The Timetones - Golden Oldies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Features the raidio hits and album highlights from BTO's best-selling Mercury albums of the 70s. Includes the newly digitally re-mastered classics InchGimme Your Money Please,Inch InchBlue Collar,Inch InchTakin' Care of Business,Inch InchLet It Ride,Inch InchYou Ain't Seen Nothing Yet,Inch and many more.

Although they never achieved a national chart hit, the New York based Mellows, led by the gifted vocalist Lillian Leech, have always been one of the most revered early R&B vocal groups of the 1950' s. in addition to Leech, their lineup formed in 1954 included John InchTinyInch Wilson (first tenor), Harold Johnson (second tenor and guitar), and Norman InchPolecatInch Brown (bass). on the a-cappella recordings featured in this compilation recorded in 1956, Brown and Johnson were replaced by Arthur Crier (bass) and Gary Morrison (second tenor, baritone). This compilation spans selected tracks from their first sessions in 1954 to their a-cappella sessions in 1956. Included are the collector's favorites InchI'm Gonna Pick Your Teeth with An IcepickInch and InchWhen the Lights Go on AgainInch which the group usually performed in the dark. All selections have been newly re-mastered.

The Velours were one of the more talented street-corner groups of the fifties along with Dave InchBabyInch Cortez and his Pearls group. The Velours hailed from New York and were comprised of vocalists Jerome Ramos (lead), Charles Moffett, John Pearson, Don Haywoode, John Cheatdom and pianist Calvin Hayes. These vintage Onyx tag recordings include the original classic hits InchCan I Come Over Tonight,Inch InchCan I Walk You Home,Inch InchThis Could Be the NightInch and more. All selections newly re-mastered.