VA • The Specialty Story #5

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: 5
1. Our Romance - Clydie King
2. Jenny Jenny - Little Richard
3. Miss Ann - Little Richard
4. Short Fat Fannie - Larry Williams
5. Leavin' It All Up To You - Don & Dewey
6. Keep A Knockin' - Little Richard
7. Bony Moronie - Larry Williams
8. Twitchy - Rene Hall's Orchestra
9. I'll Come Running Back To You - Sam Cooke
10. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
11. slow Down - Larry Williams
12. Dizzy, Miss Lizzy - Larry Williams
13. Justine - Don & Dewey
14. True Fine Mama - Little Richard
15. Ooh! My Soul - Little Richard
16. Lights Out - Jerry Byrne
17. The Love Of God - Soul Stirrers
18. Koko Joe - Don & Dewey
19. Baby Face - Little Richard
20. There's A Moose On The Loose - Roddy Jackson
21. Haunted House - Johnny Fuller
22. She Said, 'Yeah' - Larry Williams
23. Bad Boy - Larry Williams
24. Farmer John - Don & Dewey
25. Big Boy Pete - Don & Dewey
26. Bama Lama Bama Loo - Little Richard

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