Notes: 24
King recordings transferred from the original masters – includes “Breakin’
Up the
House,” “Snaggle Tooth Ruth,” and “Train Kept A-Rollin.’”
James Brown & the Famous Flames: Try Me
Notes: Brown’s
second album on King = includes 16 smash tracks recorded between the
years 1956 and 1958. (Polygram)
James Brown & the Famous Flames: Tell Me What
You’re Gonna Do
Notes: Compilation
of King tracks from the late 50s and early 60s.
(Charly)
James Brown & the Famous Flames: Soul Pride – Instrumentals
1960-69
[2 CDs]
Notes: Singles,
concert cuts, and unreleased King recordings - tracks that also made it
onto
such albums as James Brown Presents His Band and Five Other Great Artists
–
Carnival of Songs – James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the
U.S.A. –
Prisoner of Love – Showtime – Grits and Soul – James
Brown Plays James Brown
Today and Yesterday – James Brown Plays New Breed –
Handful of Soul –
Nothing But Soul – Soulful Christmas – James Brown Plays
and Directs Popcorn –
Sex Machine – It’s a Mother – Ain’t It Funky Now.
(Polydor)
James Brown & the Famous Flames: JB40
Notes: 40 tracks
(presumably) from both pre- and post-King era = includes “Mother
Popcorn” – “Please, Please, Please” – “I Got You (I Feel Good)” – “Cold
Sweat” –
“Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” – “Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)”
–
“The Payback” – “Super Bad” – “Sex Machine” – “My Thang.”
(Poly-something)
James Brown & the Famous Flames: Santa’s Got a
Brand New Bag
Notes: 16 tracks
– all King cuts – from LPs mainly [Soulful Christmas – James
Brown
Sings Christmas Songs – Hey America, It’s Christmas] plus a
few 45s; includes
“Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto” (co-written with Hank Ballard),
“Christmas
in Heaven,” “Go Power at Christmas Time,” “Soulful Christmas,” “Please
Come
Home for Christmas,” “Let’s Unite the Whole World at Christmas,” “Sweet
Little
Baby Boy,” “Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay,” and “Hey America.”
(Rhino)
Roy Brown: Blues Deluxe
Notes: 24 King
tracks from the early 50s = includes “Love Don’t Love Nobody,”
“Teenage Jamboree,” and “Good Rockin’ Man.”
(Charly Full)
Roy Brown: Mighty, Mighty Man
Notes:
22 King tracks from 1953-1959.
(Ace)
Roy Brown: The Best of Roy Brown
Notes:
18 tracks; includes “Mighty, Mighty Man” – “Cadillac Baby” – “Black
Diamond” –
“Rockin’ at Midnight” – “Boogie at Midnight” – “Butcher Pete” (pts. 1 &
2) –
“Bar Room Blues” – “Beautician Blues” – “Laughing But Crying” – “Big Town”
–
“Good Rocking Tonight” – “Ain’t No Rockin’ No More.”
(Rhino)
The Delmore Brothers: Freight Train Boogie
Notes:
Compilation of hillbilly boogie and blues recordings from the 40s and 50s;
includes
thirteen tunes recorded at King's own studios between the years 1947 and
1952
and features "You Can't Do Wrong and Get By" [with (most probably) the
great
Roy Lanham on guitar]. (Ace)
Bill Doggett & His Combo: All His Hits
[re-release of King LP# KCD-5009]
Notes:
Includes “Honky Tonk” (pt. 1) – “Honky Tonk (pt. 2)” – “Ram-Bunk-Shush”
–
“Blip Blop” – “Slow Walk” – “High Heels” – “Moondust” – “Big Dog Blues”
(pt. 1) –
“Smokie” (pt. 2) -- “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.”
(Highland Music)
Charlie Feathers: Get With It
[2 CDs]
Notes:
Includes all 4 singles Feathers recorded for King: “One
Hand Loose” / “Can’t
Hardly Stand It” – “Bottle to the Baby” / “Everybody’s Lovin’ My Baby”
–
“Too Much Alike” / “When You Come Around” – “When You Decide” /
“Nobody’s Woman.” (Revenant)
The ‘5’ Royales: The‘5’ Royales Sing for You
Notes:
Includes "The Slumber [sic] the Slum" -- "Double or Nothing" -- "Don't
Let It
Be in Vain" -- "The Feeling Is Real" -- "Tell the Truth" -- "I Ain't Getting
Caught" --
"When I Got Like This" -- "Your Only Love" -- "The Real Thing" -- "Do Unto
You";
re-issue of original 1959 King LP KCD-616, a collector's item currently
valued
to be between $200-$400. (Highland
Music)
The ‘5’ Royales: The ‘5’ Royales Anthology
[2 CDs]
Notes:
41 tracks from the Apollo and King labels = includes “Monkey Hips and Rice”
–
“Think” – “Laundromat Blues” – “Mohawk Squaw” – “Helpless” – “Thirty Second
Lover” – “Do the Cha Cha Cherry” – “The Slummer the Slum” – “I Know
It’s Hard
But It’s Fair” – “Darling, I Hum Our Song” – “Courage to Love” – “Stay
in My
Lonely Arms” – “L.A. (My Town)” – “Teahouse in China Town” – “Love Feels
Like Fire.” (Rhino)
Wynonie Harris: Here Comes the Blues
[Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll series (vol. 4)]
Notes:
Original recordings from 1945-1946 by the Louis Prima of R&B, Mr. Blues.
(President)
Wynonie Harris: Women, Whisky, and Fish Tails
Notes:
Compilation of later King recordings.
(Ace)
Wynonie Harris: The Best of Wynonie Harris
Notes:
18 tunes, each one a winner = includes “Bloodshot Eyes” – “Luscious Woman”
–
“Grandma Plays the Numbers” – “I Feel That Old Age Coming On” – “Down Boy
Down” – "Quiet Whiskey” – “Don’t Take My Whiskey Away From Me” –
“Keep on Churnin’” – “Down Boy Down” – “Git to Gittin’ Baby” – “I Like
My
Baby’s Pudding” – “All She Wants to Do is Rock” – “Good Morning, Judge”
–
“Bad News (There’ll Be No Rockin’ Tonight).”
(Rhino)
Little Willie John: The Best of Little Willie John
Notes:
20 Federal/King tracks; includes “Fever” – “All Around the World” – “Spasms”
–
“My Nerves”– “I’m Shakin’” – “Sleep” – “Person to Person” – “Home at Last”
–
“Leave My Kitten Alone” – “While the Rockin’s Good” – “Big Blue Diamonds.”
(Rhino)
Albert King: Mean Mean Blues
Notes:
Includes "Why Are You So Mean to Me?" -- "The Time Has Come" -- "This Morning"
-- "Just Plain Blues" -- "I Walked All Night Long" -- "I've Made Nights
By Myself" --
"Travelin' to California" -- "I Need You By My Side"
(Highland Music)
Freddy King: Blues Guitar Hero -- The Influential Early
Sessons
Notes:
24 tracks from his Federal/King years = includes “Hideaway” – “San-Ho-Zay”
–
“Sen-Sa-Shun” – “Takin’ Care of Business” – “Sittin’ on the Boat Dock”
–
“I’m Tore Down” – “She Put the Whammy on Me” – “Christmas Tears.”
(Ace)
Freddy King: The Best of Freddy King
Notes: 20 tracks
in all; includes “Lonesome Whistle Blues” – “Remington Ride” –
“The Stumble” – “See See Baby” – “”I Love the Woman” – “My Feeling for
the Blues” – “Palace of the King” – “Going
Down.” (Rhino)
Moon Mullican: Seven Nights to Rock -- The King Years,
1946-1956
Notes:
Includes such barrelhouse piano-driven classics as “Shoot the Moon,” “Grandpa
Stole My Baby,” and “Rocket to the Moon.”
(Rounder)
Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys: Eponymous
Notes:
Includes “How Mountain Girls Can Love” – “Heaven Seemed So Near” – “Keep
a
Memory Train” – “Your Selfish Heart” – “Clinch Mountain Backstep” – “Love
Me
Darling, Just Tonight” – “Midnight Ramble”; release of King LP KCD-615]
(Highland Music)
Billy Ward & the Dominoes: The Best of Billy Ward
& the Dominoes
Notes: 20 tracks
from the Clyde McPhatter and Jackie Wilson years = includes “Sixty
Minute Man” – “Chicken Blues” – “’No!’ Says My Heart” – “Rags to Riches”
–
“Harbor Lights” – “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano” – “Star Dust”
–
“The Bells” – “Weeping Willow Blues” – “Do Something for Me” – “I Am With
You.” (Rhino)
Various Artists: The King R&B
Box Set
[4CDs + booklet]
Notes:
85 songs on four CDs plus 3 segments of chit-chat from the big man himself,
Syd Nathan. Disc 1 covers the years 1945-1951; disc 2 covers
1951-1955; disc 3
covers 1955-1965; and disc 4 includes unissued and alternate takes.
Artists
represented include Bull Moose Jackson, The Ravens, Lonnie Johnson, Wynonie
Harris, Roy Brown, Todd Rhodes, Ivory Joe Hunter, Joe Thomas, Eddie Vinson,
Tiny Bradshaw, Mabel Scott, The Dominoes, Earl Bostic, Lucky Millinder,
Sonny
Thompson, The Swallows, Professor Longhair (Roy Byrd), Dave Bartholomew,
Lil Greenwood & the Four Jacks, The Royals, Little Willie Littlefield,
Annisteen
Allen, Hot Lips Page, Little Esther, Big Jay McNeely, Young John Watson,
The
Midnighters, The Charms, Lula Reed, Champion Jack Dupree, Earl King, Little
Willie
John, Otis Williams, Billy Gayles, Bill Doggett, Annie Laurie, The ‘5’
Royales,
Tiny Topsy, The Chanters, Hank Ballard, Teddy Humphries, Smokey Smothers,
Freddy King, The King Pins, Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson, and James Brown.
(Highland Music)
Various Artists: Risque Rhythm -- Nasty 50s R&B
Notes: Includes such
King/Federal/DeLuxe releases as “Big Ten-Inch Record”
[Moose Jackson with Tiny Bradshaw’s Orchestra] – “The Walkin’ Blues
(Walk Right In, Walk Right Out)” [The Jesse Powell Orchestra w/ Fluffy
Hunter]
– “Wasn’t That Good” [Wynonie Harris] – “Butcher Pete” (pt.
1) [Roy Brown &
His Mighty Mighty Men] – “It Ain’t the Meat” [The Swallows] – “Sixty
Minute
Man” [The Dominoes] – “Work With Me, Annie” [The Royals/Midnighters] –
“Keep On Churnin’” [Wynonie Harris with Todd Rhodes’ Orchestra] –
“Mountain Oysters” [Eddie Davis with The Bill Doggett Trio] – “Rocket 69”
[Todd Rhodes’ Orchestra with Connie Allen & the Band].
(Rhino)
Various Artists: Big Band, Blues & Boogie
[Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll series (vol. 1)]
Notes: Includes
3 King tracks – “The Honeydripper” & “We Ain’t Got Nuthin’ (But the
Blues)” [Bullmoose Jackson] and “Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well?”
[Wynonie Harris]. Also includes short biographical profile
of King house
bandleader, Lucky Millander, as well as Bullmoose Jackson and Wynonie Harris
(President)
Various Artists: Smile & Jive—Kings of Western
Swing
[2-CDs]
Notes:
Includes 3 King tracks recorded by Hank Penny & the Radio Cowboys:
“Talkin’ About You” (1945); “Flamin’ Mamie” (1945); and “These Wild, Wild
Women” (1946).
(Charly)
Various Artists: Good Rockin’ Tonight
[The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll series (vol. 3)]
Notes:
Includes 4 King tracks: “Good Rockin’ Tonight” & “Lollipop
Mama” [Wynonie
Harris]; “Give It Up” [Annisteen Allen] (*Queen imprint); <and>
“I Want a
Bowlegged Woman” [Bullmoose Jackson].
(Charly)
