B.B. King Boss Of The Blues

 

Kent records 1965   529 - 5020 

 notes:
Great compilation of early BB mono recordings, pre 67.


credits:

B.B. King Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals
Barney Hubert Sax (Baritone)
Floyd Newman Sax (Baritone)
George Whiteman Cover Design
Henry Boozier Trumpet
Herman Green Sax (Baritone)
Johnny Board Sax (Tenor)
Jymie Merritt Bass
Lawrence Burdine Sax (Alto)
Marshall York Bass
Millard Lee Piano
Pluma Davis, Trombone
Sonny Freeman Drums
Ted Curry Drums

tracks recorded:

A1 1955
A2 1956
A3 1958
A4 1956
A5 1958
B1 1955
B2 1958
B3 1959
B4 1958
B5 1958

engineer: Wally Heider
Recording Location
Houston
Little Rock, AR
Los Angeles, CA


tracklist:

A1
Bad Breaks
B.B. King / Jules Taub
03:07
A2
You Don't Know
B.B. King / Sam Ling
02:28
A3
Worry, Worry
Pluma Davis / Jules Taub
02:44
A4
The Blues Has Got Me
B.B. King / Jules Taub
02:42
A5
Please Accept My Love
B.B. King / Sam Ling
02:37
B1
I Had a Woman
Joe Josea / B.B. King
02:51
B2
You Know I Go for You
B.B. King / Sam Ling / Jules Taub
02:42
B3
That's How Much You Mean to Me
Joe Josea / B.B. King
02:33
B4
Days of Old
Jules Bihari / B.B. King
02:32
B5
Why Does Everything Happen to Me
Roy Hawkins / Jules Taub
02:55 

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Ike & Tina Turner Revue – Live

Kent records 1964 – KLMP 5014

notes:
Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live is the first live album by
 Ike & Tina Turner released on Kent Records in 1964.
The Ike & Tina Turner Revue was formed in 1960
in St. Louis by songwriter, musician, and bandleader Ike Turner
The Revue had already built a reputation as "one of the most
potent live acts on the R&B circuit," so for their first, and the
only Kent album they recorded a live album.

credits:

Recorded    1964
Venue    Club Imperial (St. Louis, MO), Harlem Club (St. Louis, MO)
live recording at Club imperial and Harlem club
in St Louis Missouri

A1    Ike & Tina Turner–    Please, Please, Please
A2    Jimmy Thomas–    Feel So Good
A3    Vanetta Fields*–    The Love Of My Man
A4    Bobby John (3)–    Think
B1    Stacy Johnson–    Drown In My Own Tears
B2    Robbie Montgomery–    I Love The Way You Love
B3    Vernon Guy–    Your Precious Love
B4    Ike & Tina Turner–    All In My Mind
B5    Ike & Tina Turner–    I Can't Believe What You Say

 

 

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Lowell Fulsom Tramp

 Kent records 1967   KST 5020

 

 credits: & notes

Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was an American blues guitarist and songwriter,
in the West Coast blues tradition. He also recorded for contractual reasons as Lowell Fullsom
and Lowell Fulsom. After T-Bone Walker, he was the most important
 figure in West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s.


Arthur Adams Guitar
Chuck Thomas Drums
Curtis Tillman Bass
Fats Washington Composer
Jackie Kelso Sax (Baritone)
Jimmy McCracklin Composer
Joe Josea Composer
Jules Taub Composer
Lowell Fulson Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis Arranger, Piano
Rene Hall Guitar
Produced by : Mike Apokoff
arranged by: Maxwell Davis
Engineer  : Bill Lazerus
Recording Date
1965 - 1967
Studio:  Custom Records MFG. Co.
Los Angeles, CA



tracklist:

A1 Tramp
Lowell Fulson        
A2 I'm Sinkin'
Lowell Fulson        
A3 Get Your Game Up TightLonely Day
Jules Taub       
A4 Back Door Key
Joe Josea       
A5 Two Way Wishing
Joe Josea       
A6 Lonely Day
Fats Washington       
B1 Black Nights
Fats Washington       
B2 Year Of 29
Jules Taub       
B3 No Hard Feeling
Lowell Fulson       
B4 Hustler's Game
Lowell Fulson       
B5 Goin' Home
Lowell Fulson       
B6 Pico
Lowell Fulson / Jimmy McCracklin

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B.B. KING  LET ME LOVE YOU

KENT RECORDS 1965                                   KST 513

tracks list

A1 Let Me Love You    
A2 Driving Wheel    
A3 Troubles Don't Last    
A4 Did You Ever Love A Woman    
A5 Whole Lot Of Lovin    
A6 Hold That Train    
B1 You're Gonna Miss Me    
B2 I'm Gonna Quit My Baby    
B3 Come By Here    
B4 I've Got A Right To Love My Baby    
B5 I Can't Explain    
B7 Walkin Dr. Bill

 

  

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IKE AND TINA TURNER Ike & Tina Turner's Festival Of Live Performances

 

KENT RECORDS 1970                                  KST 538

ke & Tina Turner's Festival of Live Performances is a live album released
by Kent Records in January 1970.
It was recorded during their stint at Kent in the mid-1960s.

Recorded    c. 1964-1965

tracklist:

A1        A Fool In Love    2:29
A2        He's Mine    3:45
A3        Stop The Wedding Please, Please, Please    8:33
A4        If I Can't Be First    2:29
B1        My Man    3:32
B2        You Don't Love Me No More    3:23
B3        It's Gonna Work Out Fine    2:32
B4        If I Only Had You    1:47
B5        I Can't Stop Loving You    3:30
B6        Treat Me Right    3:21

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ELMORE JAMES THE LEGENDE OF ELMORE JAMES VOL 01

 

KENT RECORDS 1969                             KST 9001

 

lp compilation

credits:

 Baritone Saxophone – Jewell Grant (pistes : B6)
    Bass – Chuck Hamilton (pistes : B6)
    Drums – Jesse Sailes* (pistes : B6),
    Odie Payne (pistes : A1 to A3, A5, A6, B1)
    Piano – Ike Turner (pistes : B3, B4),
    Johnny Jones* (pistes : A1 to A3, A5, A6, B1),
    Willard McDaniel (pistes : B6)
    Producer [Original Recordings] – Joe Bihari
    Reissue Producer – Bruce Bromberg, Frank Scott (3)
    Tenor Saxophone – J.T. Brown (pistes : A1 to A3, A5, A6, B1),
    Maxwell Davis (pistes : B6)
    Trumpet – James Parr (pistes : B6)
    Written-By – James*, Josea*, Taub*, Ling*


    Producer [Original Recordings] – Joe Bihari
    Reissue Producer – Bruce Bromberg, Frank Scott


   A2, A5 and A6 recorded in Chicago, 1952
   B3 and B4 recorded in Canton, Mississippi, 1953 or 1954
   A1, A3 and B1 recorded Chicago, April 1, 1956
   B2 probably recorded in Chicago, date unkown

 

 

 

 

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Big Joe Turner – Turns On The Blues

 

KENT RECORDS 1970          KST542

 

credits:

Vocal: Joe Turner

 Concept By [Back Cover] – Robert J. Demain
    Design – Ralph Pierce
    Engineer – Gordon Calcote
    Liner Notes – Robert J. Demain

Produced At – Cadet Records Studio

 Tracklist

A1        T.V. Mama 5:12
A2        Everyday I Have The Blues 2:49
A3        Good Morning Blues 4:10
A4        St. Louis Blues 2:35
A5        Chains Of Love 4:51
B1        In The Evening 4:52
B2        Night Time Is The Right Time 4:00
B3        Don't Love You No More 3:47
B4        Little Girl 2:45
B5        Kansas City Blues 4:17

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PRESTON LOVE feat SHUGGIE OTIS OMAHA BAR-B-Q

KENT RECORDS 1969                                  KST 540 

In the early 1960s Love worked with Ray Charles in California and 

Aretha Franklin, eventually becoming Motown's West Coast house

 bandleader with whom he played & toured with The Four Tops, 

The Temptations, Tammi Terrell, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight and others.

 Love also recorded with Nichelle Nichols, Janis Joplin, Frank Zappa

 (Freak Out), Shuggie Otis, T-Bone Walker, Charles Brown, Ruth Brown,

 and many others. Love also appears in the Clint Eastwood film, 

Play Misty For Me with the Johnny Otis band.

On front cover and labels "featuring Shuggie Otis on Guitar" 

is mentioned. Spine denotes just "Preston Love's Omaha Bar-B-Q". 

Inside cover shows Preston Love and Shuggie Otis. 

credits:

Alto Saxophone, Flute – Preston Love

Arranged By – Johnny Otis, Maxwell Davis

Engineer – Gordon Calcote, John Cevetello

Guitar, Electric Bass – Shuggie Otis

Piano, Vibraphone – Johnny Otis

Producer – Johnny Otis

Tenor Saxophone – Clifford Solomon

Written-By – S. Kelso* (tracks: A3), J. Otis*, M. Davis* (tracks: A2, A4),

 P. Love* (tracks: A3), S. Otis* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4)

tracks list:

A1 Chicken Gumbo 2:00

A2 Chili Mac 3:35

A3 Cream Dream 3:00

A4 Neck Bones 2:20

A5 Cool Ade 2:00

B1 Omaha Bar-B-Q 2:30

B2 Hot Cakes And Sorghum 3:35

B3 Shuggie's Chitlin Blues 5:05

B4 Pot Likker 2:22

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LOWELL FULSOM NOW!

 

KENT RECORDS 1969                                 KST 531 

credits:

produced by : Mike Akopoff
engineers: BillLazerus and Wally Heider
recorded at studio Custom Records MFG. co.

tracks listing:

                 

A1 I'm A Drifter       
A2 Funky Broadway       
A3 Let's Go Get Stoned       
A4 Push Me       
A5 The Letter       
A6 I Cried       
B1 Feel So Bad       
B2 Everyday I Have The Blues       
B3 Mellow Together       
B4 Going To Chicago       
B5 Confessin' The Blues       
B6 Tomorrow

 

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Z.Z. HILL THE SOUL STIRRING

KENT RECORDS 1965                                       KST 518

tracks listing:

 A1 Happiness Is All I Need    
A2 Hey Little Girl    
A3 Someone To Love    
A4 You Don't Love Me    
A5 If I Could Do It All Over    
A6 Everybody Has To Cry    
B1 That What More    
B3 Oh Darling    
B4 Have Mercy Someone    
B5 I Found Love    
B6 Set Your Sights Higher

 

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Z.Z. HILL A WHOLE LOT OF SOUL

KENT RECORDS 1967                                  KST 528

credits:

 Arranged By – Maxwell Davis
Engineer – Bill Lazerus, Wally Heider
Producer – Mike Akopoff

tracklist:

 

A1 When Something Is Wrong With My Baby 2:50
Written-By – Porter-Hyes*
A2 What Am I Living For 3:30
Written-By – Harris, Jay
A3 Nothing Takes The Place Of You 2:59
Written-By – McCall
A4 Knock On Wood 2:45
Written-By – Floyd, Cropper
A5 Steal Away 2:45
Written-By – Hughes
A6 You Gonna Make Me Cry 2:50
Written-By – Malone
B1 You Send Me 2:55
Written-By – Cooke
B2 Midnight Hour 2:25
Written-By – Pickett
B3 When A Man Loves A Woman 2:55
Written-By – Wright, Lewis
B4 Make Me Yours 2:43
Written-By – Swann
B5 Nothing Can Change The Love I Have For You 2:55
Written-By – Cooke
B6 Greatest Love 2:30
Written-By – Toussaint

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