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ATL 8139LP
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Reissue, originally released in 1967. Soul queen Aretha Franklin's 1967 breakthrough studio album. "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is the tenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin released on March 10, 1967, by Atlantic Records. It was Franklin's first release under her contract with the label, following her departure from Columbia Records after nine unsuccessful jazz standard albums, and marked a commercial breakthrough for her, becoming her first top 10 album in the United States, reaching number 2 on the Billboard 200." Features "Respect." Original mono recording; 180 gram vinyl.
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SD 7224HLP
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2023 repress. Stereo reissue on 180-gram vinyl. Originally released in 1972. "Manufactured by Rhino Records. Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp." "In 1949, a brief flurry of interest in old-timey country blues resulted in this 15-song session by Blind Willie McTell for the newly formed Atlantic Records. Only two songs, 'Kill It Kid' and 'Broke Down Engine Blues,' were ever issued on a failed single, and the session was forgotten until almost 20 years later. McTell is mostly solo here, vividly captured on acoustic 12-string (his sometime partner Curley Weaver may have been present on some tracks), and in excellent form. The playing and the repertory are representative of McTell as he was at this point in his career, a blues veteran rolling through his paces without skipping a beat and quietly electrifying the listener. Songs include 'Dying Crapshooter's Blues,' 'The Razor Ball,' and 'Ain't I Grand to Live a Christian.'" --Bruce Eder, AllMusic
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RB 104EP
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Classic R&B house-rocker from New Orleans born and raised bandleader, Tommy Ridgley. He started out as a featured vocalist for various bands, including a four-year stint with Dave Bartholomew, with whom he recorded his debut releases for Imperial Records. Finally forming his own band, Ridgley cut two discs for Atlantic in 1953, Jam Up being the second. A sure-fire way to get any party going, the uptempo, raucous "Jam Up" proved to be a popular number in its day, even so much that it was reissued and repackaged with over-dubbed lyrics and an alternate sax solo in 1962 as "Jam Up Twist," in an effort to cash in on the twist dance craze of that year. Sixty years on, in 2013, "Jam Up" continues to have much the same effect on the dancefloor.
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RB 102EP
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Two essentials from Ray Charles paired on one natty little 45. "Mess Around" was one of Ray's first big hits, an irresistible piece of R&B that had floors messing around all over the U.S. back when it was first released in 1953. Sixty years on, you will find that it has much the same effect -- and the same can be said of the flip-side "I Got a Woman," another absolute classic, revived a few years back via Kanye West's usage of the song on his pop hit "Gold Digger." Nothing beats the original, though!
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RB 101EP
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Two absolute classics from Atlantic's first queen of R&B, the one and only Ruth Brown. "Mambo Baby" rode the mambo craze like few other records could, hooking you right in from the shuffling bass and piano pattern of the opening bars. And when Miss Brown joins in with her typically self-assured, sassy, squealed vocals, any resistance is futile -- this is R&B perfection. As indeed is "5-10-15 Hours" on the flip, one of Brown's signature songs, and another of the finest recordings of the 1950s.
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