JASMINE RECORDS

Here Jasmine Records have another tribute to the great Texas blues guitarists this time focusing on Pee Wee Crayton. As with many Texas blues guitarists he was influenced by T-Bone Walker. However...

This unique compilation examines the recordings of three legendary New Orleans piano-players, ARCHIBALD, SALVADOR DOUCETTE and JAMES BOOKER, each of whom had surprisingly short discographies. John...

Fronted by Italian-American Johnny Mastrangelo, who would become known professionally as JOHNNY MAESTRO, teenage New York street corner DooWoppers THE CRESTS were one of the earliest mixed race vocal...

First issued in 1962, A Combination of Cribbins was produced by George Martin and is now regarded by many as a classic comedy album. It showcases the talents not only of Bernard and George, but also...

Although he is chiefly remembered as an actor and voice-over specialist, Scatman Crothers also enjoyed a parallel career in music, which actually predated his acting career by a couple of decades. An...

In the stampede to set up new independent record companies after the Second World War to exploit the emerging black music market, soon to be rechristened Rhythm & Blues, it's interesting that female...

Widely known in country music circles for his distinctive look (an eye patch covered his right eye after an accident) and a string of hits that began in the mid-1960s with the truck driving classic...

Dick Dale is universally acknowledged as the man who single-(left)-handedly invented the sound of Surf guitar. This unique compilation features all his early singles, between 1958-62 - several of...

Long before he became a Carry On regular, or even (in the U. S. ) the narrator of Harry Potter audio books, the hugely versatile Jim Dale was, briefly, an unlikely (not to mention unwilling - he'd...

Vic Damone was one of the greatest pop singers of the 20th century. Frank Sinatra said "Vic has the best pipes in the business" and he was right. Many of Vic's recordings have been reissued on CD...

Here Are More Vic Damone Rarities! These sides are all from his later years (1950-53) with Mercury and, with two exceptions, have never appeared on CD before. Included are Vic's great versions of...

Lifelong political activist and Blues/Jazz/Folk singer Barbara Dane - namechecked by the likes of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, etc, and routinely compared with Bessie Smith -...