Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection

Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection

Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection
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Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2007-08-21
Music Label: Shout Factory
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Jimmy Reed And His Trio - High And Lonesome
  2. The Spaniels - Baby, It's You
  3. The Spaniels - Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite
  4. Floyd Jones And Band - Ain't Times Hard
  5. Jimmy Reed And His Trio - You Don't Have To Go
  6. L.C. Mckinley - Blue Evening
  7. Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would
  8. The El Dorados - At My Front Door
  9. Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings
  10. Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy
  11. The Highway QC's - Somewhere To Lay My Head
  12. Jay McShann's Orchestra, Vocalist Priscilla Bowman -Hands Off
  13. The Five Echoes - Fool's Prayer
  14. Earl Phillips - Oop De Oop
  15. The El Dorados With Al Smith's Orchestra -I'll Be Forever Loving You
  16. Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
  17. Al Smith's Combo - Fooling Around Slowly
  18. The Magnificents - Up On The Mountain
  19. Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy
  20. Camille Howard - Rock `N Roll Mama
  21. The Dells - Oh What A Nite
Music CD 2
  1. John Lee Hooker - Dimples
  2. Pee Wee Crayton - The Telephone Is Ringing
  3. Snooky Pryor - Judgment Day
  4. The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day
  5. Sonny Til's Orioles - For All We Know
  6. The Delegates - Mother's Son
  7. Billy Emerson - The Pleasure's All Mine
  8. Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do
  9. The Harmonizing Four - Farther Along
  10. Gene Allison - You Can Make It If You Try
  11. Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
  12. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - The Twist
  13. Priscilla Bowman With The Spaniels -A Rockin' Good Way
  14. Lee Diamond And The Upsetters - Hattie Malatti
  15. Bobby Parker - Blues Get Off My Shoulder
  16. Jerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious Love
  17. Leonard Carbo - Pigtails And Blue Jeans
  18. John Lee Hooker - I Love You Honey
  19. The Original 5 Blind Boys Of Mississippi -Leave You In The Hands Of The Lord
  20. Dee Clark - Nobody But You
  21. Sheriff & The Ravels - Shombalor
  22. Harold Burrage - Crying For My Baby
Music CD 3
  1. The Swan Silvertones - Mary Don't You Weep
  2. Memphis Slim - Steppin' Out
  3. Rosco Gordon - Just A Little Bit
  4. Jimmy Reed Baby - What You Want Me To Do
  5. Donnie Elbert - Will You Ever Be Mine
  6. The Staple Singers - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  7. Wade Flemons - Easy Lovin'
  8. John Lee Hooker - No Shoes
  9. J.B. Lenoir - Oh Baby
  10. Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart
  11. Eddie Harris - Exodus
  12. Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man
  13. Dee Clark - Raindrops
  14. The Pips With Gladys Knight - Every Beat Of My Heart
  15. The Sallie Martin Singers - Old Ship Of Zion
  16. Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City
  17. The Dukays - Nite Owl
  18. Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
  19. The Moonglows - Real Gone Mama
  20. The "5" Royales - Help Me Somebody
  21. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
Music CD 4
  1. Christine Kittrell - I'm A Woman
  2. Jerry Butler - Make It Easy On Yourself
  3. The Four Seasons - Sherry
  4. Gene Chandler - Rainbow
  5. The Pyramids - Shakin' Fit
  6. Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds - Spring
  7. Aki Aleong & The Nobles - Body Surf
  8. Betty Everett - You're No Good
  9. The Original Blind Boys Of Alabama -I Can See Everybody's Mother
  10. Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
  11. Jimmy Hughes - Steal Away
  12. The Honeycombs - Have I The Right
  13. Jerry Butler & Betty Everett - Let It Be Me
  14. Hoyt Axton - Bring Your Lovin'
  15. Betty Everett - Getting Mighty Crowded
  16. The Caravans - Walk Around Heaven All Day
  17. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
  18. Billy Preston - Billy's Bag
  19. The Dells - Stay In My Corner
  20. Fred Hughes - Oo Wee Baby, I Love You
  21. Joe Simon - Let's Do It Over
  22. Little Richard - I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me

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Free Music Review: VeeJay AOK
Hit: 5 Stars

Even with the Twist missing from CD 2 (which Shout cheerfully replaced) this box set is 5 stars. So many great songs, so many I have never previously heard and such a diverse variety of styles, Blues ,Doo Wop R&B, Gospel even a surf instrumental. Great packaging. Lets face it, if you are into box sets your into booklets and packaging. A lot of thought has gone into the presentation of this box from the colour coded informative booklet to the Jewel cases. In my opinion only one track on the set is a dud every other is choice. I beleive this is one of the best produced Box sets available.
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Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection Poster

For a label that lasted only 13 years and closed in 1966, Vee-Jay Records left a large legacy, though one that is largely underrecognized. This four-disc retrospective provides a corrective, documenting the range and richness of the catalog from the Chicago rival to Chess Records. Many know Vee-Jay as the first American label to license the Beatles (not included here) and to introduce the Four Seasons ("Sherry" is). But the depth of this set lies in the signature classics by artists including bluesmen John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Reed, gospel greats the Staple Singers and Swan Silvertones, doo-wop groups such as the Spaniels and Sonny Til's Orioles, and soul singers Jerry Butler and Gene Chandler. The well-known artistry merely scratches the surface of the sets' delights, as those familiar with such hits as Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" and Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" will finds revelation in the Vee-Jay originals (by Betty Everett and Gloria Jones, respectively). An auspicious launch to what promises to be an ambitious reissue program. --Don McLeese
86-track boxed set contains the cream of the Vee-Jay label's run, from 1953 to 1966, including hits by Jimmy Reed,Jerry Butler & The Impressions, John Lee Hooker, The Four Seasons,Little Richard, The Staple Singers, The Dells, Betty Everett, The Swan Silvertones, Dee Clark, The El Dorados, Gene Chandler, The Spaniels, and many others, as well as amazing obscurities by less-well-known artists. Vee-Jay Records was the first nationally successful African-American owned record company. At one point it was bigger than even such powerhouses as Motown Records and Chess Records. Though Vee-Jay is now best known as the first American label to release records by The Beatles, it is classic singles like The Spaniels' "Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite," John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom," Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights, Big City," Betty Everett's "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)," Jerry Butler's "Make It Easy On Yourself," The Four Seasons' "Sherry," Gene Chandler's "Duke Of Earl," and Little Richard's "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me" that remain the label's enduring legacy. Contains 86 tracks spread across four CDs, along with a beautifully designed 40-page booklet packed with photos and featuring two essays: a historical overview and a detailed track-by-track commentary.
Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection is the flagship release in a new series of reissues drawn from the incredibly rich R&B, blues, soul, gospel, jazz and pop recordings originally released by Vee-Jay Records.

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