 1986 session and it’s displayed here.

The set opens with the magnificent “It All Went Down the Drain,” a song that describes a doomed love affair in a way only Earl King could. In fact love — the lack of it, the procurement of it, the retention of it, and the management of it — is a common theme here, as songs like “Love Rent,” “Iron Cupid” and “Three Can Play the Game” demonstrate. King covers himself a couple times — ”I Met a Stranger” and “Lonely, Lonely Nights” — and there’s even a “new” Carnival song, “Mardi Gras in New Orleans” (King pronounced it “Mardi Graws”).

With five horns, Roomful of Blues provided a big, punchy sound, and they covered the quirky rhythms King demanded to a tee. In fact, there’s only one straight blues and that’s the instrumental “Somebody’s Got a Tail.” Needless to say, the success of Glazed got King out of the donut shop a lot more as he toured Japan and Europe after its release. Even though Black Top issued two more King albums, he wouldn’t surpass these recordings. This is one of the 10 best New Orleans R&B albums recorded in the last 30 years. If you missed this the first time around or you want a reminder of how talented Earl King was, you should be all over this one. /Jeff Hannusch, OffBeat Magazine

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Earl King - Let The Good Times Roll: Singles As & Bs 1955-1962

Size: 183,7 MB
Time: 77:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues, R&B, Soul, Rock
Art: Front

01. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (2:22)
02. Baby You Can Get Your Gun (2:06)
03. Everybody Got To Cry (Handsome Earl) (2:46)
04. I Met A Stranger (Handsome Earl) (2:37)
05. Little Girl (2:17)
06. My Love Is Strong (2:28)
07. It Must Have Been Love (2:33)
08. I'll Take You Back Home (2:53)
09. Mother Told Me Not To Go (2:21)
10. Is Everything Alright (2:46)
11. Those Lonely, Lonely Feelings (2:36)
12. You Can Fly High (2:13)
13. Well O Well O Well O Baby (2:36)
14. I'll Never Get Tired (2:21)
15. Everybody's Carried Away (2:13)
16. A Weary Silent Night (2:35)
17. Don't You Know You're Wrong (2:27)
18. Buddy It's Time To Go (2:14)
19. Darling Honey Angel Child (2:21)
20. I Can't Help Myself (2:24)
21. Come On, Pt. 1 & 2 (4:25)
22. Love Me Now (1:57)
23. The Things That I Used To Do (2:53)
24. You're More To Me Than Gold (2:38)
25. Come Along With Me (2:19)
26. You Better Know (2:02)
27. Mama And Papa (2:17)
28. Trick Bag (2:40)
29. Always A First Time (2:24)
30. We Are Just Friends (2:21)
31. Case Of Love (2:00)

Earl King was an important figure in New Orleans musical history not just for his guitar technique and recordings but also for his song writing talents. Here then are the complete singles he released between 1955 and 1962. Here are 31 examples of his legacy, 30 of which he wrote himself including the hits "Those Lonely, Lonely Nights", "Always A First Time", "Trick Bag" which was later revived by Robert Palmer and "Come On (Part 1 & Part 2)" which went on to be covered by guitar stars Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Anson Funderburgh. Several tracks are making their CD debut (at the time of release).

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Earl King - A Part Of Me

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:27
Size: 124.7 MB
Styles: New Orleans blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:37] 1. I Am Your Dog, Pt. 1
[3:04] 2. A Part Of Me
[3:34] 3. You Make Me Feel Good
[3:32] 4. This Is What I Call Living
[2:57] 5. Medieval Days
[3:24] 6. I Am Your Dog, Pt. 2
[3:11] 7. Mama And Papa
[2:50] 8. A Mother's Love
[3:10] 9. I'm Going Keep On Trying
[2:46] 10. The Real Mccoy
[2:43] 11. Do The Grind
[3:07] 12. Up On The Hill
[3:37] 13. Some People Are
[3:33] 14. Love Look Out For Me
[3:00] 15. Fallin
[6:15] 16. Street Parade

The son of a blues pianist, King became an accomplished guitarist and singer with local bands before making his first recordings in 1953 for Savoy Records (‘Have You Gone Crazy’, credited to Earl Johnson) and Specialty Records (‘A Mother’s Love’). Strongly influenced by Guitar Slim, during the mid-50s he worked with Huey Smith’s band and recorded his biggest hit, ‘Those Lonely Lonely Nights’, with Smith on piano; this was on Johnny Vincent’s Ace Records label, for whom King was house guitarist. In 1958, he made a version of ‘Everyone Has To Cry Sometime’ as Handsome Earl. He went on to record for Rex and Imperial Records where he made ‘Come On’ aka ‘Let The Good Times Roll’ and the R&B hits ‘Always A First Time’ and ‘Trick Bag’ (1962) which featured King’s influential guitar figures. He was also starting to enjoy success as a songwriter, composing the Lee Dorsey hit ‘Do-Re-Mi’, ‘He’s Mine’ for Bernadine Washington, ‘Big Chief’ recorded by Professor Longhair and ‘Teasin’ You’, Willie Tee’s 1965 R&B hit. Jimmy Clanton, Dr. John and Fats Domino were others who recorded King compositions.

During the 60s and early 70s, King himself made recordings for Amy, Wand Records, Atlantic Records and Motown Records, although the Allen Toussaint-produced Atlantic session was not released until 1981 and the Motown tracks remain unissued. King remained active in later decades, recording for the Black Top label, including a session with Roomful Of Blues. King died in April 2003 of complications from diabetes.

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VA - Everybody's Got The Blues (Blues People 1953-1954)

Size: 103,9 MB
Time: 40:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Linda Hayes - Yes I Know (2:51)
02 H-Bomb Ferguson - You Made Me Baby (2:31)
03 Arthur Gunter - Baby Let's Play House (2:42)
04 Dixie Doodlers - Best Of Friends (2:40)
05 Arthur Gunter - Blues After Hours (2:27)
06 John Brim - Bus Driver (2:51)
07 Louis Brooks & The Hi-Toppers - Bus Station Blues (2:31)
08 Baby Boy Warren - Chicken (3:08)
09 Kid King's Combo - Choclate Sundae (2:34)
10 James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues (3:00)
11 Johnny Howard - Dark Night Blues (2:26)
12 The El-Rays - Darling I Know (2:52)
13 The Blue Flamers - Driving Down The Highway (2:37)
14 Earl King - Eating And Sleepin (2:14)
15 Melvin Smith - Everybody's Got The Blues (2:40)

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Various Artists - Cracking The Cosimo Code: 60s New Orleans R&B And Soul

Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:30
Size: 147,7 MB
Styles: R&B, soul
Scans: Full

1. Jesse Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo (4:35)
2. Eddie Bo - I Got To Know (2:52)
3. Earl King - Trick Bag (2:42)
4. Blazer Boy - New Orleans Twist (2:02)
5. Chris Kenner - Something You Got (2:51)
6. The Party Boys - We Got A Party (Part 2) (3:04)
7. Reggie Hall - The Joke (2:28)
8. Danny White - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (3:09)
9. Barbara Lynn - Second Fiddle Girl (1:59)
10. Willie West - You Told Me (2:16)
11. The Tick Tocks - Gonna Get You Yet (2:12)
12. Berna-Dean - This Is The City (2:20)
13. Oliver Morgan - Who Shot The LaLa (2:54)
14. Dave Bartholomew & His Orchestra - The Monkey Speaks His Mind (2:43)
15. Ronnie Barron - Did She Mention My Name (2:46)
16. Lee Dorsey - Get Out Of My Life Woman (2:33)
17. June Gardner - 99 Plus One (2:18)
18. Willie Tee - Teasin' You (2:45)
19. Robert Parker - Barefootin' (2:36)
20. Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (2:42)
21. Earl King - Poor Sam (2:11)
22. Johnny Adams - Release Me (2:52)
23. Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham - Lover & A Friend (2:39)
24. Joe Haywood - Play A Cornbread Song For Me And My Baby (2:50)

A compilation of tremendous New Orleans R&B and soul recordings in the post-Fats Domino era by Cosimo Code website founders: author John Broven, Red Soul Detective Kelly and John Sir Shambling Ridley. The website (www.cosimocode.com) is devoted to collating the 1960s recordings made at the studios of Grammy winner and hall of famer Cosimo Matassa. The master number code was cracked by Scotsman Davie Gordon with help from Ace Records Peter Gibbon, and inspired by the New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Record Label Listings publication by Ace's Ray Topping.

The newly remastered pivotal New Orleans hits by Jessie Hill, Lee Dorsey, Robert Parker and Aaron Neville are joined by influential local recordings by Earl King, Reggie Hall, Danny White, Oliver Morgan, Willie Tee and Johnny Adams. The Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham track is a big funk anthem. Among the lesser-known recordings are those by the Party Boys, Joe Haywood, Dave Bartholomew (with a hot remake of his favourite, The Monkey ) and Ronnie Barron (whose Did She Mention My Name is written and produced by Mac Dr John Rebennack). Features stellar producers Allen Toussaint, Harold Battiste, Dave Bartholomew and notably Wardell Quezergue, with outstanding session men including Nat Perilliat and Red Tyler (saxes), George Davis (guitar) and Smokey Johnson (drums).

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Earl King - New Orleans Street Talkin'

Year: 1997
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:14
Size: 101,5 MB
Styles: Blues, soul-blues
Scans: Full

1. It All Went Down The Drain (4:31)
2. Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime (3:09)
3. Clairvoyant Lady (3:02)
4. Sexual Telepathy (3:55)
5. Love Is The Way Of Life (4:14)
6. Medieval Days (3:47)
7. Time For The Sun To Rise (4:49)
8. Old Mr. Bad Luck (3:08)
9. Always A First Time (3:50)
10. Hard River To Cross (5:13)
11. No City Like New Orleans (4:32)

Highly respected around his Crescent City home base as both a performer and a songwriter, guitarist Earl King was a prime New Orleans R&B force for more than four decades. Born Earl Johnson, the youngster considered the platters of Texas guitarists T-Bone Walker and Gatemouth Brown almost as fascinating as the live performances of local luminaries Smiley Lewis and Tuts Washington. King met his major influence and mentor, Guitar Slim, at the Club Tijuana, one of King's favorite haunts (along with the Dew Drop, of course), and the two became fast friends. Still billed as Earl Johnson, the guitarist debuted on wax in 1953 on Savoy with "Have You Gone Crazy" (with pal Huey "Piano" Smith making the first of many memorable supporting appearances on his platters).

Johnson became Earl King upon signing with Specialty the next year (label head Art Rupe intended to name him King Earl, but the typesetter reversed the names). "A Mother's Love," King's first Specialty offering, was an especially accurate Guitar Slim homage produced by Johnny Vincent, who would soon launch his own label, Ace Records, with King one of his principal artists. King's first Ace single, the seminal two-chord south Louisiana blues "Those Lonely, Lonely Nights" proved a national R&B hit (despite a soundalike cover by Johnny "Guitar" Watson). Smith's rolling piano undoubtedly helped make the track a hit.

King remained with Ace through the rest of the decade, waxing an unbroken string of great New Orleans R&B sides with the unparalleled house band at Cosimo's studio. But he moved over to Imperial to work with producer Dave Bartholomew in 1960, cutting the classic "Come On" (also known as "Let the Good Times Roll") and 1961's humorous "Trick Bag," and managing a second chart item in 1962 with "Always a First Time." King wrote stand-out tunes for Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, and Lee Dorsey during the '60s. Although a potential 1963 pact with Motown was scuttled at the last instant, King admirably rode out the rough spots during the late '60s and '70s. In the '90s, he rejuvenated his career by signing with Black Top; 1990's Sexual Telepathy, and Hard River to Cross three years later, were both superlative albums. He died in April 2003 of complications from diabetes. /Bio by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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