Clarence Henry Frogman - Ain't Got No Home: The Singles Collection 1956-62 - VINYL LP

Clarence Henry was a rhythm & blues singer an pianist from New Orleans and an early disciple of Fats Domino and Professor Longhair, playing in the early '50s with Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers and the band of saxophonist Eddie Smith. When Chess A & R man Paul Gayten heard him sing his composition InchAin't Got No HomeInch with his trademark croak in his voice, he was signed to Chess and had a hit with his first , although it was five years before his next success. In the period covered by this set, had had ten chart entries including Top 10 hits on both sides of the Atlantic with InchI Don't Know Why (But I Do)Inch and InchYou Always Hurt The One You LoveInch. This 30-track CD comprises the A and B sides of his singles during this era on the Argo tag plus the tracks from his album InchYou Always Hurt The One You LoveInch album not otherwise released on singles. It features all his ten pop, R&B & UK chart entries from these years, including the Top 10 hits InchAin't Got No HomeInch, InchI Don't Know Why (But I Do)Inch and InchYou Always Hurt the One You LoveInch. His music was very much inspired by and typical of the New Orleans R & B idiom, and his highly individual vocal style earned him the nickname InchFrogmanInch. This collection offers a comprehensive overview of this first era of his career, and an entertaining showcase for that distinctive approach.

Still in his twenties, Pétur Sakari studied in his native Finland and in Paris and made his recording début at the age of 18. On his previous disc for BIS, he performed works by five French composers, receiving international acclaim with top marks in Diapason as well as on the Klassik-Heute website. For the present disc, Pétur has chosen to focus on César Franck, performing the composer's Three Pieces and Three Chorales 'pour grand orgue' on an instrument perfectly suited to the repertoire. Completed in 1880, the great organ in the Sainte-Croix cathedral of Orléans is a major - and well-preserved - example of the art of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, the same maker who had previously built Franck's beloved organ in Sainte-Clotilde in Paris. ('My new organ? It's an orchestra!' was Franck's verdict.) Together the two gave the French organ tradition a new impetus with Franck laying the groundwork for a French symphonic organ style while Cavaillé-Coll constructed hundreds of organs capable of producing a sound that was full, homogeneous and modern. The Trois Pièces, which closes with the famous Pièce héroïque, were written for a Cavaillé-Coll instrument built for the 1878 World Fair in Paris. Twelve years later, and only weeks before his untimely death, Franck completed the Trois Chorals. The idea of writing organ chorales was inspired by Bach, but Franck composed them 'with quite a different plan' instead of traditional hymns they use an original, freely composed melody which is gradually revealed 'with great imagination', as Franck himself put it in a letter to his . Both the Pieces and especially the Chorales have become central works in the repertoire of concert organists.

Since their 1986 debut, Club Nouveau has made their mark on the Bay Area's rich urban music scene within the ranks of Sly & The Family Stone, Con Funk Shun, en Vogue, and Tony! Toni! Tone. The Collection revisits 8 unique tracks chronicling the successes of Club Nouveau throughout lineup changes, extensive touring, and #1 hit singles InchRumorsInch and InchLean On MeInch.