Cat. No. VV 1318: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ THE GOLDEN AGE OF RHYTHM & BLUES. CHESS CH-2-9208.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

CHESS RECORDS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1950 IN CHICAGO, BY TWO JEWISH IMMIGRANT BROTHERS FROM WHAT WAS THEN POLAND, LEONARD AND PHIL CHESS, SPECIALIZING IN BLUES AND RHYTHM AND BLUES. IT WAS THE SUCCESSOR TO ARISTROCRAT RECORDS. THE LABEL EXPANDED INTO SOUL MUSIC, GOSPEL MUSIC, EARLY ROCK'N'ROLL AND JAZZ. THE COMPANY PRODUCED AND RELEASED MANY SINGLES AND ALBUMS REGARDED AS CENTRAL TO THE ROCK MUSIC CANON. THE MUSIC AND CRITIC CUB KODA DESCRIBED CHESS AS "AMERICA'S GREATEST BLUES LABEL".

THIS SELECTION IS A DOUBLE ALBUM SET RELEASED BY CHESS IN 1984 AS PART OF IT'S ROCK'N'RHYTHM SERIES AND, AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS, FEATURES SELECTIONS FROM THE LABEL'S RHYTHM AND BLUES RELEASES. THE SLEEVE IS A BI-FOLD SLEEVE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ONLY SOME LIGHT CREASES IN A COUPLE OF CORNERS. BOTH RECORDS ARE GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Record 1 - Side 1: The Bluejays - White Cliffs Of Dover / The Coronets - Nadine / The El-Rays - Darling I Know / The Moonglows - Sincerely / The Moonlighters - Shoo Doo Be Doo (My Loving Baby) / The Moonglows - Most Of All. Side 2: The Orchids - Newly Wed / The Moonglows - In My Diary / The Flamingos - I'll Be Home / The Five Notes - Show Me The Way / The Ravens - Give Me (A Simple Prayer). 

Record 2 - Side 1: The Flamingos - The Vow / The Flamingos - Would I Be  Crying / The Quintones - Ding Dong / The Tornadoes - 4 O'Clock In The Morning / The Sentimentals - I Want To Love / Lee Andrews And The Hearts - Teardrops. Side 2: The Monotones - Soft Shadows / The Students - I'm So Young / The Pastels - So Far Away / The Re-Vels - False Alarm / The Sonics - This Broken Heart / The Miracles - Bad Girl.

2 X 12" RECORD SET.