NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE Label: Ace – CDCHM 1049 Series: The Crown Series – 9 Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Mono Country: Europe Released: 2005 Genre: Blues Style: Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues 1 Sweet Sixteen Pts. 1 & 2 Written-By – Ahmet Ertegun 6:11 2 (I`m Gonna) Quit My Baby Written-By – Riley B. King, Sam Ling 2:31 3 I Was Blind Written-By – Jules Taub, Riley B. King, Sam Ling 3:30 4 What Can I Do Written-By – Jules Taub, Riley B. King 2:46 5 Some Day Somewhere Written-By – Jules Taub, Riley B. King 2:51 6 Sneakin` Around Written-By – Jessie Mae Robinson 3:00 7 Ten Long Years Written-By – Jules Taub, Riley B. King 2:46 8 Be Careful With A Fool Written-By – Joe Josea, Riley B. King 2:49 9 Whole Lotta` Love Written-By – Joe Josea, Maxwell Davis 3:08 10 Days Of Old Written-By – Jules Taub, Riley B. King 2:24 11 Young Dreamers (Previously Unissed Take 1) Written-By – Riley B. King 2:22 12 Bim Bam Written-By – Joe Josea, Maxwell Davis 2:38 13 Trouble In Mind (Previously Unissued Take 1) Written-By – Richard Jones* 3:17 14 Down Now (Previously Unissued Take 1) Written-By – Jules Taub, Riley B. King 2:49 15 Broke And Hungry (Previously Unissued Take 2) Written-By – John Estes* 2:47 16 Shotgun Blues Written-By – Samuel Lightnin` Hopkins* 2:47 17 What A Way To Spend The Night (Previously Unissued Take 1) 2:22 18 A Woman Don`t Care (Previously Unissued Take 4) Written-By – Riley B. King 2:37 Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Ace Records Ltd. Copyright © – Ace Records Ltd. Mastered At – Sound Mastering Ltd Mixed At – Sound Mastering Ltd Published By – BMG Music Publishing Ltd. Published By – Carlin Music Corp. Published By – Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd. Published By – Universal/MCA Music Ltd. Published By – Esquire Music Published By – EMI United Partnership Ltd. Compiled By, Liner Notes – John Broven Design [Package] – Sir Brian Burrows* Mastered By, Mixed By – Duncan Cowell Tape, Research, Cover [Original Lp Cover] – Roger Armstrong On Back Cover: ℗ & © 2005 Ace Records Ltd. Made in the UK On CD: ℗ & © 2005 Ace Records Ltd. Made in the EU The ninth instalment in Ace`s attractively priced resuscitation and expansion of B.B. King`s Crown albums, courtesy of series supervisor John Broven, showcases King`s fifth LP for the budget label, originally issued in early 1960. It finds B.B. in full stride and reflects an eclecticism that displayed the breadth of B.B.`s music and talents, and represented attempts to cope with changing trends. Accordingly, the album presents the original mixture of mostly later RPM and early Kent singles anchored by the unified album version of the classic two-part single `Sweet Sixteen` which ranks among B.B.`s most definitive and impassioned moments. It ranges through some of the signature 50s hits which were staples on ghetto jukeboxes and record players (five of the tracks charted either R&B or Pop); a couple of flip sides; and a handful of ballads and rock`n`roll flirtations, enhanced with eight mostly obscure bonus tracks. The original LP reached back to 1952 for a Memphis alternate take of `Some Day Somewhere` (B.B.`s rendition of Lowell Fulson`s `Midnight Showers Of Rain`, also covered in Memphis by Willie Nix). But the heart of the album presented B.B. in a more fully-developed mode, at his peak of vocal range and suppleness and closer to the crystallisation of a guitar style that rapidly became established as the model for contemporary blues, framed by the nuanced, stylish arrangements of Maxwell Davis and occasionally topped off with his tenor sax solos. Plas Johnson, the New Orleans transplant who supplanted Davis as the first call R & B tenor in Los Angeles as blues was elbowed out by rock`n`roll, makes a rousing contribution similar to his solo on T-Bone Walker`s `Two Bones And A Pick` on the RPM single and bonus track `Bim Bam`. It was an unabashed rock`n`roll outing, with lyric references to hits of the day, which B.B. disparages. Controversy almost drips from the grooves despite Plas` efforts, although the jive dancers will almost certainly lap it up. One of B.B.`s greatest and favourite foils, pianist Lloyd Glenn, also graces several tracks, perhaps most notably on the alternate take of `Down Now` which was in part B.B.`s lament about his Internal Revenue Service problems. The 1955 session-mate ballads `Sneakin` Around` and `I Was Blind` (with a vocal chorus by some Kings Men` who couldn`t have got much further from `Louie Louie`) remind us how early a softer side of B.B. was evident. On more solid blues ground, it`s worth noting Otis Rush`s adaptation of `Be Careful Of A Fool` into his version of `Mean Old World` and B.B.`s sanitisation of Dr Clayton`s song of homicidal intent, `Cheating And Lying Blues`, into `Quit My Baby`.

NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE Great R&B Instrumentals Various Artists (Rock & Roll Compilations) 1. Boppin` At The Hop - Lee Allen & His Band 2. Night Train - Jimmy Forrest & His All Star Combo 3. Keep Getting Up - Larry Dale 4. Hard Grind - Wild Jimmy Spruill 5. Side-Track - Googie Rene & His Band 6. Hoppin` Mad - Plas Johnson & His Orchestra 7. Big Guitar - Irving Ashby 8. The Honeydripper - Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 9. Southbound Special - Lloyd Glenn & His Band 10. Honky - Big Bob Dougherty & His Band 11. Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton & His Guitar 12. The Huckle-Buck - Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers 13. Huggin` - Little Jessie 14. Jivin` Around Pt.1 - Ernie Freeman Combo 15. Jivin` Around Pt.2 - Ernie Freeman Combo 16. All Night Long - Joe Houston Orchestra 17. Boogie Cocktails - Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra 18. T-Town Twist - Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 19. The Happy Whistler - Ernie Fields Orchestra 20. Pipe Dreams - Jimmy Beck & His Orchestra 21. Deacon John - Buddy Lucas 22. Thunderbird - Rene Hall`s Orchestra 23. The Hunch - Bobby Peterson Quintet 24. What`s Happenin`! - The Mar-Keys 25. Red Beans And Rice - Booker T & The MG`s UK compilation featuring 25 tracks, including many rarities & hard to find tracks. Artists include Lee Allen, Plas Johnson, Joe Liggins, Pee Wee Crayton, Ernie Freeman & Booker T & the MG`s.

disk: 5 omot: 5- Double B (6) ‎– Cha-Chack Train Label: VIA Jazz ‎– 9920372 Format: CD, Album Country: Netherlands Released: 1997 Genre: Jazz Style: Cha-Chack Train (CD, Album) for sale More Images Tracklist Position Title/Credits Duration 1 Seven With 2 Upstairs, Downstairs 3 Nardis 4 Absolute Deception 5 Tam D’ram Sa 6 St. Oxley (Based On Doxy) 7 Junk Food-Party 8 Disappointments (For Veca) 9 From Hand To Mouth 10 Basstronaut 11 Cha-Chack Train 12 Mi Füstölög Ott A Síkon Távolban Credits Bass Clarinet – Ákos Laki*, Stanislav Mitrović*

NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE Foxy R&B - Richard Stamz Chicago Blues Various Artists (Label Stories) 1. SAY YOU LOVE ME - Harold Burrage 2. HELLO BABY - Lee (Shot) Williams 3. GOIN` HOME - Mary Johnson 4. WAY OUT, BABY - Flora D. 5. PLEASE LOVE ME - Harold Burrage 6. GARLEN`S MAMBO? - Ze-Majestics 7. ROMEO JOE PT 1 - Robert & The Rockin` Ravens 8. THE BUZZARD - Freddy Robinson 9. LOST LOVE - Mary Johnson 10. I`M TRYING - Lee (Shot) Williams 11. A FOOL FOR HIDING MY LOVE FROM YOU - Harold Burrage 12. THE HAWK - Freddy Robinson 13. GITTIN` ALONG (GREEN ONIONS) - Willie Williams w/The Howlin` Wolf Band 14. YOU OUGHT TO LOVE ME - Harold Burrage 15. I`M GONNA PUT YOU TO WORK - Tony Gideon 16. THESE TEARS / THOSE TEARS - Mary Johnson 17. GOING BACK HOME - Willie Williams w/The Howlin` Wolf Band 18. PRETTY LITTLE LIDDY - Harold Burrage 19. WHAT`S THE MATTER WITH YOU SAM - The Ideals 20. CHRISTMAS DAY - Detroit Junior 21. SOUTH PARK SHUFFLE - Willie Williams w/The Howlin` Wolf Band 22. JUST ONE MORE TIME - Loretta Branch (Trio) 23. YOU GONNA CRY - Flora D. 24. I WAS WRONG - Harold Burrage 25. A FOOL FOR HIDING MY LOVE FROM YOU - Harold Burrage Richard Stamz was a colourful R&B and soul DJ who operated in Chicago throughout the 50s and 60s. A slick, jive talker who hosted a groundbreaking black TV show in the city in 1956, his on-air persona ran from crown prince to royal highness. Around 1960 he took over the Cobra/Artistic/Abco studio and the Paso label, which he continued to run alongside his own Foxy operation. Bluesman Harold Burrage was already at Paso; he and Stamz began working closely together, with Burrage recording, composing songs, playing sessions and even voicing ads for Stamz’s radio show. Burrage’s 45s for Paso and Foxy are superb examples of early 60s blues as it moved towards soul. His extremely rare original version of Betty Everett’s ‘Please Love Me’ will be of great interest to new breed R&B fans, as will many of the tracks on these largely uncharted labels. Blues fans will be thrilled by the presence of some of Howlin’ Wolf’s sidemen in the Willie Williams band, including guitarist Hubert Sumlin; the outfit provides three previously unreleased blues instrumentals. Influential guitarist Freddy Robinson appears as a session-man on many tracks. His own 45 from the Queen label is also included, one side in an alternate take. Tough-voiced blues singers Mary Johnson and Flora D provide excellent R&B sides that complement the male contenders from Burrage, Lee “Shot” Williams and Detroit Jr. The uptempo decks of these discs are avidly hunted by new breed collectors. The Ideals and Ze-Majestics represent the vocal group side with R&B-flavoured numbers. The other previously unheard masters include a good R&B dance tempo song from Tony Gideon of the Daylighters, a jazz-influenced groover from Loretta Branch and the rare and mysterious Robert & The Rockin’ Robins singing about ‘Romeo Joe’. Musicologists Richard Shurman and Patrick Roberts, the author of a book on Richard Stamz’s life, provide fascinating musical and entertaining sociological facts about the recordings and the man. Stamz’s daughter Phyllis has given the compilers and writers access to the family’s memorabilia which illustrates the package, providing a taster of Chicago musical life at the dawn of the 60s.

Album grupe B-52S iz 1992-ge godine THE GOOD STUFF !Nekorišćeni remasterizovani original(Reprise Records)Made In Germany - naravno sa 16 strana bookleta sa tekstovima pesama iz lične kolekcije! Tell It Like It T-I-Is 5:14 Hot Pants Explosion 4:55 Good Stuff 5:58 Revolution Earth 5:48 Dreamland 7:35 Is That You Mo-Dean? 5:31 The World`s Green Laughter 4:04 Vision Of A Kiss 5:57 Breezin` 5:21 Bad Influence 5:41

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Album pevačice iz SAD. Sadrži knjižicu (20 str.) sa fotografijama i podacima. CD + DVD (spotovi) Made in the EU.

NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE Wow, Wow, Baby! 1950s R&B, Blues And Gospel From Dolphin`s Of Hollywood Various Artists (Dolphin) 1. Heavy Artiillery (A.K.A..The Solid Rock) (Unedited Version) - Big Boy Groves And His Orchestra Featuring Roland Mitchell 2. Man Have I Got Troubles - Scatman Crothers 3. Wow Wow Baby - The Hollywood Four Flames 4. Pete s Boogie - Memphis Slim 5. S.K. Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon 6. Years And Tears Ago - Little Margie With Big Boy Groves And His Orchestra 7. Oh Baby - Floyd Dixon 8. Step In The Right Direction - Brother Prince Dixon 9. I Walked All Night - Johnny Fuller 10. Elaine - Scatman Crothers 11. Yak Yak Women (Demo) - Marvin & Johnny 12. Sleep, Drink And Play - Earl Burton 13. Traffic Ticket - Big Boy Groves And His Orchestra 14. My Love Is Real - James Reed 15. Hey Rube - The Mellow Tones 16. Never Can Tell (When A Woman s Going To Change Her Mind) - Floyd Dixon 17. Lonely, Lonely Woman - Little Eve With Big Boy Groves And His Orchestra 18. Teenage Party - Jimmy Witherspoon 19. Fancy Pants - Tap Anthony And His Orchestra 20. Don t Blooper - Grady Chapman And The Suedes 21. All Messed Up - Vernon Anders 22. I Need The Lord To Guide Me Everyday - Brother Prince Dixon 23. Teenagers Only - Little Margie With Big Boy Groves And His Orchestra 24. Oh Yeah - Chuck Higgins And The Mellotones Another scoop of superb West Coast R&B drawn from labels owned by John Dolphin, taken from the original tapes and acetates. Previously unissued and new-to-CD tracks in abundance. Over the past decade or so, we’ve been exploring the catalogue of Los Angeles entrepreneur John Dolphin to bring you packages built around the records he released on his Recorded In Hollywood, Money and Cash imprints. Dolphin might not have been loved by everyone who did business with him, but the music he left in his vaults mark him as one of the all-time great record men. “Wow, Wow, Baby!”, our third compilation of Dolphin repertoire, features some of the best-known names in 1950s R&B. All the selections have been mastered from fresh transfers of the original tapes and acetates. Rockin’ R&B gems abound, courtesy of Big Boy Groves, Marvin & Johnny, Jimmy Witherspoon, Chuck Higgins, Memphis Slim and the Hollywood Flames’ original cut of the title track, a big dancefloor favourite of recent years via the Searchers’ later Class recording. There are also numerous quality blues outings by such well-loved artists as Floyd Dixon, Scatman Crothers and Johnny Fuller. For the first time in the series we also feature a little gospel, from the highly respected but criminally under-recorded Brother Prince Dixon. Uptempo doo wop gets a look-in courtesy of bootin’ sides by Grady Chapman of the Robins and Vernon Anders, an incognito Vernon Greene of the Medallions. These are rounded out by an impressive selection of obscurities from artists whose performances deserved a better fate than to sit in a tape vault for 60 years. There has been increased interest in John Dolphin in recent years, to the point where a stage musical based on his life and work opened last month in Los Angeles. “Wow, Wow, Baby!” can only serve to increase that interest and further preserve John Dolphin’s recorded legacy.

NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE Various Artists (Dolphin) Tracklist 1 –Porkey Harris And The Sophisti-Cats Pot Holder 2 –Vernon Anders With Monroe Tucker Lovin` John (Take 2) 3 –Memphis Slim Treat Me Like I Treat You 4 –Big Boy Groves And Little Margie Another Ticket (Demo, Take 1) 5 –Linda Hayes Yes I Know (Take 2) 6 –Pee Wee Crayton Boogie Bop (Take 1) 7 –Jimmy Witherspoon Big Family Blues (Take 1) 8 –Geneva Vallier You Said You Had A Woman 9 –Sonny Harper (2) Ride Lone Stranger, Ride (Take 3) 10 –Al Calloway Uncle John 11 –Big Boy Groves And Little Margie Years And Tears Ago (Take 2) 12 –Vernon Anders Hound Dog And Alley Cat 13 –Vernon Anders I`m A Humdinger 14 –Lois Butler With The Joe Houston Band* Pretty Daddy (Take 1) 15 –Unknown Artist Let`s Ball All Night Long (Track 3, Take 2 Overdub) 16 –Peppermint Harris Cadillac Funeral 17 –Juanita Moore (2) And The Eugene Jackson Trio Call Me A Hound Dog 18 –Tap Anthony And His All Star Band Watch Your Best Friend (Take 3) 19 –Big Boy Groves And Little Margie Yes It`s You (Take 2) 20 –Big Boy Groves Uh-Huh 21 –Ernie Freeman Combo* With Sherry Washington Jivin` Around (Female Vocal Version, Take 6) 22 –Peppermint Harris Treat Me Like I Treat You 23 –Big Boy Groves With Little Eve A Little Bit Of You 24 –Porkey Harris And The Sophisti-Cats Hollywood Hop We’re often asked why we don’t put out as many R&B compilations as we used to. In part, our extensive release schedule in the past has meant that, while the well is still by no means dry, it’s not as full as it used to be. Additionally, demand has dwindled a little, as its audience gets older and less interested in ownership of CDs. Also, the relentless onslaught of lesser quality “out of copyright” issues has eaten away at the core market for R&B and given a false perspective on the true worth of material that’s being, for want of a better term, legally bootlegged. We still love R&B, and we will continue to support it as long as people keep calling for it. This month, we’re delighted to bring you another volume in our series of CDs devoted to the labels of the late John Grattan Dolphin. Our previous Dolphin compilation highlighted repertoire that Lovin’ John had recorded for release on his first label, Recorded In Hollywood. This time, the repertoire is largely drawn from the stack of tapes that Dolphin produced or bought with the intention of issuing them on his later labels, Money and Cash. With one exception, all tracks come from original mastertapes that Ace acquired from Dolphin’s widow, Ruth, some years ago. Dolphin’s scattergun approach to running his labels meant that he would be recording and releasing high profile acts like Memphis Slim, Pee Wee Crayton, Joe Houston and Jimmy Witherspoon one day, and extremely obscure ones like Vernon Anders and Al Calloway the next. For every two sides that he issued, he left two in the can. Indeed, some singers heard here, such as Ervin “Big Boy” Groves’ protégée Little Margie, recorded many sides over several sessions without so much as one finding its way onto the market. He may not have released everything he cut, but Dolphin held onto the majority of his reels of tape. Because of this, Ace can bring you another helping of quality R&B, in the direct-from-the-studio-floor quality. (There’s plenty more where this comes from. Even as you’re reading these words, another volume is being planned for release in early 2010). As we are wont to do on these occasions, we’ve enlisted the help of top notch west coast researcher-annotator Jim Dawson to tell the story behind the songs and artists - and as ever, Jim’s left no stone unturned in his quest to uncover new facts about the most terminally obscure names on this set. Half a century may have passed since John Dolphin really was the Toast Of the Coast, but his musical legacy has outlived him. Thanks to our being able to bring you compilations such as this one, it will continue to do so for many years to come.

NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE DIGIPACK The RPM and Kent recordings of B.B. King have been comprehensively anthologised on Ace, particularly in the last couple of years with the expanded reissues of B.B.’s Crown albums of the 1950s and early 1960s. However, there are still several B.B. projects on the Ace agenda, and we kick off 2008 with the man’s first entry in the Hip Pocket series – a ‘straight from the original master tape’ reissue of the man’s 1967 Kent album, “The Jungle”. Of course, B.B. had left the Bihari brothers’ recording empire more than five years before an overdubbed version of the late 50s demo of The Jungle took him to #17 R&B / #94 Pop in the early summer of ’67. Its success merited the release of a full album, assembled from sessions that B.B. had cut mostly towards the end of his Kent tenure, and so it was that “The Jungle” also became the title of his first long player on Kent Records, eventually finding its way onto the various budget labels that were the Biharis’ main financial bread and butter during the late 60s and early 70s. As well as giving collectors a chance to enjoy the original sleeve, featuring a red-suited Arthur Adams – in profile – masquerading as the Blues Boy, it also gives us a change to hear a original Kent album exactly as it was first released, with alternate stereo mixes and overdubs – some of which are different to those on overdubbed versions released elsewhere – on otherwise familiar tracks. These alternate mixes have never been available on CD before now, making it a must-buy for the B.B. completist.

Gomez / Five Men In Hut ( A`s, B`s & Rarities 98`-04)Izdanje iz 2006,Virgin Records,EU. CD1 5- CD2 5- Buklet 5

Original, made in England Knjizica od 4 str. Odlicno ocuvano knjizica 5 Cd 5- 20 Golden Greats is a 1976 greatest hits album by the Beach Boys that was released in the UK by EMI`s newly created TV advertising division.[2] It became the second biggest selling album of the year, spending a total of 86 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number one in July 1976, where it remained for 10 weeks.[2][3][4] Greatest hits album by The Beach Boys Released June 1976 Recorded January 31, 1963 – April 23, 1969 Genre Rock, surf rock, sunshine pop, psychedelic rock Length 51:40 Label Capitol Producer Nick Venet, Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys Track listing Tracklist corresponds to the original LP release. The 1987 CD reissue has some small differences, most notably the replacement of various Duophonic mixes with mono versions. Side one No. Title Writer(s) Original release Length 1. `Surfin` U.S.A.` Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry Surfin` U.S.A., 1963 2:28 2. `Fun, Fun, Fun` B. Wilson, Mike Love Shut Down Volume 2, 1964 2:03 3. `I Get Around` B. Wilson, Love All Summer Long, 1964 2:13 4. `Don`t Worry Baby` B. Wilson, Roger Christian Shut Down Volume 2, 1964 2:48 5. `Little Deuce Coupe` B. Wilson, Christian Surfer Girl, 1963 1:38 6. `When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)` B. Wilson, Love The Beach Boys Today!, 1965 2:03 7. `Help Me, Rhonda` B. Wilson, Love Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 2:46 8. `California Girls` B. Wilson, Love Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 2:38 9. `Barbara Ann` Fred Fassert Beach Boys` Party!, 1965 3:06 10. `Sloop John B` Trad. Arr. B. Wilson, Al Jardine Pet Sounds, 1966 2:56 Total length: 24:39 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Year Originally Released Length 1. `You`re So Good to Me` B. Wilson, Love Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 2:16 2. `God Only Knows` B. Wilson, Tony Asher Pet Sounds, 1966 2:51 3. `Wouldn`t It Be Nice` B. Wilson, Asher, Love Pet Sounds, 1966 2:22 4. `Good Vibrations` B. Wilson, Love non-album single, 1966 3:36 5. `Then I Kissed Her` Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 2:15 6. `Heroes and Villains` B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks Smiley Smile, 1967 3:37 7. `Darlin`` B. Wilson, Love Wild Honey, 1967 2:12 8. `Do It Again` (single version) B. Wilson, Love non-album single, 1968 2:19 9. `I Can Hear Music` Jeff Barry, Greenwich, Phil Spector 20/20, 1969 2:38 10. `Break Away` B. Wilson, Murry Wilson non-album single, 1969 2:55 Total length: 27:01

NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE Even More Mellow Cats `N` Kittens: Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1945-1951 Various Artists (Mellow Cats) 1. Ride, Ride, Ride - HERB FISHER & HIS TRIO 2. Pitch A Boogie - THE SAUNDERS KING ORCHESTRA 3. My Baby Don`t Understand - CLARENCE WILLIAMS 4. A Good Man Is Hard To Find - BUTCH STONE & HIS ORCHESTRA 5. Drop A Nickel In The Slot - THREE BITS OF RHYTHM 6. Mean Ole Gal - JOHNNY OTIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (Vocal by Little Esther) 7. Stop - Skip Four Beats! - JIM WYNN & HIS ORCHESTRA 8. Huggin` The Pillow - WILL ROWLAND & HIS ORCHESTRA 9. B Splat - HAPPY JOHNSON SEXTETTE 10. Pinocchio Blues - AL CAKE WICHARD & HIS SEXTETTE (Vocal by Jimmy Witherspoon) 11. Little Girl - BUTCH STONE & HIS ORCHESTRA 12. Bully Wully Boogie - HADDA BROOKS & HER TRIO 13. The Signifying Monkey - THREE BITS OF RHYTHM 14. The Laziest Gal In Town - HELEN HUMES 15. Thursday Night Blues - JOHNNY OTIS & HIS ORCHESTRA featuring PETE `GUITAR` LEWIS 16. My Feet`s Too Big - BUTCH STONE & HIS ORCHESTRA 17. Gee I`m Lonesome - HOWARD McGHEE & HIS SEXTETTE (Vocal by Pearl Traylor) 18. Keep It Hot - SCAT MAN 19. Baby Take Me Home With You - CLARENCE WILLIAMS 20. Living My Life My Way - HELEN HUMES 21. Full House - FELIX GROSS & HIS ORCHESTRA 22. Play Fair - HOWARD McGHEE & HIS SEXTETTE (Vocal by Estelle Edison) 23. Gruen Special - THREE BITS OF RHYTHM 24. Baby Face - BUTCH STONE & HIS ORCHESTRA ‘Tis the season to be jolly once again, and that means its also time for another groovy gallop through the Modern Records archives in an attempt to bring you EVEN MORE MELLOW CATS AND KITTENS than we have already done on two previous volumes of fabulous, early west coast R&B. This, the third – and by no means final – instalment in the MC’N’K series once again draws on the early Modern acetates. In the label’s early days, Jules Bihari always recorded far more material than Modern could release, and anyone who has bought the previous two sets will agree that the quality of what Jules left on the shelf is little short of stunning. No less than 16 of this volume’s recordings have been confined to acetate for more than half a century, prior to their debut here. Every single one is as good as any master that actually was released at the time on Modern – and many are better. It’s great to be able to welcome back several old friends from earlier volumes. The remaining four tracks from Butch Stone’s small-but-perfectly-formed cache of repertoire will doubtless be among everyone’s favourites. Other returnees include the Three Bits Of Rhythm, Clarence Williams, Helen Humes and Scatman Crothers, represented by sides that pretty much sum up the sound of late 40s/early 50s Central Avenue R&B. Herb Fisher is featured on an early take of his Imperial 78 Ride, Ride, Ride – one of his best Modern sides and, curiously, one of only two that the Biharis chose not to issue. If you like the Amos Milburn/Floyd Dixon sound, you can add Herb to your list of ‘must hear’s’ right away. Also featured are artists who were essential players in the development of post-WWII R&B. You’ll know Jimmy Witherspoon, Johnny Otis and Hadda Brooks, but you may be less familiar with Big Jim Wynn or Felix Gross. You will certainly want to know more about both of these LA session stalwarts once you hear the previously unissued Stop – Skip Four Beats (Wynn) and Full House (Gross). Another amazing picker, the brilliant guitarist Mitchell “Tiny” Webb, can also be heard here to devastating effect on B Splat (one of Modern’s first releases) as a member of George “Happy” Johnson’s ‘sextette’ and, if anyone ever really manages to lift the veil of mystery that shrouds so many West Coast sessions, he’s probably on a good many of the other sides featured here. Modern’s earliest days are also handsomely represented by pioneering female vocalists like Numa Lee Davis, Estelle Edison and Pearl Traylor – none of whose careers extended far beyond their Modern sessions. Many of these ladies are accompanied by a tight little combo under the leadership of soon-to-be-seminal bebopper Howard McGhee. We also have a mystery lady on hand to Pitch A Boogie. All I can tell you for sure is that she isn’t “Sounders (sic) King” whose name is scrawled on the sleeve that houses her acetate. Even if snow isn’t going to be a-glistening in your lane, and whether or not you plan to deck your halls and don your gay apparel, the “Mellow Cats” series – and this volume in particular - offers a darn fine pick-me-up for any seasonal hangover blues that you may be experiencing soon. Have yourselves a Mellow little Christmas, Cats ‘n’ Kittens – and be aware that we’ll be doing it all over again with instalment # 4 in exactly twelve months time!

NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE Tracklist Hide Credits 1 –Little Willie Littlefield Mello Kats 2 –Bubber Cyphers And His Orchestra Walkin` Boogie 3 –Three Bits Of Rhythm Shadrack 4 –Butch Stone And His Orchestra I Got News For You 5 –Wild Bill Moore And His Orchestra We`re Gonna Rock We`re Gonna Roll Aka I Want To Rock `n` Roll Vocals – Scatman* 6 –Three Bits Of Rhythm Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle 7 –Jake Porter And His Orchestra Jake`s Boogie In E Flat 8 –The Peter Rabbit Trio Hootie Blues 9 –Jimmy `T-99` Nelson Bad Habit Blues 10 –Helen Humes Hey Hey Baby 11 –Dick Lewis And His Orchestra Good, Good Wine Vocals – Marvin Phillips 12 –Gene Phillips And His Orchestra Women, Women, Women 13 –Jimmy Witherspoon With Buddy Floyd And His Orchestra* Don`t Ever Move A Woman Into Your House 14 –Tiny Webb What`s The Use, Baby 15 –Butch Stone And His Orchestra Ooh, Look-A-There, Ain`t She Pretty 16 –Bardu Ali And His Orchestra Boogie Rebob 17 –The Peter Rabbit Trio They Raided The Joint 18 –Effie Smith I Live The Life I Love 19 –Jake Porter And His Orchestra Safronia 20 –The Robins That`s What The Good Book Says 21 –Scatman* Exactly Like You 22 –Butch Stone And His Orchestra Baby I Need You 23 –The Herb Fisher Trio People Who Have Money Are Funny 24 –Bardu Ali And His Orchestra That Gal Safronia Working on the repertoire Ace owns is an often daunting, but never less than rewarding, task. Whether it be drawn from Combo, Modern, Cash/Money/RIH or whatever, it`s always a pleasure to get stuck into the assembly of another great package of 40s/50s R&B and, as maybe Ace`s most currently-active A&R guy in this area (with respect to my equally-enthusiastic colleagues Broven, J., and Gibbon, P.), it`s fair to say that I get more pleasure out of doing so than most! Since I first came to Ace in September 2001, barely a week has gone by when I have not been working on some kind of vintage R&B package, and I hope that continues to be the case for a long time to come! Of course, where Modern especially is concerned, it`s a double delight to be able to work on anything from the company`s peak years. Currently I`m fine-tuning the long awaited second and final volume of Little Willie Littlefield, as well as two more Hadda Brooks sets that will all feature an impressive amount of previously unissued material. And its largely as a result of working on the latter sets that the project you`re reading about here and now came to fruition (as well as more than one potential follow up volume to it!). To make the Willie and Hadda projects as definitive as possible. I had requested the transference to DAT of all the hitherto-uncopied acetates by both artists. In the course of doing this, the guys at SML found that several of the acetates that were credited to Hadda, were actually by other artists like Butch Stone, the Three Bits Of Rhythm and Scatman Crothers. As it happens, I had been looking at introducing a Modern` line in Ace`s `Central Avenue` series for quite a while. The quality of the unissued and unreissued sides that SML were coming up with in the course of transferring Mr. Littlefield and Ms. Brooks` unheard works made it so much easier to do so, as you`ll hear! As with the previously released `Central Avenue Speakeasy`, `Mellow Cats And Kittens`, takes you straight to the heart of the West Coast`s Post-WWII Rhythm and Blues explosion, providing a window on a world that`s long since vanished and that we will never see the like of again, more`s the pity. The `cats and kittens` may themselves be mellow, but the music herein is usually anything but, as titles like `I Want To Rock `n` Roll`, `Good, Good Wine` and `Jake`s Boogie In D Flat` imply. This is about as good a representation of the sounds and styles you would encounter if you were a young black man or woman out for a night on L.A.`s famous Central Avenue anytime during the late 40s. Even though not everything here was recorded in Los Angeles, it all has that Central vibe and is all the better for having it. You may well find it incredible that only 5 of these takes have ever been released before. I, for one, most certainly did... However you take your R&B you`ll find much to enjoy here. The all-pervading influence of Louis Jordan can be heard in Butch Stone`s terrific recordings, and also in sides by Jake Porter, Bubber Cyphers and Scatman Crothers, while the cooler sounds of the King Cole Trio and the Three Blazers permeate the work of the Three Bits Of Rhythm and the trios of Herb Fisher and the endearingly-named Peter Rabbit. The emergence of the R&B vocal group is represented in early sides by the Robins and the Dick Lewis orchestra - the latter featuring the Barons, who included in their number the young Marvin Phillips of Marvin and Johnny/Jesse fame. The enormously popular `blues shouting` styles of Joe Turner and Wynonie Harris naturally get a look in, too, courtesy of T-99 and `Spoon respectively. We even feature a bit of unashamedly Californian small-group blues, via Tiny Webb. And it goes without saying that our litter of `kittens` all owes something to `The Queen` herself, HRH Dinah Washington. Across the board, this was pretty much what R&B was about back then, and these exceptional artists and recordings bring the Central scene to life so memorably that you will be able to smell the cigarette smoke and taste the whiskey as vividly as if you were seeing it all unfold in person... ...And, as stated earlier, there`s plenty more where this came from. This month`s Smokey Hogg CD release is both pertinent to, and part of, the whole West Coast R&B scene of the time, and another sizzlin` slab from the Central Avenue scene is on its way with the imminent release of `Central Rocks!`, our second multi-artist collection of Combo recordings, which will be out in November 2004 and which - like this one - will largely concentrate its efforts on the more uptempo side of post-WWII black music... ...Meanwhile, here`s enough full-cream R&B to satisfy the thirstiest - AND the mellowest! - cat or kitten. Too `Miaow`-vellous for words, and that`s a fact, Jack!

HEIFETZ w i t h De Pasquale - Piatigorsky Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1958) Howard Ferguson (b. 1908) Jean Francaix (b. 1912) Karen Khachaturian (b. 1908) CD DIGITAL AUDIO BMG Music Printed in Germany 1989 Apsolutno NOVO NEKORIŠĆENO E k s t r a !!!!!!!!! MP 4/2

NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE The Bihari brothers didn’t go all that far out on a limb when they brainstormed the title of his encore album on their budget Crown subsidiary in June of 1958. What else would B.B. King proudly serve up for the LA label but THE BLUES? Like its Crown predecessor “Singin’ The Blues” (available on Ace CDCHM 1041 as part of the rollout of B.B.’s Crown LPs), “The Blues” collected a dozen gems from King’s singles back catalogue – here from RPM and Kent. Although it didn’t boast nearly the lineup of non-stop hits as King’s seminal debut album, there’s certainly no diminution in musical quality here. Nor were there any apparent concerns about the vintage of its selections. The set harked all the way back to B.B.’s legendary ‘51 session at the Memphis YMCA – the same fabled get-together that produced his first smash 3 O’Clock Blues - for its swinging flip That Ain’t The Way To Do It. ‘Boogie Woogie Woman’, a romping relic with Tampa Red roots also dating from King’s primordial Memphis tenure, sports Ike Turner’s rumbling 88s audaciously pushing B.B.’s hearty vocal (he contributed no audible guitar whatsoever to the sizzling track). The mournful Don’t Have To Cry was waxed in Houston circa 1952/53 with saxist Bill Harvey’s combo. It originally served as the opposite side of B.B.’s Latin-tempo winner Woke Up This Morning, which the Biharis included on King’s first LP. A pair of similarly saucy rhumba-tinged sides are aboard here, both of them bongo-laced. Don’t You Want A Man Like Me, was laid down at Capitol Studios in early ‘54 and features here minus the cowbell overdubs present on the RPM single. The following year’s playful Ruby Lee jauntily follows in its spicy footsteps. King never had any reservations about recycling blues gems of the past (Lowell Fulson’s 3 O’Clock Blues, Memphis Slim’s Every Day I Have The Blues, Big Joe Turner’s Sweet Sixteen, and the warhorse Rock Me Baby leap to mind). B.B.’s luxuriantly downbeat ‘54 hit When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer was another tried-and-true artifact, freely adapted from the first Sonny Boy Williamson’s Million Years Blues. Why Do Everything Happen To Me, King’s current single on Kent when this set hit the shelves, was yet another welcome revival, this time from the discography of Bay Area pianist and former labelmate Roy Hawkins (B.B. would memorably return to Roy’s songbook in 1969 for what’s endured as his eternal signature song, The Thrill Is Gone). The strutting You Know I Go For You was the coupling on the original Kent 45, and it’s sad testimony to the commercial demands of its rock‘n’roll-obsessed era that such a fine two-sider sank without trace. Tenor saxman par excellence Maxwell Davis came on the scene as Modern Records’ A&R boss mid-50s, about the same time most of the label’s illustrious blues roster was pink-slipped in favour of a new generation of rock‘n’rollers. Max’s arranging talents greatly enhanced B.B.’s RPM output, and his full-bodied sax challenged B.B.’s sweet Lucille for solo supremacy on quite a few mid-decade King tracks. Davis’ tight horn sections inevitably glided with assurance behind King, as What Can I Do and the single Troubles, Troubles, Troubles b/w I Want To Get Married underscore (the album version of the latter turns out to be a slightly different alternate from the single). The crackling-drums-followed-by-walking-bass combination that announces the rocking Early Every Morning was cadged from Elvis Presley’s then-current remake of Arthur Crudup’s My Baby Left Me, leading into the most aggressively driving number on the set and containing a load of blistering King guitar. Like all the other entries in this series, “The Blues” comes with rare bonus tracks. This Sweet Little Angel’ yet another chestnut that harked all the way back to Lucille Bogan’s Sweet Black Angel (B.B. was likely more familiar with postwar renditions by Tampa Red and Robert Nighthawk), is neither his ‘56 hit version done in Little Rock with his road band nor the slicker Davis-helmed L.A. rendition heard on “Singin’ The Blues”, but a nice alternate take of the latter. There are also two scorching up-tempo efforts from obscure RPM singles: Bye! Bye! Baby is a throwback with Harvey’s organization providing typical sure-handed backup, while I’m In Love is Maxwell Davis at his arranging best. The other three items are a story unto themselves. B.B. was ready to bolt the Biharis’ employ in May of ‘58 when he spent a few idle hours away from a Miami gig to knock off four sides for the perusal of none other than Leonard Chess. New Orleans bandleader/pianist Paul Gayten was in charge of the clandestine outing. B.B. was backed by his road band, and overall, it must be admitted that the results were a bit underwhelming. Yet Don’t Break Your Promise, Don’t Keep Me Waiting, and the trifling dance number Tickle Britches are invaluable from a historic standpoint. And they sure sound better here, right off the masters, than in the dubious copies that have occasionally made the rounds up to now. With compiler/annotator John Broven’s usual insightful notes, this tenth volume in Ace’s essential (and remastered) mid-price series of B.B.’s Crown LPs rates with his finest long-playing offerings for the label. This is truly the blues according to B.B. King.

NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE Yet More Mellow Cats `n` Kittens - Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1945-1951 Various Artists (Mellow Cats) Tracklist 1 –Felix Gross & His Orchestra No Steppin` Down 2:34 2 –Roy Hawkins The Thrill Is Gone 2:52 3 –Herb Fisher Trio* Doggone Shame 2:45 4 –Pearl Traylor With Howard McGhee`s Orchestra* Around The Clock Blues Pt. 1 2:59 5 –Jesse Perry Jesse Boggie 2:29 6 –Jimmy Witherspoon I`m Just A Country Boy 2:58 7 –The Nic-Nacs* I`m Tellin` You Baby 2:25 8 –Al Wichard & His All Star Band Vocal By Duke Henderson Did You Ever Love A Woman? 2:33 9 –Johnny Alston & His Orchestra* Vocal By Jeanne Demetz I`m Feeling Fine 2:41 10 –Jesse Perry, Happy Johnson`s Sextette* Mercy, Mercy 3:08 11 –Three Bits Of Rhythm I Used To Work In Chicago 3:08 12 –Joe `Papoose` Fritz* If I Be Lucky 2:53 13 –Johnny Alston Orchestra Vocal By Jeanne Demetz & Alton Redd Red Light 2:58 14 –Edna Broughton Hambone Blues 3:06 15 –Jimmy Grissom With Buddy Floyd`s Orchestra They Call It The Blues 2:33 16 –The Ebonaires We`re In Love 2:44 17 –Geechie Smith I Ain`t No Fool 2:42 18 –Walter Roberts Airport Blues 2:45 19 –Johnny Otis & His Orchestra* Vocal By Little Esther I Got A Guy 2:56 20 –Louis Barnett & His Boppers Vocal By Jasper Patterson (3) Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 2:47 21 –Billy Williams (17) I`ve Got That Snakey Feeling 3:12 22 –Happy Johnson & His Jive Five Nursery Rhyme Boogie 2:38 23 –Pearl Traylor with Howard McGhee`s Orchestra* Around The Clock Blues Pt. 2 24 –Felix Gross & His Orchestra Cuttin` Out If it’s Christmas – and, I need hardly remind you, it very nearly is – then it must be time for Ace to bring forth its annual treat for lovers of quality 1940s R&B. Sock it to me Santa, ‘cause it’s time for the fourth instalment of the ongoing “Mellow Cats ‘N’ Kittens” series. As always, your scribe/compiler has spent a rewarding year toiling at the Modern acetate coalface, unearthing a stack of raw rockers and groovers that the studio wizards at Sound Mastering have polished into sparkling, ice cool diamonds for your dancing and listening pleasure. The time spent in assessing the results of the ongoing vault trawl has once again been well worthwhile, with many hitherto unknown or unissued goodies coming to light as a bi-product of the hours that have gone into researching them. You’ll re-encounter old friends from previous volumes, and make some new ones among the previously unissued and unknown artists. The breadth of repertoire ranges from the blasting, guitar-driven jump blues of the Felix Gross Orchestra to the cool, Charles Brown-influenced cocktail R&B of Billy Williams (not the Charioteers man), with stops along the way to take in Modern’s attempts to find their own Amos Milburn (Herb Fisher and the completely unknown Walter Smith) and Dinah Washington (Little Esther). Among other old friends we’re pleased to welcome back the Three Bits Of Rhythm, Pearl Traylor and Happy Johnson, all of whom return by genuine popular demand. And those who’ve taken us to task for failing to reissue the masters of certain tracks that we’ve previously issued alternates of will be delighted to know that the Roy Hawkins and Jimmy Witherspoon tracks featured here are indeed the master takes – both making their first appearance on an Ace CD for the first time. With comprehensive and enjoyable sleeve notes from Ace’s man on Central Avenue, Jim Dawson, and as many nice pix and label shots as we could stuff into a Santa-sized CD booklet, Volume Four is the perfect follow-on to what’s preceded it, Mellow Cats-wise. It’ll put plenty o’ cool in your Yule, that’s for sure – and there are only another 365 shopping days till the release of Volume Five, which I’m working on already.

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NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE Tracklist 1 –Luke Jones & His Orchestra Rompin` The Boogie 2 –Ira Amos I Was Too Blind To See 3 –Gory Carter Seven Days 4 –Austin McCoy Happy Pay Day Pt 1 5 –Three Bits Of Rhythm The Man That Comes To My House 6 –Johnny Alston Orchestra Everything Will Be Alright 7 –Red Mack With Luke Jones & His Orchestra Worried Life Blues 8 –P.K. Johnson Sunset Romp 9 –Jimmy Witherspoon Motel 10 –Duke Henderson Trouble In Mind 11 –Jim Wynn & His Orchestra Cold Blooded Boogie 12 –Felix Gross & His Orchestra Mary You Are Mine Pts 1 & 2 13 –Ramp Davis Baby Sue Aka Mary Sue 14 –Hadda Brooks & Her Trio* Why Did You Say We`re Through 15 –Red Mack With Luke Jones & His Orchestra Mean Ole Frisco 16 –Effie Smith Be On Your Merry Way 17 –Felix Gross & His Orchestra Forever On My Mind 18 –The Herb Fisher Trio Wine, Wine, Wine 19 –Duke Henderson In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down 20 –Gory Carter Four O`Clock In The Morning 21 –Bebopper Lulu & Her Orchestra Mellow Scat 22 –Ira Amos Blue And Disgusted 23 –Teddy Bunn With The Hootie McShann Trio In The Oven 24 –The Herb Fisher Trio Don`t Want Nobody Else 25 –Luke Jones & His Orchestra Jump Me Some Boogie The “Mellow Cats’n’Kittens” series has been a pleasure for me to work on during the past few years. I’d always admired my late friend and colleague Ray Topping’s work on the Modern catalogue and I’ve tried to maintain and build on what he started. While I don’t pretend to have Ray’s dedicated appreciation of discographical minutiae, I’d like to think that, with this and a host of other projects, I’ve also done my bit to keep alive the wonderful productions of the Modern Music Company’s founder, Jules Bihari. For the fifth volume in the series, we’ve taken the opportunity to complete the digitisation of the Modern discographies of several artists who have appeared on previous volumes, such as the Three Bits Of Rhythm and Felix Gross. We’re also premiering tracks by mainstays of the Modern catalogue that were previously thought lost (Jimmy Witherspoon’s first solo Modern track, ‘Motel’) or were undiscovered until relatively recently (our Hadda Brooks track, located on the back of a Smokey Hogg acetate). There are quality cuts by past contributors such as Sylvester “Big Duke” Henderson, the equally “Big” Jim Wynn, Herb Fisher and Johnny Alston’s Orchestra – all fine purveyors of the kind of music that lit up Central Avenue in the decade immediately following the end of WWII. Our other points of call include Houston, Texas, where we take in selections from Gory (sic) Carter’s lone Modern session, before heading south west to New Orleans for a cut by the George Alexander band that was originally disguised as the work of Ramp Davis. Back on the west coast we feature the great boogie pianist Pete “P.K.” Johnson rollin’ ’em just as he did for so long with Big Joe Turner, and jazz guitar/vocal group legend Teddy Bunn jamming with a hot trio led by Kansas City piano king Jay McShann. For those who, like me, couldn’t experience the era personally, or the venues from which music like this poured seven nights a week, it’s the next best thing to being there. As ever, deeper research has allowed us to include a copious amount of previously unissued recordings to add further spice to what is already a potent mix – 9 in total. Although this is the fifth instalment of “Mellow Cat’n’Kittens”, the contents are as strong as on any previous volume – and there’s still plenty of quality vintage Modern repertoire slated for reissue in the next few years. Jump you some boogie? We certainly can, man!

B.B. King - Live At The Apollo. Izdanje iz 1991, MCA Records,EU. CD 5- Buklet 5

B.B.King-Portrait Original (2002) Made in Germany Joan Records stanje diska skoro potpuno nov.Omot prednji 2 strane malo povijen.Kartonski omot malo neravan nista strasno. !!!DISK RETKOST I KOLEKCIONARSKI PRIMERAK!!!

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NOVO, U CELOFANU ORIGINAL STRANO IZDANJE The fifth release in our extensive CD reissue series of B.B. King`s classic LPs for the Crown label between 1957 and 1963 shows the blues guitar maestro in a small combo setting. With seven previously unissued bonus tracks. by Alan Empson (Reviews Editor, Juke Blues) It would be difficult to come up with a more apt title for a B.B. King album. Throughout his extensive career, the blues have always been close to his heart. This, the penultimate of his twelve albums on Crown Records, was issued in early 1963, (and later reissued as A Heart Full Of Blues`), although the tracks were probably recorded in late 1961 as part of the stockpiling process before B.B. went to ABC. The term `stockpiling` suggests a perfunctory churning-out of material, and the similarity in tone and tempo of the songs here might at first glance uphold that suggestion. But listen closer. B.B. was incapable of a mechanical performance-.-each song is invested with a sincerity in the vocals, that ranges from quiet authority to the heights of emotional intensity. For the most part, these are songs that invoke sadness, but without pity-.-there is always an air of defiance in the face of despair. The unmistakable guitar figures never become tiresome, as B.B. demonstrates his effective less-is-more approach, tasteful and emotive-.-an object lesson to wannabe guitarists. The small combo setting gives B.B. plenty of room to manoeuvre, and the subtle approach is enhanced by Maxwell Davis` gentle keyboard playing and Plas Johnson`s complementary tenor saxophone. An interesting feature for the long-time B.B. King enthusiast is the fact that most of the material here is unfamiliar. Even a song such as Downhearted, better known as How Blue Can You Get, has, despite Johnson`s weaving sax, a straight-forward simplicity that contrasts with B.B.`s later, more dramatic, versions. Strange Things may strike a chord, as it has been covered and reworked as Love Me Or Leave Me, by amongst others, James Cotton. As with the other releases in this series, bonus tracks are added-.-in this case, there are seven previously unissued sides, along with an extended version of the Kent 45 My Sometime Baby. All these tracks are taken from a similar time period as the Crown album, and the overall small combo feel is retained throughout. After the relentless slow-shuffle, deep blues of the first ten tracks, it is good to encounter the uptempo drive of Your Good Lovin` Man, or the sheer joie de vivre of My Baby`s An Angel and My Baby`s Dynamite (no relation to Tampa Red`s She`s Dynamite, cut by B.B. in 1951). The fact that these sides have not been issued previously does not mean that they are in any way inferior - just an indication of how much material the Bihari brothers had accumulated. Loving You In Vain, for instance, is as good as anything that did see the light of day. This series is filling out nicely, and is all part of Ace`s master plan to honour the greatest and most influential blues man of all time. A man with genius in his fingertips, and a heart full of blues.`