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Label-owner Art Rupe was a savvy businessman who knew the black jukebox industry and what made it tick when he started his Specialty label in the late-'40s. This sumptuous five-disc box set contains a bevy of highlights from this seminal R&B/rock & roll label. Over the years, Rupe recorded a little bit of everything; early big band jump (the Liggins brothers), down-home blues and zydeco (Guitar Slim, Frankie Lee Sims, Clifton Chenier), gospel (early Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers), and doo wop (the Pentagons, Jesse Belvin). But with the discovery of the label's biggest star, Little Richard, in 1955, here is where the real story of rock & roll begins. A box set that no lover of the real thing can be without.
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Vol.1
1. The Sepia Tones - Boogie No 1 [02:49]
2. Marion Abernathy - Voo-It, Voo-It [02:46]
3. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Milton's Boogie [02:50]
4. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - R.M. Blues [02:58]
5. Jump Jackson Band - Rainy Day Blues [03:19]
6. Roosevelt Sykes - Ice Cream Freezer [02:58]
7. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - True Blues [02:49]
8. Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats - Rockin' Boogie [02:27]
9. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Thrill Me [02:55]
10. Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy - Teardrop Blues [02:57]
11. Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy - Cadillac Boogie [02:38]
12. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket[02:23]
13. Camille Howard - X-Temporaneous Boogie [02:05]
14. Camille Howard - You Don't Love Me [02:13]
15. Jim Wynn - Fat Meat [02:40]
16. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Everything I Do Is Wrong[03:00]
17. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Hop, Skip, Jump [02:34]
18. Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy - Careful Love [02:33]
19. Big Maceo - Big City Blues [02:32]
20. Smokey Hogg - I Want A Roller [02:51]
21. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - The Hucklebuck [02:21]
22. Camille Howard - Fiesta In Old Mexico [02:27]
23. Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - The Honeydripper [03:08]
24. Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy - Don't Put Me Down [02:55]
25. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Information Blues [02:43]
26. Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - Rag Mop [03:00]
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Vol.2
1. Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - Pink Champagne [03:02]
2. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Junior Jives [02:37]
3. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Where There Is No Love [02:49]
4. King Perry & His Pied Pipers - Everything's Gonna Be Allright Tonight[02:26]
5. Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love [02:54]
6. Percy Mayfield - Strange Things Happening [02:50]
7. Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - Little Joe's Boogie [02:51]
8. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Oh Babe! [02:30]
9. Percy Mayfield - Lost Love [02:56]
10. Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - Frankie Lee [02:53]
11. Percy Mayfield - What A Fool I Was [02:47]
12. Camille Howard - Money Blues [02:30]
13. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - It's Later Than You Think[02:39]
14. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - T-Town Twist [02:48]
15. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - I Have News For You [02:31]
16. Percy Mayfield - Prayin' For Your Return [02:57]
17. Bumble Bee Slim - Strange Angel [02:39]
18. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Best Wishes [02:42]
19. Percy Mayfield - Cry Baby [02:51]
20. Lil Greenwood - Love Will Make You A Slave [03:30]
21. Lester Williams - I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use [02:12]
22. The Four Flames - Wheel Of Fortune [02:39]
23. Percy Mayfield - The Big Question [02:51]
24. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy [02:30]
25. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - So Tired [03:12]
26. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Night And Day (I Miss You So)[03:02]
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Vol.3
1. Lloyd Price - Oooh Oooh Oooh [02:38]
2. Lloyd Price - Restless Heart [02:35]
3. Jesse & Marvin - Dream Girl [03:13]
4. Lloyd Price - Tell Me Pretty Baby [02:17]
5. Lloyd Price - Ain't It A Shame [02:42]
6. Frank Motley And His Crew - Frantic [02:41]
7. Professor Alex Bradford - Too Close To Heaven [03:02]
8. The Swan Silvertones - I'm Coming Home [03:02]
9. The Pilgram Travelers - I've Got A New Home [02:29]
10. Mercy Dee Walton - One Room Country Shack [02:49]
11. Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues [02:32]
12. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Early In The Morning [02:41]
13. H-Bomb Ferguson - She's Been Gone [02:24]
14. Floyd Dixon - Hard Living Alone [03:04]
15. Jimmy Liggins & His 3-D Music - Drunk [02:32]
16. Little Temple & His 88 - I Ate The Wrong Part [01:56]
17. Honeyboy - Bloodstains On The Wall [02:59]
18. Marvin & Johnny - Baby Doll [02:23]
19. Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used To Do [03:02]
20. Earl King - I'm Your Best Bet Baby [02:21]
21. The Chosen Gospel Singers [feat. Lou Rawls] - No Room In The Hotel[02:22]
22. John Lee Hooker - I'm Mad [02:47]
23. Daddy Cleanhead - Something's Going On In My Room [02:13]
24. The Chimes - Zindy Lou [03:10]
25. Sam Cooke - One More River [03:12]
26. Jesse Belvin - Where's My Girl [02:18]
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Vol.4
1. Tony Allen & The Champs - Nite Owl [02:45]
2. Little Richard - Tutti Frutti [02:24]
3. Ernest Kador - Eternity [02:13]
4. Li'l Millet & His Creoles - Rich Woman [02:37]
5. Clifton Chenier - Squeeze Box Boogie [01:58]
6. The Soul Stirrers - Touch The Hem Of His Garment [02:04]
7. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally [02:09]
8. Little Richard - Slippin' And Slidin' [02:42]
9. Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns - Oh-Rooba-Lee [02:05]
10. Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns - Gloria [02:39]
11. Bob Landers - Cherokee Dance [02:33]
12. Little Richard - Rip It Up [02:23]
13. Little Richard - Ready Teddy [02:09]
14. Vernon Green & The Phantoms - Sweet Breeze [02:04]
15. Roy Montrell - (Every Time I Hear That) Mellow Saxophone[02:25]
16. Little Richard - She's Got It [02:26]
17. Little Richard - Heeby-Jeebies [02:17]
18. Wynona Carr - Should I Ever Love Again? [02:39]
19. Big Boy Myles & The Shaw-Wees - Just To Hold My Hand [02:11]
20. Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It [02:31]
21. Little Richard - All Around The World [02:27]
22. Art Neville - Oooh-Whee Baby [02:11]
23. Larry Williams - Just Because [02:48]
24. Little Richard - Lucille [02:25]
25. Little Richard - Send Me Some Lovin' [02:20]
26. Eugene Church - Open Up Your Heart [02:39]
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Vol.5
1. Clydie King - Our Romance [02:45]
2. Little Richard - Jenny Jenny [02:04]
3. Little Richard - Miss Ann [02:16]
4. Larry Williams - Short Fat Fannie [02:25]
5. Don & Dewey - Leavin' It All Up To You [02:10]
6. Little Richard - Keep A-Knockin' [02:17]
7. Larry Williams - Bony Moronie
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