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First-ever audio history chronicling the Ru-Jac label. • Rare singles and previously unissued '60s/'70s soul/R&B. • Liner notes and photos tracing Ru-Jac's history. • Newly restored and mastered. • Specially priced boxed-set. The Baltimore soul/R&B label Ru-Jac Records was founded in 1963 by local promoter rufus mitchell and investor partner Jack Bennett (their names forming the Ru-Jac name). The label primarily released regional soul/R&B singles from 1963 until the mid 1970s, when Mitchell stepped away to focus on another business venture. Omnivore has already released single-artist packages by some of the label's biggest names, including Winfield Parker - Mr. Clean: Winfield Parker At Ru-Jac (Parker also serves as the consulting producer for all of Omnivore's Ru-Jac releases) and Gene & Eddie - True Enough: Gene & Eddie With Sir Joe At Ru-Jac. This specially priced 4-CD boxed set pulls togehter the individual volumes which Omnivore has rolled out over the past year-collecting for the very first time anywhere the audio history of Ru-Jac Records. Each volume is produced by the Grammy® Award-winning producer Cheryl Pawelski and Kevin Coombe, East Coast soul historian. Coombe provides liner notes detailing the rise and eventual closure of the label, and it's close ties to the segregated beaches and performance spaces of the region. Rare photos and ephemera will be included in each volume to help illustrate and trace the history of the label. Utilizing original tapes, extremely collectible 45s, and acetates, all four volumes underwent extensive restoration and mastering by Grammy® Award-winning engineer, Michael Graves. Volume One: Something Got A Hold On Me: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Volume One: 1963-1964 contains 28 tracks, 10 of them previously unissued. The other 18 tracks chart the history of the first 45s issued by the label and includes songs by Winfield Parker, Flattop Bobby & The Soul Twisters, and Brenda Jones among others. Volume Two: Get Right: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Volume Two: 1964-1966 contains 22 tracks, 8 of them previously unissued, including newly discovered demos by Arthur Conley. The other 14 tracks are derived from 45s issued by the label as Ru-Jac started to gain momentum in the region, and includes songs by Shirley Of The Soul Sisters & Brother, The Mask Man & The Cap-Tans, and Bobby Sax & His House Keepers among others. Volume Three: Finally Together: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Volume Three: 1966-1967 contains 25 tracks, 11 of them previously unissued. The other 14 tracks are derived from 45s issued by the label as Ru-Jac hit it's stride, and includes songs by Rita Doryse, Kitty Lane, Gene & Eddie, and Sir Joe among others. Volume Four: Changes: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Volume Four: 1967-1980 contains 25 tracks, 3 of them previously unissued. The other 22 tracks are derived from the last 45s issued by the label and demonstrate a change in musical direction both for Ru-Jac and in the country. Included are songs by Fred Martin, Dynamic Corvettes, and Jimmy Dotson & Rhythm By Inner Light Band among others.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Fatback (Take 1) - By Lamont Esquires
2 Please Don't Go (With Kay Keys Band) - By Jessie Crawford
3 I Love You So (With Kay Keys Band) - By Jessie Crawford
4 A Woman Like You (With the Shyndells Band) - By Little Sonny Daye
5 I'm Through with You (With the Shyndells Band) - By Little Sonny Daye
6 Every Day I Have the Blues (Take 2) - By Jeanne Dee
7 Saving All My Loving - By (MR. T) Tiny Tim
8 It's Everything to Me - By (MR. T) Tiny Tim
9 I Want to Be Sure - By Celestine
10 You Won - By Celestine
11 Cross Track (Take 2) - By Flattop Bobby & the Soul Twisters
12 When I'm Alone - By Winfield Parker
13 Can't You See - By Brenda Jones
14 Let's Go Back to School - By Brenda Jones
15 That's All You Have to Do - By Brenda Jones
16 One of These Mornings (Take 3) - By Winfield Parker
17 Put a Light in the Window - By Charles Johnson
18 My Father Watches Over Me - By Fruitland Harmonizers
19 Take Care of Me - By Fruitland Harmonizers
20 Something Got a Hold on Me - By Ru-Jac Records
21 All Over Again (Feat. Marie Allen) - By the Teardrops Band
22 Crying Won't Help You (Feat. Marie Allen) - By the Teardrops Band
23 Trash Can - By Ru-Jac Records
24 Don't Bit Mo - By Rockin' Robin
25 Foolish to Try - By James Hill
26 Meadow of Love - By the Jolly Jax
27 The Money Cha Cha - By the Jolly Jax
28 Joe (Take 5) - By the Jolly Jax
- Disc 2 -
1 It Must Be Love - By Brenda Jones
2 I'm So Afraid - By Brenda Jones
3 So Alone (Take 3) - By Brenda Jones
4 It Must Be Love (Backing Track) - By Brenda Jones
5 What More (Can Anyone Want) - By Shirley Grant
6 You Don't Really Care - By Shirley Grant
7 Goose Pimples - By Butch Cornell's Trio
8 Here 'Tis Now - By Butch Cornell's Trio
9 Goose Pimples (Alternate Version) - By Butch Cornell's Trio
10 Where You Lead Me - By Harold Holt
11 I'm a Stranger - By Harold Holt
12 Where You Lead Me (Alternate Version 2) - By Harold Holt
13 Whole Lotta Woman (Demo) - By Arthur Conley
14 Get Right - By Bobby Sax & His House Keepers
15 Soul at Last - By Bobby Sax & His House Keepers
16 Come on Over - By the Neltones
17 C'est Le Vie (That's Life) - By the Neltones
18 I Love You Just the Same (Demo) - By Winfield Parker
19 I Love You Just the Same (With the Shyndells Band) [Version 1, Take 5] - By Winfield Parker
20 Love Can Do Wonders - By the Mask Man & the Cap-Tans
21 Chicken Wings - By the Mask Man & the Cap-Tans
22 Hiding Out in Blue Shadows (Demo) - By Arthur Conley
- Disc 3 -
1 Wait Til Then - By Rita Doryse
2 When I'm Alone - By Rita Doryse
3 Please Let Me Love You - By Rita Doryse & the Bob Craig Combo
4 Goodie Goodie - By Rita Doryse & the Bob Craig Combo
5 Born to Be Loved - By Rita Doryse
6 It's Love I Need - By Kitty Lane
7 Sweetheart - By Kitty Lane
8 The Feeling Is Gone - By Kitty Lane
9 Finally Together - By Ru-Jac Records
10 Searching - By Ru-Jac Records
11 Go Away Playgirl (Take 5) - By Winfield Parker
12 I Would Cry - By Gene & Eddie
13 I Tell You - By Gene & Eddie
14 Sweet Little Girl - By Ru-Jac Records
15 Sweet Little Girl (With the Shyndells Band) - By Winfield Parker
16 My Love (Demo with Background Vocals) - By Winfield Parker
17 She's My Girl (Demo) - By Winfield Parker
18 Lightning (Part 1) - By the Shyndells
19 Ooby Gooby - By the Shyndells
20 Never Never Leave Me - By Ru-Jac Records
21 Do the Roller - By Leon Gibson
22 Working Hard - By Leon Gibson
23 Nobody Beats My Love - By Sir Joe
24 I Can't Stay Away - By the Caressors
25 Who Can It Be - By the Caressors
- Disc 4 -
1 She's So Pretty - By Winfield Parker
2 Nothing - By Winfield Parker
3 She's So Pretty (Backing Track) - By the Upsetters
4 Tighten Up - By Ru-Jac Records
5 You Don't Fool Me - By Gene & Eddie
6 Let Me Go Easy (Alternate Version) - By Gene & Eddie
7 I'm the One (Who Loves You) - By Fred Martin Revue
8 Sweet Little Girl - By Gene & Eddie
9 It's No Sin - By Gene & Eddie
10 Every Day (I'll Be Needing You) - By Sir Joe
11 Take Me Back Again - By Fred Martin Revue
12 I Know It's Going to Happen - By Fred Martin Revue
13 Contagious - By Fred Martin Revue
14 Love Don't Leave Me Now - By Fred Martin Jr. & the Exciters
15 Changes Part 1 - By Saturday
16 Sugar - By Fred Martin & Revue
17 When I'm Alone - By Fred Martin & Revue
18 Keep Off the Grass - By Dynamic Corvettes
19 It's a Trap - By Dynamic Corvettes
20 Days May Come, Days May Go - By Francine Long
21 Days May Come, Days May Go - By Utopian Concept
22 I Loved You Once - By Willie Mason with the Freddie Martin Revue
23 Go on Back - By Willie Mason with the Freddie Martin Revue
24 Think of Me As Your Soldier - By Jimmy Dotson & Rhythm By Inner Light Band
25 To Be Your Lover - By Jimmy Dotson & Rhythm By Inner Light Band
