VA - More Boss Black Rockers Vol. 5: Sure Look Good To Me (KMCD165)

Size: 145.9 MB
Time: 62:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues, Rock, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Speedo & The Pearls - Who Ya Gonna Kiss (2:35)
02 Paul Perryman & Group - Teenage Romeo (2:08)
03 The Dandevilles - Nasty Breaks (2:06)
04 Ruth Brown - Here He Comes (2:13)
05 The Teenos - Alrightee (1:57)
06 The Moonglows - Real Gone Mama (2:58)
07 Jerry Butler & The Impressions - Sweet Was The Wine (2:07)
08 Dolly Cooper - Big Rock Inn (2:05)
09 Bird Rollins - Pretty Little School Girl (2:24)
10 Honeyboy Bryant - Funny Looking Thing (1:43)
11 The Bluejays - Rock Rock Rock (1:53)
12 Joe Houston & His Rockets - I Woke Up This Morning (2:03)
13 The Southlanders - Penny Loafers & Bobby Sox (1:39)
14 Billy Williams - Red Hot Love (1:55)
15 Pee Wee Kingsly - Flippin' And A Floppin' (2:15)
16 Chubby Checker - Runaround Sue (2:30)
17 Bob Mackey - Shonuff' Miss Brown (1:57)
18 The Cyclones - Give Me Love (1:59)
19 Otis Riley - Sure Look Good To Me (1:59)
20 The Medallions - Dance And Swing (2:23)
21 Shirley & Lee - The Flirt (1:58)
22 Nolan Strong & The Diablos - Do You Remember What You Did (3:12)
23 The Turbans - B.I.N.G.O (2:17)
24 The Edsels - Bone Shaker Joe (2:31)
25 Varetta Dillard - I Don T Know What It Is But I Like It (2:30)
26 The Meloaires - You Know Baby (2:24)
27 The 5 Royales - I Need Your Lovin' Baby (2:47)
28 Fats Domino - Where Did You Stay (1:58)

As y'all already know, so many similar projects were devoted through the years to white rock and rollers (even the most obscure and unknown) and very little to the people that not only "originated" this music and played it long before white musicians started to fool around with it. They also continued to play it when black Rhythm and Blues music was suddenly re-named "Rock and Roll" to appeal to a wider white audience in segregated America and became a multi-racial genre in the mid-1950s. Once again, some tunes are pretty well-known, but the vast majority are not. Chances are that you never-ever heard a lot of the tracks included here - even if a lot of them were pretty popular in the 1950s among both black and white Rock and Roll fans. Most of the artists in this new series (just like the first one) were actually household names in the "Rock and Roll World" of the '50s and early '60s. When Rock & Roll history was re-written from a strictly white rock standpoint only a few black rockers were included (maybe less than a dozen) when actually back in the day almost every African-American R&B act (maybe a MILLION or more) was actually Rock & Roll and white artists were actually a minority for a long time. So "BLACK" by popular demand here's to you "MORE Boss Black Rockers." DIG IT!

More Boss Black Rockers Vol. 5: Sure Look Good To Me (KMCD165)

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VA - More Boss Black Rockers Vol. 2: Hokus Pokus (KMCD162)

Size: 148.4 MB
Time: 63:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues, Rock, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Al Reed - Top Notch Grade A (2:12)
02 Curtis Knight - You're Gonna Be Sorry (2:08)
03 Ben Hughes - Crazy Man (2:20)
04 The Saxons - Rock & Roll Show (1:54)
05 Jackie Wilson - Etcetera (2:24)
06 Bobby Lester - Am I The Man (2:29)
07 Rudy Green - Teeny Weeny Baby (2:24)
08 The Valiants - Good Golly Miss Molly (1:59)
09 Kip Anderson - I Wanna Be The Only One (2:50)
10 Mr. P. T. & The Party-Timers - Aunt Susie (2:06)
11 Jo Jo Williams - Rock 'n' Roll Boogie (1:49)
12 Bunie Fitz - Just A Fool For You (1:42)
13 Ronny Goode - Hokus Pokus (2:03)
14 Clifford Curry - Kiss, Kiss, Kiss (2:13)
15 Bobby Freeman - The Mess Around (2:29)
16 Bobby Adams - I Want My Lovin' (2:21)
17 Big John Greer - Bottle It Up And Go (2:28)
18 Don Covay - Switchin' In The Kitchen (2:29)
19 Bobby Lewis - Yes, Oh Yes, It Did (2:36)
20 Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns - Loop De Loop De Loop (2:24)
21 Bobby Day - Mr. & Mrs. Rock-'N-Roll (2:07)
22 Sammy & The Five Notes - Doodle Bug Twist (2:20)
23 The Majestics - Hard Times (2:09)
24 Dorian Burton - Flyin' Home To My Baby (2:21)
25 Count Ferrell - Wizard Of Ah's (2:23)
26 Jimmy Witherspoon - Move Me Baby (2:33)
27 Willie White & The Bleu Matts - Everybody Dance (2:16)
28 Tommy Brown - Someday, Somewhere (1:49)

As y'all already know, so many similar projects were devoted through the years to white rock and rollers (even the most obscure and unknown) and very little to the people that not only "originated" this music and played it long before white musicians started to fool around with it. They also continued to play it when black Rhythm and Blues music was suddenly re-named "Rock and Roll" to appeal to a wider white audience in segregated America and became a multi-racial genre in the mid-1950s. Once again, some tunes are pretty well-known, but the vast majority are not. Chances are that you never-ever heard a lot of the tracks included here - even if a lot of them were pretty popular in the 1950s among both black and white Rock and Roll fans. Most of the artists in this new series (just like the first one) were actually household names in the "Rock and Roll World" of the '50s and early '60s. When Rock & Roll history was re-written from a strictly white rock standpoint only a few black rockers were included (maybe less than a dozen) when actually back in the day almost every African-American R&B act (maybe a MILLION or more) was actually Rock & Roll and white artists were actually a minority for a long time. So "BLACK" by popular demand here's to you "MORE Boss Black Rockers." DIG IT!

More Boss Black Rockers Vol. 2: Hokus Pokus (KMCD162)

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VA - More Boss Black Rockers Vol. 1: Guitar Pickin' Fool (KMCD161)

Size: 150.5 MB
Time: 64:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues, Rock, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Tony Harris - Chicken, Baby, Chicken (2:24)
02 Bobby Brookes - Looka, Looka, Looka (1:47)
03 Otis Riley - Rock And Roll Riley (2:15)
04 Prentice Moorland - Come On Pretty Baby (2:11)
05 Eddie Daniels - Hug Me, Kiss Me (2:36)
06 Neil Darrow With The Quarter Notes - She´s A Fine Chick (1:54)
07 Chuck Grey - Rock And Roll Is On My Soul (1:32)
08 Titus Turner - Hold Your Lovin' (2:37)
09 Don & Dewey - Justine (2:08)
10 Mae Mercer - Great Googa Mooga (2:02)
11 Jackie Wilson - You Better Know It (2:01)
12 Earl Gaines - Now Do You Hear (2:05)
13 Phil Flowers - No Kissing At The Hop (2:19)
14 The Jewels - Goin' Goin' Gone (2:44)
15 H-Bomb Ferguson - Mary Little Mary (2:29)
16 Hannah Dean - Itty Bitty Love (2:14)
17 Little Joe Hinton - Lets Start A Romance (2:23)
18 Roy Wright - No Haps (2:36)
19 Leonard Johnson - The Bug (2:19)
20 Eugene Church - Mind Your Own Business (2:42)
21 Teddy Humphries - Guitar Pickin Fool (2:12)
22 Johnny Johnson - Great Cooga-Mooga (2:15)
23 King Perry - Come Back Baby (2:14)
24 Kenny & Moe - So Long I'm Gone (2:25)
25 The Pyramids - Shakin Fit (2:12)
26 Sammy Taylor - Switchin' In The Kitchen (2:29)
27 Lee Diamond - Hatti Malatti (2:48)
28 Ernie Fields Orchestra - Knocked Out (2:02)

After such a successful run that was the first album series of ‘Boss Black Rockers’, Koko Mojo with the guiding hand of The Mojo Man (aka Little Victor Mac) sets up another series under the heading ‘More Boss Black Rockers: Guitar Pickin’ Fool’. Providing much information via tracks and liner notes presented in a trifold digipak bearing in mind current environmental concerns, ‘More Boss Black Rockers: Guitar Pickin’ Fool’ basically continues where series one left off. In other words, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it because more often than not the twenty-eight-track list offered a delightful and seriously high-octane rush of rock ‘n’ roll from the original rock ‘n’ rollers (i.e., The Black artists either overlooked or simply given less coverage). Therefore, inside information gets Volume One off to a flyer via Tony Harris and song ‘Chicken, Baby, Chicken’ with powerhouse vocals and a punchy rhythm section. The wildness continues with Bobby Brookes resembling a not-too-distant relation of Jackie Wilson during the mighty fine ‘Looka, Looka, Looka’, to next in line Otis Riley including a touch of the personal to ‘Rock And Roll Riley’. If series one of ‘Boss Black Rockers’ proved not only an irresistible pull due to high level of rock ‘n’ roll on display, then ‘More Boss Black Rockers Vol. 1’ will not disappoint for the same reasons, but also for the inclusion of many lesser known or less-featured artists or songs that are a touch harder to find when it comes to other similar compilations. For instant memories, then press play to tracks by H-Bomb Ferguson ‘Mary Little Mary’ where his vocals alone is enough to convince of the greatness here, to fast and frantic tempo of ‘Goin’ Goin’ Gone’ from vocal group The Jewels, before landing at the doorstep of wheeling rhythm and blues/rock ‘n’ roll of terrific ‘No Haps’ by Roy Wright. Ooh! We are in the land of rock ‘n’ roll goodness when it comes to the second instalment of album series of ‘More Boss Black Rockers Vol. 1: Guitar Pickin’ Fool’, and that is fact!

More Boss Black Rockers Vol. 1: Guitar Pickin' Fool (KMCD161)

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