‘New
Breed Blues with Black Popcorn’ is a brand new selection of collectables,
curios and rug-cutters for R&B fans who feel the beat and need new sounds
to scratch their itch. Tracks such as Marva Josie's ‘You Lied’, Sinner Strong’s
‘Don t Knock It’ and The Idols ‘Just A Little Bit More’ seem to have been
around for an eternity without being responsibly comped to CD, whereas ‘Why Oh
Why’ by Austin Taylor, ‘Well I Done Got Over It’ from Bobby Mitchell and
Dolores Johnson ‘What Kind Of Man Are You’ are currently raising eyebrows and
overdrafts. J.J. Jackson's ‘Oo Ma Liddy’, Little Johnny Taylor's ‘Somewhere
Down The Line’ and Etta James ‘Nobody Loves You (Like Me)’ are perfect for this
CD. Kent's forte is the previously unissued humdinger and this CD has a handful
of the best that will tempt even the most OVO (original vinyl only) of
collectors to shell out for this piquant package. Two gems from earlier Ace CDs
can be found in Art Wheeler’s ‘Downey side Baby We're Through’ and the
Charmaines’ Fraternity number ‘Baby Please Don't Go’, while more recently
issued ‘Double Locks’ by Johnny Gosey comes from last year's CD of Kent Harris
R&B productions. Inevitably it is the debutantes that will steal the show
and attract the more traditional R&B fan. There is a pounding blues by
Freddie North from Bob Holmes tapes, when he was working with Freddie along
with Slim Harpo in Nashville in the late 60s. From Los Angeles there is an
Adolph Jacobs unreleased Class recording ‘Cannibal Stew’ that not only sounds
like the Coasters but could possibly have them singing behind him: he was their
guitarist at the time. Then we have a taster for the forthcoming Ace CD of
Richard Stamz's Chicago blues productions, with a fine mover from Tony Gideon
called ‘So Strange’ Finally there is a track that put the compiler into a state
of frenzy, ‘When You See Me Hurt’ by Carl Lester & The Showstoppers: 2
minutes 30 secs of unadulterated hip-shaking heartbreak. He must have one now!
Track Listing: -
1.
Somewhere Down The Line - Little Johnny Taylor
2. Baby
We're Through - Art Wheeler
3.
Rockin' Bed - Valerie Carr
4.
Nobody Loves You Like Me - Etta James
5. What
Kind Of Man Are You - Dolores Johnson
6. Itchy
Koo - Hank Blackman & The Killers
7. Why
Oh Why - Austin Taylor
8. This
Little Letter - James Wayne
9. Late
In The Evening - The Fran-Cettes
10. East
L.A. - Solid Jackson
11. I'm
Comin' Home - Bobby John With Jimmy Thomas, Stacy Johnson & Vernon Guy
12. When
You See Me Hurt - Carl Lester & The Showstoppers
13. Baby
Please Don't Go - Carl Edmondson With The Charmaines
14. Mr
Lonely - Freddie North
15.
Double Locks - Johnny Gosey
16. My
Baby Waited Too Long - Mamie Perry With Gus Jenkins Orchestra
17. You
Lied - Marva Josie
18.
Don't Knock It - Sinner Strong Aka Joyce Harris
19. Just
A Little Bit More - The Idols
20. Oo
Ma Liddy - J.J. Jackson & The Jackaels
21.
Cannibal Stew - Adolph Jacobs
22. So
Strange - Tony Gideon
23. You
Ought To Love Me Baby - Harold Burrage
24. Well
I Done Got Over It - Bobby Mitchell
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