Package deal featuring 12 vinyl 7” Eps at a very special price!!!!
Format: 45 rpm 7” vinyl EP
Artist: Little Esther, Ella Johnson, Tiny Topsy, Big Mama Thornton, Annisteen Allen, Dolly Cooper,
Billy Boy Arnold, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Little Walter,Little Johnny Jones, Wahboard Sam.
Title: Various
Style: Rhythm And Rockin' Blues
Available
ET-15.142 – LITTLE ESTHER – T'AIN'T WHATCHA SAY...
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Little Esther
Title: T'ain't Whatcha Say...
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 Talkin' All Out My Head
2 Please Don't Send Me
Side B
1 If It's News To You
2 T'ain't Whatcha Say It's Whatcha Do
Discovered by legendary band-leader Johnny Otis in 1949, little Esther Mae Jones found fame with that great band on a slew of chart hits in the early part of the decade for the Savoy label. All growed up now, Little Esther has decided to go it alone and has been pacted in recent years to Decca Records and has also returned to the hit-making Savoy company for a series of releases displaying her mature style backed by the cream of the Big Apple sessioneers.
ET-15.141 - ELLA JOHNSON - BRING IT HOME
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Ella Johnson
Title: Bring It Home
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 What a Day!
2 No More Love
Side B
1 They Don't Want me to Rock No More
2 Bring It Home to Me
A well-loved featured singer with big brother Buddy's ork, Miss Ella Johnson has been a constant visitor to the best-seller lists for over a decade with songs such as "When My Man Comes Home", "That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch" and "Hittin' on Me". Her unique style has now made a hit with the flat-top crowd with "Bring it Home to Me" entering the R&B Top Ten tunes, featured here with three other cool, cool spools.
ET-15.140 - TINY TOPSY - AW! SHUCKS BABY
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Tiny Topsy
Title: Aw! Shucks Baby
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 Aw! Shucks Baby
2 You Shocked Me
Side B
1 Come On, Come On, Come On (With The Charms)
2 Miss You So
Known to her mother as Otha Lee Moore, the small-but-mighty "Tiny Topsy" has been a fixture of the Windy City blues scene for several years and has now been inked by Ralph Bass for presentation on his Federal label. Backed by Otis Williams' Charms and Cincinnati's finest musicians, these 1957 recordings will be sure to please her many fans and all lovers of the big beat.
ET15.138 - BIG MAMA THORNTON - JUST LIKE A DOG
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Big Mama Thornton
Title: Just Like A Dog
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 Just Like a Dog (Barking Up the Wrong Tree)
2 My Man Called Me
Side B
1 Stop A-Hoppin' On Me
2 I Smell a Rat
The fearsome Willie Mae Thornton topped the R&B chart in 1953 with her "Hound Dog" which has been resurrected again for the rock 'n' roll crowd in recent months. This latest EP presents four of Big Mama's more recent tracks for the Peacock people in her own inimitable bluesy style.
ET-15.137 - ANNISTEEN ALLEN - G'WAN 'BOUT YOUR BIZNESS
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Annisteen Allen
Title: G'wan About Your Business
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 G'wan About Your Business
2 I've Got Troubles
Side B
1 Fujiyama Mama
2 Rough Lover
A long-term tunester with Lucky Millinder's swing ork, Annisteen Allen has been no stranger to the R&B charts with hits such as "I'll Never Be Free", "I'm Waiting Just For You" and ""Baby, I'm Doin' it!". Having taken a solo flight she has since been teamed with ace arrangers Howard Biggs and Sy Oliver to offer these four rockers sure to please the bobby soxers...and listen out for the new version of 'Fujiyama Mama' by Wanda Jackson!
ET15039 - DOLLY COOPER - TELL ME, TELL ME
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Dolly Cooper
Title: Tell Me, Tell Me
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 My Man
2 Ay La Bah
Side B
1 Tell Me, Tell Me
2 Big Rock Inn
Performing as Baby Doll with Bill Campbell's Blue Notes for many years post war, Thelma "Dolly" Cooper earned her position as a much-loved Big Apple tunester and was snapped up by the Savoy people earlier in the 1950s. She has now signed with Buck Ram's agency and made a string of fine platters with both Modern and Dot on both coasts, backed by steller saxmen Maxwell Davis and Sam "The Man" Taylor, as evidenced by this scintillating selection.
ET-15.118 - BILLY BOY ARNOLD – I WISH YOU WOULD
Handsome William "Billy Boy" Arnold, a Windy City native, was blessed with harmonica tuition as a child by a neighbour who happened to be none other than legendary Sonny Boy Williamson the first.
He made his recording debut on Cool Records at the tender age of 16, but his recent sides for the Vee Jay label, as featured here, prove that he has mastered the art of the rockin' blues.
Side 1
1 I Wish You Would
2 Everyday, Every Night
Side 2
1 Rockin' itis
2 I Ain't Got You
ET-15.117 - SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE McGHEE – RIDE & ROLL
Georgia-born blind harp-player Saunders Terrell (AKA Sonny Terry) joined forces with Walter "Brownie" McGhee from Tennessee in the early 1940s and their successful partnership has been entertaining fans of real blues ever since.
Although they are known for playing traditional blues they are also adept at performing in a more modern style as these recent recordings for Savoy and Groove are testiment.
Side 1
1 Anna-Mae
2 Lost Jawbone
Side 2
1 Ride & Roll
2 Hootin' Blues #2
ET-15.100 - LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS – HAD A GAL CALLED SAL
Texan Sam Hopkins began performing with the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson in the late 1920s, but had to wait for two decades before the Aladdin record business knocked at his door to record the duo of Thunder & Lightnin'.
A supremely rhythmic guitar player with a whiskey-soaked voice, Lightnin's recent waxings for New York's Herald label have been well received by the rock 'n' roll crowd.
Side 1
1 Had a Gal Called Sal
2 Hopkins' Sky Hop
Side 2
1 My Little Kewpie Doll
2 They Wonder Who I Am
ET-15.116 - LITTLE WALTER – EVAN'S SHUFFLE
Louisiana-born Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs arrived in the Windy City in 1945 and swiftly made a name for himself as an innovator of the amplified harrmonica in order to compete with the electric blues guitar.
His allegiance with the Muddy Waters gang has now drawn him to the attention of the Chess brothers, who are impressed by his powerful singing voice as well as that devastating mouth harp!
Side 1
1 Evans' Shuffle (Muddy Waters with Little Walter)
2 Mercy Baby (first version of "My Babe") - NEVER ON VINYL
Side 2
1 It Ain't Right
2 Tell Me Mama
ET-15.068 – WAHBOARD SAM – DIGGIN' MY POTATOES
"Robert Brown was born in Arkansas in 1910 and tried out various nicknames before "Washboard Sam" stuck to him in the 1930s when he moved to Chicago.
A veteran blues recording artist for Vocalion and Bluebird through the '30s and '40s he has now come out of retirement to record these four super tracks for Chess Records with his half-brother Big Bill Broonzy, boasting an update of his big hit "Diggin' My Potatoes""
Side 1:
1 Diggin' My Potatoes
2 Minding My Own Business
Side 2:
1 Never, Never
2 Shirt Tail
ET-15.069 – LITTLE JOHNNY JONES – HOY HOY
Born in Jackson, Mississipi, in 1924, Little Johnny relocated to Chicago twenty years later to take his place among the great blues piano players with the help of the well-known Tampa Red and his cousin, Otis Spann.
His spell with slide-master Tampa led him to team up with Elmore James' combo in 1952 and it is Elmore and his musicians who accompany Johnny on his versions of these classics recorded for the Flair and Atlantic recording companies"
Side 1:
1 Hoy Hoy
2 Wait Baby
Side 2:
1 I May Be Wrong
2 Dirty By the Dozen (Sweet Little Woman)
Format: 45 rpm 7” vinyl EP
Artist: Little Esther, Ella Johnson, Tiny Topsy, Big Mama Thornton, Annisteen Allen, Dolly Cooper,
Billy Boy Arnold, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Little Walter,Little Johnny Jones, Wahboard Sam.
Title: Various
Style: Rhythm And Rockin' Blues
Available
ET-15.142 – LITTLE ESTHER – T'AIN'T WHATCHA SAY...
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Little Esther
Title: T'ain't Whatcha Say...
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 Talkin' All Out My Head
2 Please Don't Send Me
Side B
1 If It's News To You
2 T'ain't Whatcha Say It's Whatcha Do
Discovered by legendary band-leader Johnny Otis in 1949, little Esther Mae Jones found fame with that great band on a slew of chart hits in the early part of the decade for the Savoy label. All growed up now, Little Esther has decided to go it alone and has been pacted in recent years to Decca Records and has also returned to the hit-making Savoy company for a series of releases displaying her mature style backed by the cream of the Big Apple sessioneers.
ET-15.141 - ELLA JOHNSON - BRING IT HOME
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Ella Johnson
Title: Bring It Home
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 What a Day!
2 No More Love
Side B
1 They Don't Want me to Rock No More
2 Bring It Home to Me
A well-loved featured singer with big brother Buddy's ork, Miss Ella Johnson has been a constant visitor to the best-seller lists for over a decade with songs such as "When My Man Comes Home", "That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch" and "Hittin' on Me". Her unique style has now made a hit with the flat-top crowd with "Bring it Home to Me" entering the R&B Top Ten tunes, featured here with three other cool, cool spools.
ET-15.140 - TINY TOPSY - AW! SHUCKS BABY
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Tiny Topsy
Title: Aw! Shucks Baby
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 Aw! Shucks Baby
2 You Shocked Me
Side B
1 Come On, Come On, Come On (With The Charms)
2 Miss You So
Known to her mother as Otha Lee Moore, the small-but-mighty "Tiny Topsy" has been a fixture of the Windy City blues scene for several years and has now been inked by Ralph Bass for presentation on his Federal label. Backed by Otis Williams' Charms and Cincinnati's finest musicians, these 1957 recordings will be sure to please her many fans and all lovers of the big beat.
ET15.138 - BIG MAMA THORNTON - JUST LIKE A DOG
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Big Mama Thornton
Title: Just Like A Dog
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 Just Like a Dog (Barking Up the Wrong Tree)
2 My Man Called Me
Side B
1 Stop A-Hoppin' On Me
2 I Smell a Rat
The fearsome Willie Mae Thornton topped the R&B chart in 1953 with her "Hound Dog" which has been resurrected again for the rock 'n' roll crowd in recent months. This latest EP presents four of Big Mama's more recent tracks for the Peacock people in her own inimitable bluesy style.
ET-15.137 - ANNISTEEN ALLEN - G'WAN 'BOUT YOUR BIZNESS
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Annisteen Allen
Title: G'wan About Your Business
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 G'wan About Your Business
2 I've Got Troubles
Side B
1 Fujiyama Mama
2 Rough Lover
A long-term tunester with Lucky Millinder's swing ork, Annisteen Allen has been no stranger to the R&B charts with hits such as "I'll Never Be Free", "I'm Waiting Just For You" and ""Baby, I'm Doin' it!". Having taken a solo flight she has since been teamed with ace arrangers Howard Biggs and Sy Oliver to offer these four rockers sure to please the bobby soxers...and listen out for the new version of 'Fujiyama Mama' by Wanda Jackson!
ET15039 - DOLLY COOPER - TELL ME, TELL ME
Format: 7” 45 rpm vinyl EP
Artist: Dolly Cooper
Title: Tell Me, Tell Me
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Available
Side A
1 My Man
2 Ay La Bah
Side B
1 Tell Me, Tell Me
2 Big Rock Inn
Performing as Baby Doll with Bill Campbell's Blue Notes for many years post war, Thelma "Dolly" Cooper earned her position as a much-loved Big Apple tunester and was snapped up by the Savoy people earlier in the 1950s. She has now signed with Buck Ram's agency and made a string of fine platters with both Modern and Dot on both coasts, backed by steller saxmen Maxwell Davis and Sam "The Man" Taylor, as evidenced by this scintillating selection.
ET-15.118 - BILLY BOY ARNOLD – I WISH YOU WOULD
Handsome William "Billy Boy" Arnold, a Windy City native, was blessed with harmonica tuition as a child by a neighbour who happened to be none other than legendary Sonny Boy Williamson the first.
He made his recording debut on Cool Records at the tender age of 16, but his recent sides for the Vee Jay label, as featured here, prove that he has mastered the art of the rockin' blues.
Side 1
1 I Wish You Would
2 Everyday, Every Night
Side 2
1 Rockin' itis
2 I Ain't Got You
ET-15.117 - SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE McGHEE – RIDE & ROLL
Georgia-born blind harp-player Saunders Terrell (AKA Sonny Terry) joined forces with Walter "Brownie" McGhee from Tennessee in the early 1940s and their successful partnership has been entertaining fans of real blues ever since.
Although they are known for playing traditional blues they are also adept at performing in a more modern style as these recent recordings for Savoy and Groove are testiment.
Side 1
1 Anna-Mae
2 Lost Jawbone
Side 2
1 Ride & Roll
2 Hootin' Blues #2
ET-15.100 - LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS – HAD A GAL CALLED SAL
Texan Sam Hopkins began performing with the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson in the late 1920s, but had to wait for two decades before the Aladdin record business knocked at his door to record the duo of Thunder & Lightnin'.
A supremely rhythmic guitar player with a whiskey-soaked voice, Lightnin's recent waxings for New York's Herald label have been well received by the rock 'n' roll crowd.
Side 1
1 Had a Gal Called Sal
2 Hopkins' Sky Hop
Side 2
1 My Little Kewpie Doll
2 They Wonder Who I Am
ET-15.116 - LITTLE WALTER – EVAN'S SHUFFLE
Louisiana-born Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs arrived in the Windy City in 1945 and swiftly made a name for himself as an innovator of the amplified harrmonica in order to compete with the electric blues guitar.
His allegiance with the Muddy Waters gang has now drawn him to the attention of the Chess brothers, who are impressed by his powerful singing voice as well as that devastating mouth harp!
Side 1
1 Evans' Shuffle (Muddy Waters with Little Walter)
2 Mercy Baby (first version of "My Babe") - NEVER ON VINYL
Side 2
1 It Ain't Right
2 Tell Me Mama
ET-15.068 – WAHBOARD SAM – DIGGIN' MY POTATOES
"Robert Brown was born in Arkansas in 1910 and tried out various nicknames before "Washboard Sam" stuck to him in the 1930s when he moved to Chicago.
A veteran blues recording artist for Vocalion and Bluebird through the '30s and '40s he has now come out of retirement to record these four super tracks for Chess Records with his half-brother Big Bill Broonzy, boasting an update of his big hit "Diggin' My Potatoes""
Side 1:
1 Diggin' My Potatoes
2 Minding My Own Business
Side 2:
1 Never, Never
2 Shirt Tail
ET-15.069 – LITTLE JOHNNY JONES – HOY HOY
Born in Jackson, Mississipi, in 1924, Little Johnny relocated to Chicago twenty years later to take his place among the great blues piano players with the help of the well-known Tampa Red and his cousin, Otis Spann.
His spell with slide-master Tampa led him to team up with Elmore James' combo in 1952 and it is Elmore and his musicians who accompany Johnny on his versions of these classics recorded for the Flair and Atlantic recording companies"
Side 1:
1 Hoy Hoy
2 Wait Baby
Side 2:
1 I May Be Wrong
2 Dirty By the Dozen (Sweet Little Woman)
