Junior Parker, James Cotton, Pat Hare - Mystery Train

Album: Mystery Train
Size: 88,2 MB
Time: 37:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Junior Parker - Mystery Train (2:27)
2. Junior Parker - Love My Baby (2:37)
3. Junior Parker - Feelin' Good (2:58)
4. Junior Parker - Fussin' And Fightin' (Blues) (3:00)
5. Junior Parker - Feelin' Bad (2:45)
6. Junior Parker - Love My Baby (Alt. Take) (2:30)
7. Junior Parker - Sittin' Drinkin' And Thinkin' (3:14)
8. Junior Parker - Sittin' At The Bar (2:37)
9. Junior Parker - Sittin' At My Window (Please Baby Blues) (2:04)
10. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues (3:02)
11. James Cotton - Hold Me In Your Arms (2:49)
12. James Cotton - My Baby (2:24)
13. Pat Hare - Bonus Pay (2:12)
14. Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby (Cheatin' And Lyin' Blues) (3:04)

This excellent little compilation features at least one extant take of everything Junior and his original band, the Blue Flames, recorded at Sun Records between 1952 to 1954. His debut single for the label and his first hit, the classic "Feelin' Good" is aboard as well as the equally fine (but originally unissued) "Feelin' Bad." His leanings toward smoother Roy Brown stylings are evident with tracks like "Fussing and Fighting Blues" and "Sitting and Thinking," but the follow-up to his first Sun single, the original version of "Mystery Train" and two takes of the flip side, "Love My Baby," are the must-hears on this collection.

Fleshing out Parker's meager output for Sun are essential early tracks from James Cotton. Cotton doesn't blow harp on any of these, but the sax-dominated "My Baby," and especially "Cotton Crop Blues" and "Hold Me in Your Arms" with Pat Hare on super distorted blistering guitar are Memphis-'50s blues at its apex. Hare himself also rounds out the compilation with two tracks, the prophetic "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" (Hare did exactly that and spent the rest of his life behind bars as a result) and the previously unissued "Bonus Pay." Don't let the short running time of this CD stop you from picking this one up; the music is beyond excellent. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Little Jr. Parker - Blues Man

Album: Blues Man
Size: 67,6 MB
Time: 29:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1969
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Worried Life Blues (3:06)
2. Let The Good Times Roll (2:43)
3. Every Night And Every Day (2:35)
4. Drivin' Wheel (2:55)
5. I Just Got To Know (2:48)
6. Next Time You See Me (2:37)
7. Getaway Blues (3:51)
8. How Long Can This Go On (2:37)
9. In The Dark (2:58)
10. I Found A Good Thing (2:54)

His velvet-smooth vocal delivery to the contrary, Junior Parker was a product of the fertile postwar Memphis blues circuit whose wonderfully understated harp style was personally mentored by none other than regional icon Sonny Boy Williamson.

Herman Parker, Jr. only traveled in the best blues circles from the outset. He learned his initial licks from Williamson and gigged with the mighty Howlin' Wolf while still in his teens. Like so many young blues artists, Little Junior (as he was known then) got his first recording opportunity from talent scout Ike Turner, who brought him to Modern Records for his debut session as a leader in 1952. It produced the lone single "You're My Angel," with Turner pounding the 88s and Matt Murphy deftly handling guitar duties.

Parker and his band, the Blue Flames (including Floyd Murphy, Matt's brother, on guitar), landed at Sun Records in 1953 and promptly scored a hit with their rollicking "Feelin' Good" (something of a Memphis response to John Lee Hooker's primitive boogies). Later that year, Little Junior cut a fiery "Love My Baby" and a laid-back "Mystery Train" for Sun, thus contributing a pair of future rockabilly standards to the Sun publishing coffers (Hayden Thompson revived the former, Elvis Presley the latter).

Before 1953 was through, the polished Junior Parker had moved on to Don Robey's Duke imprint in Houston. It took a while for the harpist to regain his hitmaking momentum, but he scored big in 1957 with the smooth "Next Time You See Me," an accessible enough number to even garner some pop spins.

Criss-crossing the country as headliner with the Blues Consolidated package (his support act was labelmate Bobby Bland), Parker developed a breathtaking brass-powered sound (usually the work of trumpeter/Duke-house-bandleader Joe Scott) that pushed his honeyed vocals and intermittent harp solos with exceptional power. Parker's updated remake of Roosevelt Sykes's "Driving Wheel" was a huge R&B hit in 1961, as was the surging "In the Dark" (the R&B dance workout "Annie Get Your Yo-Yo" followed suit the next year).

Parker was exceptionally versatile - whether delivering "Mother-in-Law Blues" and "Sweet Home Chicago" in faithful down-home fashion, courting the teenage market with "Barefoot Rock," or tastefully howling Harold Burrage's "Crying for My Baby" (another hit for him in 1965) in front of a punchy horn section, Parker was the consummate modern blues artist, with one foot planted in Southern blues and the other in uptown R&B.

Once Parker split from Robey's employ in 1966, though, his hitmaking fortunes declined. His 1966-1968 output for Mercury and its Blue Rock subsidiary deserved a better reception than it got, but toward the end, he was covering the Beatles ("Taxman" and "Lady Madonna," for God's sake!) for Capitol. A brain tumor tragically silenced Junior Parker's magic-carpet voice in late 1971 before he reached his 40th birthday. In 2001, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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Junior Parker - Junior's Blues: The Duke Recordings Volume 1

Album: Junior's Blues: The Duke Recordings Vol. 1
Size: 109,5 MB
Time: 46:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Front, tray

1. I Wanna Ramble (2:52)
2. Mother-In-Law Blues (2:33)
3. Next Time You See Me (2:38)
4. That's All Right (2:57)
5. Sitting And Thinking (2:41)
6. Sweet Home Chicago (2:33)
7. Sometimes (2:25)
8. Stand By Me (2:35)
9. Driving Wheel (2:38)
10. Seven Days (2:24)
11. In The Dark (2:38)
12. Someone Somewhere (2:49)
13. It's A Pity (2:51)
14. Yonder's Wall (2:18)
15. Strange Things Happening (2:55)
16. The Things I Used To Do (2:27)
17. Jivin' Woman (1:59)
18. Cryin' For My Baby (2:29)

After the non-success of "Mystery Train" on the R&B charts, Parker jumped contract and signed with Don Robey's Houston-based Duke Records. With his smooth vocal approach, Parker clearly envisioned himself as the next Roy or Charles Brown. But from the evidence of these early sides, it's clear that Robey wanted to piggyback off the success of the Sun sound. Tracks like "I Wanna Ramble" were virtual carbon copies of the "Feelin' Good" riff and Parker's recasting of old favorites like Robert Johnson's "Sweet Home Chicago," Roosevelt Sykes's "Driving Wheel," "Yonder's Wall" and "Mother-In-Law Blues," were all clearly in the down-home vein that Parker felt was too "old timey" for an up-to-date musician/vocalist of his caliber.

His first big hit for the label, the horn-driven "Next Time You See Me" is here with others in the same vein, but this otherwise excellent collection is curiously missing "Pretty Baby," Parker's version of Howlin' Wolf's "Riding in the Moonlight," certainly one of his best. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

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Junior Parker - Backtracking: The Duke Recordings Volume 2

Album: Backtracking: The Duke Recordings Vol. 2
Size: 123,6 MB
Time: 53:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Front, back

1. Please Baby Blues (2:44)
2. Dirty Friend Blues (3:04)
3. Can't Understand (2:54)
4. Backtracking (2:41)
5. Driving Me Mad (2:54)
6. Pretty Baby (3:03)
7. Wondering (2:29)
8. Barefoot Rock (2:44)
9. I'm Holding On (2:35)
10. Stranded (2:45)
11. Dangerous Woman (2:23)
12. You're On My Mind (2:08)
13. I'll Forget About You (2:19)
14. How Long Can This Go On (2:16)
15. I Feel Alright Again (2:36)
16. I Need Love So Bad (2:38)
17. Annie Get Your Yo-Yo (2:27)
18. These Kind Of Blues, Part 1 (3:16)
19. Get Away Blues (3:09)
20. Man Or Mouse (2:07)

This second volume of Parker's best for the Duke label, while leaving off early classics like "I Wanna Ramble," still delivers on a pile of great early and late tunes for the Houston-based label. Kicking off with the jump blues "Please Baby Blues" and the Howlin' Wolf-like "Can't Understand" from a 1953 session, the early sides vacillate between small rhythm sections with Pat Hare on guitar, to larger ensembles pointing toward Parker's musical future. The early sides reach their peak with the inclusion of "Pretty Baby," recorded in 1956, and Parker's version of Wolf's first single "Riding in the Moonlight."

But in two years' time, Junior is recording more R&B-style material like "Barefoot Rock," "You're On My Mind," and culminating in "Annie Get Your YoYo" in 1961. "Get Away Blues" from 1965 and "Man or Mouse" from the following year complete the package. As always, Parker's smooth-as-silk voice and Sonny Boy-derived harp playing carry the day, making a strong case for him as a major mover and shaker on the blues scene during this period. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

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Little Junior Parker - Blues & Rhythm Series 5167: The Chronological Junior Parker 1952-1955

Size: 279 MB
Time: 60:04
File: FLAC
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Fullt

01. You're My Angel (1:58)
02. Bad Women Bad Whiskey (3:02)
03. Love Me Baby (3:00)
04. Feelin' Good (2:58)
05. Fussin' And Fightin' Blues (3:00)
06. Love Me Baby (2:36)
07. Mystery Train (2:22)
08. Feel So Bad (2:44)
09. Sittin' At The Bar (2:35)
10. Sittin' At The Window (2:02)
11. Sittin' Drinkin' And Thinkin' (3:10)
12. Please Baby Blues (2:42)
13. Dirty Friend Blues (3:04)
14. Can't Understand (2:53)
15. Sittin' Drinkin' And Thinkin' (2:43)
16. Can You Tell Me Baby (2:54)
17. Backtracking (2:37)
18. I Wanna Ramble (2:51)
19. Driving Me Mad (2:51)
20. There Better Be No Feet (2:33)
21. I'm Tender (2:45)
22. Pretty Baby (2:33)

Harpist and singer Junior Parker was far from a one-trick pony, and his early ragged R&B tracks from the 1950s, which never strayed too far from the blues, are both refreshing and surprisingly varied. This fine set contains his earliest recordings for Modern, Sun Records, and his first sides for Duke, with Ike Turner (who was the one who spotted Parker and brought him to Modern Records), Matt Murphy, Pat Hare, and Bobby Bland assisting on various tracks. Among the highlights are the chugging "Feelin' Good," the lean elegance of "Mystery Train," the proto-rockabilly of "Love Me Baby," and the driving "I Wanna Ramble." For giving "Mystery Train" a definitive form and arrangement alone, Parker deserves a spot in the rock and blues pantheon. ~Steve Leggett

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Little Junior Parker - The Singles Collection 1952-62

Size: 301 MB
Time: 63:58+62:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. You're My Angel (1:54)
02. Bad Women, Bad Whiskey (2:58)
03. Feelin' Good (2:55)
04. Fussin' And Fightin' Blues (2:57)
05. Mystery Train (2:20)
06. Love My Baby (2:34)
07. Can't Understand (2:49)
08. Dirty Friend Blues (3:00)
09. Sittin' Drinkin' And Thinkin' (2:56)
10. Please Baby Blues (2:40)
11. Backtracking (2:37)
12. I Wanna Ramble (2:48)
13. There Better Not Be No Feet (In Them Shoes) (2:29)
14. Driving Me Mad (2:50)
15. Mother-In-Law Blues (2:30)
16. That's My Baby (2:27)
17. Next Time You See Me (2:36)
18. My Dolly Bee (2:32)
19. That's All Right (2:54)
20. Pretty Baby (2:58)
21. Pretty Little Doll (2:29)
22. Peaches (2:28)
23. Sitting And Thinking (2:40)
24. Wondering (2:25)

CD 2:
01. Barefoot Rock (2:40)
02. What Did I Do (2:06)
03. Sweet Home Chicago (2:31)
04. Sometimes (2:24)
05. Five Long Years (2:23)
06. I'm Holding On (2:32)
07. Stranded (2:41)
08. Blue Letter (2:08)
09. Dangerous Woman (2:19)
10. Belinda Marie (2:15)
11. You're On My Mind (2:04)
12. The Next Time (2:29)
13. That's Just Alright (2:31)
14. I'll Learn To Love Again (2:12)
15. Stand By Me (2:32)
16. I'll Forget About You (2:14)
17. Seven Days (2:22)
18. Driving Wheel (2:36)
19. How Long Can This Go On (2:12)
20. In The Dark (2:39)
21. Annie Get Your Yo-Yo (2:23)
22. Mary Jo (2:24)
23. Sweeter As The Days Go By (2:17)
24. I Feel Alright Again (2:32)
25. Someone Somewhere (2:47)
26. Foxy Devil (2:20)

Born in Mississippi in 1932, Herman “Junior” Parker moved with his family to Memphis in the ‘40s and grew up surrounded by the blues, learning harmonica and being mentored by the great Sonny Boy Williamson. He toured with Howlin’ Wolf and then with B.B. King and Bobby Bland in The Beale Streeters before forming The Blue Flames, and being spotted by Ike Turner, who recorded him for Modern Records. He signed to Sam Phillips’ Sun Records, before moving to the Duke label. He had developed what one critic called a “honeyed, velvet-smooth” voice, and as another writer said, “deserted downhome harmonica blues for uptown blues-soul music”, having ten R&B and pop hits during the ‘50s and into the 1960s. This 50-track 2-CD set comprises all the A & B sides he released on the Modern, Sun and Duke labels during this era, and naturally features all his hits during this key first decade of his career, when he had all his Top 20 hits. It features the Top 10 R&B entries “Feelin’ Good”, “Next Time You See Me”, “In The Dark”, “Driving Wheel” and “Annie Get Yout Yo-Yo”. It also includes his original version of “Mystery Train”, recorded for Sun, which Elvis Presley recorded a couple of years later. It’s a fine showcase for an artist who has not generally had the attention which he merits and who was a fine songwriter, as well as a top-class and distinctive blues stylist.

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Various - The Best Of Duke-Peacock Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:25
Size: 115.4 MB
Styles: R&B, Blues
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - My Time Is Expensive
[2:41] 2. Elmore Nixon - A Hepcat's Advice
[2:43] 3. Big Mama Thornton - Let Your Tears Fall Baby
[3:02] 4. Earl Forest - Whoopin' And Hollerin'
[2:31] 5. Johnny Ace - How Can You Be So Mean
[2:47] 6. Rosco Gordon - Keep On Doggin'
[2:45] 7. Andrew Tibbs - Rock Savoy Rock
[2:50] 8. Sonny Parker - She Sets My Soul On Fire
[2:41] 9. Memphis Slim - Living Like A King
[2:48] 10. Little Richard - Little Richard's Boogie
[2:23] 11. Peter Guitar Lewis - Goin' Crazy
[2:35] 12. Little Junior Parker - Drivin' Wheel
[2:40] 13. Larry Davis - Texas Flood
[2:45] 14. Fenton Robinson - Mississippi Steamboat
[2:54] 15. James Davis - Blue Monday
[2:39] 16. Otis Rush - Homework
[4:09] 17. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Stormy Monday Blues
[2:38] 18. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Turn On Your Love Light

Interesting collection of sides from this seminal Texas label. Highlights includes tracks by Bobby Bland ("Stormy Monday," "Turn On Your Lovelight"), Otis Rush ("Homework"), Junior Parker "Driving Wheel"), and Larry Davis' original version of "Texas Flood," made popular to a new audience by Stevie Ray Vaughan. ~Cub Koda

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Ike Turner - That Kat Sure Could Play!: The Singles 1951-1957 (4 CD)

Ike Turner's life may have been a controversial one, but their can be little doubt of his significant contribution to the blues, rhythm & blues and rock musical worlds. A four CD box, "The Legendary Ike Turner: The Kat Sure Could Play! presents 118 songs (and over 5 hours of music) from singles Turner played on between 1951 to 1957. Some of these recordings include famous recording like "Rocket 88" by Turner and his own band The Kings of Rhythm, and others are backings to recordings by the likes of Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Johnny Ace, Bobby Bland and Elmore James.

There are so many historic recordings here starting with Rocket 88, but also including King's 3 O'Clock Blues, Wolf's How Many More Years, Boyd Gilmore's raucous Rambling On My Mind, and Rosco Gordon's No More Doggin'. There is a terrific delta juke joint band session that produced Drifting Slim's Muddy Waters pastiche Good Morning Baby, and Sunny Blair's house rocket, Step Back Baby. Junior Brooks terrific Gonna Let You Go is a reworking of a Muddy Waters recording with Ike on piano as he is on Elmore's frantic broom dusting on Please Find My Baby. Ike is present on Little Milton's early If You Love Me Baby as well.

Ike also had his own coterie of musicians including Eugene Fox whose Sinner's Dream and the two-part The Dream, are interesting bits of story-telling with Ike's evocative use of tremolo in his guitar noticeable. As The Sly Fox, Eugene Fox had a couple of other gems with his extroverted vocals; Hoo-doo Say (with a solo from Ike) and I'm Tired of Beggin'. Lonnie the Cat's I Ain't Drunk is a choice cover of a Jimmy Liggins tune that Albert Collins made famous. Johnny Wright's The World Is Yours is one of several times Ike adapted lyrics to Guitar Slim's The Things I Used To Do with Wright shouting with considerable vigor as Ike makes effective use of his Fender's whammy bar during his solo.

Some of the latter recordings come from when Turner recorded for Federal and include such gems as Billy Gayles I'm Tore Up, Just One More Time, and Let's Call It A Day; Jackie Brenston's Gonna Wait For My Chance and Clayton Love's She Made My Blood Run Cold and Do You Mean It. Also heard are instrumentals including Cubano Bop and Trail Blazer.

Album: That Kat Sure Could Play!: The Singles 1951-1957
Year: 2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:32 + 78:34 + 78:33 + 79:23
Size: 182,6 + 182,6 + 182,7 + 184,9 MB
Styles: R&B, blues
Scans: Full (including two booklets)

CD 1:
1. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88 (2:49)
2. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Come Back Where You Belong (2:44)
3. Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm - I'm Lonesome Baby (3:02)
4. Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm - Heartbroken & Worried (3:03)
5. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - My Real Gone Rocket (2:30)
6. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Independent Woman (2:52)
7. Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years (2:42)
8. Howlin' Wolf - Riding In The Moonlight (3:04)
9. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Dry Up Baby (2:01)
10. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Crying All Night Long (3:03)
11. B.B. King - Three O'clock Blues (3:01)
12. B.B. King - Boogie Woogie Woman (2:47)
13. Boyd Gilmore - Ramblin' On My Mind (2:48)
14. Houston Boines - Going Home (2:19)
15. Houston Boines - Relation Blues (2:38)
16. Brother Bell - Whole Heap Of Mama (2:35)
17. Brother Bell - If You Feel Froggish (3:04)
18. Charley Booker - Rabbit Blues (2:21)
19. Charley Booker - No Ridin' Blues (2:53)
20. Roscoe Gordon - No More Doggin' (2:39)
21. Roscoe Gordon - Maria (2:31)
22. Driftin' Slim - Good Morning Baby (2:52)
23. Driftin' Slim - My Sweet Baby (2:55)
24. Sunny Blair - Step Back Baby (2:18)
25. Little Junior Parker - Bad Woman, Bad Whiskey (3:01)
26. Little Junior Parker - You're My Angel (1:58)
27. Bobby 'Blue' Bland w. Ike Turner Orchestra - Good Lovin (2:25)
28. Bobby 'Blue' Bland w. Ike Turner Orchestra - Drifting From Town To Town (3:04)
29. Ike Turner w. Ben Burton & His Orchestra - You're Driving Me Insane (2:22)

CD 2:
1. Ike Turner w. Ben Burton & His Orchestra - Trouble And Heartaches (2:36)
2. Boyd Gilmore - All In My Dreams (3:11)
3. Boyd Gilmore - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:32)
4. Charley Booker - Charley's Boogie Woogie (2:30)
5. Bonnie & Ike Turner - My Heart Belongs To You (2:51)
6. Bonnie & Ike Turner - Looking For My Baby (2:30)
7. B.B. King & His Orchestra - You Didn't Want Me (2:32)
8. B.B. King & His Orchestra - You Know I Love You (3:05)
9. Johnny Ace & Earl Forrest - Midnight Hour Journey (3:31)
10. Johnny Ace & Earl Forrest - Trouble And Me (2:58)
11. Mary Sue - Everybody's Talking (2:43)
12. Mary Sue - Love Is A Gamble (3:06)
13. Baby Face Turner - Blue Serenade (2:40)
14. Baby Face Turner - Gonna Let You Go (2:04)
15. Elmore James - Please Find My Baby (3:08)
16. The Prisonaires - Softly & Tenderly (2:33)
17. The Prisonaires - A Prisoner's Prayer (2:42)
18. Little Milton - Beggin' My Baby (2:29)
19. Little Milton - Somebody Told Me (2:59)
20. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - No Teasing Around (3:02)
21. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - If Lovin' Is Believing (2:13)
22. Little Milton - If You Love Me Baby (2:32)
23. Little Milton - Alone And Blue (3:08)
24. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - I'm Not Going Home (3:12)
25. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - The Woodchuck (3:08)
26. Raymond Hill - Bourbon St. Jump (2:38)
27. Raymond Hill - The Snuggle (2:59)
28. Elmore James - Hand In Hand (2:48)

CD 3:
1. Eugene Fox - Stay At Home (2:43)
2. Eugene Fox - Sinners Dream (3:26)
3. Jesse Knight & His Combo - Nothing But Money (3:08)
4. The Fox - The Dream (Pt. 1 & 2) (4:12)
5. Lover Boy (Ike Turner) - Love Is Scarce (2:18)
6. Lover Boy (Ike Turner) - The Way You Used To Treat Me (2:37)
7. Lonnie 'The Cat' w. Bobby Hines Band - I Ain't Drunk (2:23)
8. Lonnie 'The Cat' - The Road I Travel (2:05)
9. Johnny Wright - Suffocate (2:44)
10. Clayton Love - Why Don't You Believe In Me (2:53)
11. Clayton Love - Wicked Little Baby (2:33)
12. Dennis Binder & His Orchestra - I Miss You So (3:02)
13. Dennis Binder & His Orchestra - Early Times (2:28)
14. Clayton Love Orchestra - Bye Bye Baby (2:28)
15. Clayton Love Orchestra - Mary Lou (2:02)
16. Matt Cockrell - Baby Please (1:59)
17. Matt Cockrell - Gypsy Blues (3:13)
18. Billy Gayles & His Orchestra - Night Howler (2:12)
19. Billy Gayles & His Orchestra - My Heart Is In Your Hands (2:30)
20. Elmore James & His Broomdusters - Sho Nuff I Do (2:52)
21. Elmore James & His Broomdusters - 1839 Blues (3:15)
22. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Loosely (The Wild One) (2:31)
23. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Cubano Jump (2:17)
24. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Cuban Get Away (Bayou Rock) (3:11)
25. The Flairs - Baby Wants (2:29)
26. The Flairs - You Were Untrue (2:44)
27. Elmore James & His Broomdusters - Rock My Baby Right (2:35)
28. The Sly Fox - Hoo-Doo Say (3:01)
29. The Sly Fox - I'm Tired Of Beggin' (2:29)

CD 4:
1. The Sly Fox - My Four Women (3:07)
2. Little Milton - Looking For My Baby (2:54)
3. Little Milton - Homesick For My Baby (2:20)
4. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Go To It (2:22)
5. Johnny Wright w. Ike Turner's Orchestra - The World Is Yours (2:51)
6. The Trojans - As Long As I Have You (3:00)
7. The Trojans - I Wanna Make Love To You (1:58)
8. Willie King w. Ike Turner Feat. Billy Gayles - Peg Leg Woman (2:33)
9. Willie King w. Ike Turner Feat. Billy Gayles - Mistreating Me (3:08)
10. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Rhythm Rockers - I'm Tore Up (2:22)
11. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Rhythm Rockers - If I Had Never Known You (2:31)
12. The Rockers - What Am I To Do (2:15)
13. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Let's Call It A Day (2:28)
14. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Take Your Fine Frame Home (2:25)
15. The Rockers - Why Don't You Believe (2:22)
16. The Rockers - Down In The Bottom (2:24)
17. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - No Coming Back (2:42)
18. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Do Right Baby (2:09)
19. Jackie Brenston w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - What Can It Be (2:24)
20. Jackie Brenston w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Gonna Wait For My Chance (2:04)
21. The Gardenias - Flaming Love (2:25)
22. The Gardenias - My Baby's Tops (2:26)
23. The Starrs - Ain't Got No Home (2:36)
24. The Starrs - Crying Over You (2:33)
25. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Sad As A Man Can Be (2:08)
26. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Just One More Time (2:41)
27. Jackie Brenston w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Much Later (2:15)
28. Jackie Brenston w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - The Mistreater (2:14)
29. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Do You Mean It (2:19)
30. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - She Made My Blood Run Cold (2:20)
31. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - The Big Question (2:20)
32. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Trail Blazer (2:32)

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Little Junior Parker - Driving Wheel (Expanded)

Size: 118,6 MB
Time: 51:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1962/2012
Styles: Electric Blues, R&B, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Driving Wheel (2:35)
02. I Need Love So Bad (2:36)
03. Foxy Devil (2:29)
04. Someone Broke This Heart Of Mine (2:18)
05. How Long Can This Go On (2:17)
06. Yonder's Wall (2:27)
07. Annie Get Your Yo-Yo (2:28)
08. Tin Pan Alley (2:29)
09. Someone Somewhere (2:51)
10. Seven Days (2:24)
11. The Table Have Turned (2:23)
12. Sweet Talking Woman (2:06)
13. Sweet Home Chicago (2:32)
14. Five Long Years (2:28)
15. Next Time You See Me (2:42)
16. In The Dark (2:40)
17. Barefoot Rock (2:45)
18. Wondering (2:30)
19. Strange Thing Happening (2:57)
20. These Kid Of Blues (3:11)

Junior's emerging from his fin-tailed Cadillac on the front of this vintage LP, which contains all kinds of gems not on MCA's CD. For example: an irresistibly upbeat "How Long Can This Go On," the richly arranged blues ballads "I Need Love So Bad" and "Someone Somewhere," Junior's dance hit "Annie Get Your Yo Yo" (all done with Duke's brassy house band), and the New Orleans-cut "The Tables Have Turned" and "Foxy Devil." ~by Bill Dahl

Driving Wheel

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Little Junior Parker - S/T

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:02
Size: 146.6 MB
Styles: R&B, Memphis blues
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[3:03] 1. Five Long Years
[3:39] 2. Tin Pan Alley
[3:49] 3. Blue Shadows
[3:11] 4. That's Alright
[3:59] 5. Way Back Home
[3:20] 6. I Need Your Love So Bad
[2:58] 7. Look On Yonders Wall
[2:56] 8. Man Or Mouse
[2:14] 9. Sweet Home Chicago
[3:16] 10. I Like Your Style
[3:07] 11. Drownin' On Dry Land
[3:12] 12. Good Things Don't Happen Everyday
[2:47] 13. Ain't That A Shame
[3:20] 14. A Losing Battle
[2:52] 15. It Ain't What'cha Got
[4:49] 16. In The Heat Of The Night
[3:46] 17. Workin'
[3:41] 18. Oh! Darling
[3:54] 19. The Inner Light

His velvet-smooth vocal delivery to the contrary, Junior Parker was a product of the fertile postwar Memphis blues circuit whose wonderfully understated harp style was personally mentored by none other than regional icon Sonny Boy Williamson. Herman Parker, Jr. only traveled in the best blues circles from the outset. He learned his initial licks from Williamson and gigged with the mighty Howlin' Wolf while still in his teens. Like so many young blues artists, Little Junior (as he was known then) got his first recording opportunity from talent scout Ike Turner, who brought him to Modern Records for his debut session as a leader in 1952. It produced the lone single "You're My Angel," with Turner pounding the 88s and Matt Murphy deftly handling guitar duties. Parker and his band, the Blue Flames (including Floyd Murphy, Matt's brother, on guitar), landed at Sun Records in 1953 and promptly scored a hit with their rollicking "Feelin' Good" (something of a Memphis response to John Lee Hooker's primitive boogies). Later that year, Little Junior cut a fiery "Love My Baby" and a laid-back "Mystery Train" for Sun, thus contributing a pair of future rockabilly standards to the Sun publishing coffers (Hayden Thompson revived the former, Elvis Presley the latter).

Parker was exceptionally versatile -- whether delivering "Mother-in-Law Blues" and "Sweet Home Chicago" in faithful down-home fashion, courting the teenage market with "Barefoot Rock," or tastefully howling Harold Burrage's "Crying for My Baby" (another hit for him in 1965) in front of a punchy horn section, Parker was the consummate modern blues artist, with one foot planted in Southern blues and the other in uptown R&B. Once Parker split from Robey's employ in 1966, though, his hitmaking fortunes declined. His 1966-1968 output for Mercury and its Blue Rock subsidiary deserved a better reception than it got, but toward the end, he was covering the Beatles ("Taxman" and "Lady Madonna," for God's sake!) for Capitol. A brain tumor tragically silenced Junior Parker's magic-carpet voice in late 1971 before he reached his 40th birthday. In 2001, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. ~bio by Bill Dahl

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