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The major solo instrument in Rhythm & Blues is the saxophone.

Its sound is the voice of R&B and the short, heavily structured sax-solos of R&B-songs that crossed over into Rock and Roll, and the sax riffs that built these songs are forever engraved in the hearts and souls of a generation. The encounter with wild, extroverted and totally uninhibited sax players in the early '50s predates but had a "Presleylike-effect" on white youngsters.

The series features the saxmaniacs (Big JayMcNeely, Red Prysock), the sax-playing vocalists (Bullmoose and Cleanhead) as well as the sax-balladeers (Tab Smith and Lynn Hope).

"Is a near certainty for reissue album of 1981 "(WWA Magazine 8, USA), "A wonderful album for us saxophonographists" (Staffan Solding, LARM, Sweden), "A must for all jazz, R&B and sax fans .. Let's have some more, Jonas" (Steve Hall, South Yorkshire Times 10/7 1981, UK), "An excellent record" (Mario Silvester, Block 42, Holland), "We are happy to inform you that BP-500 is listed among the best records of 1981 " (Der Jazzfreund 15/1 1982, Germany)

'Preston Love is certainly a first class alto man and really deserves the recognition I hope this album will bring him. Another winner from Mr R&B. Recommended" (Dave Clarke, Pickin'The Blues 14, England), 'Yet another masterpiece from Mr R&B ... I propose that Jonas Bernholm receives the decoration of The North Star (Staffan Solding, Jefferson 62, Sweden)

"Especially for the saxophone-freaks; the man was one of the best" (Juhani Ritvanen, Blues News 3/84), "Quite enjoyable' (Bob Rusch, Cadence March 1985, USA), "A revelation for many of our listeners' (André Fonteyne, BRT-3, Belgium), "Swings enormously" (Norbert Hess, Blues Forum 20, Germany)

"This collection is a joy ... Tab was terribly underrated" (Cadence, June 1986, USA), "The best LP from Saxophonograph so far, recommended also to others than saxophone-lovers" (Juhani Ritvanen, Blues News 4/85, Finland), 'Fans of Tympany Five or Big Band R&B will love this LP of a sadly, Neglected talent (Dave Penny, Blues & Rhythm 9, UK), "Plays exceptional saxophone" (Andrd Fonteyne, BRT-3, Belgium)

"Another wonderful surprise release from the redoubtable Mr Bernholm, which features some of the most exciting music ever waxed" (Dave Penny, Blues Unlimited 148/9, England), "Among the better small groups I've heard from the ´40s outside of those led by Monk, Parker and Gillespie. In my opinion the best Saxophonograph issue (so far). It swings greatly" (Thomas Milfroth, Jefferson 71, Sweden), "Griffin was, at the time, quite rightly billed as 'The Only Rival to Illinois Jacquet (Lasso O'Månsson, Orkester Journalen Sept 1985, Sweden)

"Congratulating all concerned with the production of this superb album, and in particular BilI Millar, who has produced the most detailed and interesting sleeve notes it has ever been my pleasure to read. The ultimate in R&B saxophone players this album will hopefully sell by the ton a magnificent album in every way" (Tony Burke, Blues & Rhythm 10, UK), 'From the launchpad of R&B, this mighty rocket will put you way out in orbit" (Dave Rogers "Professor Bebop ", WTJU, USA)

"This is the real thing.. another fine release from Saxophonograph " (Tony Burke, Blues & Rhythm 15, UK), 'Excellent and enjoyable music" (Thord Ehnberg, Ljusnan 4/1 1986, Sweden), 'A fine record" (Bertil Sundin, OrkesterJournalen July/August 1986,Sweden), "This excellent reissue was the last album release that this blues shouter/sax honker enjoyed before he passed away in August, 1989. Great stuff" (Grog Drust, KCSB, Santa Barbara, USA)

"This album has much to recommend it: great musicians, prototypic arrangements, and Vinson's great singing and sax. If you want absolutely seminal R&B - one step from the territories - buy this album" (Peter Aschoff, Living Blues 79, USA), "These sides are positively the greatest. Fantastic singing and top-notch instrumentals " (Mark Hurd, Option Magazine Jan/Feb 1985, USA)

'It's a blessing that this delicate tenorist's listenable recordings from the early '50s are now available on record. Amazingly good sound quality too (Peter Bornemar, Eskilstuna Kuriren, Sweden), 'A fine sax player (Tony Burke, Blues & Rhythm 13, UK), 'Traces of Earl Bostic in a 'Flamingo mood'.'(Lasse O'Månsson, Orkester Journalen April 1988, Sweden)

"Excellent jumpin' R&B sides ... brilliant bop style alto ... good blues vocals a super alto player.." (Tony Burke, Blues & Rhythm 27, UK), 'If you love R&B-influenced mainstream jazz, you must buy this' (Guy Houten, Swing Magazine 10, Belgium), "A fine record by a great jazz man" (Lasse O'Månsson, Orkester Journalen Sept 1968, Sweden), "I enjoyed the album very much' (Stanley Dance, USA)

"Another one of these brilliant Bernholm-productions. Through the years we've been spoiled with first rate compilations and fascinating and readable covers, often fold-out to make it even better. This LP shows that P. W is among the foremost R&B saxophonists" (Staffan Solding, Jefferson 84, Sweden), 'A terrific jive-album with honking saxes, boogie piano and blasting riffs' (Jörg Schneider, The Rockin' 50s, Germany)

"A fine album full of beautiful, soothing music performed by a great altoist (Juhani Ritvanen, Blues News 4/89, Finland)

"Buy this album - it's wonderful! Absolutely wild, unrestrained R&B. Absolutely riveting stuff. Superlatives fail in describing this LP. I can not recommend this album too highly close to perfect" (Peter Aschoff, Living Blues 79, USA), "Not to be missed by fans of great, wild, honking saxophone!" (Juhani Ritvanen, Blues News 1/86, Finland), "Wildest of them all..' (Peter Bornemar, Eskilstuna Kuriren, Sweden)

"This white drummer and his crew surely knew how to play wild R&B - especially for saxophone fanatics!' (Juhani Ritvanen, Blues News 5/88, Finland), "Hard driving early ´50s danceable Rock and Roll with a lot of R&B influence, good guitar, piano and sax work from one of the finest integrated R&B bands." (Jörg Schneider, The Rockin'50s Magazine, Germany)

'Includes some great vocal performances, but otherwise simply the wildest saxophone album I've ever heard!' (Juhani Ritvanen, Blues News 1/89, Finland), "A frantic album with hot saxophone tunes at their best (Jörg Schneider, The Rockin'50s Magazine, Germany), "Simply an excellent album. Try it out for real jumpin' R&B" (Kyösti Mäkinen, Too Much Noise 23, Finland), 'The quality of this album surpasses any means of praising it' (Jos V/D Gun, Block 70, Holland)

BM-1303 CHUCK HIGGINS "YAK A DAK"

Yak A Dak/Shotgun Wedding/Groove/Wiggle/Greasy Pig/Something´s Goin On In My Room/Candied Yam/Kubeon/That Dubonnet Wine/Pachuko Hop/Let Me Come Back Home/West Side/Chop Chop/Rock/Chuck A Buck/Beautiful Love/Double Dip/Baby Shoes

JB-601 JOE LIGGINS "DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL" (1945-50)

Miss Betty´s Blues/Got Your Love In My Heart/Caravan/I Know My Love Is True/Got A Right To Cry/Walkin´/Tanya/Sugar Lump/The Darktown Strutters Ball/Downhome Blues/Breaking My Heart/Sweet Georgia Brown/The Blues/Loosiana/Spooks Holiday/Daddy On My Mind

"Often extremely enjoyable"(Tony Russell, Blues Unlimited 141, UK), "Those who enjoy Jump, along the lines of Louis Jordan, would do well to investigate this set"(Bob Rusch, Cadence Sept. 1982, USA), "Bravo Monsieur R&B"(Hot Club de France, Bulletin 292, France), "Exellent R&B from the ´40s"(Juhani Ritvanen, Blues News 4/81, Finland)

JB-602 LOUIS JORDAN "G.I. JIVE" (1940-47)

Pompton Turnpike/T-Bone Blues/I´m Alabama Bound/Deacon Jones/Mop! Mop!/G.I. Jive/You Can´t Get That No More/If It´s Love You Want Baby, That´s Me/Friendship/I Know What You´re Puttin´Down/Every Man To His Own Profession/Have You Got The Gumption/We Can´t Agree/Chickey-Mo Craney Crow/Roamin´Blues/You´re Much Too Fat

"5 stars, exquisite collection ... rank among his finest work ... classic sides"(Greg Drust, Santa Barbara News & Rieviev Oct 13, 1983, USA), "Not a second rate performance here ... sound is exellent and presentation is top-notch"(Bill Dahl, Living Blues 76, USA), "Exellent reissue" (GEM/The Swinger, USA), "Unreservedly recommended" (Mike Head, Blues Unlimited 146, UK), "This band swings something phenomenally" (Ulf Carlsson, Orkester Journalen March 1984, Sweden)

JB-605 LOUIS JORDAN "COLE SLAW" (1947-52)

Petlin' And Pokin'll Know Whal I've Got/Don'l Burn The Candie Al Bolh Ends/Cole SlawlPush Ka Pee Shee PlelBaby's Gonna Go Bye ByelHeed My WarninglHungry Man/You Will Always Have A Friend/ Weak Minded Blueslis My Pop In There?/Time Marches OnlOil WeIl, Texas/Azure- Teljunco Partneri jordan For President

JB-607 JACK McVEA "OPEN THE DOOR RICHARD" (1945-47)

Bartender Boogie/Tarrant Blues/O-Kay For Baby/We're Together Again/Ooh Mop/Don' Blame Me/Frisco Blues/Don' t Let The Sun Catch You Crying/Open The Door Richard!/Wine-O/lnflation Blues/Groovin' Boogie/No, No, You Can't Do Dot Mon/Jack Frost/Mumblin' Blues/The Key's In The Mailbox

JB-612 JACK McVEA "TWO TIMIN' BABY" (1944-47) (GFC)

Scrub, Sweep And Mop/New Worried Life Blues/House Party Boogie/Listen Baby Blues/Silver Symphony/Frantic Boogie/Lonesome Blues/Richard Gets Hitched/Two Timin' Baby/Bulgin' Eyes/Jam Boogie/Slowly Goin' Crazy Blues/Groove Juice/Blues With A Feeling/Swing Man/Fightin' Mama Blues

JB-619 LOUIS JORDAN  "SOMEBODY DONE HOODOOED THE HOODOO MAN" (1938-42) (GFC)

Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man/So Good/Bounce The Ball/Lovie Joe/Waiting For The Robert E.Lee/Do You Call That A Buddy?/Don't Come Cryin´ On My Shoulder/Away From You/The Two Little Squirrels/Brotherly Love/Saint Vitus Dance/l'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town/The Green Grass Grows All Around/lt's A Low Down Dirty Shame/How 'Bout That?/That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out

JB-622 JOE LIGGINS "THE HONEY DRIPPER" (1945-49)

The Honeydripper-Part 1/The Honeydripper-Part2/Left A Good Deal In Mobile/KeyJam/How Come/Apple Of My Eye/Doodle-Do-Da-Deet/Yvette/Dripper's Boogie-Part 1/Dripper's Boogie-Part 2/Lonesome Guitar/You Ain't Goin'To Heaven No How/Three O'Clock Jump-Part 1/Three O'Clock Jump Part 2/Some Of These Days/Ruth

My Business Is C.O.D./Play It Over/Rainy Day Blues /F Minor Boogie/lt Never Should Have Been This Way/Jack's Boogie/Baby Make Up Your Mind/Butch/Two Timin' Baby Boogie/Evening/Fish For Supper/New Deal/Naggin' Woman Blues/You Can Come Back Home/Tatoe Pie/Carlos

"Again a fine set" (Juhani Rltvanen, Blues News, Finland), "Informal, intimate and bluesy" (Thomas Millroth, Jefferson 88, Sweden), "An attractive release" (Dave Penny, Blues & Rhythm 47, UK)  

"As ever, Bernholm's production is exemplary all readers interested in understanding the murky beginnings of R&B should investigate" (John Broven, Blues&Rhythm 9, UK), "Another essential purchase. Buy it" (Dave Penny, Blues Unlimited 148/149, UK), "A string of fine songs' (Staffan Solding, Jefferson 74, Sweden), 'If You don't have it yet, buy it." (Ronald V/D Dijkgraaff, Block 58, Holland)

"Jackson plays in a powerful, honking manner, effectively bluesy and swinging a heart-stirring blower. This is a valuable album which gives the background to Gator Tail's later recordings" (Thomas Millroth, Jefferson 77, Sweden), "He was to kick R&B into a shape distinct from its big band origins. "Gator Tail", one of those names to make any '40s tenor maniacs mouth water excellent album" (Dave Penny, Blues & Rhythm 26, UK)

KM-706 TINY GRIMES AND HIS ROCKING HIGHLANDERS "LOCH LOMOND" (1947-53) (GFC)

Blue Harlem/Flying High/That Old Black Magic/Profoundly Blue/Boogie Woogie Barbecue/Annie Laurie/Nightmare Blues/Hot In Harlem/Loch Lomond/Midnight Special/Jumpin' At Gleason's/Jealously/Begin The Beguine/The Sidewalks Of New York/The Man I Love/Sanctifying The Blues

"This one from the Jonas Bernholm stable which, as may be expected, in terms of production and presentation, tops the lot! (= Riverboat, Oldie Blues, Krazy Kat)... a superbly presented sleeve, with  stacks of amazing photographs, plus the full Tiny Grimes story... if you haven't sampled any of Tiny's work, this couldn't be a better place to start" (Tony Watson, Blues & Rhythm 26, UK)

KM-712 FREDDIE MITCHELL AND HIS ORCHESTRA "THE DERBY" (1949-55)

Pony Express/Slider/Fish Market Boogie/Long Lean Daddy/Summertime Boogie/Rockin'With Coop/ Indiana Express/Rockin' And Jumpin'/The Derby/Preachin'/Jersey Bounce/Lonesome And Mistreated/Roll 'Em Boogie/Louise/Hot Ice/3 Strikes You're Out/Till Tom Boogie/Music Makers Boogie

"Not only for saxophone-freaks; this is a fine R&B album! (Juhani Ritvanen, Blues News, Finland). "The music is pungent and riffy - R&B of the purest water with some rank spices" (Thomas Millroth, Jefferson 88, Sweden)

EARTH ANGEL

EARTH ANGEL Los Angeles continued to be a hot-bed of Rhythm & Blues music well into the '60s. The affluent West Coast teenager supported exciting new vocal groups and R&B artists. EARTH ANGEL by the Penguins was one of the many local hits that eventually became a multi-million seller all over the USA. The EARTH ANGEL label features Jesse Belvin and his many gifted friends in various group constellations, the recordings from the John Dolphin empire and other classics of West Coast R&B. Label created and supervised by Jim Dawson.

JD-902 FRANKIE ERVIN "DRAGNET BLUES" (1953-62) (GFC)

Dragnet Blues/Suicide Blues/Christmas Eve Baby/Johnny Ace's Last Letter/My Love Is Draggin´/Playing Numbers/Christmas Everyday/Believe Me/Why Don't You Go/You Cheated/Be My Girl/Some Other Guy/Annie Laurie/I´m Sorry/Now/Detour/You Hurt Me/That's The Way It's Gonna Be/Wilhelmina

JD-908 BIG JAY McNEELY "LIVE AND RARE"

Blues In G Minor/Deacon's Hop/There Is Something On Your Mind/Back..Shack..Track/Honky Tonk/My Darling Dear/Minnie/Texas Turkey/Big Jay's Shuffle/You Don't Have To Go/Perdido/Sunset/Cisco's/Further On Up The Road/Big Jay's Count 

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KIX-7 AMOS MILBURN "JUST ONE MORE DRINK" (1946-54)

Amos Blues/I Love Her/Pool-Playing Blues/Real Pretty Mama Blues/Let's Make Christmas Merry Baby/l'm Going To Tell My Mama/She's Gone Again/Tell Me How Long Has The Train Been Gone/Just One More Drink/WhyDon'tYou Do Right/I Love You, Anyway/Please Mr. Johnson/How Could You Hurt Me So/Milk And Water/That's It/One, Two, Three, Everybody

KIX-14 BULLMOOSE JACKSON "BIG FAT MAMAS ARE BACK IN STYLE AGAIN" (1945-56)

I Know Who Threw The Whiskey/Bull Moose Jackson Blues/Sneaky Pete/Cleveland Ohio Blues/Fare Thee WeIl, Deacon Jones/Keep Your Big Mouth Shut/Miss Lucy/Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide/ Memphis Gal/Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me/Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again/Cherokee Boogie/Nosey Joe/Bootsie/I Wanna Hug Ya, Kiss Ya, Squeeze Ya/Watch My Signals

"Perhaps the most irresistible collection of 1940s R&B this reviewer has ever come across... this is good-time party-hard music... marvelous release ...These numbers vigorously jump and swing with a vengeance and contain Iyrics full of earthy and vulgar, yet sly, humor" (Robert Pruter, Chicago Reader 12/6 1981, USA), "We are happy to inform you that Kix-14 is listed among the best records of 1981" (Der Jazzfreund 15/1 1982, Germany)

KIX-21 AMOS MILBURN "ROCK, ROCK, ROCK" (1947-57) (GFC)

Drilling Blues/Bow-Wow!/I Still love You/Hard Luck Blues/Square Dance Boogie/Remember/Two Years Of Torture/Flying Home/Rock, Rock, Rock/Glory Of Love/I Done Done It/That Was Your Last Mistake -Goodbye/I Guess I'11 Go/Girl Of My Dreams/French Fried Potatoes And Ketchup/Dear Angel/ If I Could Be With You 

"Perhaps the best anthology of the late Mr. Milburn" (Cadence, Nov. 1982, USA), "Those who have been thrilled by Fats Domino and want to go further will discover that Amos Mllburn was better" (Ulf Carlsson, Orkester Journalen Oct. 1983, Sweden), "Amos Milburn was a giant -an entertainer in absolute top-class" (Sune Sandin, Jetterson 61, Sweden)

KIX-28 AMOS MILBURN "LET'S ROCK A WHILE" (1946-54)

After Midnite/Blues At Sundown/My Love Is Limited/Hold Me Baby/In The Middle Of The Night/Let's Rock A While/Walking Blues/Birmingham Bounce/Anybody's Blues/Everybody Clap Hands/Tears Tears, Tears/Ain't Nothing Shaking/Thinking And Drinking/I Won't Be A Fool Any More/Long, Long Day/ Kiss Me Again/Vicious, Vicious Vodka

"This will stand up alongside John Broven's United Artists compilation and Kix-7 as one of the three essential Milbum LPs of all time" (Dave Penny, Blues & Rhythm 12, UK), "These three LPs (Kix 7, Ki; 21, Kix 28) will be welcomed by confirmed collectors of Amos Milburn's delightful brand of R&B" (Record Collector, June 1988, UK), "Cozy R&B which rocks beautifully" (Bozze Möller, Västerviks tidningen Oct 12, 1985, Sweden).