Various Artists – Chicago Hit Factory: The Vee Jay Story 1953-1966 (2013) {10CDs, Box set}
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Label: Charly Records | Germany | Cat#: Charly 915 MB | Genre: Jazz, R&B
Motown is the black-owned Great Lakes R&B label synonymous with the ’60s but before their reign was Chicago’s Vee-Jay Records, ruling the charts for nearly a decade prior to the rise of the Detroit imprint. The tale of Vee-Jay has been told before in a variety of compilations, but Charly’s 2014 box set Chicago Hit Factory: The Vee-Jay Story 1953-1966 is easily the most comprehensive chronicle, lasting ten discs and encompassing all of the chapters in the label’s wild history. This includes singles Vee-Jay licensed from a variety of different sources, including blues sides by Elmore James on Fury and, notably, the first Beatles singles to be released in America, “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You.” Charly takes advantage of the shifting licensing rules of the new millennium to include both of these singles along with the Four Seasons hits that often haven’t shown up on other Vee-Jay anthologies but, really, that’s just the tip of the iceberg on this exhaustive set. Every sound and style the label issued is here, divided into three discs of big hits and then a disc apiece for doo wop, blues, R&B, soul, regional hits, gospel, and jazz. Sequencing the ten discs like this helps put Vee-Jay’s diversity into perspective as well as emphasizing who their true hitmakers were: the laconic bluesman Jimmy Reed, the ebullient Dee Clark, the smooth assured Jerry Butler, genial Gene Chandler, and exuberant Betty Everett. All have almost all of their hits featured and there is plenty of room for doo wop groups like the Spaniels and the Dells, lots of space for soul and John Lee Hooker, and other music that sold better on LP than 45. Charly’s presentation perhaps leaves a little to be desired — these masters maybe could sound better and the whole package feels as if it was constructed on a budget — but there is a wealth of important music that is tremendously compelling and entertaining in this box. That it’s available at a good price is just a nice bonus — it’d be worthwhile at twice the retail. ― Allmusic
CD 01 – At My Front Door – The Hits Volume 1
01. The Spaniels – Baby, It’s You – 02:36
02. The Spaniels – Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite – 02:42
03. Jimmy Reed – You Don’t Have To Go – 03:04
04. The El Dorados – At My Front Door – 02:35
05. The Spaniels – You Painted Pictures – 02:25
06. Priscilla Bowman & The Jay McShann Orchestra – Hands Off – 02:51
07. The El Dorados – I’ll Be Forever Loving You – 02:28
08. Jimmy Reed – Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby – 02:14
09. The Magnificents – Up On The Mountain – 02:49
10. The Dells – Oh What A Nite – 02:54
11. Jimmy Reed – You’ve Got Me Dizzy – 02:53
12. Jimmy Reed – Little Rain – 03:09
13. The Spaniels – Everyone’s Laughing – 02:52
14. Jimmy Reed – The Sun Is Shining – 02:49
15. Jimmy Reed – Honest I Do – 02:40
16. Gene Allison – You Can Make It If You Try – 02:08
17. Gene Allison – Have Faith – 02:41
18. Jerry Butler & The Impressions – For Your Precious Love – 02:41
19. John Lee Hooker – I Love You Honey – 02:34
20. Wade Flemons – Here I Stand – 02:22
21. Dee Clark – Nobody But You – 02:23
22. Jimmy Reed – I’m Gonna Get My Baby – 02:38
23. Dee Clark – Just Keep It Up – 02:11
24. Dee Clark – Hey Little Girl – 02:15
25. Rosco Gordon – Just A Little Bit – 02:08
26. Dee Clark – How About That – 02:32
27. Jimmy Reed – Baby What You Want Me To Do – 02:21
28. Wade Flemons – Easy Lovin’ – 02:18
CD 02 – Duke Of Earl – The Hits Volume 2
01. Jerry Butler – He Will Break Your Heart – 02:49
02. Jimmy Reed – Hush-Hush – 02:32
03. Dee Clark – Your Friends – 02:09
04. Jimmy Reed – Close Together – 02:33
05. Jerry Butler – Find Another Girl – 02:48
06. Eddie Harris – Exodus – 01:59
07. Jimmy Reed – Big Boss Man – 02:47
08. Dee Clark – Raindrops – 02:49
09. The Pips – Every Beat Of My Heart – 02:02
10. Wade Flemons – Please Send Me Someone To Love – 02:26
11. Jerry Butler – I’m A Telling You – 02:22
12. Jimmy Reed – Bright Lights Big City – 02:47
13. Jerry Butler – Moon River – 02:40
14. Gene Chandler – Duke Of Earl – 02:26
15. The Dukays – Nite Owl – 02:24
16. The Pearlettes – Duchess Of Earl – 02:16
17. John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom – 02:32
18. Gene Chandler (as The Duke Of Earl) – Walk On With The Duke – 01:59
19. Jimmy Reed – Good Lover – 02:34
20. Jerry Butler – Make It Easy On Yourself – 02:42
21. The 4 Seasons – Sherry – 02:32
22. Frank Ifield – I Remember You – 02:05
23. Dee Clark – I’m Going Back To School – 02:28
24. Jerry Butler – You Can Run (But You Can’t Hide) – 02:40
25. The 4 Seasons – Big Girls Don’t Cry – 02:25
26. Gene Chandler – You Threw A Lucky Punch – 02:34
27. Frank Ifield – Lovesick Blues – 02:18
28. Gene Chandler – Rainbow – 02:20
CD 03 – The Shoop Shoop Song – The Hits Volume 3
01. The 4 Seasons – Peanuts – 02:21
02. Jimmy Reed – Shame, Shame, Shame – 02:49
03. Birdlegs & Pauline – Spring – 02:50
04. Gene Chandler – Man’s Temptation – 02:43
05. Betty Everett – You’re No Good – 02:21
06. Jerry Butler – Need To Belong – 02:57
07. Betty Everett – The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) – 02:13
08. Jerry Butler – Giving Up On Love – 02:36
09. The Beatles – Love Me Do – 02:20
10. The Beatles – P.S. I Love You – 02:03
11. Jerry Butler – I Stand Accused – 02:58
12. Betty Everett – I Can’t Hear You – 02:36
13. Joe Simon – My Adorable One – 02:24
14. Little Richard – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On – 02:30
15. Jerry Butler & Betty Everett – Let It Be Me – 02:39
16. Betty Everett – Getting Mighty Crowded – 02:13
17. Jerry Butler & Betty Everett – Smile – 02:53
18. Jimmy Cross – I Want My Baby Back – 03:22
19. The Standells – The Boy Next Door – 02:41
20. Jerry Butler – Good Times – 02:10
21. The Dells – Stay In My Corner – 02:52
22. Jerry Butler & Betty Everett – Since I Don’t Have You – 02:24
23. Fred Hughes – Oo Wee Baby, I Love You – 02:18
24. Joe Simon – Let’s Do It Over – 02:19
25. Little Richard – I Don’t Know What You’ve Got (But It’s Got Me) (Parts 1 & 2) – 04:44
26. Jimmy Reed – I’m The Man Down There – 02:59
27. Fred Hughes – You Can’t Take It Away – 02:42
28. Jerry Butler – For Your Precious Love (1966 version) – 02:42
CD 04 – Great Googly Moo – Doo-Wop Doyens & Heavenly Harmonisers
01. The El Dorados – My Loving Baby – 02:47
02. The Rhythm Aces – Get Lost – 02:42
03. The Five Echoes – I Really Do – 02:30
04. The Dells – Zing Zing Zing – 02:50
05. The Kool Gents – This Is The Night – 02:51
06. The Hi-Liters – Bobby Sox Baby – 02:07
07. The El Dorados – Bim Bam Boom – 02:48
08. The Kool Gents – Crazy Over You – 02:28
09. The Orioles – For All We Know – 02:50
10. The Spaniels – You Gave Me Peace Of Mind – 02:46
11. The Delegates – Mother’s Son – 02:51
12. The Spaniels – Great Googly Moo – 02:06
13. The Magnificents – Ozeta – 02:22
14. Dillard Crume Jr. – It’s You I Love – 02:39
15. The Prodigals – Judy – 02:36
16. The Co-Hearts – My Love – 02:42
17. The Capers – Miss You My Dear – 02:01
18. Sheriff & The Ravels – Shombalor – 02:14
19. The Goldenrods – Wish I Was Back In School – 02:10
20. The Senators – It Doesn’t Matter – 02:10
21. The Senators – ‘Til Forever More – 02:23
22. The Spaniels – I Know – 02:15
23. The Spaniels – Bus Fare Home – 02:37
24. The Flamingos – Golden Teardrops – 03:16
25. The 5 Royales – Much In Need – 02:37
26. The Moonglows – Real Gone Mama – 02:58
27. The Sheppards – Tragic – 02:17
28. The Dukays – Tango Bop – 02:14
CD 05 – Baby What’s Wrong – Blues Masters & Blasters
01. Floyd Jones – Ain’t Times Hard – 03:07
02. L.C. McKinley – She’s Five Feet Three – 02:51
03. Billy Boy Arnold – I Wish You Would – 02:41
04. Morris Pejoe – Hurt My Feelings – 03:22
05. The Five Echoes – Fool’s Prayer – 03:07
06. Billy Boy Arnold – I Ain’t Got You – 02:16
07. Billy ‘The Kid’ Emerson – If You Won’t Stay Home – 01:37
08. Eddie Taylor – Big Town Playboy – 02:58
09. Jimmy Reed – Can’t Stand To See You Go – 02:49
10. John Lee Hooker – Dimples – 02:12
11. Eddie Taylor – You’ll Always Have A Home – 02:34
12. Pee Wee Crayton – The Telephone Is Ringing – 03:08
13. Billy ‘The Kid’ Emerson – Every Woman I Know – 02:41
14. Jimmy Reed – Honey, Where You Going – 03:11
15. Elmore James – The 12 Year Old Boy – 03:05
16. Pee Wee Crayton – I Found My Peace Of Mind – 02:34
17. Larry Birdsong – If You Don’t Want Me No More – 02:01
18. Elmore James – It Hurts Me Too – 03:04
19. The El Cincos – Oh, Baby, You Have To Go – 02:42
20. Memphis Slim – Stroll On Little Girl – 02:41
21. Jimmy Reed – Take Out Some Insurance – 02:20
22. Memphis Slim – Rockin’ The House (Beer Drinkin’ Woman) – 02:05
23. Jimmy Reed – Found Love – 02:16
24. John Lee Hooker – No Shoes – 02:23
25. J.B. Lenoir – Oh Baby – 02:11
26. John Lee Hooker – My First Wife Left Me – 03:34
27. Jimmy Reed – Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth – 02:23
28. Jimmy Reed – Baby, What’s Wrong – 03:16
CD 06 – A Rockin’ Good Way – R&B Dukes & Duchesses
01. Hazel McCollum & The El Dorados – Annie’s Answer – 03:12
02. Earl Phillips – Oop De Oop – 03:11
03. Camille Howard – Rock ‘n Roll Mama – 02:43
04. Dee Clark – Seven Nights – 02:18
05. Dee Clark – Oh Little Girl – 02:38
06. Lee Diamond – Hattie Malatti – 02:42
07. Lee Diamond – Mama Loochie – 02:18
08. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – The Twist – 02:35
09. Bobby Parker – You Got What It Takes – 02:43
10. Bobby Parker – Blues Get Off My Shoulder – 02:49
11. Leonard Carbo – Pigtails And Blue Jeans – 02:17
12. The Impressions featuring Jerry Butler – Come Back My Love – 02:34
13. Priscilla Bowman & The Spaniels – A Rockin’ Good Way – 02:13
14. Gene Allison – Everything Will Be Alright – 02:25
15. Jerry Butler – Lost – 02:24
16. Rosco Gordon – No More Doggin’ – 02:38
17. Wade Flemons – Slow Motion – 02:08
18. Kip Anderson – I Wanna Be The Only One – 02:48
19. The Rockin’ Rs – Mustang – 01:47
20. Wade Flemons – What’s Happening – 02:23
21. Jerry Butler – A Lonely Soldier – 02:55
22. Donnie Elbert – Baby Let Me Love You Tonight – 02:38
23. Dee Clark – You’re Looking Good – 02:08
24. Wade Flemons – I’ll Come Runnin’ – 02:09
25. Donnie Elbert – I Beg Of You – 02:24
26. Christine Kittrell – Mr. Big Wheel – 02:01
27. Preston Jackson & The Rhythm Aces – Be Mine – 02:38
28. Grover Mitchell – That’s A Good Idea – 02:23
CD 07 – Shook Up Over You – Soul Stirrers & Shakers
01. Wade Flemons – At The Party – 02:12
02. Marie Gladness – Cops And Robbers – 02:14
03. Wade Flemons – Welcome Stranger – 02:36
04. Nancy Love – As Sure As I Live – 02:23
05. Dee Clark – Dance On Little Girl – 01:59
06. Nancy Love – Baby, I’m Not Over You Yet – 02:20
07. Nancy Love – It’s Really Real – 02:02
08. Gene Chandler – Tear For Tear – 02:10
09. Gil Hamilton – Move And Groove – 02:10
10. Jerry Butler – Whatever You Want – 02:23
11. Dee Clark – Shook Up Over You – 02:42
12. The Pyramids – Shakin’ Fit – 02:12
13. Browley Guy – Do Somethin’ Baby – 02:20
14. Yvonne Carroll – Please Don’t Go – 02:06
15. Jerry Butler – I Don’t Want To Hear It Anymore – 03:04
16. Betty Everett – It Hurts To Be In Love – 02:25
17. Barrett Strong – Make Up Your Mind – 02:25
18. Barrett Strong – Gonna Take A Journey – 02:03
19. Jerry Butler & Betty Everett – Ain’t That Loving You Baby – 02:46
20. The Daylighters – Whisper Of The Wind – 02:28
21. The Daylighters – Here Alone – 02:18
22. The Rivingtons – I Love You Always – 02:42
23. The Dontells – In Your Heart (You Know I’m Right) – 02:04
24. The Dells – It’s Not Unusual – 02:13
25. Betty Everett – Gonna Be Ready – 02:33
26. Joe Simon – The Whoo Pee – 02:11
27. Jerry Butler – I Can’t Stand To See You Cry – 02:30
28. Jerry Butler – Just For You – 02:31
CD 08 – Dream For Sale – Hits, Misses & Regional Breakers
01. Marilyn Britton – Big Mr. Heartbreaker – 02:25
02. Tracey Dey – Jerry (I’m Your Sherry) – 02:32
03. Orville Couch – Hello Trouble – 01:46
04. The 4 Seasons – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – 01:48
05. Johnny Cymbal – Bachelor Man – 02:11
06. Tracey Dey – Jealous Eyes – 01:46
07. Barbara Jackson – Second Best – 02:26
08. The Society Girls – S.P.C.L.G. (Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Little Girls) – 02:48
09. The Angelos – Just Like Taking Candy From A Baby – 02:41
10. Noreen Corcoran – Love Kitten – 02:28
11. Mac Davis – Hey Monkey – 02:15
12. Wade Flemons – Watch Over Her – 02:33
13. Ray Smith – Rockin’ Robin – 02:23
14. Noreen Corcoran – Dreamin’ Of You – 02:31
15. The Sensations – You Made A Fool Of Me – 02:22
16. The Rubies – A Spanish Boy – 02:21
17. Billy Joe Royal – Get Behind Me Devil – 02:27
18. The Monsters Four – Farmer John – 01:58
19. Hoyt Axton – Double Double Dare – 02:33
20. The Honey Bees – One Girl, One Boy – 02:13
21. Peggy Sans – Snow Man – 02:40
22. The Clinger Sisters – Shoop Shoop De Doop Rama Lama Ding Dong Yeah Yeah Yeah – 01:55
23. The Sunbeams – Good Old Days – 02:33
24. The 4 Seasons – Apple Of My Eye – 02:16
25. Hoyt Axton – Bring Your Lovin’ – 02:24
26. Joey Paige – Dream For Sale – 02:29
27. Terry Black – Unless You Care – 02:03
28. Shelley Fabares – Lost Summer Love – 02:20
29. Melinda Marx – How I Wish You Came – 02:08
30. The Standells – Big Boss Man – 03:01
CD 09 – Uncloudy Day – Inspirational Gospel Greats
01. The Staple Singers – If I Could Hear My Mother Pray – 02:47
02. The Staple Singers – This May Be My Last Time – 02:06
03. The Kelly Brothers – Prayer For Tomorrow – 02:41
04. The Silver Quintette – Sinner’s Crossroads – 03:10
05. The Staple Singers – Uncloudy Day – 02:59
06. The Swan Silvertones – Sinner Man – 03:09
07. The Staple Singers – Let Me Ride (Swing Down Chariot) – 02:41
08. The Harmonizing Four – Motherless Child – 03:05
09. The Mighty Skylights – If Jesus Came To Your House – 03:15
10. The Interns – The Road Home – 03:15
11. The Swan Silvertones – Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep – 02:48
12. The Original Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi – Leave You In The Hands Of The Lord – 02:45
13. The Staple Singers – So Soon – 02:17
14. The Friendly Brothers – Operator – 02:27
15. The Highway QCs – God Has Not Promised – 02:55
16. The Harmonizing Four – Wade In The Water – 03:06
17. The Caravans – What Will Tomorrow Bring – 04:00
18. The Original Five Blind Boys Of Alabama – I Can See Everybody’s Mother – 02:26
19. The Watson Sisters – He Lives – 02:19
20. Marion Williams & The Stars Of Faith – Surely God Is Able – 02:15
21. The Highway QCs – Walk With Me – 02:33
22. Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes – Camp Meeting – 03:04
23. The Original Blind Boys Of Alabama – I’m Journeying On – 01:52
24. The Original Five Blind Boys Of Alabama – Precious Lord – 03:48
25. The Argo Gospel Singers – Jesus Is The Answer – 02:43
26. The Swan Silvertones – Nobody But You – 02:38
CD 10 – Juggin’ Around – Hot & Cool Jazz Gems
01. Wayne Shorter – Mack The Knife – 04:25
02. Lee Morgan – Just In Time – 03:32
03. Wynton Kelly – Joe’s Avenue – 02:51
04. Victor Feldman – On Green Dolphin Street – 03:25
05. Frank Strozier – Runnin’ – 04:19
06. The Leroy Vinnegar Trio – Doing That Thing (Double Stopping) – 03:54
07. Ann Richards & The Bill Marx Trio – I Only Have Eyes For You (Live) – 02:57
08. Eddie Harris – Whispering Bossa Nove – 06:53
09. Cannonball Adderley & Paul Chambers – I Got Rhythm – 06:07
10. The Bill Marx Trio – Streets Of Laredo – 04:14
11. MJT+3 – Love For Sale – 03:58
12. Ira Sullivan & The Chicago Jazz Quintet – Love Letters (Live) – 05:07
13. Buddy De Franco & Art Blakey – Cousin Mary – 04:40
14. The Eddie Higgins Trio – Zarac, The Evil One – 05:14
15. The Louis Hayes Quintet (featuring Yusef Lateef) – Hazing – 03:33
16. The Young Lions – Fat Lady – 05:00
17. Bennie Green & Gene Ammons – Juggin’ Around – 06:27
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