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Howlin’ Wolf – Boy You Got The Blues Volume 1 -Vinyl

This 10” vinyl LP contains music that cemented the style of one of the greats of the Mississippi blues and later of Chicago rhythm and blues.

Between May 1951 and early 1953 the Howlin’ Wolf, Chester Burnett, made his first-ever recording sessions. They took place in Tennessee at the Memphis Recording Service, where producer ...

Howlin’ Wolf – Boy, You Got More Blues Here! Vol. 2 – The Wolf’s West Memphis Blues – Originally Unreleased Tracks From His Earliest Sessions, 1951/52 – Vinyl

Second album with more great recordings from the earliest sessions (1951 and 1952) featuring Chester Burnett aka The Howlin' Wolf.
• • The recordings were made by Sam Phillips at his Memphis Recording Service.
• • At the time, these recordings remained unreleased!
• • These masters and alternate versions were discovered decades ...

Ike Turner – Rocks – CDD

• Ike Turner proved to be a challenging and polarizing character, considered moody, irascible and aggressive, even towards his partner.
• • Despite all his contradictions, Ike Turner the musician is considered an influential figure in R'n'R, a talent scout, producer, pianist and pioneering guitar stylist.
• • Bear Family Records® gathers the very ...

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Jack Hammer – On The Dance Floor With Jack Hammer – CDD

From the Bill Haley sound to the dancefloor king
Jack Hammer's early recordings are reminiscent of the traditional rock 'n' roll sound of Bill Haley.
Hammer was also a sought-after songwriter who was involved in classics of the genre such as Great
Balls Of Fire and Milkshake Mademoiselle. But Jack Hammer's career took ...

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James Cotton – Rocks – CDD

Bear Family Records® dedicates a CD album in the 'Rocks' series to James Cotton (1935-2017), one of the most dazzling personalities in the world of blues harmonica.

• • 27 recordings, made between 1953 and 1968, including four numbers from his very first recording session, nine tracks with the Muddy Waters Band, two ...

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Jerry Reed – The Rockin’ U.S. Male – Vinyl + CD

FAMOUS US ROCK AND ROLL GUITAR PLAYER, COMPOSER, AND SINGER ‐ BURT REYNOLD’S PARTNER IN THE ‘SMOKEY & THE BANDIT’ BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES 1‐LP (10inch vinyl), 45 RPM, w/ bonus CD, 8‐page booklet, postcard. 12 tracks (LP), 25 tracks
(CD). Total playing time approx. 28 min. (LP), 70 min. (CD). * Jerry ...

Jimmie Vaughan – Strange Pleasure (Limited 2 Lp Set)

Heaven done called another blues stringer back home" Six Strings Down.
• • Jimmie Vaughan, co-founder of the Fabulous Thunderbirds and older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, recorded one of the most fascinating blues/roots albums of all time in 1994!
• • We at Bear Family Records® are proud to release this exquisite Nile ...

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Jimmy Cavallo – Rocks – CDD

1‐CD (Digipak) with 36‐page booklet, 27 tracks. Total playing time approx. 70 min.
* With this overdue music retrospective Bear Family Records® provides a splendid overview of the career of Jimmy Cavallo and His House Rockers from 1956 to 2006!
* It's evident here how Cavallo went from rhythm 'n' blues to ...

Jimmy Mccracklin – Rocks – CD

During more than half a century as a prolific and uncommonly versatile recording artist, Jimmy McCracklin made a lot of great blues and soul records. He also did more than his share of rocking. That’s the side of the Bay Area piano pounder’s massive discography that this jam‐packed compilation concentrates on, McCracklin tears ...

Jimmy Reed – Rocks – CD

Before every rock musician worth his or her salt claimed Robert Johnson as a primary influence and recorded his songs, Jimmy Reed had been the blues musician most frequently covered. If you could spare the time and browse the respective databases online, I bet you shall find more cover versions of Reed's compositions ...

Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones – Cotton Pickin’ Rockers – Vinyl

They started rocking young during the ‘50s down in Spartanburg, South Carolina. None of the four members in Joe Bennett and The Sparkletones were past their mid‐teens (Bennett’s diminutive vocal partner and rhythm guitarist Howard ‘Sparky’ Childress was all of 14) when they roared up the hit parade in 1957 with their blistering ...

Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones – What The Heck! The Complete Recordings – CD

Young teenagers from Spartanburg, South Carolina, rockin’ their hearts out! 1‐CD (Digipak) with 32‐page booklet, 38 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.Only in their mid‐teens and full of fire, Joe Bennett and The Sparkletones roared out of Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1957 with a rocking ditty extolling the classy virtues of Black ...

Joey Dee & The Starlighters – On The Dance Floor With – CD

LEGENDARY NEW YORK CITY HOUSEROCKIN’ COMBO ‐ HOUSE BAND IN THE FAMOUS
NIGHTCLUB, THE PEPPERMINT LOUNGE
1‐CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 29 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.
* The house band of the popular Peppermint Lounge in the heart of Manhattan landed an enormously successful hit with Peppermint Twist in early ...

Johnny “Guitar” Watson – Rocks – CDD

• With Johnny 'Guitar' Watson we present an exceptionally inventive and style-defining musician in the 'Rocks' series on Bear Family Records®.
• • As 'Young' John Watson, he enjoyed his first triumphs as a teenager and pianist, before coaxing never-before-heard sounds from his Fender® guitar and amplifier with Space Guitar in 1954 and henceforth ...

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Johnny Kidd – So What! The Brits Are Rocking, Vol.7 – CD

Latest CD release in our groundbreaking series with ‘60s Britisch Rock and Roll
1‐CD with 36‐page booklet, 34 tracks. Total playing time approx. 70 min.Johnny Kidd passed away in 1966 but along with his group The Pirates he is still remembered as one of the all‐time greats of British beat. Singing in his ...