Soul & Swagger: The Complete "5" Royales 1951-1967

by The "5" Royales

Overview

One of the finest and most influential rhythm & blues acts of the '50s, the "5" Royales began their career as a gospel group called the Royal Sons Quintet before crossing over to secular music in 1952. The "5" Royales initially recorded for Apollo Records, where they scored hits like "Baby Don't Do It" and "Laundromat Blues," but they enjoyed greater success when they signed with King Records in 1954 and stormed the R&B charts with tunes like "Monkey Hips and Rice," "Think" (later covered by James Brown and Aretha Franklin), and "Dedicated to the One I Love" (which both the Shirelles and the Mamas & the Papas took to the upper reaches of the pop charts). While the "5" Royales were one of the best harmony acts of their day, the group's secret weapon was Lowman Pauling, who wrote their original material and played powerful, inventive lead guitar on their sides for King. Soul & Swagger: The Complete "5" Royales is a five-disc box set that collects the group's entire recorded repertoire, from their first sides as the Royal Sons Quintet to their final sessions for Home of the Blues Records in 1964. These classic recordings offer a richly detailed portrait of a group whose early singles predated what most people think of as the birth of rock & roll, and retired as R&B was making way for what would be called soul; this is great music from a remarkable time and place, and well worth exploring for fans of vintage R&B and blues. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	04/01/2014
Label:	Rockbeat Records
UPC:	0089353310127
Rank:	109033

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Bedside of a Neighbor
2. Journey's End
3. Come Over Here
4. Let Nothing Separate Me
5. Too Much of a Little Bit
6. Give Me One More Chance
7. So God Can Use Me
8. I Wanna Rest
9. You Know I Know
10. Courage to Love
11. Baby Don't Do It
12. Take All of Me
13. Help Me Somebody
14. Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
15. Too Much Lovin' (Much Too Much)
16. Laundromat Blues
17. All Righty!
18. I Want to Thank You
19. I Do
20. Good Things
21. I Like It Like That
22. Cry Some More
23. What's That
24. Let Me Come Back Home
25. I Am Thinking
26. I'm Gonna Run It Down
27. Behave Yourself
28. I Can't Stand Losing You
29. Royal J. Abbit Interview

Disc 2

30. Monkey Hips and Rice
31. Devil with the Rest
32. School Girl
33. One Mistake
34. With All Your Heart
35. With All Your Heart [Alt. Take 3]
36. Six O'Clock in the Morning
37. See Hear and Know Nothing
38. You Didn't Learn It at Home
39. Every Dog Has His Day
40. Mohawk Squaw
41. How I Wonder
42. I Need Your Lovin' Baby
43. When I Get Like This
44. Women About to Make Me Go Crazy
45. Do Unto You
46. Someone Made You for Me
47. I Ain't Getting Caught
48. Right Around the Corner
49. When You Walked Through the Door
50. I Could Love You
51. My Wants for Love
52. Come on and Save Me
53. Come on and Save Me [Alt. Take 2]
54. Come on and Save Me [Alt. Take 3]
55. Get Something Out of It
56. Get Something Out of It [Alt. Take 2]
57. Get Something Out of It [Alt. Take 4]

Disc 3

58. Just as I Am
59. Just as I Am [Alt. Takes 3 & 4]
60. Mine Forever More
61. Tears of Joy
62. Thirty Second Lover
63. Think
64. I'd Better Make a Move
65. Messin' Up
66. Say It
67. Dedicated to the One I Love
68. Don't Be Ashamed
69. The Feeling Is Real
70. Do the Cha Cha Cherry
71. Double or Nothing
72. Tell the Truth
73. Don't Let It Be in Vain
74. Don't Let It Be in Vain [Alt. Take 1]
75. The Summer the Slum
76. The Summer the Slum aka Stopernin' Stop [Alt. Take]
77. The Real Thing
78. The Real Thing [Alt. Take 2]
79. Your Only Love
80. Your Only Love [Alt. Take]
81. I Know It's Hard But It's Fair
82. Miracle of Love
83. Tell Me You Care
84. Wonder Where Your Love Has Gone
85. My Sugar Sugar
86. Pumpkin Pie

Disc 4

87. It Hurts Inside
88. I'm with You
89. Don't Give More Than You Can Take
90. Why
91. (Something Moves Me) Within My Heart
92. Solid Rock
93. I'm a Cool Teenager
94. I'm a Cool Teenager [Undubbed Version]
95. Now Baby Don't Do It
96. Everbody Knows
97. Please, Please, Please
98. I Got to Know
99. Dedicated to the One I Love [Alt. Mix]
100. If You Don't Need Me
101. I'm Gonna Tell Them
102. Raindrops Keep A-Fallin'
103. Please, Please, Be Mine
104. Not Going to Cry
105. Take Me with You Baby
106. Here It 'Tis Right Here
107. Jail Bird
108. Much in Need
109. They Don't Know
110. Send Me Somebody
111. Come on Let's Have a Good Time
112. Just Can't Do Me This Way

Disc 5

113. Help Me Somebody
114. Talk About My Woman
115. Talk About My Woman, Pt. 2
116. Goof Ball
117. Catch That Teardrop
118. I Want It Like That
119. What's in the Heart
120. She Did Me Wrong
121. Show Me
122. Think
123. I'm Standing in the Shadows
124. Doin' Everything
125. Baby, Don't Do It
126. There's Somebody Over There
127. Baby, Don't Do It
128. I Like It Like That
129. Never Turn Your Back
130. Faith
131. Time for Everything
132. It Won't Be Long [aka Soul House]
133. Mr. Moon Man, Pts. 1-2
134. I'm on the Right Road Now
135. Mr. Moon Man
136. Help Yourself
137. Roll with the Punch
138. I'm Not Ashamed
139. Didn't We Fool Them
140. Washboard [Take 1]
141. (I'm) Gonna Spend My Money

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The "5" Royales   Primary Artist
Guitar Shorty   Primary Artist
Royal Sons Quintet   Primary Artist
Charlie Ferguson & His Orchestra   Featured Artist
Charlie Ferguson His Tenor and Orchestra   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Rob Bowman   Project Assistant
Richard Foos   Project Assistant
Dave Travis   Project Assistant
Steve Cropper   Liner Notes,Project Assistant
Chris Beachley   Project Assistant
James Austin   Producer,Liner Notes
Obadiah Carter   Composer
Donn Fileti   Project Assistant
Steve Weiss   Project Assistant
Johnny Tanner   Composer
Pete Howard   Project Assistant
Aaron Smithers   Project Assistant
Bob McGrath   Project Assistant
Ed "Charlie Brown" Weiss   Project Assistant
Lowman Pauling   Composer
Tom McCullough   Discographical Information,Associate Producer,Liner Notes
Hugh Brown   Design,Art Direction
Otto Jeffries   Composer
Jerry Peterson   Remastering
Marv Goldberg   Project Assistant
Jim O'Neil   Project Assistant
Arny Schorr   Project Assistant
James Brown   Composer
Trevor Churchill   Project Assistant
Bill Dahl   Liner Notes,Associate Producer
Jimmy Moore   Composer
Billy Vera   Photo Courtesy,Project Assistant