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Sixties teenage beat/pop sensation Lulu’s debut album on Deram has been reissued on CD by Rev Ola this month. Backed by The Luvvers, it’s more beat and less pop than her later sixties efforts, the sound is not unlike stablemates Them, for want of a comparison, containing numbers like Surprise Surprise and of course Shout.
Check http://www.cherryred.co.uk/ for more details.
RWR
Crypt Records has recently got round to compiling two CD’s containing most of the tracks (8 dropped in total) from their four Twistin’ Rumble LP’s from last year (subtitled ‘soulstomp, twist-party lunacy, garage, R&B and craziness, 1960-1968’ if that gives you a rough idea of what we’re talking about). Full track listings of the LP’s (though not the CD’s) can be found at
www.cryptrecords.com
RWR
Three dates for the Cosmic Hoodoo club have been announced so far.
Saturday April 12th with very special guest dj Mary Boogaloo (Italy).
Saturday May 17th live on stage LOUIE & THE LOUIES ( Killer Diller Frat and early Garage )
Saturday June 14th special guest dj Barney Koumis (No Hit Records)
Resident dj's Cosmic Keith and Johnny Hoodoo spinnin' Blues, R&B, Garage, Frat, Surf, Beat, R'n'R all on hot chunky 45rpm's! A superb basement club with a smoking area next to the river, cheap bar and dancing to 2.30 am. At The Constitution , Camden Town, London UK.
We continue having the spotlight on photography. In a long and prolific career spent haunting the recording studios, jam sessions, concert halls and nightclubs of New York City, William PoPsie Randolph chronicled the raucous postwar transformation of American Music -- from swing and jazz to rhythm & blues and rock & roll -- more vividly and more avidly, than any photographer of his era.
The 100,000 negatives left behind after his death in 1978 span the giddy, glitzy heyday of swing in the Forties, the hot and cool jazz subsequently spawned in the clubs of 52nd Street, the rumbling emergence of black R&B and doo-wop and the sudden explosion of rock & roll in the late Fifties, the rise of Brill Building pop and the British invasion of the Sixties, and the growth of rock into a multi billion-dollar industry by the Seventies.
You can now enjoy Popsie's work in a new book called Popsie: American Popular Music Through the Camera Lens of William Popsie Randolph. It will be published by Hal Leonard Corporation on April the 30th April 2008. Crossed Combs recommends!
Herman Leonard's life has been shaped by two forces: his fascination with the camera and his love of jazz music.
With camera in hand he earned front-row seats to the finest musicians of the time: Ellington, Parker, Gillespie, Monk, Basie, Holiday, Armstrong, Sinatra, Vaughn, and countless others. His technique evolved through hours spent in low lighting as he learned to capture the smoky, three-in-the-morning atmosphere of the clubs.
Most of the early jazz pictures he just shot for himself, they were not assignments. So this is truly the work of a music fan.
You can see some of his amazing photos at www.hermanleonard.com
This Saturday, if you're in London England...
The LUCKY 7 Club
Live on stage
Mr BIG JOE LOUIS
(raw rockin jumpin blues)
with Londons coolest DJ'S
LADY KAMIKAZE - DADDY G & MR SNAKESTER
wild sound beats from the 50's & 60's from old skool 45's
Venue: Volupte 7 - 9 Norwich st
On the 25th of February Kent will release the much awaited 3rd volume in their New Breed R&B series. This looks to be a real stonker of a compilation! Just the inclusion of the previously unreleased 'Baby Don't You Weep' by Luther Ingram is worth a lot. Until this cd, the only way to hear that recording was to go see Ady Croasdell dj and hope that he would spin his acetate.
This cd will save you from spending a small fortune hunting down the original vinyl. Check popsike.com for the current values of the Benny Price and Mr. Dynamite for example...
1. Oh Baby Don't You Weep - Ingram, Luther
2. She Wobbles When She Walks - Clifton, Paul
3. You Love Me Pretty Baby - Price, Benny
4. Someone Else Has Taken My Place - Tyler, Gladys
5. I've Got A Feeling For You Baby - Bruce, Gladys
6. I'm Gonna Start A War - Brown, Barbara
7. Sh'Mon - Mr. Dynamite
8. Shirley Jean - Burks, Gene
9. Too Young - Cunningham, Boyce
10. Big Ben - Atkins, Harold
11. Coal Miner - Brown, Nappy
12. Tumbling Down - Tom Tumbleweed
13. Beautician Blues - King, B.B.
14. Jack Of All Trades - Church, Eugene
15. I Idolize You - Charmaines
16. Man Is A Mean Thing - Perry, Barbara
17. First Love Baby - Calhoun, Lena & The Emotions
18. I've Got My Eyes On You - Clayton, Merry
19. I'm The Man - Washington, Albert
20. Whatcha Gonna Do - King James
21. Just Like Yesterday - Simon, Joe
22. Mama Julie - Terry & Jerry
23. Doing The Mule - Bland, Billy
24. Lover's Prayer - Greene, Vernon & The Medallions
Thanks to Doc Peter
We like these handmade Americana postcard lamp shades from Uncommon Goods. You can choose from New York, California, Florida or Texas postcards. A great gift item!
They are $60 each, but with todays exchange rate that's not too bad. Well, if you live in USA then the exchange rate is probably not that important.
Don't miss this
Soul Jazz Records compilation with some of the finest heavy instrumental reggae tunes laid down by the Studio One house-band.
Featuring musicians of the calibre of Ernest Ranglin, Jackie Mittoo, Eric Frater, Leroy Sibbles, Don Drummond Jnr, Deadley Headley and more, the Sound Dimension existed from around 1967-70 and all the recordings featured here were originally released during this period.
1. Scorchia 2. In Cold Blood 3. Ironside 4. Straight Flush 5. Jamaica Underground 6. Real Rock 7. Funky 8. Reggae Time 9. Mojo Rocksteady 10. Park View 11. Drum Song 12. Great Mu Ga Ru 13. Rockfort Rock 14. Less Problem 15. Ten To Ten 16. Summertime 17. Heavy Rock 18. Jamaica Bag
So it's finally here, the debut album by Gizzelle. She's only 21 years old, which is rather hard to tell when you hear her sing. This cd, released by Wild Records, is filled with covers of tunes like Fever, I just want to make love to you, Hound dog and My boy lollipop. Gizzelle handles them all with ease.
If you're into Etta James, Big Maybelle, Big Mama Thornton, then we think you owe it to yourself to check this girl from La Puente California out.
