Various Artists - No More Doggin': The RPM Records Story Vol. 1 1950-1953 (2 CD)

Launched as a subsidiary imprint under the Bihari Brothers' Modern Records umbrella, RPM Records specialized in blues, jump blues, and R&B. The Bihari Brothers (there were four of them, Lester, Julius, Saul, and Joseph Bihari) founded Modern Records in 1954 in Los Angeles as a West Coast R&B and blues label, spinning it off into an independent record empire by adding other imprints, including RPM, Flair, Meteor, and Crown Records (they even launched a Christmas and holiday label, Yuletide Records) before things crashed in the mid-'60s and forced things into bankruptcy, with the Modern umbrella catalog falling to Kent Records, who licensed it to the U.K.'s Ace Records in the mid-'80s, who in turn purchased it outright in the 1990s. This two-disc set, the first volume in a series covering the RPM part of the story, extends from 1950 to 1953, and includes sides by some well-known names like B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, and Ike Turner (who was a longtime talent scout for the Bihari Brothers), but also sides by lesser-known artists like the great Rosco Gordon, with roughly half of these 52 tracks featured in either alternate or previously unreleased versions, all of which makes this a wonderful historical and archival release. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

Album: No More Doggin': The RPM Records Story Vol. 1 1950-1953 - CD 1
Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:34
Size: 174,5 MB
Styles: Blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Clyde Hurley - Alabamy Bound (2:17)
2. Austin McCoy - Happy Payday, Pt. 1 (3:14)
3. Luke Jones & His Orchestra - Mama Oh Mama (3:05)
4. B.B. King - B.B. Boogie (3:20)
5. Memphis Eddie - Good Time Woman (3:11)
6. B.B. King - The Other Night Blues (3:44)
7. Gene Phillips & His Rhythm Aces - Big Fat Mama (2:57)
8. The Nic Nacs - Found Me A Sugar Daddy (2:50)
9. Junior Blues - Whiskey Head Woman (2:41)
10. Mickey Champion - Good For Nothin' Man (2:17)
11. Rosco Gordon - Rosco's Boogie (2:41)
12. B.B. King - She's Dynamite (2:30)
13. Rosco Gordon - Saddled The Cow (And Milked The Horse) (2:55)
14. Jimmy Nelson - T-99 Blues (Little Bittie Gal's Blues) (2:43)
15. Alexander Moore - If I Lose You Woman (2:31)
16. Willie Nix - Try Me One More Time (2:26)
17. Jimmy Nelson - Fine Little Honey Dripper (2:43)
18. Howlin' Wolf - Riding In The Moonlight (3:03)
19. Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble (2:23)
20. Mumbles - Black Gal (2:59)
21. B.B. King - 3 O'clock Blues (3:01)
22. The Nic Nacs - Gonna Have A Merry Christmas (2:57)
23. Rosco Gordon - Booted (3:11)
24. Lightnin' Hopkins - Jake Head Boogie (2:39)
25. Howlin' Wolf - I Want Your Picture (2:49)
26. B.B. King - Fine Lookin' Woman (2:16)

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Album: No More Doggin': The RPM Records Story Vol. 1 1950-1953 - CD 2
Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:56
Size: 175,3 MB
Styles: Blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin' (3:09)
2. Lightnin' Hopkins - Last Affair (3:00)
3. Sunny Blair - Glad To Be Back Home (3:05)
4. B.B. King - Shake It Up And Go (2:35)
5. Ike Turner - Trouble And Heartaches (2:31)
6. Jay Franks - Stripped Gears (2:57)
7. Rosco Gordon - New Orleans Wimmen (2:33)
8. Bonnie & Ike Turner - My Heart Belongs To You (2:52)
9. Houston Boines - Superintendent Blues (2:47)
10. Jimmy Huff - She's My Baby (2:33)
11. Little Eddie Kirkland - It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done (2:57)
12. Jimmy Nelson - Sweetest Little Girl (2:38)
13. Gene Forrest & His Orchestra - Aching And Crying (2:41)
14. Lightnin' Hopkins - Another Fool In Town (2:54)
15. Rosco Gordon - Just In From Texas (3:08)
16. B.B. King - Woke Up This Morning (3:01)
17. King Perry - Vaccinate Me Baby (2:35)
18. Melvin Daniels - I'll Be There (3:26)
19. Rosco Gordon - We're All Loaded (3:11)
20. Jimmy Nelson - Meet Me With Your Black Dress On (2:52)
21. B.B. King - Please Love Me (2:52)
22. Jimmie Huff - Don't You Know (3:04)
23. King Perry - Welcome Home Baby (2:09)
24. Little Caesar - Chains Of Love Have Disappeared (2:36)
25. Frankie Irvin & His Orchestra - False Love (3:07)
26. Jimmy Nelson - Cry Hard Luck (2:29)

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