Tracks The Modern Records Story: the Very Best of the Modern Labels
- Three O'clock Blues - King, B.B.
- Texas Hop - Crayton, Pee Wee
- Stranded In The Jungle - Cadets (1)
- In The Mood - Hooker, John Lee
- Gonna Tell Your Mother - McCracklin, Jimmy
- Big Break - Berry, Richard
- Cherry Pie - Marvin & Johnny
- Tramp - Fulson, Lowell
- All Night Long - Houston, Joe
- Blues Before Sunrise - James, Elmore
- I Need Someone (To Love Me) - Hill, Z.Z.
- Good Rockin' Daddy - James, Etta
- Jake Head Boogie - Hopkins, Lightnin'
- Why Don't You Write Me - Jacks (1)
- My Baby Stole Off - Howlin' Wolf
- Eddie My Love - Teen Queens
- Oop Shoop - Gunter, Shirley
- Peaches 'n' Cream - Ikettes
- I Can't Believe What You Say - Turner, Ike & Tina
- Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams) - Belvin, Jesse
- Girl In My Dreams - Cliques
- No More Doggin' - Gordon, Rosco
- Mama's Little Baby - Thompson, Junior & The Meteors
- Mary Lou - Young Jessie
- Cubano Jump - Turner, Ike
- Dust My Blues - James, Elmore
- Three Hours Past Midnight - Watson, Johnny 'Guitar'
- Go Devil Go - Littlejohn, Madame Ira Mae
Release date: 2001-05-28
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.98
Review The Modern Records Story: the Very Best of the Modern Labels / Various Artists:
Tracks Big Band Legends
- Minnie the Moocher
- Stormy Weather
- Cruisin' With Cab
- You Got It
- Airmail Stomp
- That Old Black Magic
- One O'Clock Jump
- Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
- Get With It
- Yesterdays
- This Is Always
- Jumping Jive
Release date: 2001-05-01
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.49
Review Big Band Legends / Cab Calloway:
Tracks Soultry Divas
- Jazzin' Babies Blues - Eva Taylor
- I Thought I'd Do It - Hattie McDaniel
- Last Mile Blues - Ida Cox
- Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson
- Shipwrecked Blues - Clara Smith
- Pratt City Blues - Bertha "Chippie" Hill
- Texas Moaner Blues - Alberta Hunter
- West Indies Blues - Esther Bigeou
- Penitentiary - Bessie Tucker
- Rosetta Blues - Harlem Hamfats, Rosetta Howard
- Be-Baba-Leba - Helen Humes
- Backwater Blues - Bessie Smith
- In My Girlish Days - Memphis Minnie
- See See Rider Blues - Wee Bea Booze
- Salty Papa Blues - Lionel Hampton, Dinah Washington
- Julia's Blues - Julia Lee
- New Orleans Blues - Blue Lu Barker
- Why Don't You Do Right? - Lillian "Lil" Green
- I Want a Tall Skinny Papa - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Blind Man Blues - Sara Martin
- That Ain't Right - Ada Brown, Fats Waller
- Land of Cotton Blues - Lucille Hegamin
- My Daddy Rocks Me - Trixie Smith
- Jelly Bean Blues - Ma Rainey
- Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday
- Shake That Thing - Ethel Waters
- Pallet on the Floor - Merline Johnson
- Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith
Release date: 1999-06-01
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.77
Review Soultry Divas / Various:
Tracks Boogie Woogie Masters
- Riffin' Boogie - Sammy Price
- Rejane Boogie - Joe Turner
- I Enjoyed Myself in Pau - Willie Mabon
- Boogie for Pinetop - Memphis Slim
- Boogie Woogie Nº 2 - Pat Flowers
- Memories Boogie - Sammy Price
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Lloyd Glenn
- Boogin' in the Dark - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson,
- Train Boogie - Lafayette Leake
- Rockin' the Boogie - Pinetop Perkins,
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Perkins,
- Roll' Em - Jay McShann
- Black and Blue Boogie - Milt Buckner
- Boogie for Meade - Memphis Slim
- Riverboat - Willie Mabon
Release date: 2004-09-15
RRP: £9.99
Price: £14.85
Review Boogie Woogie Masters / Various Artists:
Publisher: Blue Moon
Release date: 2003-01-06
RRP: £10.99
Price: £9.62
Review The Complete Recordings Vol.3 1946-1947 / Jack McVea:
Tracks The Apollo Sessions
- I Do
- Help Me Somebody
- Let Me Come Back Home
- You Know I Know
- Give Me One More Chance
- Courage to Love
- Baby Take All of Me
- All Righty
- Baby Don't Do It
- Good Things
- Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
- I Am Thinking
- Put Something in It (With All Your Heart)
- I Wanna Thank You
- I Like It Like That
- Laundromat Blues
- Too Much Lovin'
- Cry Some More
- Know Nothing
- With All Your Heart
- What's That
- Six O'Clock in the Morning
- Too Much of a Little Bit
Release date: 1995-09-01
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.73
Review The Apollo Sessions / The Five Royals:
Tracks Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today?
- Blues in Maude's Flat - Grant Green, Jack McDuff
- Funky Mama - Lou Donaldson, Johnny Patton
- Troubled Times - Willis "Gator" Jackson, Carl Wilson
- Jumpin' the Blues - Jimmy Smith
- This'll Get to Ya - Willis "Gator" Jackson, Jack McDuff
- Easy Don't Hurt - Ike Quebec, Freddie Roach
- Trouble - Shirley Scott, Stanley Turrentine
- Mighty Burner - Charles Earland
- You Talk That Talk - Gene Ammons, Leon Spencer
Release date: 2001-03-13
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.50
Review Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today? / Various Artists:
Tracks The Central Avenue Scene Vol.1 1951-1954: Straight to Watts
- Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Vocal by Floyd Dixon) - Take Off My Wig
- Tal Carter - Mama And Papa
- Chuck Higgins and his Mellotones (Vocal by John Watson) - Stormy
- Jake Porter Combo (Vocal by the Duchess) - The Monkey
- Smokey Hogg - Where Have You Been
- Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Vocal by Floyd Dixon) - Ridin' Mighty High
- "Palmer" (unknown female vocalist) - Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad
- Chuck Higgins and his Mellotones (Vocal by John Watson) - Motor Head Baby
- Brother Woodman and Candy Rivers - Hi Ho Silver
- Chuck Higgins and his Mellotones - Ain't Gonna Leave Baby
- Gene Phillips - Fish Man
- Frankie Ervin and his band - A Soul Without A Name
- Jake Porter - Safronia #1
- Jack McVea Combo (Vocal by Jack McVea and Christine Chatman) - Oh, How The Geese Did Fly!
- Jimmy O'Brien - Straight To Watts
- Jake Porter Combo (Vocal by Dorothy Ellis) - Slowly Go Out Of Your Mind
- Jake Porter Combo - The Whang
- Rozelle Gayle - The House Of Blue Lights
- Honey Coleman - Talk About A Girl Child Being Down
- Frankie Ervin and His Band - I Got Hi
- Ernie Fields Combo (Vocal by Ann Walls) - T-Town Mambo
- Gene Phillips - I Owe Everybody
- Betty Hall Jones - Frustration, Frustration
- Chuck Hamilton Combo (Vocal by Candy Rivers) - Baby I Don't Want You No More
Release date: 2003-08-04
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.30
Review The Central Avenue Scene Vol.1 1951-1954: Straight to Watts / Various Artists:
Tracks Crazy Walk
- Slow Blues [#]
- Crazy Walk
- Soft Breeze
- I Want You to Love Me
- Pick Up on Tab, Pt. 2 [#]
- Caravan [#]
- T.G. Blues
- Pretend
- Dansero
- Spider's Web
- Fell Like I Wanna Die
- Stardust [#]
- Hurricane T
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- My Mother's Eyes
- Mambolino
- Yo Yo Blues
- Bounce Blues [#]
- Mean to Me
- Just One More Time
- Fast Blues [#]
- Blues in My Heart [#]
- Pick Up on Tab, Pt. 1
- Alone Without You [#]
Release date: 2005-02-09
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.98
Review Crazy Walk / Tab Smith:
Tracks Classics 1947-1950
- Advice to a Fool
- Rampart Street Jump (Fried Chicken Boogie) (Hep Cat Shuffle)
- Chica Boo
- Jumpin' with Lloyd
- Congo Rhumba
- New Flying Home
- Jungletown Jubilee
- That Other Woman's Gotta Go
- Black Fantasy
- Joymaker's Boogie (Soldier's Hop)
- Blues Hangover
- Cute Tee
- Levee Blues
- Texas Man
- Old Time Shuffle Blues
- Stranger
- Boogiology (Rockin' Boogie) (Brazos Bottom)
- Midnight Boogie
- Traveling Time
Release date: 2001-12-03
RRP: £9.99
Price: £8.20
Review Classics 1947-1950 / Lloyd Glenn:
Tracks Risque Blues: 60 Minute Man
- Lollipop Mama - Wynonie Harris
- Boogie at Midnight - Roy Brown
- Leave My Kitten Alone - Little Willie John
- You Can't Keep a Good Man Down - Billy Ward & the Dominoes
- Sexy Ways - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
- Lovin' Machine - Wynonie Harris
- Sixty Minute Man - Billy Ward & the Dominoes
- I Want a Bowlegged Woman - Bull Moose Jackson
Release date: 1996-01-01
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.59
Review Risque Blues: 60 Minute Man / Various:
Tracks Live at Condon's, New York
- Sweet Lotus Blossom
- Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
- Money's Gettin' Cheaper
- Trouble In Mind
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of The Town
- In The Dark
- Goin' To Chicago
- You Got Me Runnin'
- Don't You Miss Your Baby
- Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
- If I Didn't Get Well No More
- Big Boss Man
- I'm Knocking Out Your Teeth Tonite
Release date: 1999-11-01
RRP: £13.99
Price: £2.74
Review Live at Condon's, New York / Jimmy Witherspoon:
Tracks Nobody's Business
- How Long Blues - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- Destruction Blues - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- McShann Bounce - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- Backwater Blues - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- Long About Dawn - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Spoon Calls Hootie - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- Money's Gettin' Cheaper - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- Skid Row Blues - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- Jumpin' With Louis - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- Early Mornings - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Hey Mr. Landlord - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Frog-I-More - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- Wandering Gal Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
- In the Evening - Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon
- Six Foot Two Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
RRP: £7.99
Price: £7.79
Review Nobody's Business / Jimmy Witherspoon:
Publisher: Blue Moon
Release date: 2003-06-18
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.75
Review Complete Recordings Vol.3 1951-1952 / Sonny Thompson:
Tracks Classics 1948-1953
- Harmony Grits
- What's the Matter Now
- Yes I Know
- Got Nobody to Tell My Troubles To
- Camel Walk (Hip Hop)
- Say Baby Say
- Midnight Clipper, Pt. 2
- Fowler's Boogie
- Blue Lullaby
- Red Hot Blues
- Midnight Clipper, Pt. 1
- Wine Cooler
- Oo-La-La
- Pleas for Love
- Little Baby Child
- Queen
- Tell Me What's the Matter
- Back Biter
- Night Crawler
- Gold Rush
- T.J. Boogie
- Hot Sauce
- Sultry Moon
- Take Off
- Mango Blues
Release date: 2004-07-26
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.91
Review Classics 1948-1953 / T.J. Fowler:
Tracks Say It with a Slap
- Bee Song (He-Bee and She-Bee)
- That Was a Big Fat Lie - Louis Prima & His Band, Louis Prima & His Orchestra, Keely Smith
- Anticipation Without Realization
- That Certain Party
- I Feel So Smoochie
- You Can't Tell the Depth of the Well
- Betty Blue
- Heap Big Smoke (But No Fire) - Louis Prima & His Band, Louis Prima & His Orchestra, Keely Smith
- Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue - Louis Prima & His Band, Louis Prima & His Orchestra, Keely Smith
- Say It With a Slap
- All of Me
- My Flame Went Out Last Night
- I'll Never Make the Same Mistake Again
- With a Hey and a Hi and a Ho Ho Ho!
- Anywhere in Texas R.F.D.
- Judy
- Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)
- All Right Louie, Drop the Gun
- Mean to Me
- Abou Ben Adhem - Louis Prima & His Band, Louis Prima & His Orchestra, Keely Smith
- Everybody's Friend, But Nobody's Sweetheart
Release date: 1999-06-29
RRP: £15.99
Price: £12.06
Review Say It with a Slap / Louis Prima:By now, everyone has heard trumpeter-bandleader Louis Prima singing his lounge classics from the '50s-"Jump Jive N' Wail," "Old Black Magic," and "Just a Gigolo. " But here's a package of Prima's lesser-heard recordings-sides from 1947 to 1949-by the then-leader of an 18-musician big band. Recorded for the Victor record company long before Prima founded his Vegas nightclub routine, these songs often sound more indebted to Spike Jones than to Frank Sinatra. They're jazzy, frenetic, and-most of all-filled with cornball humor. Prima, a master of the double-entendre, performs memorable numbers such as "All Right Louie, Drop the Gun," "The Bee Song," and "You Can't Tell the Depth of the Well"-all songs you're not likely to find on the next hipster compilation. Remastered and sounding much better than other recordings from this period, this is a great package and a must-have for Prima-philes. A young Keely Smith joins her future husband on a few numbers, and there's really not a dud tune in the set. Great stuff. -Jason Verlinde.
Tracks Jazz After Hours
- Nagasaki
- Man from Harlem
- Tain't No Good
- Hot Air
- Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
- Blues in the Night
- Bee Gezindt
- Minnie the Moocher
- Doing the Reactionary
- Kickin' the Gong Around
- Lonesome Nights
- Are You Hep to the Jive?
- Scat Song
- Dinah
- I'll Be Around
- Jumpin' Jive
- Ebony Silhouette
- Who Calls?
- Tarzan of Harlem
- Conchita
- Goin' Conga
- Tappin' Off
- Hep Cat's Love Song
- North of the Mohawk Trail
- Boog It
- I Want to Rock
- Let's Go Joe
- Zaz Zuh Zaz
Release date: 2001-06-05
RRP: £17.99
Price: £7.42
Review Jazz After Hours / Cab Calloway:
Tracks The Jazz Giants Play Irving Berlin: Soft Lights and Sweet Music
- Russian Lullaby - Dizzy Gillespie
- Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) - Sonny Rollins
- Always - Dave Brubeck
- Remember - Thelonious Monk
- Say It Isn't So - Hank Crawford
- What'll I Do? - Ron Affif
- Remember - Gil Evans
- All Alone - Benny Carter, Benny Carter
- Blue Skies - Zoot Sims, Zoot Sims
- How Deep Is the Ocean? - Blue Mitchell
- Song Is Ended - Billy Taylor
- Marie - Red Garland
- Cheek to Cheek - Joe Pass
- Heat Wave - Art Tatum
- Soft Lights and Sweet Music - John Coltrane
- It's a Lovely Day Today - Elmo Hope
Release date: 1997-11-18
RRP: £16.99
Price: £45.95
Review The Jazz Giants Play Irving Berlin: Soft Lights and Sweet Music / Various Artists:
Tracks Sounding out the Blues
- Stinky - Joe Liggins
- Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
- Love Me or Leave Me - Lena Horne
- I Want a G.I.R.L. - Charles Brown
- Blues on My Weary Mind - Dinah Washington
- Blues Before Sunrise - John Lee Hooker
- John Lee Boogie - John Mayall
- Sugar Mama - Joe Williams
- In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun) - Leadbelly
- How Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King
Release date: 2000-07-03
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.49
Review Sounding out the Blues / Various:
Tracks Art Vocal - the Women Jazz Singers [French Import]
- 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Lena Wilson
- Nice Work If You Can Get It - Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson
- Pratt City Blues - Bertha "Chippie" Hill
- Sugar - Alberta Hunter
- On the Bumpy Road to Love - Teddy Wilson, Nan Wynn
- I Got a Guy - Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb & His Orchestra
- Mandy, Make up Your Mind - Eva Taylor, Clarence Williams
- Blues I Love to Sing - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Adelaide Hall
- My Daddy Rocks Me, Pt. 1 - Trixie Smith
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Bessie Smith
- Harlem on Saturday Night - Lil Armstrong
- Moanin' the Blues - Victoria Spivey
- My Old Flame - Ivie Anderson, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- Mooche - Baby Cox, Duke Ellington
- Bread and Gravy - Ethel Waters
- Where the Lazy River Goes By - Roy Eldridge, Gladys Palmer
- Georgia Grind
- I'm Getting Sentimental over You - Roy Eldridge, Laurel Watson
- She's Funny That Way - Thelma Carpenter, Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Count Basie Orchestra, Helen Humes
- Mood That I'm In - Valaida Snow
- Play 'Em for Mamma, Sing 'Em for Me - Katie Crippen, Henderson's Novelty Orchestra
Release date: 2000-01-17
RRP: £11.99
Price: £9.17
Review Art Vocal - the Women Jazz Singers [French Import] / Various Artists:
| Models & Brands:
The Modern Records Story: the Very Best of the Modern Labels, Big Band Legends, Soultry Divas, Boogie Woogie Masters, The Complete Recordings Vol.3 1946-1947, The Apollo Sessions, Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today?, The Central Avenue Scene Vol.1 1951-1954: Straight to Watts, Crazy Walk, Classics 1947-1950, Risque Blues: 60 Minute Man, Live at Condon's, New York, Nobody's Business, Complete Recordings Vol.3 1951-1952, Classics 1948-1953, Say It with a Slap, Jazz After Hours, The Jazz Giants Play Irving Berlin: Soft Lights and Sweet Music, Sounding out the Blues, Art Vocal - the Women Jazz Singers [French Import] |
