Rare Grooves volume 5

 

Rare Grooves volume 5

Groove Records releases except 7 (unissued), 12 (Vik Records), 17 (X Records)

 01. The Gypsies - One-Two-Three-Go.mp3                                   
02. The Coronets - Crime Doesn't Pay.mp3                                 
03. Mr. Bear & His Bearcats - I'm Gonna Keep My Good Eye On You.mp3      
04. Champion Jack Dupree - When I Got Married.mp3                        
05. Emmet Hobson - Mattie Bee.mp3                                        
06. Roy Mr. Guitar Gaines - De Dat De Dum Dum.mp3                        
07. Beatrice Reading - Sweet Goody.mp3                                   
08. Big Connie - Wait Till Next Week, Baby.mp3                           
09. Kenneth Rankins - Needing You.mp3                                    
10. Little Tommy Brown with The Four Students - The Thrill Is Gone.mp3   
11. Big John Greer wThe Four Students - A Man And A Woman.mp3            
12. Vikki Nelson - Like A Baby.mp3                                       
13. Emmet Hobson - Where Is Joe.mp3                                      
14. Bobby & Melvin - She's Got Eyes (Roly Poly Eyes).mp3                 
15. Sue Allen & Oscar Black - Ain't Nobody Home But Me.mp3               
16. Roy Mr. Guitar Gaines - Right Now Baby.mp3                           
17. Peppermint Harris - Need Your Lovin'.mp3                             
18. The Coronets - The Bible Tells Me So.mp3                             
19. Annie Alford - It's Heavenly.mp3                                     
20. The Gypsies - I'm Good To You Baby.mp3                               
21. Oscar Black - Into Each Heart (Some Tears Must Fall).mp3             
22. Champion Jack Dupree - Shake Baby Shake.mp3                          
23. The Two Sweethearts - True Love Is Missing.mp3                       
24. The Dappers - That's All, That's All, That's All.mp3                 

 

Rare Grooves volume 4

 

 Rare Grooves volume 4

Groove releases except 8 (unissued), 14 (X),  17 (Vik), 20 & 22 (unissued)

01. Big Tiny Kennedy - Strange Kind Of Feeling.mp3                        
02. Vikki Nelson - Just One More Smiley.mp3                               
03. Charles Hughes - Itsy Bitsy Puddin' Pie.mp3                           
04. The Dappers - Unwanted Love.mp3                                       
05. Mr Bear & The Bearcats - Peek-A-Boo.mp3                               
06. Big Connie - Mumbles Blues.mp3                                        
07. Charles Calhoun - Jamboree.mp3                                        
08. Beatrice Reading - The Judgment Of Love.mp3                           
09. Big John Greer - Lucky, Lucky Me.mp3                                  
10. Little Tommy Brown - Won't You Forgive Me.mp3                         
11. Jonah Jones with The Constellations - Come Sit By Me.mp3              
12. Lil McKenzie & The Four Students - Run Along.mp3                      
13. Big Tiny Kennedy - Taint Right.mp3                                    
14. Johnny Sparrow - Sparrow's Nest.mp3                                   
15. Mr Bear & The Bearcats - Radar.mp3                                    
16. Beverly Wright with The Students - Shake Til I'm Shook.mp3            
17. The Deep River Boys - You're Not Too Old To Rock n'Roll.mp3           
18. The Coronets - I Love You More.mp3                                    
19. Buddy Lucas - No Dice.mp3                                             
20. Big John Greer - I Didn't Know.mp3                                    
21. Clayton Love - Mary Lou.mp3                                           
22. Sam Butera - Scew Driver.mp3                                          
23 - Little Tommy Brown with The Four Students - A Gambler's Prayer.mp3   
24. Clayton Love - Bye Bye Baby.mp3                                       
 

Rare Grooves volume 3

 

 Rare Grooves volume 3

Groove Records, except track 9 (X Records),  16 (unissued), 20 (Vik Records) and 22 (unissued)

01. Mr. Bear & The Bearcats - Mr. Bear Comes To Town.mp3                           
02. Chris Powell & The Five Blue Flames - Love Ya Like Crazy.mp3                   
03. Lillian Childs & The Johnny Birch Orchestra - 22 Minutes.mp3                   
04. Zilla May & The Four Students - Come Back To Me.mp3                            
05. Big John Greer - Soon, Soon, Soon.mp3                                          
06. The Twilighters - It's A Cold, Cold Rainy Day.mp3                              
07. Sam Butera - Sam's Clan.mp3                                                    
08. Big Tiny Kennedy - Country Boy.mp3                                             
09. Jan Strickland - Let's.mp3        (*)                                             
10. Charles Calhoun - My Pigeon's Gone.mp3                                         
11. Mr Bear & His Bearcats - How Come.mp3                                          
12. Oscar Black & Sue Allan - I'll Live My Life Alone.mp3                          
13. Big Tiny Kennedy - I Need A Woman.mp3                                          
14. Beatrice Reading - I Wash My Hands.mp3                                         
15. Mr. Blues with The Johnny Bird Orchestra - The Last Laugh Will Be On You.mp3   
16. Otis Blackwell - O-O-O-Oh!.mp3                                                 
17. Sue Allen & Oscar Black - I Dedicate My Heart.mp3                              
18. Little Tommy Brown - Don't Leaave Me.mp3                                       
19. Sam Butera - Sam's Reverie.mp3                                                 
20. Annie Alford - Easy Easy Baby.mp3                                              
21. Bonnie Davis & The Piccadilly Pipers - Since You're Gone.mp3                   
22. Big John Greer - Will I Be The One.mp3                                         
23. Chick Green & His Orchestra - Intermezzo.mp3                                   
24. Chris Powell & The Five Blue Flames - Good-Bye Little Girl.mp3     

 

Rare Grooves volume 2

  

 From the Groove label (RCA subisidary); 22 tracks issued and 2 unreleased (*)

Rare Grooves volume 2 

01. Sam Butera - The Tout.mp3                                       
02. Melvin Smith - Crazy Baby.mp3    (*)                               
03. Milt Trenier - Give A Little Time.mp3                           
04. Maymie Watts - Quicksand.mp3                                    
05. Sue Allen & Oscar Black - Don't Leave Me To Cry.mp3             
06. Sonny Brooks - Champ Ale.mp3                                    
07. Buddy Lucas - No Help.mp3                                       
08. Otis Blackwell - Oh! What A Babe.mp3                            
09. Sam Butera - Who's Got The Key.mp3                              
10. Maymie Watts - There Goes That Train.mp3                        
11. Buddy Lucas - High Low Jack.mp3                                 
12. Chris Powell - Break It Up.mp3                                  
13. Sue Allen & Oscar Black - I'll Get By.mp3                       
14. Ernestine Washington & The Milleairs - Holding On, Part 1.mp3   
15. Ernestine Washington & The Milleairs - Holding On, Part 2.mp3   
16. Melvin Smith - Things You Ought To Know.mp3        (*)             
17. Bertice Reading - Little Things Mean A Lot.mp3                  
18. Big John Greer - Play Me Some Loud Music.mp3                    
19. Zilla May & The Four Students - Right Now.mp3                   
20. Chick Green & His Orchestra - Greensleeves.mp3                  
21. The Twilighters - Sittin' In A Corner.mp3                       
22. Sonny Brooks - Sentimental Blues.mp3                            
23. Jonah Jones & The Constellations - God Loves You Child.mp3      
24. Beverly Wright - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying.mp3    

 

Rare Grooves Volume 1

 

  

Rare Grooves Volume 1

24 tracks from the RCA Records subsidiary 

01. Milt Trenier - Straighten Up Baby. Mp3
02. Melvin Smith - No Baby.mp3                                           
03. George Benson - It Should Have Been Me, No. 2.mp3                    
04. Paul Williams & His Orchestra - Women Are The Root Of All Evil.mp3   
05. Buddy Lucas & His Orchestra - My Pinch Hitter.mp3                    
06. Bertrice Reading - I'd Gladly Do It Again.mp3                        
07. Big John Greer - (We Wanna See) Santa Do The Mambo.mp3               
08. Sam Highpockets Henderson - Go, Mother, Go.mp3                       
09. Big Red McHouston - I'm Tired.mp3                                    
10. Buddy Lucas & His Orchestra - I Need Help.mp3                        
11. Sam Butera - (These Are) The Things I Love.mp3                       
12. Sue Allen & Oscar Black - Baby Please Don't Go.mp3                   
13. The Romaines - Till The Wee Wee Morning.mp3                          
14. Melvin Smith - You Can't Stay Here.mp3                               
15. Milt Trenier with The Gene Gilbeaux Quartet - Day Old Bread.mp3      
16. George Benson - She Makes Me Mad.mp3                                 
17. Bertrice Reading - I Gotta Know.mp3                                  
18. Miss Peaches - Callin' Moody Field, Pt. 1.mp3                        
19. Big John Greer - Wait Till After Christmas.mp3                       
20. Big Red McHouston - Where Is My Honey.mp3                            
21. Bonnie Davis & The Piccadilly Pipers - How Could You.mp3             
22. Sam Highpockets Henderson - Too Bad Sweet Mama.mp3                   
23. Sam Butera - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire.mp3               
24. Miss Peaches - Callin' Moody Field, Pt. 2.mp3                        

All You Have To Do Is Dream

 

 

 

Andy Gibb and Victoria Principal
"All I Have To Do Is Dream"

RSO, 1981
highest chart position  : number fifty-one 

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There is a deluge of praise, expressions of good feelings, fond memories, etc.  It's so overflowing it's sickening.  

Fortunately, there are some people who are not impressed and who have not lost all critical thinking. Such good people are Jimmy Guterman & Owen O'Donnell. They authored a book in 1991, The Worst Rock 'n Roll Records of All Time, A fan guide to the stuff you love to hate. Here is the page they wrote about "All I Have To Do Is Dream"

Love makes us all do stupid things. Couples celebrates their love in ways that look foolish to the outside world. Far too often the desire to be close to a loved one can lead you to bring him or her into parts of your life that should remain separate.

When you're a celebrity, the possibilities for acting stupid in these ways increase exponentially. The romance between teenybopper idol Andy Gibb and nighttime-soap airhead Victoria Principal (Pamela Ewing on "Dallas") was big. Hollywood news in the early eighties (it was especially big news to Gibb's press agents, who no longer had Top Ten singles to flog). It helped that the two lovebirds were agreeable. Their photograhs were everywhere, accompanied by brief articles in which they swore their endless love. Alas, as with most Hollywood assertions of true love, this pair didn't last too long. (Fine by us; imagine the bland  entertainer that could have resulted from that gene pool.) Heartbroken, Gibb didn't last much longer himself.

Yet one artifact remains from the affair: a duet single by Andy and Victoria. "All I Have To Do Is Dream."  And all Victoria had to do was get voice lessons. At no point in this cover of the Everly Brothers classic did executive producer Gibb let his duet partner go it alone. He covered for her, as a lover should.

But Gibb himself doesn't have much to offer to the song. Aside from the novelty of hearing a Gibb brother warble along with someone who has an even higher voice, his vocal performanece is far below even that of his hits "I Just Want to Be Your Anything" and "Shadow Dancing."  Afraid of overshadowing Principal, he stays in the background: even his few solo sections are brief and deferential.

This is soft rock at its most squishy: weak drums provide no beat,  mushy synthesized strings conjure up no atmosphere. All you hear in the vocals are one mediocre singer and his untalented girlfriend hamming up their few moments in the spolight. If J.R. had any brains, he would have had someone follow Pamela to the studio and steal the master tapes to "All I Have to Do Is Dream." thus rescuing the Ewing family from unnecessary scandal. That would have been true love. 

 

Women Of Music volume 13

 

 

Women Of Music volume 13 

Elizatbeh Montgomery (as Serena from the Bewitched series) on cover 

 

Claudine Clark  - Walkin' Through a Cemetery.mp3                           
Dorothy Donegan, - Kilroy Was Here.mp3                                     
Dot Hester- My Boyfriend's Back.mp3                                        
Elizabeth Montgomery (as Serena) -  I'll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind.mp3   
Emmylou Harris - c'est la Vie, you never can tell, .mp3                    
Frances Day (aka Gale Warning) - Heartbreak Hotel.mp3                      
Jenny Aguirre - Satellite.mp3                                              
LaVern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo.mp3                                           
Linda Leigh - The Scent.mp3                                                
Patti Page - Just  Because.mp3                                             
Pearl Bailey - I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul.mp3                   
Renie Hicks & The Aztecs - Real Gone Okie.mp3                              
Sonja (and Smoke Band)  That's All Right.mp3                               
Wanda Jackson - Stupid Cupid.mp3