1959-Blowing the Fuse: 29 R&B Classics That Rocked [Import]
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The "BlowingThe Fuse" series imaginatively compiles R&B tracks in splendid sound & detail, assembled by Canadian collector & DJ Dave "Daddy Cool" Booth and knowledgeably annotated by Hank Williams-biographer Colin Escottare. The music comes from the dawn of the Post-War R&B era in 1945 and continues through to 1960! Other labels lift photos from old books & magazines and commission quickie liner notes that tell you little or nothing and often get it wrong. This series has detailed song-by-song notes, stories behind the songs and incredible never-before-seen photos in huge booklets so big they won't fit inside a standard jewelbox. Each comes in a specially designed DigiPac. These are true, properly thought-out compilations in the spirit of Guy Stevens, Paul Oliver, Mike Leadbitter and the others who compiled groundbreaking blues/R&B LPs back in the 1960s and 1970s.
Tracklist:
- Try Me - James Brown & His Famous Flames
- So Fine - The Fiestas
- Pretty Girls Everywhere - Eugene Church & The Fellows
- I Cried a Tear - LaVern Baker
- Stagger Lee - Don Costa His Orchestra & Chorus/Dan Costa Orchest
- Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) - Leroy Holmes & His Orchestra/Th
- It's Just a Matter of Time - Brook Benton
- Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
- Twist, The - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
- 16 Candles - The Crests
- Farmer John - Don & Dewey
- Happy Organ, The - Dave "Baby" Cortez
- There Is Something on Your Mind - Big Jay McNeely
- You're So Fine - The Falcons
- Almost Grown - Chuck Berry
- What a Diff'rence a Day Makes - Dinah Washington
- There Goes My Baby - The Drifters
- What'd I Say, Pts. 1-2 - Ray Charles Orchestra
- Sea of Love - Phil Phillips with the Twilights
- Love Potion, No. 9 - The Clovers
- Hey Little Girl - Dee Clark
- Shout, Pts. 1-2 - The Isley Brothers
- I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos
- Clouds, The - The Spacemen
- You Got What It Takes - Marv Johnson
- I Want to Walk You Home - Fats Domino
- Say Man - Bo Diddley
- Poison Ivy - The Coasters
- You Better Know It - Jackie Wilson