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The Bihari Brothers obtained the rights to Kent Records from Lee Silver in 1954 — Silver never released more than two singles on the imprint — but didn’t turn it into their primary concern until 1958, when they shuttered RPM and Modern.
The brothers turned to Kent as a way to shed their roster, but they kept their biggest stars, B.B. King, Etta James, and Jesse Belvin. Within a year or so, James and Belvin defected to other labels, leaving King the big man at Kent. Ace’s 2015 Unlock the Lock: The Kent Records Story, vol. 1 chronicles these early years, running from 1958 to 1962 in the form of a 48-track, double-disc set where 30 cuts make their CD debut (14 of these, mostly alternate takes of well-circulated material, see their first- ever release here). Ten of these cuts belong to King, and he’s often the touchstone for the jumping blues and rhythm that make up the rest of the collection: it’s robust, rocking R&B and blues that walk the crossover line.
There are several attempts to ride the Twist bandwagon — Joe Houston is “Doing the Twist,” Little Joe Hinton attempts “The Whip Twist,” Teddy Reynolds tries “Do You Wanna Twist,” and King gets into the game with “Mashing the Popeye” — and there are also hints of string-saturated pop (Pat Hunt’s “Goodnight My Love”), plus a bit of wild rockabilly (the Barker Brothers’ “Hey Little Mama” is an anomaly but Jesse James’ rampaging “South’s Gonna Rise Again” kicks, carving a niche between R&B and rock & roll).
Generally, though, Unlock the Lock finds a comfortable place between uptown R&B and juke joint blues, proof that as the ’50s became the ’60s, R&B records started getting wilder and sillier as they tried to find their way onto the charts.
Tracklist:
CD 1
1. Why Do Everything Happen to Me - B.B. King
2. All of Me - Danny Boy
3. Hey Little Mama - The Barker Brothers
4. "Baby, Baby" Every Night - Etta James
5. Sweet Lovin' Honey - Don Cole
6. On My Way Back Home - Flash Terry & His Orchestra
7. Devil Doll - Lee Denson
8. Madness - Sonny Knight
9. Basis of Rock 'N' Roll (Take 1) - Van Robinson
10. Bye Bye Baby - Chuck "Tequila" Rio
11. That's My Baby - Artie Wilson
12. Dance the Thing - Floyd Dixon and His Orchestra
13. Please Accept My Love (Undubbed Version) - B.B. King
14. Red Hot Rockin' Blues - Jesse James
15. If It Ain't One Thing - Betty & Dupree
16. You You You - Van Robinson
17. South's Gonna Rise Again - Jesse James
18. Worry Worry (Take 1) - B.B. King
19. The Ballad of Stagger Lee - The Senders
20. The Thrill Is Gone (Take 1) - Hadda Brooks
21. The Fool - B.B. King
22. Everybody Needs to Know - The Senders
23. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Jesse Belvin
24. Mean Ole Frisco (Take 2) - B.B. King
CD 2
1. Sweet Sixteen Parts 1 & 2 - B.B. King
2. Your Cheatin' Heart (Mono Single Version) - Jimmy Witherspoon
3. Unlock The Lock (Take 2) - Jimmy Nelson
4. Good Man Gone Bad (Mono Single Version) B.B. King
5. Tomorrow Night (Overdubbed Version) Hadda Brooks
6. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now (Take 4) B.B. King
7. Diane Charlie Owens & The Sensational Ink Spots
8. If Love Was Money Tony Allen & The Wonders
9. Bad Case Of Love (Take 1) B.B. King
10. Texas Queen Billy Ray
11. Dreamin' Tony Allen & Group
12. Doin' The Twist Joe Houston
13. Get In The Car Little Joe Hinton
14. Do Something Crazy (Crazy Feeling) Etta James
15. The Whip Twist Little Joe Hinton
16. Goodnight, My Love (Pleasant Dreams) Pat Hunt
17. Do You Wanna Twist Teddy Reynolds
18. Playboy Billy Ray
19. Camel Caravan The Classicals
20. Without You Hal Davis
21. Love You Baby Bobby 'Blue' Bland with Ike Turner & His Orchestra
22. The Wonder Of Love The Newports
23. Maybe I'm Wrong Bobby Sanders
24. Mashing The Popeye (Mono Single Edit) B.B. King
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