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86-track boxed set contains the cream of the Vee-Jay label's run, from 1953 to 1966, including hits by Jimmy Reed,Jerry Butler & The Impressions, John Lee Hooker, The Four Seasons,Little Richard, The Staple Singers, The Dells, Betty Everett, The Swan Silvertones, Dee Clark, The El Dorados, Gene Chandler, The Spaniels, and many others, as well as amazing obscurities by less-well-known artists. Vee-Jay Records was the first nationally successful African-American owned record company. At one point it was bigger than even such powerhouses as Motown Records and Chess Records. Though Vee-Jay is now best known as the first American label to release records by The Beatles, it is classic singles like The Spaniels' "Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite," John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom," Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights, Big City," Betty Everett's "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)," Jerry Butler's "Make It Easy On Yourself," The Four Seasons' "Sherry," Gene Chandler's "Duke Of Earl," and Little Richard's "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me" that remain the label's enduring legacy. Contains 86 tracks spread across four CDs, along with a beautifully designed 40-page booklet packed with photos and featuring two essays: a historical overview and a detailed track-by-track commentary. <<

Disc: 1
1. Jimmy Reed And His Trio - High And Lonesome
2. The Spaniels - Baby, It's You
3. The Spaniels - Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite
4. Floyd Jones And Band - Ain't Times Hard
5. Jimmy Reed And His Trio - You Don't Have To Go
6. L.C. Mckinley - Blue Evening
7. Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would
8. The El Dorados - At My Front Door
9. Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings
10. Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy
11. The Highway QC's - Somewhere To Lay My Head
12. Jay McShann's Orchestra, Vocalist Priscilla Bowman -Hands Off
13. The Five Echoes - Fool's Prayer
14. Earl Phillips - Oop De Oop
15. The El Dorados With Al Smith's Orchestra -I'll Be Forever Loving You
16. Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
17. Al Smith's Combo - Fooling Around Slowly
18. The Magnificents - Up On The Mountain
19. Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy
20. Camille Howard - Rock `N Roll Mama
21. The Dells - Oh What A Nite

Disc: 2
1. John Lee Hooker - Dimples
2. Pee Wee Crayton - The Telephone Is Ringing
3. Snooky Pryor - Judgment Day
4. The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day
5. Sonny Til's Orioles - For All We Know
6. The Delegates - Mother's Son
7. Billy Emerson - The Pleasure's All Mine
8. Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do
9. The Harmonizing Four - Farther Along
10. Gene Allison - You Can Make It If You Try
11. Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
12. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - The Twist
13. Priscilla Bowman With The Spaniels -A Rockin' Good Way
14. Lee Diamond And The Upsetters - Hattie Malatti
15. Bobby Parker - Blues Get Off My Shoulder
16. Jerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious Love
17. Leonard Carbo - Pigtails And Blue Jeans
18. John Lee Hooker - I Love You Honey
19. The Original 5 Blind Boys Of Mississippi -Leave You In The Hands Of The Lord
20. Dee Clark - Nobody But You
21. Sheriff & The Ravels - Shombalor
22. Harold Burrage - Crying For My Baby

Disc: 3
1. The Swan Silvertones - Mary Don't You Weep
2. Memphis Slim - Steppin' Out
3. Rosco Gordon - Just A Little Bit
4. Jimmy Reed Baby - What You Want Me To Do
5. Donnie Elbert - Will You Ever Be Mine
6. The Staple Singers - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
7. Wade Flemons - Easy Lovin'
8. John Lee Hooker - No Shoes
9. J.B. Lenoir - Oh Baby
10. Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart
11. Eddie Harris - Exodus
12. Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man
13. Dee Clark - Raindrops
14. The Pips With Gladys Knight - Every Beat Of My Heart
15. The Sallie Martin Singers - Old Ship Of Zion
16. Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City
17. The Dukays - Nite Owl
18. Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
19. The Moonglows - Real Gone Mama
20. The "5" Royales - Help Me Somebody
21. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom

Disc: 4
1. Christine Kittrell - I'm A Woman
2. Jerry Butler - Make It Easy On Yourself
3. The Four Seasons - Sherry
4. Gene Chandler - Rainbow
5. The Pyramids - Shakin' Fit
6. Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds - Spring
7. Aki Aleong & The Nobles - Body Surf
8. Betty Everett - You're No Good
9. The Original Blind Boys Of Alabama -I Can See Everybody's Mother
10. Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
11. Jimmy Hughes - Steal Away
12. The Honeycombs - Have I The Right
13. Jerry Butler & Betty Everett - Let It Be Me
14. Hoyt Axton - Bring Your Lovin'
15. Betty Everett - Getting Mighty Crowded
16. The Caravans - Walk Around Heaven All Day
17. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
18. Billy Preston - Billy's Bag
19. The Dells - Stay In My Corner
20. Fred Hughes - Oo Wee Baby, I Love You
21. Joe Simon - Let's Do It Over
22. Little Richard - I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me

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I did compare the track list to the early Vee-Jay Records box that was a "found object" distributed by Rhino Handmade (RH got their hands on some leftover stock, slapped a sticker on them, and sold them through their website). This one has ~30 more songs, including the little-heard and HTF original version of "Tainted Love" by Gloria Jones.

I don't know if there are any mono/stereo differences between the boxes. There are some tracks on the RH box that are not on this new one.

That's one of the big reasons I have been waiting for this box. The song was used in Talk to Me but unaccountably (inexcusably?) left off the soundtrack release.