Boss of the Blues

Boss of the Blues

Boss of the Blues

ASIN: B00007BHB8

Track Listings
 
1. Cherry Red
2. Roll 'Em Pete
3. I Want a Little Girl
4. Low Down Dog
5. Wee Baby Blues
6. You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)
7. How Long Blues
8. Morning Glories
9. St. Louis Blues
10. Piney Brown Blues

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
This 1956 Atlantic release features Big Joe Turner covering some of his early songs, including "Cherry Red" and "Wee Baby Blues." On this album, he's backed by Joe Newman on trumpet, Lawrence Brown on trombone, Pete Brown on alto sax, Frank Wess on tenor sax, Pete Johnson on piano, Freddie Greene on guitar, Walter Page on bass and Cliff Leeman on drums.

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The Boss
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Still a classic in 2006
  • "THE BOSS" IS A CLASSIC~BRAVO DIANA !!!
  • A Masterpiece
  • No doubt!
  • Who's the boss?
 The Boss
Diana Ross
Manufacturer: Motown
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000J2RF
Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

  1. No One Gets The Prize
  2. I Ain't Been Licked
  3. All For One
  4. The Boss
  5. Once InThe Morning
  6. It's My House
  7. Sparkle
  8. I'm In The World
  9. The Boss (Original 12in Remix)
  10. It's My House (Original Promotion-Only 12in Remix)

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While hardly as superfine a Ross vehicle as the Chic-produced Diana of a year later, 1979's The Boss does offer a few tracks of prime Ashford and Simpson-helmed disco-pop. Foremost among them are the title track (also heard on this augmented CD reissue in an even better 12-inch remix), "No One Gets the Prize," and "I Ain't Been Licked." All three offer a mix of sass and vulnerability that's among the diva's most pleasing stances. "All for One" and "I'm in the World" try too hard in their ways to reinvent Ross's showbizzy anthem "Reach Out and Touch," but neither truly offends. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Still a classic in 2006.......2006-11-12

This album is one of my all time favourites by any artist. Diana is at her peak and the music has been sent direct from heaven courtesy of legendary writers Ashford & Simspon. I still get goosebumps when I play the classic dance numbers "No One Gets The Prize", "The Boss", "I Ain't Been Licked" and the smooth mid-tempo grooves of "It's My House" and "Once In The Morning". And the ballads are wonderful too - esp "All For One". We went and saw Diana live in concert in Melbourne and Sydney just a week ago (Nov 2006) and the crowds went wild when Diana belted out "The Boss" and esp when she let loose with her vocal dynamics at the end just like on the 12" extended single (included on this CD) - of course a standing ovation and a stunning vocal that everyone deserves to hear/feel. My three favourites on the album are "No One Gets The Prize", "Once In The Morning" and "It's My House" - all glorious productions. Diana fan or not, do yourself a favour and buy this classic album!

5 out of 5 stars "THE BOSS" IS A CLASSIC~BRAVO DIANA !!! .......2006-10-10

When Diana Ross went into the studio to lay down the tracks for this delicious classic that I have loved since its release, this great singer was in rare form and did some of the most inspired singing of her long and totally brilliant career...from the opening "No One Get's The Prize" it is clear that this is going to be one hell of a ride with a legendary singer in top form!!! Diana is loose, funky and supremely soulful and the material and arrangements are equally inspired and superb. The follow up release "Diana" which is another tremendous classic went through the roof but "THE BOSS" has always been my personal favorite from this Supremely Talented Diva...next track is the ultimate survival athem and "I Ain't Been Licked" is another reason why "The Boss" is the ultimate musical treasure chest of classic performances as Diana infuses this great song with a edgy and urgent vocal that is nothing less than stunning...one of those incredibly great songs that you will play over and over and love it more with each listen...Diana needs to get back into the studio with Ashford and Simpson as they are a match made in musical heaven..."All For One" is another glorious track with Diana in top ballad form infusing this classic song one with a completely gorgeous and passionate vocal performance that is nothing less than brilliant...title track "The Boss" is another song turned into an athem by Miss Ross as she infuses this great song with a tremendous vocal that is loose and wildly soulful...every song in this great collection is a winner and this is a must have for anyone who enjoys a legendary singer at the peak of her wonderous powers...BRAVO DIANA and thanks for this wonderful musical treat that is your complete masterpiece for us all to savor and enjoy until the next one...a great companion to this awesome CD is the Import DVD "Diana Ross In Concert" which is a incredibly great HBO special taped in Las Vegas during "The Boss" tour and this amazing 80 minute tour-de-force performance hopefully will be released in the US!!!


5 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece.......2006-04-16

This album is the greatest achievement of Diana Ross' career. Miss Ross sings in a way that she has ever in her career. From the opening track, "No One Get's the Prize," to the title track and especially, "Once In the Morning," every vocal is a thrilling surprise. The vocals on every track show that Ross can sing the way she's always demonstrated during her live performances, but seldom on records. This record is one of Ashford and Simpson's best production, along with Gladys Knight & the Pips', "About Love." If you are a new Ross fan, this is the record the have, in all it's remastered glory. Simply, a Masterpiece!

5 out of 5 stars No doubt!.......2006-01-31

The Boss is The Bomb. Yea, yea, the next album was "chic" and all that, and perhaps commecially her best seller. When they were in vogue, put anyone on a Chic groove and they sold by the truckloads, i.e. David Bowie, Sister Sledge, etc. Even Lady Madonna got some of their flavor. Having said all that, if you must own at least one Diana Ross album, it's got to be this one, hands down.

5 out of 5 stars Who's the boss?.......2006-01-20

You're right: in another review I referred to The Boss as being Diana's best solo effort after her first solo album in 1970. Any similarities? You bet! Ashford & Simpson are back in charge here, as there were in the late sixties and early seventies. Apparently they know how to get the best out of Ms Ross. Strong tracks with excellent rhythm and back-ups. Catchy lyrics for Diana to sing in a voice that seems to have a range larger than ever before. Looking back at that period, I feel this must have been the top of her success. Surely, about a year after this record 'Diana' was produced by Edwards and Rodgers (Chic), but personally I believe she emulates he Chic-sound on that one (she had no choice), whereas The Boss is still very Motown, combined with late seventies disco. Diana's voice sounds great here. From the eighties recordings it slowly loses its power, perhaps because of the lesser material to sing, who knows?

Boss Man
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • That Harmonica brings back memories from the 1950s
  • Caution: Mistake
  • Jimmy Reed "Boss Man"
  • Boss Man: Best of Jimmy Reed
  • A Significant Man of the Blues--How Did He Manage?
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Jimmy Reed
Manufacturer: Recall Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000K3LX
Release Date: 1999-09-15

Tracks:

  1. You Don't Have to Go
  2. High and Lonesome
  3. Boogie in the Dark
  4. You Upset My Mind
  5. I Ain't Got You
  6. Come on Baby
  7. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
  8. My First Plea
  9. You Got Me Dizzy
  10. Little Rain
  11. Sun Is Shining
  12. Honest I Do
  13. Ends and Odds
  14. You're Something Else
  15. Down in Virginia
  16. I'm Gonna Get My Baby
  17. Going to New York
  18. Take Out Some Insurance

Tracks:

  1. Baby, What You Want Me to Do
  2. Hush Hush
  3. Found Love
  4. Big Boss Man
  5. Close Together
  6. I'm a Love You
  7. Bright Lights, Big City
  8. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
  9. Down in Mississippi
  10. Let's Get Together
  11. Oh John
  12. Ain't No Big Deal
  13. Help Yourself
  14. Left Handed Woman
  15. I'm Going Upside Your Head
  16. Devil's Shoestring, Pt. 2
  17. I'm the Man Down There
  18. When Girls Do It

Album Description

36 of the late great blues guitarist/ vocalist's finest recordings for the Vee-Jay label, including 'Bright Lights, Big City', 'High And Lonesome' and 'Ain't That Lovin' You Baby'. Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars That Harmonica brings back memories from the 1950s.......2007-03-20

Jimmy Reed is the first blues artist I ever heard. When I heard this cat playin on the A.M. dial (man there was no F.M. then) and I heard "Hush, Hush," "Big Boss Man," and "Bright Lights, Big City," I was hooked on the blues forever. Harmonica and Jimmy Reed are synomymous in my opinion. In this compilation he plays a lot but when he gets down on "The Sun Is Shining," Let's Get It Together," "Ain't That Loving You Baby," the three I mentioned above and many others, I close my eyes and am young again. I am a BIG Jimmy Reed fan..buy this one and I think you will be also be a BIG fan of Jimmy "Harmonica" Reed.

2 out of 5 stars Caution: Mistake.......2006-10-03

I got this CD specifically for the song "I'm Going Upside Your Head", which is listed as track #15 on CD 2. This song by Jimmy Reed is hard to find except on multi-disc boxes, which are generally more JR than anyone needs, since JR's sound and songs really do become quite repetitive from one track to another. Only problem is that track #15 on CD 2 is NOT "I'm Going Upside Your Head" -- it's something else, not very good. A major disappointment! The rest of the 2 CDs are as listed, and do include most of JR's best known numbers. So if you don't particularly mind not having "I'm Going Upside Your Head", this collection is really pretty good (4 stars). Again, if you don't mind not having the song mentioned here, the single disc collection on Rhino ("Blues Masters: The Very Best of Jimmy Reed") is really your best bet (5 stars).

5 out of 5 stars Jimmy Reed "Boss Man".......2006-07-01

Took my way back to a happier time. Jimmy Reed just as I remembered him.

5 out of 5 stars Boss Man: Best of Jimmy Reed.......2005-07-26

I had tried for years to find a Jimmy Reed CD. He was one of my favorite blues artists in the 50's. My favorite was "Ain't That Lovin You Baby" which is on this album along with many other great songs.

I have just about worn it out already.

5 out of 5 stars A Significant Man of the Blues--How Did He Manage?.......2004-11-24

When white folks used to say that they couldn't understand the words of a blues song, they might well have been talking about Mathis James Reed born in the 1920s in Mississippi. Also Jimmy Reed did not have nearly the musical ability on the tools of the trade, guitar and harmonica, that his contemporaries had. And he suffered from epilepsy but was such an unabashed drunk that his malady was not diagnosed for years as he seemed just to have the predictable "DTs"(delirium tremens) from his excessive use of alcohol. It's said that his friend and collaborator Eddie "Playboy" Taylor used to nudge him when it was time for him to sing or to play his blues harp. Reed's own wife ("Mama Reed") can be heard singing along with him on some recordings as he would often forget the words. So how did he put a dozen or more songs on the Top 100 (more than any of the other arguably more talented bluesmen of the time?) Simple beats, easy-to-remember words and it was clearly the heartfelt blues. His "Big Boss Man" is a classic and was appropriated successfully by Charlie Rich to the point it was almost Rich's theme song. "Bright Lights, Big City" was another heartfelt tune. Elvis Presley recorded Jimmy's "Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby" as well as others. More good ones by JR include "Baby, What You Want Me to Do?" and "Take Out Some Insurance". They are all included in this package. Pay the fair price for those named tunes and the rest is gravy, a kind of "easy listening" blues. You won't think it's anybody but Jimmy Reed. "Mama Reed" was still with him when he died in 1976 in his early 50s. This is his legacy.
The Essential Boss Man: The Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years, 1953-1966
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Jimmy Reed-The Essential Boss Man
  • Greater than Elvis
 The Essential Boss Man: The Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years, 1953-1966
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ASIN: B0002Y9TTW
Release Date: 2004-11-29

Tracks:

  1. High And Lonesome
  2. You Don't Have To Go
  3. Boogie In The Dark
  4. I'm Gonna Ruin You
  5. Pretty Thing
  6. I Ain't Got You
  7. She Don't Want Me No More
  8. Come On Baby
  9. I Don't Go For That
  10. Baby, Don't Say That No More
  11. Ain't That Lovin' You, baby
  12. Can't Stand To See You Go
  13. When You Left Me
  14. I Love You, Baby
  15. My First Plea
  16. You Got Me Dizzy
  17. Honey, Don't Let Me Go
  18. It's You, Baby
  19. Honey, Where You Going?
  20. Do The Thing
  21. Little Rain
  22. Signals Of Love (Red Lights The Stop Light)
  23. The Sun Is Shining
  24. Baby, What's On Your Mind?
  25. Odds And Ends (Instrumental)

Tracks:

  1. Honest I Do
  2. My Bitter Seed
  3. Ends And Odds (Instrumental)
  4. You're Something Else
  5. A String To Your Heart
  6. Go On To School
  7. You Got Me Crying
  8. Down In Virginia
  9. I'm Gonna Get My Baby
  10. I Wanna Be Loved
  11. Caress Me Baby
  12. I Know It's A Sin
  13. You'n That Sack
  14. Going To New York
  15. I Told You, Baby
  16. Take Out Some Insurance
  17. I'm Nervous
  18. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
  19. Goin' By The River (Part 1)
  20. Where Can You Be
  21. Hush, Hush
  22. I Was (So) Wrong
  23. Blue, Blue Water
  24. Please Don't
  25. Found Love

Tracks:

  1. Big Boss Man
  2. Hold Me Close
  3. Close Together
  4. You Know You're Looking Good
  5. Kind Of Lonesome
  6. Found Joy
  7. Bright Lights, Big City
  8. Baby, What's Wrong
  9. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
  10. I'm Mr Luck
  11. Blue Carnegie (Instrumental)
  12. Good Lover
  13. Down In Mississippi
  14. Too Much
  15. Let's Get Together
  16. Shame, Shame, Shame
  17. Cold And Lonesome
  18. Up Tight
  19. Mixed Up
  20. Wear Something Green
  21. When You're Doing All Right
  22. I'm Going Upside Your Head
  23. I'm The Man Down There
  24. When Girls Do It
  25. Knockin' At Your Door

Album Details

27 Tracks from his Glorious Years from 1953 to 1966 on Vee-jay.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Jimmy Reed-The Essential Boss Man.......2007-02-12

Great, great box set with ALL the hits and ALL THE lesser known classics!
When I'm in the mood to hear Jimmy Reed songs I want them all together so I can "relive" with my buddies those days and the great sounds that we danced to and partied to in our youth! We would ware out the grooves on those Silver and Purple Vee Jay 45's! Terrific liner notes also! A must have!

5 out of 5 stars Greater than Elvis.......2007-01-26

Jimmy Reed was, arguably, greater than Elvis. He was a terrific songwriter, a singer with a laid back delivery, a screeming harmonica, and a cool guitar. Don't be fooled by this nonsense of him being unable to carry a tune, or that he was no master of the guitar or the harmonica. Maybe so. But the seemingly simple arrangements of his songs are really so subtle, inventive and marvelous that Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Keith Richard listened to his records incessantly, trying to figure out how he did it. And the Grateful Dead and Steve Miller loved him.
This being said, it is worth having all of his CDs.
To start, buy this 3-CD box set (and then Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall and Rockin' with Reed). Don't make the mistake of buying another CD boxed set, Jimmy Reed: The Classic Recordings, on the Tomato label. It has a good compilation, but plays at a very low level and has lousy sound quality. An insult to this great blues master's work.
Boss of the Blues
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Album
  • the real "Boss" of the blues!!!! Great Kansas City sounds !!!!
 Boss of the Blues
Joe Turner
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00007BHB8
Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

  1. Cherry Red
  2. Roll Em Pete
  3. I Want A Little Girl
  4. Low Down Dog
  5. Wee Baby Blues
  6. Youre Driving Me Crazy
  7. How Long Blues
  8. Morning Glories
  9. St Louis Blues
  10. Piney Brown Blues

Album Description

This 1956 Atlantic release features Big Joe Turner covering some of his early songs, including "Cherry Red" and "Wee Baby Blues." On this album, he's backed by Joe Newman on trumpet, Lawrence Brown on trombone, Pete Brown on alto sax, Frank Wess on tenor sax, Pete Johnson on piano, Freddie Greene on guitar, Walter Page on bass and Cliff Leeman on drums.

Album Description

Joe Turner teams up with his long time partner, pianist Pete Johnson, to perform rollicking Kansas City Jazz on this original 1956 Atlantic recording. 'Cherry Red', 'Wee Baby Blues' & 'Piney Brown Blues' capture the magic of Joe Turner at his best. Collectables. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Album.......2006-02-20

As I write this review, I am listening to the LP (that's right - a phonograph record) with the same cover as this CD has. I bought this LP at the US Army Post Exchange in Germany in 1959. If you like Blues at all, you should enjoy this CD. I just ordered the CD to make sure I will be able to continue listening to this great music.

5 out of 5 stars the real "Boss" of the blues!!!! Great Kansas City sounds !!!!.......2005-09-08

Here is the real Kansas City stuff.The great Big Joe Turner (not to be confused with the great Harlem stride pianist Joe Turner),born in Kansas City in 1911,swings high here.The band is a real all stars one,with some Basie-ites like Joe Newman,trumpet,Frank Wess,tenor sax,Walter Page,bass and Freddie Green,guitar,a great member of Duke Ellington's band,Lawrence BRown on trombone,plus Pete Brown on alto sax,Cliff Leeman on drums and... Pete Johnson himself on piano.
The result is a great swing session,with one of the greatest blues shouters on the front line.And even if the immense Jimmy Rushing will always be my man (listen to his incredible Columbia albums,"Little Jimmy Rushing and the big brass","the jazz odissey of James Rushing Esq","Cat meet chick" and "sings the Smith girls"),Big Joe is the other great KC voice;maybe his voice doesn't have that smoky flavor Jimmy had,and maybe he isn't so much at ease on jazz tunes that Mr Five by Five (Rushing's nickname referring to his impressive stoutness),but KC's jumping blues are his thing,and he is in this music like a fish in the sea.The masterful support of Page and Greene make the rhythm section swing like mad (like in the good old times of the Count Basie band),and the drive of Pete Johnson's piano (which can sometimes be as down to earth as Montana Taylor's) brings the band back to the essence of Kansas City swing.Big Joe was starting a new career at the time this recording was made (1956),a new career that will be going on for thirty years.
As essential as his fourties sides (the 1940 duets with Willie "the Lion" Smith,the magnificent 1941 "nobody in mind" with Sammy Price or the 1944 "little bittie gal's blues" with Pete Johnson,his associate since the early thirties,as necessary as his 1971 "Texas style" album,with a great Milt Buckner on piano and the imperial Jo Jones,the greatest master of drums,this record is a great moment of music you've to treasure.
Boss Hog
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A brilliant sloppy mess...
  • Glorious Mess
  • it's wonderful BUY IT NOW
  • NYC Punk Rock with melody, edge, and some lovely violins...
 Boss Hog
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ASIN: B000003TBL
Release Date: 1995-10-10

Tracks:

  1. Winn Coma
  2. Sick
  3. Beehive
  4. Ski Bunny
  5. Green Shirt
  6. I Dig You
  7. Try One
  8. What The Fuck
  9. White Sand
  10. I Idolize You
  11. Punkture
  12. Strawberry
  13. Walk In
  14. Texas
  15. Sam

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This is about as close to the blues as punk rock gets, and it ain't pretty. That's probably a given with Jon Spencer strangling yelps and moans from his six-string thing and belting away in that over-the-top shout of his. His partner in crime, singer Cristina Martinez, howls along in a desperate croon that suggests Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon but is far more dangerous. This whole mess, in fact, is a careening, drunken/stoned, stumbling trip through some of the seediest musical territory you'll encounter on a major label. Boss Hog bastardize and incorporate a miasma of blues-related styles, ranging from R&B to rap to some dirty-ass funk, and always sound as if they're having a ball doing it.

Boss Hog are sleazy, sexy, debauched, and entirely raunchy, and we're not necessarily talking about the lyrics. While their sound is similar in certain aspects to Spencer's own Blues Explosion records (minimal, raw, and very analog), the extra dimension added by Martinez's voice effectively distinguishes the two bands. Fans of the Blues Explosion are likely to enjoy this album, as is anyone who likes really nasty, bluesy punk. --Adem Tepedelen

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A brilliant sloppy mess..........2003-10-23

A brilliant sloppy mess! They tap into this grungy, sexual energy that propels the music through its more melodic, rocking bits to its noisy, sonic assualt pieces. The one step away from the mess is "I Dig You" which manages to keep the momentum of their louder songs but allow a little private moment for some charming white-trash love.

4 out of 5 stars Glorious Mess.......2001-12-31

John Spencer's side band with his wife, I believe...I haven't been able to dislike anything the man has touched, be it Pussy Galore, The Blues Explosion, or this.Bleeds through your speakers and hits you over the head with a shovel full of feedback drenched power chords and overamped squiggly solos. Plus, a few songs for Gen-X lovebirds: an Ike and Tina cover, and "I Idolize You". First record Ive heard to use a Telex printer as an instrument. Funky, noisy, full of testosterone. His wife is meaner than you. A combustion engine full of hard rock, and other such florid metaphors.

5 out of 5 stars it's wonderful BUY IT NOW.......1999-07-25

drop what ever it is that you are doing and buy this cd. The new one is suppose to be coming out this year and you need to prep yourself for it. Buy it now. Peace

5 out of 5 stars NYC Punk Rock with melody, edge, and some lovely violins..........1998-05-12

John Spencer (of Blues Explosion) and his wife Cristina Martinez make some pretty loud punk music together. Cristina's got style and songwriting ability. John Spencer adds some spice, Blues Explosion style. They've got a fabulous combination of incredible guitar hooks (Punkture, for example) and weirdness (Texas...beautiful horror movie music, Ski Bunny...50s bop with a modern punk twist). The only problem I had was the cover of I Idolize You (originally Ike & Tina Turner--Dynamite! or Greatist Hits--buy those too!). John and Cristina may be the hippest, sexiest, most talented couple in NY music right now...but that doesn't make them no Ike & Tina. John Spencer (on fuzzy, overprocessed lead vocals) sounds like a sick tomcat and Cristina's backups are dull as a 6th grade talent show. I happen to love the original, so I'm glad they've got the taste to cover it, but they should have listened to it afterwards and said: "Okay, that was fun, but we should just keep this to ourselves." Overall a great record though. Highly recommended.
Boss Soul: The Genius of Barry White
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    		Boss Soul: The Genius of Barry White
    Barry White
    Manufacturer: Vampi Soul
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000083EC9
    Release Date: 2007-04-02

    Tracks:

    1. I Don't Need It - Barry White
    2. Man Ain't Nothin' - Barry White
    3. I Got Love - Viola Wills
    4. Lost Without the Love of My Guy - Viola Wills
    5. This Thing Called Love - Johnny Wyatt
    6. To Whom It May Concern - Johnny Wyatt
    7. Together Forever - Viola Wills
    8. Don't Kiss Me Hello - Viola Wills
    9. It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring) - Felice Taylor
    10. Everybody's Going Mod - Johnny Wyatt
    11. I Feel Love Coming On - Felice Taylor
    12. You're Out of My Mind - Viola Wills
    13. Under the Influence of Love - Felice Taylor
    14. Don't Take Your Love from Me - Barry White
    15. All in the Run of a Day - Barry White
    16. Love Theme [Instrumental] - Barry White

    Album Description

    Sixteen tracks featuring the super rare Bronco and Mustang soul singles from 1966-67! This album highlights the start of his career as a prime R&B architect. In 1966, Bob Keane of Del-Fi gave Barry his first opportunities as a producer, engineer and A&R man. This CD also features tracks by Felice Taylor, Johnny Wyatt and Viola Wills that were written & produced by White. Full liner notes and discography. Digipak. Vampisoul. 2003.
    Let It Loose
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Let It Loose
      Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
      Manufacturer: Electro-Fi Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0009FGX4S
      Release Date: 2005-05-24

      Tracks:

      1. Blackberry Wine
      2. Joogie To The Boogie
      3. Wishing Well
      4. I Never Will Forgive You
      5. Blue And Lonesome
      6. Let Me Go Home Whiskey
      7. Let It Loose
      8. Mean Streak
      9. Bewildered
      10. Be A Man
      11. Lies
      12. Don't Rush To Judge Me
      13. Blues Carry Me Home

      Amazon.com

      Kenny Wayne is something of an anomaly among modern blues pianists. He favors neither deep, dark left-hand bass rumbles nor frantic right-hand skittering in the upper registers. Rather, he likes to take things at a medium-tempo, even-handed gait, even when he's working in the full-speed-ahead style of boogie-woogie bluesmen like Amos Milburn (Kenny's original "Joogie to the Boogie" and remakes of three Milburn classics). He's also partial to the curling New Orleans licks of Professor Longhair ("Blackberry Wine") and the laid-back "cocktail blues" sophistication of Charles Brown ("Bewildered"). Add in Wayne's wispy, insinuating voice and you've got yourself an undeniably pleasant late-night blues set. It won't set the house on fire, but it's not supposed to, and in an age of blues excess you've got to appreciate that approach. --John Morthland

      Album Description

      Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne is at the forefront of modern day blues and boogie woogie piano practitioners, working hard to keep this glorious music alive and kicking. Well versed in the New Orleans Blues and Jazz tradition by his Louisiana born parents, Kenny has along the way picked up a taste for Kansas City Swing and West Coast Jump which has made his dynamic live show much in demand at clubs and festivals in both North America and Europe. Here on "Let It Loose" his latest release on Electro-Fi we are gifted with the full spectrum of Kenny's prodigious songwriting ability as well as a three song tribute to past master Amos Milburn. In a blues world populated, some would say overpopulated with wailing guitars and harmonicas, it's reassuring that when Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne sits down at the piano bench and dances his ten digits over 88 keys, great things happen!
      Blues Guitar Boss
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Blues Guitar Boss
        Hubert Sumlin
        Manufacturer: Jsp Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Chicago BluesChicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
        Electric Blues GuitarElectric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B000A3MI0C
        Release Date: 2005-09-13

        Tracks:

        1. All I Can Do
        2. You Got To Help Me
        3. Blues Is Here To Stay
        4. Sometimes I'm Right
        5. Spanish Greens
        6. Still Playing The Blues
        7. I Could Be You
        8. Pickin'
        9. Look Don't Touch
        10. I've Stopped Crying

        Product Description

        1. All I Can Do
        2. You Got To Help Me
        3. Blues Is Here To Stay
        4. Sometimes I’m Right
        5. Spanish Greens
        6. Still Playing The Blues
        7. I Could Be You
        8. Pickin’
        9. Look Don’t Touch
        10. I’ve Stopped Crying

        Format: CD
        When the Smoke Clears
        Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
        • Average R&B from a group who can do better
        • Public Announcement: When The Smoke Clears
        • pretty average
        • More Like Public Embarrassment!
        • PA IS TOP BUTTER
        		 When the Smoke Clears
        Public Announcement
        Manufacturer: Boss Entertainment
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Contemporary BluesContemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B000BFNZ0Q
        Release Date: 2006-01-10

        Tracks:

        1. Intro
        2. Put Your Drink Down (featuring Gitt It Boyz)
        3. Let Me
        4. Guessing Games
        5. You Don't Have To Cry
        6. Yep
        7. Interlude
        8. Stepper Friend
        9. What If He Knew
        10. Girl I
        11. I'll Be
        12. John Doe 2
        13. What It Gonna Take
        14. One More Try
        15. Freaky In The Club
        16. What's Good
        17. Put Your Drink Down (remix)

        Customer Reviews:

        2 out of 5 stars Average R&B from a group who can do better.......2007-01-09

        After being eighty sixed by R.Kelly after their 1992 debut, Public Announcement was M.I.A. until 1998 when the group returned with the sexually charged All Work No Play album. After a couple of solo albums the group released their CD which is pretty weak. There aren't noteable slow jams on the disc other than their remake of You Don't Have To Cry. More than likely R.Kelly is drinking a juice box with a little girl and laughing.

        5 out of 5 stars Public Announcement: When The Smoke Clears.......2006-02-28

        This album has everything an R&B album should have. From party tracks like "Put Your Drink Down (Featuring Gitt It Boys)" to smooth baby making music like "Guessing Games" it has it all. Public Announcement has been around since 1998 as R. Kelly's background singers but this album definitely shows that they can hold their own. There's talent in their vocals and the beats are danceable, laid-back, and just plain catchy.

        2 out of 5 stars pretty average.......2006-02-05

        I was expecting more because I dug that PA Album from 1998,but this Album sounds like Minor League Triple AAA Level takes on R.Kelly at best.there are a few alright joints,but on a whole not much depth here. I expected a bit more.the vocals are cool,but the Production doesn't challenge them too much at all.

        2 out of 5 stars More Like Public Embarrassment!.......2006-02-03

        Do you remember the group Public Announcement? They were the ones singing behind the Pied Piper himself on the Born Into The 90s album back in 1992. But after just one album, R Kelly ventured off on a successful solo career while the boys were left to fend for themselves. The group put out two albums of their own and went through a lot of changes over the next decade. They did manage to have some modest hits like "Body Bumpin" and "John Doe" during those times. Now in 2006, the current lineup release their third album titled When The Smoke Clears in hopes of bigger and better things. Unfortunately, little progress has been made in all the years they've had to grow.

        There are just so many things that kill this album all around. The first thing that any group should NOT do is emulate what their former frontman has done. Well, obviously they didn't get that memo as Public Announcement practically copy everything R Kelly has done over the years. "Stepper Friend" sounds a lot like the stepping songs that R Kelly did for his Happy People album. "What If He Knew" is a virtual copycat of R Kelly's "Down Low" with the falsetto he does on the song. "Guessing Games" sounds suspiciously like "I Wish" in its delivery, "Girl I" and "I'll Be" simply sound like R Kelly-type songs, "Freaky In The Club" is a complete rip of "Snake," and "What's Good" uses similar reggae melodies as those used by Kels. Even songs like the uninteresting sequel "John Doe 2" and a dreadful remake of Rene and Angela's "You Don't Have To Cry" leave you wondering why they even bothered. And a downright ridiculous cut is the song "Let Me."

        A few tracks like "Yep," "One More Try," and "Put Your Drink Down" are passable but aren't enough to make this album worthwhile. It's bad enough that the group had to resort to putting out an independent album, but a lot of good albums are released independently. But usually someone who hasn't really manage to make much noise on the mainstream front isn't going to do good on an indie like Boss Entertainment. It may be time for these brothers to start considering a regular nine to five like the rest of us. When the smoke clears, I'm immediately shouting out my own Public Announcement: "Don't Even Think About Buying This!"

        5 out of 5 stars PA IS TOP BUTTER.......2006-01-20

        Pa new cd is so smooth and hard.This cd has it all from start to finish.Pa best work by far thx.Please go buy this cd is off the chain.
        Conflicts & Confusion
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • I like it
        • should of been better
        • Crimeboss, Gangster-Rapper-Extrordanaire
        		 Conflicts & Confusion
        Crime Boss
        Manufacturer: Suave Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000036529
        Release Date: 1999-11-09

        Tracks:

        1. Intro
        2. Conflicts & Confusion
        3. No Friends
        4. Chemical Imbalance
        5. Warning
        6. Back To The Streets
        7. Life Is Crying
        8. What Does It Mean (To Be A Real Crime Boss)
        9. Close Range
        10. Please Stop
        11. Get Up In Your Ass (Skit)
        12. Death Notes
        13. Get Mine

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars I like it.......2007-06-27

        Coming from a record label(SuaveHouse) that usually has a dope roster hails Crime Boss. I never heard his first album.I just heard this one so I'll talk about it. Crime Boss actually has a decent flow and the production was pretty good. Conflicts & Confusion, No Friends, Chemical Imbalance, Close Range and Back To The Streets are all tracks that give this album ample rotation. Slim Goodie of the girl group Nola makes a solo appearance on Life Is Crying. Although I question why this song is on Crime Boss's album,I dont deny that its a standout. The only flaw of the album is the Get Up In Your A** skit which doesnt make sense. The rest of the album I dont have a problem with. Bottom Line: Crime Boss's Conflicts & Confusion is a highlight of 1997 and goes in the long line of great albums that Suave House releases. The production provided by E-A-Ski and T-Mix(underrated producer who could have been the next big thing if he was promoted right) was solid and Crime Boss flowed pretty well on here. Guest Appearances are Eightball & MJG, Tela, Slim Goodie and Thorough. Standout Tracks: CONFLICTS& CONFUSION, NO FRIENDS, CHEMICAL IMBALANCE, WARNING, BACK TO THE STREETS, LIFE IS CRYING, CLOSE RANGE AND GET MINE.

        3 out of 5 stars should of been better.......2006-12-17

        This cd would have been alot better if crime boss would have rapped more on it. There are only a few songs worth listening to.

        4 out of 5 stars Crimeboss, Gangster-Rapper-Extrordanaire.......2000-06-27

        This is one of the best cover-to-cover rap discs since "All eyes on me". Intense beats mixed with DOPE lyrics make this a true winner. Worth every penny.

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