Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years [Import]

Track Listings

1. For Your Precious Love

2. Don'T Drive Me Away

3. Come Back My Love

4. Lost

5. Lonely Soldier

6. He Will Break Your Heart

7. Find Another Girl

8. I'm A Telling You

9. Moon River

10. Make It Easy On Yourself

11. You Can Run (But You Can't Hide)

12. Whatever You Want

13. Need To Belong

14. Giving Up On Love

15. I Stand Accused

16. Let It Be Me (Ft Betty Everett)

17. Smile (Ft Betty Everett)

18. Good Times

19. Just For You

20. Nobody Needs Your Love

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Every one of Butler's hits for Vee-Jay, both with The Impressions and solo, is included in this 26 track collection. Included is the 2 huge crossover hits 'Moon River' and 'Make It Easy On Yourself'. Charly. 2005.

Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years,Jerry Butler,Snapper,R&B/Soul,Soul/R & B

Tracks:

High And Lonesome
You Don't Have To Go
Boogie In The Dark
I'm Gonna Ruin You
Pretty Thing
I Ain't Got You
She Don't Want Me No More
Come On Baby
I Don't Go For That
Baby, Don't Say That No More
Ain't That Lovin' You, baby
Can't Stand To See You Go
When You Left Me
I Love You, Baby
My First Plea
You Got Me Dizzy
Honey, Don't Let Me Go
It's You, Baby
Honey, Where You Going?
Do The Thing
Little Rain
Signals Of Love (Red Lights The Stop Light)
The Sun Is Shining
Baby, What's On Your Mind?
Odds And Ends (Instrumental)

Tracks:

Honest I Do
My Bitter Seed
Ends And Odds (Instrumental)
You're Something Else
A String To Your Heart
Go On To School
You Got Me Crying
Down In Virginia
I'm Gonna Get My Baby
I Wanna Be Loved
Caress Me Baby
I Know It's A Sin
You'n That Sack
Going To New York
I Told You, Baby
Take Out Some Insurance
I'm Nervous
Baby, What You Want Me To Do
Goin' By The River (Part 1)
Where Can You Be
Hush, Hush
I Was (So) Wrong
Blue, Blue Water
Please Don't
Found Love

Tracks:

Big Boss Man
Hold Me Close
Close Together
You Know You're Looking Good
Kind Of Lonesome
Found Joy
Bright Lights, Big City
Baby, What's Wrong
Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
I'm Mr Luck
Blue Carnegie (Instrumental)
Good Lover
Down In Mississippi
Too Much
Let's Get Together
Shame, Shame, Shame
Cold And Lonesome
Up Tight
Mixed Up
Wear Something Green
When You're Doing All Right
I'm Going Upside Your Head
I'm The Man Down There
When Girls Do It
Knockin' At Your Door

Album Details

27 Tracks from his Glorious Years from 1953 to 1966 on Vee-jay.

Customer Reviews:

Jimmy Reed-The Essential Boss Man.......2007-02-12

Great, great box set with ALL the hits and ALL THE lesser known classics!
When I'm in the mood to hear Jimmy Reed songs I want them all together so I can "relive" with my buddies those days and the great sounds that we danced to and partied to in our youth! We would ware out the grooves on those Silver and Purple Vee Jay 45's! Terrific liner notes also! A must have!

Greater than Elvis.......2007-01-26

Jimmy Reed was, arguably, greater than Elvis. He was a terrific songwriter, a singer with a laid back delivery, a screeming harmonica, and a cool guitar. Don't be fooled by this nonsense of him being unable to carry a tune, or that he was no master of the guitar or the harmonica. Maybe so. But the seemingly simple arrangements of his songs are really so subtle, inventive and marvelous that Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Keith Richard listened to his records incessantly, trying to figure out how he did it. And the Grateful Dead and Steve Miller loved him.
This being said, it is worth having all of his CDs.
To start, buy this 3-CD box set (and then Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall and Rockin' with Reed). Don't make the mistake of buying another CD boxed set, Jimmy Reed: The Classic Recordings, on the Tomato label. It has a good compilation, but plays at a very low level and has lousy sound quality. An insult to this great blues master's work.

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LEGENDARY SUBLIME VOCALS~BRAVO JERRY!!!

Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years
Jerry Butler
Manufacturer: Snapper
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B9WDJG
Release Date: 2005-10-31

Tracks:

For Your Precious Love
DonT Drive Me Away
Come Back My Love
Lost
Lonely Soldier
He Will Break Your Heart
Find Another Girl
I'm A Telling You
Moon River
Make It Easy On Yourself
You Can Run (But You Can't Hide)
Whatever You Want
Need To Belong
Giving Up On Love
I Stand Accused
Let It Be Me (Ft Betty Everett)
Smile (Ft Betty Everett)
Good Times
Just For You
Nobody Needs Your Love
Message To Martha
IVe Been Trying
WhereS The Girl
I DonT Want To Hear It Anymore
Love Is Strange (Ft Betty Everett)
For Your Precious Love (Re-Cut)

Album Description

Every one of Butler's hits for Vee-Jay, both with The Impressions and solo, is included in this 26 track collection. Included is the 2 huge crossover hits 'Moon River' and 'Make It Easy On Yourself'. Charly. 2005.

Album Details

Jerry Butler Shot to Fame in 1958 as the 20-year Old Lead Singer of the Impressions When for Your Precious Love Reached Number Three in the R&B Chart and Successfully Crossed Over Into the National Chart. Shortly Afterwards Butler Signed to Chicago's Vee-jay Label as a Solo Artist, Where He Established Himself as One of the Most Successful and Popular Soul Singers of the Early Sixties, Notching 19 Hits for Vee-jay Between 1958 and 1966. In his Early Solo Days at Vee-jay Butler was Fortunate Enough to Be Able to Call on the Song Writing and Playing Talents of his Friend and Impressions Co-founder Curtis Mayfield. Their First Collaboration, 'he Will Break Your Heart', Gave Butler his First Number One R&B Hit, Crossed Over Into the National Top Twenty and Established Him as a Major Talent on the Chicago Soul Scene. Every One of Butler's Hits for Vee-jay, Both with the Impressions and Solo, is Included in this 26-track Collection.

Customer Reviews:

LEGENDARY SUBLIME VOCALS~BRAVO JERRY!!!.......2006-03-11

Jerry Butler can sing anything...witness the variety in this timeless collection of superb classics including "Moon River" and experience one of the finest male vocalists in the past fifty years!!! Starting with the magnificent "For Your Precious Love" which Jerry still delivers in a masterful and sublime way, this incredibly great singer has not been given his just due and listening to his various collections of remarkable performances make this hard to figure out...no male singer moves me quite the way Mr. Jerry Butler does and listening to "Make It Easy On Yourself" makes this easy to understand! Filled with classic hits and numerous stunning performances, this is a must have collection for anyone who appreciates the finest that music can offer...Bravo to Jerry Butler and to the wonderous Betty Everett who do "Let It Be Me" so gorgeous making this the definitive version and they make this classic standard totally their own in a very magical way...we love and miss you Betty Everett and long live Jerry Butler and please go back into the studio and grace us with another classic like only you can!!! This collection is a timeless masterpiece.

Duke of Earl: the Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years

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More than Duke of Earl

Duke of Earl: the Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years
Gene Chandler
Manufacturer: Snapper/Charly
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0007DBG80
Release Date: 2005-02-28

Tracks:

Duke Of Earl
Girl's A Devil
Big Lie
Nite Owl
Festival Of Love
Kissin' In The Kitchen
Lonely Island
Stand By Me
Daddy's Home
I Wake Up Crying
Turn On Your Love Light
Tear For Tear
You Threw A Lucky Punch
Rainbow
Check Yourself
Baby, That's Love
Man's Temptation
It's No Good For Me
Think Nothing About It
A Song Called Soul
Bless Our Love
Just Be True
What Now
You Can't Hurt Me No More
Nothing Can Stop Me
Rainbow '65 ( Part I)
Rainbow '65 ( Part Ii)
Good Times
Bet You Never Thought It
Fool For You

Album Details

The Most Comprehensive Collection of Chandler's Ve-jay Era Available.

Customer Reviews:

More than Duke of Earl.......2007-07-31

Gene Chandler is a fine vocalist with a soulful delivery, this album demonstrates that he is more than a one hit wonder.

It's Not Unusual: The Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years 1955-65

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The Original "Stay In My Corner"

It's Not Unusual: The Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years 1955-65
The Dells
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Dreams Of Contentment
Zing, Zing, Zing
Oh, What A Night
Jo-Jo
I Wanna Go Home
Restless Days (Sleepless Nights)
Pain In My Heart
Time Makes You Change
At The Bandstand (The Springer)
Movin' On
Wait Till Tomorrow
Baby, Open Up Your Heart
Dry Your Eyes
I Can't Help Myself
Don't Tell Nobody
Hold On To What You've Got
Let's Do It Over
Hey Sugar (Let's Get Serious)
Poor Little Boy
Looks Like It's Over
Stay In My Corner
It's Not Unusual
I Got A Woman
Lil' Darlin'
Witchcraft
My Baby Just Cares For Me
Ev'ry Day I Have The Blues

Album Description

28 OF THE CHICAGO SOUL LEGENDS' FINEST VEE-JAY RECORDINGSStill going after more than 50 years during which they have recorded for a host of labels including Chess, Mercury and 20th Century, it was with the legendary Vee-Jay Records that The Dells started recording in 1955, where they remained until the label's demise in 1965.This 28 track collection contains the best of their recordings for Vee-Jay including the hits Oh, What A Night and Stay In My Corner alongside doo-wop ballads, great jump tunes, soulful covers and a plethora of hidden gems, several of which have never been released on CD before.

Album Details

Still Going after More Than 50 Years During which They have Recorded for a Host of Labels Including Chess, Mercury and 20th Century, it was with the Legendary Vee-jay Records that the Dells Started Recording in 1955, Where They Remained Until the Label's Demise in 1965. This 28 Track Collection Contains the Best of their Recordings for Vee-jay Including the Hits "oh, What a Night" and "Stay in My Corner" Alongside Doo-wop Ballads, Great Jump Tunes, Soulful Covers and a Plethora of Hidden Gems, Several of which have Never Been Released on CD Before.

Customer Reviews:

The Original "Stay In My Corner".......2006-09-16

Ok, I can remember my oldest sister giving me a stack of 78's when I was about 11 or 12. One of those records was a song by the Dells named "Why Do You Have To Go" b/w"Dance, Dance Dance. When I played that 78, she and my other sisters sang it, so I figured it was a popular song (in the chitlin' circut) WHY IS NOT ON THIS CD? WHY DO THESE COMPANIES DO THIS? Then why put an alternate cut of "Dry Your Eyes" on here? It's not the one on the original "Oh What A Night" album (Vee-Jay)......as a matter of fact, the entire "Oh What A Night" album is on here execpt "Why Do you have to go" & "Dance, Dance Dance"......what a rip off. Don't get me wrong, I love "Time Makes U CHange", "Dreams Of Contentment", and the classic "Oh WHat A NIght"....my favorite is "Movin On"...but i just get so dissapointed when they don't put all of the songs here. The original "Stay In My Corner" is here too. A lot of people did not know that the Dells recorded if for Vee-Jay before the classic 1968 version. ...anyway if you're a doo wop fan, you will love this.

Little Richard - The Very Best of the Vee Jay Years, Vol. 1

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Uneven but fine collection for new fans.

Little Richard - The Very Best of the Vee Jay Years, Vol. 1
Little Richard
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The Best of the Vee Jay Years, Vol. 2

ASIN: B00004YNFL
Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

Long Tall Sally
Dancing All Over The World
Send Me Some Lovin'
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Why Don't You Love Me
Slippin' & Slidin'
Dance What You Wanna
Keep A Knockin'
Groovy Little Suzie
Cherry Red
She's Got It
Something Moves In My Heart
Lucille
Goin' Home Tomorrow
Money Honey
Ooh My Soul
You'd Better Stop
Memories Are Made Of This
Belle Star (Instrumental)
I Don't Know What You Got

Customer Reviews:

Uneven but fine collection for new fans........2001-08-26

Well, here they are again! Little Richard's highly durable Vee Jay retreads. You would think that between the three major reissue labels indicated somebody could come up with something previously unreleased - longtime fans beware! Another area of concern is in the misinformation as to writer's credits and the inclusion of material strongly believed to be from another label, possibly from the '70s! Add to this, several tracks found in true stereo elsewhere: in '72 Ala Rcords and in '93 TKO/Charly issued "Goin' Home Tomorrow", "Money Honey", and "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" in long, stereo versions! Having said that, lets identify some worthy cuts for the new fans. "Goin' Home..." is the Fats Domino classic, featuring Don Harris of Don & Dewey on electric violin (historians note that Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention used the same artist in the same vein for their workout on Richard's "Directly From My Heart To You"). "Lawdy..." is a LR vocal and instrumental showcase, a brilliant sound obviously noted by Richard copyists like Paul McCartney and Tom Jones. His piano solo is the best of his career. Three songs from the May, 1965 New York City session are here and are reported to include Jimi Hendrix, Billy Preston, and Don Covay - "Dancing All Around The World", a blistering blues-based blast, "You Better Stop", a contemporary R & B/Rock item, and the soul classic now *finally* recieving it's due recognition on many releases, "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me", a soul ballad in the "Hold On To What You've Got"-"Time Is On My Side" style but completely overshadowing both in artistry and soul power. The '50s recuts are very disappointing on Vol. One - "Send Me Some Lovin'" (interestingly enough also recorded by Dean Martin around this time) is the only cool one. Richard's voice is *not* in shape on the others like "Long Tall Sally" and "Slippin' and Slidin'". Lucille" kicks off in an exciting way but very soon degenerates in a messy arrangement. A great vocal is heard on a new tune, "Something Moves In My Heart", a rockin' soul item reminiscent of Sam Cooke's "Ain't That Good News". Another new song, "Groovy Little Suzie" is super - a '50s type mover by Mr. John S. Marascalco, a writer/co-writer of many LR Specialty hits. (A longer version is found on the vinyl "Wild & Frantic Little Richard" on Modern). There's enough here to recommend Vol. One if Vol. Two is also considered.

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1. For Your Precious Love
2. Don'T Drive Me Away
3. Come Back My Love
4. Lost
5. Lonely Soldier
6. He Will Break Your Heart
7. Find Another Girl
8. I'm A Telling You
9. Moon River
10. Make It Easy On Yourself
11. You Can Run (But You Can't Hide)
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