Ridgley,Tommy / Mitchell,Bobby In The Same Old Way: Complete CD

UK collection. Ace's excavation of the Ric and Ron label catalogs continues, bringing the best of 1960s New Orleans R&B and soul back into circulation. This CD is devoted to the complete Ric/Ron catalogues of two R&B luminaries, neither of whom recorded enough material for Ric/Ron to fill a whole disc on their own. Many tracks have never been on CD before and all of them are presented here from fresh transfers of the original sources. Tommy Ridgley and Bobby Mitchell's careers began some years before they signed to Joe Ruffino's labels, but they cut some of their most enduring sides during their respective Ric/Ron tenures. The demonstrate how well New Orleans dealt with the transition of black American music from R&B to soul. Their 45s were never far from the top of the local New Orleans charts and sold thousands of copies without hitting the national Hot 100.

1. Is It True 2. Do You Remember 3. Should I Ever Love Again 4. Let's Try and Talk It Over 5. Double Eyed Whammy 6. Please Hurry Home 7. Three Times 8. The Only Girl for Me 9. In the Same Old Way 10. Girl from Kookamonga 11. My Ordinary Girl 12. She's Got What It Takes 13. Heavenly 14. I Love You Yes I Do 15. Honest I Do 16. I've Heard That Story Before 17. Bobby Mitchell 18. Well I Done Got Over It 19. Just Say You Love Me 20. You're Doing Me Wrong 21. Send Me Your Picture 22. Mama Don't Allow 23. There's Only One of You