Various - NME / Charly Pocket Jukebox FLAC

Various New Musical Express 1982

Genre:	Jazz / Soul - Funk / Blues
Performer:	Various
Title:	NME / Charly Pocket Jukebox
Date of release:	1982
Label:	New Musical Express
Catalog Number:	NME 005
Country:	UK
FLAC album size:	1190 mb
MP3 album size:	2224 mb

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Tracklist

1	–Jerry Butler With Curtis Mayfield	He Will Break Your Heart
2	–Bettye Lavette	Let Me Down Easy
3	–John Lee Hooker	This Is Hip
4	–Jerry Lee Lewis	Big Legged Woman
5	–The Prisonaires	Don't Say Tomorrow
6	–Gene Chandler	Duke Of Earl
7	–Lee Dorsey	Ride Your Pony
8	–The Spaniels	I Like It Like That
9	–Little Junior's Blue Flames	Feelin' Good
10	–Nina Simone	My Baby Just Cares For Me
11	–George Perkins	Cryin' In The Streets
12	–Jimmy Reed	Take Out Some Insurance
13	–The Dixie Cups	Iko Iko
14	–Julia Lee	Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff
15	–Betty Everett	Getting Mighty Crowded
16	–Aaron Neville	Hercules
17	–Robert Parker	Barefootin'
18	–T-Bone Walker	Too Much Trouble Blues

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NME RE 502	Various	NME / Charly Pocket Jukebox ‎(CD, Comp)	New Musical Express	NME RE 502	UK	1993

Credits

Compiled By – Cliff White, Neil Spencer, Roy Carr
Design – Hamish

Notes

NME / Charly Pocket Jukebox Cassette NME 005. Rereleased as NME RE 502 CD in 1993

Black cassette with red paper labels.

ZloyGenii

I bought all the NME cassettes that they issued in the early 80s, starting with the Rough Trace C81 tape, but this "Pocket Jukebox" compilation was by far my favourite. I played the tape so much that it started to whistle when I played it, so I transferred the internal tape the box from a regular tape (Maxell or something) and that gave it another year or two of life, but eventually I would need it on CD, so I set about finding CDs that had all of the tunes so I could compile my own CD version. The Julia Lee and T-Bone Walker tunes were the hardest to source as both required getting 5 or 6 disc box sets just to get the one tune, but I did it. The Julia Lee box alone was over $100 US (it was a Bear Family comp from Germany), but it was well worth it. Back to the music, this is a truly masterful compilation. I don't know if the credit goes more to the NME or Charly Records but whoever did it, it's brilliant. For me, the really standout track is "Don't Say Tomorrow" by the doo-wop group The Prisonaires.

Hanad

If you sent off for the contemporary NME cassettes in the early '80s you could also buy a bunch of retro tapes from the Charly/Ace axis at the same time at a low price.
I remember getting this one and having my ears opened to a superlative selection of vintage rhythm n' blues, doo wop, jump blues and soul. It was the first time I heard the Nina Simone track that blew so many minds at the time.... plus the Aaron Neville track was massive as well.... the funky bassline just keeps going and hasn't aged this record one jot.
Factor in the Robert Parker, Lee Dorsey, Jimmy Reed, Bettye Lavette and John Lee Hooker tracks and you have a readymade library of golden era rockin'. All the tracks are great but I pick those as the cream of the crop.

Really wonderful selection of top quality tracks that launched a thousand club nights... like The Catfish Club in Brighton that practically ran every Saturday night in the '80s and '90s on this stuff. Talk about a musical education.

Can you imagine the NME compiling and selling this type of thing now? (slight pause before hysterical laughter sets in).