Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras In Baton Rouge

Size: 150,4 MB
Time: 64:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991/2012
Styles: R&B, blues
Art: Front, tray

1. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (2:56)
2. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (2:11)
3. Since I Met You Baby (5:10)
4. Her Mind Is Gone (4:27)
5. Cry To Me (3:54)
6. Meet Me Tomorrow Night (2:56)
7. She Ain't Got No Hair (3:11)
8. Tipitina (3:22)
9. Fats Domino Medley: Goin' Home/You Know I Miss You/Rockin' Chair/Goin' To The River (4:01)
10. Mean Old World (2:40)
11. Sick And Tired (3:14)
12. Hey Now Baby (5:00)
13. There Is Something On Your Mind (2:49)
14. Doin' It (3:55)
15. Rum And Coca-Cola (3:03)
16. Whole Lotta Loving (2:46)
17. Gone So Long (5:13)
18. How Long Has That Train Been Gone (3:42)

Some of the earliest sides from Longhair's rediscovery period (1971-72), featuring a lot of tunes inexorably associated with him through previous versions and a few ("Jambalaya," "Sick and Tired") that weren't. An added bonus is the magical presence of guitarist Snooks Eaglin, whose approach is every bit as singular as the Professor's was. /Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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Professor Longhair - The Bach Of Rock

Size: 320 MB
Time: 136:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, R&B, Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Bald Head (She Ain't Got No Hair) (2:45)
02. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (2:21)
03. Boyd's Bounce (2:40)
04. Bye Bye Baby (2:25)
05. East St Louis Baby (2:37)
06. Professor Longhair's Boogie (2:16)
07. Tipitina (3:30)
08. Big Chief (3:10)
09. Jambalaya (3:55)
10. Got My Mojo Workin' (4:59)
11. How Long Has That Train Been Gone (5:32)
12. Rum & Coca-Cola (2:25)
13. Doin' It (4:35)
14. Doin' It Again (4:31)
15. Hey Now Baby (5:44)
16. Her Mind Is Gone (3:39)
17. Whole Lotta Lovin' (3:51)
18. Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone) (2:51)
19. Auld Lang Syne (1:47)

CD 2:
01. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (Instrumental) (2:27)
02. Tell Me Pretty Baby (3:55)
03. Mess Around (4:12)
04. Every Day I Have The Blues (3:52)
05. I'm Movin' Out (3:42)
06. Cry To Me (3:37)
07. Gone So Long (3:27)
08. Stagger Lee (2:53)
09. Stompin' With Fess (4:53)
10. Is Everything All Right? (4:09)
11. Junko Partner (4:09)
12. Rockin' Pneumonia (4:51)
13. Lovely Lady (2:53)
14. She Walked Right In (3:29)
15. Since I Lost My Baby (7:57)
16. Untitled (Instrumental) (5:56)
17. Every Day I Have The Blues (Instrumental) (4:25)

An exciting 2CD collection / 36 Tracks of studio and live recordings. Almost every musical history contains at least one crucial forebear whose inventions were too bold to translate to a broad audience, but who was nonetheless a profound influence on subsequent generations, and therefore changed the culture at an odd remove'a musician's musician". In the nineteen-forties and fifties, that was Fess's stature. Roy Byrd aka Professor Longhair, his legacy looms larger than any other musical figure with the possible exception of Louis Armstrong. On THE BACH OF ROCK, Longhair bounces buoyantly through old favorites while adding some new songs into the mix. Fess's infectious vocals, jaunty ivory-tickling, and funky groove provide the ultimate soundtrack to the Crescent City and show exactly why the city has the reputation that it does. This superb two-disc set repeats the Professor's signature style--a stomping left-hand bass and a right hand that flies all over the place--on classics such as "Rum & Coca Cola" "Junco Partner," and "Ball the Wall." It begins in the early '50s, when 'Fess called his band Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers, and ends in the '70s with an incredible, stretched-out live version of "Big Chief" and "Tipitina."

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Professor Longhair - Blues & Rhythm Series Classics 5004: The Chronological Professor Longhair 1949

Size: 185 MB
Time: 66:25
File: FLAC
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. She Ain't Got No Hair (2:49)
02. Bye Bye Baby (2:30)
03. Professor Longhair's Boogie (2:18)
04. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (2:25)
05. Byrd's Blues (2:45)
06. Her Mind Is Gone (2:37)
07. Bald Head (2:29)
08. Hey Now Baby (2:46)
09. Oh Well (2:25)
10. Hadacol Bounce (2:59)
11. Longhair Stomp (2:43)
12. Been Foolin' Around (2:58)
13. Between The Night And Day (2:42)
14. Hey Now Baby (2:56)
15. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (2:55)
16. She Walks Right In (3:09)
17. Hey Little Girl (3:02)
18. Willie Mae (2:48)
19. Walk Your Blues Away (2:56)
20. Professor Longhair Blues (2:28)
21. Boogie Woogie (2:40)
22. Longhair's Blues-Rhumba (3:13)
23. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (2:52)
24. She Walks Right In (2:49)

This exacting chronological survey of Professor Longhair's first recordings is a welcome alternative to the usual reissue practice of mingling some of these tracks with later material from the early '50s. As is often the case with the Classics Chronological series, a succession of historical sessions bolstered with all of the available discographical information tells a story that is vital to the development of a clear comprehension of the musician's life and creative accomplishments. In this case that means the saga of how Henry Roeland Byrd, born in Bogalusa, LA, in December of 1918, radically transformed the popular music of North America during the 1950s and '60s by making a handful of scruffy records in 1949 down in New Orleans. When Byrd's band replaced Dave Bartholomew's at the Caldonia Inn, the management decided to bill the group as Professor Longhair & the Four Hairs Combo, simply because of the fact that they wore their hair considerably longer than was the fashion at that time. Note that Lester Young, who also hailed from southern Louisiana, wore his hair uncommonly long. Byrd's band at this time consisted of alto saxophonist Robert "Barefootin'" Parker, Walter "Papoose" Nelson on the guitar, and a drummer known as Big Slick, later to be replaced by Al Miller, who could also play trumpet. Longhair's first recordings were made at the Hi Hat Club, where a rudimentary recording studio was set up. Four sides were issued on the tiny Star Talent label as by Professor Longhair & His Shuffling Hungarians. "She Ain't Got No Hair," later simply known as "Bald Head," would eventually become one of his most popular tunes. All the ingredients of Longhair's distinctive style are present on these wonderful recordings, in particular the bluesy rhumba rhythm that seemed to infiltrate nearly everything he played, most notably the boogie-woogie. On August 19, 1949, a second recording session occurred, this time at a Mercury studio on Canal Street. Longhair's funky Crescent City piano was punctuated with his delightfully deep and wild-edged voice, backed by Lee Allen and Leroy "Batman" Rankins on tenor saxophones. One more session for Mercury took place in September and then Professor Longhair's tenure as an Atlantic recording artist began in earnest with "Hey Now Baby" and a second and third version of his ultra-famous whistling rhumba, "Mardi Gras in New Orleans." The band was billed either as Professor Longhair's Blues Jumpers or Professor Longhair's Blues Scholars. The records sold tolerably well. Longhair would record for Federal in 1951, returning to the Atlantic studios in 1953. For valuable first-hand eye- and ear-witness perspectives on just who Professor Longhair really was, see also Dr. John's outstanding autobiography, Under a Hoodoo Moon, published in 1994 by St. Martin's Press. ~arwulf arwulf

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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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Various - The Rounder Records Story (4-Disc Boxset)

This four-disc, 87-track retrospective covers the first four decades of one of the most successful "folk" labels in history. Co-founders/owners Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton Levy, and Bill Nowlin assembled a collection that showcases -- one disc per decade -- how deeply entrenched the label was in the 1970s in exposing various forms of folk music from traditional to emergent ones, and how its focus expanded. Disc one includes tracks by newgrass outfit J.D. Crowe & the New South, outsider songwriter Michael Hurley, banjoist Ola Belle Reed, Appalachian traditionalists Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, and ace superpicker Norman Blake and the Cajun sounds of D.L Menard & the Louisiana Aces. It also reveals the label's first big directional shakeup by including George Thorogood & the Delaware Destroyers' scorching read of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love." The '80s reflect a wider reach still, with tracks by soulman Ted Hawkins, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, polka revisionists Brave Combo, country songwriter Keith Whitley, and blues artists Rory Block and Johnny Copeland. There's also a deeper step into Louisiana traditions with music by Professor Longhair, James Booker, and Buckwheat Zydeco included, too. This decade also signaled the arrival of Nanci Griffith on Rounder's Philo imprint. In the '90s, Rounder's profile was enhanced by the arrival of bluegrass queen Alison Krauss, who has been a best-selling artist for them ever since. There were more singer/songwriter types on the imprint too, such as Bill Morrissey, Tish Hinojosa, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore; more modern electric blues and R&B talents were showcased too in Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson, Ruth Brown, Johnny Adams, and Wilson Pickett; and the label still held traditional sway with bluegrass mainstay Krauss and uber-tradtionalist James King. The first decade of the new century reveals Rounder's wide range in embracing everything they felt they could sell: from Americana-drenched rock acts such as Son Volt and the Cowboy Junkies to uber-rockers Rush; the vanguard pop of They Might Be Giants and jazzy chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux; to British folk maven Linda Thompson, as well as experimental projects like the Grammy-winning Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Krauss. Country-pop legend and stalwart Willie Nelson also recorded for them. But no matter their genre extensions, bluegrass is still part of Rounder's mix, as cuts by Dailey & Vincent, Rhonda Vincent, and Blue Highway attest. It's impressive to be sure. That said, despite the range of music here and the fine historical essay by Geoffrey Himes, two chapters are missing: a disc that focuses on their vast licensing of traditional music, and the essential collection of tracks by American songwriting icons such as Tom Russell, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Guy Clark, rockabilly queen Rosie Flores, and R&B legend Eddie Hinton, most of whom recorded multiple albums for the label and its subsidiaries. Here's hoping Rounder will consider a second collection to showcase these lesser-selling projects from essential artists who are an indelible part of its story. ~Thom Jurek

Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:13
Size: 174.5 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010

[2:46] 1. J.D. Crowe - Old Home Place
[2:41] 2. The Bailey Brothers - Take Me Back To Happy Valley
[2:12] 3. Country Cooking - Armadillo Breakdown
[2:34] 4. Ola Belle Reed - High On A Mountain
[3:52] 5. Woodstock Mountains - Killing The Blues
[2:16] 6. George Pegram - Johnson's Old Grey Mule
[2:51] 7. Ed Haley - Cherry River Rag
[4:01] 8. Holy Modal Rounders - Sweet Lucy
[3:41] 9. The Balfa Freres - Parlez-Nous A Boire
[3:38] 10. Joe Cormier - Mrs. Scott Skinner
[2:15] 11. Mark O'connor - Tom And Jerry
[3:39] 12. Norman Blake - Down Home Summertime Blues
[2:32] 13. Boone Creek - Memory Of Your Smile
[3:04] 14. Don Stover - Things In Life
[2:20] 15. Buddy Thomas - Kitty Puss
[2:52] 16. Highwoods String Band - Who Broke The Lock
[3:44] 17. Hazel Dickens - Don't Put Her Down You Helped
[5:01] 18. Alhaji Bai Konte - Jula Jekere
[4:16] 19. Tony Trischka - The Only Way
[3:06] 20. Jerry Douglas - Fluxology
[3:23] 21. D.L. Menard And The Louisiana - La Porte Dans Arriere
[1:58] 22. David Grisman - I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Be
[3:03] 23. Joe Val & The New England Blue - Sparkling Brown Eyes
[4:19] 24. George Thorogood & The Destroy - Who Do You Love

The Rounder Records Story (Disc 1)

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Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:11
Size: 163.0 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010

[3:44] 1. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Frosty
[2:13] 2. Ted Hawkins - Watch Your Step (Acoustic Vers
[2:42] 3. Jonathan Richman - New Kind Of Neighborhood
[3:16] 4. Keith Whitley - I Never Go Around Mirrors
[2:33] 5. Tony Rice - Cold On The Shoulder
[4:29] 6. Hazel Dickens - Mama's Hand
[1:48] 7. Klezmer Conservatory Band - A Freylekhe Nakht In Gan Eydn
[3:56] 8. Culture - Babylon's Big Dog
[3:33] 9. Buckwheat Zydeco - Ya Ya
[4:21] 10. Professor Longhair - Tipitina
[3:37] 11. Beausoleil - Zydeco Gris Gris
[1:41] 12. Riders In The Sky - Cowboy Jubilee
[2:40] 13. The Johnson Mountain Boys - Let The Whole World Talk
[2:29] 14. Brave Combo - Happy Wanderer
[3:13] 15. James Booker - Classified
[2:20] 16. Rory Block - Got To Have You Be My Man
[2:19] 17. Sleepy Labeef - Electricity
[2:54] 18. Johnny Copeland - Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me
[3:08] 19. Béla Fleck - Whitewater
[2:33] 20. Nanci Griffith - Once In A Very Blue Moon
[3:08] 21. The Bluegrass Album Band - Blue Ridge Cabin Home
[2:40] 22. John Mccutcheon - Howjadoo
[2:16] 23. Flaco Jimenez - Viva Seguin
[3:25] 24. NRBQ - Me And The Boys

The Rounder Records Story (Disc 2)

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Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 3)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:58
Size: 169.3 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010

[3:20] 1. Bill Morrissey - Birches
[3:48] 2. Alison Krauss - Baby Now That I Found You
[3:45] 3. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - One Endless Night
[4:17] 4. Marcia Ball - Sing It
[4:28] 5. Rebirth Brass Band - Do Watcha Wanna Pt. 3
[6:48] 6. Charles Brown - A Virus Called The Blues
[3:13] 7. Carrie Newcomer - Only One Shoe
[3:40] 8. Johnny Adams - There Is Always One More Time
[5:01] 9. Tish Hinojosa - Something In The Rain
[4:55] 10. James King - Bed By The Window
[4:54] 11. Beau Jocque And The Zydeco Hi- - Give Him Cornbead
[3:16] 12. Eddie Lejeune - Valse De Kaplan
[4:02] 13. Longview - High Lonesome
[3:23] 14. Alison Krauss - In The Palm Of Your Hand
[4:24] 15. Ruth Brown - False Friend Blues
[2:41] 16. Bo Dollis - Carnival Time
[4:15] 17. Roomful Of Blues - Standing Here At The Crossroad
[3:40] 18. Wilson Pickett - It's Harder Now

The Rounder Records Story (Disc 3)

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Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 4)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:11
Size: 167.5 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. Madeleine Peyroux - Don't Wait Too Long
[4:18] 2. Son Volt - Down To The Wire
[2:55] 3. Dailey & Vincent - More Than A Name On A Wall
[3:06] 4. Earl Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
[2:18] 5. Willie Nelson - Man With The Blues
[1:52] 6. Jimmy Sturr - Rebel Rouser
[3:23] 7. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
[4:44] 8. Irma Thomas - In The Middle Of It All
[5:52] 9. Robert Plant - Please Read The Letter
[3:07] 10. Blue Highway - Through The Window Of A Train
[4:25] 11. Rush - Resist
[3:37] 12. Cowboy Junkies - Small Swift Birds
[4:05] 13. Sarah Harmer - Basement Apt
[3:41] 14. Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Have A Need For Solitude
[3:00] 15. Rhonda Vincent - Lonesome Wind Blues
[3:11] 16. The Grascals - Me And John And Paul
[3:21] 17. Steve Martin - The Crow
[3:44] 18. Robert Plant - The Only Sound That Matters
[3:36] 19. Delta Spirit - Trashcan
[2:09] 20. They Might Be Giants - Fibber Island
[3:28] 21. Kathleen Edwards - Back To Me

The Rounder Records Story (Disc 4)

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VA - Race Records 1942-1955: Black Rock Music Forbidden On US Radio

Size: 159,2+164,6+142,6 MB
Time: 67:37+69:37+60:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues, Rock & Roll
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Jay McShann & His Orchestra - Jump The Blues (3:04)
02 Jim Wynn's Bobalibans - Rock Woogie (2:41)
03 Memphis Slim & The House Rockers - Rockin' The House (2:47)
04 Amos Milburn - Aladdin Boogie (2:23)
05 Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats - Rockin' Boogie (2:28)
06 Jimmy McCracklin - Rock And Rye (2:51)
07 Wild Bill Moore - We're Gonna Rock (2:45)
08 Wild Bill Moore - Rock And Roll (2:52)
09 Goree Carter & His Hepcats - Rock Awhile (2:40)
10 Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians - Rock The Joint (2:36)
11 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Saturday Night Fish Fry (4:36)
12 Lowell Fulson's Combo - Rocking After Midnight (2:30)
13 Wynonie Harris - All She Wants To Do Is Rock (2:45)
14 Roy Milton - Information Blues (2:41)
15 Billy Wright - After Dark Blues (2:18)
16 Max Bailey - Rockin' With The Blues (2:39)
17 Doles Dickens - Gonna Rock This Mornin' (2:34)
18 Big Joe Turner - Jumpin' At The Jubilee (2:47)
19 Connie Jordan - I'm Gonna Rock (2:47)
20 Gunter Lee Carr - We're Gonna Rock (2:15)
21 Laurie Tate - Rock Me Daddy (2:30)
22 Piano Red - Rockin' With Red (2:27)
23 Piney Brown - How About Rocking With Me (2:26)
24 Great Gates - Rocking Time (2:54)
25 Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin's Rock (2:11)

CD 2:
01 Hal Singer - Rock Around The Clock (3:00)
02 Jimmy McCracklin - Rockin' All Day (2:42)
03 Tiny Bradshaw - Well Oh Well (2:42)
04 Tiny Bradshaw - I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball (2:47)
05 Doc Sausage & His Mad Lads - Sausage Rock (2:34)
06 Arthur Crudup - My Baby Left Me (2:27)
07 Tiny Bradshaw - Breaking Up The House (2:42)
08 Arleen Talley - Rock And Roll (2:27)
09 Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers - Let's Rock Awhile (2:45)
10 Roy James Brown - Good Rockin' Man (3:02)
11 Esther Phillips - The Deacon Moves In (2:45)
12 Freddy Strong - We Love To Boogie (2:50)
13 Jesse Allen - Rock This Morning (2:03)
14 Ray Snead - I'm A Good Rockin Daddy (2:37)
15 Jimmie McCracklin Sings With His Blues Blasters - Rockin' Man (3:02)
16 Little Richard - Get Rich Quick (2:14)
17 Robert Nighthawk & His Nighthawks Band - Kansas City Blues (2:34)
18 Tiny Bradshaw - The Train Kept A Rolling (2:46)
19 Johnny Otis - All Night Long (2:34)
20 Roy Brown - Rock-A-Bye Baby (2:45)
21 Fats Domino - No No Baby (2:21)
22 The Treniers - It Rocks, It Rolls, It Swings (3:02)
23 Honey Brown - Rockin' And Jumpin' (2:54)
24 Google Eyes - Rock My Soul (2:58)
25 Andrew Tibbs - Rock Savoy Rock (2:42)
26 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - My Real Gone Rocket (2:25)

CD 3:
01 Bill Doggett & His Orchestra - Give It Up (2:39)
02 Herman Manzy & His Orchestra - I'm Your Rockin' Man (2:23)
03 Professor Longhair - Rockin' With Fess (1:59)
04 Red Saunders - Hambone (2:35)
05 Esther Phillips - You Took My Love Too Fast (2:25)
06 Lewis Smiley - Lillie Mae (2:12)
07 Ray Charles - Jumpin' In The Morning (2:49)
08 Lewis Smiley - Ain't Gonna Do It (2:19)
09 Big Mama Thornton - They Call Me Big Mama (2:01)
10 Ruth Brown - Wild Wild Young Men (2:37)
11 Alan Freed - Moondog Matinée (0:25)
12 Annie Laurie - It's Been A Long Time (2:38)
13 Big Mama Thornton - I Smell A Rat (1:41)
14 Roy Brown - Mr. Hound Dog's In Town (2:30)
15 Rufus Thomas - Bear Ca (2:49)
16 Parker Junior - Feelin' Good (2:54)
17 Parker Junior - Love My Baby (2:34)
18 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - What's Goin' On (2:33)
19 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - All Night Boogie (2:14)
20 Jocko Henderson - The Rocket Ship Show (0:32)
21 Smiley Lewis - Down The Road (2:12)
22 The Treniers - Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie (2:14)
23 Big Joe Turner - Honey Hush (2:37)
24 Big Joe Turner - Shake Rattle And Roll (2:57)
25 Big Maybelle - Whole Lot Of Shakin' Goin On (2:41)
26 Sonny Terry - Ride And Roll (2:31)

The rock revolution was not televised. Elvis Presley, who launched rockabilly in 1954, did not invent rock ‘n’ roll.
This album rehabilitates the history-making, foundational records which came out of the seminal rock trend; they were present on the black circuit as early as 1949, yet banned on radio stations due to racial segregation.
These splendid—and little-known—recordings testify to the authentic sound, subversiveness and stylistic variation which characterized the birth of rock.

Race Records 1942-1955 CD 1
Race Records 1942-1955 CD 2
Race Records 1942-1955 CD 3

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Professor Longhair - Ball The Wall: Live At Tipitina's 1978

Size: 159,0 MB
Time: 68:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: New Orleans Blues, Piano Blues
Art: Front

01. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (Live) (2:17)
02. Rum And Coca-Cola (Live) (3:12)
03. I've Got My Mojo Working (Live) (5:22)
04. Gone So Long (Live) (6:11)
05. Whole Lotta Lovin' (Live) (3:34)
06. After Hours (Live) (2:52)
07. Ball The Wall Aka 501 Boogie (Live) (2:18)
08. Good Rockin' Tonight, Shake Rattle & Roll, Sick & Tired, Roberta (Live) (4:02)
09. Bald Head (She Ain't Got No Hair) (Live) (4:28)
10. Hey Little Girl (Live) (4:48)
11. Stack-O-Lee (Live) (3:06)
12. Go Ahead And Cry (Live) (3:16)
13. Her Mind Is Gone (Live) (4:09)
14. Don't You Feel Like Crying (Live) (4:25)
15. Introduction (Live) (0:23)
16. Gone So Long (Live) At Tipitina's Solo Piano (Live) (5:52)
17. Mess Around (Live) (4:29)
18. Tipitina (Live) (3:23)

Justly worshipped a decade and a half after his death as a founding father of New Orleans R&B, Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd was nevertheless so down-and-out at one point in his long career that he was reduced to sweeping the floors in a record shop that once could have moved his platters by the boxful. That Longhair made such a marvelous comeback testifies to the resiliency of this late legend, whose Latin-tinged rhumba-rocking piano style and croaking, yodeling vocals were as singular and spicy as the second-line beats that power his hometown's musical heartbeat. Longhair brought an irresistible Caribbean feel to his playing, full of rolling flourishes that every Crescent City ivories man had to learn inside out (Fats Domino, Huey Smith, and Allen Toussaint all paid homage early and often). Longhair grew up on the streets of the Big Easy, tap dancing for tips on Bourbon Street with his running partners. Local 88s aces Sullivan Rock, Kid Stormy Weather, and Tuts Washington all left their marks on the youngster, but he brought his own conception to the stool. A natural-born card shark and gambler, Longhair began to take his playing seriously in 1948, earning a gig at the Caldonia Club. Owner Mike Tessitore bestowed Longhair with his professorial nickname (due to Byrd's shaggy coiffure). Longhair debuted on wax in 1949, laying down four tracks (including the first version of his signature "Mardi Gras in New Orleans," complete with whistled intro) for the Dallas-based Star Talent label. His band was called the Shuffling Hungarians, for reasons lost to time! Union problems forced those sides off the market, but Longhair's next date for Mercury the same year was strictly on the up-and-up. It produced his first and only national R&B hit in 1950, the hilarious "Bald Head" (credited to Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers). The pianist made great records for Atlantic in 1949, Federal in 1951, Wasco in 1952, and Atlantic again in 1953 (producing the immortal "Tipitina," a romping "In the Night," and the lyrically impenetrable boogie "Ball the Wall"). After recuperating from a minor stroke, Longhair came back on Lee Rupe's Ebb logo in 1957 with a storming "No Buts - No Maybes." He revived his "Go to the Mardi Gras" for Joe Ruffino's Ron imprint in 1959; this is the version that surfaces every year at Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Other than the ambitiously arranged "Big Chief" in 1964 for Watch Records, the '60s held little charm for Longhair. He hit the skids, abandoning his piano playing until a booking at the fledgling 1971 Jazz & Heritage Festival put him on the comeback trail. He made a slew of albums in the last decade of his life, topped off by a terrific set for Alligator, Crawfish Fiesta. Longhair triumphantly appeared on the PBS-TV concert series Soundstage (with Dr. John, Earl King, and the Meters), co-starred in the documentary Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together (which became a memorial tribute when Longhair died in the middle of its filming; funeral footage was included), and saw a group of his admirers buy a local watering hole in 1977 and rechristen it Tipitina's after his famous song. He played there regularly when he wasn't on the road; it remains a thriving operation. Longhair went to bed on January 30, 1980, and never woke up. A heart attack in the night stilled one of New Orleans' seminal R&B stars, but his music is played in his hometown so often and so reverently you'd swear he was still around. ~ Bill Dahl

Ball The Wall

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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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Professor Longhair - Live In Chicago

Size: 194 MB
Time: 29:12
File: FLAC
Released: 2016
Styles: Piano Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Intro (Live) (0:19)
02. Doin' It (Live) (4:54)
03. Big Chief (Live) (3:49)
04. Every Day I Have The Blues (Live) (4:48)
05. Mess Around (Live) (4:53)
06. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (Live) (3:01)
07. Got My Mojo Working (Live) (4:36)
08. Fess's Boogie (Live) (2:48)

Orleans Records will release Professor Longhair's Live at the University of Chicago Folk Festival—February 1, 1976, a previously unreleased live album, on April. The show, originally broadcast by WFMT-FM Chicago, features Professor Longhair (piano, vocals and whistling), Billy Gregory (lead guitar), Will Harvey (rhythm guitar), Julius Farmer (bass guitar) and Earl Gordon (drums).

Live In Chicago

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Professor Longhair - Masters Of The Last Century: Best Of Professor Longhair

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 80:07
Size: 183.4 MB
Styles: New Orleans blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:25] 1. Mardi Gras
[3:19] 2. Hey Little Girl
[5:43] 3. Hey Now Baby
[5:32] 4. How Long Has That Train Been Gone
[3:33] 5. I'm Movin' On
[3:54] 6. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
[3:08] 7. Rum And Coca-Cola
[3:00] 8. Stagger Lee
[3:55] 9. Tell Me Pretty Baby
[3:46] 10. Tipitina
[5:37] 11. Whole Lotta Lovin'
[3:25] 12. 501 Boogie
[3:34] 13. Big Chief
[2:42] 14. Cry To Me
[4:58] 15. Doin' It, Pt. 2
[3:51] 16. Every Day I Have The Blues
[4:09] 17. Junco Partner
[2:51] 18. Lovely Lady
[3:31] 19. Medley She Walks Right In Shake, Rattle & Roll Sick & Tired
[4:17] 20. Mess Around
[2:46] 21. Goin' To The Mardi Gras

Justly worshipped a decade and a half after his death as a founding father of New Orleans R&B, Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd was nevertheless so down-and-out at one point in his long career that he was reduced to sweeping the floors in a record shop that once could have moved his platters by the boxful.

That Longhair made such a marvelous comeback testifies to the resiliency of this late legend, whose Latin-tinged rhumba-rocking piano style and croaking, yodeling vocals were as singular and spicy as the second-line beats that power his hometown's musical heartbeat. Longhair brought an irresistible Caribbean feel to his playing, full of rolling flourishes that every Crescent City ivories man had to learn inside out (Fats Domino, Huey Smith, and Allen Toussaint all paid homage early and often).

Longhair went to bed on January 30, 1980, and never woke up. A heart attack in the night stilled one of New Orleans' seminal R&B stars, but his music is played in his hometown so often and so reverently you'd swear he was still around. ~bio by Bill Dahl

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Professor Longhair - Alligator

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:07
Size: 121.6 MB
Styles: New Orleans blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:46] 1. She Ain't Got No Hair
[2:53] 2. Hey Now Baby
[2:52] 3. Mardi Gras In New Orleans
[3:06] 4. She Walks Right In
[2:45] 5. Willie Mae
[2:54] 6. Walk Your Blues Away
[3:10] 7. Longhair Blues Rhumba
[2:34] 8. Longhair Stomp
[2:26] 9. Her Mind Is Gone
[2:22] 10. Bald Head
[2:56] 11. Oh Well
[2:56] 12. Been Foolin' Around
[2:31] 13. In The Night
[2:31] 14. Tipitina
[2:22] 15. Ball The Wall
[3:16] 16. Who's Been Foolin' You
[2:10] 17. Gone So Long
[2:17] 18. Cry Pretty Baby
[2:04] 19. Looka, No Hair
[2:06] 20. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand

2009 release, a collection of early singles from the New Orleans legend. Professor Longhair was a New Orleans Blues singer and piano player. He was active in two distinct periods of music: early Rhythm & Blues and traditional Jazz. He has influenced just about everyone from Fats Domino to Dr John and continues to do so to this day. The collection is comprised of the best of his early singles for local independent labels and his early Atlantic Recordings, covering the period from 1949 to 1957.

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Various - The Alligator Records Playlists: Blues About Food

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 99:18
Size: 227.3 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[5:52] 1. JJ Grey & Mofro - Ho Cake
[3:27] 2. Lonnie Brooks - Breakfast In Bed
[3:07] 3. Katie Webster - A Little Meat On The Side
[4:09] 4. Professor Longhair - Red Beans Aka I Got My Mojo Working
[4:50] 5. Lonnie Mack - Oreo Cookie Blues
[4:07] 6. Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows - Polk Salad Annie
[3:14] 7. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - Chicken, Gravy & Biscuits
[3:10] 8. Noble Thin Man Watts - Red Beans & Rice
[3:00] 9. C. J. Chenier - Eat More Crawfish
[4:37] 10. Shemekia Copeland - Too Close
[5:09] 11. Charlie Musselwhite - Hey! Miss Bessie
[6:52] 12. Albert Collins - Too Many Dirty Dishes
[4:04] 13. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - Lil' Ed's Home Cookin'
[3:33] 14. Kenny Neal - Blues Stew
[4:25] 15. A.C. Reed - Fast Food Annie
[2:53] 16. Long John Hunter - Grits Ain't Groceries
[3:15] 17. Professor Longhair - Crawfish Fiesta
[5:08] 18. Bob Margolin - Coffee Break
[3:39] 19. Ann Rabson - One Meatball
[3:39] 20. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - Pet Cream Man
[2:45] 21. Elvin Bishop - Soul Food
[3:48] 22. Cephas & Wiggins - Pigmeat
[3:41] 23. Dave Hole - Fattening Up The Turkey
[4:03] 24. Marcia Ball - Watermelon Time
[2:40] 25. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - No Fast Food

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The Alligator Records Playlists: Blues About Food

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Professor Longhair - Crawfish Fiesta

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 45:29
Size: 104.2 MB
Styles: New Orleans blues, R&B
Year: 1980/2012
Art: Front

[3:13] 1. Big Chief
[4:22] 2. Her Mind Is Gone
[4:10] 3. Something On Your Mind
[2:34] 4. You're Driving Me Crazy
[4:09] 5. Red Beans
[2:04] 6. Willie Fugal's Blues
[4:52] 7. It's My Fault, Darling
[3:22] 8. In The Wee Wee Hours
[3:35] 9. Cry To Me
[2:58] 10. Bald Head
[3:46] 11. Whole Lotta Loving
[3:10] 12. Crawfish Fiesta
[3:10] 13. River's Invitation - Bonus Rehearsal Track

Probably the best of all the many albums Longhair waxed during his comeback. A tremendously tight combo featuring three horns and Dr. John on guitar delightfully back the Professor every step of the way as he recasts Solomon Burke's "Cry to Me" and Fats Domino's "Whole Lotta Loving" in his own indelible image and roars, yodels, and whistles out wonderful remakes of his own oldies "Big Chief" and "Bald Head." ~Bill Dahl

Crawfish Fiesta

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Professor Longhair - Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:34
Size: 106.6 MB
Styles: New Orleans blues
Year: 1977/2006
Art: Front

[2:54] 1. Mardi Gras In New Orleans
[3:35] 2. Hey Now Baby
[3:27] 3. Junco Partner
[3:14] 4. Meet Me Tomorrow Night
[4:01] 5. Doin' It
[3:29] 6. How Long Has That Train Been Gone
[3:34] 7. Tipitina
[2:38] 8. Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
[3:09] 9. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
[3:33] 10. Mean Old World
[2:55] 11. Stagger Lee
[2:35] 12. Mess Around
[3:09] 13. Rum And Coca-Cola
[4:14] 14. (They Call Me) Dr. Professor Longhair

ROCK 'N' ROLL GUMBO contains songs from one of the Professor's final recording sessions in the early 70s. This was remixed in 1985 with "the piano brought up a little higher in the mix," horns newly added to one track, plus two previously unreleased songs. One of Professor Longhair's finest latter-day albums, ROCK 'N' ROLL GUMBO finds the New Orleans legend getting his groove back after years out of the public eye.

Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo

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