Rare Blues Girls From King (re-up, new scans)

Side 1:
01) He's Gone - Dorothy Ellis
02) Grandpa Can Boogie Too - Lil Greenwood
03) Portrait Of A Faded Love - Earl Bostic & His Orchestra
04) Please Be Good To Me - Duke Hampton & His Orchestra
05) Climb The Wall - Fluffy Hunter
06) You're Gonna Suffer Baby - Roy Milton & His Orchestra
07) I Need You Now - Sarah McLawler
08) I Dreamed The Blues - Gene Redd & His Orchestra

Side 2:
01) No More In Life - Bill Doggett Trio
02) Undecided - Marion Abernathy
03) I'm On The Outside Looking In - Flo Garvin
04) Let Me Keep You Warm - Flo Garvin
05) You Can't Have Me Now - Lorraine Lester
06) It's A Sad, Sad Feeling - Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
07) Slowly Going Out Of My Mind - Dorothy Ellis
08) Please Be True - Sugar Pie

Rare Blues Girls From King (Mega)

Rare Blues Girls From King (Zippy)

This LP has been posted a couple of times already, firstly in 2008 and then re-upped in 2015. However, this is the first time that it has appeared with scans of the complete front and back covers, and with disc labels added in too. Sorry about the 12 year wait.

My brief description on the November 2015 re-up post:

"Great King / Federal comp of 1950s chantoozie sides featuring some stompers and some tear stained ballads. All backed by some of the greatest jump and jazz bands of the time, including the Johnny Otis band (anonymously), Earl Bostic, Hot Lips Page, Bill Doggett, Jimmy Coe, Buddy Banks, Lucky Millinder, Roy Milton and Sonny Thompson."

Release Info:

He's Gone / Slowly Going Out Of Your Mind - Dorothy Ellis - Federal 12062 - April 1952

Grandpa Can Boogie Too / Never Again - Lil Greenwood - Federal 12093 - August 1952

Portrait Of a Faded Love / Seven Steps - Earl Bostic And His Orchestra - King 4387 - July 1950

Please Be Good To Me / The Push - Duke Hampton and His Orchestra - King 4625 - June 1953

Climb The Wall / To Say I Love You - Fluffy Hunter - Federal 12161 - December 1953

One Zippy Zam / You're Gonna Suffer Baby - Roy Milton And His Orchestra - King 4993 - December 1956

Love Sweet Love / I Need You Now - Sarah McLawler - King 4513 - March 1952

I Dreamed The Blues / In The Redd - Gene Redd - Federal 12119 - January 1953

Real Gone Mambo / No More In Life - Bill Doggett Trio - King 4617 - April 1953

Honey, Honey, Honey / Undecided - Marion Abernathy - King 4205 - February 1948

Let Me Keep You Warm / I'm On The Outside Looking In - Flo Garvin - King 4518 - April 1952

Trying So Hard To Forget / You Can't Have Me Now - Lorriane Lester with Steve Pulliam And Orchestra - February 1960

It's A Sad, Sad Feeling / Ow! - Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra - King 4292 - April 1955

Please Be True / I'm So Lonely - Sugar Pie / Hank and Sugar Pie - Federal 12217 - April 1955

Let's Dance With Earl Bostic (King LP 529 stereo)

Side 1:
01) Lover Come Back To Me
02) The Merry Widow Waltz
03) Cracked Ice
04) Song Of The Islands
05) Danube Waves
06) Wrap It Up

Side 2:
01) Blue Skies
02) Ubangi Stomp
03) Cherry Bean
04) Earl's Imagination
05) My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice
06) Liebestraum

Let's Dance With Earl Bostic (King LP 529 stereo) Mega

Let's Dance With Earl Bostic (King LP 529 stereo) Zippy

To round off the Be Bop Wino Bostickathon of  Earl Bostic King LPs here's a 1959 re-recorded stereo version of the LP originally released as King 395-529 in December 1956.

Original 1956 version in mono

The 1956 LP consisted of tracks which had previously been released as singles, mostly in 1953 and 1954. As with the other early Earl Bostic 12 inch LPs, this one went through several re-releases. It was reissued as King 529 in 1958 with a new cover as shown below:

Between March and June 1959 Earl Bostic re-recorded every LP which he had previously issued in the King 500 series, with the exception of his last release in the series, King 597 "Alto Magic In Hi-Fi: A Dance Party With Bostic."

The albums which were re-recorded in 1959 were:

395-500   The Best Of Bostic

395-503   Earl Bostic For You

395-515   Altotude

395-525   Dance Time

395-529   Let's Dance With Earl Bostic

       547   Invitation To Dance With Bostic

       558   C'mon And Dance With Earl Bostic

       571   Bostic Rocks Hits Of The Swing Age

       583   Bostic Showcase Of Swinging Dance Hits

 

The first 5 LPs in the series had already been reissued in mono with the prefix 395 removed from their numbers in 1958. They also had been given new covers which were re-used on the 1959 stereo issues. 

Alternative cover for stereo issue of "Let's Dance"

With the exception of "The Merry Widow Waltz", which was recorded during sessions for LPs in the King 600 series, the tracks for the stereo version of "Let's Dance With Earl Bostic" were recorded towards the end of the re-recording sessions in June 1959. The final such session was held on June 15th when nine tracks were recorded for the stereo version of "Invitation To Dance With Bostic" (King 547).

 Recording details for "Let's Dance With Earl Bostic" (stereo):

Los Angeles, January 27th / 28th, 1959

Personnel: Earl Bostic (alto sax); Elmer Schmidt (vibraphone); Sir Charles Thompson (piano); Rene Hall and Allan Seltzer (guitars); Herb Gordy (bass); Earl Palmer (drums) -

The Merry Widow Waltz

Cincinnati, June 9th and 10th, 1959

Personnel: Earl Bostic (alto sax); Roland Johnson (vibraphone); Joe Thomas (piano); Warren Stephens and Allan Seltzer (guitars); Herb Gordy (bass); William Erskine (drums) -

Cincinnati, June 9th, 1959:

Lover Come Back To Me

Cracked Ice

Song Of The Islands

Danube Waves

Wrap It Up

Blue Skies

Ubangi Stomp

Cincinnati, June 10th, 1959:

Cherry Bean

Earl's Imagination

My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice

Liebestraum

Sources - Bruyninckx, Billboard, The Cash Box, Both Sides Now website.

Artwork - Discogs, 3345ca, various record sales sites.

And with this post we come to the end of the Bostic King LP marathon. I'm all Bosticked out. There will be a look at Earl's pre-King work in the near future but in the meantime let's tune in to some other R&B artists. There's a loada stuff in the pipeline to keep you lockdowners a-movin' and a groovin'. Keep on truckin' everyone!

Earl Bostic - Dance Time (stereo) re-ripped and re-upped

Side 1:
01) Harlem Nocturne
02) Where Or When
03) Sweet Lorraine
04) Poeme
05) You Go To My Head
06) Off Shore

Side 2:
01) The Moon Is Low
02) Ain't Misbehavin'
03) The Sheik Of Araby
04) I Hear A Rhapsody
05) Roses Of Picardy
06) Melancholy Serenade

Earl Bostic - Dance Time (stereo) Mega

Earl Bostic - Dance Time (stereo) Zippy

1980s reissue on the Sing label of the stereo version of Earl Bostic's "Dance Time" album (King 525) which was issued in July / August 1959. The stereo version was recorded in March / April 1959 as follows:

Cincinnati, March 26th, 1959. Personnel: Earl Bostic (alto sax); Roland Johnson (vibraphone); Jon Thomas (piano); Allan Seltzer (guitar); Herb Gordy (bass); William Erskine (drums):

Harlem Nocturne

Where Or When

Sweet Lorraine

You Go To My Head

Off Shore

Ain't Misbehavin'

The Sheik Of Araby

I Hear A Rhapsody

Roses Of Picardy

Melancholic Serenade

 

Cincinnati, April 8th, 1959. Personnel: Earl Bostic (alto sax); Roland Johnson (vibraphone); Claude Jones (piano); Warren Stephens, Allan Seltzer (guitars); Herb Gordy (bass); William Erskine (drums):

Poeme

The Moon Is Low

 

The recording details listed towards the bottom of the back cover of this Sing reissue are for the original mono version of the LP, King 395-525 which was released in 1956. It was the 4th Bostic 12 inch LP to be released and like its predecessors it consisted of singles dating back to 1951, although 4 more recently recorded sides from April 1956 were included.

All this and much more on the Earl Bostic King LP saga is revealed on the original post of this album from 2017:

https://bebopwinorip.blogspot.com/2017/10/earl-bostic-dance-time.html

Head on over to see the original covers used on the mono version plus musings on the re-recording of Earl's King 500 series LPs. You can also read of my horrified realisation that I'd been giving wrong information on previous Bostic posts.

For this post I have re-recorded and re-ripped my LP as the 2017 mp3s were rather indistinct. The sound quality on the new mp3s is audibly better, as is the clarity of the numerous clicks and crackles on this second hand (purchased in Love Music, Glasgow) slab of vinyl.

The post also includes a folder of 1950s artwork from the King issue of this collection.

One more Bostic platter to go, and it's a new one which has not been posted previously. I'm just about all Bosticked out, but I know that there are some of you out there who just can't get enough! BTW "Where Or When" from this album is my latest ear worm. Can't get it out of my head. Until the next Bostic post, my R&B chums!

Bostic Rocks Hits Of The Swing Age (re-up)

Side One:
01) Southern Fried
02) Jersey Bounce
03) Jumpin' At The Woodside
04) Tuxedo Junction
05) 720 In The Books
06) Air Mail Special

Side Two:
01) Pompton Turnpike
02) Woodchopper's Ball
03) Night Train
04) Stompin' At The Savoy
05) Honeysuckle Rose
06) No Name Jive

Bostic Rocks Hits Of The Swing Age (Mega)

 Bostic Rocks Hits Of The Swing Age (Zippy)

This is a 1980s reissue of King LP 571 which was originally issued in April 1958. Unlike earlier Bostic LPs which were compilations of old singles, the tracks for this album were especially recorded in Los Angeles on December 18th and 18th, 1957. This set the pattern for future Bostic LPs with tracks being recorded over one or two days for themed albums.

Personnel on this LP:

Earl Bostic (alto sax); Wallace Snow (vibraphone); Ernest Crawford (piano); Tony Rizzi (guitar); Hilmer J. "Tiny" Timbrell (bass); Earl Palmer (drums).

A stereo version was recorded in Cincinnati on April 6th and 7th, 1959, by different personnel. The stereo release had the same cover as the original mono release, except for a large yellow and black "stereo" label underneath "Bostic Rocks."

The original post for this LP is here:

https://bebopwinorip.blogspot.com/2017/10/bostic-rocks-hits-of-swing-age.html

That post included a link to Lonesome Lefty's Scratchy Attic where a copy of the stereo version of this LP had been posted. That was the last post on the Scratchy Attic, unfortunately. The link was working in 2017, but I'm not so sure if it's still working. I tried it last night but kept running in to ads and finally gave up when potential malware came into view. The more adventurous among you may wish to attempt to navigate this hazardous maze, but I wouldn't recommend it.

The post on the Scratchy Attic is short but it does link in to comments by Lou Donaldson about Bostic on Larry Appelbaum's blog. Go to that blog, type in Earl Bostic in the searchbox, and you'll find a couple of posts where musicians comment on Bostic's formidable technical expertise on the alto sax.

For this re-up I've added a folder of original King release artwork found on the web, so reconstructors of original LPs can get to work! A couple more Bostic platters in the pipeline, then on to pastures new.

Earl Bostic For You (King LP 395-503 and King LP 503 stereo)

Side 1:
01) Sleep
02) Moonglow
03) Velvet Sunset
04) For You
05) The Very Thought Of You
06) Linger Awhile

Side 2:
01) Cherokee
02) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
03) Memories
04) Embraceable You
05) Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
06) Night And Day

Earl Bostic For You (King LP 395-503) Mega

Earl Bostic For You (King LP 395-503) Zippy 

I've altered the downloads which featured on the first posting of these mono and stereo iterations of "Earl Bostic For You." For the mono version I've used the artwork from the first issue of this LP in February 1956 as King 395-503. The music files were ripped from my copy of the 1980s Sing issue of this collection. The download includes the Sing artwork which is almost a copy of the second issue of this collection in 1958 with a front cover which featured a picture of Earl on his lonesome holding his sax in the air. This cover was also used for the stereo issue which consisted of 1959 re-recordings of the tracks.

For the stereo version I've managed to dig up improved artwork from the web, although the back cover is a "mash up" of two different versions.

The original post should be read for the recording details of the stereo version and also for the original release details of the singles which were used on the 1956 / 1958 mono LP. The recording details of these singles can be found on the back cover of the Sing issue. Original post from October 2017:

https://bebopwinorip.blogspot.com/2017/10/earl-bostic-for-you-mono-and-stereo.html

 

 Earl Bostic For You (King LP 503 - stereo) Mega

Earl Bostic For You (King LP 503 - stereo) Zippy

The tracklist is the same as King 395-503. The difference between the mono and stereo versions is very noticeable with different arrangements being used for the re-recordings. I know which version I prefer, in fact I would say that 395-503 may well be my favourite Bostic album as he powers through a series of abrasive versions of standards which were recorded for singles between 1950 and 1954.

Musicians on the mono version include John Coltrane, Stanley Turrentine, Tommy Turrentine, Benny Golson, Count Hastings and Blue Mitchell, all of whom made their mark in the jazz field.

By way of contrast the stereo version was recorded over a short period in 1959 by the same group of musicians which makes for a certain "sameness" about the tracks. It's well worth your while to download and compare both versions.

Elsewhere on the blog:

https://bebopwinorip.blogspot.com/2017/10/earl-bostic-for-you-mono-and-stereo.html

The original post of these albums with the lowdown on these platters that most definitely matter. The Bostic-a-thon goes on ... and on ...

With grateful thanks to the original uploaders of the LP artwork.

Earl Bostic Blows A Fuse (re-up)

Side 1:
01) Night Train
02) 8.45 Stomp
03) That's The Groovy Thing
04) Special Delivery Stomp
05) Moonglow
06) Mambostic
07) Earl Blows A Fuse
08) Harlem Nocturne

Side 2:
01) Who Snuck The Wine In The Gravy?
02) Don't You Do It
03) Disc Jockey's Nightmare
04) Flamingo
05) Steam Whistle Jump
06) What! No Pearls
07) Tuxedo Junction
08) Seven Steps

Earl Bostic Blows A Fuse (Mega)

Earl Bostic Blows A Fuse (Zippy)

A delayed continuation of the Earl Bostic re-ups. As you can see on previous posts there is a problem with images disappearing seemingly in a random fashion from posts going back into March. I've re-upped the images for "Sax "O" Woogie" and so far they have stayed in place. Uploading images for this post has been problematic as they quickly disappear from the image upload facility, so we'll see how this pans out.Here's hoping that the front cover which is another of those great Dave Gibson at Nozbig designs stays up, at least!

The previous post of this album, with short summary of Earl Bostic's career is here:

https://bebopwinorip.blogspot.com/2009/12/earl-bostic-blows-fuse-crb-1091.html

More Bostic on the way.

Earl Bostic - Sax "O" Boogie re-up

Side A:
01) Bostic's Jump
02) Earl's Rhumboogie
03) Hot Sauce Boss
04) 8:45 Stomp
05) Bar Fly Baby
06) Bostic's Boogie Blues
07) Blip Boogie
08) From Midnight To Dawn

Side B:
01) Swing Low Sweet Boogie
02) Nay, Nay, Go Away
03) Sugar Hill Blues
04) Choppin' It Down
05) No Name Blues
06) Way Down
07) Don't You Do It
08) Rockin' And Reelin'

Sax "O" Boogie (Mega)

Sax "O" Boogie (Zippy)

Kicking off the requested Earl Bostic season of re-ups. I'll start with a couple of comps before throwing myself into the fraught matter of all those 1950s LPs and the stereo re-recordings, plus there will be a look at Bostic's wild years - the sides he recorded for Gotham before he went on to King Records and hit the formula which brought chart success and a veritable avalanche of LPs.

First off - this Oldie Blues collection has a great selection of early Bostic, mastered from 78s by the sound of it. Boptastic!

For some more details on these tracks, see this post of the LP from 2016:

https://bebopwinorip.blogspot.com/2016/04/earl-bostic-sax-o-boogie.html 

 Stay slick, groovers.

Old King Gold Volume 11 re-up

Side One:
01) Move Me Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon
02) The Big Push - Cal Green
03) It Feels So Good - The Swallows
04) No Regrets - Little Willie John
05) I Know - Lula Reed
06) Rub A Little Boogie - Champion Jack Dupree

Side Two:
01) Let's Rock - Johnny Otis
02) Oh Miss Nellie - The Drivers
03) Nosey Joe - Bull Moose Jackson
04) Don't Leave Me This Way - Billy Ward & The Dominoes
05) Light Up Your Lamp - Willie Mabon
06) Must I Cry Again - Todd Rhodes & Lavern Baker

Old King Gold Volume 11 (Mega)

Old King Gold Volume 11 (Zippy)

Mustn't forget this one! The mysterious Volume 11 sent in by an anonymous contributor. Who knows what lies behind this. We're now taking a break from Old King Gold, although we will revisit the series in the near future.

Old King Gold Volume 7 re-up

Side One:
01) That's What You're Doing To Me - Billy Ward & The Dominoes
02) Don't Take It So Hard - Earl King
03) The Greasy Spoon - Hank Marr
04) Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong - Albert King
05) I Want A Bowlegged Woman - Bull Moose Jackson
06) It Won't Be This Way Always - The King Pins

Side 2:
01) Annie Had A Baby - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
02) Dearest - The Swallows
03) Mellow Blues (Part 1) - Sonny Thompson
04) Mellow Blues (Part 2) - Sonny Thompson
05) I'm Tore Up - Billy Gayles
06) Diamonds And Pearls - The Escos

Old King Gold Volume 7 best (Mega)

Old King Gold Volume 7 best (Zippy)

At last, the dreaded Volume 7. Dreaded because it is so badly pressed that the lead-in vanishes off the edge of the disc, leading to much cursing by myself as I tried to get the stylus down just right. Mission accomplished, and here is the updated rip. Mo' greasy R&B for those who dig this sort of groove. Keep on keepin' on.

Old King Gold Volume 6 re-up

Side One:
01) The Twist - Hank Ballard
02) The Bells - Billy Ward & The Dominoes
03) Bloodshot Eyes - Wynonie Harris
04) Walkin' With Mr. Lee - Johnny Pate
05) Come Home - Bubber Johnson
06) Hold It - Bill Doggett

Side Two:
01) Gumdrop - Otis Williams & The Charms
02) My Friends - The Strangers
03) The Goof - Big Jay McNeely
04) Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
05) Big Boy - Bill Jennings

Old King Gold Volume 6 best (Mega)

Old King Gold Volume 6 best (Zippy)

Gettin' towards the end now. Volume 6 re-recorded, re-ripped and re-upped. I've been listening to these one after the other. To paraphrase an early commentor on the blog years ago - it's like listening to a juke box in Cleveland or Toledo. I presume. Comin' at ya from Glasgow!

Old King Gold Volume 4 re-up

Side One:
01) Hideaway - Freddie King
02) Fever - Little Willie John
03) Little Things Mean A Lot - Billy Ward & The Dominoes
04) Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris
05) Trying - Todd Rhodes & Laverne Baker
06) September Song - Earl Bostic

Side Two:
01) Chica Boo - Lloyd Glenn
02) Kansas City - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
03) All My Love Belongs To You - Bull Moose Jackson
04) Another Woman's Man - Joe Tex
05) Shout Bamalama - Otis Redding
06) Tenderly - Lynn Hope

Old King Gold Volume 4 best (Mega)

Old King Gold Volume 4 best (Zippy)

This is what I believe is the best rip I've done of Volume 4. A heap more budget priced King R&B classics in a thick cardboard sleeve with a cut out mark, and yes, the back cover really is that squint. It's basically a paper sheet glued on to the cover! I'm in bargain basement heaven. Check back to the original post in October / November 2017 for comments on the fact that there may well be an undistorted version of "Shout Bamalama" out there somewhere. I haven't heard it yet, despite having the track on several collections.

More re-ripped Old King Gold coming your way soon, hipsters and flipsters!