VA - Sadie's Gentlemen's Club, Visit 1-6 [2022-2024] (6 x CDs)

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VA - Sadie's Gentlemen's Club, Visit 1-6 [2022-2024] (6 x CDs)

Issued between 2022 and 2024 by Atomicat Records, the six‑volume Sadie’s Gentlemen’s Club series forms a complete suite of nocturnal rhythm compilations that celebrate the playful, risqué, and musically rich side of mid‑century American sound. Each disc—Lover, Flirtin’, Taboo, Ecstasy, Branded, and Weird—extends the same invitation, step inside Sadie’s imagined club, where jump blues, rock & roll, doo wop, and rhythm & blues mingle under low lights and neon signs.

Across the sequence, compiler Mark Armstrong and Atomicat’s production team build a world that feels both cinematic and archival. The selections move from the flirtatious swing of Visit 01 through the sultry pulse of Visit 04 and into the eccentric corners of Visit 06, where rockabilly and novelty sides twist together. The mastering work from The Studio That Time Forgot in El Paso gives the series a unified sonic warmth, while Gito Lima’s artwork ties each volume to the same velvet‑curtain aesthetic.

Taken as a whole, Sadie’s Gentlemen’s Club becomes more than a themed compilation run—it’s a portrait of post‑war nightlife as imagined through records that once spun in diners, lounges, and jukeboxes across America. Beneath the surface glamour lies a collector’s precision: every track chosen for its pulse, its wink, and its place in the long conversation between rhythm and desire. Atomicat’s series captures that balance perfectly, archival yet alive, nostalgic yet full of motion. (B)

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Track lists

Visit 1

01 Barbie Gaye - My Boy Lollipop 2:20

02 Knight Brothers - Love (Can't You Hear) 2:42

03 Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love 2:39

04 Celestine - Shake, Baby, Shake 2:04

05 Sarah Vaughan - That Old Black Magic 2:56

06 Etta James - I Just Want to Make Love to You 3:10

07 Larktones - Rockin' Swingin' Man 2:14

08 B.B. King - Whole Lotta Love 3:12

09 Joe Valino - Everything I Touch Turns to Gold 1:58

10 Dick Dixon & The Roommates - The Caterpillar Crawl 2:11

11 Vivian Greene & Her Trio - Bowlegged Boogie 3:07

12 Pleasures - Music City 2:25

13 Bobby ''Blue'' Bland - Don't Cry No More 2:29

14 Bob Kayli - Tie Me Tight 2:18

15 Chuck Hensley & The Strollers - Tall Man 2:11

16 Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - It's Twistin' Time 2:36

17 Dodie Randle - Man Hunt 2:21

18 Bull Moose Jackson - Oh John 2:34

19 David Hill - Wild Child 2:05

20 Egyptians - Inkster Boogie 2:38

21 Ella Fitzgerald - Lover 3:21

22 Boptones - Be My Pussy Cat 2:31

23 Prince Conley - I'm Going Home 2:55

24 Bobby Towers - Bondage of Love 2:16

25 Astro-Jets - Boom-A-Lay 2:42

26 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Temptation 2:40

27 Wynonie Harris - Sitting on it All The Time 2:41

28 Doc Bagby - Sylvia's Callin' 3:02

29 Hayden Thompson - Watcha Gonna Do 2:57

30 Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song 2:54

Visit 2

01 Frankie Ford - Cheatin' Woman 2:09

02 Sonny & The Premiers - Flirtin' 2:43

03 Lloyd Price & His Orchestra - Frog Legs 2:20

04 Little Bobby Moore - The Ginger Snap (Do The) 2:42

05 Phil Harvey - Bumbershoot 2:20

06 Lavern Baker & Jimmy Ricks - You're The Boss 2:21

07 Jimmy Jones - I Just Go for You 2:10

08 Sugar Pie Desanto - Open Your Heart 2:11

09 Wes Reynolds - Say There 2:19

10 Melvin Smith - Ugly George 2:19

11 John Lee Hooker & His Guitar - Huckle Up Baby 2:50

12 Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It 2:52

13 Bo Toliver & His Timers (Vocal Billy Binder) - Begging 2:41

14 Swallows - Bicycle Tillie 2:39

15 Four Blues - It Takes A Long Tall Brown Skin Girl 2:54

16 Helen Foster with Louis Brooks & Band - I Got A Big Fat Daddy 3:05

17 Bobby Lewis - Fire of Love 2:03

18 Johnny Wells Orchestra (Conducted by Siravo) - Lonely Moon 2:26

19 Betty Hall Jones - This Joint's Too Hip for Me 2:33

20 Chuck Berry - Betty Jean 2:31

21 Buddy Guy - The Slop Around 2:12

22 Pete Brown & His Band (Vocal Nora Lee King) - Cannon Ball 2:47

23 Les Chats Sauvages avec Dick Rivers - Twist A Saint Tropez 1:46

24 Rhythm Rockers - Moovin' 'n' Groovin' 2:11

25 Todd Rhodes Orchestra (Vocal Kitty Stevenson & Band) - Good Man 2:41

26 Raindrops - That Boy John 2:15

27 Sanford Clark - A Cheat 2:43

28 Jimmy & Kelly (The Rock-A-Beats) - Little Chickie 2:13

29 Mark VI - Cleo 2:31

30 Everly Brothers - Nancy's Minuet 2:24

Visit 3

01 Al Jackson - Let's Drink Some Whiskey 2:21

02 Lucky Millinder with Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Rock! Daniel 2:57

03 Bobby Sharpe with The Hugo Peretti Orchestra - Baby Girl of Mine 2:42

04 Bobby Rey & His Orchestra - Blue Mambo 2:40

05 Darlene Love - A Fine, Fine Boy 2:44

06 Duke Jenkins & His Orchestra - Shake It 2:16

07 Don Johnston - The Whipmaster 2:21

08 Roy Orbison with The Bob Morre's Orchestra - Working for The Man 2:28

09 Lucia Martin - Big Jim 2:33

10 Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' at Midnight 3:00

11 Freddie Houston - Chills and Fever 2:38

12 Del Rios - Dangerous Lover 2:10

13 Individuals - Jungle Superman 2:41

14 Santo & Johnny - Slave Girl 2:11

15 Kenny & Moe (The Blues Boys) - I Want to Love You 2:27

16 Scotty Wayne - I'm Gonna Leave 2:12

17 Sylvie Mora - Taboo 2:23

18 Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry 2:27

19 Barbara McNair - He's A King 2:39

20 Three Bits of Rhythm - Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle 3:13

21 Sherman ''Blues'' Johnson - Back Alley Boogie 2:48

22 Steve Alaimo - Big Bad Beulah 1:58

23 Marc Haven & The Aquarians - Hey Senorita 2:01

24 Doug Powell - Big City Walk 2:01

25 Coasters - Sorry But I'm Gonna Have to Have to Pass 2:12

26 Roy Hamilton - No Substitute for Love 2:48

27 Ella Fitzgerald - Too Darn Hot 3:51

28 Ted Jarrett - (Let's Twist) Slow and Easy 2:09

29 Sammy Fitzhugh & His Moroccan's - Sadie Mae 2:25

30 Bobby Day - King's Highway 2:44

Visit 4

01 Ray Charles & His Orchestra - Hit The Road Jack 2:00

02 Jamie Coe - Cleopatra 2:39

03 Chuck Daniels & The Downbeats - Tiny Tim 2:15

04 Velveteers - Boo Wacka Boo 2:51

05 ''Cookie'' Jackson - Try Love (Just One More Time) 2:15

06 Solomon Burke - Cry to Me 2:32

07 Frank Brunson - Charmaine 2:07

08 Frankie Taro, Ivan Gregory & The Bluenotes - Susy Ann 2:04

09 Roy Lanman - Klondike 2:33

10 Chantels - Well, I Told You 2:28

11 Hoagy Lands - I'm Gonna Cry Some Tears 2:40

12 Bobbie Bolden with The Maurice Kings Orchestra - Hall of Shame 3:04

13 Ben E. King - Ecstasy 2:25

14 Billy Boy - Kissing at Midnight 2:21

15 Bo Diddley - Pills 2:54

16 Buddy Lucas with The Teddy Vann Orchestra (feat. Dave Williams) - Beulah 2:29

17 Dennis & The Menaces - Drumble 2:07

18 Betty James - Henry Lee 2:27

19 Barbara Gale & The Larks - Who Walks When I Walk Out 2:37

20 Slim Harpo - Strange Love 2:13

21 John Lee Hooker - Leave My Wife Alone 2:51

22 Drivers - Dangerous Lips 2:46

23 Ben & Bea - Let The Good Times Roll 2:07

24 Charioteers with The Sid Bass Orchestra - Don't Play No Mambo 2:50

25 Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses - Twist All Night 1:57

26 Steve Alaimo & The Red Coats - She's My Baby 2:23

27 Sam Butera - Equator 2:15

28 Wynonie Harris - Bite Again, Bite Again 2:50

29 Bull Moose Jackson - I Want A Bowlegged Woman 3:05

30 Billy Bland - All I Wanna Do is Cry 2:21

Visit 5

01 Bobby Day - My Blue Heaven 2:38

02 Ernie Freeman - The Stripper 1:39

03 Charlie Blackwell with Don Ralke - The Girl of My Best Friend 2:22

04 Berna-Dean - One Gal in Town, Five Men Hanging Around 2:41

05 Chance Halladay - 13 Women 2:18

06 Mary Ann Fisher - It's A Man's World 2:28

07 Otis Riley - Little Miss Bibbity Bobbity Boom 2:35

08 Otis Rush - I'm Satisfied 2:28

09 B.B. King - Catfish Blues 2:35

10 Calvin Boze with Maxwell Davis & His All-Stars - Shamrock 1:56

11 Ada Ray - Give Our Love A Chance 2:21

12 Sonny Til & The Orioles - Hey! Little Woman 2:27

13 Gloria Irving - I Need A Man 2:26

14 Magnificent Seven - Baby Doll 2:20

15 Richie Robin - Branded 2:05

16 Don Lanier - Need Your Loving 2:15

17 Roy Hamilton - A Great Romance 2:06

18 Mickey & Sylvia - A New Idea on Love 2:15

19 Nina Simone - Chilly Winds Don't Blow 2:48

20 Merrylanders - Rattlesnake 1:55

21 Flamingos - Nobody Loves Me Like You 2:17

22 Drapers - You Got to Look Up 2:35

23 Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm - Katanga 2:19

24 Chubby Checker - Dancin' Party 2:09

25 Marilyn Monroe - I Wanna Be Loved By You 3:01

26 Hollywood Chicks - Hey, Little Gigolo 2:26

27 Ray Charles & Orchestra - Kissa Me Baby 3:12

28 Les Elgart & His Orchestra - Voo Doo Drums 2:37

29 Drifters - I'll Take You Home 2:43

30 Dinah Washington - Teach Me Tonight 2:48

Visit 6

01 Roray Reid - Mad Lovin' 2:11

02 Bobby Peterson - Irresistable You 2:44

03 Billy Mitchell - You Know I Do 2:20

04 Barry Lane - Gettin' Ready for Love 1:55

05 Bobby Hardin - I'm Loving You Baby 2:00

06 Bob Vidone - Weird 2:14

07 Ernest Tucker - Mirror, Mirror 1:55

08 Hot Lips Page - I Want to Ride Like The Cowboys Do 2:43

09 Phil Flowers - I Need You Baby 3:16

10 Pat Morrissey - Why Don't You Do Right 2:06

11 Du-Droppers - Can't Do Sixty No More 2:48

12 Versatones - Tight Skirt Tight Sweater 2:09

13 Billie and The Kids - You Ain´t Pleasing Me 2:55

14 Toppers Baby - Let Me Bang Your Box 2:43

15 Emily - Hoppin' With Emily 1:46

16 Hal Case - The Cola Song 2:46

17 Jim Fleming - Ask Her to Dance 2:17

18 Sonee West - Sweet Rockin' Baby 2:18

19 Larke Sisters - Gumbo Mambo 2:46

20 Wynonie Harris - Don't Take My Whiskey Away 2:13

21 Wilbert Harrison - Cheatin' Baby 2:12

22 Al & Nettie - Move, Baby, Move 2:09

23 Leaders - Lovers 2:15

24 Hawks - A Little More Wine, My Dear 1:48

25 Diane Maxwell - Love Charms 2:22

26 Rocky Storm - My Baby Left Me Swinging 2:38

27 Al Hendrix - Monkey Bite 1:50

28 Shirelles - Boys 2:04

29 Ocie Smith - Bad Man of Missouri 2:13

30 Eddie Cochran - Love Again 2:12

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