List | V/A | 'Rhythm And Blues' 3CD 1996

	Disc 1
Track:	Name:	Artist:	Time:
1.	Mess Around	Ray Charles	2:40
2.	Flip Flop And Fly	Joe Turner	2:46
3.	High Heel Sneakers	Johnny Otis	2:42
4.	I Don't Hurt Anymore	Dinah Washington	3:10
5.	Good Rockin' Tonight	Wynonie Harris	2:47
6.	Play It Fair	La Vern Baker	2:55
7.	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show	Stick McGhee	2:38
8.	Caldonia	Louis Jordan	2:42
9.	Teardrops From My Eyes	Ruth Brown	2:50
10.	Flamingo	Earl Bostic	2:36
11.	Watcha Gonna Do?	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters	2:44
12.	Jam Up	Tommy Ridgley	2:44
13.	Smokey Joe's Cafe	The Robins	2:44
14.	Midnight Special	Tiny Grimes	2:43
15.	Gator's Groove	Willie Jackson	2:36
	Total Disc 1		42:00

	Disc 2
Track:	Name:	Artist:	Time:
1.	Shake, Rattle And Roll	Joe Turner	2:58
2.	Drown In My Own Tears	Ray Charles	3:19
3.	Lucky Lips	Ruth Brown	2:07
4.	Ruby Baby	The Drifters	2:22
5.	Tweedlee Dee	La Vern Baker	3:07
6.	O O O Wee	Louis Jordan	2:29
7.	Shake A Hand	Tina Turner	3:33
8.	I'm Walkin'	Fats Domino	2:02
9.	Blue Moon	Earl Bostic	2:22
10.	The Chicken And The Hawk	Joe Turner	2:37
11.	A Fool For You	Ray Charles	3:00
12.	Hypin' Women Blues	T-Bone Walker	2:47
13.	Fat Daddy	Dinah Washington	2:26
14.	In Paradise	The Cookies	2:33
15.	This Little Girl Of Mine	Ray Charles	2:29
	Total Disc 2		40:54

	Disc 3
Track:	Name:	Artist:	Time:
1.	Lonely Avenue	Ray Charles	2:33
2.	Dream	Dinah Washington	2:41
3.	Love Roller Coaster	Joe Turner	1:53
4.	Jim Dandy	La Vern Baker	2:11
5.	Where Or When?	Earl Bostic	2:38
6.	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	Ray Charles	2:30
7.	I'm Looking For My Mind	Tina Turner	3:06
8.	Lonesome Woman Blues	T-Bone Walker	2:21
9.	Wild Wild Young Men	Ruth Brown	2:30
10.	If I Had Any Sense I'd Go Back Home	Louis Jordan	2:36
11.	Greenbacks	Ray Charles	2:48
12.	Honey Hush	Joe Turner	2:38
13.	Shake That Thing	Wynonie Harris	2:16
14.	I Got A Woman	Ray Charles	2:51
15.	I've Got The Last Laugh Now	Roy Brown	2:54
	Total Disc 3		39:09

Total Time: 122:03

Comments:

It doesn't clearly say when these songs were recorded, but I'd guess late '50:s to early '70:s or so. Either way, they're from an era when R'n'B was a genre that was based on both rhythm and blues, as opposed to what passes for R'n'B these days. This collection does not sound like the '90:s abuse of this name. Frankly, I can't see any similarity at all between Ray Charles and R Kelly. Well, except that they're both black and both wear sunglasses.

It's actually quite fun to hear different (original?) versions of songs that I've previously only heard stiff white people cover, like 'Shake Rattle & Roll' and 'Lucky Lips' (anyone remember Cliff Richard's version?).

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