Johnny Fuller - Hard Times

Size: 240 MB
Time: 72:30
File: Flac
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Hard Times (3:12)
2. Remember (2:28)
3. Buddy (3:24)
4. Beggar Man Blues (2:56)
5. I Walk All Night (2:25)
6. Lovin' Lovin' Man (2:35)
7. These Young Girls (2:34)
8. Prowling Blues (2:58)
9. Johnny's Low-Down Blues (3:32)
10. Train Train Blues (2:48)
11. It's Your Life (3:05)
12. Back Home (2:28)
13. Mean Old World (2:37)
14. I've Been Thinkin' and Thinkin' (3:06)
15. First Stage of the Blues (2:25)
16. Fool's Paradise (3:08)
17. Sunny Road (3:16)
18. I Can't Succeed (2:26)
19. Roughest Place in Town (2:52)
20. Bad Luck Overtook Me (2:59)
21. How Long (2:51)
22. Mama Told Me (3:03)
23. Comin' Round the Corner (2:57)
24. Too Late to Change (3:15)
25. Johnny Ace's Last Letter (2:58)

US Blues singer born April 20, 1929 in Edwards (Mississippi). Johnny Fuller was a West Coast bluesman who left behind a spate of 1950s recordings that jumped all kinds of genre fences with seemingly no trace of his Mississippi born roots. He was equally at home with low down blues, gospel, R&B, and rock & roll, all of it imbued with strong Vocals and a driving guitar style. Although his Mississippi roots were never far below the surface of his best work, Johnny is usually categorized as a West Coast bluesman. Making the Bay Area his home throughout his career, Fuller turned in classic sides for Heritage, Aladdin, Specialty, Flair, Checker, and Hollywood; all but one of them West Coast-based concerns. His two biggest hits, "All Night Long" and the original version of "The Haunted House," improbably found him in the late '50s on rock & roll package shows, touring with the likes of Paul Anka and Frankie Avalon! By and large retiring from the music scene in the '60s (with the exception of one excellent album in 1974), Fuller worked as a garage mechanic until his passing in May 20, 1985 in Oakland (California).

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VA - Black Halloween (Bo Diddley Is A Zombie!) (KMCD45)

Size: 180,0 MB
Time: 74:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Lord Luther - (I Was A) Teenage Creature (2:45)
02 Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein's Den (2:14)
03 Bo Diddley - Bo Meets The Monster (3:06)
04 The Coasters - The Shadow Knows (2:15)
05 Johnny Fuller - Haunted House (2:29)
06 The Revels - Midnight Stroll (2:38)
07 The Naturals - The Mummy (2:15)
08 The Cadillacs - The Boogie Man (1:56)
09 Ike Turner - She Made My Blood Run Cold (2:21)
10 Jimmy Oliver's Orchestra - The Sneak (2:15)
11 The Monotones - Zombi (2:29)
12 Screaming Jay Hawkins - Frenzy (2:13)
13 The Idols - The Prowler (2:14)
14 Howlin' Wolf - Evil (2:53)
15 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - The Creature (2:48)
16 Danny Ware - Zombie Stomp (2:23)
17 Joe Johnson - Gila Monster (1:41)
18 Cousin Leroy - Crossroads (2:46)
19 The Drivers - Dry Bones Twist (2:44)
20 Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love (2:30)
21 The Poets - Dead (2:18)
22 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Hear Voices (2:37)
23 The Cadillacs - Peek-A-Boo (2:16)
24 Paul Gayten - The Hunch (2:44)
25 The Coasters - Poison Ivy (2:42)
26 Evans Carroll - The Monster (2:11)
27 The Spiders - Witchcraft (2:34)
28 Philly Joe Jones - Blues For Dracula (8:18)

It’s that time of year again when the ghosts, ghoulies, skeletons and zombies have finished their laundry and ready themselves for the annual celebration that is Halloween. Arriving just in time for the ghoulish festivities is a new compilation to shakedown those dancing limbs from Koko Mojo. With a track list providing a new slant on this rockin’ theme with black artists from the genres of blues, rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll. One aspect worth celebrating here, apart from the exciting music on offer, is the focus on less obvious tracks to celebrate this time of year. With no time for the obligatory Screamin’ Jay Hawkins ‘I Put A Spell On You’, what the listener receives instead is the same artist but with equally compelling ‘Frenzy’, complete with cartoon vocal expressions setting up this compilation for more great expectations. ‘Black Halloween: Bo Didley Is A Zombie’ certainly delivers with more measured, yet equally thrilling performances by the likes of Lord Luther and ‘(I Was A) Teenage Creature, The Hollywood Flames’ ‘Frankenstein’s Den’, and wonderfully bluesy-trippy version of ‘The Shadow Knows’ from The Coasters. With Johnny Fuller assuming a plucky stance in relation to ‘Haunted House’, to soulful numbers from Ike Turner, The Cadillacs and The Naturals, not to mention more predictable entry from Bo Diddley (‘Who Do You Love?’) who manages to bag the front cover despite appearances looking a tad unhealthy. Of course, no rockin’ Halloween album is complete without its eccentricities and this arrives upon its conclusion with intriguing Philly Joe Jones’ ‘Blues For Dracula’. Clearly, it’s not only the living who are rockin’ because there’s enough evidence to suggest the dead are enjoying the dance via ‘Black Halloween: Bo Didley Is A Zombie’.

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Johnny Fuller - Blues Legend

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:00
Size: 116.8 MB
Styles: R&B, West Coast blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:42] 1. Roughest Place In Town
[2:49] 2. How Long
[2:56] 3. Bad Luck Overtook Me
[2:24] 4. I Can't Succeed
[2:34] 5. First Stage Of The Blues
[2:29] 6. Remember
[3:09] 7. Hard Times
[2:58] 8. Mama Told Me
[2:30] 9. No More-No More
[3:09] 10. Too Late To Change
[2:58] 11. Fool's Paradise
[2:48] 12. Train Train Blues
[2:48] 13. Comin' Round The Corner
[3:13] 14. Sunny Road
[3:04] 15. Weeping And Mourning
[2:35] 16. Mean Old World
[3:12] 17. Strange Land
[2:34] 18. Lovin' Lovin' Man

Johnny Fuller was a West Coast bluesman who left behind a spate of 1950s recordings that jumped all kinds of genre fences with seemingly no trace of his Mississippi born roots. He was equally at home with low down blues, gospel, R&B, and rock & roll, all of it imbued with strong vocals and a driving guitar style. Although his Mississippi roots were never far below the surface of his best work, Johnny is usually categorized as a West Coast bluesman. Making the Bay Area his home throughout his career, Fuller turned in classic sides for Heritage, Aladdin, Specialty, Flair, Checker, and Hollywood; all but one of them West Coast-based concerns. His two biggest hits, "All Night Long" and the original version of "The Haunted House," improbably found him in the late '50s on rock & roll package shows, touring with the likes of Paul Anka and Frankie Avalon! By and large retiring from the music scene in the '60s (with the exception of one excellent album in 1974), Fuller worked as a garage mechanic until his passing in 1985.~ Cub Koda

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Various - 1950's Okland Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:19
Size: 110.6 MB
Styles: West Coast blues, Urban blues
Year: 1994/2015
Art: Front

[2:22] 1. Juke Boy Bonner - Well Baby
[2:53] 2. Juke Boy Bonner - Rock With Me Baby
[2:25] 3. Jimmy McCracklin - I Wanna Make Love To You
[2:44] 4. Jimmy McCracklin - You're The One
[2:33] 5. Jimmy McCracklin - Fare-Well
[3:06] 6. Jimmy McCracklin - Savoy Jump
[2:45] 7. Jimmy McCracklin - I'm The One
[2:52] 8. Jimmy McCracklin - Take A Chance
[2:51] 9. Jimmy McCracklin - Beer Tavern
[2:30] 10. Jimmy McCracklin - Love For You
[2:39] 11. Big Mama Thornton - Don't Talk Back
[2:25] 12. Big Mama Thornton - Big Mama's Coming
[3:08] 13. Johnny Fuller - Strange Land
[2:21] 14. Johnny Fuller - First Stage Of The Blues
[2:28] 15. Johnny Fuller - No More
[3:08] 16. Johnny Fuller - Weeping And Morning
[2:16] 17. Jimmy Wilson & The Blues Blasters - Oh Red
[2:43] 18. Johnny Fuller - Blues In The Alley

In its heyday -- from the 1930s through the late 1960s -- there was no shortage of A-list performers gracing the famed entertainment district of Oakland, CA. Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Nat King Cole, Louis Jordan, Etta James and Lowell Fulson were among the stars who performed in such clubs as Slim Jenkins Supper Club and Esther's Orbit Room.

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Johnny Fuller & Phillip Walker Band - Fullers Blues

Size: 102,4 MB
Time: 40:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Tin Pan Alley (3:23)
02. Fools Paradise (3:04)
03. Strange Land (4:32)
04. 1009 Blues (4:11)
05. You Got Me Whistling (2:47)
06. But Bruce (3:00)
07. Bad Luck Overtook Me (3:00)
08. Hard Luck Blues (3:13)
09. Crying Wont Make Me Stay (3:00)
10. Miss You So (2:53)
11. A Good Letting Alone (3:59)
12. Mercy, Mercy (3:01)

Personnel:
Bass – Dennis Walker
Drums – Johnny Tucker
Guitar – Johnny Fuller, Phillip Walker, Tony Matthews
Harmonica – Zaven 'Big John' Jambezian
Piano – Arthur Woods
Saxophone [Baritone] – David Li
Saxophone [Tenor] – David Li
Trumpet – Mike O'Connel
Vocals – Johnny Fuller

Tracks 4 and 9 were recorded at Frank Scotts Studio on June 22nd, 1973.
All other tracks were recorded at Eldorado Studios, Hollywood on June 13th and 21st, 1973.

Johnny Fuller was a West Coast blues singer and guitarist. Fuller showed musical diversity, performing in several musical genres including rhythm and blues, gospel and rock and roll. His distinctive singing and guitar playing appeared on a number of 1950s San Francisco Bay Area recordings. His best known recording, "Haunted House", was later covered with some success by Jumpin' Gene Simmons. His other better known tracks were "Crying Won't Make Me Stay", "All Night Long", "You Got Me Whistling" and "Johnny Ace's Last Letter." Fuller was born in Edwards, Mississippi on April 20, 1929. He relocated with his family in 1945 to Vallejo, California. His musical styling often masked his upbringing in the Deep South, but he spent the majority of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. As such, he is usually classified as a West Coast bluesman, although he did not stick with one particular genre. Fuller recorded for a number of independent record labels, sometimes those associated with Bob Geddins. These included Heritage, Hollywood, Flair, Specialty, Aladdin, Imperial and Checker Records. His debut recording was made in 1948 on the obscure Jaxyson record label, with a couple of gospel based songs. In 1954, he began a regular recording career which lasted until 1962. Fuller recorded twenty sides in 1954 alone for Geddins. Fuller had local hits with his singles "All Night Long" and the original version of "Haunted House," the latter of which was written and produced by Geddins. Fuller's ability to switch styles, saw him appear in late 1950s rock and roll package tours, performing on the same bill as Paul Anka and Frankie Avalon. However, this same factor lost his black audience, which left him neglected in the 1960s blues revival. In 1974, Fuller recorded his debut album, Fullers Blues in Hollywood for the small Australian label Bluesmaker. On most of the tracks he is accompanied by the Phillip Walker Band. The record was well received, but saw little commercial success. The album was re-issued in Holland on Diving Duck in 1988 and now comes available on CD for the first time. Fuller played at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1973 and 1977. In the years that followed he could not live from making music anymore and he mainly worked as a mechanic in a local garage until his death from lung cancer in Oakland, California, on May 20 1985, at the age of 56.

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