Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Spellbound 1955-74 (1990)

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Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Title: Spellbound 1955-74
Year Of Release: 1990
Label: Bear Family Records
Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk, Shock Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 1:05:11+1:05:41
Total Size: 794 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Bear Family's Spellbound! 1955-74 is a double-disc set that captures highlights from Screamin' Jay Hawkins' recordings for Wing, Decca, Phillips, and RCA. It's not quite the bargain it seems. Half of the 48 tracks were already issued on two Phillips albums, which were combined on one Edsel CD. Furthermore, most of these songs date from the '60s, with only a handful coming from Hawkins' '50s peak. Strangely, of those songs, not one of them is the original "I Put a Spell on You," which makes this hardly the definitive overview that it should be. Instead of focusing on the best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' best material, it has the campy, silly stuff from the '60s, which will try the patience of anyone outside devoted fans -- and those devoted fans will prefer more complete compilations than this strangely scattershot effort from Bear Family. There are some good moments here, but overall, it has to rank as a disappointment.

Tracklist:

CD 1
Rare & Alternative Versions
01 "Voodoo"
02 "You put a spell on me"
03 "Makaha Waves"
04 "There's too many teardrops"
05 "I put a spell on you"
06 "Two can play this game"
07 "Shattered"
08 "You're an exception to the rule"
09 "I'm not made of clay"
10 "All night"
11 "Mountain jive"
12 "I'll be there"
13 "You're all my life to me"
14 "Well I tried"
15 "Even though"
16 "Talk about me"
17 "In my front room"
18 "This is all"
19 "What that is"
20 "She put the whamee on me"
21 "I put a spell on you"
22 "Two can play this game"
23 "Shattered"
24 "You're an exception to the rule"

CD 2
including albums "What Tha Is"1969(№№1-12) &
"Feast Of Mau Mau"1970(№№ 13-24)
01 "What that Is"
02 "Feast of the Mau Mau"
03 "Do You Really Love Me"
04 "Stone Crazy"
05 "I love You"
06 "Constipation Blues"
07 "I'm Lonely"
08 "Thing Called Woman"
09 "Dig!"
10 "I'm Your Man"
11 "Ask Him"
12 "Reprise"
13 "Please Don't Leave Me"
14 "I Wanta Know"
15 "I Need You"
16 "My Marion"
17 "Bite It"
18 "Move Me"
19 "Good Night My Love"
20 "Our Love is Not for Three"
21 "Ain't Nobody's Business"
22 "Take Me Back"
23 "Trying to Reach My Goal"
24 "So Long"

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