The Night Train Route 1: Rare Blues, R&B And Soul For The Dance Floor - 2017

Various - The Night Train Route 1: Rare Blues, R&B And Soul For The Dance Floor

Жанр: R&B, Blues, Soul
Носитель: CD
Год издания: 2017
Издатель (лейбл): Jasmine Records
Номер по каталогу: JASCD 960
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 64:10
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Треклист:

01. Night Train (James Brown And The Famous Flames) (3:34)

02. Little Girl (Sugar Boy Williams) (2:33)

03. Rockin' Itis (Billy Boy Arnold) (2:40)

04. Down In The Basement (King Coleman) (2:34)

05. I'm Cuttin' Out (Ivory Joe Hunter) (2:16)

06. Mean Ole Lonesome Train (Lightnin' Slim) (3:13)

07. You're Not Gonna Break My Heart (McKinley Mitchell) (2:22)

08. I'm Shakin' (Little Willie John) (2:29)

09. She's Gone Too Long (Roy Brown And His Mighty-Mighty Men) (2:18)

10. Trouble, No More (Muddy Waters) (2:42)

11. The Jig's Up (Jerry McCain) (2:33)

12. You Gotta Shake It Up And Go (John Lee Hooker) (2:17)

13. The Walkin' Blues (Walk Right In, Walk Right Out) (Fluffy Hunter with Jesse Powell Orchestra) (2:56)

14. Nobody's Gonna Hurt You (Annie Laurie) (2:24)

15. My Isabella (Danny Cobb) (2:51)

16. Anytime (Dee Irwin) (1:39)

17. Ain't No Need (Honey Brown) (2:43)

18. Let The Daddy Hold You (Otis Blackwell) (2:23)

19. Don't Freeze On Me (Jessie Mae) (2:16)

20. I Can't Concentrate (Wade Jones) (2:30)

21. Emulsified (Rex Garvin And The Mighty Cravers) (2:36)

22. Don't Talk That Talk To Me (Vicki Evans) (2:00)

23. Laughing At Me (Nellie Rutherford) (2:27)

24. The Dances (Phil Flowers & TNT Tribble) (2:33)

25. St. James Infirmary (Frances Faye) (3:21)

Об альбоме (сборнике)
This is the first CD in a new series for the record label that, “…charts the evolution of soul music across America through genres like R&B, blues and proto soul spanning the fifties and early sixties.”
Rather than take each artist at a time, the series forms around the compilation format and, in this first effort, covers 25 tracks.
Taking part and first in the box is James Brown (here with his Famous Flames) and his 1962 hit, Night Train that, when it appeared on Guy Stevens’ Sue Records, was an influence to the UK’s Mod movement.
Billy Boy Arnold’s Rockin’ It displays Arnold’s harmonica skills to the fore. Arnold himself was also a major influence for the sporting UK rock scene, becoming a big favourite for The Yardbirds.
Little Willie John was a complex character. This song, I’m Shakin’ was released in 1960. It failed to become a hit at the time but has endured since. John was a temperamental kind of guy, partly because he had a sense of insecurity about his diminutive height (he was 5 feet 4 inches). In 1964, he was sent to the Washington State penitentiary after he stabbed man. Unfortunately, John would die in the same establishment, submitting to pneumonia in 1968.
Another song with a meaty beat comes from Fluffy Hunter and his 1951 recording, The Walkin’ Blues (Walk Right In, Walk Tight Out). Hunter was a purveyor of the so-called dirty blues. That is, songs that included lyrics of a taboo nature. The Walkin’ Blues brought an old naughty blues chant up to date with help from jazz stars Buck Clayton, J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne and Bill Doggett. It’s one of those ‘fill in the gaps’-type of records. You wouldn’t have heard it on the radio, put it that way.
A lively collection with many rarities included to maintain the attention.
~ Paul Rigby, The Audiophile Man

James Brown’s highly syncopated treatment of Night Train and Muddy Waters’ swinging Trouble, No More were both hits, and Billy Boy Arnold’s Rockin’ Itis and Little Willie John’s I’m Shakin’ should have been. Those four songs should be familiar to serious followers of blues and R&B of the 1950s and early ’60s, but the remaining 21 tracks on The Night Train, Route 1 are obscurities that most listeners-excluding folks in Northern England and other parts abroad who revel in doing the popcorn and other dances to little-known American records-might find new to their ears.
The beats may move feet, although not all the songs work as well for listening. Some, such as Wade Jones’ I Can’t Concentrate, Rex Garvin’s Emulsified and Phil Flowers’ The Dances, suffer from a combination of primitive production and poor fidelity caused by having been transferred from worn vinyl rather than master tape. Numerous treasures abound, however. They include Lightnin’ Slim’s Mean Ole Lonesome Train, Jerry McCain’s The Jig’s Up, Roy Brown’s She’s Gone Too Long and John Lee Hooker’s You Gotta Shake It Up and Go. Of extra special note are Fluffy Hunter’s very catchy and wonderfully naughty The Walkin’ Blues (Walk Right In, Walk Right Out), LaVern Baker-inspired belter Vicki Evans’ solidly shuffling Don’t Talk That Talk to Me and cabaret singer Frances Faye’s big-band jazz rendition of St. James Infirmary.
This mishmash of material may have a few misses, but all of it contains enough rhythm for almost anyone to mash their feet on the floor.
~ Lee Hildebrand, Living Blues