Larry Birdsong, 5 Royales, Kip Anderson, Dillard Crume, & Hank Ballard —
R&B Volts From The Vee Jay Vaults ... LP Vee Jay/Charly (UK), Late 50s. Very Good+ ...
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An excellent collection of rare work from Vee Jay Records – most of it by groups or singers not usually associated with the label! Includes rare tracks from King Records artists Five Royales and Hank Ballard – plus work by Larry Birdsong, Kip Anderson, Dillard Crume, and Miss Mello ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Nice compilation of tracks that features some fine (and famous) moments from one of our favorite Chicago soul singers, recorded for the Vee Jay label, when they were one of the leading lights on music row. Most of these songs are pretty had to get a hold of on vinyl any more, and though the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(80s stereo Suite Beat label pressing. Cover has light edge wear.)
Some of our favorite tunes ever by Jerry Butler – a great collection that brings together some of his hits and some of his lesser known work for Vee Jay. The Iceman style is very firmly in place here – and next to hits like "I Stand Accused" and "Need To Belong", ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing with deep groove. Vinyl plays with some surface noise and faint crackle. Cover has split seams, some wear and aging, and a name in pen in back.)
An excellent Japanese collection – featuring sublime early solo work by Jerry Butler, plus a few early tracks with The Impressions too! LP, Vinyl record album
A sweet soul classic from the young Gene Chandler! The record is built around Gene's hit "Duke Of Earl" – and it features Gene in a ridiculous looking "Duke" costume on the cover – but the record's a great one overall, and features some excellent late-night soul ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing. Cover has a small bit of tape on the top seam, but this is a very nice copy overall.)
A real classic from Chicago soulman Dee Clark – and one of those crazy Vee Jay albums packaged in a cover with an image of young white love! Despite that cloying image, though, the record has a tremendous depth – and is a great illustration of the versatility of Clark at his best, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing with deep groove. Vinyl plays with some surface noise and faint crackle. Cover has some wear and aging, wide center split in the bottom seam, and is stained around the edges in back.)
Dee Clark —
Raindrops ... CD Vee Jay, Late 50s/Early 60s. Used ...
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Dee Clark cracked the charts big with a few crossover hits – but he's an excellent soul singer with a raspy tone that almost set the stage for some of the deeper soul acts to come in the 60s! The style here is very much in the mode of some of Jackie Wilson's best for Brunswick from the early ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label pressing – in great shape! Cover has splitting on the spine, a bit on top, and a light name in pen on the front and back. Vinyl is great.)
A split LP, but a seminal full length album in the doo wop genre – one that was issued on Vee Jay, but brought together some key earlier work by The Flamingos and The Moonglows! Both groups here are at the height of their early powers – singing in a stripped-down and nearly acapella ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Dick Gregory —
Talks Turkey ... CD Vee Jay/Collectables, 1962. Used ...
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One of Dick Gregory's standout records from the early years – a set that has him talking turkey about a number of subjects that other comedians of the time wouldn't dare touch! Gregory's still quite funny at this point in his career, but also is showing plenty of the politics that would make ... (Comedy, Soul)read moreCD
Plenty of Burnin from John Lee Hooker, and about as classic as you can get for his Vee Jay years – especially considering that the album starts out with Hooker's killer cut "Boom Boom" – a number that may well have set fire to a whole generation of British and American rockers! ... (Blues, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Plenty of Burnin from John Lee Hooker, and about as classic as you can get for his Vee Jay years – especially considering that the album starts out with Hooker's killer cut "Boom Boom" – a number that may well have set fire to a whole generation of British and American rockers! ... (Blues, Soul)read moreCD
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The only full-length collection of early Impressions work for Vee Jay – mostly singles recorded in the late 50s for the label, brought together as a "with Jerry Butler" album during the early 60s! The set's not only Impressions numbers, but also features a few of Jerry's early solo ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Classic collection of Jimmy's hard rockin' R&B for Vee Jay, with a dozen great stompers from Reed: "Baby What You Want Me To Do", "Hush Hush", "Found Love", "Honest I Do", "You Got Me Dizzy", "Take Out Some Insurance", "You Don't ... (Blues, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Rollicking country-tinged blues from Jimmy Reed and an incredible group of backing musicians – actually not captured in the opulent grandeur of Carnegie Hall – and probably all the better for it! Prior to the original double LP release of Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall, Reed headlined a ... (Blues, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jimmy Reed, now appearing – playing with just the sort of groove that got him booked in plenty of clubs back in the day! The tunes chug along with a perfect gritty take on Chicago blues – that sharp-edged sound that Vee Jay Records did so well with Reed – making his albums like ... (Blues, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Later black label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear and a small chew spot on the bottom corner.)
Massive music from The Spaniels – one of the hippest vocal groups of the 50s, and one of the greatest acts to ever record for Vee Jay Records! The collection shows both sides of the group's mighty talents – their wonderful way with a sophisticated ballad, a style that often made them ... read moreCD
Chicago soul, with plenty of groove – a sweet selection of smokers from the mighty Vee Jay Records, home to some of the best music coming out of the Windy City in the early 60s! Northern Soul is a style usually best associated with Detroit, but nearby Chicago had plenty of the same groove in ... read moreCD
We don't know much about smoochin' in Chicago, but we can tell you that this is a very sharp 25 track set that brings together essential lost vocal group sides from the Vee Jay catalog (including a number of nice ones that that label inherited from the tiny Parrot label). Included are such ... read moreCD
A stunning assortment of rare vocal group recordings from the legendary Vee Jay Records – one that goes far past the label's bigger hits, and which includes the cream of the crop of rare doo wop from the Chicago scene – including some rare early gems on the Parrot Records label! The ... read moreCD
The third installment in one of the greatest doo wop series we've ever heard – a really wonderful collection of material recorded for Vee Jay Records in Chicago – but one that goes way past the hits, to include a flurry of rare 78 and 45rpm singles that were among some of the label's ... read moreCD
An excellent collection of earlier Vee Jay vocal group and R&B material – put out by the label in the early 60s, to bring back 16 "unavailable" singles – mixed here with the equally great Nitty Gritty compilation too – for a total of 28 cuts! The material is great ... read moreCD
A big, beautiful box of prime Vee Jay hits – 75 tracks on 3CDs, a 24 page booklet and a bonus red vinyl 45 featuring The Spaniels "Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight" (Vee Jay's first R&B hit) b/w "You Don't Move Me" – in a sweet, textured cardboard oversized box ... read moreCD
An incredible box of immortal tunes from the Vee Jay vaults – some of the greatest and most important r&b, blues, soul and gospel tunes from the early 50s through the mid 60s – great music from the Spaniels, the Staple Singers, Jimmy Reed, Gene Allison, Elmore James, Betty Everett, ... read moreCD