The Complete Sun Singles

Roy Orbison - Dream Baby: The Complete Sun, RCA & Monument 1956-62 Singles (2017) {Hoodoo Records 263854}
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© 1956-62, 2017 Hoodoo Records | 263854
Rock & Roll / Rock / Pop

Orbison recorded the majority of his best work between the mid ‘50s and the early ‘60s, including hits like “Only the Lonely,” “Ooby Dooby,” “Running Scared,” “Crying,” “Dream Baby,” and “Workin' for the Man,” to name just a few. The aforementioned songs, and many others, have been included on this essential CD, which compiles all of Roy Orbison's 7” singles (A & B sides) released between 1956 and 1962 by such iconic labels as Sun, RCA, and Monument. The original gems presented here have been brilliantly remastered to achieve the most pristine sound. These sides helped to consolidate “The Big O” (Orbison's nickname) as one of the all-time-great singers.

Del Shannon - The Complete UK Singles (and more) 1961-1966 (2013) {2CD Set, Ace Records CDTOP2 1360}
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© 1961-66, 2013 Ace Records | CDTOP2 1360
Pop / AM Pop / Rock and Roll / Oldies / Early Pop / Teen Idols

Del Shannon’s formidable hit list qualifies him as one of the truly great artists of the 1960s. Del made #1 on both sides of the Atlantic with his first 45, ‘Runaway’, and for the next few years he delivered the chart goods again and again with some of the best singles ever made – most of which he wrote or co-wrote. This new Ace set is, we believe, the first to present Del’s UK 45s, as released between 1960 and 1966, in the order they appeared here and in the same couplings used on the original London and Stateside pressings (which often differed from their US counterparts).

Sarah Vaughan - The Complete Columbia Singles As & Bs 1949-1953 (2020) {3CD Set, Acrobat Music}
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© 1949-53, 2020 Acrobat Music | ACTRCD9090
Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Standards / Traditional Pop

Sarah Vaughan was one of the illustrious coterie of female vocalists who spanned the genres of jazz, big band music and sophisticated pop during the post-war era to provide some of the finest music of their times, not only interpreting the Great American Songbook and putting their own individual stamp on it, but continuing to perform top class new material through the musical upheavals of subsequent decades.

Arthur Gunter - Baby Let's Play House: The Complete Excello Singles 1954-1961 (2016) {Jasmine Records JASMCD 3077}
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© 1954-61, 2016 Jasmine Records | JASMCD 3077
Blues / Rhythm & Blues

Arthur Gunter, a seemingly obscure blues singer will never be forgotten because he holds a unique place in American pop history. His first recording, 'Baby Let's Play House' in 1954 for Excello Records of Nashville became one of the first recordings by Elvis Presley. This is the first time both sides of his Excello singles have been collected together in chronological order and the quality of these sessions are all exciting and typical of the kind of blues popular in the south.
Listen to the sounds of Arthur Gunter and wonder at the impression it must have had on the young Elvis Presley - stunning by all accounts. This collection is a must for blues and R&B fans.

Gary Lewis & The Playboys - The Complete Liberty Singles (2009) {2CD Set, EMI Music CCM-2013 rec 1966-1970}
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© 1966-70, 2009 Collectors' Choice Music / EMI Music Special Markets | CCM-2013 / 509996-96951-2-4
Pop / Rock / AM Pop / Oldies / Soft Rock / Pop Rock

Although they weren't particularly innovative, and nothing they recorded ever changed the course of rock or pop music one iota, Gary Lewis & the Playboys don't really deserve the marginalization they've gotten to the footnote side of rock & roll history. They were a 1960s singles band, pure and simple, and the perfect example of a "summer band," one that plays fun songs full of bright harmonies, specializing in melodic singalongs that made up for what they lacked in depth by being infectious and persistent. Yeah, drummer and singer Gary Lewis was the son of comedian and star Jerry Lewis, but that's just the footnote to a footnote. Lewis could sing, and he was skilled enough at it to do it while he was playing drums, so forget any notions that his recording career was due entirely to privilege.

Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Decca Singles, Vol. 3: 1942-1949 (2017) {3CD Set, Verve Reissues, Digital Only Issue}
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© 1942-49, 2017 Decca / Verve Reissues / UMG | Digital Only Issue
Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Bop / Standards / Swing

Come on folks, this is ELLA FITZGERALD we're talking about. Ella from her early years, recording for Decca Records. Oh the songs on this collection! Oh the memories! Every single song is fabulous and if you like music, you need to own this collection. Not just Jazz, not just Swing, not just Pop - but all Ella, all GREAT. Highly recommended.

Jimmy Smith wasn't the first organ player in jazz, but no one had a greater influence with the instrument than he did; Smith coaxed a rich, grooving tone from the Hammond B-3, and his sound and style made him a top instrumentalist in the 1950s and '60s, while a number of rock and R&B keyboardists would learn valuable lessons from Smith's example.