Titus Turner - Blues & Rhythm Series 5151: The Chronological Titus Turner 1949-1954

Size: 286 MB
Time: 52:57
File: FLAC
Released: 2005
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. I'm Just A Lucky So & So (2:58)
02. Where Are You? (2:37)
03. Stop Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (3:05)
04. Let's Forget The Whole Thing (2:36)
05. It's Too Late Now (2:35)
06. Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend (2:43)
07. What'cha Gonna Do For Me (2:21)
08. Same Old Feeling (2:54)
09. Got So Much Trouble (2:53)
10. Please Baby (3:03)
11. Be Sure You Know (2:36)
12. Jambalaya (1:59)
13. My Plea (2:37)
14. Christmas Morning (2:42)
15. Big Mary's (2:12)
16. Livin' In Misery (2:21)
17. Over The Rainbow (2:33)
18. Hello, Stranger (2:55)
19. My Lonely Room (2:53)
20. Devilish Woman (2:13)

A native of Atlanta, GA, Titus Turner was only 16 years old when he made his first recording, billed as Mr. T & His Band. For his precocious debut on Aladdin Records, Turner emulated Billy Eckstine's suavity and even injected a bit of his own stylized whistling into Duke Ellington's "I'm Just a Lucky So and So." His Regal recordings from March 1951 are much more substantial and therefore begin to impart a glimpse of where this remarkable man was headed. His first session for OKeh Records took place on October 16, 1951, with the Howard Biggs orchestra, including real jazz musicians like trumpeter Buck Clayton, tenor saxophonist Joe Thomas, and baritone saxophonist Pinky Williams. Two sides cut with Danny Kessler's orchestra on April 23, 1952, are stunningly powerful. After a teeth-grinding guitar intro, the singer describes how he's "Got So Much Trouble" in no uncertain terms: "My father's dead and gone, my mother's makin' time, my brother's in Korea and I'm almost out my mind." The flip side, "Please Baby," which obviously caused an irreversible chemical reaction inside of James Brown, develops almost painfully as Turner contorts his voice to suit the mood. Things grow strange as "My Plea" has weird reverb imposed with the setting so far off center that his voice sings back over itself like a John Giorno poetry reading. The effect becomes somewhat psychotropic when even the saxophone gets caught up in the sound loops. On "Big Mary," the Leroy Kirkland Orchestra shifted into a Delta rhumba rhythm, a mode that Turner obviously preferred. This fascinating slice of the Titus Turner chronology closes with a series of tunes recorded in January 1954, gradually mutating from a sensitive treatment of "Over the Rainbow" through a smooth crooning exercise called "Hello Stranger" through "My Lonely Room," a neurotic study in heartache containing the threat "I'm goin' to the doctor, without a doubt, I'm gonna have my heart cut out" and culminating in a rocking tribute to a satisfyingly "Devilish Woman." These passionately rendered recordings form a valuable basis for Titus Turner's better-known career as a composer of songs made famous by Elvis Presley, Dinah Washington, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Little Milton, Little Willie John, Louis Jordan, Jackie Wilson, the Everly Brothers, and the Beatles. ~arwulf arwulf

The Chronological Titus Turner 1949-1954

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Titus Turner - Taking Care Of Business 1955-1962

Size: 138,7+133,0 MB
Time: 58:55+56:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues, Soul, R&B, Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. All Around The World (2:25)
02. Sweet And Slow (2:49)
03. Big John (2:34)
04. Get On Right Track Baby (2:17)
05. Hungry Man (2:21)
06. A-Knockin' At My Baby's Door (2:25)
07. Have Mercy Baby (2:56)
08. Hold Your Lovin' (2:34)
09. Way Down Yonder (2:26)
10. Cora Lee (2:37)
11. The Return Of Stagolee (2:38)
12. Tarzan (2:28)
13. Fall Guy (1:52)
14. Miss Rubberneck Jones (2:35)
15. We Told You Not To Marry (Cleaned Vinyl) (2:10)
16. Taking Care Of Business (2:06)
17. Get Up Betty Jean (1:56)
18. Cool Down (2:03)
19. I'm Set In My Ways (2:00)
20. Sound Off (Duckworth Chant) (2:04)
21. Me And My Lonely Telephone (1:57)
22. Pony Train (2:25)
23. Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha (2:16)
24. Hey Doll Baby (2:20)
25. I Want A Little Girl (2:29)

CD 2:
01. Horsin' It Around (2:09)
02. Chances Go Around (2:18)
03. Never, Never Nothin' (2:22)
04. I Bet You Shut Your Big Mouth Now (2:24)
05. Day In - Day Out (2:24)
06. Sweet Georgia Brown (2:08)
07. Knock Me A Kiss (2:18)
08. I'll Always Be In Love With You (2:35)
09. Left Right Out Of Your Heart (2:10)
10. Blue Moon (2:15)
11. The Glory Of Love (2:18)
12. The Bull Run (2:19)
13. You Stayed Away Too Long (2:36)
14. Build A Bridge (2:26)
15. Foolish Pride (2:23)
16. Beautiful Stranger (2:14)
17. Shake The Hand Of A Fool (2:02)
18. Walk On The Wild Side Twist (2:10)
19. Twistin' Train (2:03)
20. People Sure Act Funny (When They Got A Little Money) (2:29)
21. My Darkest Hour (2:43)
22. Bow Wow (Life Ain't Nothing But Dog Eat Dog) (2:32)
23. I Love You Baby (2:41)
24. Soulville (2:18)

Although he was primarily known as a successful songwriter, who penned a steady stream of R&B hits, Titus Turner enjoyed a parallel recording career. This unique compilation presents the very best of his own recordings between 1955-1962, for a half dozen different US record labels, viz: Wing, Atlantic, King, Glover, Jamie and Enjoy. Included are his US hits "The Return Of Stagloee", "We Told You Not To Marry" and "Sound Off (Duckworth Chant)" as well as the title track "Taking Care Of Business", which was hugely popular in the New York clubs. Also includes his original versions of songs like "All Around The World", "Big John", "Get On The Right Track Baby", "People Sure Act Funny" and "Soulville", which became hits for Little Willie John, The Shirelles, Ray Charles, Arthur Conley and Dinah Washington respectively. Several of these sides are serious collector's rarities, unavailable elsewhere on CD.

Taking Care Of Business CD 1
Taking Care Of Business CD 2

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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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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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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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