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Ruby Andrews
You Can't Play The Blues (In An Air Conditioned Room) Footprints On The Ceiling
Somebody Touched Me

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Band of Oz
The Band of Oz is back with "Over The Rainbow" featuring 10 new tracks that showcase the versatility of one of Beach Music's most popular groups. Highlights are "Baby's Got My Number", a major hit in Beach circles last Fall, the Beatles standard "I Saw Her Standing There" retooled for line dancing and "One Foot Dragging". The ace in the hole is the dynamic "Red Hot Lover", a sultry ballad with Jerry West on lead vocal.

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Hack Bartley

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Gary Bass

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The Breeze Band

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Nappy Brown & Kip Anderson
What could be more natural than pairing two of the Carolinas finest blues performers into one dynamite
package.

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Catalinas

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The Clovers

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Coastline Band

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Paul Craver
Paul Craver, with a career in Beach Music dating back more than 35 years, returns with his most impressive solo CD to date - MACON, MEMPHIS & MUSCLE SHOALS. The first single out of the chute is the Ron Moody penned title track that impressively spotlights the magic of the three major southern recording hubs for soul music in the 60's & '70's. Craver smoothes on out with Don McLeans's AND I LOVE YOU SO, and duets handsomely with Shaggie Maggie's Pam Russell on the Little Milton classic WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT. Other delights include an energetic take on Prince Phillip Mitchell's IN HER OWN WAY and a tender smoothie version of Delbert's JUST YOU & ME.

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Clifford Curry

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Bill Deal
21 song anthology overview of Bill’s career featuring original version recordings of all his big hits including “May I”, “I’ve Been Hurt” and “What Kind of Fool”. Choice latter day career recordings and 8 great Bill Deal & The Rondels live recordings from 1991 featuring the incomparable Ammon Tharp.

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The East Coast Band

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Eliza

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Cliff Ellis & Oscar Toney, Jr.
Cliff Ellis, most noted for his storied coaching career in NCAA basketball, as head coach at Alabama/Birmingham, Clemson, Auburn and most recently at Coastal Carolina, actually has a rather storied past in music as well. Ellis was the lead singer of the northern Florida Villagers that cut a number of very soulful tracks with Rick Hall at the legendary Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. Cliff even guested on tambourine for the great Etta James while she was in the same studio recording "Tell Mama". Cliff is back, this time uniting with internationally known soul icon, Oscar Toney, Jr., combining voices in a truly unique package of soulful duets. Hot on many shag deejay lists is their gutsy rendition of Sam Cooke’s "Meet Me At Mary’s Place" and nice shag versions of Ray Sharpe’s classic, "Linda Lu" and Don Covay’s "Mercy Mercy". The disc also includes Cliff’s 80’s Beach hit, "Loveland" and "Make It Easy On Yourself", which showcases Mr. Toney at his soulful best on one of his classic soul ballad deliveries. Come on down to Mary’s Place, for some of the greatest soul delicacies found anywhere.

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Embers

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The Entertainers

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Excello Legends

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Fantastic Shakers

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The Flashbacks

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Steve Gatlin

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The Grand Strand Band
Formed on the spur of the moment on New Year's Eve in 1975 by several musicians attempting to get the crowd shagging, The Grand Strand Band has recorded quite a number of classic Beach tunes for compilations, most notably, "Little Misunderstanding" in 1981, "Sounds Like O.D. To Me" in 1983 and "Let Me Be Your Lover" in 1992. This is their first full album, spanning their career, and featuring some newly recorded covers like "Monkey Time" and "634-5789"

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Griff

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Groove Doctors

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Holiday Band
Hot on the heels of the band's recent Yearbook - Greatest Hits package, and their double live collection, Holiday is back with a set of all newly recorded material sporting an equal blend of choice covers and originals from band members Mike Taylor and Duane Neese. The group, one of the absolute upper-tier acts on the Carolina Beach Music scene today, has no fewer than 4 charted songs at the moment (all contained on this CD), with several others threatening to move into charted waters. Highlights include "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone", the Old School inspired "I Know It's Hard But It's Fair" and the original title tune "Got It Bad For You". Wrapping up the package is a rousing rendition of the F.C. Barnes nugget, "Rough Side Of The Mountain", a song already roaring out of the gate with a big head of steam.

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House Cats

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Janice

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Paul Kelly

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Legends Of Beach
Say hello to Jackie Gore, Gerald Davis, Johnny Barker, Jeff Grimes, Mark Black, Tony Davis, Rusty Smith and Jason Moore---collectively known as The Legends Of Beach and already the hottest new group of 2007 on the Carolina Beach Music scene. Highlights of their inaugural release include some nice original tunes from group members Barker and Black, and some choice covers of a number of well-known Beach anthems, including “I Love Beach Music”, “Far Away Places”, and “Street Corner Serenade”. Pulling in early radio and club action is Jeff Grimes’ version on the 1936 Sammy Kahn classic “Until The Real Thing Comes Along” and a super-- soulful Jackie Gore effort on the Cash Mc Call chestnut, “Let’s Get A Thing Going On”.

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Bill Lyerly

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Men Of Distinction
The Men Of Distinction continue their recent winning streak with Down South Jukin', a marvelous 12 song collection showcasing the diverse songwriting talents of some great southern bred legends. Larry Williams' "Short Fat Fanny", "Let's Stay Together" from the pen of Al Green and Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Pride & Joy" all get that special Men Of Distinction treatment.

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Miranda Louise
Say hello to one of the greatest blues artists in all of the Southeast. Say hello to Miranda Louise----a Nashville, TN native, who can belt authentic Chicago style blues with the best of them, but is versatile enough to handle barrel-house boogie as exemplified by her stellar performance on Kelly Hunt’s "Queen Of The 88’s". She is just as comfortable with 50’s jump R & B material when she tackles the hilariously funny "Sure Cure For The Blues", a track complete with an awesome Jimmy Ricks style bass vocal, compliments of Jordanaire, Ray Miller. Throw in another 50’s chestnut, "Bump On A Log", and you have authenticity and a pureness seldom if ever achieved in the modern day era of Beach Music. Look for strong shag action on all of the above. Finally, check out the never before released original, " I Can’t Get Enough Of You" from the pen of the legendary blues icon Willie Dixon, and several fine originals from the artist herself, including "Serious Blues", "Drift Along", and
"Can’t You Make It Stop Raining".

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Mojo Blues Band
Over the last decade, The Mojo Blues Band from Vienna, Austria (yep! in Europe) has become a major player in the
U.S. shag & swing circles. Check out their 2nd Ripete Album featuring Bill Haley's "Where Did You Go Last Night",
3 duets with Jimmy McCracklin, and "Baby You Don't Have To Go" with Nappy Brown.

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The Monzas

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Michelle Murray
Country, Pop, Rhythm & Blues - Michelle Murray does it all. From the instant Beach radio hit "Cow Cow Boogie" with some help from Gary Bass to a moving version of the Brian Wilson classic "Don't Worry Baby", Michelle Murray has come up with one of 2002's most listenable albums.

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The Part-Time Party-Time Band

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Bill Pinkney & The Original Drifters

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Sissy Quinn

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The Red Hot Pokers
Ala Rockin' Louie & The Mamma Jammers, The Red Hot Pokers rumble over to the US from England with a tight-as-tick
sound that caused none other than Van Morrison to pick them to back him up on his Y2K US Tour.

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RoadRunners
The RoadRunners, a six-man aggregation of seasoned blues enthusiasts, have the sound of the early 50's jump blues
and R&B down so cold that it's downright scary. It's a time-warp performance, heavy on the sounds and stylings of
Big Joe, T-Bone, McCracklin, Milburn, and Wynonnie, with discreet attention to authenticity. If you dance, one
spin of this disc will convince you that, indeed, your ship has come in. Let the boogie woogie roll !!

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Rockin' Louie

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Sand Band

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Suzanne Saxon

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Sea Cruz
"Maiden Voyage" is Ripete debut of Sea Cruz, the dynamic duo of Molly Askins from City Limits and Dino Fair, formerly a member of the Fantastic Shakers.

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Second Nature
Second Nature, hailing from Camden and Columbia, SC, begin their 32nd year with a new CD featuring 10 original songs written and produced by legendary songwriter Archie Jordan.

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The Sensational Epics
The Palmetto State's own Sensational Epics are back! Re-formed and performing again, The Epics have recorded their first New music since their salad days of the late 60's, remarkably with most of the 10 original members.

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Joe Simon

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Joe Simon

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SugarBees

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Tams

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Sonny Turner
It's "Look On The Bright Side", the first solo release by legendary Platters vocalist and showman, Sonny Turner.
Check out the classic Turner stylings on Sammy Davis's "Hello Detroit", Jackie Wilson's rollicking "Lonely
Teardrops" and the powerful message song :If I Could Reach Out"

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Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs

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Williams Sisters

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