Various Artists
Something Got A Hold On Me – The Ru-Jac Records Story Volume One 1963-1964
£15.99
Format: CD
Release date: 26 Jan 2018
28 track collection bringing together the output of this busy Baltimore imprint between 63 and 64, this set contains released material as well as a slew of unreleased and alternate takes. Jessie Crawford’s cavernous Rhythm and Soul effort “Please Don’t Go” is great, Jeanie Dee’s ‘Every Day I Have The Blues’ was unheard til now in this format and it’s a big, bolshy shouter of the highest order while Celestine’s plaintive ‘I Want To Be Sure’ is a perfect example of low budget, stripped back early soul. The superb blues beater ‘Something’s Got A Hold On Me’ is not only previously unreleased but also shrouded in mystery as the artist is unknown. The thumping, funky edged ‘Trash Can’ owes a debt to early James Brown but like the previous track it’s makers are a mystery, Brenda Jones’ confident, brassy ‘Can’t You see’ is a highlight as is the big voiced Tiny Tim doing the atmospheric ‘Saving All My Loving’.
Track listings:
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01 Fatback (Take 1) by Lamont Esquires
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02 Please Don’t Go by Jessie Crawford with Kay Keys Band
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03 I Love You So by Jessie Crawford with Kay Keys Band
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04 A Woman Like You by Little Sonny Daye with The Shyndells Band
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05 I’m Through With You by Little Sonny Daye with The Shyndells Band
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06 Every Day I Have The Blues (Take 2) by Jeanne Dee
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07 Saving All My Loving by (Mr. T) Tiny Tim
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08 It’s Everything To Me by (Mr. T) Tiny Tim
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09 I Want To Be Sure by Celestine
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10 You Won by Celestine
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11 Cross Track (Take 2) by Flattop Bobby & The Soul Twisters
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12 When I’m Alone by Winfield Parker
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13 Can’t You See by Brenda Jones
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14 Let’s Go Back To School by Brenda Jones
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15 That’s All You Have To Do by Brenda Jones
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16 One Of These Mornings (Take 3) by Winfield Parker
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17 Put A Light In The Window by Charles Johnson
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18 My Father Watches Over Me by Fruitland Harmonizers
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19 Take Care Of Me by Fruitland Harmonizers
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20 Something Got A Hold On Me by [unknown artist
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21 All Over Again by The Teardrops Band featuring Marie Allen
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22 Crying Won’t Help You by The Teardrops Band featuring Marie Allen
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23 Trash Can by unknown artist
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24 Don’t Bit Mo by Rockin’ Robin
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25 Foolish To Try by James Hill
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26 Meadow Of Love by The Jolly Jax
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27 The Money Cha Cha by The Jolly Jax
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28 Joe (Take 5) by The Jolly Jax
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