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Highlights here include a lascivious stomp, "Everybody Loves Yo' Mama," and the less-than-existential "Naked, Naked, Naked." More power to these guys, whose gutter-view perspective has undeniable aroma and charm.In their mid-'80s heyday (such as it was), New York's Raunch Hands were retro-rock representatives of that presumed golden age of sleaze, the mid-'50s to mid-'60s. Thus El Rauncho Grande offers neo-rockabilly, neo-R&B and even neo-Mex, all filtered through the band's beer-heightened (lowered?) sensibilities.

trax:
01 Everybody Loves Yo' Mama 02 I Did You No Wrong 03 Never Comin' Home 04 Naked, Naked, Naked 05 The Long Crawl Home 06 Frenzy 07 Hell-Bent

29 Wild Rock 'n' Roll and R&B Movers! Great comp!trax:
1. Hey Baba Leba - Thurston Harris 2. Etcetera - Jackie Wilson 3. Chonnie-On-Chon - James Brown 4. Let's Rock - Barrett Strong 5. Oh-Oh - Eddie Bo 6. Big Fat Woman - Bobby Freeman 7. Rock Doc - Louis Jordan 8. Chicken Shack Boogie (fast version) - Amos Milburn 9. Big Rock Joe From Kokomo - Piano Red (Dr Feelgood) 10. I Ain't Drunk - Jimmy Liggins 11. Double Crossing Baby - The Robins 12. Trickle Trickle - The Videos 13. Rockin' In The Rocket Room - The Larks 14. I'm Slippin' In - The Spiders 15. No Good Lover - Mickey & Sylvia 16. I'm Tired Of Beggin' - Sly Fox 17. Look What You're Doing To Me - Professor Longhair 18. I Don't Care Who Knows - Harold Burrage 19. Strange Kind Of Feeling - Tiny Kennedy 20. Love Don't Love Nobody - Roy Brown 21. Nosey Joe - Bull Moose Jackson 22. Shuffle In The Gravel - Young Jessie 23. Too Much - Bernard Hardison 24. Touch And Go - Wynona Carr 25. Smooth Operator - Sarah Vaughan 26. Fujiyama Mama - Annisteen Allen 27. Promise Mr Thomas - Varetta Dillard 28. I Thought I Told You Not To Tell Them - Marie Knight 29. Up Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air) - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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"I've bought a gigantic pile of cds last week. Maybe this smooth soul is something for twilightzone? The Four Mints - Gently Down Your Stream (Reissue, Numero Group, 320kb) ripped with good old audiograbber. Judge for yourself and greetings!" - Jillem

trax:
01 You're My Desire 02 Row My Boat 03 Why Did I Go 04 Do You Really Love Me 05 Too Far Gone 06 You'll Want To Come Back 07 Keep On Loving You 08 In A Rut 09 Can't Get Strung Out 10 They Were Wrong 11 Too Far Gone (Rehearsal) 12 In A Rut (Rehearsal) 13 In A Rut (Instrumental)
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Cartoonist Daniel Clowes steals the show here with his artwork, including not only the cover but a nifty label on the same theme. The first of this group's series of records on the Crypt label doesn't quite have the impact of its debut album, and a shifting of the musical lineup may have been part of the problem. There is a different drummer, and the change was perhaps not for the best. Saxophone also becomes more prominent, confining the group's roots rock experiments more to the R&B side of the lab and reducing the rockabilly and honky tonk element somewhat. It is also simply just not as good a band with the departure of Mike Tchang, who had also helped write some of the Raunch Hands' material. The stalwart Raunch Hands that go simply by the names of Chandler and Mariconda provide the main directions, coming up with some of their typically kooky and ingratiating material such as the hopping "Hare-Raisin'," the proud "I'm a Swinger," and "I Can't Hear a Thing," which, along with "Make It Stop," were perhaps written in the aftermath of a Raunch Hands soundcheck. There are also some nice cover versions, including "I Live for the Sun," the type of album track that closes out a side and seems to hypnotically command the listener to immediately flip the record over. - by Eugene Chadbourne

trax:
01 You Licked Me 02 I'm A Swinger 03 The Green Room 04 Good, Good Lovin' 05 I Can't Hear A Thing 06 Detox Moon 07 I Live For The Sun 08 Merry Widow Waltz 09 I'd Rather Go To Jail 10 Make It Stop 11 Bottle-Now! 12 The Victor 13 Hare-Raisin'

Fantastic collection of hard to find R&B!trax:
1. justine - Meep Meep & The Roadrunners 2. my gal rockhead - Little David Dunn 3. stranded in the jungle - The Fearsome Foursome 4. sally's got a sister - Bill Pinky 5. take it easy katy - Good Rockin' Bob 6. medicine man - Jeanette "Baby" Washington 7. the drag - The Isley Brothers 8. can she give you fever - Ernie Tucker 9. shimmy baby - Bobby Dunn w/Les Cooper 10. wings to fly - Earlston Ford 11. damper down - Bobby Davis 12. day in court - The Varnells 13. the chicken - Billy David 14. good lovin' - John Fred 15. boo babe - The Electras 16. chicago - The Citations 17. i tried - Eddie Kirkland 18. the mystery man - Scotty Mann & The Masters 19. sinbad - Bobby Freeman 20. gulley stomp - Sam Price
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A fine collection of Boogie Woogie classics from the late 1930's and early 1940's featuring the talents of Will Bradley, Ray McKinley and the great piano of Freddie Slack.Will Bradley's legacy is largely built on the work he did between 1939 and 1941, which corresponds with his collaboration with drummer and singer Ray McKinley. McKinley was one of the era's best and most dynamic big band drummers, and with Bradley's unassuming but solid trombone skills, plus Fred Slack's explosive piano playing, the Will Bradley Orchestra developed a patented boogie/swing style on hits like the two-part "Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar)," "Scrub Me Mama (With a Boogie Beat)," and the smooth, easy "Celery Stalks at Midnight," all of which are included here. A rare trio outing with Bradley, McKinley, and Slack on the fun, loose "Down the Road a Piece" is a particular delight. Bradley was never much of a publicity hound, so he isn't probably as well known as he should be, but the music speaks for itself. A great set. (Allmusic)

trax:
01 Memphis Blues 02 Old Doc Yak 03 Celery Stalks At Midnight 04 Strange Cargo 05 Jimtown Blues 06 Rhumboogie 07 Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar Part 1 08 Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar Part 2 09 Rock-A-Bye The Boogie 10 Down The Road Apiece 11 Scrub Me Mama, With A Boogie Beat 12 The Five O'Clock Whistle 13 Three Ring Ragout 14 I Boogied When I Should Have Woogied 15 Chicken Gumboogie 16 Stardust 17 Boogie Woogie Conga 18 Bounce Me Brother With A Solid Four 19 April In Paris 20 All That Meat And No Potatoes 21 The Booglie Wooglie Piggy 22 Basin Street Boogie 23 Fry Me Cookie, With A Can Of Lard 24 The Three B's (Barrelhouse, Boogie And Blues)
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GREASY RHYTHM & SOUL PARTY!!!Wow! Brand new series of killer late-1950s to mid-1960s American rhythm'n'blues and pre-soul and greasy soul!Volumes One and Two are all Male Groups/Artists belting out dance-floor fillers and wild party winners! Killer sound, killer packaging, PREPARE TO SWING, BABY!

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1. river deep, mountain high - Toni White 2. west coast - Ketty Lester 3. i've got a feeling - Tawny Reed 4. why do you treat me like you do - Irene & The Scotts 5. big brother - The Geminis 6. i've got it bad - Verna Rae Clay 7. love doctor - Phil & Marie 8. let it be me Judi Clay 9. everybody dance - Lydia Marcelle 10. it's a woman's world - The Gypsies 11. you put a hurting on me - The Geminis 12. boys are a dime a dozen - Vicky Gomez 13. i've had it - Robin Rice 14. new guy - The Dynettes 15. a beatle meets a ladybug - Paula Lamont 16. so many days - The Vonns
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This was released following the success of The lost voice of soul, a 26 track compilation of Timi's finest recordings which I've also reviewed. Despite only being remembered for one hit, Timi recorded a lot of quality music, as this CD shows. There are no big hits here, since they were all included on the first CD and there is no duplication. There are a few obscure A and B sides plus a selection of album tracks......If you are familiar with Timi's music, you will know what to expect. If not, you should start with the other CD or, better still, buy both together.
There are original songs here, but there are also great covers of It's just a matter of time (Brook Benton), I'll never fall in love again (Tom Jones), When something is wrong with my baby (Sam and Dave), Hallelujah I love him so (Ray Charles), I apologise (originally recorded by Bing Crosby in 1931 and revived by Billy Eckstine in 1951, but a sixties hit for P J Proby) - Timi's version was the B-side of Hurt so pre-dates P J Proby, All my love belongs to you (Little Willie John), If you gotta make a fool of somebody (an American hit for James Ray and a British hit for Freddie and the Dreamers) and I waited too long (LaVern Baker). There are only two country songs here, these being I just got back from there (Billy Walker) and When you were mine (Justin Tubb).
This is yet another brilliant Timi compilation from the good people at RPM. Unless some company releases a box set or a series of twofers, the 52 tracks on these two British compilations will remain the most comprehensive study of Timi's music on CD. (Amazon)trax:
01 Interlude (Time) 02 It's Just A Matter Of Time 03 I'll Never Fall In Love Again 04 When Something Is Wrong With My Baby 05 Nothing Takes The Place Of You 06 Hey Boy 07 Hallelujah I Love Him So 08 I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind 09 When He Wants A Woman 10 Loving You Is All I Ever Had 11 I Just Got Back From There 12 So Ashamed 13 I Apologize 14 All My Love Belongs To You 15 Put Them Aside 16 The Wall 17 If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody 18 Thirteenth Hour 19 Wrong 20 When You Were Mine 21 Guess Who 22 It's Too Soon To Know 23 She Really Loves You 24 I Waiting Too Long 25 If I Never Got To Love You 26 Interlude (Time) Movie Soundtrack Version
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GREASY RHYTHM & SOUL PARTY!!!Wow! Brand new series of killer late-1950s to mid-1960s American rhythm'n'blues and pre-soul and greasy soul!Volumes One and Two are all Male Groups/Artists belting out dance-floor fillers and wild party winners! Killer sound, killer packaging, PREPARE TO SWING, BABY!

trax:
1. do the duck - The Autographs 2. matchmaker - Joan Proctor 3. hands off - The Azaleas 4. oh johnny - Baby Jean 5. that's what they put erasers on pencils for - The Gems 6. i'm movin on - Lisa Bett 7. one room paradise - The Raeletts 8. mix it up - Little Brenda Starr 9. these tears - Mary Johnson 10. needle in a haystack - Tawny Reed 11. don't you want my lovin - The Orlons 12. watchdog - Dorothy Williams 13. come on baby - Marie Knight 14. loose me love - Virgie Till 15. i believe to my soul - Lottie Joe Jones 16. mama he treats your daughter mean - Ruth Brown 17. tom cat - Big Mama Thornton
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"The little girl with the big voice," Timi Yuro was America's finest white soul singer of the 1960s. Her million-selling debut single, "Hurt," introduced a performer of such profound poignancy and depth that many listeners assumed she was a man, an African-American, or both, and while Yuro never again achieved the same commercial heights, her finest records deserve mention in the same breath as Aretha Franklin, Irma Thomas, and the other soul queens of the era. (Jason Ankeny, Allmusic)Timi will be forever remembered for Hurt, a record which has often been covered (including by Juice Newton, who had a country number one with it, and Elvis), but never bettered. You will find it on any Timi compilation (except The voice that got away, a companion volume to this CD) but Timi deserves to be remembered for much more, as this collection shows. Even 26 tracks does not cover everything worthwhile, but there's another 26 on The voice that got away, for those who want to explore further.
Perhaps Timi was best at the tearjerkers like Hurt, but it is a measure of her brilliance that she did a wide variety of songs really well. This collection includes a lot of mainstream pop, some more R+B, and even some country songs. It would be a good idea if a record company would issue a separate compilation of her country recordings, just as has been done for Ray Charles and others. As it is, they are sandwiched between all the other stuff, but that's a minor criticism.
This is an outstanding compilation of one of the finest - and most under-rated - singers of the sixties (or any era, come to that). (Amazon)trax:
01 Hurt 02 Just Say I Love Him 03 Trying 04 Smile 05 Let Me Call You Sweetheart 06 Count Everything 07 I Know I Love You 08 What's A Matter Baby 09 Only Love Me 10 That's Right, Walk On By 11 Should I Ever Love Again 12 The Love Of A Boy 13 I Ain't Gonna Cry No More 14 Insult To Injury 15 Make The World Go Away 16 Leaving On Your Mind 17 She's Got You 18 Are You Sure 19 I'd Fight The World 20 Gotta Travel On 21 Down In The Valley 22 Permanently Lonely 23 A Legend In My Time 24 Call Me 25 Something Bad On My Mind 26 It'll Never Be Over For Me
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