Producer Bobby Robinson released a slew of classic blues and R&B sides on his Harlem-based Fury and Fire record labels in the late '50s and early '60s, including tracks by such notables as Elmore James, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lee Dorsey, and many others, and several of these are collected in this two-disc, 38-track set, including such classic cuts as Wilbert Harrison's “Kansas City,” harpist Buster Brown's “Fannie Mae” and “Sugar Babe,” Elmore James' “The Sky Is Crying,” and Lee Dorsey's “Ya Ya” and “Do-Re-Mi.” It’s not the whole story of Robinson's achievements as a producer and label owner, but it certainly paints a compelling portrait of his importance in both roles as part of the late-'50s and early-'60s New York music scene. ~Steve Leggett
Album: The Fire/Fury R&B Story (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:28
Size: 108.7 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul, Blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front
[2:25] 1. Wilbur Harrison - Kansas City
[2:59] 2. Tarheel Slim - Number 9 Train
[2:55] 3. Buster Brown - Fannie Mae
[2:52] 4. Hal Paige & The Whalers - Pour The Corn
[2:14] 5. June Bateman - Come On Little Boy
[2:43] 6. Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying
[2:53] 7. Mighty Joe Young - Empty Arms
[2:28] 8. Willis Gator Tail Jackson - Good To The Bone
[1:46] 9. Paul Perryman - Keep A Calling
[2:14] 10. Riff Ruffin - All My Life
[2:56] 11. Wild Jimmy Spruill - Hard Grind
[1:37] 12. Rockin' Bradley - Lookout
[4:47] 13. Bobby Marchan - There Is Something On Your Mind Parts 1 & 2
[2:24] 14. The Velvets - Dance Honey Dance
[1:59] 15. Johnny Acey - Please Don't Go
[2:56] 16. Tarheel Slim - Wildcat Tamer
[2:40] 17. Hal Paige & The Whalers - Going Back To My Hometown
[2:31] 18. The Upsetters - Jaywalking
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Album: The Fire/Fury R&B Story (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:53
Size: 111.9 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul, Blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front
[2:24] 1. Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya
[2:56] 2. Bobby Marchan - Booty Green
[2:17] 3. Mighty Joe Young - Why Baby
[2:26] 4. Willis Gator Tail Jackson - Making It
[2:15] 5. Paul Perryman - Work To Be Done
[2:47] 6. Johnny Acey - Why
[2:12] 7. Tarheel Slim and Little Ann - Lock Me In Your Heart
[2:38] 8. Wild Jimmy Spruill - Kansas City March
[2:11] 9. Lee Dorsey - Do-Re-Mi
[2:13] 10. Chuck Bradford - You're Going To Miss Me (When I'm Gone)
[5:43] 11. Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - I Need Your Loving
[2:25] 12. Buster Brown - Sugar Babe
[2:43] 13. Wilbert Harrison - Let's Stick Together
[2:59] 14. Little Joe Cook - These Lonely Tears
[2:54] 15. Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - Don't You Worry
[1:50] 16. Willie Hightower - So Tired (Of Running Away From Love)
[3:18] 17. Billy Hambric - Human
[2:32] 18. Willie Hightower - I Love You (Yes I Do)
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