on with the jive! 1950s R&B from dolphin's of hollywood

• The first of several planned volumes that will revisit the catalogue of the late R&B entrepreneur John Dolphin concentrates on rare and unissued material that he produced for the first of his many record labels, Recorded In Hollywood, in the early 1950s.
• Chock full of familiar Los Angeles names (Pee Wee Crayton, Jesse Belvin, Scatman Crothers, Red Callender etc) and introduced by legendary R&B DJ (and sometime Dolphin employee) ‘Huggy Boy’, this is as representative a selection of West Coast black music of the pre-rock‘n’roll era as you’ll find anywhere in the Ace catalogue.
• All tracks are taken from new transfers of John Dolphin’s original master tapes, with the kind of sound quality that puts the listener in the studio with the musicians.
• With sumptuous ‘period’ illustrations and notes by genre and era expert Billy Vera, this is a package that no lover of small group 1950s R&B will be able to resist.

Track listing:

1. Dolphin’s Radio Jingle - DICK ‘HUGGY BOY’ HUGG
2. Dolphin’s Theme (Take 1) - RED CALLENDER SEXTETTE
3. You’re A Mean And Evil Woman (Take 2) - TONY ALLEN
4. Crying And Walking (Take 1) - PEE WEE CRAYTON
5. Easy Money (Take 1) - SCATMAN CROTHERS
6. Tall Tan Baby (Take 1) - MAGGIE JACQUET
7. Cadillac Baby (Take 2) - LITTLE CAESAR
8. Baby Doll (Take 1) - MARVIN PHILLIPS
9. Rock Bottom (Take 2) - RED CALLENDER SEXTETTE
10. The Blues Has Got Me (Take 1) - UNKNOWN VOCALIST
11. Hang Your Tears Out To Dry - JESSE BELVIN
12. Beale Street On Saturday Night (Take 3) - SCATMAN CROTHERS
13. I’m Knocking On The Door (Take 2) - TONY ALLEN & MAGGIE JACQUET
14. The Darkest Hour (Take 3) - PEE WEE CRAYTON
15. Atomic Baby (Take 1) - LINDA HAYES
16. You Can’t Bring Me Down - LITTLE CAESAR
17. Forgive Me (Take 2) - PEE WEE CRAYTON
18. What’s It To You, Jack - LINDA HAYES
19. The Sun Was Shining (Take 1) - MARVIN PHILLIPS
20. Pee Wee’s Blues a.k.a Pappy’s Blues (Take 2) - PEE WEE CRAYTON
21. Papa (I Don’t Treat That Little Girl Mean) - SCATMAN CROTHERS
22. My Love Comes Tumbling Down - JESSE BELVIN
23. My Baby Won’t Let Me In (Take 1) - MARVIN PHILLIPS
24. Three Men In My Life (Take 1) - MAGGIE JACQUET
25. The Blues - RED CALLENDER SEXTETTE