In enormer Fleissarbeit hat rockinpete fast alle Veröffentlichungen von Ebb Records in Collagen-Form erfasst. Danke!
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Discografie aus HitHistory
aus ALLMUSIC:
Ebb Records, run by Lee Rupe (the ex-wife of Specialty Records' owner Art Rupe), was a minor Los Angeles rock and R&B label of the late 1950s. Its biggest hit was the infectious Hollywood Flames' up-tempo doo wop tune "Buzz-Buzz-Buzz," which leads off this collection of R&B vocal group releases on the label between 1957-59. And, as is often the case on these kinds of collections, the one familiar hit is the best and most memorable song by far. The tracks are almost wholly routine doo wop, with a decent balance between fast numbers and ballads, and pretty hackneyed chord progressions throughout. One thirsts for a bit of unexpected innovation, a bit of outstanding quality, and is largely left dry, ears perking up at the slightest differentiation, like the Ebbtones' calypso-influenced "Trinidad Woman." The Twilighters, with future funkster Charles Wright as leader, put some exaggerated Elvis Presley inflections into the delivery of "Live Like a King"; the Zion Travelers, were (in contrast to the other artists) gospel.
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Discografie aus HitHistory
aus ALLMUSIC:
Ebb Records, run by Lee Rupe (the ex-wife of Specialty Records' owner Art Rupe), was a minor Los Angeles rock and R&B label of the late 1950s. Its biggest hit was the infectious Hollywood Flames' up-tempo doo wop tune "Buzz-Buzz-Buzz," which leads off this collection of R&B vocal group releases on the label between 1957-59. And, as is often the case on these kinds of collections, the one familiar hit is the best and most memorable song by far. The tracks are almost wholly routine doo wop, with a decent balance between fast numbers and ballads, and pretty hackneyed chord progressions throughout. One thirsts for a bit of unexpected innovation, a bit of outstanding quality, and is largely left dry, ears perking up at the slightest differentiation, like the Ebbtones' calypso-influenced "Trinidad Woman." The Twilighters, with future funkster Charles Wright as leader, put some exaggerated Elvis Presley inflections into the delivery of "Live Like a King"; the Zion Travelers, were (in contrast to the other artists) gospel.