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The Wild Sound Of New Orleans: The Complete ‘Tousan’ Sessions

CD plus 20 page booklet. Although he has been the presiding genius of New Orleans R&B since the late Fifties, Allen Toussaint has made relatively few recordings under his own name. These are his first sides; they were made for RCA and Sevile in 1958-1959. Toussaint assembled a crack New Orleans band, including Red Tyler, Roy Montrell, Melvin …

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Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals

A must-have for fans of hillbilly jazz! Features some of the hottest picking by the coolest country band in the world, Ernest Tubb’s Texas Troubadours. Especially selected from the Troubadours 1960s and ’70s LPs for maximum listenability. Includes unreleased recordings. Fans of hot guitar and steel guitar instrumentals are probably well aware of the 1960s Texas Troubadours recordings …

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My Rifle, My Pony & Me: Movie & TV Soundtracks

1-CD with 24-page booklet. Subtitled Movie And TV Soundtracks, this 26-song collection is the ultimate overview of songs that were memorable elements of the post-War Westerns. Opening with the voice of John Wayne introducing Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson, who sing this collection’s title track from the 1959 film, Rio Bravo, the selections span 1948 (Roy Rogers singing …

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