thebluesneverdie 2nd Aug 2015 | | Vinyl AlbumElvis Presley - Rock & Roll No.2 (1957) | ....but although the 1st LP has the same cover in both the UK & USA,the sleeves on this 2nd LP had different pics. N.B.the UK issue had a photo that never surfaced again. When the album was re-issued in 1962,UK-RCA used the same pic as the USA issue.
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thebluesneverdie 28th Feb 2015 | | Vinyl AlbumVarious Artists - "Let Me Tell You About The Blues" Volume One (1966) | No other volumes appeared in this series,but the material that was to be used for further volumes was used via the CBS distribution deal e.g."Swamp Blues" etc.
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thebluesneverdie 19th Nov 2014 | | Vinyl AlbumElmore James - Blues After Hours (1961) | The only album issued in the artist's lifetime,before he died in 1963.
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thebluesneverdie 16th Mar 2014 | | Vinyl AlbumThe Flamin' Groovies - Sneakers (1968) | MODS:..Composer for track B3= Blind B.C.Smowes.
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thebluesneverdie 12th Mar 2014 | | Vinyl AlbumAlbert Collins - Truckin' With Albert Collins (1970) | Re-issue of TCF-HALL album,"The Cool Sound Of Albert Collins" TCF-8002(1965).
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thebluesneverdie 8th Mar 2014 | | Vinyl AlbumElvis Presley - Rock 'N' Roll (1956) | Titled in USA as "Elvis Presley".
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thebluesneverdie 15th Feb 2014 | | Vinyl AlbumRobert Johnson - King Of The Delta Blues Singers (1962) | Only available for around a month.The Philips group lost the distribution rights to US-Columbia in 1962,when the 10-year contract was up.CBS records were the replacement as an independent label,and this item did not get re-issued until 1966.The UK-Philips issue,as seen here,has always been extremely rare.
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thebluesneverdie 12th Feb 2014 | | Vinyl AlbumBlind Lemon Jefferson - Folk Blues Of Blind Lemon Jefferson (1954) | Original sleeve stated "Jazz Archive Series".Later printings stated "Origins Of Jazz Series",as per later releases.Only the earliest issues in this series stated Jazz Archive Series;the two albums by this artist that followed only stated Origins...etc. N.B.the earlier issues in this series had no inner sleeve.The sleeve was not big enough to accommodate one.
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