H-Bomb Ferguson - Rock, H-Bomb, Rock!!!

Size: 186,9 MB
Time: 79:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Jump blues, R&B
Art: Front, inside, tray, cd

1. Rock, H-Bomb, Rock (2:09)
2. Work For My Baby (2:12)
3. Give It Up (2:29)
4. No Sackie Sack (2:26)
5. Bookie's Blues (2:16)
6. Good Time Gal (2:24)
7. Preachin' The Blues (2:12)
8. Crying Over You (2:53)
9. Good Lovin' (2:15)
10. Hard Lovin' Woman (2:12)
11. Lady Queen (2:35)
12. Hot Kisses (2:25)
13. Little Tiger (2:09)
14. I Love My Baby (2:51)
15. Mary, Little Mary (2:28)
16. Big City Blues (2:23)
17. Slowly Going Crazy (2:29)
18. I'm So Lonely (2:37)
19. Life Is Hard (2:40)
20. Midnight Ramblin' Tonight (2:17)
21. Feel Like I Do (2:35)
22. Spaghetti And Meat Ball (2:33)
23. New Way Blues (2:11)
24. My Brown Frame Baby (2:21)
25. I'm Crying Boo Boo Hoo (2:32)
26. On My Way (3:09)
27. The Mess Around (2:20)
28. I Need You Baby (1:48)
29. Sundown Blues (2:54)
30. My Love (2:58)
31. Wine Head (2:54)
32. Tortured Love (2:45)

His extroverted antics and multi-colored fright wig might invite the instant dismissal of Cincinnati-based singer Robert "H-Bomb" Ferguson as some sort of comic lightweight. In reality, he's one of the last survivors of the jump blues era whose once-slavish Wynonie Harris imitations have mellowed into a highly distinctive vocal delivery of his own. Ferguson's dad, a reverend, paid for piano lessons for his son, demanding he stick to sacred melodies on the 88s. Fat chance - by age 19, Bobby was on the road with Joe Liggins & the Honeydrippers. When they hit New York, Ferguson branched off on his own. Comedian Nipsey Russell, then emcee at Harlem's Baby Grand Club, got the singer a gig at the nightspot. Back then, Ferguson was billed as "the Cobra Kid."

Singles for Derby, Atlas, and Prestige preceded a 1951-1952 hookup with Savoy Records that produced some of Ferguson's best waxings. Most of them were obvious Harris knockoffs, but eminently swinging ones with top-flight backing (blasting saxists Purvis Henson and Count Hastings were aboard the dates). Drummer Jack "The Bear" Parker, who played on the Savoy dates, allegedly bestowed the singer with his explosive monicker. Other accounts credit Savoy producer Lee Magid with coining H-Bomb's handle; either way, his dynamite vocals fulfilled the billing.

Ferguson eventually made Cincinnati his home, recording for Finch, Big Bang, ARC, and the far more prestigious Federal in 1960. H-Bomb terminated his touring schedule in the early '70s. When he returned from premature retirement, his unique wig-wearing shtick (inspired by Rick James' coiffure) was in full bloom. Backed by his fine young band, the Medicine Men, Ferguson waxed his long-overdue debut album, Wiggin' Out, for Chicago's Earwig logo in 1993. It showed him to be as wild as ever (witness the gloriously sleazy "Meatloaf"), a talented pianist to boot, and more his own man than ever before. H-Bomb became a regular on the blues and R&B festival circuit, keeping Cincinnati as his home base until his death there on November 26, 2006. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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H-Bomb Ferguson - Wiggin' Out

Size: 136,2 MB
Time: 58:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

1. Midnight Ramblin' Tonight (2:28)
2. Over You, Losin' My Mind (4:30)
3. Shake Your Apple Tree (4:03)
4. Heart In My Hand (4:12)
5. Meatloaf (4:20)
6. I Got A Love (2:57)
7. My Brown Frame Baby (2:57)
8. Go 'Head On (2:55)
9. Love Her, Don't Shove Her (2:07)
10. Don't Leave Me (4:08)
11. He Say, She Say (5:20)
12. Leavin' You Tomorrow (5:53)
13. Ha Ha Ha, I Don't Want You No More (4:55)
14. Foolin' Around (3:25)
15. Moon, Shine On Me (4:20)

His extroverted antics and multi-colored fright wig might invite the instant dismissal of Cincinnati-based singer Robert "H-Bomb" Ferguson as some sort of comic lightweight. In reality, he's one of the last survivors of the jump blues era whose once-slavish Wynonie Harris imitations have mellowed into a highly distinctive vocal delivery of his own. Ferguson's dad, a reverend, paid for piano lessons for his son, demanding he stick to sacred melodies on the 88s. Fat chance -- by age 19, Bobby was on the road with Joe Liggins & the Honeydrippers. When they hit New York, Ferguson branched off on his own. Comedian Nipsey Russell, then emcee at Harlem's Baby Grand Club, got the singer a gig at the nightspot. Back then, Ferguson was billed as "the Cobra Kid."

Singles for Derby, Atlas, and Prestige preceded a 1951-1952 hookup with Savoy Records that produced some of Ferguson's best waxings. Most of them were obvious Harris knockoffs, but eminently swinging ones with top-flight backing (blasting saxists Purvis Henson and Count Hastings were aboard the dates). Drummer Jack "The Bear" Parker, who played on the Savoy dates, allegedly bestowed the singer with his explosive monicker. Other accounts credit Savoy producer Lee Magid with coining H-Bomb's handle; either way, his dynamite vocals fulfilled the billing.

Ferguson eventually made Cincinnati his home, recording for Finch, Big Bang, ARC, and the far more prestigious Federal in 1960. H-Bomb terminated his touring schedule in the early '70s. When he returned from premature retirement, his unique wig-wearing shtick (inspired by Rick James' coiffure) was in full bloom. Backed by his fine young band, the Medicine Men, Ferguson waxed his long-overdue debut album, Wiggin' Out, for Chicago's Earwig logo in 1993. It showed him to be as wild as ever (witness the gloriously sleazy "Meatloaf"), a talented pianist to boot, and more his own man than ever before. H-Bomb became a regular on the blues and R&B festival circuit, keeping Cincinnati as his home base until his death there on November 26, 2006. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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Various - Mule Milk 'N' Firewater

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:31
Size: 134.0 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues, Dirty blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front & Back

[2:24] 1. Rudy Moore - Ring-A-Ling-Dong
[2:55] 2. Roy Brown - Hurry Hurry Baby
[2:24] 3. Little Tommy Brown - Goodbye I'm Gone
[2:30] 4. Fred Clark - Bobby Sox Rocker (Take Two)
[3:01] 5. Big Jay McNeely - Mule Milk
[2:37] 6. The Checkers - Can't Find My Sadie
[2:41] 7. Five Jets - Everybody Do The Chicken
[2:00] 8. The Midnighters - That Woman
[2:15] 9. Fred Clark - Ground Hog Snooper
[2:17] 10. Rufus Gore - Fire Water
[3:03] 11. Jack Dupree - Stumbling Block
[2:37] 12. Joe Tex - Davy, You Upset My Home
[2:14] 13. The Lamplighters - Bo Peep
[2:25] 14. The Gardenias - My Baby's Tops
[2:15] 15. Joe Perkins - How Much Love Can One Heart Hold
[2:37] 16. Danny Cobb - Hey Mr. Warden
[2:21] 17. Tiny Topsy - Aw Shucks Baby (Take 2)
[2:18] 18. Joe Benson - Rock 'n' Roll Jungle
[2:07] 19. Little Wille John - Look What You've Done To Me
[2:05] 20. Little Wille John - Uh Uh Baby
[2:17] 21. H-Bomb Ferguson - Midnight Ramblin' Tonight
[2:17] 22. Ronnie Molleen - Fat Mama
[2:33] 23. Willie Wright - Got A Feelin'
[2:05] 24. Hank Ballard - Come On Baby Let's Shake It

This is an outstanding collection from the vaults of King and its subsidiary labels, Federal and Deluxe. These 24 tracks collect jump blues, doo wop, piano boogie, and outright bizarre novelties stretching from the late '40s through the early '60s. There is not a bad track on Mule Milk 'N' Firewater, featuring plenty of well-known names on mainly wild up-tempo songs by Roy Brown, Big Jay McNeely, Little Willie John, Hank Ballad & the Midnighters, and Jack Dupree. There are a few standouts amongst these rarities that may raise a few eyebrows. "Ring a Ling Dong" is from 1955 by Rudy Moore aka Rudy Ray Moore of Dolomite fame, and "Davy, You Upset My Home" finds a young Joe Tex vividly describing how his domestic situation is being torn apart by his girlfriend's unhealthy obsession with all things Davy Crockett! Unbelievable! ~Al Campbell

Originally posted on Dec 30th 2017. Updated to FLAC by Bluestender.

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H-Bomb Ferguson - Big City Blues 1951-54

Size: 180,1 MB
Time: 78:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Electric Blues, Jump Blues
Art: Full

01. I Love My Baby (2:52)
02. Rock H-Bomb Rock (2:10)
03. Slowly Goin' Crazy (2:30)
04. Preachin The Blues (2:14)
05. Sundown Blues (2:55)
06. Good Lovin' (2:16)
07. Give It Up (2:30)
08. Big City Blues (2:24)
09. My Brown Frame Baby (2:22)
10. New Way Blues (2:13)
11. Bookie's Blues (2:18)
12. Life Is Hard (2:39)
13. Hot Kisses (2:27)
14. Double Crossin' Daddy (Varetta Dillard VC) (2:56)
15. Tortured Love (2:46)
16. Work For My Baby (2:13)
17. You Made Me Baby (2:32)
18. I Need You Baby (2:23)
19. Nobody Knows (2:50)
20. Baby Don't Go (2:22)
21. Josephine (2:03)
22. She's Been Gone (2:23)
23. Hole In The Wal (2:36)
24. On My Way (3:10)
25. Good Time Gal (2:25)
26. Feel Like I Do (2:37)
27. My Love (2:59)
28. Wine Head (2:56)
29. Hard Lovin Woman (2:13)
30. My Baby' Blues (3:12)
31. Baby Please (1:49)

Long before his 1990s re-emergence as a fright wig wearing blues star, Robert "H-Bomb" Ferguson had recorded a series of Wynonie Harris-styled jump blues singles in the '40s and '50s for a variety of labels and under various names, including several as the Cobra Kid. Although he was so close to Harris' delivery and repertoire on these sides that most critics dismissed him as an outright clone, Ferguson's booming, wink-and-a-smile voice was obviously something special. Ferguson first recorded under the moniker H-Bomb in 1951 when he signed with Savoy Records, and the name stuck. This generous 31-track collection from Rev-Ola Records includes Ferguson's Savoy tracks, as well as sides he cut for the Atlas, Prestige and Esquire labels between 1951 and 1954, and features such gems as "Rock H-Bomb Rock," "On My Way," "Preachin' the Blues," "Bookie's Blues," and his best known tune, "Good Lovin'." Discouraged with the direction of his career, Ferguson took up residence in Cincinnati, OH in 1957, where he was content to be a regional treasure (all the while experimenting with increasingly bizarre wigs and headgear) until his debut album, Wiggin' Out, was released in 1993 on Chicago's Earwig Records. The album established Ferguson as a true original in his own right, and gave the colorful singer a national stage until his death in 2006. The joy and energy obvious in these early sides makes the Harris comparisons merely academic at this point, and these are wonderful examples of late period jump blues by any measure. Unfortunately Rev-Ola (who are usually pretty reliable) dropped the ball on this one by seriously messing up the running order on the printed CD cover, inside booklet and even on the CD label itself. The music is great, but it unfolds in an entirely different sequence than what is listed. ~by Steve Leggett

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Various - Mad Music Presents Robust Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:33
Size: 99.7 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:26] 1. Arist-O-Kats - Chasin' The Blues
[2:21] 2. Big Boy Groves - You Can't Beat The Horses
[2:20] 3. Effie Smith - Water Water
[2:40] 4. Charlie Walker - Louise
[2:16] 5. Hattie Green - Over Twenty One
[2:14] 6. Jackie Kelso - Once More
[2:45] 7. John Brim - Gary Stomp
[2:22] 8. James Wayne - This Little Letter
[2:24] 9. J.B. Lenoir - Mama, Talk To Your Daughter
[2:10] 10. H-Bomb Ferguson - Rock H-Bomb Rock
[2:44] 11. Little Papa Joe - Easy Lovin'
[2:16] 12. Louisiana Red - I Done Woke Up
[1:57] 13. Mae Mercer - Great Googa Mooga
[2:58] 14. Nature Boy Brown - Blue Blues Boogie
[2:17] 15. Lowell Fulson - Jukebox Shuffle
[3:04] 16. John Brim - Tough Times
[2:10] 17. Willie Egan - Wow Wow
[2:03] 18. Harmonica Slim - Drop Anchor

A unique and highly original collection of Blues tracks featuring a wide range of performers and styles. Artists featured include Lowell Fulsom, J.B. Lenoir, Louisiana Red, Harmonica Slim, H-Bomb Ferguson, Willie Egan and much more. Not your average Blues comp. 18 tracks, newly remastered.

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Various - Savoy Blues Vols 5 & 6

Album: Savoy Blues Volume 5
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:59
Size: 80.1 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:44] 1. Delta John - Goin' Mad Blues
[3:14] 2. Hot Lips Page - Uncle Sam Blues
[2:22] 3. Dexter Gordon - Knockin' Myself Out
[3:11] 4. Eddie Kirkland - Snake In The Grass
[2:17] 5. H-Bomb Ferguson - Good Lovin'
[3:22] 6. Big Joe Turner - I'm Still In The Dark
[2:51] 7. Walter Brown Mcghee - Auto Mechanic Blues
[7:58] 8. Charles Brown - I Put Myself Together
[2:57] 9. Billy Wright - Goin' Down Slow
[2:59] 10. Joe Williams - Kansas City Blues

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Album: Savoy Blues Volume 6
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:28
Size: 74.3 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:28] 1. Big Maybelle - Blues Early, Early
[2:34] 2. Lafayette Thomas - Texarkana
[2:31] 3. Helen Humes - Sad Feeling
[3:40] 4. Eddie Kirkland - When I First Started Hoboing
[3:01] 5. Little Miss Sharecropper - Take Out Some Time
[3:01] 6. Gatemouth Moore - Love Doctor Blues
[4:29] 7. Charles Brown - I've Got A Right To Cry
[3:03] 8. Johnny Otis - Midnight In The Barrelhouse
[3:05] 9. Joe Williams - When The Sun Goes Down
[2:30] 10. Sticks McGhee & The Ramblers - Things Have Changed

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Various - Savoy Blues 'n' Boogie

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:35
Size: 111.2 MB
Styles: Soul/R&B/Blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[2:35] 1. Big Jay McNeely - Man Eater
[2:54] 2. Tommy Brown - Double Faced Deacon
[2:46] 3. Budd Johnson's Orchestra - Did You Ever Love A Woman
[2:40] 4. Lavern Baker - I Want To Rock
[2:24] 5. H-Bomb Ferguson - Bookie's Blues
[2:24] 6. Sonny Wilson - The Rainy Day Blues
[2:29] 7. Dexter Gordon - Airplane Blues
[3:07] 8. Dallas Bartley - You're The Greatest
[2:39] 9. Doc Pomus - My Good Pott
[2:49] 10. Milton Buggs - Fine Brown Frame
[2:22] 11. Tiny Bradshaw - Take The Hands Off The Clock
[2:34] 12. Dallas Bartley - I Know What It's All About
[2:42] 13. Melvin Moore - I'm Still In Love With You
[2:32] 14. Billy Wright - Married Woman's Boogie
[3:00] 15. Doc Pomus - My New Chick
[2:51] 16. Gatemouth Moore - I Ain't Mad At You Pretty Baby
[2:54] 17. Tommy Brown - V-Eight Baby
[2:43] 18. Dexter Gordon - Helen's Advice

Savoy compiled these solid blues and boogie woogie sides, including tracks by Tiny Bradshaw, Gatemouth Moore, and others. While these tracks are available elsewhere, Blues N' Boogie is still a nice budget-priced introduction to some raw, postwar sounds. ~Matt Collar

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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 - Atlas Jump Blues Anthology

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:01
Size: 146.6 MB
Styles: Jump blues, R&B
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:17] 1. Louisiana Red - I Done Woke Up
[2:27] 2. Mojo Watson - You Know You Don't Want Me
[3:08] 3. H-Bomb Ferguson - On My Way
[2:22] 4. James Wayne - This Little Letter
[3:04] 5. Charlie Walker - Down Hearted Blues
[2:23] 6. H-Bomb Ferguson - Good Time Gal
[1:46] 7. Jimmy Chickie Horne - Hello Little Girl
[2:13] 8. Hattie Green - Over Twenty One
[2:25] 9. Piney Brown - You Made Me This Way
[2:48] 10. Mae Mercer - Sweet Little Angel
[3:18] 11. Ida Haynes - I Left My Baby
[2:08] 12. Charlie Singleton - Rock, H-Bomb, Rock!
[2:20] 13. Hattie Green - Green Light Baby
[2:56] 14. Charlie Walker - Nervous Wreck
[3:04] 15. Emmett Davis - Woke Up This Morning
[2:51] 16. Ida Haynes - Lonely Heart Blues
[3:04] 17. Mojo Watson - All Alone
[2:03] 18. Mae Mercer - Great Googa Mooga
[2:39] 19. Charlie Walker - Wrong Kind Of Woman
[1:52] 20. Louisiana Red - I Had A Feeling
[2:22] 21. Hattie Green - Pawn Shop Blues
[2:16] 22. James Wayne - Trust
[2:35] 23. Emmett Davis - You Know You Didn't Want Me
[2:38] 24. Charlie Walker - Louise
[2:50] 25. H-Bomb Ferguson - I Love My Baby

Classic, vintage Blues recordings from New York's Atlas and Angel tone labels presented on CD for the first time. Featuring Blues giants H-Bomb Ferguson, Mojo Watson, Louisiana Red, Mae Mercer and many more.

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Various - Savoy Blues 'n' Boogie

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:35
Size: 111.2 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul, Texas blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:35] 1. Big Jay Mcneely & His Blue Jays - Man Eater
[2:54] 2. Tommy Brown - Double Faced Deacon
[2:46] 3. Gatemouth Moore - Did You Ever Love A Woman
[2:40] 4. Little Miss Sharecropper - I Want To Rock
[2:24] 5. H-Bomb Ferguson - Bookie's Blues
[2:24] 6. Sonny Wilson - The Rainy Day Blues
[2:29] 7. Helen Humes - Airplane Blues
[3:07] 8. Dallas Bartley - You're The Greatest
[2:39] 9. Doc Pomus - My Good Pott
[2:49] 10. Milton Buggs - Fine Brown Frame
[2:22] 11. Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra - Take The Hands Off The Clock
[2:34] 12. Dallas Bartley & His Band - I Know What It's All About
[2:42] 13. Melvin Moore - I'm Still In Love With You
[2:32] 14. Billy Wright - Married Woman's Boogie
[3:00] 15. Doc Pomus - My New Chick
[2:51] 16. Gatemouth Moore - I Ain't Mad At You Pretty Baby
[2:53] 17. Tommy Brown - V-8 Baby
[2:43] 18. Helen Humes - Helen's Advice

Blues ‘N’ Boogie is a unique collection of obscure, fun tunes dating from 1945-52. From the onset, the compilation does a nice job of placing this form of black jazz into historic context. Spanning through 18 tracks, this record showcases some genuine honkers (Big Jay McNeely) and shouters (Helen Humes). Also included are rare gems by Little Miss Sharecropper and a young man named Sonny Wilson, who are better known now as LaVern Baker and Jackie Wilson respectively. Not all the performers on this collection became so well known as those recognizable names, but they were integral in keeping the scene alive and pumping. These particular blues and boogies are often filtered through the sound of the big band style arrangements so popular during WWII and the early post-war years, which really sets these tunes as period pieces, though that hardly matters here. This is music of a particular moment in time. ~Barbara Flaska

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Various - Stompin' At The Savoy: Things Have Changed 1951-55

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 53:46
Size: 123.1 MB
Styles: R&B
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:17] 1. H-Bomb Ferguson - Good Lovin'
[2:35] 2. Varetta Dillard - Easy, Easy Baby
[2:40] 3. Eddie Mack - Keyhole Blues
[2:43] 4. T.J. Fowler - Got Nobody To Tell
[2:28] 5. Elmore Nixon - Forgive Me Baby
[2:25] 6. Emitt Slay Trio - My Kind Of Woman
[2:29] 7. Dolly Cooper - I Wanna Know
[2:26] 8. Earl King - Beggin' At Your Mercy
[2:48] 9. Varetta Dillard - Mercy Mister Percy
[2:23] 10. Big Bertha Henderson - Little Daddy
[3:06] 11. The Dreams - Darlene
[2:34] 12. Jimmy Crawford - That Ain't Right
[2:27] 13. Earl Williams - Let's Make Love Tonight
[2:31] 14. Wilbert Harrison - Don't Drop It
[2:43] 15. Varetta Dillard - Johnny Has Gone
[2:30] 16. Stick Mcghee - Things Have Changed
[2:21] 17. Nappy Brown - Don't Be Angry
[2:25] 18. Roamers - Chop, Chop, Ching-A-Ling
[2:06] 19. Little Jimmy Scott - Don't Cry Baby
[2:58] 20. Nappy Brown - Is It Really You
[2:40] 21. Chuz Alfred - Rocking Boy

R&B sounds completely realized during the 1951-’55 period are covered on the third disc, Things Have Changed. However, Savoy was now competing with Atlantic and other heavyweight record companies for talent and the 21 songs present are of variable quality. Singer Nappy Brown, flaunting his trademark trill, is killer on two tunes, but cuts by Washington aspirant Varetta Dillard, teenager Earl King in New Orleans and doo-wop sentimentalists the Dreams (supposedly with Charles Mingus on bass) are no great shakes. Fourth volume Hot Rod offers a sampling of what Savoy served up during the rock’n’ roll craze of the late ‘50s, from Hal Singer’s sax meltdown “Hot Rod,” to dynamite vocalist Big Maybelle’s “Candy” and “Blues Early,” to entertaining obscurities from secular gospellers Gay Poppers, Philadelphia band-leader-drummer Billy Hope and blues testifier Little Danny (Kittrell) with ace guitarist Jimmy Spruill. ~Frank John Haley

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Various - The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962 (3-CD Set)

The forgotten superheroes of 20th-century black music, the leather-lunged blues shouters, dominated the US nightclub stages and R&B charts for half-a-dozen years or so following World War II, before being side-lined by the bourgeoning rock n roll storm in the early 1950s. Still considered a force with which to be reckoned in the US music industry of the mid-fifties, and still at the height of their vocal prowess, many of the biggest stars were granted one or two final shots to save their flagging recording careers during rock n roll s heyday - their Last Shout.

Compiled and annotated by R&B authority Dave Penny, this 3CD set from Fantastic Voyage endeavours to document the twilight of that proud musical genre and resurrect the ultimate releases from some of the great voices of R&B. The international blues boom of the 1960s - informed by the white Europeans predilection for more unsophisticated rural country blues and urban down-home blues, coupled with black America s progressive, wholesale acceptance of gospel-steeped soul and funk - served to entomb the art of the jump blues shouter further and to remove the memory of an exciting musical form from general consciousness, until it began to be exhumed decades later. Featuring singers famous and obscure, The Last Shout! serves the best of the final commercial recordings issued for the African-American R&B market by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Wynonie Harris, Jimmy Witherspoon and Eddie Cleanhead Vinson. When they no longer sold to their market, some, like Turner and Witherspoon, were able to make a comfortable living on the jazz circuit, others pursued alternative careers in comedy, preaching, composing or acting, yet others remained tragically determined; trying to maintain an ever-dwindling touring schedule on the chittlin circuit and drinking themselves into an early grave.

97 tracks and a 20pp illustrated booklet offer a snapshot of time in the history of black music, when the undiminished power of the classic blues shouters was married to the urgent rhythms of the rock n roll era, resulting in some very special music indeed!

Album: The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962 - CD 1: Big Four Battlin'
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 77:58
Size: 178.5 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes
[2:45] 2. Joe Turner & His Blues Kings - Feeling Happy
[2:22] 3. Jimmy Witherspoon & The Quintones - My Girl Ivy
[2:30] 4. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Hold It Right There
[2:49] 5. Wynonie Harris - A Tale Of Woe
[2:31] 6. Jimmy Witherspoon & The Starlites - Who Baby Who
[2:45] 7. Joe Turner & His Blues Kings - Hide And Seek
[2:58] 8. Eddie Vinson - Old Man Boogie
[2:27] 9. Jimmy Witherspoon - I Gotta Go Home
[3:04] 10. Wynonie Harris - There's No Substitute For Love
[2:43] 11. Eddie Vinson - Suffer Fool
[2:01] 12. Joe Turner & Choker Campbell Orchestra - I Need A Girl
[2:03] 13. Wynonie Harris - That's Me Right Now
[2:34] 14. Jimmy Witherspoon - Teenage Party
[2:52] 15. Eddie Vinson - Old Man Boogie
[2:19] 16. Joe Turner w. Jesse Stone Orchestra - Wee Baby Blues
[2:21] 17. Wynonie Harris - Tell A Whale Of A Tale
[2:30] 18. Eddie Vinson - Anxious Heart
[2:22] 19. Jimmy Witherspoon w. Jesse Stone Orchestra - All Right Miss Moore
[2:03] 20. Joe Turner - Rock A While
[1:53] 21. Wynonie Harris - Destination Love
[2:29] 22. Eddie Vinson - You Can't Have My Love No More
[2:27] 23. Jimmy Witherspoon w. Jesse Stone Orchestra - When I Start To Thinking
[2:48] 24. Wynonie Harris - Big Old Country Fool
[2:31] 25. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - That's The Way To Treat Your Woman
[1:56] 26. Joe Turner w. Choker Campbell Orchestra - Love Roller Coaster
[2:29] 27. Jimmy Witherspoon - You Can Make It If You Try
[2:51] 28. Eddie Vinson - Tomorrow May Never Come
[2:28] 29. Joe Turner w. Jesse Stone Orchestra - Teen Age Letter
[2:30] 30. Wynonie Harris - Sweet Lucy Brown
[2:31] 31. Jimmy Witherspoon - Endless Sleep

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The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962 - CD 1: Big Four Battlin' mc
The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962 - CD 1: Big Four Battlin' zippy

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Album: The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962 - CD 2: Old School Scufflin'
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 78:24
Size: 179.5 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 2014
Art: Full

[2:19] 1. The Tibbs Brothers - (Wake Up) Miss Rip Van Winkle
[2:24] 2. Jimmy Rushing - Baby, Don't Tell On Me
[2:15] 3. Grant Jones w. Mike Simpson Orchestra - Soda Pop Rock
[3:05] 4. Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats - I Wanna Hug, Ya, Kiss Ya, Squeeze Ya
[2:53] 5. Teddy (Mr. Bear) McRae & His Orchestra - Hold Out Baby
[2:30] 6. Redd Foxx - The Crazy House
[2:28] 7. Gene Phillips w. Jay McVea Orchestra - I Owe Everybody
[2:23] 8. Doc Pomus All Stars - Work, Little Carrie, Work
[2:17] 9. Big John Greer - Come Back Uncle John
[2:02] 10. Tic & Toc w. Howard Biggs Orchestra - I'm A Big Boy Now
[1:46] 11. Ollie Shepard - My Baby Is Gone
[2:18] 12. Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy Orchestra - Ada From Decatur
[2:44] 13. Bobby 'Mr. Blues' Merrell - I Ain't Mad At You
[2:10] 14. Timmie Rogers - Take Me To Your Leader
[2:47] 15. Function At The Junction
[2:29] 16. H-Bomb Ferguson & His Mad Lads - No-Sackie-Sack
[2:03] 17. Roy Milton - Red Light
[2:27] 18. Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats - If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')
[2:39] 19. Crown Prince Waterford - Driftwood Blues
[2:06] 20. Bull Moose Jackson - Heavyweight Baby
[2:32] 21. Crown Prince Waterford w. Labert Ellis - Get Your Clothes And Let's Go
[2:21] 22. Redd Foxx - Real Pretty Mama
[2:08] 23. Bobby 'Mr. Blues' Merrell - I'm Gonna Set You Free
[2:02] 24. Grant Jones w. Mike Simpson Orchestra - Pinball Machine
[2:31] 25. Teddy (Mr. Bear) McRae & His Orchestra - Hi' Fi' Baby
[2:29] 26. Ollie Shepard - Say Yeah
[2:20] 27. John Greer - Come Back Maybelline
[2:02] 28. Buillmoose Jackson - Watch My Signals
[2:32] 29. Grant Jones w. Mike Simpson Orchestra - Take The Hint
[2:20] 30. H-Bomb Ferguson - Midnight Ramblin' Tonight
[2:10] 31. Doc Pomus All Stars - Bye Baby Bye
[2:14] 32. Knocked Out
[2:22] 33. Jibba Jab

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The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962 - CD 2: Old School Scufflin' mc
The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962 - CD 2: Old School Scufflin' zippy

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Album: The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962 - CD 3: New Breed Bawlin'
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 79:54
Size: 183.0 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 2014
Art: Full

[2:43] 1. Clarence Samuels - Chicken-Hearted Woman
[3:02] 2. Jimmy Nelson - I Sat And Cried
[2:56] 3. The Tone Twins w. Jimmy Lewis Band - Hey Pretty Girl
[2:56] 4. Stomp Gordon & His Orchestra - Ride, Superman, Ride
[2:37] 5. Joe (Mr. 'G') August - Boogie With Calypso
[2:30] 6. Dossie (Thunderbird) Terry - Skinny Ginny
[2:04] 7. Emmet Davis - How About It Baby
[2:20] 8. Titus Turner - Get On The Right Track, Baby
[2:28] 9. Earl Williams & His Quintette - O Baby Please
[2:29] 10. Piney Brown & His Blues Toppers - Sugar In My Tea (Cream In My Coffee)
[2:06] 11. Tommy Brown - Rock Away My Blues
[2:25] 12. Great Gates - Jump, Jump, Jump
[2:16] 13. Little Caesar w. Eddie Beal Orchestra - I'm Reachin'
[2:25] 14. Rudy Green - Teeny Weeny Baby
[2:26] 15. Billy Wright - The Question (Wha'cha Gonna Do)
[2:21] 16. Big Tiny Kennedy & His Orchestra - Country Boy
[2:26] 17. Titus Turner & His Band - Hungry Man
[2:31] 18. Big Tiny Kennedy & His Orchestra - Wild Life
[1:58] 19. Little Caesar w. Eddie Beal Orchestra - Who Slammed The Door
[2:29] 20. Joe (Mr. 'G') August - Strange Things Happening In The Dark
[2:42] 21. Earl Williams & His Quintette - You Ain't Puttin' Out Nothin' But The Lights
[2:33] 22. Jimmie Lewis - Last Night (I Was In Heaven)
[2:21] 23. Rudy Green - My Mumblin' Baby
[2:10] 24. Emmet Davis - You Changed My Night Into Day
[2:13] 25. Dossie (Thunderbird) Terry - Fool Mule
[2:27] 26. Piney Brown & His Blues Toppers - My Love
[2:10] 27. Big Tiny Kennedy & His Orchestra - Strange Kind Of Feeling
[1:51] 28. Tommy Brown - Someday, Somewhere
[2:43] 29. Jimmy Nelson - Unlock The Door
[1:47] 30. Ray Brown - Be My Love Tonight
[2:58] 31. Titus Turner - Have Mercy Baby
[2:00] 32. Ivory Joe Hunter w. Milt Rogers Orchestra - Welcome Home Baby
[2:15] 33. Smiley Lewis - I'm Coming Down With The Blues

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The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962 - CD 3: New Breed Bawlin' mc
The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962 - CD 3: New Breed Bawlin' zippy

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Various - Atlas Blues Explosion

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:19
Size: 108.4 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:17] 1. Louisiana Red - I Done Woke Up
[2:27] 2. Mojo Watson - You Know You Don't Want Me
[3:08] 3. H-Bomb Ferguson - On My Way
[2:26] 4. James Wayne - This Little Letter
[2:23] 5. Charles Singleton - Good Time Gal
[1:50] 6. Jimmie 'Chickie' Home - Hello Little Girl
[2:17] 7. Hattie Green - Over Twenty One
[2:25] 8. Piney Brown - You Made Me This Way
[2:08] 9. H-Bomb Ferguson - H-Bomb, Rock
[2:24] 10. Hattie Green & Earl Connelly - Green Light
[3:04] 11. Emmet Davis - Woke Up This Morning
[3:04] 12. Mojo Watson - All Alone
[2:43] 13. Charlie Walker - Wrong Kind Of Woman
[1:52] 14. Louisiana Red - I Had A Feeling
[2:22] 15. Piney Brown - Pawn Shop Blues
[2:17] 16. James Wayne - Trust
[2:35] 17. Emmet Davis - You Know You Didn't Want Me
[2:38] 18. Charlie Walker - Louise
[2:51] 19. H-Bomb Ferguson - I Love My Baby

Atlas Records was founded in 1951 by trumpeter Thomas Robinson, who located his headquarters in Harlem just down the street from the Apollo Theatre. Early on Atlas concentrated on releasing explosive jump blues sides before switching predominantly to vocal groups by the end of the decade. Robinson started a second record imprint, Angle Tone Records, in 1958, which again centered mostly on doo wop material, but the occasional jump blues track slipped through now and again. This blistering set brings together some of the great lost blues sides from the two labels, and for those only familiar with the vocal group material from Atlas and Angle Tone, it is quite a revelation. This is fire-breathing stuff, full of raw, loose sax runs and some scorching guitar, and the needle must have been buried in the red for all of these sessions. Among the standout tracks are the opener, "I Done Woke Up," featuring the flame-throwing slide guitar of Louisiana Red, the stomping "You Know You Don't Want Me" by guitarist Mojo Watson, James Wayne's muscular "This Little Letter," and baritone saxophonist Emmet Davis' rattling, ramshackle "Woke Up This Morning." This is quite the blues explosion indeed, with over an hour of energetic gutbucket dance blues, all of it featuring a delightfully ragged immediacy. ~Steve Leggett

This collection of twenty-five vintage blues vocals will help to illustrate the true scope of the record activities of the Atlas and Angletone labels, which up until now have only been represented on CDs by their vocal group recordings. The uniform quality of these recordings should help to dispel from the listener the mistaken belief that lack of commercial success is always due to poor musical content. These recordings can hold their own with anything that was coming out of New York during that era. Featuring the explosive H-Bomb Ferguson along with Mojo Watson, Louisiana Red, Mae Mercer, Piney Brown and many more. This collection marks the first CD release of these magnificent vintage recordings. A "must own" for vintage blues fans.

Atlas Blues Explosion

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