Rumble (Jubilee LP JGM-1114)

I was updating the link on this post and for some reason it shot forward to today's date! Apologies - Be Bop Wino will be back with a whole heap o' fresh posts very soon!

Side 1:

01. Castle In The Sky - The Bop-Chords

02. The Gleam In Your Eye - The Channels

03. Fine Fine Frame - The Continentals

04. If I Could Make You Mine - The Love-Notes

05. Picture Of Love - The Continentals

06. Tonight - The Love-Notes

Side 2:

01. When I Woke Up This Morning - The Bop-Chords

02. Dear Lord - The Continentals

03. Now You Know - The Channels

04. United - The Love-Notes

05. The Closer You Are - The Channels

06. I Really Love Her So - The Bop-Chords

Thanks once more to Joan for the second in the series of Jubilee doowop compilation LPs released in 1959. These sides, which were originally issued in 1956 and 1957, were gathered from the Bobby Robinson group of labels. The Channels and Continentals sides were originally released on Whirlin' Disc, a label co-owned by Bobby Robinson and Jubilee owner Jerry Blaine. They were subsequently re-released as singles on the Port label between 1959 and 1961. The Bop-Chords and Love-Notes sides were originally released in 1956-57 on Holiday, a label owned by Bobby Robinson's brother Danny.

There are occasional clicks and pops and even a skip on these vintage vinyl sides.

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Rumble (Mega)

Marv Goldberg's article on The Continentals is here:

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Continentals/continentals.html

It includes juicy details on who was backing The Continentals at their recording sessions. Mickey Baker, King Curtis, Sam "The Man" Taylor are names to whet the appetite of any R&B fan.

Marv Goldberg's article on The Love-Notes / The Ivories is here:

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Ivories/ivories.html

More juicy details, this time about the Love-Notes getting rushed on to an Apollo show as "United" / "Tonight" started to climb the charts. Also on the bill of that show were Chuck Willis, Mickey & Sylvia, Big Maybelle and Solomon Burke among others!

This LP was originally posted on Be Bop Wino on 21st June 2008. The original post is here:

http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/rumble-jubilee-jgm-1114_7413.html

The download includes label scans by Joan. Terrific stuff!

I Understand / Sugar Lump - The Four Tunes (Jubilee 5132)

Recorded January 1954, released February 1954. Number 6 on pop charts, number 7 on R&B charts. Personnel: Pat Best (baritone); Jimmie Nabbie (tenor); Danny Owens (tenor); Jimmy Gordon (bass). Pat Best sings lead on both sides. Besides writing "I Understand", he also wrote "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons."

Billboard review, 3rd April, 1954:

"I Understand" - "Warm and intimate ballad is arranged by a knowing hand. It shows off the Four Tunes to best advantage. This side may need only the slightest shove to get it off the ground. With the breaks it could build with the best of them. Bears close watching."

"Sugar Lump" - "Cute ditty, cleverly written, is awarded a bouncy and infectious reading by the group. A good, commercial waxing that could make some noise with energetic promotion."

The Four Tunes started as The Brown Dots, the group formed by Deek Watson when he left The Ink Spots. He eventually split with The Brown Dots who became The Sentimentalists and then The Four Tunes.

The full story is on Marv Goldberg's site here:

http://www.uncamarvy.com/BrownDots/browndots.html

From 1946 - 49 The Four Tunes recorded for Manor and its subsidiary Arco, both under their own name and as backing group for Savannah Churchill. They switched to RCA, recording for them from 1949 until 1952, then joined Jubilee with whom they recorded until 1957.

Thanks to Joan K for the sound files and scans of "I Understand" and its B side. And of course thanks to Joan for the whole Jubilee vocal group series.

Whoppers! (Jubilee JGM-1119) re-upped

Side 1:

01. Marie - The Four Tunes

02. Take Me Back To Heaven - Billy Ward & The Dominoes

03. I Understand - The Four Tunes

04. Come To Me Baby - Billy Ward & The Dominoes

05. Sugar Lump - The Four Tunes

06. Sweethearts On Parade - Billy Ward & The Dominoes

Side 2:

01. Crying In The Chapel - The Orioles

02. Green Eyes - The Ravens

03. It's Too Soon To Know - The Orioles

04. Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle - The Ravens

05. Tell Me So - The Orioles

06. I'll Always Be In Love With You - The Ravens

Released in June, 1960. A reissue of the 1956 LP "Best Of Rhythm And Blues" (Jubilee LP 1014).

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The last in the series of Jubilee vocal group compilations released in 1959 - 1960 and a real curiosity. The contents seem to be completely divorced from the teen hoodlums cover picture as the 12 numbers on offer all hark back to an earlier era of R&B and there's little here that could pass as rock 'n' roll. However, the collection is an R&B historian's delight as it includes the record that launched the career of The Orioles back in 1948, "It's Too Soon To Know" plus their big 1953 hit "Crying In The Chapel."

The Four Tunes (originally The Brown Dots) sides "Marie" and "I Understand" were big, big hits in 1953/54, not only in the R&B charts, but also in the pop charts.

Most of the rest of the tracks were issued between 1953 and 1956. The Ravens tracks are the latest releases of the collection, from 1956, long after their 1940s /early 1950s heyday on Savoy. Similarly, the Dominoes tracks are a world away from their early 1950s gospel influenced rockers on Federal with Clyde McPhatter on lead. These 1954-55 sides are from a time when Billy Ward was repositioning the group as a pop act. However, Jackie Wilson leads on "Take Me Back to Heaven."

What did Billboard make of this LP?

Not  a bad review! (June 13th 1960).

The original post of this LP (June 23rd 2008) with label scans by Joan K can be found here:

http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/whoppers-jubilee-jgm-1119_2505.html

Here's some of the scans:

Thanks to Joan K for sights 'n' sounds.

Good Old 99 / Fried Chicken - The Marylanders (Jubilee 5114)

Issued March, 1953. Personnel: Buster Banks (tenor) - lead on "Good Old 99"; Johnny Paige (tenor) - lead on "Fried Chicken"; David Jones (baritone); Henry Abrams (bass); Tommy Bonds (guitar). Band - Buddy Lucas (tenor sax) with unknown accompaniment.

These were the sides by The Marylanders that were originally intended to appear on the "Boppin'" compilation featured in the previous post. They were withdrawn at the last minute and replaced with tracks by The Teardrops. The change in the tracklist came after the LP cover and record labels had already been printed and so the absent Marylanders were wrongly credited with being on the album.

Billboard review of the original single release of these sides, April 4th 1953:

The Marylanders were a Baltimore vocal group who started as a gospel group before moving to R&B in the late 1940s. They were signed to Jubilee Records in early 1952 but only had 3 records released on the label: "I'm A Sentimental Fool" / "Sittin' By The River" in April 1952; "Make Me Thrill Again" / "Please Love Me" in August 1952, and "Good Old 99" / "Fried Chicken" in March 1953.

When their Jubilee contract was not renewed the group broke up, but a slightly different lineup started doing business as The New Marylanders. For the full story go to (you've guessed it!) Marv Goldberg's website here:

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Marylanders/marylanders.html

Thanks to Joan K for Marylanders label scans.

There's one more Jubilee vocal group comp to be re-upped. Stay tuned! Don't move that dial!

Boppin'! (Jubilee JGM-1118) re-up

Side 1:

01. Baby Let Me Bang Your Box - The Toppers

02. I Miss You So - The Orioles

03. Red Light Green Light - The Coney Island Kids

04. Brown Gal - Deke Watson & The Brown Dots

05. Blue Moon - The Emanons

06. My Heart - The Teardrops

Side 2:

01. Moonlight Beach - The Coney Island Kids

02. In The Mission Of St Augustine - The Orioles

03. You're Laughing Because I'm Crying - The Toppers

04. Wish I Had My Baby - The Emanons

05. Why Does a Drink Make You Think - Deke Watson & The Brown Dots

06. Ooh Baby - The Teardrops

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Original post from June 21st 2008 is here:

http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/boppin-jubilee-jgm-1118_8930.html

Thanks to Joan K for the 4th in the series of 5 vocal group compilations issued by Jubilee in 1959 / 60. It's an eclectic mix this time round with The Orioles and The Brown Dots representing the older form of vocal group R&B, raunch from The Toppers with "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" (about a piano, I think) and the much more modern sound of The Coney Island Kids.

Above: Billboard review, June 27th 1960. Note that the LP was originally supposed to include tracks by The Marylanders, but these were replaced by tracks by The Teardrops.

Deke (or more usually Deek) Watson had a long career going back to the 1940s lineup of the The Inkspots. Marv Goldberg has a great article on Deek Watson, The Brown Dots, and The 4 Tunes here:

http://www.uncamarvy.com/BrownDots/browndots.html

Well worth a read!

Thanks to Joan K for the sounds 'n' scans.

Cadillacs Meet The Orioles (Jubilee JGM-1117)

Side 1:
01. Baby Please Don't Go - The Orioles
02. Hurry Home - The Cadillacs
03. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - The Orioles
04. Buzz Buzz Buzz - The Cadillacs
05. A Kiss And A Rose - The Orioles
06. Lucy - The Cadillacs

Side 2:
01. Deacon Jones - The Orioles
02. It's Love - The Cadillacs
03. I Don't Want To Take a Chance - The Orioles
04. Let Me Down Easy - The Cadillacs
05. You Belong To Me - The Orioles
06. C'mon Home Baby - The Cadillacs

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Re-up of the third in the series of five compilation LPs of vocal group tracks which were released on Jubilee in 1959 / 1960. It's an interesting mix of late 1940s / early 1950s tracks by the Orioles, the group which really established Jubilee as a label with their 1948 hit "It's Too Soon To Know", and The Cadillacs, Jubilee's big selling group of the mid 1950s.

There is quite a lot of popping and crackling on these well worn tracks!

Original post from the 22nd of June 2008 is here:

http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/cadillacs-meet-orioles-jubilee-jgm-1117_489.html

The history of the Cadillacs is told in a two part article on J.C. Marion's website here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/cadillacs.html

The go-to place for the story of the Orioles is Marv Goldberg's site where there is a monumental four part article. The whole story starts here:

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Orioles/orioles1.html

I originally posted on the Orioles way back in September 2007, in the very earliest days of the blog. That post was subsequently rewritten and the LP, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" was re-uploaded with improved scans. The newer download links have in their turn become dead, but now they have been replaced with an all new live link.

The original post with new link, loads of info and pictures is here:

http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/orioles-hold-me-thrill-me-kiss-me_9191.html

Download "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" from here:

http://www25.zippyshare.com/v/087omIxh/file.html

More of these Jubilee comps are in the pipeline!

The Paragons Meet The Jesters (Jubilee LP 1098)

Side 1:

01. Florence - The Paragons

02. Please Let Me Love You - The Jesters

03. So Strange - The Jesters

04. Let's Start All Over Again - The Paragons

05. Now That You're Gone - The Jesters

06. The Vows Of Love - The Paragons

Side 2:

01. Hey Little School Girl - The Paragons

02. I'm Falling In Love - The Jesters

03. Love No One But You - The Jesters

04. Stick With Me Baby - The Paragons

05. I Laughed - The Jesters

06. Twilight - The Paragons

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The original post is (25th June 2008) is here:

http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/paragons-meet-jesters-jubilee-jlp-1098_1524.html

We've had a few re-up requests for this one - Joan's contribution of  the 1959 Jubilee LP "The Paragons Meet The Jesters." The sides contained herein were originally released on Winley and its subsidiary Cyclone between February 1957 and June 1958. Winley was owned by Paul Winley and was distributed through Jubilee owner Jerry Blaine's  Cosnat company, hence the use of these sides on a Jubilee LP.

This was the first of a series of five Jubilee compilations of doo wop / vocal group tracks. The other titles in the series were: "Cadillacs Meet the Orioles", "Whoppers!", "Boppin'", and "Rumble." All the album covers featured cheesy photographs of models posing as biker / juvenile delinquent types complete with leather jackets and even on occasion baseball bats. Hilariously and unintentionally (?) camp.

For the full lowdown on these groups see Marv Goldberg's site:

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Paragons/paragons.html

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Jesters/jesters.html

I think Joan "reconstructed" these LPs from original 45 rpm singles which were pretty scratched. In fact there's a skip on the first track, but, hey, that's all part of the Be Bop Wino lo-fi aural experience.

With thanks to Joan K for the sounds and scans.

Jesse Powell - Blow Man Blow (Jubilee JLP 1113)

Side 1

1. Jesse's Theme
2. Blue And Sentimental
3. Cross On The Green
4. I Cover The Waterfront
5. I've Got You Under My Skin
6. Our Love Is Here To Stay

Side 2

1. This Is Always
2. My Silent Love
3. Que Paso
4. No Tomorrow
5. But Beautiful
6. Just Chips

Recorded and released in New York, 1959. Personnel: Jesse Powell (tenor sax), with Eddie Williams (trumpet); Henderson Chambers (trombone); Norman Thornton (baritone sax); Oscar Dennard piano); Peck Morrison (bass); Wilbert Hogan (drums).

Thanks to El Enmascarado for his work on restoring this slab of vintage vinyl.

It’s a Valentine’s Day special post on Be Bop Wino! This LP features mainly smooth and romantic jazz tracks from Jesse Powell. So pop this on the virtual turntable and get all smoochy with the one you love.

Jesse Powell was one of those innumerable Texas tenor players. Born in Fort Worth in 1924, he majored in music at Hampton University, graduating in 1942. He turned professional with the Hot Lips Page Band, staying for a year before joining Louis Armstrong in 1943 and then moving to the Luis Russell Orchestra a year later. In 1946 he replaced Illinois Jacquet in the Count Basie band. He then formed his own band and played on several blues sessions for Brownie McGhee and Champion Jack Dupree, but gave that up to spend a year in the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra until 1950.

His next recording date is well known to R&B fans as it was the November 1951 session for Federal backing Fluffy Hunter on the notorious “The Walking Blues” and “My Natch’l Man.” In October 1953 he had a second session for Federal, recording four good R&B numbers – “Love To Spare” / “Rear Bumper” (Federal 12159) and “Leaving Tonight” / “Hot Box” (Federal 12171). These four tracks were featured on the old Westside CD “Groove Station” which utilized the artwork from “Blow Man Blow” on its back cover.

Jesse continued his R&B career through the 1950s with sessions for Josie and Jubilee, mainly as an arranger and session man on vocal group sessions, particularly with The Cadillacs. He released three solo singles on Josie – “Moonlight In Vermont” / “Riggin’” (Josie 782), “Can’t Help Myself, Parts 1 and 2” (Josie 799) and “Turnpike” / “Ain’t You Gonna” (Josie 834).

The session at which Josie 782 was recorded also brought forth a couple of novelty numbers by Jesse – “The Head Hunters” and “Scotch On The Rocks”, the latter with bagpipe accompaniment. These two sides were released as by The Goofers on Port 7006.

The Josie and Port tracks featured on the Sequel CDs “Jumping At Jubilee” and “Saxophony!” and also on the Westside CD “Titanic And 23 Other Unsinkable Sax Blasters.”

After recording “Blow Man Blow” Jesse had two more LPs released in the early 1960s – “It’s Party Time” on Tru-Sound and “A Taste Of Honey” on Kapp. Jesse Powell died in New York in October 1982.

 Now let’s get romantic with Jesse:

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No password! Happy Valentine’s Day!

"Stardust" - The Dominoes after Federal

Joan K sent these Billy Ward & The Dominoes mp3s and label scans a while back but I thought I would delay posting them as I knew that Marv Goldberg would be writing about The Dominoes in Blues & Rhythm magazine. The second part of Marv’s story on The Dominoes is in the current edition of Blues & Rhythm and you can also read about them on his website at:

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Dominoes/dom01.html

The first four tracks on Joan’s collection were recorded for Jubilee while The Dominoes were still contracted to Federal / King. That contract expired in 1956 and the group signed up with Decca (tracks 5 – 10). Their first release, “St Therese of the Roses”, with Jackie Wilson on lead was a substantial pop hit but they failed to find a follow up hit while with Decca. In early 1957 Jackie Wilson left following the almost inevitable dispute with strict disciplinarian Billy Ward. The group was then signed to Liberty Records with Gene Mumford of The Larks being brought in as lead singer.

“Stardust”, their first release on Liberty, was a big success in the pop charts as was their next release “Deep Purple”. By this stage The Dominoes were no longer an R&B group. It had long been Ward’s ambition to turn them into a pop group and Las Vegas lounge act and he had now achieved his aim. There were further changes in personnel, including the departure of Mumford (replaced by Monroe Powell) but no further chart success. The Dominoes finished with Liberty and moved to ABC Paramount in 1960 for one recording session.

As I’ve already pointed out, the full story can be read in great detail in Marv Goldberg’s articles. It is a story which fascinates as Ward ditched the raw gospel influenced R&B sound of the group’s early days with Clyde McPhatter as lead singer in a ruthless pursuit of pop success. The continual personnel changes and transformation of the group into just another lounge act did in fact bring such success but it was brief and the final days of the group do not make for very happy reading for fans of rhythm and blues.

One LP was released during the group’s Decca stay and Joan has sent a scan of the cover. The Liberty album “Sea of Glass” was a collection of religious songs. Many thanks again to Joan for this post.

Ripped from 1950s vinyl at 192 kbps. Surface noise present.

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The tracks on this collection are arranged in chronological order of release, each A side being followed by its B side.

1. Gimme Gimme Gimme
2. Come To Me Baby
3. Sweethearts On Parade
4. Take Me Back to Heaven
5. St Therese Of The Roses
6. Home Is Where You Hang Your Heart
7. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
8. To Each His Own
9. When The Saints Go Marching In
10. September Song
11. Stardust
12. Lucinda
13. Deep Purple
14. Do It Again
15. Sweeter As The Years Go By
16. Solitude
17. Please Don't Say No
18. Behave Hula Girl

Tracks 1-4 were recorded for Jubilee in September 1954 and released in 1954/55.
Tracks 5-10 were recorded for Decca in June 1956 and January 1957. They were released between June 1956 and December 1957.
Tracks 11-18 were recorded for Liberty between March 1957 and some time in late 1958 or early 1959. They were released between April 1957 and February 1959.