Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 (Box)
01/01/1991 | Atlantic / Wea
Lyrics from Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 (Box)
All Music Guide Review
This eight-CD set should be a part of any collection that presumes to take American music -- not just rock & roll or rhythm & blues -- seriously. Atlantic Records was one of dozens of independent labels started up after the war by neophyte executives and producers, but it was different from most of the others in that the guys who ran it were honest and genuinely loved music. Coupled with a lot of luck and some good judgment, the results trace a good chunk of the history of American music and popular culture. Disc one opens with cuts which slot in somewhere midway between jazz, bop, and "race" music (as the term was used then). Disc two is pure, distilled R&B, the stuff filling the airwaves of black radio and the jukeboxes in the "wrong" parts of town in 1952-54. Surprisingly, the material on Disc three, covering 1955-57, isn't very different in content or character from Disc two, despite the fact that it covers the period when white teenagers were starting to listen to and buy these records in large numbers. It's only with Disc four that one sees the consequences of the late '50s -- Ray Charles in his final days with the label, juxtaposed with the Drifters in their post-1958 incarnation and the start of the company's relationship with Stax/Volt Records. Disc six (1965-67) is practically a mini-tribute to Stax/Volt, filled with the best-known sides of Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Booker T. & the MG's. Discs seven and eight run from the late '60s and the heyday of Aretha Franklin to some great early-'70s soul, including Roberta Flack and the Spinners. The booklet, with a full sessionography and biographical notes on each artist, would be worth 20 bucks on its own. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 (Box) Track Listing
Credits of Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 (Box)
- Carl Lynch
- Guitar
- The Mar-Keys
- Performer
- Arif Mardin
- Arranger, Producer
- Lawrence E. Marioneaux, Jr.
- Sax (Tenor)
- Irwin "Marky" Markowitz
- Trumpet
- Wendell Marshall
- Bass
- Jerry Masters
- Bass
- Tommy McClure
- Bass
- Cornell McFadden
- Drums
- Sticks McGhee
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Ernest McLean
- Guitar
- Dave McRae
- Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Sax (Baritone)
- Al Miller
- Drums
- Gene Miller
- Trumpet
- Frank Mitchell
- Trumpet
- Freddie Mitchell
- Sax (Tenor)
- Chips Moman
- Guitar, Producer
- Floyd Morris
- Piano
- Joe Morris
- Trumpet, Performer
- Robert Mosely
- Organ
- Tony Mottola
- Guitar
- David "Fathead" Newman
- Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
- Floyd Newman
- Sax (Baritone)
- Jimmy Nottingham
- Trumpet
- Spooner Oldham
- Organ, Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
- Horace Ott
- Piano, Arranger, Producer
- Earl Palmer
- Drums
- Sonny Payne
- Drums
- Jack Peck
- Trumpet
- William Peeples
- Drums
- Leon Pendarvis
- Arranger
- Romeo Penque
- Flute, Reeds
- Robert Popwell
- Percussion
- Bob Porter
- Compilation Producer
- Richard Powell
- Percussion
- Rudy Powell
- Sax (Alto)
- Fred Prouty
- Drums
- Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
- Drums
- Wardell Quezergue
- Arranger, Conductor, Producer
- The Raelettes
- Vocals
- Gene Redd
- Arranger
- Richard Wess
- Arranger
- Artie Ripp
- Producer
- Lelan Rogers
- Producer
- Bobby Rosengarden
- Percussion
- Santo Russo
- Trombone
- Art Ryerson
- Guitar
- Jesse Sailes
- Drums
- Louis Satterfield
- Bass
- Russ Saunders
- Bass
- James Sedlar
- Trumpet
- Roosevelt Sheffield
- Bass
- Thomas Sheldon
- Trumpet
- Sylvia Shemwell
- Vocals (Background)
- Garry Sherman
- Arranger
- Zoot Sims
- Sax (Tenor)
- Cliff Smalls
- Piano
- Todd Sommer
- Drums, Vibraphone
- David Spinozza
- Guitar
- Lewis Steinberg
- Bass
- Alonzo Stewart
- Drums
- Mike Stoller
- Piano
- Jesse Stone
- Piano, Arranger
- Tony Studd
- Trombone (Bass)
- Bill Suyker
- Guitar
- Marvell Thomas
- Piano
- Truman Thomas
- Organ
- Worthia Thomas
- Trombone
- Harvey Thompson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Allen Toussaint
- Arranger, Producer
- Lloyd Trotman
- Bass
- Mike Utley
- Keyboards
- Dick Vance
- Trumpet
- Aaron Varnell
- Sax (Tenor)
- Bart Varsalona
- Trombone
- Leroy Vinnegar
- Bass
- Bobby Warner
- Digital Transfers
- Earle Warren
- Sax (Alto)
- Tom Washington
- Arranger, Conductor
- Riley Webb
- Trumpet
- Frank Wess
- Sax (Alto)
- Paul West
- Bass
- Robert West
- Producer
- Jerry Wexler
- Producer
- Charles Whitley
- Trumpet
- Pinky Williams
- Sax (Baritone)
- Teacho Wiltshire
- Arranger, Conductor
- Bob Wray
- Bass
- Snooky Young
- Trumpet
- Mighty Joe Young
- Guitar
- Reggie Young
- Guitar
- Wilbur DeParis
- Trombone
- Peter Grendysa
- Liner Notes
- The Ikettes
- Performer
- Lilton Mitchell
- Organ
- Jim Stewart
- Producer
- Quin Ivy
- Producer
- Al Jackson, Jr.
- Drums
- Jimmy King
- Guitar
- Ollie McLaughlin
- Producer
- Henry Stone
- Producer
- The Sweethearts of Soul
- Vocals (Background)
- Al Walker
- Drums
- James Alexander
- Bass
- Allen Hanlon
- Guitar
- Robert Pruter
- Liner Notes
- R.F. Taylor
- Guitar
- Moe Weschler
- Piano
- Billy Carter
- Organ
- Harold Cowart
- Bass
- Frank Culley
- Sax (Tenor), Performer
- Embra Daylie
- Drums
- Bill McLemore
- Sax (Tenor)
- Jerry Potter
- Drums
- Wilmus Reeves
- Piano
- Red Tyler
- Sax (Baritone)
- Harry Van Walls
- Piano
- Tubby Ziegler
- Drums
- Bob Defrin
- Art Direction
- Dave Crawford
- Piano
- James Bell
- Bass
- The Cardinals
- Vocals, Performer
- Fred Henfield
- Bass
- Eddie Jones
- Bass
- Frank Munnings
- Conga, Drums
- Ralph Munnings
- Programming, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
- Clarence Reid
- Producer
- Nevill Sampson
- Trumpet
- Jimmy O'Rourke
- Guitar
- Stephen Innocenzi
- Digital Mastering
- Ron Baker
- Bass
- Frank Saracco
- Trombone
- Cliff Parman
- Arranger
- Tommy Mitchell
- Trombone
- Bobby Roach
- Guitar
- Zal Schreiber
- Digital Mastering
- Bernard Odum
- Bass
- Hayward Cheeks
- Bass
- Martin Grupp
- Percussion
- Vess Payne
- Drums
- Richard Poindexter
- Producer
- Robert Poindexter
- Producer
- Nick Rodriquez
- Percussion
- Sly Sellers
- Trombone
- Smoochy Smith
- Organ, Piano
- Mack Williams
- Sax (Baritone)
- Snags Allen
- Guitar
- Irving Charles
- Guitar
- Reggie Obrecht
- Arranger, Conductor
- Jesse Powell
- Sax (Tenor)
- Herb Abrahmson
- Producer
- J.C. Adams
- Sax (Tenor)
- Joseph Marshall
- Drums
- Laurie Tate
- Vocals
- Barney Richmond
- Bass
- Anthony Dorsey
- Trombone
- Benny Moten
- Bass
- Archie Bell & the Drells
- Performer
- Tedford
- Saxophone
- Sticks McGhee & His Buddies
- Performer
- Willie Clarke
- Producer
- Jim Saunders
- Piano
- Charlie Brown
- Sax (Tenor)
- Carl Wolff
- Guitar
- Jimmy Lewis
- Guitar
- The Swans
- Performer
- Dave Adams
- Bass
- King Coleman
- Vocals
- The Gliders
- Vocals
- Lucille Dixon
- Bass
- Dicky Harris
- Trombone
- Warren Johns
- Trumpet
- Kathy Thomas
- Piano
- Fred Otnes
- Cover Design
- Jimmy Harris
- Piano
- Harry Breuer
- Xylophone
- Al Caiola
- Guitar
- Wild Bill Davis
- Organ
- Bu Pleasant
- Piano
- Red Prysock
- Sax (Tenor)
- Earl Washington
- Piano
- Don Wilkerson
- Sax (Tenor)
- The Robins
- Vocals, Performer
- Mickey Baker
- Guitar
- Gene Barge
- Sax (Tenor)
- Dave Bartholomew
- Trumpet
- The Beginning of the End
- Performer
- Archie Bell
- Vocals, Performer
- Gary Chester
- Drums
- The Chords
- Performer
- Don Covay
- Vocals, Performer
- Carolyn Franklin
- Vocals (Background)
- R.B. Greaves
- Vocals, Performer
- Marlin Greene
- Guitar, Producer
- Ralph MacDonald
- Percussion
- Jackie Moore
- Vocals, Performer
- Gene Page
- Arranger, Conductor
- Willie Tee
- Vocals, Performer
- Doris Troy
- Vocals, Performer
- Major Harris
- Vocals, Performer
- Mike Leander
- Producer
- Gene McDaniels
- Producer
- Billy Mure
- Guitar
- Dee Dee Warwick
- Vocals (Background)
- The Sweet Inspirations
- Vocals
- Wade Marcus
- Arranger, Conductor
- Sam "The Man" Taylor
- Sax (Tenor)
- Phil Spector
- Guitar
- Sammy Price
- Piano
- King Floyd
- Vocals, Performer
- Quentin Jackson
- Trombone
- Connie Kay
- Drums
- Gene Ramey
- Bass
- John Hardee
- Sax (Tenor)
- Percy Heath
- Bass
- George Duvivier
- Bass
- The Bobbettes
- Vocals, Performer
- The Cookies
- Vocals, Performer
- Robert Ward
- Guitar
- Stan Applebaum
- Arranger, String Arrangements
- Tippy Armstrong
- Guitar
- Don Arnone
- Guitar
- Jack Ashford
- Percussion
- Charles "Packy" Axton
- Sax (Tenor)
- Rector Bailey
- Guitar
- Vincent Bair-Beyes
- Sax (Alto)
- Abie Baker
- Bass
- Harold Baker
- Trumpet
- The Bar-Kays
- Performer
- Everett Barksdale
- Guitar
- Little Beaver
- Guitar, Arranger
- Thom Bell
- Piano, Arranger, Conductor
- Gil Bernal
- Sax (Tenor)
- Bert Berns
- Producer
- Emmett Berry
- Trumpet
- Howard Biggs
- Arranger, Conductor
- Edgar Blanchard
- Guitar
- Joe Bridgewater
- Trumpet
- Willie Bridges
- Sax (Baritone)
- Glenn Brooks
- Drums
- Estelle Brown
- Vocals (Background)
- Brownie McGhee
- Guitar, Vocals
- Billy Byers
- Trombone
- Charles Burbeck
- Sax (Tenor)
- Kenny Burrell
- Guitar
- Bob Bushnell
- Guitar
- Artie Butler
- Piano
- Ernie Caceres
- Reeds
- Ronnie Caldwell
- Organ
- Harrison Calloway
- Trumpet
- Candido Camero
- Conga
- The Capitols
- Vocals, Performer
- Gilbert Caples
- Sax (Tenor)
- Dick Carey
- Horn (Alto)
- Bruno Carr
- Drums
- Al Casamenti
- Guitar
- Big Sid Catlett
- Drums
- Ben Cauley
- Trumpet
- Charles Chalmers
- Sax (Tenor)
- Gene Chrisman
- Drums
- Cissy Houston
- Vocals (Background)
- Clark Terry
- Trumpet
- Claus Ogerman
- Arranger, Conductor
- Tommy Cogbill
- Bass
- Leon Cohen
- Sax (Alto)
- Sammie Coleman
- Trumpet
- Shad Collins
- Trumpet
- Sammy Creason
- Drums
- Carl Cunningham
- Drums
- Pluma Davis
- Arranger
- Donald Dean
- Drums
- Emmett Dennis
- Sax (Baritone)
- Cornell Dupree
- Guitar
- George Devens
- Percussion, Vibraphone
- Don Renaldo
- Conductor
- Joel Dorn
- Producer
- Salvadore Doucette, Jr.
- Piano
- Jimmy Douglass
- Digital Transfers
- Tom Dowd
- Arranger
- Jesse Drakes
- Trumpet
- Dimes DuPont
- Sax (Alto)
- Donald "Duck" Dunn
- Bass
- Ronnie Eades
- Sax (Baritone)
- Bobby Eli
- Guitar, Producer, Arranger
- Ray Ellis
- Arranger, Conductor
- Bobby Emmons
- Piano
- Ahmet Ertegun
- Producer, Executive Producer
- Belton Evans
- Drums
- Sticks Evans
- Drums
- John Fernandez
- Bass
- Frank Fields
- Bass
- William S. Fischer
- String Arrangements
- Sonny Forriest
- Guitar
- Charlie Fowlkes
- Sax (Baritone)
- Panama Francis
- Drums
- Charlie Freeman
- Guitar
- Eric Gale
- Guitar
- Joe Gentle
- Flute
- Aziz Goksel
- Compilation Producer
- Lucas Fats Gonder
- Guitar
- Paul Griffin
- Piano
- Howard Grimes
- Drums
- Chico Guerrero
- Conga
- Isaac Hayes
- Keyboards
- Leroy Hadley
- Guitar
- Emile Hall
- Trumpet
- Rick Hall
- Producer
- Ralph Hamilton
- Bass
- Riley Hampton
- Arranger, Conductor
- Norman Harris
- Producer
- Roger Hawkins
- Drums
- Ernie Hayes
- Piano, Keyboards
- Roy Haynes
- Drums
- Haywood Henry
- Sax (Baritone)
- Warren Hebrew
- Sax (Tenor)
- Willie Henderson
- Arranger, Conductor
- David Hood
- Bass
- John Hunt
- Trumpet
- Ike Turner
- Arranger, Conductor
- Clayton Ivey
- Keyboards
- LeRoy Jackson
- Bass
- Wesley Jackson
- Guitar
- Willis "Gator" Jackson
- Performer
- Gerald Jemmott
- Bass
- Jack Jennings
- Vibraphone
- Morris Jennings
- Drums
- Jimmy Johnson
- Guitar
- Booker T. Jones
- Organ
- Quinton Joseph
- Drums
- Arlem Kareem
- Sax (Baritone)
- Ron Kersey
- Keyboards
- Bert Keyes
- Piano
- Buddy Killen
- Producer
- Phil Kraus
- Percussion, Marimba, Vibraphone
- Billy Kyle
- Piano
- Melvin Lastie
- Trumpet, Cornet
- Jack Lesberg
- Bass
- Professor Longhair
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
- Andrew Love
- Sax (Tenor)
- Leroy Lovett
- Piano, Arranger
- Albert Lowe
- Guitar
- Buddy Lucas
- Sax (Tenor)
- Ray Lucas
- Drums
- Al Hibbler
- Vocals, Performer
- Ray Barretto
- Percussion
- Lee Allen
- Sax (Tenor)
- LaVern Baker
- Vocals, Performer
- William Bell
- Performer
- Brook Benton
- Vocals, Performer
- Blue Magic
- Vocals, Performer
- Booker T. & the MG's
- Producer
- Solomon Burke
- Vocals, Performer
- Clarence Carter
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Ray Charles
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
- The Clovers
- Vocals, Performer
- The Coasters
- Vocals, Performer
- Arthur Conley
- Performer
- Steve Cropper
- Organ, Guitar, Piano
- Tyrone Davis
- Vocals, Performer
- The Dells
- Vocals
- The Diamonds
- Vocals, Performer
- Dr. John
- Percussion
- The Drifters
- Performer
- The Falcons
- Vocals, Performer
- Roberta Flack
- Piano, Performer, Vocals
- Eddie Floyd
- Performer
- Aretha Franklin
- Piano, Vocals, Performer, Vocals (Background)
- Donny Hathaway
- Piano, Vocals, Keyboards, Performer
- Jimmy Hughes
- Vocals, Performer
- Chris Kenner
- Vocals, Performer
- Ben E. King
- Vocals, Performer
- Carole King
- Keyboards
- Barbara Lewis
- Vocals, Performer
- Clyde McPhatter
- Vocals, Performer
- Robert Parker
- Bass
- The Persuaders
- Vocals, Performer
- Wilson Pickett
- Vocals, Performer
- Lou Rawls
- Performer
- Otis Redding
- Vocals, Performer, Producer
- Sam & Dave
- Vocals, Performer
- Percy Sledge
- Vocals, Performer
- The Spinners
- Vocals, Performer
- Joe Tex
- Vocals, Performer
- Carla Thomas
- Performer
- Rufus Thomas
- Vocals, Performer
- Chuck Willis
- Vocals, Performer
- Betty Wright
- Vocals, Performer
- Benny Bailey
- Trumpet
- George Barnes
- Guitar
- Billy Bauer
- Guitar
- Marcus Belgrave
- Trumpet
- Bill Berry
- Trumpet
- Eddie Bert
- Trombone
- Will Bradley
- Trombone
- Bob Brookmeyer
- Trombone (Valve)
- Ruth Brown
- Vocals, Performer
- Ron Carter
- Bass
- Teddy Charles
- Vibraphone
- Jimmy Cleveland
- Trombone
- Arnett Cobb
- Sax (Tenor)
- Eddie Condon
- Guitar
- King Curtis
- Sax (Tenor), Performer
- George Freeman
- Guitar
- Paul Gonsalves
- Sax (Tenor)
- Freddie Green
- Guitar
- Urbie Green
- Trombone
- Al Grey
- Trombone
- Johnny Griffin
- Sax (Tenor)
- Tiny Grimes
- Guitar, Performer
- Bobby Hackett
- Cornet
- Eddie Harris
- Sax (Tenor), Performer
- Elmo Hope
- Piano
- Dick Hyman
- Piano
- Budd Johnson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Plas Johnson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Philly Joe Jones
- Drums
- Quincy Jones
- Arranger, Conductor
- Barney Kessel
- Guitar
- Hubert Laws
- Flute
- Mel Lewis
- Drums
- Melba Liston
- Trombone
- Mundell Lowe
- Guitar
- Les McCann
- Piano, Performer, Vocals
- Dave McKenna
- Piano
- Joe Newman
- Trumpet
- Esther Phillips
- Vocals, Performer
- Bucky Pizzarelli
- Guitar
- Marshall Royal
- Sax (Alto)
- Sal Salvador
- Guitar
- Al Sears
- Sax (Tenor)
- Lucky Thompson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Randy Weston
- Piano
- Shorty Baker
- Trumpet
- Dud Bascomb
- Trumpet
- Lawrence Brown
- Trombone
- Ralph Burns
- Arranger, Conductor
- Joe Bushkin
- Piano
- Leonard Gaskin
- Bass
- Tyree Glenn
- Trombone
- Peanuts Hucko
- Reeds
- Ike Isaacs
- Bass
- Taft Jordan
- Trumpet
- George Kelly
- Piano
- Buddy Morrow
- Trombone
- Jimmy Mundy
- Arranger
- Seldon Powell
- Sax (Tenor)
- Chuck Rainey
- Bass
- Ernie Royal
- Trumpet
- Phil Upchurch
- Guitar
- Ivory Joe Hunter
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
- Tommy Ridgley
- Vocals, Producer, Performer
- Big Joe Turner
- Vocals











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