Johnny Adams - Room With A View Of The Blues

Size: 107,7 MB
Time: 45:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1988
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Room With A View (5:07)
02. I Don't Want To Do Wrong (5:47)
03. Not Trustworthy (A Lyin' Woman) (3:39)
04. Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The One To Say Goodbye) (6:20)
05. How Wrong Can A Good Man Be (3:39)
06. Body And Fender Man (5:34)
07. I Owe You (4:59)
08. Wish I'd Never Loved You At All (3:09)
09. The Hunt Is On (3:49)
10. A World I Never Made (3:53)

Although calling Johnny Adams a blues singer is far too confining, he's certainly among the finest to perform in that idiom. He's equally brilliant at slow or uptempo numbers, can effectively convey irony, heartache, or triumph, and is a masterful storyteller. These ten blues numbers cover every emotional base, allowing Adams a chance to show his proficiency. With great support from an instrumental corps that includes guitarists Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Duke Robillard, keyboardist Dr. John, and saxophonists Red Tyler and Foots Samuel, plus Ernie Gautreau on valve trombone, Adams didn't just cut a blues album, he made unforgettable blues statements. ~Ron Wynn

Room With A View Of The Blues

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Johnny Adams - Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus: The Real Me

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:28
Size: 106.4 MB
Styles: R&B/Soul/Blues
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[4:31] 1. Imitation Of Love
[3:42] 2. Still In Love
[3:42] 3. There Is Always One More Time
[3:34] 4. My Baby's Quit Me
[3:36] 5. She's Everything To Me
[4:43] 6. I Underestimated You
[5:52] 7. Blinded By Love
[4:36] 8. The Night Is A Hunter
[4:01] 9. Prisoner Of Life
[3:58] 10. No One
[4:07] 11. The Real Me

The late Doc Pomus was one of the top songwriters in the R&B/blues tradition while Johnny Adams was one of his favorite singers; their eventual matchup was quite logical. Pomus wrote a few new songs and worked with Adams on planning this Rounder CD up until his own death. Fortunately the project was not halted and resulted in an enjoyable set. Pomus' intelligent and universal lyrics perfectly fit Adams' style which features flawless enunciation and an ability to sincerely convey a wide range of emotions. With hornlines arranged by Red Tyler, occasional brief solos contributed by pianist Dr. John and guitarist Duke Robillard, and top notch singing by Johnny Adams, Doc Pomus' music is well served on a strong set of blues and ballads. ~Scott Yanow

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Various - Sun Record Company Southern Soul

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:58
Size: 125.9 MB
Styles: Soul
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:29] 1. Danny White - Natural Soul Brother
[2:36] 2. Wallace Brothers - These Arms Of Mine
[2:58] 3. Willie Hobbs - Yes, My Goodness, Yes
[2:19] 4. Frank Ballard - Do Wa Didi
[2:38] 5. Wallace Brothers - Lover's Prayer
[3:55] 6. Johnny Adams - Reconsider Me
[3:00] 7. Double Soul - Blue Diamonds
[2:38] 8. Mickey Murray - Got You On My Mind
[3:45] 9. Wilbert Harrison - Your Three Letters
[2:43] 10. Johnny Soul - Come And Get It
[2:25] 11. Mickey Murray - Are You Ready
[2:18] 12. Betty Harris - All I Want Is You
[2:46] 13. Leroy Lloyd & The Dukes - A Taste Of The Blues
[2:49] 14. Johnny Barfield & The Men Of S.O.U.L. - Soul Butter
[2:43] 15. Jerry Lee Lewis - Sick And Tired
[1:45] 16. Wallace Brothers - Who's Fooling Who
[2:15] 17. Billy Adams - I'm Like Poison Ivy
[2:50] 18. Brad Suggs - My Gypsy
[2:56] 19. Johnny Adams - Lonely Drifter
[3:00] 20. Frank Ballard - After Hours

Southern soul is a type of soul music that emerged from the Southern United States. The music originated from a combination of styles, including blues (both 12 bar and jump), country, early rock and roll, and a strong gospel influence that emanated from the sounds of Southern African-American churches. The focus of the music was not on its lyrics, but on the "feel" or the groove. This rhythmic force made it a strong influence in the rise of funk music.

Pioneers of southern soul include: Georgia natives Ray Charles and James Brown; Little Willie John, Bobby "Blue" Bland, New Orleans R&B artist Allen Toussaint; and Memphis DJ Rufus Thomas and Elvis Presley who was steeped heavily in not only country and western and the jump blues of the south, but also heavily influenced by gospel music. At its core, gospel is the main influence of soul music.

Southern soul was at its peak during the 1960s, when Memphis soul was created. In 1963, Stan Lewis founded Jewel Records in Shreveport, Louisiana, along with two subsidiary labels, Paula and Ronn. Jewel and Ronn Records were the leaders[according to whom?] for R&B, blues, soul and gospel tunes. Lewis signed artists such as John Lee Hooker, Charles Brown, Bobby Rush, Buster Benton, Toissaint McCall, Lightin’ Hopkins, Ted Taylor, Little Johnny Taylor and The Uniques. The Carter Brothers in 1965 landed Jewel Records its first national hit on the R&B charts. Southern soul music is still being recorded and performed by artists such as Shirley Brown, Sir Charles Jones, Barbara Carr, Willie Clayton, Bobby Rush, Denise LaSalle, Reggie Sears, TK Soul, Joyce Cobb, O.B. Buchanan, Ms Jody, Karen Wolfe, LeBrado, Redd Velvet, Vick Allen, Floyd Taylor, Bigg Robb, Omar Cunningham, Jeff Floyd, Mel Waiters, Roni, Theodis Ealey, Roy C, Donnie Ray, Millie Jackson, Sam Dees, Ms. Jody and among many other known Southern Soul artists that receive world wide recognition and airplay

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Johnny Adams - I Won't Cry: The Complete Ric & Ron Singles 1959-1964

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: from LL
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues, R&B, Soul
Time: 60:33
Size: 140,9 MB
Covers: Full

(2:24) 1. I Won't Cry
(2:17) 2. Who You Are
(2:04) 3. Come On
(2:27) 4. Nowhere to Go
(3:02) 5. The Bells Are Ringing
(2:34) 6. Teach Me to Forget
(1:59) 7. Someone for Me
(2:59) 8. Let the Wind Blow
(2:28) 9. You Can Make It If You Try
(2:48) 10. Closer to You
(2:36) 11. Wedding Day
(2:36) 12. Ooh So Nice
(2:42) 13. I Solemnly Promise
(2:41) 14. Life Is Just a Struggle
(2:37) 15. A Losing Battle
(2:37) 16. Who's Gonna Love You
(2:19) 17. Showdown
(2:28) 18. Tra-La-La
(3:02) 19. Lonely Drifter
(2:34) 20. I Want to Do Everything for You
(2:21) 21. Comin' Around the Mountain
(2:27) 22. Cold Cold Heart
(1:28) 23. No Way Out for Me
(2:52) 24. Walking the Floor Over You

This 2015 compilation I Won't Cry: The Complete Ric & Ron Singles 1959-1964 covers familiar territory but in an appealingly thorough fashion. Adams had only one nationally charting hit on Ric or Ron, "A Losing Battle" which went to 27 in 1962, but they were popular in his native New Orleans and over the years remained favorites of fans of Crescent City soul. Adams tended to be a little smoother than a lot of his Big Easy contemporaries: there's a recognizable NO lilt to some of the songs, but he was more of a crooner, sounding equally comfortable on dramatic ballads and lusher pop crossovers. This characteristic meant that he could slide with the smoother soul styles of the late '60s and '70s, which is when he gained his greatest popularity, but these somewhat grittier productions also suit him well; it's a nice blend of his velvet touch and earthy rhythms. I Won't Cry showcases this appealing combination. At 24 tracks, it's ten songs longer than the 1991 Rounder compilation of the same name and that extra space is warranted because each of the sides here has considerable charm; there's a reason why Adams is a widely acclaimed soul singer, and many of the reasons can be heard on this fine collection. -- Allmusic.

I Won't Cry: The Complete Ric & Ron Singles 1959-1964
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Johnny Adams - Turning Point

Size: 113,0 MB
Time: 48:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues, Soul, R&B
Art: Front

01. Performance (3:04)
02. Feelings (4:04)
03. After All The Good Is Gone (3:59)
04. The Greatest Love (3:46)
05. Shoulder To Cry On (4:06)
06. Hell Yes I Cheated (3:48)
07. Baby I Want You (3:11)
08. Feel The Heat Feel The Beat (6:33)
09. Love Letters (3:05)
10. Struttin' On Sunday (3:35)
11. Turning Point (4:31)
12. Who Will The Next Fool Be (4:48)

Renowned around his Crescent City home base as "the Tan Canary" for his extraordinary set of soulfully soaring pipes, veteran R&B vocalist Johnny Adams tackled an exceptionally wide variety of material for Rounder in his later years; elegantly rendered tribute albums to legendary songwriters Doc Pomus and Percy Mayfield preceded forays into mellow, jazzier pastures. But then, Adams was never particularly into the parade-beat grooves that traditionally define the New Orleans R&B sound, preferring to deliver sophisticated soul ballads draped in strings.

Adams sang gospel professionally before crossing over to the secular world in 1959. Songwriter Dorothy LaBostrie — the woman responsible for cleaning up the bawdy lyrics of Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" enough for worldwide consumption — convinced her neighbor, Adams, to sing her tasty ballad "I Won't Cry." The track, produced by a teenaged Mac Rebennack, was released on Joe Ruffino's Ric logo, and Adams was on his way. He waxed some outstanding follow-ups for Ric, notably "A Losing Battle" (the Rebennack-penned gem proved Adams' first national R&B hit in 1962) and "Life Is a Struggle."

After a prolonged dry spell, Adams resurfaced in 1968 with an impassioned R&B revival of Jimmy Heap's country standard "Release Me" for Shelby Singleton's SSS imprint that blossomed into a national hit. Even more arresting was Adams' magnificent 1969 country-soul classic "Reconsider Me," his lone leap into the R&B Top Ten; in it, he swoops effortlessly up to a death-defying falsetto range to drive his anguished message home with fervor.

Despite several worthy SSS follow-ups ("I Can't Be All Bad" was another sizable seller), Adams never traversed those lofty commercial heights again (particularly disappointing was a short stay at Atlantic). But he found a new extended recording life at Rounder; his 1984 set, From the Heart, proved to the world that this Tan Canary could still chirp like a champ. With producer Scott Billington, he recorded some nine albums for the label prior to his cancer-related death on September 14, 1998.

Turning Point

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Various - Sun Record Company: The Rhythm & The Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:44
Size: 127.6 MB
Styles: R&B, Memphis blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:39] 1. Alvin Robinson - Let The Good Times Roll
[2:30] 2. Carl Mann - Walking The Dog
[2:44] 3. Wilbert Harrison - Let's Stick Together
[2:15] 4. Bettye Lavette - Piece Of My Heart (Take Another Little)
[3:55] 5. Johnny Adams - Reconsider Me
[2:34] 6. Frank Ballard - Boney Maroney
[2:22] 7. Little Junior Parker - Mystery Train
[3:55] 8. Sleepy Labeef - Polk Salad Annie
[2:23] 9. Jerry Lee Lewis - C. C. Rider
[3:03] 10. Rosco Gordon - Booted
[2:23] 11. Carl Mann - Ain't Got No Home
[3:00] 12. Georgie Boy - If I Can Dream
[2:47] 13. Rufus Thomas - Tiger Man
[2:35] 14. Big John Hamilton - Big Bad John (They Call Me)
[2:01] 15. Ray Smith - There's A Break In The Road
[2:52] 16. Betty Harris - There's A Break In The Road
[2:20] 17. Miller Sisters - Ten Cat's Down
[3:08] 18. Earl Hooker - The Hucklebuck
[3:01] 19. Gabie Reed - I'm Your Man
[3:07] 20. Boyd Gilmore - Believe I'll Settle Down

Sun Records burst onto the post-World War II American scene suddenly, a force that few would forget. At the helm was Sam Phillips, an eccentric radio engineer willing to put black and white sharecroppers, truck-drivers, dishwashers, and factory workers in front of a microphone. Always insistent on keeping recording sessions simple and down-to-earth, the producer elicited performances that reflected a degree of sincerity missing from much of the Tin Pan Alley fare of the period. Phillips’s ability to parlay regional, racial, and class marginalization into a viable commercial product that spoke to teenage angst and alienation put Sun Records on the map. And in its improbable rise to prominence, the unseemly record company situated at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis provided a special moment that launched the careers of several performers who attained legendary status. Given the nature of a popular-music universe littered by falling stars instantaneously extinguished, this fact alone grants the company historical relevance.

Instantly recognizable by a bright yellow label with a crowing rooster perched in the foreground, Sun Records signified a wake-up call to the placid Eisenhower era. The music and vitality that resounded from the momentous meeting of phonograph needle and waxed groove in the thirty-by-eighteen-foot studio formerly used as a radiator shop introduced the world to rockabilly, an almost indescribable sound that applied the kinetic energy of southern working-class gospel to an unprecedented fusion of white hillbilly and black rhythm and blues. The company and the music it produced represented necessary links in the evolution of rock-n-roll. Its influence as a record company, however, lasted less than a decade. By the end of the 1950s, its sun already had begun to set.

Yet in these few years, Sun Records mattered a great deal. In many ways, its story resembled that of many independent recording companies that emerged in the wake of World War II. Responding to the postwar market demands of a rapidly growing urban African American population (and taking advantage of technological innovations that made recording cheaper), entrepreneurs formed small record companies that recorded modern-sounding black artists. Local radio, accorded greater autonomy as network programming declined due to an emphasis on television, devised formats that assisted in exposing rhythm and blues to the public. Independent record proprietors, who generally were white, capitalized on such developments. Hoping to achieve financial success by filling a void that the industry’s major recording companies (such as RCA Victor, Columbia, and Decca) had not yet acknowledged, independent upstarts like Atlantic, Chess, Specialty, King, and Modern-RPM literally created an R&B field.

Sun Record Company: The Rhythm & The Blues

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