Still Groove Jumping!

Side One
1. Right Now Baby - Roy Gaines
2. All My Life - Roy Gaines
3. Down To The Bottom - Larry Dale
4. You Better Heed My Warning - Larry Dale
5. Midnight Hours - Larry Dale
6. Country Boy - Tiny Kennedy
7. Peek-A-Boo - Mr. Bear
8. The Bear Hug - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats

Side Two
1. Drink Up - The Du-Droppers
2. Mr. Bear Comes To Town - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats
3. I'm Gonna Keep My Good Eye On You - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats
4. Rockin' With Red - Piano Red
5. High Low Jack - Buddy Lucas
6. When I Got Married - Champion Jack Dupree
7. She's Got No Hair - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
8. Jump Man Jump - Piano Red

Finally we get round to posting the follow up LP to “Groove Jumping!” Issued in 1987 on the UK Detour Records label, “Still Groove Jumping!” is a blaster of a compilation of sides originally released on the RCA subsidiary Groove in the mid 1950s.

It’s a mighty mess of clanging blues guitar mostly from Mickey “Guitar” Baker and buzz saw tenor sax solos from King Curtis and Sam “The Man” Taylor. There’s no need for me to go on at length as all bases are covered by the sleeve notes compiled by Bez Turner.

For more information on the short life of Groove Records read the “Groove Jumping” post. Read the “Detour Records” post for more information on this all but forgotten UK re-release label.

Listen to highlights from “Still Groove Jumping!” in the player below:



Peruse these original Groove and Vik EP covers courtesy Joan K:

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1. Right Now Baby - Roy Gaines
2. All My Life - Roy Gaines
3. Down To The Bottom - Larry Dale
4. You Better Heed My Warning - Larry Dale
5. Midnight Hours - Larry Dale
6. Country Boy - Tiny Kennedy
7. Peek-A-Boo - Mr. Bear
8. The Bear Hug - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats
9. Drink Up - The Du-Droppers
10. Mr. Bear Comes To Town - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats
11. I'm Gonna Keep My Good Eye On You - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats
12. Rockin' With Red - Piano Red
13. High Low Jack - Buddy Lucas
14. When I Got Married - Champion Jack Dupree
15. She's Got No Hair - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
16. Jump Man Jump - Piano Red

Detour Records

Some time ago I posted a couple of LPs from the UK Detour Records reissue label – “Groove Jumping!” and “The Best of Doo Wop Classics Volume 2.” The “Groove Jumping!” post kicked off speculation among blog followers concerning the identity of other Detour releases, with The Hound reminding us of the follow up to “Groove Jumping!” and a couple of 45 rpm issues, dbtb weighing in with the info that volume 1 of “The Best of Doo Wop Classics” was a Du-Droppers LP and most recently Grant informing us that there was a Champion Jack Dupree LP on Detour.

Recently I came across an obituary for mastering engineer and founder of Detour Records, Bob Jones, in the June 2009 issue of Blues & Rhythm magazine. Written by Tony Burke, it includes a list of releases on Bob’s Detour label and I have taken the liberty of extracting the list from the very informative article.

"Boppin'" Bob Jones worked initially for Decca, then later for Pye where he was involved in re-mastering tapes for specialist reissue labels. For many years he was involved with Ace and also worked on Bear Family reissues. In the early 1980s he set up his own reissue label, Detour, releasing a limited number of LPs and singles which were distinguished by superb sound quality. Most of the material consisted of R&B and Hillbilly / Rockabilly from Groove and RCA, with issues being concentrated in two time periods, 1982-83 and 1987-89.
 

Juke Blues No. 11 Winter 1987/88

Ten LPs were issued:
In 1982 – “Ballroom King” by Pee Wee King. In 1983 – “Skeeter Davis Sings Buddy Holly,” and “Groove Jumping!” In 1987 – “Just Keep A-Movin’” by Hank Snow, “More Ballroom Kings” (a Hillbilly compilation), “Still Groove Jumping!” and the Champion Jack Dupree set “Shake Baby Shake.” In 1989 – “Hillbilly Hound Dawgs And Honky Tonk Angels,” “The Best Of Doo Wop Classics Volume 1 featuring The Du-Droppers (Bambalam!)” and “The Best of Doo Wop Classics Volume 2 featuring The 5 Keys and The Nitecaps.”

I have a vague memory that a Piano Red LP was in the pipeline, but it seems to have never been released.

Blues & Rhythm No. 38 August 1988

There were also some 45 rpm singles:

Cecil McCullough And The Border Boys - “Pick ‘Em Up And Shake ‘Em Up” / “Nothing Else,” Laura Lee Perkins - “Gonna Rock My Baby Tonight” / “Come On Baby,” Clarence Garlow - “Route 90” / “Crawfishin’” and Benny Barnes – “You Gotta Pay” backed with Les Cole – “Be Boppin’ Daddy.”

The Clarence Garlow single was a reissue of a Flair disc from 1953. Both sides were also on the early Ace (UK) LP “Texas Rhythm & Blues.”

Sources:

Tony Burke – Bob Jones obituary, Blues & Rhythm Magazine number 240, June 2009.

“Jump Man Jump” and “Midnight Hours” were downloaded from a posting of the "Still Groove Jumping!" LP on the cool “Twilightzone!” blog.

The Clarence Garlow tracks are from the Ace LP "Texas Rhythm & Blues." Both are now available on the Ace CD "Long Gone Daddies," a top notch comp of R&B and Rockabilly from the Bihari group of labels.

Juke Blues No. 12 Spring 1988