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ELMORE JAMES IMMORTALIZED ON LP
“I believe my time ain’t long” sang Elmore James on “Dust My Blues”, the top track from my album of the year. From his mid 20s he had known that he had a serious heart condition. Thankfully, the Bihari brothers with their Crown label had the good sense to make sure that there was at least one LP issued in the man’s lifetime, issued this year when he was 42; he would die young from a heart attack just 3 years later. It’s a real classic set, comprised of single sides from 5 years earlier.
Strangely, my Number 2 LP of the year is also “out of date”, a shelved Woody Guthrie album from 1947 finally getting the release that it so richly deserved.
There are terrific debut sets from Etta James and The Shirelles, and Elvis is back in the studio after his army stint – his 3 new albums of 1960 delivering mixed results.
There was a riot at the Newport Jazz festival – those who missed out live had to make do with album documents from Muddy Waters and Nina Simone. Brilliantly, Miriam Makeba puts South Africa firmly on the international album’s map, giving hope for the decade to come in so many ways.
The Jukebox Rebel
03-Dec-2015

Elmore James and The Broom Dusters
Crown Records CLP-5168


Jukebox picks: “Dust My Blues” (9.9) • “Goodbye Baby” (9.6) • “Blues Before Sunrise” (9.2)


Woody Guthrie
Folkways Records FH-5485


Jukebox picks: “Two Good Men” (9.0) • “Vanzetti’s Letter” (8.9) • “Sacco’s Letter To His Son” (8.3)


Etta James
Argo LP-4003


Jukebox picks: “I Just Want To Make Love To You” (9.8) • “At Last” (9.3) • “My Dearest Darling” (9.1)


The Shirelles
Scepter Records LP-501


Jukebox picks: “Tonight’s The Night” (10) • “Dedicated To The One I Love” (10) • “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (10)


Elvis Presley
RCA Victor LPM-2231


Jukebox picks: “Reconsider Baby” (10) • “The Girl Of My Best Friend” (8.4) • “It Feels So Right” (7.5)


Johnny Cash
Columbia CL-1464


Jukebox picks: “Loading Coal” (8.7) • “Old Doc Brown” (7.7) • “Going To Memphis” (7.5)


Johnny Cash
Columbia CL-1463


Jukebox picks: “Just One More” (9.7) • “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” (8.3) • “Time Changes Everything” (8.1)


Fats Domino
Imperial LP-9127


Jukebox picks: “Walking To New Orleans” (9.8) • “Three Nights A Week” (9.3) • “Natural Born Lover” (7.5)


John Lee Hooker
Vee Jay Records VJLP-1023


Jukebox picks: “Sunnyland” (8.3) • “No Shoes” (8.0) • “Whiskey And Wimmen [1960 version]” (7.9)


Muddy Waters
Chess LP-1444


Jukebox picks: “When I Get To Thinking” (8.0) • “Double Trouble” (7.7) • “Southbound Train” (7.4)


Joan Baez
Vanguard VSD-2077


Jukebox picks: “El Preso Número Nueve” (9.7) • “Donna Donna” (8.0) • “All My Trials” (7.5)


The Everly Brothers
Warner Bros. Records W-1395


Jukebox picks: “Cathy’s Clown” (9.4) • “Made To Love” (8.5) • “Donna, Donna” (8.0)


Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger
Folkways Records FW-8732


Jukebox picks: “The Crooked Cross” (8.6) • “When I Was A Young Lad” (8.5) • “The Lifeboat Mona” (7.9)


James Brown and The Famous Flames
King Records 683


Jukebox picks: “Think [1960 version]” (8.1) • “I’ll Go Crazy [1960 version]” (7.8) • “You’ve Got The Power [1960 version]” (7.4)


Chuck Berry
Chess LP-1448


Jukebox picks: “Worried Life Blues” (9.0) • “Bye Bye Johnny” (8.1) • “Down The Road A Piece” (8.0)


Muddy Waters
Chess LP-1449


Jukebox picks: “I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man [live '60]” (7.5) • “Got My Mojo Working, part 2 [live '60]” (7.1) • “Got My Mojo Working [live '60]” (7.0)


Jackie Wilson
Brunswick BL-754055


Jukebox picks: “It’s Been A Long Time” (7.9) • “Nothin’ But The Blues” (7.4) • “Please Tell Me Why” (7.2)


John Lee Hooker
Riverside Records RLP-12-321


Jukebox picks: “Gonna Use My Rod” (7.8) • “Come On And See About Me” (7.0) • “One Of These Days” (6.7)


Link Wray and The Wraymen
Epic LN-3661


Jukebox picks: “Raw-Hide” (8.0) • “Ramble” (7.4) • “Right Turn” (6.6)


The Crickets
Coral CRL-57320


Jukebox picks: “When You Ask About Love” (8.0) • “I Fought The Law” (7.2) • “Love’s Made A Fool Of You” (7.2)


Miriam Makeba
RCA Victor LSP-2267


Jukebox picks: “Iya Guduza” (8.5) • “Mbube” (7.5) • “The Retreat Song” (7.2)


Wanda Jackson
Capitol Records T-1384


Jukebox picks: “I Gotta Know” (7.1) • “Mean Mean Man” (6.8) • “Fujiyama Mama” (6.6)


Nina Simone
Colpix Records CP-412


Jukebox picks: “Trouble in Mind [live newport ’60]” (8.2) • “Flo Me La [live newport ’60]” (6.9) • “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To [live newport ’60]” (6.2)


Nina Simone
Colpix Records CP-419


Jukebox picks: “Gin House Blues [1961 album version]” (8.7) • “Work Song [1961 album version]” (7.3) • “Rags And Old Iron” (5.8)


Elvis Presley
RCA Victor LPM-2256


Jukebox picks: “Blue Suede Shoes [gi blues version]” (7.0) • “Doin’ The Best I Can [alternate take 9]” (6.4) • “Didja’ Ever” (6.2)


Jimmy Shand and his Band
Parlophone PMC-1122


Jukebox picks: “Reel: Mairi’s Wedding / Peat Fire Flame / I Wish I Were Married / Happy We’ve Been A’Together” (5.4) • “Strathspey: Jenny’s Bawbee / Sidlaw Hills / Gallant Fireman / Lad Wi’ The Plaidie” (5.2) • “Jig: Machine Without Horses / My Wife’s A Wanton Wee Thing / Glendaurel Highlanders” (4.5)


Jim Reeves
RCA Victor LPM-2216


Jukebox picks: “You’re The Only Good Thing (That’s Happened To Me)” (4.3) • “Dark Moon” (4.3) • “Almost” (4.2)


Ray Charles
ABC-Paramount ABC-335


Jukebox picks: “New York’s My Home” (5.5) • “Carry Me Back To Old Virginny” (5.2) • “Georgia On My Mind” (4.7)


Elvis Presley
RCA Victor LPM-2328


Jukebox picks: “His Hand In Mine” (4.5) • “Milky White Way” (4.4) • “Working On The Building” (4.3)


Sam Cooke
RCA Victor LPM-2236


Jukebox picks: “Too Young” (4.0) • “The Great Pretender” (4.0) • “Hey There” (3.5)


The George Mitchell Minstrels
His Master's Voice CLP-1399


Jukebox picks: “A Tribute To Al Jolson (Medley)” (1.1) • “Meet The Minstrels (Medley)” (0.6) • “Grand Finale (Medley)” (0.5)

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