Side 1
1 Must Be Falling In Love - The Duponts
2 The Angels Sent You To Me - The Carnations
3 Pretty Girl - The V-8's
4 Shouldn't I - The
Orients
5 Feelin' Alright This Morning - The Hi-Liters
6 The Wayward Wind - The Centenniels
7 You Can't Stay Here - The Concords
8 Anna Mocora - The Calvaes
9 Love Tears - The Five Embers
Side 2
1 All Of Me - The King Odom Four
2 Baby Don't Go - The Gentlemen
3 'lizabeth - The Thrillers
4 Hello - Little June & The Januarys
5 Mr Blues - The Master Keys
6 Why - The Impalas
7 Gone So Long - The Invictas
8 Sweet Names - The Five Stars
9 Sweet Tooth For My Baby - The Four Buddies
Here ‘tis – another collection of vintage R&B courtesy
of Joan K. Volume 3 of Joan Spins Again is a whirlwind tour of a decade of vocal
group stylings, ranging from sophisticated early 1950s jazzy records rooted
in the sound of The Ravens, to the younger group sounds of the later 50s which
were such an important part of the rise of rock and roll. This is a great compilation
which I’ve been sitting on for a couple of months, enjoying on the privacy of
my own PC. But here it is at last, available for the delectation of R&B
fans the wide world over.
I’ve selected some of my personal favourites and put them on
the streaming audio widget below, but every track on the collection is a gem.
The King Odom Four, The Masterkeys and The Four Buddies are the smoothies here
– suave, sophisticated, knowing (and occasionally leering) – their sound really
appeals to me. For the younger followers of Be Bop Wino a word of caution: I
suspect you have to be at least fifty years old in order to fully appreciate
the subtleties of these records. What kind of a kick can rockers possibly get
out of an early 1950s reworking of an old standard like “All of Me” by a seemingly “square” group like The
King Odom Four? Just give it a listen and let the sheer hepness of the record
take hold of you. The same group also did a cover of “Lover Come Back to Me”
which was equally good.
At the opposite end of the rockin’ spectrum we have The
Concords, or rather Pearl Reaves and The Concords with “You Can’t Stay Here,”
an irresistible pounding treatment of the old blues standard “Step It Up and
Go.” This record has featured on several rockin’ R&B comps across the
years, perhaps most notably on number 20 of the inestimable “Stompin’” series
where it shares disc space with the likes of Riff Ruffin’s “Money For My Honey”
and Pigmeat Markham’s “Let’s Have Some Heat.” If you don’t have “Stompin’ 20”
then I’m sorry, you just ain’t where it’s at!
Listen to some highlights from Joan Spins Again Volume 3 below:
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1 - The Duponts - Must Be Falling In Love - Winley 212 / SAVOY
1552 (1958)
(F/b Little
Anthony Gourdine)
2 - The Carnations - The Angels Sent You To Me - Savoy
1172 (1955)
3 - The V-8s - Pretty Girl - Most 711 (1959)
4 - The Orients - Shouldn't I - Laurie 3232 (1964)
5 - The Hi-Liters -
Feelin' Alright This Morning - Vee Jay (Unreleased) (1958)
6 - The Centenniels - The Wayward Wind - Dot 16180 (1961)
7 - The Concords - You Can't Stay Here - Harlem
2332 (1955)
8 - The Calvaes - Anna Morcora - Checker 928 (1959) (F/b
Oscar Boyd)
9 - The Five Embers - Love Tears - Gem 227 (1955)
10 - The King Odom Four - All Of Me - Derby
(1951)
11 - The Gentlemen - Baby Don't Go - Apollo 470 (1954)
12 - The Thrillers - 'Lizabeth - Herald 432 (1954)
13 - Little June and the Januarys - Hello - Salem
188 (1959)
14 - The Masterkeys - Mr. Blues - Abbey 2017
15 - The Impalas - Why - Corvet 1017 (1958)
16 - The Invictas - Gone So Long - Jack Bee 1003 (1959)
17 - The Five Stars - Sweet Names - Note (1956)
18 - The Four Buddies - Sweet Tooth For My Baby - Savoy
866 (1952)
With many thanks to Joan K for all her hard work in putting this collection together.
