Previously posted November 27, 2019
VA - Roy Milton's Miltone Records Story 1946-1948 [2008] (2 x CD's)
Two discs 77 and 76 minutes each approximately. The sound is good to fair, with occasional surface noise. These sides, all recorded between 1946-1949 are from a man known to most as an R&B artist of some repute. Milton, himself, shows up on several tracks here, with his group the Solid Senders. This collection is a treasure trove of R&B with a few blues sides, from both well-known artists and some lesser known. The more well-known singer/musicians include, besides Milton, Maxwell Davis and his Orchestra, Paul Gayten Trio and Roy Brown and his Orchestra. As is often the case, it's the lesser-known artists here that are the greatest surprise. This collection has a number of artists like Effie Smith, Jesse Thomas, and Little Miss Cornshucks, who will be unknown except to real fans of this music. However, their tracks are every bit the equal of the well known people above. Together, these tracks make up some of the best big-city r&b of the era. Smooth but emotive vocals with, usually, horn/piano lead instrument (s) with the rest of the group playing the melodies. The booklet, as usual, from the folks at Acrobat Records is informative as far as they can take it. Many owner/artists have limited or non-existent biographies. An example is one of the partners in Miltone, Forrest Perkins. The booklet states that his early life is a mystery, since he couldn't be found in the census. Also, he was to disappear mysteriously and possibly die in the Philippines in 1951-but no one knows for sure. The booklet also includes a number of biographies on several of the artists featured,including an overview of Roy Milton's life. An added bonus are the label reproductions of cartoon characters acting out the various song titles. A book of these would be wonderful. All in all, this is one of the better small label compilations available. Hopefully there will be other collections of Milton's labels in the future. For this is some great post-war R&B with just a pinch of blues mixed in for added color. It's evocative, swinging, moody music. The kind that can easily transport the listener back in time, when you might hear this music on a jukebox or live in some club, where the beer is a dime, on a late dark night in Los Angeles. (Amazon)
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Track lists
CD1
01 Jesse Thomas Same Old Stuff 2:53
02 Jesse Thomas D Double Due Love You 2:38
03 Jesse Thomas Zetter Blues 2:31
04 Jesse Thomas Mountain Key Blues 2:40
05 Effie Smith & the Darby Hicks Wee Baby Brother Blues (Wee Wee Brother) 3:02
06 John Criner & His Orchestra Sugar Mama Blues 2:39
07 Effie Smith with Jimmie Grissom & the Blenders with Roy Milton Answer to RM Blues 2:59
08 Effie Smith with Jimmie Grissom & the Blenders with Roy Milton It's Been So Long 3:02
09 Jesse Price & Buddy Floyd with the Maxwell Davis Orchestra Just Before Dawn 2:41
10 Jesse Price & His Jump Jivers Creepin' And Peepin' (Tippin' Out) 3:03
11 Blenders You Sure Look Good To Me 2:30
12 Blenders Signifying Monkey 2:44
13 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Sunny Side Of The Street 3:10
14 Jimmy Grissom & the Original Solid Senders Do As I Say 2:39
15 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Milton's Boogie 2:44
16 Camille Howard & the Solid Senders Mr Fine 2:37
17 Peter Warfield Morning Train Blues 2:55
18 Wright Holmes Good Road Blues 2:36
19 Wright Holmes Alley Special 2:59
20 Sonny Boy Johnson Quinsella 2:53
21 Roy Brown & His Orchestra Rainy Weather Blues 2:19
22 Roy Brown & His Orchestra Fore Day In The Morning 2:56
23 Roy Brown & His Mighty-Mighty Men Whose Hat Is That? 2:29
24 Little Miss Cornshucks Keep Your Hand On Your Heart 2:48
25 Little Miss Cornshucks Cornshucks Blues 2:50
26 Little Miss Cornshucks In The Rain 2:58
27 Little Miss Cornshucks Why Was I Born 2:27
28 Little Miss Cornshucks True (You Don't Love Me) 2:46
CD2
01 Chubby "Hip Shakin'" Newsome Hip Shakin' Mama 2:42
02 Roy Brown & His Mighty-Mighty Men Long About Midnight 3:05
03 Chubby "Hip Shakin'" Newsome Chubby's Confession 2:24
04 The Paul Gayton Trio Hey, Little Girl 2:39
05 The Paul Gayton Trio with Annie Laurie One Sweet Letter From You 2:41
06 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Red Light 2:29
07 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders It Never Should Have Been This Way 2:47
08 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Them There Eyes 2:41
09 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders I'll Always Be In Love With You 3:00
10 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Little Boy Blue 2:36
11 Maxwell Davis Welcome Home Baby 2:41
12 Maxwell Davis Get Out 1:58
13 Great "Gates" & His Wampus Cats Cold Blooded Blues 2:37
14 Great "Gates" & His Wampus Cats Come Back Home 2:46
15 Jimmie Grissom & Th Blenders Frank Bull's Boogie 2:47
16 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders New RM Blues 3:00
17 Camille Howard with Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Groovy Blues 2:52
18 Paul Gayton & His Trio with Annie Laurie Since I Fell For You 2:53
19 Roy Milton Rainy Day Confession Blues (Part 1) 2:38
20 Roy Milton Rainy Day Confession Blues (Part 2) 3:03
21 Roy Milton Grooving With Joe 2:55
22 Roy Milton Blues In My Heart 3:01
23 Gene Morris & His Quintet G-ing With Gene 2:38
24 Camille Howard with Roy Milton Pack Your Sack Jack 2:51
25 Jimmie Grissom with the Blenders Ice Cold Love 2:50
26 Lawrence (Batty) Battiste You Gonna Get It In The End 2:23
27 Jimmie Grissom with the Blenders Big Fine Baby 2:49
28 Little T-Bone Love's A Gamble 2:43
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VA - Roy Milton's Miltone Records Story 1946-1948 [2008] (2 x CD's)
Two discs 77 and 76 minutes each approximately. The sound is good to fair, with occasional surface noise. These sides, all recorded between 1946-1949 are from a man known to most as an R&B artist of some repute. Milton, himself, shows up on several tracks here, with his group the Solid Senders. This collection is a treasure trove of R&B with a few blues sides, from both well-known artists and some lesser known. The more well-known singer/musicians include, besides Milton, Maxwell Davis and his Orchestra, Paul Gayten Trio and Roy Brown and his Orchestra. As is often the case, it's the lesser-known artists here that are the greatest surprise. This collection has a number of artists like Effie Smith, Jesse Thomas, and Little Miss Cornshucks, who will be unknown except to real fans of this music. However, their tracks are every bit the equal of the well known people above. Together, these tracks make up some of the best big-city r&b of the era. Smooth but emotive vocals with, usually, horn/piano lead instrument (s) with the rest of the group playing the melodies. The booklet, as usual, from the folks at Acrobat Records is informative as far as they can take it. Many owner/artists have limited or non-existent biographies. An example is one of the partners in Miltone, Forrest Perkins. The booklet states that his early life is a mystery, since he couldn't be found in the census. Also, he was to disappear mysteriously and possibly die in the Philippines in 1951-but no one knows for sure. The booklet also includes a number of biographies on several of the artists featured,including an overview of Roy Milton's life. An added bonus are the label reproductions of cartoon characters acting out the various song titles. A book of these would be wonderful. All in all, this is one of the better small label compilations available. Hopefully there will be other collections of Milton's labels in the future. For this is some great post-war R&B with just a pinch of blues mixed in for added color. It's evocative, swinging, moody music. The kind that can easily transport the listener back in time, when you might hear this music on a jukebox or live in some club, where the beer is a dime, on a late dark night in Los Angeles. (Amazon)
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Track lists
CD1
01 Jesse Thomas Same Old Stuff 2:53
02 Jesse Thomas D Double Due Love You 2:38
03 Jesse Thomas Zetter Blues 2:31
04 Jesse Thomas Mountain Key Blues 2:40
05 Effie Smith & the Darby Hicks Wee Baby Brother Blues (Wee Wee Brother) 3:02
06 John Criner & His Orchestra Sugar Mama Blues 2:39
07 Effie Smith with Jimmie Grissom & the Blenders with Roy Milton Answer to RM Blues 2:59
08 Effie Smith with Jimmie Grissom & the Blenders with Roy Milton It's Been So Long 3:02
09 Jesse Price & Buddy Floyd with the Maxwell Davis Orchestra Just Before Dawn 2:41
10 Jesse Price & His Jump Jivers Creepin' And Peepin' (Tippin' Out) 3:03
11 Blenders You Sure Look Good To Me 2:30
12 Blenders Signifying Monkey 2:44
13 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Sunny Side Of The Street 3:10
14 Jimmy Grissom & the Original Solid Senders Do As I Say 2:39
15 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Milton's Boogie 2:44
16 Camille Howard & the Solid Senders Mr Fine 2:37
17 Peter Warfield Morning Train Blues 2:55
18 Wright Holmes Good Road Blues 2:36
19 Wright Holmes Alley Special 2:59
20 Sonny Boy Johnson Quinsella 2:53
21 Roy Brown & His Orchestra Rainy Weather Blues 2:19
22 Roy Brown & His Orchestra Fore Day In The Morning 2:56
23 Roy Brown & His Mighty-Mighty Men Whose Hat Is That? 2:29
24 Little Miss Cornshucks Keep Your Hand On Your Heart 2:48
25 Little Miss Cornshucks Cornshucks Blues 2:50
26 Little Miss Cornshucks In The Rain 2:58
27 Little Miss Cornshucks Why Was I Born 2:27
28 Little Miss Cornshucks True (You Don't Love Me) 2:46
CD2
01 Chubby "Hip Shakin'" Newsome Hip Shakin' Mama 2:42
02 Roy Brown & His Mighty-Mighty Men Long About Midnight 3:05
03 Chubby "Hip Shakin'" Newsome Chubby's Confession 2:24
04 The Paul Gayton Trio Hey, Little Girl 2:39
05 The Paul Gayton Trio with Annie Laurie One Sweet Letter From You 2:41
06 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Red Light 2:29
07 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders It Never Should Have Been This Way 2:47
08 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Them There Eyes 2:41
09 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders I'll Always Be In Love With You 3:00
10 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Little Boy Blue 2:36
11 Maxwell Davis Welcome Home Baby 2:41
12 Maxwell Davis Get Out 1:58
13 Great "Gates" & His Wampus Cats Cold Blooded Blues 2:37
14 Great "Gates" & His Wampus Cats Come Back Home 2:46
15 Jimmie Grissom & Th Blenders Frank Bull's Boogie 2:47
16 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders New RM Blues 3:00
17 Camille Howard with Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Groovy Blues 2:52
18 Paul Gayton & His Trio with Annie Laurie Since I Fell For You 2:53
19 Roy Milton Rainy Day Confession Blues (Part 1) 2:38
20 Roy Milton Rainy Day Confession Blues (Part 2) 3:03
21 Roy Milton Grooving With Joe 2:55
22 Roy Milton Blues In My Heart 3:01
23 Gene Morris & His Quintet G-ing With Gene 2:38
24 Camille Howard with Roy Milton Pack Your Sack Jack 2:51
25 Jimmie Grissom with the Blenders Ice Cold Love 2:50
26 Lawrence (Batty) Battiste You Gonna Get It In The End 2:23
27 Jimmie Grissom with the Blenders Big Fine Baby 2:49
28 Little T-Bone Love's A Gamble 2:43
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Little Miss Cornshucks is a great artist. Although uncredited, a certain NO pianist, Henry Byrd (a/k/a Professor Longhair) played on a lot of these cuts. Many thanks, BB!
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Nice collection of early R&B. Thanks, Mike M
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Many thanks
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