Format Details: Jewel Case
Release Date: 25 March 2002
Label: Ace Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 029667183925
Genres: Blues Rhythm and Blues Soul/R&B R&B
Description
Think about the Dootone label. Chances are, you'll initially think about the great group records that 'label prexy' - as the trade mags used to say - Dootsie Williams cut and issued (or sometimes didn't issue) in the label's decade-plus of active life. Not too surprising really, especially when you review a roster that, during its life span, included the Penguins, Medallions, Calvanes, Cuff Links and Meadowlarks, and recordings that include such doo wop perennials as Heaven And Paradise, Hey Senorita, Buick '59 and Earth Angel... But to regard these magnificent groups, and their equally magnificent recordings, as the be-all and end-all of Dootone is to do the rest of the label's output a terrible disservice. Dootsie Williams also recorded lots of classy West Coast blues, raucous honkers, cool South Central cocktail grooves and a copious quantity of riotous R&B rockers. And all this without taking into account a vast trench of "Party Records" by the late African-American comic Redd Foxx - which, as the saying goes, is another story... Having already seen the groups to rights via Peter Gibbon's exceptional series of "Dootone Doo Wop" packages, Ace is ready and able to turn its attentions to the other goodies in Dootsie's tape inventory.Those who salivate over the prospect of a "Dootone Blues" package will be glad to know that we're now ascloseasthis to finalising the content of said item for release (hopefully) later this year. And upfront of that, we're delighted to bring you this loud, lively collection of Dootone's good rocking Rhythm & Blues, compiled by world-renowned musicologist Bob Porter with the accent very much on the upbeat. Bob's impeccable taste ensures that a splendid time is guaranteed for all that listen. And the featured artists - mostly old friends that we've met before on Ace collections, and that we'd be happy to meet again any time they turn up in the future - are something of a guarantee of quality in themselves. Let's face it, any album that features Roy Milton, Ernie Freeman, Chuck Higgins, Joe Houston and - representing the distaff side - Mickey Champion and Helen Humes has got to be a winner, right? Er, not 'arf, pick-poppers... ...And these are not just any old recordings by the abovementioned. Milton's Dootones represent something of an Indian summer for the veteran drummer-bandleader. If his seminal Specialty recordings haven't already convinced you that he's got more right than most to be called a founding father of rock'n'roll, you'll need no further persuasion once you cop an earful of 1955's You Got Me Rocking And Reeling. Both Helen Humes and Mickey Champion are as integral to the development of post WWII West Coast R&B as are the numerous local labels that recorded them. Humes' small catalogue of Dootones are a vital component of a career that had already been underway for nearly 30 years when she cut the four sides that feature here - and, originally, on her rare?-go-on-find-one-I-dare-ya Dootone EP - t
Tracklisting
Young Jessie
Wynonie Harris
Willie Hightower
Willie Headen
Wayne Cochran
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson
Walter Horton
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
