Album: Vol. 1: Rock Me Daddy
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:29
Size: 143.1 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 1993
Art: Front
[2:12] 1. The Boogie And The Blues
[2:10] 2. You Don't Love Me
[2:24] 3. You Used To Be Mine
[2:44] 4. Unidentified Boogie #1
[2:39] 5. Has Your Love Grown Cold
[2:36] 6. The Mood I'm In
[2:02] 7. Gotta Have A Little Lovin'
[2:32] 8. How Long Can I Go On Like This
[2:28] 9. I'll Cry Over You
[2:20] 10. O Sole Mio Boogie
[2:10] 11. Within This Heart Of Mine
[2:34] 12. Modulation Boogie
[2:36] 13. I'm Blue
[2:44] 14. Rock Me Daddy
[2:31] 15. Broken Memories (Sad And Blue)
[2:33] 16. I Ain't Got The Spirit
[2:45] 17. Shrinking Up Fast
[2:40] 18. Easy
[2:29] 19. Money Blues
[2:25] 20. Schubert's Serenade Boogie
[2:36] 21. You Lied To Me Baby
[2:34] 22. Real Gone Daddy
[2:57] 23. Unidentified Boogie #2
[2:19] 24. Old Baby Boogie
[2:16] 25. Song Of India Boogie
25-song reissue of her 1947-52 Specialty material, about half previously unreleased. Includes "You Don't Love Me" and "Money Blues," but not the chart items "Fiesta In Mexico" and "XTemporaneous Boogie." Perhaps too suave and refined for the R&B/rock era, and as comfortable with jazzy ballads as boogies, Howard was nonetheless an important, and nowadays overlooked, star of the transitional era between jump blues and R&B. ~Richie Unterberger
Vol. 1: Rock Me Daddy
Album: Vol. 2: X-Temporaneous Boogie
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:58
Size: 141.9 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front
[2:19] 1. It's A Hit
[2:53] 2. Thrill Me
[2:03] 3. X-Temperaneous Boogie
[2:27] 4. Sweetheart Of All My Dreams
[2:39] 5. Scat Boogie
[2:46] 6. Sundays With You
[2:24] 7. Viper Boogie
[2:36] 8. Why Did You Do It
[2:18] 9. Fluff Boogie
[2:22] 10. Tired Of Me
[2:29] 11. I'll Cry Over You
[2:42] 12. Peggy's Boogie
[2:46] 13. Maybe It's Best After All
[2:10] 14. Ivory And Pick Boogie
[2:23] 15. I Wonder Who's To Blame
[2:33] 16. Modulation Boogie
[2:45] 17. Fool About You Daddy
[1:10] 18. Terri's Boogie
[2:40] 19. Please Don't Stay Away So Long
[2:56] 20. My Heart Goes Out To You
[2:12] 21. Belmont Boogie
[2:10] 22. Everything He Lacks (Everything You Like)
[2:53] 23. Sutherland Blues
[2:27] 24. Goldberg Boogie
[2:44] 25. Nobody Else
Twenty of these 25 sides, recorded for Specialty between 1947 and 1952, were previously unissued. But there's no difference in quality between these and the better-known ones presented on volume one; the label's decision on what to release was based more on marketing strategies than the level of the performances. Divided between instrumentals and pop-influenced vocal numbers, Howard again proves herself the master of boogie and jump blues piano styles, sometimes slowing things down into a jazzier mode. In addition to the storehouse of vault material, this compilation also includes a couple of late-'40s Top Ten R&B hits, "Thrill Me" and "X-Temporaneous Boogie." ~Richie Unterberger
Vol. 2: X-Temporaneous Boogie