Roscoe Shelton - Let It Shine

Size: 114.8 MB
Time: 48:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Lady (Your Man's Runnin' 'Round) (3:56)
02. Easy Giong Fellow (4:06)
03. Sometimes I Get Bitter (4:25)
04. Let It Shine (4:05)
05. Why Did'n You Tell Me (3:01)
06. Save Me (4:21)
07. I Thank You (3:11)
08. All Night Long (3:05)
09. I Was Wrong (3:18)
10. Tht Rest Of My Life (2:41)
11. I Want Ypu (6:00)
12. Hard To Be Allone (6:38)

Thankfully, Roscoe Shelton emerged from his retirement from the music business in a big way with the release of Let It Shine. He was starting to land on the R&B charts in the late '60s when a series of labels folded out from under him. This is a big-time R&B disc that should put him back in the spotlight in a well-deserved way. Right from the solid, uptempo R&B groove of the opener "Lady (Your Man's Runnin' 'Round)" to the restrained depth of hurt on "Hard to Be Alone," this disc is cookin' and percolatin'. Shelton has a voice that goes right to the apogee of the proper feeling of a song; his early days of doing lead vocals for the Fairfield Four, a popular gospel quartet, hold him in good stead. Let It Shine comes about as close as you get to the depth and truth of feeling in gospel on an R&B disc since someone of Sam Cooke's ilk was recording. Listen to him confess to being wrong on "I Was Wrong! Played with Love," and plead with the feeling of one who knows he has blown the best thing he ever had. What made this a more interesting disc is the fact that he wrote all the tunes but one. The backing band is also the band on another Black Top release, but they know how to play, and as a unit they are mighty impressive. This is one of the finest R&B discs to come out in a long time. Pick it up, it won't disappoint. ~Bob Gottlieb

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Various - The Blues Meets The Beatles

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:36
Size: 138.7 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/Blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:11] 1. Stan Webb - She Loves You
[3:16] 2. Earl Green - From Me To You
[2:28] 3. Fred James - I'm Down
[3:58] 4. Charles Walker - Don't Let Me Down
[3:38] 5. Paul Lamb - Norwegian Wood
[4:08] 6. Johnny Jones - Come Together
[6:07] 7. Stan Webb - I Saw Her Standing There
[3:10] 8. Earl Green - Run For Your Life
[2:31] 9. Al Garner - The Word
[3:13] 10. Ruby Turner - You Can't Do That
[2:49] 11. Earl Gaines - Oh Darling
[4:28] 12. Fred James - Why Don't We Do It In The Road
[4:03] 13. Mo'indigo - I Call Your Name
[3:13] 14. Paul Lamb - Get Back
[3:46] 15. Roscoe Shelton - Let It Be
[3:30] 16. Tony Wilson - I Feel Fine
[2:00] 17. Lee Moses - Day Tripper

The Blues Meets The Beatles

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Roscoe Shelton - Remember Me Baby

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:18
Size: 87.7 MB
Styles: Soul, R&B, Blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[3:01] 1. It's Almost Sundown
[2:47] 2. I Can't Love Nobody But You
[2:09] 3. Yesterday's Mistake
[2:32] 4. Worry
[2:11] 5. My Best Friend
[3:11] 6. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
[2:30] 7. Remember Me
[2:39] 8. Worry
[3:08] 9. These Are My People
[4:09] 10. Reality
[2:19] 11. Time And Distance
[3:12] 12. I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Alternate Take)
[2:39] 13. Remember Me Baby (Alternate Take)
[1:44] 14. Worry

Roscoe Shelton is a pivotal and influential voice who paved the way for other soul artists as the blues and rock genres were finding some common ground in the world of pop music. His latter-day producer, Fred James, noted that Roscoe was one of the few blues/R&B singers of the '50s to make the transition to soul. Fred James produced many of Shelton's recordings in the '90s and the new millennium, touring the U.S. and Europe with the singer several times. Those records include Let It Shine and She's the One from 1996, and the Earl Gaines and Roscoe Shelton 1998 recordings entitled Let's Work Together. A 1996 duet with Mary-Ann Brandon (wife of producer Fred James) found release on Road Records' Matches from Motel Rendezvous album in 2003. Several more CDs were released up to the singer's passing in July of 2002. In 2004 the Grammy-winning Night Train to Nashville collection included "Say You Really Care" from Rosco Shelton Sings, bringing this singer's work additional appreciation and a new audience. ~partial bio by Joe Viglione

Remember Me Baby

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Various - Northern Soul Stomp

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 22:16
Size: 51.0 MB
Styles: Soul, R&B
Year: 2013
Art: Front


[2:22] 1. Herbert Hunter - I Was Born To Love You
[1:57] 2. Gene Allison - I Still Remember You
[2:12] 3. Cornell Blakely - I Want My Share
[2:28] 4. Larry Birdsong - Somebody Help Me
[3:14] 5. Roscoe Shelton - You're Still The One
[2:03] 6. James Brown - Tell Me What You're Gonna Do
[1:52] 7. Clentt Gant - Growing Strong
[1:56] 8. Stonie Martin - Try Your Luck On Me
[2:00] 9. Eddie Floyd - Bye Bye Baby
[2:05] 10. Herbert Hunter - Love Has Taken Over Me

Northern Soul Stomp

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Various - The End Of An Era: 20 Years In Bluesland

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:05
Size: 139.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:29] 1. Roscoe Shelton - She's The One
[5:37] 2. Earl Gaines - I Believe In Your Love
[5:24] 3. Johnny Jones - I Can't Do That
[3:12] 4. Al Garner - Fatback
[4:23] 5. Herbert Hunter - Her Love Is Killing Me
[4:37] 6. Larry Ladon - Automobile
[3:27] 7. Charles Walker - You Got The Walk
[5:11] 8. Freddie Waters - Full Moon On Main Street
[4:09] 9. Dave Riley - Heat Up The Oven
[3:21] 10. Sam Lay - I'm The One
[6:43] 11. Homesick James Williamson - Crawlin' Kingsnake
[4:24] 12. Frank Frost - Born To Be Wise
[3:23] 13. Sam Carr - All My Life
[3:36] 14. Fred James - Herb Stuffing

Although the liner notes to this 14-track blues collection are otherwise thorough, one not so insignificant element is missing: the original release and recording dates of the material. The common thread seems to be that they were all produced by Fred James, who also plays guitar on all of the cuts, one of which, the instrumental "Herb Stuffing," is credited to James himself. Though James also wrote the notes, the time frame of the tracks (four of which were previously unissued) is maddeningly unspecific, though it can be deduced that they were all done sometime in the 20 years prior to this 2010 release. At any rate, these are pretty average, workmanlike contemporary electric blues, not many of them by big names in the field, with Earl Gaines, Frank Frost, Sam Lay, and Johnny Jones being the biggest. Sometimes performances of particular strength cut through to get noticed, especially Gaines' ballad "I Believe in Your Love," which has a rich and moving vibrato vocal. James is a decent and versatile guitarist, too, but in part owing to the substandard documentation, it's not a notable compilation of 20th into 21st century blues. ~Richie Unterberger

The End Of An Era: 20 Years In Bluesland mc
The End Of An Era: 20 Years In Bluesland zippy

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