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TRACKLISTING
1. Hollywood Hop Part 1 - PORKY HARRIS & THE SOPHISTI-CATS
2. Lovin’ John (Take 2) - MONROE & VERNON
3. Treat Me Like I Treat You (Take 4) - MEMPHIS SLIM
4. Another Ticket (Demo) (Take 1) - BIG BOY GROVES & LITTLE MARGIE
5. Yes I Know (Take 2) - LINDA HAYES
6. Boogie Bop (Take 1) - PEE WEE CRAYTON
7. Big Family Blues (Take 1) - JIMMY WITHERSPOON & UNKNOWN FEMALE
8. You Said You Had A Woman - GENEVA VALLIER
9. Ride Lone Stranger, Ride (Take 3) - SONNY HARPER
10. Uncle John (Take 2) - AL CALLOWAY
11. Years And Tears Ago (Take 2) - LITTLE MARGIE
12. Hound Dog and Alley Cat (Take 6) - VERNON ANDERS aka VERNON GREENE
13. I’m A Humdinger - UNKNOWN MALE
. Pretty Daddy (Take 1) - LOIS BUTLER with JOE HOUSTON’S BAND
15. Let’s Ball All Night Long (Take 2) - UNKNOWN MALE
16. Cadillac Funeral (Take 6) - PEPPERMINT HARRIS
17. Hound Dog Hop - UNKNOWN MALE/FEMALE DUET
18. Watch Your Best Friend (Take 3) - TAPP ANTHONY & HIS ALL STAR BAND (Vocal: UNKNOWN
MALE)
19. Yes It’s You (Take 2) - LITTLE MARGIE
20. Uh - Huh - BIG BOY GROVES
21. Jivin’ Around (Female vocal version) (Take 6) - ERNIE FREEMAN COMBO with SHERRY
WASHINGTON
22. Treat Me Like I Treat You (Take 3) - PEPPERMINT HARRIS
23. A Little Bit Of You - LITTLE EVE
24. Hollywood Hop Part 2 - PORKY HARRIS & THE SOPHISTI-CATS
ALBUM INFO
• Ace’s ongoing acquisition of some of the very best West Coast 1950s R&B
catalogues has yielded some stellar compilations for fans of the genre in the past, and there’s
plenty more to look forward to in 2009 and beyond.
• We kick off the year with a second multi-artist set drawn from the tapes and acetates
that came as part of the purchase of the catalogues that were originally owned and operated by Los
Angeles R&B entrepreneur, John Dolphin.
• Owner of the most prominent R&B record shop on the West Coast, Dolphin was
inevitably a magnet for some of the best Los Angeles talent of the early 1950s and he, like all of the
local R&B producers, always recorded far more than he could actually find time, space and money to
release. Thus it is that most of the repertoire on “The Toast Of The Coast” has never been
issued before. It may have taken over half a century, but no R&B fan will dispute that it’s
been worth the wait.
• This heady brew of jumpin’ R&B and cool blues offers stellar names like Pee
Wee Crayton, Jimmy Witherspoon, Peppermint Harris and Memphis Slim, cult heroes such as Erwin
“Big Boy” Groves, moonlighting doo wopper Vernon Anders aka Vernon Greene of the Medallions
and one or two mystery artists whose names may be lost in the mists of time, but whose talent remains
apparent and abundant. The source material is in remarkable shape considering its age and the
conditions it was stored under for many years, and the sublime remastering puts the listener on the
studio floor with the musicians. - ACE RECORDS.
LABEL - ACE 2009
CATALOGUE # CDCHD1215
NEW/SEALED CD
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