The Very Best of King/Federal/Deluxe, Vol. 2 collects 25 tracks from the vaults of those labels, highlighting jump blues, electric blues, R&B, and doo wop. Recorded in the late '40s to mid-'50s, this package features hit performances from Little Willie John, Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, Wynonie Harris, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Roy Brown, and Billy Ward & the Dominoes, alongside rarities by Todd Rhodes, Dorothy Ellis, and the Valtones. For the most part the sound quality is decent, but a few of the tracks ("Blues for the Red Boy," "I Want a Bowlegged Woman," "Moaning Blues") are particularly muddy, especially for a full-price CD compilation.
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The Very Best of King/Federal/Deluxe, Vol. 2
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Track Listing
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Little Willie John | 02:42 | Amazon | ||||
2 | The Dominoes | 02:23 | Amazon | ||||
3 | The "5" Royales | 02:46 | Amazon | ||||
4 | Roy Brown & His Might-Mighty Men | 03:05 | Amazon | ||||
5 | Hank Ballard & the Midnighters | 02:37 | Amazon | ||||
6 | Wynonie Harris | 02:39 | Amazon | ||||
7 | Todd Rhodes | 02:41 | Amazon | ||||
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Boyd Bennett | 02:31 | Amazon | |||
9 | Sonny Thompson | 02:36 | Amazon | ||||
10 | Otis Williams & the Charms | 02:09 | Amazon | ||||
11 | Tiny Bradshaw | 02:41 | Amazon | ||||
12 | Bull Moose Jackson | 03:03 | Amazon | ||||
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The Checkers | 02:56 | Amazon | |||
14 | Dorothy Ellis | 02:57 | Amazon | ||||
15 | Johnny "Guitar" Watson | 02:53 | Amazon | ||||
16 | Little Esther | 02:21 | Amazon | ||||
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The Hurricanes | 02:23 | Amazon | |||
18 | Sticks McGhee | 02:25 | Amazon | ||||
19 | Tommy Brown | 02:27 | Amazon | ||||
20 | The Five Keys | 02:32 | Amazon | ||||
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Eddy Clearwater | 02:40 | Amazon | |||
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Earl (Connelly) King | 02:49 | Amazon | |||
23 | Texas Slim | 03:04 | Amazon | ||||
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Johnny O'Neal | 02:34 | Amazon | |||
25 | The Valtones | 02:22 | Amazon |