Browse by Label: RUMBLE RECORDS

Artist:	HAWKINS, DALE
Title:	Oh! Suzy-Q
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011001LP

"A true legend in his own way, the Louisiana born and bred Dale Hawkins is mostly known to the world for his all-time rockabilly classic 'Suzie Q', as made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival in their successfully revived, million-seller 1968 version. One of the very few white artists on the legendary Chess label, although often overlooked, Dale Hawkins's contributions are as valid as any of rock 'n' roll's founding fathers, and his 1958 Oh! Suzy-Q debut is one of the best hidden rockabilly treasures of the fifties."

Artist:	HAWKINS, SCREAMIN' JAY
Title:	At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011002LP

"By far one of the most outrageous performers of the early years of rock, prone to emerging from coffins on stage, with a flaming skull named Henry as his constant companion, Screamin' Jay was an insanely theatrical figure long before it was even remotely acceptable. His 1958 debut, At Home, featuring his legendary 'I Put A Spell On You,' along with surreal hits like 'Hong Kong,' 'Take Me Back To The Boot And Saddle,' or his wild-ass reinventions of old standards like 'I Love Paris' and 'Deep Purple' is a carefully arranged yet gritty, Ray Charles-gone-crazy styled, full band rhythm and blues masterpiece, filled with enough howls and groans to send chills down your spine."

Artist:	WRAY & THE WRAYMEN, LINK
Title:	Link Wray & The Wraymen
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011003LP

"Collecting both sides of his first three epic singles along with half a dozen other numbers, Link Wray's all-instrumental 1959 debut album introduces to the world the power chord, the basis of modern rock guitar-playing without which punk rock or heavy metal would never have existed. Such classics as 'Rumble' (featured in the film Pulp Fiction), his astonishing version of Duane Eddy's classic 'Raw Hide,' 'Dixie Doodle,' or 'Comanche' were about to influence fifty years of rock and roll to come."

Artist:	WILLIAMS, LARRY
Title:	Here's Larry Williams
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011004LP

"Born in New Orleans and raised in California, Larry Williams is from the hard-driving school of R&B, whose fellow classmates included Little Richard and Robert Parker. He was a good-looking, piano-pounding, singer-songwriter - a rough, rowdy Rock & Roller who wrote and recorded some of the best songs of the '50s. A seriously underrated artist, his influence reached far beyond his low chart tally. John Lennon was a big Williams fan and The Beatles covered no less than three of his prime cuts on their earlier albums. This high quality vinyl reissue is a mandatory, all killer-no filler, addition to the wild-action section of any respectable DJ's flycase."

Artist:	MITCHUM, ROBERT
Title:	Calypso - Is Like So...
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011005LP

"While filming in Trinidad in 1957, Robert Mitchum soaked up local music talent like Lord Melody and Mighty Sparrow, resulting in this amazing experiment of pure Caribbean calypso in which the number one icon of Hollywood coolness insists on imitating the broken English of many of the original calypso artists (this is 'dis' and 'the' is often dropped), while singing a bunch of traditional Caribbean songs (complete with the requisite steel drums, congas and backing horns) along with a few Elvis-styled rockers. Includes 2 rockabilly bonus tracks the artist recorded in 1958."

Artist:	HAWKINS, SCREAMIN' JAY
Title:	The Singles 1954-1957
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011006LP

"A comprehensive collection of the early, pre-debut LP, singles from one of the most controversial frontmen of early rock and roll. With his classically-trained bass-baritone singing voice, Hawkins conjured up ghoulish images both on stage and on his records. Hawkins, evoking voodoo images and using bone-rattling sound effects, simultaneously entertained and bewildered rock'n'roll fans. Featuring his all-time classic 'I Put A Spell On You' along with 15 hard to find classics from his Okeh Records days."

Artist:	PERKINS, CARL
Title:	Whole Lotta Shakin'
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011007LP

"The all-time rockabilly legend Carl Perkins was born into humble beginnings and spent his early years picking cotton and playing electric guitar in a band with his brothers. Signed to Sun Records by Sam Phillips in 1954, he didn't get the big one till he recorded 'Blue Suede Shoes' in 1956. After a fairly slow start, the song with the tremendous beat and novel words about the blue suede shoes started moving and became a million seller. When Johnny Cash left Sun to go to Columbia in 1958, Carl followed him over and recorded Whole Lotta Shakin' in June of that year, reinterpreting most of the Sun Records singles hits that made him the Rock And Roll of Fame elected star he later became."

Artist:	LEWIS, JERRY LEE
Title:	Jerry Lee Lewis
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011008LP

"1958 was a tumultuous year for blonde-tresses rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis. Recording for Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Records in Memphis, the pumping piano man was riding high off two monster hits and began the year with another one. And he recorded this debut LP for Sun, an eponymous affair combining recent triumphs (his debut 'Crazy Arms' and latest smash 'High School Confidential'), a hot version of Jack Clement's 'It'll Be Me' that was different from the single version, and romping covers of Warren Smith's 'Ubangi Stomp,' Carl Perkins' 'Matchbox,' and Elvis' 'Don't Be Cruel.' Probably one of the most important rock and roll records ever!"

Artist:	DAWSON, RONNIE
Title:	Rockin Bones - The Legendary Masters
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011009LP

"There were hundreds of talented rockabilly singers in the '50s, but it'd be really hard not to recognize at first listen the high-pitched voice (back then it was actually difficult for radio listeners to tell if he was a man or a woman) and the pre-teen rock 'n' bop anger that typecast 'The Blonde Bomber' as Ronnie Dawson was often referred to. He was actually in his teens when he got to write what is probably the best obscure rockabilly treasure of all time, that legendary 'Rockin' Bones' hit, where Ronnie declares his wish to be buried with a stack of '45s and a phonograph. This collection features 24 singles and rare tracks (including many previously unreleased on vinyl!), spanning from 1957 to 1960: a must for any early rock and roll collector."

Artist:	WILLIS, CHUCK
Title:	King Of The Stroll
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011010LP

"Though well known to his fans as the 'Sheik of the Blues', thanks to his gigantic private collection of colorful turbans he used on stage, by the end of 1957 the Atlanta-born Chuck Willis found himself crowned with yet another title: The King of the Stroll. When the new dance step, the Stroll, began sweeping the US, his Betty And Dupree 45 had just been released, making it immediately clear that the groovy, slow tempo type of music to which the Stroll was danced went perfectly with the type of music Chuck Willis was releasing for Okeh Records, such as his irresistible update of 'C.C. Rider', a classic folk blues performed by Ma Rainey in Atlanta before Willis was even born, along with a plethora of R&B top sellers. These Okeh singles were later collected by Atlantic on this 1958 LP, The King Of The Stroll."

Artist:	COASTERS, THE
Title:	The Coasters
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011011LP

"Like most of the early-era R&B LPs, the Coasters' first album is more of an all-killer no-filler singles compilation than a proper debut. Covering four years and two distinct lineups, including a good portion of the period when the group was known as 'the Robins', and including thirteen songs supplied by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (probably the most legendary team of composers of the whole rock and roll era!), The Coasters is one of the most fun and entertaining R&B vocal harmony records of its time, from one of the few bands in rock history to successfully straddle the thin line between music and comedy."

Artist:	COASTERS, THE
Title:	One By One
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011012LP

"The Coasters' 1960 'meet-the-band' LP wherein the singers are presented not as a group but as individual soloists, represented a complete departure from what the Coasters rose to fame for. If the previous material was marked musically by its rock and roll teen-age based orientation and a by a deeply satirical approach to the lyrics, this album is notable for his musical maturity instead, with swingin', jazz-inspired arrangements brought by a full complement of musicians and an expensive production, resulting in a Coasters' album that appealed not only to the youthful fan-base, but to adults of a more cultivated and advanced musical taste."

Artist:	DARIN, BOBBY
Title:	Bobby Darin
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011013LP

"Often compared to Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin, Bobby was one of the greatest American singers. Born in the Bronx to a poor, working class family at the height of the great depression, Darin's career took off in 1958 when he wrote and recorded 'Splish Splash,' as a result of a bet with radio DJ Murray 'The K' Kaufman, who bet Darin that he could not write a song that started out with the words, 'splish splash, I was takin' a bath', as suggested by Kaufman's mother. Though he later became an actor, a comedian and even a political folk singer of indisputable value, his 1958 debut remains an unprecedented classic in the history of rock and roll."

Artist:	TEENAGERS FEAT. FRANKIE LYMON, THE
Title:	The Teenagers
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011014LP

"New York doo-wop group centered around the talent of its 13-year-old frontman and lead singer Frankie Lymon, the Teenagers exerted an enormous influence on the early rock and roll and doo-wop scene, and hits such as 'I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent' or 'Why Do Fools Fall in Love?' clearly provided initial inspiration to Berry Gordy to model his entire Motown production approach. Though they only existed as a group for a brief 18-month period, they've been mentioned as source of inspiration by the likes of Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Michael Jackson over the years. Their self-titled first album originally issued on Gee, remained in print longer than any other album from the 1950s, thanks in part to one of the most distinctive looking album covers of its period."

Artist:	BELAFONTE, HARRY
Title:	Calypso
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011015LP

"Originally released in 1956, Belafonte's third album was the first full-length gramophone LPs to sell over one million copies, topping the charts for thirty-one weeks on the strength of hits like 'Jamaica Farewell' and the immortal 'Banana Boat (Day-O)'. Mostly consisting of music written by the Trinidadian songwriter Lord Burgess, Calypso had an incredible impact on popular music of the '50s and '60s, bringing Caribbean rhythms to a wider audience and making Belafonte one of the most successful Caribbean-American pop stars in history. An absolute landmark in '50s American pop culture."

Artist:	DIDDLEY, BO
Title:	Bo Diddley
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011016LP

"The full-length debut by the man known as the originator of rock and roll should need no introduction. Though never a top seller on par with his Chess Records rival Chuck Berry, Bo produced a catalog of classics to compete with all but a handful of the best early rockers, pushing rock and roll to its funkiest ever. The Bo Diddley beat--that 'bomp, ba-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp' to which the pop-garage 1965 hit 'I Want Candy' by the Strangeloves owes everything--is one of rock and roll's bedrock rhythms, showing up in the work of Buddy Holly, the Velvet Underground, and the Rolling Stones to name but a few. An all time classic that stretched back as far as Africa for its roots, and looked as far into the future as rap, while still remaining a milestone in the transition from blues to early rock and roll."

Artist:	DION & THE BELMONTS
Title:	Presenting Dion & The Belmonts
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011018LP

"The seminal first album from Dion & The Belmonts, the epitome of Italian American doo-wop by a group of teenagers who got their start singing on street corners of the Bronx. Revealing a musical soul that transcended the limitations of teen pop (and foreshadowed group leader Dion Di Mucci's future solo career) with immortal rock and roll hits like 'I Wonder Why' or 'Teenager in Love', still among some of the best examples of white vocal R&B to come out of New York in the '50s."

Artist:	STEVENS, APRIL
Title:	Teach Me Tiger!
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011019LP

"One of the sexiest voices of the '50s, April Stevens' hit 'Teach Me Tiger' (often erroneously accredited to Marilyn Monroe) caused a minor uproar due to his sexual suggestiveness when it first came out on the Imperial label in 1959, and consequently did not receive airplay on many radio stations, reaching only no. 86 in the Billboard charts even though his fan-base had been ever-growing since her first big seller 'I'm In Love Again' came out on RCA Victor in 1951. Described as the 'girl with the pin-up voice,' or 'the intimate miss with the musical kiss,' this is her one and only, full-length album, in which, backed by famous arranger and composer Henry Rene, April introduces a new frontier in sexy-singing. As one of her many fan letters would explain: 'Other vocalists sing, but you actually talk to a guy and boy, the things you say!'"

Artist:	AITKEN, LAUREL
Title:	Calypso Rock & Roll: Early Mento Recordings
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011020LP

"Unmissable singles collection documenting the early days of the man the world will always remember as the 'Godfather of Ska'. Born in Cuba in 1927 but raised in Jamaica, Laurel Aitken played an important role in the growth of the 'Mento' music (indigenous Jamaican folk-based music, blending elements of European melody and African rhythm) phenomenon, while the Jamaican music industry was taking its first, hesitant steps back in 1958. Including such classics as the 'Day-O'-influenced 'Mass Charlie' or the pivotal 'Calypso Rock 'n' Roll', this is a must-have for anyone willing to know more on the origins of rocksteady and ska."

Artist:	AITKEN, LAUREL
Title:	Boogie In My Bones: Early Steps Of The Godfather Of Ska
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011021LP

"More of the R&B and early Mento singles by the Godfather of Jamaican ska. Chronicling his last twelve months before leaving the island in 1960, this collection includes his collaborations with legendary Jamaican producers such as Chris Blackwell and Duke Reid, confirming his calypso leanings, but also anticipating that pronounced guitar offbeat heralding the approach of ska. Over the course of many years the man became a legend for mods, punks, skinheads and 2Tone fans all over the world, but his roots are here in his late '50s and early '60s production."

Artist:	SHIRELLES
Title:	Tonight's The Night
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011022LP

"Formed in Passaic, New Jersey in 1958, the Shirelles were four high school friends who went from their school's talent show to hitting national charts in just a few months. Defining the so-called 'girl group' sound with their blend of Doo Wop, R&B and smooth uptown soul music, the Shirelles were the first major all-female group of the whole rock era, and their success was unprecedented and paved the way to legions of imitators. Tonight's The Night, the Shirelles first album, originally released on Scepter in 1961, features an incredible succession of hits such as the title track, 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow', 'Boys' (later made into a standard via a cover by the Beatles), or 'Dedicated To The One I Love'."

Artist:	LEWIS, JERRY LEE
Title:	Greatest!
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011023LP

"Probably one of the most controversial and disputable artists of his generation, Jerry Lee jumped on the rock and roll wagon with more ego and talent than anyone and lived to tell the tale. When he broke onto the national scene in 1957, he was every middle-class parent's worst nightmare come true: a blonde-haired Southerner playing the piano with uncontrolled fury, while simultaneously reveling in his own sexuality. Greatest! from 1961, Jerry Lee's second album originally out for the Sun Label, features his all-time hit 'Great Balls Of Fire' along with a number of rockin' cuts, making this a terrific follow-up to his groundbreaking debut."

Artist:	JOHNSON, MARV
Title:	Marvelous Marv Johnson
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011024LP

"Detroit gifted singer, songwriter and pianist Marv Johnson was a seminal figure in the early history of Motown Records. Responsible for more than a handful of hits between 1959 and 1960, he enjoyed no less than nine records in the top 100 as well as two songs on the top ten chart, after being chosen by the record producer Berry Gordy as the first artist to be released on his fledging record label TAMLA, in which Marv kept recording and working on sales and promotion until the late '70s. Often overlooked compared to the other great R&B stars of those years, Johnson's rich legacy includes dozens of brilliant soulful songs, like the immortal chart-smasher 'You Got What It Takes' and the classic 'Come To Me'."

Artist:	MCPHATTER & THE DRIFTERS, CLYDE
Title:	Clyde Mcphatter & The Drifters
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011026LP

"Originally issued in 1958 on Atlantic, the Drifters' debut album, as was customary at the time, was mostly an aggregate of all-killer chart-toppers, some by McPhatter as a solo act, some by the group he led, that had been released over several previous years. A prime exponent of gospel-to-pop crossover, McPhatter brought the church onto the rock and roll bandstand, making his Drifters one of the preeminent male vocal groups of the whole doo-wop era."

Artist:	BAKER, LAVERN
Title:	La Vern
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011027LP

"Coming at a time when jazz singing was slowly evolving into an earthier, more emotionally fervent style known as rhythm and blues, Lavern Baker's debut album on Atlantic, dated 1956, proved her to be one of the key vocalists who furthered that transition. The niece of legendary blues singer Memphis Minnie, Baker was blessed with a powerful, soul-tinged voice that she put to use since her teens under the stage name 'Miss Sharecropper' and which eventually earned her a contract with Atlantic in 1953. Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1990, Lavern was one of the most successful R&B artists of her era."

Artist:	BAKER, LAVERN
Title:	La Vern Baker
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011028LP

"Dolores Lavern Baker, responsible for a couple of dozen hits both on the R&B and Pop Charts of the late 50's, proved capable of melding blues, jazz and R&B styles in a way that made possible the emergence of a new idiom: rock and roll. She was also the first black artist to file a legal grievance against a white artist when she sued competing label Mercury recording artist Georgia Gibbs for covering one of her hits. Although she lost that battle, it set an important precedent! She was also one of the first R&B acts to bring rock and roll to the Ed Sullivan Show, opening the genre to a much wider audience. Lavern Baker is still considered one of the most remarkable female vocalists of her era, creating a sultry yet hard image that inspires female R&B singers to this day."

Artist:	JACKSON, WANDA
Title:	There's a Party Goin' On
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011029LP

"The first female singer of the early rock and roll era, Wanda was encouraged to try rock and roll by Elvis Presley himself. It was 1955 when Wanda met Elvis during the 'Ozark Jubilee,' a country tour through the south. She didn't think she had the voice for it, but he disagreed. He even recommended some songs for her. At first she was reluctant, but she signed a recording contract with Capitol and decided to give it a try. During the next few years, Wanda produced numerous examples of raw, prototypical rock & roll. The most distinctive aspect was her voice. She developed a wild, growling sound that at times sounds possessed or strangely alien, capable of going from sweet innocence to hellcat at the push of a button. Originally released in 1959 during the 'Queen of Rockabilly's' prime at Capitol Records, There's A Party Goin' On features a solid collection of songs in tune with the title track as well as covers of a handful of early rock hits such as 'Tweedlee Dee' and 'Kansas City.' The set is highlighted by the staggering guitar playing of Roy Clark as exemplified on the standout cut 'Hard Headed Woman.'"

Artist:	JACKSON, WANDA
Title:	Rockin' with Wanda
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011030LP

"Equal parts straight rockabilly, hilarious late 50's camp, honky tonk, and country music, Wanda Jackson's Rockin' With Wanda, originally released on Capitol in 1960, helped her to establish her title, 'the Queen Of Rockabilly'. But Wanda's massive influence on defining the exact nature of early rock and roll music went far beyond her genre and her 'heyday' during the '50s & '60s. For pure energy and rebelliousness, it compares favorably with the best of Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. On stage, Wanda wore tight silk dresses, red lipstick, and high heels. She wanted to add glamor and sex appeal to her image, and, man, did she ever! The female equivalent of Presley's leather suits and pelvic thrusting, she was the first woman to bring sex appeal to the rock and roll stage. In fact, she was so sexy, she wasn't allowed on stage at the Grand Ol' Opry until she covered her shoulders. If ever Elvis had a female counterpart, it'd be Wanda (she briefly dated Presley in 1955, so there you go). 'Fujiyama Mama,''Mean, Mean Man,' 'Don'a Wan'a' are just a few of the classic tunes contained in this remastered, virgin vinyl reissue of Wanda's absolute masterpiece."

Artist:	SHANNON, DEL
Title:	Runaway
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011031LP

"Compiled mostly to take advantage of the title track single's number one chart position, Del Shannon's debut album came out as one of the few great rock And roll albums to be released in America in 1961. Runaway, a forlorn tale of lost love, its rippling piano accompaniment driven by guitar, saxophone and bass rhythm section, guaranteed him a place in the annals of rock 'n' roll. While his vocal style, which veered from silky smooth to a wicked rasp before taking off into a soaring falsetto, became his trump card, Runaway also features a surreal, unearthly electronic keyboard solo that gave this single a unique flavor. But there's way more here to appreciate: the opening track 'Misery,' a catchy Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman number that shows off Shannon in the same pained, romantic mode as 'Runaway,' 'Jody,' 'Day Dreams' and '(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame' (made world famous just a few month's later by the almighty Elvis Presley!) are just a few of the numerous cuts included in an album that played a sole part in the transition from rock and roll to '60s pop music."

Artist:	KIDD & THE PIRATES, JOHNNY
Title:	Shakin' All Over - The Early Singles 1959-1961
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011032LP

"It may be surprising that the Beatles were not the first British rock act to top the charts with one of their own compositions: that honor goes to Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, whose No. 1 'Shakin All Over' is also the first British-penned rock and roll hit to ever reach US top 20. Johnny, who wore an eye patch and calf length cowboy boots on stage to enhance his pirate image, was offered a contract by HMV in 1959 to record their first single, 'Please Don't Touch,' a song that 22 years later revisited the UK charts by heavy metal heroes Motorhead & Girlschool. Unfortunately, like many other labels of that era, EMI was never sure how best to deal with rock & roll success and though the group was among the finest rock combos of the early '60s, with a wild stage act that had them playing in pirate regalia, it never had enough consistent chart success to put it back in the top ranks of Britain's rock hierarchy, though they received a great deal of respect from the younger generation of rock & rollers. This LP collects all their early singles between 1959-1961, including all of Johnny Kidd's unforgettable hits."

Artist:	MIGHTY SPARROW, THE
Title:	King Sparrow's Calypso Carnival
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011033LP

"The undisputed manifesto-album from original Trinidadian Calypso singer Mighty Sparrow, who along with longtime friend and rival Lord Melody, helped popularize Calypso internationally, right after Belafonte's 1956 full scale success. With his ultra-sweet vocals and lyrics that speak of romance and topical politics, Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco) is an 11-time winner of the calypso monarchy and an eight-time winner of Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival Road March competition. Winning the Carnival competition in 1956 with 'Jean and Dinah,' he received a grand prize of 40 dollars. In protest, he wrote a scorching indictment of the Trinidadian music industry, 'Carnival Boycott.' Despite his refusal to compete in the Carnival contests for the next three years, Sparrow became one of the Caribbean's most successful artists, emerging as a relevant and representative voice of his time and society."

Artist:	WILLIAMS, ANDRE
Title:	Bacon Fat: The Fortune Singles 1956-1957
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011034LP

"One of the last remaining links to the heyday of R&B and funk, 'Mr. Rhythm' is a pure living legend of black music. He not only produced and wrote songs for folks like Ike Turner, Parliament/Funkadelic, Edwin Starr, and Stevie Wonder, and worked at seminal labels like Chess, Motown, and Fortune Records, but he also wrote and sang an enormous number of his own songs, cult classics like 'Jail Bait,' 'Greasy Chicken,' and 'Bacon Fat'. This release focuses on the earliest -- and dirtiest -- years of his five-decade-long career, compiling all of his singles from 1957-1958 for the legendary Fortune Records label."

Artist:	COASTERS, THE
Title:	Greatest Hits
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011035LP

"The Coasters' second full album from 1959, and follow-up to their groundbreaking self titled debut, is more of a retrospective of their early singles, reviewing an incredible succession of hits. Slightly preceding the One by One album where they switched to a jazzier approach, this is pure sweaty West Coast R&B at its peak: 'Poison Ivy,' 'Charlie Brown,' and 'Yakety Yak' are just a few unforgettable top-sellers from the band that most remarkably added the word 'fun' to the rock and roll dictionary."

Artist:	CHANTELS, THE
Title:	We Are the Chantels
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011036LP

"The first, and probably the greatest of all girl groups, the Chantels broke into recording in the late '50s, behind their lead singer Arlene Smith. They were, in fact, so early that the original version of this album, featuring a picture of the group on the cover, was soon withdrawn and repackaged with a picture of two white teenagers picking out a song from a jukebox. Originally released on the End record label in 1957, the Chantels' debut consists of little more than both sides of their first six singles for the label, resulting in almost a greatest-hits package. Reissued here in its original (and highly hard to find!) 'plantation girls' cover, this is probably the most seminal and influential record in the 'all-female' chapter of rock and roll history."

Artist:	DOMINO, FATS
Title:	This Is Fats Domino
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011037LP

"Originally released in 1956 on the Imperial label and collecting both old and new chart-smashers, most of which were co-written with Dave Bartolomew, This Is Fats Domino explains the legendary role Antoine Domino had, and still has, in New Orleans' popular culture. 'Blueberry Hill,' 'Rockin' and Reeling,' 'The Fat Man's Hop...' this is the soundtrack to a trip to Bourbon Street. 'Fats won't ever grow like a weed or be as tall as a building,' they used to say in New Orleans, 'but he's as strong as the Mississippi and he'll be around just as long.'"

Artist:	SUPREMES, THE
Title:	Meet The Supremes
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011041LP

"The debut album by Diana Ross' Supremes originally came out in late 1962, right after Motown's boss Berry Gordy signed them and changed their name (the group was previously referred to as 'The Primettes') and immediately before Barbara Martin left the band (which cost her being cut from the legendary '3 on the barstools' cover, and the loss of any royalties from the album). Mainly a collection of their early singles, Meet The Supremes features pure soul gems like 'I Want A Guy', 'Buttered Popcorn', '(He's) Seventeen' and many more little classics recorded by this quartet of seventeen year-olds who, although still far from the international star status they would soon achieve, helped pave the road to the definition of the classic 'Motown Sound'."

Artist:	MARVELETTES, THE
Title:	Please Mr. Postman
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011042LP

"The Marvelettes' debut album from 1961 was the sixth release on Motown and the first big success for the company after the Miracles. Released too early to picture four African American schoolmates on the cover (which did not become customary before late 1962), Please Mr. Postman was released on the wave of the popular success of the album's title track, the first Motown number-one single and one of the first recorded by an all girl group. Despite their early success, the group was eclipsed in popularity by long-term opponents the Supremes, with whom they shared an intense rivalry that caused the girls' mental breakdowns and illnesses of all kinds, until their definitive disbanding. The Marvelettes were Motown's first successful girl group as well as the most underrated: while the Supremes and the Vandellas have been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since the late 80's, the Marvelettes' nomination for induction arrived in 2012."

Artist:	TURNER, IKE & TINA
Title:	The Soul Of Ike & Tina
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011043LP

"Well-known for her trademark legs, throaty voice, and boundless stage energy, Tina Turner was one of the sexiest and most popular international performers of the 20th century. Ike Turner, a well established seminal figure in the early years of rock & roll as both a performer and talent scout, met her one night in St. Louis while he was performing with his 'Kings Of Rhythm': she just grabbed the microphone and sang a B.B. King song, impressing Ike so immediately and overwhelmingly that he asked her to perform regularly with them. The rest is history: Ike's slick managing skills and songwriting, along with Tina's intensely energetic lead voice, three back-up 'Ikettes' and a technically airtight eight-piece band produced a combination of country blues, rock and roll, ghetto rhythm and gospel passion that created a legend lasting 50 years. 'It's Gonna Work Out Fine, ' 'I Pity the Fool, ' 'I Idolize You, and 'Tra La La La La.' are just some of the R&B gems included in their 1960 astonishing debut album."

Artist:	BEACH BOYS, THE
Title:	Surfin' Safari
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011044LP

"Formed in 1961 when Dennis Wilson, the only Beach Boy to regularly visit the beach, asked his brother Brian to write a song about the sport of surfing. The Beach Boys reached number 75 in national charts with their first single (the resultant song 'Surfin'') and were immediately signed to a major label. Though many debut albums in the early '60s were mainly built around a few smash-hits, the Beach Boys' 1962 full length debut on Capitol (featuring such hits as 'Surfin' Safari,' '409' and their version of the Eddie Cochran classic 'Summertime Blues') remains one of the greatest first steps in American pop culture, and a mandatory chapter in the history of rock and roll."

Artist:	WELLS, MARY
Title:	Bye Bye Baby: I Don't Want To Take A Chance
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011045LP

"Released in August 1961, Mary Wells' debut album was the very first LP on the legendary Motown label. To hear Mary Wells' rich-throated belting of the lyrics on 'Bye Bye Baby' is a reminder of the even greater artistic career that might have been had Motown mogul Barry Gordy and producer Smokey Robinson not opted to soften and commercialize Wells sound. The raw power in Wells' voice is evident much more so than on her later and better-known hits. While the song is entirely secular and romantic in its R&B riffs, Wells' gospel choir training is amply evident. It's more reminiscent of the type of recordings for which Aretha Franklin would later become known than of the smooth pop sound prominent on most of Wells' other hits. Not only an incredibly underrated R&B album, filled with a quantity of killer dancefloor-fillers, but an important insight into an artist and her record company both taking their first steps toward what would be the eventual enduring legacy of each."  

Artist:	GAYE, MARVIN
Title:	The Soulful Moods Of...
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011046LP

"The very first album by one the greatest and most influential singers in the fields of soul and R&B came out in 1961 on the Motown label and sees Marvin singing, playing drums, and piano on an album of mainly rearranged jazz and pop standards, inspired by his passion for Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. Though this is not Gaye with a fully developed style, and it is hardly the innovative legend of Let's Get It On or What's Going On this is still top notch jazzy-soul that reveals traces of what would soon become a legend. The studio musicians come up with nice arrangements of the material, sometimes even with hints of the punch they would bring to his later, chart-topping material. Though a little before Marvin got his 'groove on,' this is still the first of four albums of jazz covers he recorded and an important look at the early days of the Motown-sound."

Artist:	PRICE, LLOYD
Title:	The Exciting Lloyd Price
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011047LP

"Born in Kenner, Louisiana and growing up in the suburbs of New Orleans, Lloyd Price knew massive success very early when Art Rupe of Specialty Records visited New Orleans searching for new talents and heard his 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy' and wanted to record it. Price had no band back then, so Rupe hired Dave Bartholomew and his band (which included Fats Domino on piano) to back Price up in the session. The resulting single was a total chart-smasher and it took a long long time for poor Lloyd to equal such an achievement. In 1954 he was drafted and ended up in Korea, when he returned not only did he find that he had been replaced by Little Richard, but his precious chaffeur, Larry Williams, had also become a Specialty recording artist. But between 1957 and 1959, first under his own KRC records and then after he signed to ABC-Paramount, Price recorded a series of national hits most of which ended up on his astonishing 1959 debut album."

Artist:	LITTLE EVA
Title:	L-L-L-L-Loco Motion
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011048LP

"Perhaps no babysitter in history got a bigger break than Eva Narcissus Boyd, who babysat for songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin. It was early 1962 when they were inspired by a dance Little Eva was doing around the house and wrote a song called 'The Locomotion.' Originally meant for Dee Dee Sharp, returning home one day Carole and Gerry found their babysitter singing it. They liked what they heard, so they rushed her into the studio, with King doing the backing vocals. Little Eva was only sixteen when 'The Locomotion' hit number one. Her salary as the Goffins' babysitter was $35 dollars a week. Her earnings from 'The Locomotion' were reported to be around thirty thousand dollars. She appeared on television shows and in numerous magazines. She performed live in the U.S. and did several tours of England. Remembered by most as a one hit wonder Little Eva was more than that and her debut album on the Dimension label reveals one of the funniest yet talented artists of the 'girl groups' era. Also features her second chart smasher 'Keep Your Hands Off My Baby,' later covered on stage by the Beatles."

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