In a bustling Camden town, we’re celebrating the release of a brand new and essential 45 from the now legendary Mr Don Cavalli and another flick through our Rockabilly repro boxes to pull out a selection of true blue bop classics.
Read MoreIn the mood for Blues
Some days it is quiet here and we get a chance to do what people think we do all the time and just play through a bunch of 45s. We have been having a good old dig through the RnB 45s racks. It has been a strange old time lately so we thought, why not have a bit of a stroll through that section as there has been some great stuff issued that we think may have slipped past a lot of people.
Read MoreKeeping the Koko Mojo flowing…
So the lovely folk over in Koko Mojo land have done a double this month. After hitting us with six super CDs of Rock ‘n’ Roll just last week they’ve followed up with another five this week and also reminded us of another great CD we have.
Read MoreGetting’ our Koko Mojo working
We were sunning our tatts here on the terrace on the Costa Del Camden, sipping on artisan lager-tops, wondering what we put on the menu for you this week when Koko Mojo came along with six brand spanking new CDs for our plat du jour – Buon a’potato!
Read MoreStrap in for a Rock ‘n’ Roll road trip!
To tie in with three great new EPs that arrived from Sleazy records this week, we thought we’d take you on a little rockin’, rollin’ road trip through America’s Midwest. Although often overlooked in the history of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the 12 agricultural and industrial states that make up the Midwest region cranked out more than their fair share of wild Rock ‘n’ Roll during the 50s and early 60s. Hang on…
Read MoreAfter Sun: Flip and Philips International
Over the last few weeks, we have looked at the output of Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue, usually on the Sun label but Sam also had a couple of other labels; Flip and Phillips International. Here we take a look and a listen to a selection of the best records Philips put out after Sun.
Read MoreGrooves without a theme
There’s been so much great new stuff through the door and into the racks of our Camden Town headquarters over the last few weeks, that for this week’s six-of-the-best there will be no clever theme…unless you can count ‘new stuff’ as a theme? Nah, didn’t think so.
Read MoreThe Sun keeps shining
If Sun records had folded in early 1954 it would still have been one of the most important record labels ever. The reason Sun is so famous was a youngster who was desperate to put out a record. Sam had the foresight to give him a chance and, according to Charlie Feathers, Charlie was there to mould him. The youngster was, of course, Elvis Presley.
Read MoreListen to mama!
For this week’s super-six picks from our website, we thought we would show that we are modern men and down with gender equality and illustrate that fact with half a dozen scorching R&B 45s that demonstrate that girls can dish it out just as well as their male counterparts.
Read MoreThe sound of the rising Sun
When we left a few weeks ago the owner of 706 Union Avenue, Sam Phillips, was seeing records he had pretty much created being hits across the country. He decided in 1952 that it was time to launch his own label. He saw this as a new dawn in his life and created the Sun Records Company. So let’s have a look and listen to some of the fine Blues and RnB the Sun Label gave us.
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