Ruth Brown - Ruth Brown (1957) & Miss Rhythm (1959) [Reissue 1999]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 396 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 160 MB | Covers - 37 MB
Genre: R&B, Jump Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Collectables (COL-CD-6232)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 396 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 160 MB | Covers - 37 MB
Genre: R&B, Jump Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Collectables (COL-CD-6232)
Ruth Brown (1957). Ruth Brown at her stinging, assertive, bawdy best, doing the sizzling, innuendo-laden R&B that helped make Atlantic the nation's prime independent during the early days of rock & roll. There's also plenty of equally fiery, hot musical accompaniment, with then-husband Willis Jackson sometimes featured on tenor sax.
Miss Rhythm (1959). Ruth Brown's second LP is a minor masterpiece, built around a handful of hit singles and B-sides from the prior year ("Book of Lies," "Just Too Much," "When I Get You Baby," "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'," "Why Me") and containing a pair of current single sides, "Jack O' Diamonds" and "I Can't Hear a Word You Say." Brown is amazing in her range, from the upbeat, romantic "I Hope We Meet (On the Road Someday)" to the jaunty shouter "Why Me" - her timbre ranges from sweetly romantic to hard and raspy…