VA • The Specialty Story #4

Review by Cub Koda
Label-owner Art Rupe was a savvy businessman who knew the black jukebox industry and what made it tick when he started his Specialty label in the late-'40s. This sumptuous five-disc box set contains a bevy of highlights from this seminal R&B/rock & roll label. Over the years, Rupe recorded a little bit of everything; early big band jump (the Liggins brothers), down-home blues and zydeco (Guitar Slim, Frankie Lee Sims, Clifton Chenier), gospel (early Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers), and doo wop (the Pentagons, Jesse Belvin). But with the discovery of the label's biggest star, Little Richard, in 1955, here is where the real story of rock & roll begins. A box set that no lover of the real thing can be without.

 

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Reseña de Cub Koda
El dueño de la discográfica Art Rupe era un inteligente hombre de negocios que conocía la industria de la rocola negra y lo que la hizo funcionar cuando empezó su discográfica especializada a finales de los 40. Esta suntuosa caja de cinco discos contiene un grupo de elementos destacados de esta etiqueta seminal de R&B/rock & roll. A lo largo de los años, Rupe grabó un poco de todo; los primeros saltos de las grandes bandas (los hermanos Liggins), blues y zydeco (Guitar Slim, Frankie Lee Sims, Clifton Chenier), gospel (los primeros Sam Cooke y los Soul Stirrers), y doo wop (los Pentágonos, Jesse Belvin). Pero con el descubrimiento de la mayor estrella del sello, Little Richard, en 1955, aquí es donde comienza la verdadera historia del rock & roll. Una caja que ningún amante de lo real puede prescindir.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disc: 4
1. Nite Owl - Tony Allen & The Champs
2. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
3. Eternity - Ernest Kador
4. Rich Woman - L'il Millet & His Creoles
5. Squeeze Box Boogie - Clifton Chenier
6. Touch The Hem Of His Garment - Soul Stirrers
7. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
8. Slippin' And Sliding (Peepin' And Hidin') - Little Richard
9. Oh Rooba-Lee - Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns
10. Gloria - Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns
11. Cherokee Dance - Bob Landers With Willie Joe And His Unitar
12. Rip It Up - Little Richard
13. Ready Teddy - Little Richard
14. Sweet Breeze - Vernon Green & The Phantoms
15. (Every Time I Hear That) Mellow Saxophone - Roy Montrell
16. She's Got It - Little Richard
17. Heeby-Jeebies - Little Richard
18. Should I Ever Love Again - Wynona Carr
19. Just To Hold My Hand - Big Boy Myles & The Shaw-Wees
20. The Girl Can't Help It - Little Richard
21. all around The World - Little Richard
22. Oooh-Where Baby - Art Neville
23. Just Becuase - Larry Williams
24. Lucille - Little Richard
25. Send Me Some Lovin' - Little Richard
26. Open Up Your Heart - Eugene Church

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