The EBB Records Story, Vol. 2: Blues 'n' Rhythm And Rock 'n' Roll, 1957-1959
Various Artists
Although it lasted three short years (1957-59), Lee Rupe's Ebb Records recorded a remarkable variety of music for such a little label. It was most commonly associated with doo-wop--the focus of a companion volume titled The Group Era (SPCD-7072-2)--but Ebb also delved deep into blues, R&B, and rockabilly territory. From the incendiary Little Richard-inspired rock 'n' roll of Tony Harris' "Chicken, Baby, Chicken" and the soaring soul-blues of falsetto master Ted Taylor's "Days of Dark" to the rhumba blues of Smokey Hogg's "Good Mornin' Baby" and the hard-shuffling New Orleans R&B of the four Professor Longhair titles, there's not an ebb in the musical flow of the 29 stunning tracks that comprise this collection.
TRACKLISTING
- 1. Chicken, Baby, Chicken
- 2. No Buts, No Maybes
- 3. What Is Life Without A Home (Domestic)
- 4. Come On
- 5. Keep Walking On (Dom. Uses Only)
- 6. Days Are Dark
- 7. Very Truly Yours
- 8. If I Don't See You Again
- 9. When I Get You Back
- 10. The Weather's Stormy
- 11. True Confession
- 12. When The Deal Go Down
- 13. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
- 14. Misery
- 15. Come Back
- 16. My Silent Prayer
- 17. True Lips
- 18. Doncha Know
- 19. She's My Witch
- 20. Cha Cha Chu
- 21. Looka, No Hair
- 22. Cha Cha Chu
- 23. Good Mornin' Baby
- 24. Harlem Nocturne
- 25. Darkness
- 26. If You Please
- 27. Time Brings About A Change
- 28. I Wanna Know
- 29. You Fascinate Me
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