Review, buy Jump Blues: Roy Milton Vol.3: Blowin' With Roy, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Wiggin' Out [CASSETTE], The Cole Porter Songbook: Instrumentals-Anything Goes [CASSETTE], Atlantic Blues: Vocalists [CASSETTE], Prime Cuts [CASSETTE], The King of Hi-De-Ho 1934-1947, I'm in the Mood, Fire/Fury Records Story, Greatest Hits, Steady Date with Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's [VINYL], The Cobra Records Story, Single Action, Blues for a Day, Swinging at the Savoy: Home of Happy Feet 1937-45, Rock Me Daddy, Early American, I Done Got Over, Midnight Boogie, The Essentials [CASSETTE]

Calloway has become a role model. Without him, sartorially at least, there'd have been no Kid Creole or Lou Bega. The supreme showman , clad in zoot suits containing enough fabric to clothe a fair-size village, Cab led one of the most popular big bands of the swing era. This release demonstrates some of the reasons why. Included are jazz classics such as "Ghost Of A Chance", Louis Jordan-styled jivers that include "A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird" and "Oh Grandma" and even a hint of things to come in "I Want To Rock", which stems from 1942. Cab's vocals vary from showtime ("Minnie The Moocher") through to the dreary "San Francisco Fan", a performance that makes the listener realise why one-time band member Dizzy Gillespie once pulled a knife on his leader. As all-encompassing as they come. -Fred Dellar.

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I'm in the Mood (Little' Willie Littlefield)

Tracks I'm in the Mood

One More Drink
Willie Rolls The Boogie Woogie
Houseparty
Riffin' Along
Walking Through The Streets
Then I Wonder
Rollin' The Basses
Ain't A Better Story To Be Told
Chief Boogie Woogie
Raining
Farmsound Boogie
Holland Boogie Wiggle
Found My Baby
Jive At Five
Little Cure
Jump The Boogie Woogie
Just Relax
Breeze
Boogie Woogie Playgirl
Little Willie's Boogie
Beggin'

Publisher: Oldie Blues
Release date: 1995-10-17
RRP: ~~£14.99~~
Price: £15.98

Review I'm in the Mood / Little' Willie Littlefield:

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Fire/Fury Records Story (Various Artists)

Tracks Fire/Fury Records Story

I Believe to My Soul - Lewis Jones
Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
I Need Your Loving - Dee Dee Ford, Don Gardner
Something for You Baby
You Can Do It If You Want To - Marshall "Rock" Jones
Jack, That Cat Was Clean
Much Too Late - Tarheel Slim
Soul Twist - King Curtis & The Noble Knights
Mr. Crow - King Curtis
Morning, Noon and Night - Gladys Knight & the Pips
Strong Feeling - Joe Haywood
Good to the Bone - Willis "Gator" Jackson, Bill Jennings
People Sure Act Funny (When They Get a Lotta' Money) - Titus Turner
All Around the World - Titus Turner
Don't You Worry - Dee Dee Ford, Don Gardner
Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins
Cut and Dried
There's Something on Your Mind, Pts. 1-2 - Bobby Marchan
Do-Re-Mi - Lee Dorsey
People Gonna Talk - Lee Dorsey
Woke up Happy - Marshall "Rock" Jones
Santa - Lightnin' Hopkins
Strong Feeling - Joe Haywood
I Will Cry - Kip Anderson
You Don't Have to Go - Sam Myers
Wiggle Wobble - Les Cooper
Bow Wow (Life Ain't Nothing But Dog Eat Dog) - Titus Turner
Long Time No See - Ron Miller, The Pips
Jaywalking - The Upsetters
Why Baby? - Mighty Joe Young
Salt Pork, West Virginia
Harmonica Twist - King Curtis
It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
Searching for Love - Bobbye Porter
Dust My Broom - Elmore James
Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? - Buster Brown
Jookin - Noble "Thin Man" Watts
Sugar Babe - Buster Brown
Every Beat of My Heart - Gladys Knight & the Pips
Glory Be - Lightnin' Hopkins
Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
Broadway on Fire - Buster Brown
Just Say the Word
Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey
Letter Full of Tears - Gladys Knight & the Pips
Sky Is Crying - Elmore James
That's All Right - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Eenie Meenie Mini Mo - Lee Dorsey
Go Away Mr. Blues - June Bateman, Noble "Thin Man" Watts
Let's Stick Together - Wilbert Harrison

Publisher: Warner Bros.
Price: £20.95

Review Fire/Fury Records Story / Various Artists:

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Greatest Hits (Earl Bostic)

Tracks Greatest Hits

Flamingo
Temptation
September Song
Night Train
Sleep
Southern Fried
That Old Black Magic
Harlem Nocturne

Publisher: King
Release date: 1996-01-01
RRP: ~~£7.99~~
Price: £22.95

Review Greatest Hits / Earl Bostic:

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Steady Date with Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's [VINYL] (Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88's)

Tracks Steady Date with Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's [VINYL]

Nite Life Boogie
Amber Lee
Boogie Woogie Barbecue
Mojo Mambo
International Playboy
Cruise-O-Matic
All She Wants to Do Is Rock
Rocket 88
Short, Sweet & Tender
Down Boy Down
Juke Box Drive

Publisher: Blind Pig
Release date: 1990-10-17
Price: £7.99

Review Steady Date with Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's [VINYL] / Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88's:

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The Cobra Records Story (Various Artists)

Tracks The Cobra Records Story

It Takes Time - Otis Rush
Love Me With a Feeling - Magic Sam
Ain't Gonna Cry - Betty Everett
My Baby's a Good 'Un - Otis Rush
Rock & Roll Boogie [Alternate Version] - Clouds, Clouds
Three Times a Fool - Willie Dixon Band, Otis Rush
I Can't Quit You Baby [Alternate Version] - Otis Rush
If You Were Mine - Otis Rush
Satisfied [Alternate Version] - Harold Burrage
Groaning the Blues - Otis Rush
Down and Out - Tommy Hodge, Ike Turner
It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
Call Me If You Need Me - Willie Dixon Band, Shakey Jake Harris, Shakey Jake
Love That Woman - Otis Rush
Sit and Cry (The Blues) - Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy
Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam
My Love Will Never Die [Alternate Version] - Otis Rush
Box Top - Carlson Oliver, Ike Turner
This Is the End - Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy
Roll Your Moneymaker - Willie Dixon Band, Shakey Jake Harris, Shakey Jake
Keep on Loving Me Baby - Otis Rush
Have a Good Time - Shakey Horton
Easy Baby [Alternate Version] - Magic Sam
You Sure Can't Do - Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy
Sit Down Baby [Alternate Version] - Otis Rush
You've Got to Lose - Jackie Brenston, Ike Turner
(I Know) You Don't Love Me - Tommy Hodge, Ike Turner
You Keep on Worrying Me - Jackie Brenston, Ike Turner
Little Girl - Little Willie Foster
Just Wailin' [Originally Titled Just Whaling]
Crying the Blues - Little Willie Foster
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush
Need My Baby - Big Walter Horton
All Night Long - Magic Sam
She's a Good 'Un - Willie Dixon Band, Otis Rush
Double Trouble - Otis Rush
Eli Toscano Blues [Outtake from Sunnyland Slim Session] - Sunnyland Slim
Checking on My Baby - Otis Rush
Shake It [Alternate Version][#]
Row Your Boat [Alternate Version] - Charles Clark, Willie Dixon Band
Matchbox - Tommy Hodge, Ike Turner
Look Whatcha Done - Magic Sam
Violent Love - Otis Rush
I Don't Care Who Knows [Alternate Version] - Harold Burrage
All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
21 Days in Jail [Alternate Version] - Magic Sam
I Cry for You [Alternate Version][#] - Harold Burrage
All Your Love - Magic Sam
I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
I Can't Quit You Baby [Alternate Version] - Otis Rush
Try to Quit You Baby - Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy
Jump Sister Bessie - Otis Rush
Highway 61 - Sunnyland Slim
My Love [Alternate Version] - Betty Everett

Publisher: Zomba
Release date: 1994-05-26
Price: £22.99

Review The Cobra Records Story / Various Artists:

Cobra was the exception, a label that took its personality from its A&R chief rather than its owner. Eli Toscano, who owned a record shop in West Chicago, founded the label in 1956, but he left the artistic decisions to his in-house songwriter-producer-bassist Willie Dixon, who had just left Chess Records in a money dispute. Dixon was a great talent scout, and he snatched the three best performers of the Chicago blues' second generation-Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, and Magic Sam- right out from under the Chess brothers' noses. He wrote them some great songs, and encouraged them to develop the single-note guitar leads that distinguished their style from the chordal style of their Mississippi-bred predecessors. The result was some of the finest Chicago blues ever recorded. -Geoffrey Himes.

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Single Action (Willis Jackson)

Tracks Single Action