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| 1. Itchy Twitchy Feeling - Bobby Hendricks | |||
| 2. Crossroads - Homesick James | |||
| 3. Yes, I'm Loving You - Big Al Downing | |||
| 4. The Shimmy Shimmy Walk (Part One) - The Megatons | |||
| 5. I'm The Fixer - Willie Mabon | |||
| 6. Rockin' Charlie - The Bobby Peterson Quintet | |||
| 7. I Feel So Good - Jb Lenoir & His African Hunch Rhythm | |||
| 8. Hattie Malatti - Lee Diamond | |||
| 9. Driving Sideways - Freddy King | |||
| 10. What Will Lucy Do (Lucy Mae Blues) - Frankie Lee Sims | |||
| 11. Like Long Hair - Paul Revere And The Raiders | |||
| 12. It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James | |||
| 13. The Wallflower - Etta James And The Peaches | |||
| 14. Why Does Everything Happen To Me - James Brown And The Famous Flames | |||
| 15. Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins | |||
| 16. Mercy - Gene And Al's Spacemen | |||
| 17. Your Line Was Busy - Big Bob | |||
| 18. Give Me Love - Rosie And The Originals | |||
| 19. Forty Days - Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks | |||
| 20. Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker | |||
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The second volume of Ace’s tribute to its "spiritual ancestor" concentrates its attentions on the vast amount of blues and rock‘n’roll that the UK Sue label put out in singles and albums during is six-year life span. The label’s late A&R head, Guy Stevens, was as much of a fan of those genres as he was of the soul music that made up the greater part of UK Sue’s output. Guy took as much pride and care in selecting only the best in blues and rock’n’roll for release on the beloved red-and-yellow imprint, as this CD shows. The label gave most of the artists featured here their first domestic releases. The names featured just on this volume will reinforce just how important that makes UK Sue to collectors then and now. Many of the tracks have also never been reissued domestically since their first appearance on UK Sue nearly 40 years ago. With an essay and track-by-track annotation by lifelong Sue fan and collector Mike Atherton, plus copious label shots and period ads/memorabilia, this maintains the high standard of the previous volume of "The UK Sue Story" and looks forward to the third and final instalment of the trilogy, "The Soul Of UK Sue".
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4.0 out of 5 stars
"Sue is an island of good music in a sea of banality",
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This review is from: The UK Sue Label Story Vol.2: Sue's Rock 'n' Blues (Audio CD)
In the early 60's, Sue UK was a label you went to for rhythm and blues music though over time, and for many people, this term mutated into soul. In fact Sue released a wide range of predominantly though not exclusively black music including a very healthy catalogue of blues plus some black and white rock'n'roll. This album attempts, (and succeeds) to show some of the wealth of rock and blues material that was released during the relatively short time span they were operating.
The sleeve notes to the first volume in this series - see also my review - document extensively Guy Stevens' love for both basic rock'n'roll, and the blues. In the latter field he helped Pye with their International label which released Chess/Checker material. He also played a major role in the first release of artists from the Excello label in the UK via the groundbreaking album, "Authentic R&B", still a classic of its type. These credentials were put to good use in Guy's selection of such music to release on the Sue label. Under the r'n'r label we have such items as the legendary Canada-based rockabilly Ronnie Hawkins' "Forty Days", Bobby Hendricks' "Itchy Twitchy Feeling" - this one was a reasonable size hit in the US but virtually unknown in the UK, and "Like Longhair" from Paul Revere and the Raiders. We also have two tracks heavily influenced by Little Richard, "Hattie Malatti" from Lee Diamond, and, "Shout Bamalama" from the early Otis Redding. There's also "Little Latin Lupe Loo" from the Righteous Brothers. It you only know "....Loving Feeling" from these guys then this one will be quite a surprise. On the blues sides the tracks here are even stronger. Classics like John Lee Hooker's stomp, "Boogie Chillen", one of guitar King Freddy`s classy instrumentals, "Driving Sideways", plus a great pleading blues from James Brown in "Why does everything happen to me". Again if you only know the later, much sampled, up-tempo stuff you should try this. There's decent slightly lesser known stuff like Buster Brown's "Fannie Mae", a raucous slab of blues, which neatly covers both headings in the album's title, and Elmore James` "It Hurts me too" which gets away from his trademark "Dust My Blues" pattern. I`ve always like this one. John Mayall covered it in `67 (and he also recorded a tribute to Elmore titled "Mr James). Then there's "I feel so good" from JB Lenoir and his African Hunch Rhythm (?!?!) which may be an acquired taste. There's another one of JB's tracks on the first album in the series; he certainly had an unusual sound - maybe anticipating World Music! Mention of the first album reminds that a couple of excellent blues tracks are contained on that one, Elmore's "Dust my Blues" and Bobby Parker's piledriving "Watch your step". Not to mention the Louisiana Red track. Great selection and packaging from Ace as we've come to expect. I love the reference to Ace as Sue's "Spiritual Ancestor".
4.0 out of 5 stars
The UK Sue Label Story Vol.2: Sue's Rock 'n' Blues,
By Wiggy Brown (Pastural England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The UK Sue Label Story Vol.2: Sue's Rock 'n' Blues (Audio CD)
Just goes to show how diverse the Sue label is / was . All these titles are available else where but this makes for a great collection , I will be searching out the others in this series .
5.0 out of 5 stars
sue story,
By Dennis Smith "Laurie Driver" (Manchester England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The UK Sue Label Story Vol.2: Sue's Rock 'n' Blues (Audio CD)
great CD from the Sue catalogue, compiled by Guy Stevens, The Head of Island Records. This guy really knows his stuff, great choice of songs. Fantastic introduction to the American Rock, Soul and blues scene by various artists
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