Various Artists - Honkin' 'N' Hollerin': R&B From The Radio Corporation Vol. 1

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:40
Size: 160,1 MB
Styles: R&B
Scans: Full

1. Mr. Bear & The Bearcats - Mr. Bear Comes To Town (2:05)
2. Larry Dale - Down To The Bottom (2:21)
3. Bertice Reading - I'm Alone (2:41)
4. Little George Benson - She Makes Me Mad (3:01)
5. Varetta Dillard & The Four Students - That's Why I Cry (2:33)
6. Big Al Sears - Great Googa Mooga (2:32)
7. Eartha Kitt - My Heart's Delight (2:18)
8. Milt Trenier - Day Old Bread (2:27)
9. Bertice Reading - I'll Gladly Do It Again (2:02)
10. The Jackson Brothers - Flat Foot Boogie (2:49)
11. The Jackson Brothers - There's No Other Way (2:17)
12. Clayton Love - Mary Lou (2:03)
13. Big Connie - Mumbles Blues (2:22)
14. Bertice Reading - Sweet Goody (2:47)
15. Larry Dale - Midnight Hours (2:58)
16. Tiny Kennedy - Country Boy (2:20)
17. Mr. Bear & The Bearcats - I'm Gonna Keep My Good Eye On You (2:38)
18. King Curtis - Rock-A-Bye Baby (2:21)
19. Bertice Reading - Tears Of Joy (2:33)
20. Big Red McHouston - I'm Tired (2:14)
21. Zilla Mayes - Come Back To Me (2:50)
22. Roy Gaines - All My Life (2:48)
23. Mickey & Sylvia - I'm Goin' Home (2:31)
24. Bertice Reading - The Judgement Of Love (2:11)
25. Larry Dale - Please Tell Me (2:31)
26. Mickey & Sylvia - Where Is My Honey (2:26)
27. Louis Jordan - Chicken Back (2:25)
28. Big Al Sears - Rock 'N' Roll Ball (2:25)

RCA Victor was one of the very few majors who actually had an R&B division that could keep pace with labels like Chess, Modern, Savoy, Atlantic, King and others. This opening volume of an ongoing series comes up with 28 terrific performances illustrating that the corporate giant at least had their pulse on what actually constituted rhythm & blues in the early 1950s, and then some. From the out-and-out wildness of Mr. Bear and the Bearcats' "Mr. Bear Comes to Town," Big Al Sears' "Great Googa Mooga," Milt Trenier's "Day Old Bread" and the Jackson Brothers' "There's No Other Way," this collection also plumbs some deep blues with the unissued Larry Dale tracks "Midnight Hours," "Please Tell Me" and "Down to the Bottom," all three featuring some stellar guitar work from Mickey Baker. Other highlights include Louis Jordan's "Chicken Back," Big Al Sears' "Rock'n'Roll Ball," Beatrice Reading's bluesy "I"ll Do It All Again," an 11-year-old George Benson's first record ("She Makes Me Mad"), Eartha Kitt's uncharacteristic R&B outing "My Heart's Delight," and Big Connie's "Mumbles Blues." A nice chunk of seldom-anthologized American music. /AllMusic

Honkin' 'N' Hollerin' mc
Honkin' 'N' Hollerin' zippy

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Mojo Blues Band - Blues Parade 2000 Vol. 1 & 2

Size: 161,8+158,6 MB
Time: 68:20+66:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Chicago Blues
Art: Full

Vol. 1:
01. Wee Baby Blues (3:13)
02. Where Did You Go Last Night (3:13)
03. Going Crazy Over Tv (3:18)
04. You Can't Win'em All (3:52)
05. Anna Lee (4:42)
06. They Must Have Seen Me Comin' (3:46)
07. Come On Little Children (4:13)
08. Arkanas (2:43)
09. Rocket In My Pocket (3:11)
10. Keep On Rockin' Me Baby (4:01)
11. Call You On The Phone (3:28)
12. Last Time Around (3:57)
13. Big Muddy (4:04)
14. Irene (4:36)
15. Roll Over Beethoven #1 (5:39)
16. Operator (7:19)
17. Pull Down The Shades (2:57)

Vol. 2:
01. No No (3:06)
02. Roll Over Beethoven #2 (4:39)
03. I'm Movin' On (2:20)
04. Sunnyland Train (4:56)
05. A. C.'s Big Fat Woman (3:30)
06. I Wanna Boogie (2:58)
07. I Wonder Why (5:36)
08. Rock A While (3:38)
09. Baby You Don't have To Go (4:48)
10. Mack's Cruise (3:11)
11. Baby What You Want Me To Do (3:43)
12. The Fisherman (3:36)
13. Going Through The Park (4:09)
14. All Shucks (3:41)
15. Playgirl (4:47)
16. I Got A Brand New Mojo (5:20)
17. Coal Miner's Shift (2:48)

Chicago Blues with guests: Jimmy Mc Cracklin, A.C. Reed, Nappy Brown, Larry Dale, Jimmy Anderson, Bob Gaddy and more.

With their new double CD that you are now holding in your hands, the Mojo Bluesband continues this tradition and shares the spotlight with some of their guests of recent years. Compiled from sessions and concerts recorded between 1992 and 1998, the band is by itself on 7 tracks of this double CD set. Six tracks are sung by the group’s founder, Erik Trauner, whose strong, experienced, unaffected vocals match his instrumental prowess on guitar and harmonica. On one track, bassist Dani Gugolz is the lead singer with his distinctive high-pitched voice. “Sunnyland Train” and “Anna Lee” are both features for Trauner’s exceptional slide guitar work, inspired by Elmore James and Tampa Red/Robert Nighthawk, respectively. The stylistic diversity of the band is taken one step further on this CD with the inclusion of material from the area of western swing (Hank Snow’s “I’m Movin’ On”) and rockabilly (“Rocket In My Pocket”).

Blues Parade 2000 Vol. 1
Blues Parade 2000 Vol. 2

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