Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection

06/12/07
. (PR) Vee-Jay Records was the first successful African-American-owned record company. At various times in its 13-year tenure, it was bigger than Motown Records and its Chicago rival, Chess Records. With origins in blues and doo-wop, the label quickly expanded into rhythm and blues, soul, jazz and gospel. Though it is perhaps best known as the first American label to release The Beatles� first album and singles, it is the classic records by Jimmy Reed, Jerry Butler, John Lee Hooker, The Staple Singers, The Four Seasons, and countless others that are the label�s most enduring contributions to popular music.

A hearty selection of Vee-Jay Records� legendary recordings has been assembled by Shout! Factory for Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection, an 86-track, four-CD anthology with detailed liner notes by music writers Gerald Early and Michael Ribas. The package will list for $59.98 and will hit the streets August 21, 2007.

Later in 2007, Shout! Factory will follow up the box set with compilations of Vee-Jay material by Jerry Butler, The Staple Singers, John Lee Hooker, and The Dells, and will also reissue key albums from the catalog.

DISC ONE:

1. JIMMY REED AND HIS TRIO � High And Lonesome
2. THE SPANIELS � Baby, It�s You
3. THE SPANIELS � Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite
4. FLOYD JONES AND BAND � Ain�t Times Hard
5. JIMMY REED AND HIS TRIO � You Don�t Have To Go
6. L.C. McKINLEY � Blue Evening
7. BILLY BOY ARNOLD � I Wish You Would
8. THE EL DORADOS � At My Front Door
9. MORRIS PEJOE � Hurt My Feelings
10. EDDIE TAYLOR � Bad Boy
11. THE HIGHWAY QC�S � Somewhere To Lay My Head
12. JAY McSHANN�S ORCHESTRA, VOCALIST PRISCILLA BOWMAN � Hands Off
13. THE FIVE ECHOES � Fool�s Prayer
14. EARL PHILLIPS � Oop De Oop
15. THE EL DORADOS WITH AL SMITH�S ORCHESTRA � I�ll Be Forever Loving You
16. JIMMY REED � Ain�t That Lovin� You Baby
17. AL SMITH�S COMBO � Fooling Around Slowly
18. THE MAGNIFICENTS � Up On The Mountain
19. EDDIE TAYLOR � Big Town Playboy
20. CAMILLE HOWARD � Rock �N Roll Mama
21. THE DELLS � Oh What A Nite

DISC TWO:

1. JOHN LEE HOOKER � Dimples
2. PEE WEE CRAYTON � The Telephone Is Ringing
3. SNOOKY PRYOR � Judgment Day
4. THE STAPLE SINGERS � Uncloudy Day
5. SONNY TIL�S ORIOLES � FOR ALL WE KNOW
6. THE DELEGATES � Mother�s Son
7. BILLY EMERSON � The Pleasure�s All Mine
8. JIMMY REED � Honest I Do
9. THE HARMONIZING FOUR � Farther Along
10. GENE ALLISON � You Can Make It If You Try
11. ELMORE JAMES � It Hurts Me Too
12. HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS � The Twist
13. PRISCILLA BOWMAN WITH THE SPANIELS � A Rockin� Good Way
14. LEE DIAMOND AND THE UPSETTERS � Hattie Malatti
15. BOBBY PARKER � Blues Get Off My Shoulder
16. JERRY BUTLER & THE IMPRESSIONS � For Your Precious Love
17. LEONARD CARBO � Pigtails And Blue Jeans
18. JOHN LEE HOOKER � I Love You Honey
19. THE ORIGINAL 5 BLIND BOYS OF MISSISSIPPI � Leave You In The Hands Of The Lord
20. DEE CLARK � Nobody But You
21. SHERIFF & THE RAVELS � Shombalor
22. HAROLD BURRAGE � Crying For My Baby

DISC THREE:

1. THE SWAN SILVERTONES � Mary Don�t You Weep
2. MEMPHIS SLIM � Steppin� Out
3. ROSCO GORDON � Just A Little Bit
4. JIMMY REED BABY � What You Want Me To Do
5. DONNIE ELBERT � Will You Ever Be Mine
6. THE STAPLE SINGERS � Will The Circle Be Unbroken
7. WADE FLEMONS � Easy Lovin�
8. JOHN LEE HOOKER � No Shoes
9. J.B. LENOIR � Oh Baby
10. JERRY BUTLER � He Will Break Your Heart
11. EDDIE HARRIS � Exodus
12. JIMMY REED � Big Boss Man
13. DEE CLARK � Raindrops
14. THE PIPS WITH GLADYS KNIGHT � Every Beat Of My Heart
15. THE SALLIE MARTIN SINGERS � Old Ship Of Zion
16. JIMMY REED � Bright Lights, Big City
17. THE DUKAYS � Nite Owl
18. GENE CHANDLER � Duke Of Earl
19. THE MOONGLOWS � Real Gone Mama
20. THE �5� ROYALES � Help Me Somebody
21. JOHN LEE HOOKER � Boom Boom

DISC FOUR:

1. CHRISTINE KITTRELL � I�m A Woman
2. JERRY BUTLER � Make It Easy On Yourself
3. THE FOUR SEASONS � Sherry
4. GENE CHANDLER � Rainbow
5. THE PYRAMIDS � Shakin� Fit
6. BIRDLEGS & PAULINE AND THEIR VERSATILITY BIRDS � Spring
7. AKI ALEONG & THE NOBLES � Body Surf
8. BETTY EVERETT � YOU�RE NO GOOD
9. THE ORIGINAL BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA � I Can See Everybody�s Mother
10. BETTY EVERETT � The Shoop Shoop Song (It�s In His Kiss)
11. JIMMY HUGHES � Steal Away
12. THE HONEYCOMBS � Have I The Right
13. JERRY BUTLER & BETTY EVERETT � Let It Be Me
14. HOYT AXTON � Bring Your Lovin�
15. BETTY EVERETT � Getting Mighty Crowded
16. THE CARAVANS � Walk Around Heaven All Day
17. GLORIA JONES � Tainted Love
18. BILLY PRESTON � Billy�s Bag
19. THE DELLS � Stay In My Corner
20. FRED HUGHES � Oo Wee Baby, I Love You
21. JOE SIMON � Let�s Do It Over
22. LITTLE RICHARD � I Don�t Know What You�ve Got But It�s Got Me